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CATS WIN BATTLE OVER BULLDOGS
Ben Jensen 20 July 2015

AFL ROUND 16 2015: GEELONG CATS V WESTERN BULLDOGS ON A DAY that started off freezing cold but if you were in the sun was a great day, the Cats really struggled to defeat the Bulldogs on Saturday but led from start to finish. It was not the most spectacular display of the sport at times but a win's a win. Mitch Duncan played a solid game after missing two months with a broken foot, while the midfield had to cope without suspended skipper Joel Selwood.

The 25,000 who turned up witnessed a fine game by Josh Caddy and Josh Hawkins & Steve Motlop snag three goals apiece. Motlop got better as the day went on and pretty much won the game off his own boot in the final term. The Cats led by two straight goals at three quarter time after a four goal third quarter, but the Bulldogs wouldn't let go, out-scoring the Cats in the final quarter but Motlop's third goal proved crucial giving the Cats a 13 point buffer at the time. A goal by Tory Dickson gave the home fans a fright but the Cats hung on for a scoreless final six minutes.

Next Saturday same time it's the Cats v the Giants, Greater Western Sydney ranked four spots and two wins ahead of Geelong on the ladder but have only won two of their last five, with the Cats having won three of five. Dan Menzel is a chance to come back for his first game since the qualifying final win of 2011 on the way to the Premiership while skipper Selwood is a certainty to come back serving his one week suspension.

GEELONG: 3.4, 4.8, 8.10, 10.12 (72) DEFEATED
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 2.2, 3.4, 6.10, 9.10 (64)

GOALS
GEELONG: Hawkins 3, Motlop 3, Gregson, Walker, Caddy, Duncan
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Dickson 3, Wallis 2, Redpath, Dahlhaus, Grant, Stringer

BEST
GEELONG: Caddy, Murdoch, Duncan, Lonergan, Enright, Blicavs, Motlop
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Dahlhaus, Morris, Wallis, Wood, Johannisen

SUBSTITUTES
GEELONG: Mathew Stokes, who replaced Cory Gregson during the third quarter
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Lachie Hunter, who replaced Tom Campbell after three-quarter time

INJURIES
GEELONG: Nil
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Nil

UMPIRES:

Chamberlain, Donlon, Ryan

CROWD: 25,041 at Simonds Stadium, Geelong

TEAMS
GEELONG	WESTERN BULLDOGS
IN: Shane Kersten, Mitch Duncan, Jake Kolodjashnij OUT: Dawson Simpson (Omitted), Joel Selwood (Suspension), Jared Rivers (Knee)	IN: Jordan Roughead, Tom Campbell, Stewart Crameri, Bailey Dale OUT: Michael Talia (Omitted), Fletcher Roberts (Ankle), Lachie Hunter (Omitted), Will Minson (Shoulder)
B: Jackson Thurlow, Tom Lonergan, Jed Bews HB: Corey Enright, Harry Taylor, Mark Blicavs C: Andrew Mackie, Cameron Guthrie, Steven Motlop HF: Mathew Stokes, Shane Kersten, Jimmy Bartel F: Jordan Murdoch, Tom Hawkins, Darcy Lang FOLL: Josh Walker, Josh Caddy, Steve Johnson INT: Mitch Duncan, Cory Gregson, James Kelly, Jake Kolodjashnij EMER: George Horlin-Smith, Dawson Simpson, Billie Smedts	B: Dale Morris, Jordan Roughead, Matthew Boyd HB: Robert Murphy, Easton Wood, Jason Johannisen C: Jack Macrae, Marcus Bontempelli, Tory Dickson HF: Luke Dahlhaus, Tom Boyd, Jarrad Grant F: Mitch Wallis, Jack Redpath, Jake Stringer FOLL: Tom Campbell, Koby Stevens, Liam Picken INT: Stewart Crameri, Josh Prudden, Bailey Dale, Caleb Daniel EMER: Lachie Hunter, Lukas Webb, Michael Talia

AFL 2015 ROUND 16

GEELONG CATS V WESTERN BULLDOGS

SATURDAY 18 JULY 2015 13:45 AEST

SIMONDS STADIUM

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VFL 2015 ROUND 14

GEELONG V FOOTSCRAY

SUNDAY 19 JULY 2015 11:42 AEST

SIMONDS STADIUM

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