AFL ROUND 6 2007: RICHMOND V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW AND FINAL TEAM LIST PLUS TV / RADIO BROADCAST DETAILS
Ben Jensen 5 May 2007

By Ben Jensen FORMER CAPTAIN STEVEN KING has been dropped while Steve Johnson has been rushed back into the side to take on Richmond. GEELONG travel to Telstra Dome to take on Richmond in an 'away' fixture, their first twilight game. The Cats are desperate to square the ledger in terms of wins whilst the Tigers just want A win.

Embattled former skipper Steven King was named on the expanded bench of seven, but made way for Brad Ottens, who was named as first ruck. The other inclusion is Kane Tenace, named on a bench while Johnson is named on a half forward flank. The other omissions are Matthew Stokes and Brent Prismall. Prismall had two good game but really struggled last Sunday.

Meanwhile Richmond has 'boned' veteran but struggling defender, Darren Gaspar, who was originally named in the side.

IN: Ottens, Tenace, Steve Johnson
OUT: King, Prismall, Stokes

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INJURY LIST

LAST TIME

IMPENDING MILESTONES

50 club games coached - Terry Wallace, Richmond
50 consecutive games - Kayne Pettifer, Richmond
50 consecutive games - Shane Tuck, Richmond

WEATHER

Min 13, Max 19 degrees
Showers in the morning, nothing in the afternoon

TIP?

CATS by 41 points in the dry, 13 points in the wet.

GEELONG

IN: Ottens, Tenace, Steve Johnson
OUT: King, Prismall, Stokes

B: Mackie, Scarlett, Enright
HB: D.Johnson, Egan, Milburn
C: Wojcinski, Bartel, Kelly
HF: Chapman, N.Ablett, S.Johnson
F: G.Ablett, Mooney, Varcoe
FOLL: Ottens, Corey, Ling
INT: Blake, Tenace, Selwood, Hawkins
EM: Prismall, King, Stokes

RICHMOND

IN: White, Moore, Meyer
OUT: Tivendale, Edwards, Gaspar

B: Newman, McGuane, Moore
HB: Raines, Polak, J.Bowden
C: Johnson, Deledio, King
HF: Jackson, Hughes, Meyer
F: Tambling, Schulz, Richardson
FOLL: Simmonds, Oakley-Nicholls, Foley
INT: Tuck, Pettifer, White, Hyde
EM: Edwards, Howat, Riewoldt

CATS INJURY LIST

REFER INJURY LIST FOR UPDATES

As advised by the club, updated 1/5/2007

(The Cattery's comments in brackets)

Tom Harley Ruptured finger tendon Test (Could be back)
Max Rooke Hamstring Test (I don't see how this could be, he'll be out for another month)
Brad Ottens Hip Available (Let's hope he's fit to replace King)
Joel Reynolds ACL Season
Tom Lonergan Progressing well.

RICHMOND INJURY LIST

Ray Hall Hip Assess

Carl Peterson Groin Indefinite

Mark Coughlan Knee Season

Trent Knobel Ankle 6 - 8 weeks

Brent Hartigan Foot 2 weeks

Nathan Brown Leg Assess

LAST TIME

ROUND 9 2006, SKILLED STADIUM
28 May 2006

YOU KNOW you're no good when you get beaten by Richmond at home. That's what happened to Geelong yesterday at Skilled Stadium in front of a tad over 23,000 fans, many of whom sported black and white.

The Cats did stay in the match for three quarters, and really should have buried the Tigers in the first quarter, kicking five of the first six goals and missing two other simple shots at goal. But the Tigers ended up only six points behind at quarter time and took the lead in the second and third terms before the Cats leveled just before each break.

But in the final quarter Geelong could not kick a goal - but did manage nine behinds, three of which were rushed by the defensive-minded Richmond side. In contrast, the Tigers ended up with five goals two behinds. Richmond were good and for the most part played positive footy, but Geelong should not have lost this game.

FULL MATCH REPORT

RICHMOND: 4.3, 8.3, 12.6, 17.8 (110) DEFEATED
GEELONG: 5.3, 8.7, 12.9, 12.18 (90)

GOALS – RICHMOND: Hyde 4, Pettifer 3, Simmonds 3, Krakouer 2, Tambling, P Bowden, Coughlan, Tivendale
GEELONG: Rooke 3, Bartel 2, Ablett 2, Ottens, Mackie, Corey, Byrnes, S Johnson

BEST – RICHMOND: Simmonds, Coughlan, Pettifer, Hyde, Tambling, J Bowden
GEELONG: Ablett, Bartel, Scarlett, Rooke, Byrnes, Ling

VFL

VFL ROUND FIVE 2007

CASEY V GEELONG

SATURDAY 5 MAY 2007 13:00 AEST

CASEY FIELDS

LIVE ON ABC TV

GEELONG

B Rooke S. Hunt Callan
HB J. Hunt Spencer Selwood
C Tenace Byrne Prismall
HF Gardiner Playfair Byrnes
F Blake Hawkins Grima
R King Read Stokes
Int Mumford McTaggart Owen Gamble Djerrkura Hogan Clarke McGuane Davenport Firman Bedford West

LAST TIME

ROUND 17 - SUNDAY 6 AUGUST 14:00
CASEY SCORPIONS V GEELONG
CASEY FIELDS

GEELONG 6.0 11.0 16.4 20.6 (126) DEFEATED
CASEY 3.2 4.7 7.9 14.13 (97)

GOALS - GEELONG Kingsley 5 McCarthy 4 Ablett 2 Lonergan 2 Koulouriotis Cook Davenport Gamble Owen Butler Byrne
CASEY Sweeney 3 Silvagni 2 Watts 2 Biagi 2 Pfitzner Matthews McGough O'Bryan Ferguson

BEST - GEELONG McCarthy Kingsley Lonergan Tenace Byrne Sheringham
CASEY Rigg Rix Carmody O'Bryan Matthews McGough

CASEY

B Silvagni Wall Biagi
HB Garrubba Frost Makepeace
C N. Carmody Harrison Taylor
HF Matthews Sweeney McQualter
F Birss Raymond O'Bryan
R Van Rheenen Eddy Armitage
Int Mercoulia Kennedy B. Carmody Wischmann Watts Scalzo Geary Howard