AFL ROUND 21 2012; GEELONG V ST KILDA; MATCH PREVIEW
Ben Jensen 16 August 2012

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG CATS V ST KILDA SAINTS GEELONG host St Kilda at Etihad Stadium tomorrow night. Geelong has made five changes and St Kilda three, the Saints losing skipper Nick Riewoldt through a knee injury. The Cats recall Premiership players Paul Chapman, Josh Hunt, Trent West, James Kelly and Joel Corey. They lose two players to injury - Allen Christensen (groin) and Orren Stephenson (hand), while David Wojcinski, Cam Guthrie and Jackson Sheringham are all omitted. In the VFL Geelong plays Coburg, who may be playing their last ever match in the VFL.

The Saints have one of the shortest injury lists in the league, unfortunately for them Riewoldt is now on it after pulling up sore early in their match against Melbourne last Saturday. Of the five returning at least a couple will be a bit ginger, as indeed will Tom Hawkins be after being knocked out last Friday against the Eagles.

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UMPIRES

FIELD: Chris Donlon (1) Brett Rosebury (8) Simon Meredith (21) EM: Michael Jennings (24)
BOUNDARY: Mark Foster John Morris Tim Morrison Chris Esler
GOAL: Stephen Williams Chelsea Roffey EM: Adam Wojcik

TIP?

Cats by 21 points

CATS INJURY LIST

Updated 16/8/2012

Tom Hawkins (concussion) - test Named in side
Orren Stephenson (hand) - 1-2 weeks
Joel Corey (hamtring) - test Named in side
Josh Hunt (quad) - test Named in side
James Kelly (soreness) - test Named in side
Paul Chapman (calf) - test Named in side
Trent West (knee) - available Named in side
Dawson Simpson (back) - test
Travis Varcoe (foot) - available Named in VFL side
Josh Cowan (Achilles) - indefinite
Daniel Menzel (knee) - season

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SAINTS INJURY LIST

Updated 16/8/2012

Adam Schneider (hamstring) - test Named in side
Rhys Stanley (hamstring) - 1 week
Darren Minchington (hip) - season
Nick Riewoldt (knee) - test Not named

LAST TIME

AFL 2011, ROUND 13, SATURDAY 18 JUNE 2011 19:10 AEST, MCG

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RESULT

CATS MAKE MCG CLASH A ONE SIDED AFFAIR
Ben Jensen 18 June 2011

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery ST KILDA SAINTS V GEELONG CATS GEELONG beat St Kilda by 28 points in a match that was a lot more one-sided than the scoreboard suggests. St Kilda led by 3 points at the first break but from then on it was pretty much all one way, the Cats outscoring the Saints by 6 goals to 1 in the second quarter and broke even the other two to ensure they retained bragging rights for the season. Dan Menzel was prominent up front for the Cats with 4 goals, joined by other multiple goal-kickers in Matty Stokes, James Podsiadly, Nathan Vardy (who has been terrific since coming into the side) and Paul Chapman. Chapman had 25 disposals including a team-high 17 kicks in addition to the 2 goals, and was just about our pick for best. Joel Corey though probably just edged him out for consistency throughout the match and the sheer number of possessions and was named best afield.

GEELONG: 3.3, 9.3, 11.6, 15.10 (100) DEFEATED
ST KILDA: 4.0, 5.4, 7.5, 11.6 (72)

GOALS
GEELONG: Menzel 4, Stokes 2, Podsiadly 2, Vardy 2, Chapman 2, Ling, Duncan, Ottens
ST KILDA: Armitage 3, Ray 2, Peake 2, Steven, Koschitzke, Gamble, Jones

BEST
GEELONG: Corey, Menzel, Stokes, Chapman, Mackie, Taylor
ST KILDA: Dal Santo, Fisher, McEvoy, Jones, Peake

CHANGES
GEELONG: Nil
ST KILDA: Jason Blake replaced in selected side by Justin Koschitzke

INJURIES
GEELONG: Jimmy Bartel (concussion), James Kelly (ankle)
ST KILDA: Nil

REPORTS: Nil

UMPIRES: Chamberlain, Meredith, Pannell
CROWD: 39,539 at MCG, Melbourne

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VFL

VFL ROUND 21

GEELONG V COBURG

SATURDAY 18 AUGUST 2012 14:00 AEST

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