AFL ROUND 9 2011; CARLTON V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW INCLUDING TEAM LISTS, TV DETAILS
Ben Jensen 19 May 2011

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery CARLTON BLUES V GEELONG CATS GEELONG hope to give Carlton a belting in honour of Bob Davis tomorrow night at Etihad Stadium. The Cats have made three changes, Cameron Ling, Tom Lonergan and Dan Menzel forced out, with Darren Milburn, Taylor Hunt and debutante Nathan Vardy coming in. 198cm tall Vardy has impressed in the VFL in recent weeks, and will be Geelong's third new player this season. The Blues recalled former Cat Jeremy Laidler and former Demon Brock McLean, losing Ed Curnow to a shoulder injury while Aaron Joseph was omitted. Bob Davis' funeral will be on Tuesday afternoon at St Mary's in Geelong. TV screens will be placed outside for the public.

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UMPIRES

FIELD UMPIRES: Chris Donlon (1) Michael Vozzo (2) Jason Armstrong (26) EM: Heath Ryan (14)
BOUNDARY UMPIRES: Mitch LeFevre Justin Bennison Adam Coote John Morris
GOAL UMPIRES: Peter Nastasi Adam Wojcik EM: Mark Canning

TIP?

Cats by 37 points

CATS INJURY LIST

Updated 19/5/2011

Shannon Byrnes (knee) - 3-4 weeks
Cameron Ling (shoulder) - test Will miss
Taylor Hunt (knee) - test Named in side
Billie Smedts (hip) - season
Simon Hogan (depression) - indefinite

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BLUES INJURY LIST

Jeremy Laidler (hamstring) - test Named in side
Simon White (general soreness) - test Emergency
Mark Austin (arm) - test
Paul Bower (thigh) - 1 week
Levi Casboult (knee) - 4 weeks
Andrew Collins (shoulder) - 2 weeks
Matthew Kreuzer (knee) - test
Luke Mitchell (shoulder) - test
Ed Curnow (shoulder) - 4 weeks

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AFL ROUND 21 2010, ETIHAD STADIUM

CATS RUN ON TO VICTORY OVER BLUES BY 42 POINTS
Ben Jensen (From Fethiye, Turkey) 20 August 2010

GEELONG defeated CARLTON by fourty-two points at Etihad Stadium tonight. At three-quarter time the match remaineds delicately poised, the Cats remaining in front by twenty-five points. Geelong led Carlton by twenty-two points at half-time, though they led by over thirty mid-way through the second quarter. It was just one point in favour of the Cats at quarter time, they got going early to establish a decent lead before the Blues pegged a couple back. Carlton were out of the gates after half time but could only kick one goal at a time; they scored first but the Cats answered back, twice, before scoring consecutive goals to extend their half-time lead. Similarly in the final term, Carlton opened up the goal-scoring but the Cats answered back, this time immediately. Gary Ablett, goalless at half-time, had kicked three crucial goals by the twelve-minute mark to give his side a buffer when it counted. Dan Menzel kicked his third with twenty-four minutes gone, staking his claim to a spot come September. Ablett added his fourth not long after, thanks to a Menzel pass, his fortieth for the season. The Cats deservingly winners by seven goals

20 AUGUST 2010 CATS RUN ON TO VICTORY OVER BLUES BY 42 POINTS

20 AUGUST 2010 AFL ROUND 21 2010: GEELONG V CARLTON, ETIHAD STADIUM

GEELONG: 5.3 11.7 14.8 18.13 (121) DEFEATED
CARLTON: 5.2 8.3 10.7 12.7 (79)

GOALS
GEELONG: Podsiadly 4, Ablett 4, Menzel 3, Hawkins 2, Bartel, Byrnes, Johnson, Stokes, Varcoe
CARLTON: Henderson 3, Waite 3, Robinson 3, Judd, Simpson, Warnock

BEST
GEELONG: Chapman, Selwood, Bartel, Enright, Podsiadly, Hawkins
CARLTON: Carazzo, Henderson, Murphy, Robinson, Waite

INJURIES
GEELONG: Nil
CARLTON: Nil

REPORTS: Josh Hunt (Geelong), James Podsiadly (Geelong)
CHANGES
GEELONG: Andrew Mackie replaced in the selected side by Taylor Hunt
CARLTON: Shaun Hampson and Aaron Joseph replaced in the selected side by Sam Jacobs and Andrew Walker
UMPIRES: Vozzo, McBurney, Nicholls
CROWD: 45,172 at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne

VFL

ROUND 8

GEELONG HAS THE BYE