AFL ROUND 20 2007: KANGAROOS V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW PLUS TV / RADIO BROADCAST DETAILS
Ben Jensen 17 August 2007

By Ben Jensen KANGAROOS V GEELONG CATS MINOR PREMIERS Geelong travel up the Princes Freeway to play the Kangaroos this Sunday afternoon in a designated 'away' game. Paul Chapman should make his long awaited return from a groin injury, at the expense of Shannon Byrnes. Working his way back into the side is Josh Hunt, after a best on ground performance in last week's VFL win over North Ballarat. Forced out of the side is gritty defender David Johnson.

All eyes this afternoon were be on the Geelong selectors' decision on the ruck division. Once more Mark Blake lost out and will play in the VFL, Steven King having taken his place as the second ruckman behind Brad Otens.

The Cattery will be there to cover the match, but may experience a delay of two-three hours reporting the scores.

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In Round five the Kangaroos beat Geelong at Skilled Stadium.

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TICKETS

Kangaroos v Geelong at Telstra Dome on Sunday 19 August is not a fully ticketed game. As this is an away game, only 17 game and Melbourne 11 GFC members can swipe their membership cards through the turnstiles to gain entry. All other GFC members are required to purchase a seat or general admission ticket through Ticketmaster.

UMPIRES

Grun, K.Nicholls, McInerney

MILESTONES

Club Record Games -- Glenn Archer, Kangaroos. This week, Glenn is due to
play his 306th game, equaling the club record of Wayne Schimmelbusch.
300 games -- David Neitz, Melbourne. This week, David is due to become
the 53rd player in the history of the game to reach 300 games, and the
first in the history of the club. A full list of 300-game players can be
found on page 540 of AFL 2007, excluding Glenn Archer, who reached the
milestone earlier this year.

WEATHER

Bound to be a cold but possibly sunny day outside - but under the Telstra Dome roof it won't be wet. Still, it'll be cold, unless you're fortunate enough to be in one of the Level 2 restaurants.

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Geelong by 36 points

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GEELONG

IN: Josh Hunt, Paul Chapman
OUT: David Johnson, Shannon Byrnes

B: Milburn Scarlett Harley
HB: Mackie Egan Wojcinski
C: Kelly Bartel Corey
HF: S Johnson C Mooney Selwood
F: Chapman N Ablett Stokes
FOLL: Ottens Ling G Ablett
INT: Enright, J.Hunt, Varcoe, King
EMER: Blake, Gardiner, Byrnes

KANGAROOS

IN: Big Bad Leeroy Brown, Matt Campbell
OUT: Matt Thomas, Brad Moran

B: Green Watt Rawlings
HB: Pratt Firrito Smith
C: Sinclair Harris Grant
HF: Harvey Jones Archer
F: Hale Petrie McMahon
FOLL: McIntosh Simpson Wells
INT: Sansbury, Swallow, Campbell, Brown
EMER: Lower, Edwards, Moran

CATS INJURY LIST

REFER INJURY LIST FOR UPDATES (Updated on Tuesday nights)

As advised by the club, 7/8/2007

(The Cattery's comments in brackets)

Liam Bedford Quad strain Test (Was 'Test' last week)
Paul Chapman Adductor Test (Was 'Test' last week - named in side)
Corey Enright Shoulder Test (Missed last week - named in side)
Brent Prismall Wrist Test (On Track)
Kane Tenace Hamstring 2-3 weeks (New)
Nathan Djerrkura Quad strain 2-3 weeks (Was '2-3 weeks' last week)
Max Rooke Hamstring 2-3 weeks (On Track)
Joel Reynolds ACL Season

KANGAROOS INJURY LIST

As advised, 13/8/2007

Nathan Thompson Knee Season
Josh Gibson Head Indefinite
David Trotter Hamstring 3 weeks
Ben Hughes Hamstring 3 weeks
Daniel McConnell Hamstring Test

LAST TIME

CATS CRASH OUT TO KANGAROOS
Ben Jensen 29 April 2007

GEELONG's fledgling season may well be over already after crashing out to the Kangaroos at Skilled Stadium today. Despite a late comeback, it was too little, too late as the Kangaroos won by . The positive aspects of the day were the form of Joel Selwood and the VFL team. Selwood played well above expectations of a fourth gamer whilst the VFL team had a rousing win over North Ballarat. 21,462 were in attendance, including Premier Steve Bracks, a disappointing crowd considering it was the first game at Skilled Stadium of the season.

KANGAROOS 6.3 12.5 15.7 18.10 (118) DEFEATED
GEELONG 4.3 6.8 10.10 15.12 (102)

GOALS:
KANGAROOS: B Harvey 3 M Campbell 2 S Grant 2 A Swallow 2 D Wells 2 L Brown A Edwards B Grima H McIntosh D Petrie A Simpson J Sinclair.
GEELONG: J Bartel 3 C Ling 3 C Mooney 3 T Varcoe 2 N Ablett P Chapman A Mackie M Stokes.
BEST:
KANGAROOS: A Simpson M Firrito A Swallow H McIntosh D Harris D Pratt J Sinclair G Archer.
GEELONG: P Chapman J Bartel J Selwood M Scarlett J Corey.

JIMMY BARTEL, GARY ABLETT, CAMERON LING, THE NUCLEUS OF GEELONG'S MIDFIELD ARE SET TO TEAR APART THE KANGAROOS AT TELSTRA DOME THIS SUNDAY

VFL

VFL ROUND NINETEEN 2007

WERRIBEE V GEELONG

SATURDAY 18 AUGUST 14:00PM

BARTERCARD OVAL (WERRIBEE)

B Callan S. Hunt J. Hunt
HB Enright Spencer D. Johnson
C Davenport Byrne Varcoe
HF Gardiner Playfair Lonergan
F Grima Hawkins Blake
R King Gamble Byrnes
Int Mumford McArthur Bedford Thompson Cheep Hollmer Urie Hogan Clarke R. Butler Foss West

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VFL ROUND NINE 2007, SKILLED STADIUM

SATURDAY 9 JUNE 2007 13:00 AEST

WERRIBEE 6.6 9.10 12.15 15.17 (107) DEFEATED
GEELONG 3.4 5.9 5.17 12.20 (92)

GOALS:
WERRIBEE: Podsiadly 4 Robbins 4 Barham 2 Lynch Hill McDougall Rockefeller Furfaro.
GEELONG: Byrnes 2 Byrne 2 Djerrkura 2 Gardiner 2 Playfair 2 Davenport Prismall.

BEST:
WERRIBEE: Pask Barham Robbins Rockefeller Castello Podsiadly.
GEELONG: Selwood Prismall Callan Gardiner Byrnes Playfair

B T. Sheringham Henderson Pask
HB Power Tiller D. Addison
C Wormald Young Rockefeller
HF Skipper McDougall McMahon
F Gleeson Podsiadly Robbins
R Street Castello Faulkner
Int Chisholm Hill Eddy Baird Ericksen Harbrow Gardiner Batchelor Wight
Lavars Hughes Lynch

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