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AFL 2009 ROUND 17; GEELONG V HAWTHORN;
MATCH PREVIEW PLUS TV / RADIO BROADCAST DETAILS By Ben Jensen AFL 2009 ROUND 17 GEELONG CATS V HAWTHORN HAWKS GEELONG host Hawthorn at the MCG in the match of the round. The Hawks, who had a rough trot over May-June but are starting to come good, with two wins over the trot including Premiership pretenders Collingwood. Geelong has recalled 2007 Brownlow medallist Jimmy Bartel in place of Tom Gillies while Hawthorn have made no changes. Mark Blake remains on the sidelines, and with no VFL action this weekend won't have an opportunity to impress selectors on the field. Geelong skipper Tom Harley remains out injured, as do fellow Premiership pair Steve Johnson and James Kelly. Johnson's absence will hurt the Cats more than anything however, their most potent forward of the season thus far will now miss his fourth game in a row with a hip injury. Umpires Ray Chamberlain, Scott Jeffery and Shane McInerney will officiate. The match is to be broadcast on Channel Ten in Victoria on an hour's delay; viewers in all other states except WA will get it live on Ten and affiliates. UK based Geelong fans, in the absence of Setanta, will be able to watch the game live thanks to the AFL / Telstra: http://bigpondtv.com/aflliveuk
YOUR SAY: WILL THE CATS GET OVER THE LINE? UMPIRES: FIELD:
Ray Chamberlain (18) Scott Jeffery (29) Shane McInerney (30) EM: Troy
Pannell (28) TIP? Cats by 19 points BETTING GUIDE (As At 23/7/2009) (Check OnThePunt for latest odds)* The odds for Hawthorn are expected to narrow closer to the game, but on the Wednesday the Cats were short priced favourites, paying around $1.20 with the Hawks $4 outsiders.
* This information does not constitute investment advice. And if you think it does, you may as well invest in Babcock & Brown, Opus Prime or ABC Learning Centres. Suffice to say, don't rely on us, check the latest odds yourself. YOUR SAY
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AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON 2009, ROUND 17 GEELONG V HAWTHORN SATURDAY 25 JULY 2009, 14:10 AEST MCG, MELBOURNE
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GEELONG NAB CUP GRAND FINAL WIN DVD
AUSTRALIAN TV COVERAGE (LOCAL TIMES) Melbourne Ten (Delay - 15:00) Replays on Fox Sports 1; available on Foxtel, Optus and Austar AFL RADIO COVERAGE Melbourne
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TO LIVE FEEDS INTERNATIONAL TV COVERAGE (LOCAL TIMES) Africa NIL (Blame ESPN)
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Jimmy Bartel B: Darren Milburn - Matthew Scarlett - Corey
Enright
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HAWTHORN IN:
NO CHANGE B: Guerra, Gilham, Murphy
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Updated 22/7/2009 Player (Injury) Onset; Estimated Return; Notes Jimmy Bartel (hip) - test (named on side) |
HAWTHORN INJURY LIST Robert Campbell
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AFL 2009, ROUND 1 FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2009, 19:40 AEST, MCG CATS HOLD OFF HAWKS
IN THRILLER AT MCG By Ben Jensen HAWTHORN V GEELONG GEELONG held on to defeat a fast finishing Hawthorn side by just eight points at the MCG last night. Many supporters were describing the match as a 'disgrace' rather than a 'thriller' on the ride home, as despite being fourty-one points in front five minutes into the final term, the Hawks caused at least one heart attack of a Geelong supporter as they rammed through six unanswered goals from forward guns Roughead and Franklin to give the Cats a real run for their money in front of nearly seventy thousand people. The encounter was not as spiteful as the list of reports suggested however there was plenty of noise from the crowd, which was overwhelmingly pro-Hawthorn (many of them wearing very new looking gear it must be said). Hawthorn forwards Lance Franklin and Jarryd Roughead put on an awesome display of how to play the power forward role in the final quarter, kicking six goals straight between them after earlier on kicking several behinds. Next week Geelong host Richmond at Skilled Stadium while Hawthorn faces Sydney, whose coaching staff including Paul Roos and John Longmire were in force observing their foes. Gary Ablett was simply superb, who had thirty-five posessions and only two 'clangers', although he did add to Geelong's goalkicking woes with one goal two behinds.
GEELONG 4.8 8.16 14.19 15.21 (111) DEFEATED
GOALS BEST CROWD: 69,593 at MCG UMPIRES: McBurney, Wenn, S.Ryan
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