CATS SUFFER FOURTH LOSS
Ben Jensen 19 May 2012

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES V GEELONG CATS GEELONG nearly stole back the match but lost it at the death to Collingwood at the MCG last night. The Cats trailed by four goals early in the final term but despite scoring a barrage of behinds, managed to level the scores with one minute and forty-odd seconds to go. They appeared set to at least go on to snatch the lead outright but a 50m penalty given away by Josh Hunt on Alex Fasolo saw the Magpies go back to a six point lead with a minute to go. A final roll of the dice by the Cats didn't pay off, Scott Pendlebury kicking a long goal to a vacant goalsquare to seal the win. The Cats will rue their missed opportunities for the next week and possibly beyond, while the 50m penalty itself was debated long and wide following the match. It was probably there but you often see them waived on. Before the bounce Matthew Scarlett again pulled out injury, this time after rolling an ankle after passing a fitness test for a hip injury that kept him out of last week's loss to Adelaide.

COLLINGWOOD: 3.6, 7.9, 10.11, 14.12 (96) DEFEATED
GEELONG: 2.4, 6.6, 7.12, 11.18 (84)

GOALS
COLLINGWOOD: Pendlebury 4, Fasolo 3, Goldsack 2, Cloke 2, Swan, Blair, Dawes
GEELONG: Stokes 3, Hawkins 2, Podsiadly 2, Duncan 2, Motlop, Chapman

BEST
COLLINGWOOD: Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Wellingham, Shaw, Goldsack, Beams
GEELONG: Selwood, Johnson, Taylor, Kelly, Enright, Bartel

INJURIES
COLLINGWOOD: Dane Swan (hamstring), Ben Reid (quad)
GEELONG: Nil

CHANGES
GEELONG: Matthew Scarlett (ankle) replaced in selected side by Billie Smedts

UMPIRES:

FIELD: Matt Stevic (9) Simon Meredith (21) Robert Findlay (23) EM: Heath Ryan (14)
BOUNDARY: Christopher Gordon Adam Coote Justin Bennison Michael Marantelli
GOAL: Chris Appleton Adam Wojcik EM: Courtney Lai

CROWD: 75,650 at MCG, Melbourne