AFL ROUND 13 2012; SYDNEY V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW
Ben Jensen 21 June 2012

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery SYDNEY SWANS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG, minus Jesse Stringer, travel to the SCG to face the Sydney Swans tomorrow night in what may prove to be a key encounter if the Cats can chalk up a tough away win. The task will be made just that little bit harder however with 300-gamer and dual Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes making his comeback from a quadricep tear which saw him miss six matches. The Swans won the last encounter of the two sides by 13 points, the first side to defeat the Cats at Simonds Stadium in 30 matches, leaving some traces of egg on the faces of the Geelong Addy and their commemorative '30 wins' poster.

Dawson Simpson finally gets a chance at AFL level after a few weeks injury-free in the VFL, replacing fellow ruckman Orren Stephenson. Allen Christensen and James Podsiadly, returning from injury, are the other two inclusions with Cam Guthrie the third omittee.

Geelong's Jesse Stringer of course misses after the club imposed a sanction following an alleged assault by Stringer on a young female. It is not the charge itself that led to the club suspension but the fact Stringer had clearly overindulged in alcohol, and other non-specified matters. In the VFL on Saturday Geelong travel to the Northern Blues' sometime home ground, Visy Park (Princess Park).

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UMPIRES

FIELD: Chris Donlon (1) Dean Margetts (6) Shane McInerney (30) EM: Stefan Grun (13)
BOUNDARY: Michael Saunders Robert Taylor Chris Simms Luke Roberts
GOAL: James Savage Luke Walker EM: Sergio Villagra

TIP?

Cats by 2 points

CATS INJURY LIST

Updated 21/6/2012

James Podsiadly (hip) - available & named in side
Allen Christensen (concussion) - available & named in side
Jordan Murdoch (finger) - available
Matthew Stokes (hamstring) - test - likely available
Travis Varcoe (foot) - indefinite - fresh surgery required
Daniel Menzel (knee) - season
Josh Cowan (Achilles) - indefinite
Nathan Vardy (hip) - indefinite

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SVANS INJURY LIST

Updated 21/6/2012

Gary Rohan Leg Season
Luke Parker Shoulder 3-4 weeks
Jordan Lockyer Hamstring TBA
Jed Lamb Shin 1 week
Tom Mitchell Knee Test
Adam Goodes Quad Test named in side

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ROUND 23, SATURDAY 27 AUGUST 2011 14:10 AEST; SKILLED STADIUM

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CATS' UNBEATEN HOME STREAK BROKEN BY INSPIRED SWANS
Ben Jensen 28 August 2011

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG CATS V SYDNEY SWANS GEELONG lost to Sydney at home yesterday in the round's shock result. The Cats, behind pretty much all day, were there or thereabouts in the first quarter but kicked woeful, the Swans far more efficient and led by 2 points at quarter time. From there on however Geelong were outplayed all over the ground by Sydney, who did grieving co-Captain Jarrad McVeigh proud. The Geelong Advertiser jumped the gun with their '30 WINS AT HOME' poster (pictured right), which may or may not have provided additional incentive to the Swans. Geelong reject Shane Mumford dominated the ruck while fellow big Swan Adam Goodes showed why he is a dual Brownlow medallist. Skipper Cameron Ling kicked 3 goals as did Jimmy Bartel, but forwards James Podsiadly, Tom Hawkins, Matthew Stokes and Steve Johnson all miss-fired with just the one goal each to Stokes Johnson while Brad Ottens' goalkicking form also deserted him. The 13 point loss assures the Swans of a finals berth while the Cats are highly likely to remain in second spot and even if they slip to third, will face Hawthorn in the second qualifying final on either the Friday or Saturday night in week one of the AFL finals series.

SYDNEY: 3.1, 7.5, 10.9, 15.9 (99) DEFEATED
GEELONG: 2.5, 5.7, 8.10, 12.14 (86)

GOALS
SYDNEY: Rohan 2, Parker 2, Bolton 2, Reid 2, Goodes, Kennedy, McGlynn, Meredith, Mumford, Spangher, White
GEELONG: Bartel 3, Ling 3, Byrnes, Menzel, Stokes, West, Wojcinski, Johnson

BEST
SYDNEY: McGlynn, Goodes, Shaw, Mumford, Bolton, Kennedy
GEELONG: Bartel, Ling, Kelly, Enright, Stokes

INJURIES
SYDNEY : Meredith (groin)
GEELONG: Harry Taylor (concussion), subbed off in second quarter for Allen Christensen

REPORTS: Nil

UMPIRES:
FIELD: Michael Vozzo (2) Mathew Nicholls (15) Jason Armstrong (26) EM: Heath Ryan (14)
BOUNDARY: Gerard Large Tim Morrison Chris Morrison Patrick Tongue
GOAL: Michael Hammond Chelsea Roffey EM: Courtney Lai

CROWD: 25,900 at Skilled Stadium, Geelong

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VFL

VFL ROUND 13
NORTHERN BLUES V GEELONG
SATURDAY 23 JUNE 2012, 14:00 AEST
VISY PARK

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