AFL ROUND 19 2012; HAWTHORN V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW
Ben Jensen 2 August 2012

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery HAWTHORN HAWKS V GEELONG CATS HAWTHORN host GEELONG in a much anticipated match tomorrow night at the MCG; but will it live up to the billing? The Hawks are on fire, having comprehensively smashed Essendon and Collingwood the past two matches. The Cats have done all right in likewise smashing Essendon and accounting for the Crows at home but couldn't get near the Magpies the week before as they rued missed opportunities in front of goal. Out for the Cats are injured pair Joel Corey and Trent West along with omitted Cam Guthrie. Returning from suspension is Matthew Scarlett and recalled are tall pair James Podsiadly and Orren Stephenson, the former traditionally doing well against Hawthorn. The Hawks made just the one change, bringing back handy tall David Hale and dropping New Zealander Shane Savage.

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UMPIRES

FIELD: Stephen McBurney (3) Brett Rosebury (8) Mathew Nicholls (15) EM: Brendan Hosking
(16)
BOUNDARY: Adam Coote, Chris Gordon, Chris Roberts, Mark Foster
GOAL: Jason Venkataya Michael Hammond EM: Daniel Wilson

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Cats by 1 point

CATS INJURY LIST

Updated 3/8/2012

Joel Corey (hamtring) - 1-2 weeks
Steve Johnson (concussion) - test Named in side
Nathan Vardy (hip) - available Named in VFL for first game back
Travis Varcoe (foot) - indefinite likely to at least play VFL before season's end
Josh Cowan (Achilles) - indefinite
Daniel Menzel (knee) - season

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HAWKS INJURY LIST

Updated 3/8/2012

Andrew Boseley (wrist) - season
Jared Boumann (hand) - TBC
Amos Frank (calf) - 1 week
Lance Franklin (hamstring) - test
Sam Grimley (finger) 1 week
Michael Osborne (knee) season
Derick Wanganeen (hamstring) - 1 week
Alex Woodward (knee) season

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ROUND 2, MONDAY 9 APRIL 2012 15:10 AEDT, MCG

A HAPPY TEAM AT GEELONG; CATS BEAT HAWKS IN ANOTHER THRILLER

MATCH PREVIEW, FINAL TEAMS

A HAPPY TEAM AT GEELONG; CATS BEAT HAWKS IN ANOTHER THRILLER
Ben Jensen 9 April 2012

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG CATS V HAWTHORN HAWKS GEELONG somehow held off Hawthorn at the MCG this afternoon/early evening, despite trailing by three goals at three quarter time. The Cats kicked four goals one behind in the final term to the Hawks' five behinds, but it could have been a different outcome if Hawthorns Lance Franklin and other had of had the bottle to kick goals when it counted. In sharp contrast Jimmy Bartel, James Podsiadly and Tom Hawkins took the game absolutely by storm. Podsiadly kicked the final three goals of the game for five overall while Bartel kicked the first. Andrew Mackie may well have been the one who saved the match, amazingly stopping a certain goal from Michael Osborne midway through the last quarter. Hawkins was best afield, claiming no less than 12 marks and splitting the pack umpteen times, booting three goals in total. In the VFL on Sunday, Geelong defeated Williamstown by 7 points.

GEELONG: 4.1, 7.2, 10.7, 14.8 (92) DEFEATED
HAWTHORN: 3.3, 8.6, 13.7, 13.12 (90)

GOALS
GEELONG: Podsiadly 5, Hawkins 3, Johnson 3, Bartel 2, Smedts
HAWTHORN: Lewis 3, Franklin 2, Rioli 2, Whitecross 2, Roughead, Mitchell, Hale, Suckling

BEST
GEELONG: Hawkins, Podsiadly, Bartel, Selwood, Chapman, Kelly, Johnson
HAWTHORN: Mitchell, Whitecross, Rioli, Birchall, Burgoyne, Lewis

INJURIES
GEELONG: Joel Selwood (cut head), Smedts (shoulder)
HAWTHORN: Nil

CHANGES
GEELONG: Stephenson (virus) replaced in Geelong's selected side by Byrnes
HAWTHORN: Nil

UMPIRES:

FIELD: Stephen McBurney (3) Dean Margetts (6) Shane McInerney (30) EM: Matt Stevic (9)
BOUNDARY: Justin Bennison Christopher Gordon Ian Burrows Patrick Tongue
GOAL : Chelsea Roffey Luke Walker EM: Michael Hammond

CROWD: 69,231 at MCG, Melbourne

PRE-MATCH TIP: "Cats by 6 points"

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VFL ROUND 19

NORTH BALLARAT V GEELONG

SUNDAY 5 AUGUST 2012 14:00 AEST

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