AFL ROUND 2: GEELONG V KANGAROOS; KINGSLEY, JOHNSON RETURN; MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM LIST
Ben Jensen 5 April 2006

By Ben Jensen KEY FORWARD Kent Kingsley and the mercurial Steve Johnson return to the side to play the Kangaroos at Skilled Stadium this Saturday, replacing the dropped Andrew Mackie and the injured Henry Playfair (SEE STORY).

TIP? GEELONG BY 32 POINTS

GEELONG

IN: Kingsley, S.Johnson
OUT: Playfair (shoulder), Mackie (dropped)

B: Milburn, Scarlett, D.Johnson
HB: Rooke, Egan, Hunt
C: Enright, Bartel, Tenace
HF: G.Ablett, Mooney, Kingsley
F: Gardiner, Ottens, Chapman
FOLL: King, Corey, Ling
INT: Blake, S.Johnson, Byrnes, Slade
EM: N.Ablett, Prismall, Mackie

KANGAROOS

IN: Nil
OUT: Nil

B: B.Rawlings, Hay, Brown
HB: Firrito, Petrie, Sinclair
C: Archer, Simpson, Grant
HF: Green, Hale, Harding
F: Co.Jones, Thompson, Wells
FOLL: McIntosh, Harris, Harvey
INT: Watt, Thurley, Pratt, Gibson
EM: Rocca, Schwarze, Trotter

LAST TIME

ROUND 9 2005

GEELONG won their sixth match on the trot, easily accounting for the Kangaroos. The match did come at a cost; Paul Chapman pulling up sore in his game back from a brief ankle injury layoff, and the Big Hairy Cat Cameron Mooney being suspended for a week for striking Kangaroo Corey Jones.

The best for the Cats was Corey Enright, ably supported by James Kelly, Henry Playfair, Jimmy Bartel, David Johnson and Steven King.

The first goal of the match came from Enright, who received a brilliant tap on from James Kelly. Kelly and Enright were Geelong's best midfielders of the match; Kelly played noticeably smarter than in recent matches.

Paul Chapman, who returned from a week's rest due to an ankle injury, was best until he was forced from the field early in the second quarter. Not coincidentally, the Cats dropped off thereafter before getting back into gear. Chapman finished out the match in short spurts and should return next week.

Debutante Tom Lonergan kicked two goals in the final term, in his first match. Lonergan was a late replacement for Tom Harley.

GEELONG: 6.6, 8.8, 15.12, 22.14 (146) DEFEATED
KANGAROOS: 1.5, 4.8, 7.12, 8.13 (61)
GOALS – GEELONG: Kingsley 3, Bartel 3, Playfair 3, Enright 2, Lonergan 2, Ablett 2, Chapman, Ottens, S. Johnson, Thurley, D. Johnson, Tenace, Riccardi KANGAROOS: Thompson 2, Petrie 2, Firrito, Simpson, Rocca, Grant
BEST – GEELONG: Enright, Bartel, Kelly, Playfair, D.Johnson, Scarlett, Ling, Ablett, King KANGAROOS: Grant, Simpson, Stevens, Archer, Thompson

HENRY PLAYFAIR

VFL

ROUND 1 - SATURDAY 8 APRIL 10:15AM
GEELONG V NORTH BALLARAT
SKILLED STADIUM

B Stokes S. Hunt Sheringham
HB Callan Spencer Trenfield
C Wojcinski Byrne Gamble
HF Mackie Lonergan Grima
F Rudd N. Ablett Hillier
R West Koulouriotis Prismall
Int Cook Lovick Torney Cheep Davenport Clarke Butler Broom

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