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AFL ROUND 15 2006: GEELONG V PORT
ADELAIDE; RICCO TO RETURN?; BEN GRAHAM TRIBUTE; MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM
LIST By Ben Jensen LAST FIVE MATCHES 2003 Rnd 14 - Geelong 10.10 (70) d Port Adelaide 10.9 (69) @ Skilled Stadium 2004 Rnd 10 - Port Adelaide 18.8 (116) d Geelong 17.10 (112) @ AAMI Stadium 2004 Qualif.Final - Port Adelaide 18.9 (117) d Geelong 9.8 (62) @ AAMI Stadium 2005 Rnd 5 - Geelong 15.9 (99) d Port Adelaide 15.4 (95) @ AAMI Stadium 2005 Rnd 16 - Geelong 18.18 (126) d Port Adelaide 7.5 (47) @ Skilled Stadium CLUB NEWS Junior Member Marquee
A marquee will be set up exclusively for junior members at Skilled Stadium (opposite the Western Entry/Bob Davis Gate) on Sunday, July 16. Junior members are invited to the marquee from 11.30am until 1.15pm to practice some handball skills, say hello to a few players (12.00 – 12.45pm) and hang out with Half Cat. There will be giveaways and much more.
Ben Graham Tribute
Geelong Football Club will pay tribute to former number 8, Ben Graham at this weekend’s Geelong v Port Adelaide game at Skilled Stadium. Ben retired from AFL football at the end of the 2004 season to play NFL football. Ben and his family will be returning to Geelong for the game so that the Geelong Football Club and its fans can pay tribute to his career. At approximately 12.40pm Ben and his family will be welcomed onto the ground for a lap of honour.
TIP? GEELONG BY 39 POINTS
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AFL ROUND 15 - SUNDAY 16 JULY 14:10 AEST GEELONG V PORT ADELAIDE SKILLED STADIUM TV: CHANNEL 10 - Melbourne
(3.30pm), Adelaide (1.30pm), Sydney (2pm), Brisbane (2pm)
VFL ROUND 14 - SUNDAY 15 JULY 13:00
THE CLUB WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO FORMER SKIPPER AND NEW YORK JET BEFORE THE GAME
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IN: Riccardi, Playfair, Byrnes B: Harley, Scarlett, J.Hunt |
PORT ADELAIDE IN: Carlile, Logan, Symes, Thurstans, Ware B: Symes, Wakelin, Wilson |
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LAST TIME ROUND 16 2005, SKILLED STADIUM GEELONG celebrated Peter Riccardi's 275th game by spanking a disappointing Port Adelaide side to the tune of just under eighty points in front of just under 20,000 supporters at a wet and cold Skilled Stadium. The reining premiers looked anything but, as they struggled to find form at a ground they've struggled at since they entered the AFL in 1997. Jimmy Bartel was the star for the Cats, almost certainly earning three Brownlow votes with his thirty-plus posession game which included an incredible fourteen tackles and three goals.\ In other news, star recruit, ruckman-forward Brad Ottens is rumoured to be out for most if not all of the season and the AFL is again looking seriously at relocating Melbourne based clubs interstate. For a change there was no injury-related withdrawals prior to the game beginning for the Cats, although the Power's Gavin Wanganeen was replaced by Brett Ebert. David Johnson, in his return game from a hamstring injury, was hamstrung midway through the second quarter, after taking a run down the Brownlow Stand wing. Johnson will now surely miss at least a month to get his hamstring right; it may take even longer (just ask yours truly). Conditions for the first half were fine - the ground was dry but the wind was swirling, but favoring the river end of the ground (is it the Reg Hickey Stand end, the 'old' Hickey Stand end, or the Doug Wade stand end??). Geelong started the quarter with a bang - comeback tall forward Henry Playfair marking a perfect pass and converting for a goal. The Cats' next goal came courtesy of Cameron Ling, who displayed some beautiful roving work on the Gary Ablett Terrace half forward flank. GEELONG: 3.4, 10.10, 13.16, 18.18 (126)
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ROUND 14 - SATURDAY 15 JULY 14:00 GEELONG B Callan Lonergan D. Johnson |
NORTHERN BULLANTS B Vansittart Livingston McGrath |
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