CATS SUFFER HEAVY LOSS AGAINST LIONS
Ben Jensen 11 July 2009

By Ben Jensen AFL 2009 ROUND 15 BRISBANE LIONS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG are struggling against Brisbane at the Gabba tonight, trailing by 26 points at half time and 31 points at the final break. The Lions midfield are tearing apart the Cats, while the skill level from the Cats was often woeful, displaying almost a lack of interest. Debutante Tom Gillies acquainted himself well, while other rookies Nathan Djerrkura and Simon Hogan had little impact, the former playing out the game despite an obvious injury impeding his ability to run while Hogan booted a conciliatory goal in the final minutes to bring the Lions' margin back from 50 points. Twin forward towers Jonathan Brown and Daniel Bradshaw toweled up the the Cats' defence, Brown booting four goals from fifteen marks. Jeremy Laidlaw made his AFL debut for the Cats, coming into the side in place of Andrew Mackie, to make it eight 'first-choice' players out injured from the last winning Geelong side.

BRISBANE LIONS 3.4, 10.7, 12.10, 16.12 (108) DEFEATED
GEELONG 3.2, 6.5, 7.9, 9.11 (65)

GOALS
BRISBANE: Brown 4, Bradshaw 3, Black, Polkinghorne, Clark, Notting 2 , Redden
GEELONG: Rooke 2, Blake, Byrnes, Gamble, Hawkins, Mooney, Mumford, Hogan

BEST
BRISBANE: J Brown A McGrath C Stiller S Black J Polkinghorne
GEELONG: P Chapman J Corey S Byrnes C Enright S Hogan

INJURIES
BRISBANE: Jed Adcock (serious knee injury - season ending)
GEELONG: Mackie (thigh) replaced in side by Laidler

CROWD: 34,274 at the Gabba, Brisbane

UMPIRES: Justin Schmitt, Stephen McBurney, Mathew Nicholls.

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VFL ROUND 13 - THREE ON THE TROT FOR CATS
BENDIGO BOMBERS V GEELONG
SUNDAY 12 JULY 2009, 14:00 AEST
QUEEN ELIZABETH OVAL

MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM LISTS

GEELONG 6.4 7.7 9.10 16.14 (110) DEFEATED
BENDIGO BOMBERS 2.3 5.8 8.13 10.15 (75)

GOALS
GEELONG: J. Podsiadly 3, B. Johnson 2, J. Tom 2, J. Westwood 2, J. Sheringham 2, J. Simpkin 2, S. Stavenuiter, M. Corrigan, T. West
BENDIGO BOMBERS: S. Fiske 4, D. Zaharakis 2, J. Williams, B. Houli, N. Lovett-Murray, J. Atkinson

BEST
GEELONG: D. McKenna, A. Donohue, J. Hollmer, M. Corrigan, B. Raidme, J. Sheringham
BENDIGO BOMBERS: J. Flaherty, J. Atkinson, M. Quinn, D. Myers, S. Fiske, T. Bellchambers

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