AFL ROUND 2 2011; FREMANTLE V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW INCLUDING TEAM LISTS, TV DETAILS
Ben Jensen 2 April 2011

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery FREMANTLE DOCKERS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG have made four forced changes for their clash with the Fremantle Dockers tonight at the ground formerlly known as Subiaco. Initially the Cats lost Matthew Scarlett to suspension and dropped youngsters Dan Menzel and Cameron Guthrie and recalled Cameron Ling, Paul Chapman and James Podisadly. However last night the Cats were forced to make three more changes, though sparing Menzel and Guthrie the axe.

Joel Selwood, concussed last Friday night against the Saints, was initially named pending a fitness test but was confirmed as a withdrawl yesterday along with Cameron Mooney (general soreness - code for too old to travel to Perth?) and Tom Lonergan (calf). Fremantle have made just the one change, Matt de Boer coming into the side for Jayden Pitt. Read stories from Freo Dockers fans' perspectives at the Footy Almanac here: footyalmanac.com.au/?tag=fremantle

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LAST GAME DETAILS

UMPIRES

FIELD: Michael Vozzo (2) Matt Stevic (9) Jason Armstrong (26) EM: Todd Keating (31)
BOUNDARY: Alan Zanich Nathan Doig Jace Collingridge Richard Heptinstall
GOAL: Dale Edwick Brett Rogers EM: Matthew Laycock

TIP?

Freo probably the stronger side but think we can do another win at the death; Cats by 3 points

BETTING (As At 2/4/2011) (Check OnThePunt for latest odds)*

Bookie	Geelong	Fremantle
Sportingbet	$2.10	$1.73
Sports Alive	$2.18	$1.70
Betfair (-5%)		$1.69
Sportsbet (TAB Vic)	$2.13	$1.72
Paddy Power	$2.00	$1.73

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GEELONG

IN: Chapman, Ling, Podsiadly, Christensen
OUT: Scarlett (susp.), Selwood, Mooney, Lonergan
NEW: Allen Christensen (Geelong Falcons)

B: Mackie, Guthrie, Hunt
HB: Enright, Taylor, Corey
C: Wojcinski, Ling, Christensen
HF: Chapman, Menzel, Varcoe
F: Johnson, Podsiadly, Stokes
FOLL: Ottens, Bartel, Kelly
INT: Duncan, Hunt, Hawkins, Milburn
EMER: Simpson, Gillies, Cowan

FREMANTLE

IN: de Boer
OUT: Pitt

B: Johnson, Grover, Broughton
HB: Palmer, McPharlin, Duffield
C: Lower, Mundy, Fyfe
HF: Bradley, Pavlich, Hill
F: Ballantyne, Mayne, van Berlo
FOLL: Sandilands, McPhee, Suban
INT: Crowley, de Boer, Roberton, Walters
EMER: Griffin, Pitt, Anthony

CATS INJURY LIST

LATEST LIST

Updated 2/4/2011

Shannon Byrnes (foot) - test
Paul Chapman (groin) - test
Marcus Drum (ankle) - 1-2 weeks
Cameron Ling (hamstring) - test
James Podsiadly (broken hand) - test
Joel Selwood (concussion) - test
Cameron Mooney (general soreness) - test
Tom Lonergan (calf) - test

DOCKERS INJURY LIST

Michael Barlow (leg) - TBC
Ben Bucovaz (hamstring) - 2 weeks
Roger Hayden (foot) - 8-12 weeks
Clayton Hinkley (knee) - 1-2 weeks
Joel Houghton (arm) - 12 weeks
Garrick Ibbotson (ankle) - 1-2 weeks
Anthony Morabito (knee) - season
Tendai Mzungu (knee) - 8-10 weeks
Tim Ruffles (knee) - TBC
Byron Schammer (hip) - 3 weeks
Alex Silvagni (illness) - test

LAST TIME

CATS GIVE DOCKERS THE OLD HEAVE HO, BUT KEEP POWDER DRY FOR MAGPIES
Ben Jensen 10 September 2010

By Ben Jensen (Back in Geelong!) GEELONG easily accounted for Fremantle at the MCG tonight, cruising to a sixty-nine point win. The crowd was disappointing at just over 45,000, affected by a combination of a cold, wet night and general lack of interest by the footballing public and certainly by Fremantle fans.

GEELONG: 8.1 10.7 14.13 20.15 (135) DEFEATED
FREMANTLE: 1.1 4.2 7.6 10.6 (66)

GOALS
J Podsiadly 3 M Stokes 3 S Johnson 3 D Wojcinski 2 B Ottens C Ling C Mooney J Bartel J Selwood P Chapman S Byrnes T Hawkins T Varcoe
FREMANTLE: M Pavlich 4 M Walters 3 C Mayne N Fyfe P Duffield

BEST
GEELONG:Ablett, Ling, Chapman, Bartel, Mooney, Johnson, Wojcinski, Stokes
FREMANTLE: Johnson, Pavlich, Mundy, Walters, Broughton, Fyfe

REPORTS
NIL

INJURIES
GEELONG: NIL Official reports; Podsiadly and Chapman appeared to hurt selves but returned to field
FREMANTLE: Jesse Crichton replaced by Des Headland in selected side

UMPIRES: Michael Vozzo, Stephen McBurney, Ray 'Razor' Chamberlain

CROWD: 45,056 at MCG, Melbourne

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