AFL 2013 1ST PRELIMINARY FINAL; HAWTHORN V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW
Ben Jensen 19 September 2013

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery HAWTHORN HAWKS V GEELONG CATS CAN HAWTHORN finally beat the Kennett Curse? We will find out Friday night at the MCG in the first Preliminary Final. There has been two changes from either side, the Cats losing the suspended Paul Chapman and dropping Taylor Hunt, the Hawks recalling Lance Franklin from suspension and Cyril Rioli from injury. Josh Caddy returns right away from one week off with an ankle injury and Jordan Murdoch, who performed very well last time these sides met with three goals. Out for the Hawks are unlucky duo Matt Spangher and Jed Anderson.

On Sunday the Cats play the Box Hill Hawks at Etihad Stadium in the VFL Grand Final, chasing back to back flags under coach Matthew Knights and skipper Troy Selwood. Geelong beat Box Hill back in round three by just five points at Simonds Stadium. In the Preliminary Final the Cats had a thumping win over Williamstown, Josh Walker and Shane Kersten starring up forward with five and four goals apiece. Box Hill defeated Werribee by 52 points in their preliminary final.

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UMPIRES

FIELD: Matt Stevic (9) Matt Stevic (9) Simon Meredith (21) Shane McInerney (30) EM: Troy Pannell (28)
BOUNDARY: Aaron Deckys Mark Foster John Morris Mitchell Lefevre
GOAL: Steven Axon Chris Appleton EM: Adam Wojcik

TIP: Cats by 2 points

CATS INJURY LIST

Updated 18/9/2013

Josh Caddy Ankle Test
Josh Cowan Hamstring 1-2 weeks
Corey Enright Knee Test
Tom Hawkins Back Test
Josh Hunt Broken nose Available
Hamish McIntosh Ankle Season
Daniel Menzel Knee Season
Jared Rivers Ankle Test
Dawson Simpson Knee Season

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HAWKS INJURY LIST

Updated 18/9/2013

Xavier Ellis Calf Season
Cyril Rioli Ankle Test
Ryan Schoenmakers Knee Season
Matt Suckling Knee Season
Alex Woodward Knee Season

LAST TIME

AFL 2013 ROUND 15

SATURDAY 6 JULY 2013 19:40 AEST; MCG

CATS OVERCOME HAWKS AND UMPIRING BLUNDERS
Ben Jensen 6 July 2013

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery AFL 2013 ROUND 15; GEELONG CATS V HAWTHORN HAWKS GEELONG defeated Hawthorn by ten points in front of 85,197, their second win over the Hawks this season and eleventh in a row since the 2008 grand final. Cats coach Chris Scott would have been fuming for many reasons had they lost the match, in fact he was fuming anyway; his players missing so many shots at goal in the second half and with a few puzzling umpiring decisions. The standout was a supposed interchange infringement against Josh Hunt in the final quarter that gifted David Hale his second goal and brought the margin down to just 9 point, following a miraculous goal from Jack Gunston seconds earlier. After the match AFL spokesperson Patrick Keane confirmed the decision was wrong. Earlier in the day the VFL side defeated North Ballarat, Travis Varcoe making a successful comeback from injury. Tonight Jesse Stringer and Cyril Rioli started as substitutes.

6 JULY 2013 CATS OVERCOME HAWKS AND UMPIRING BLUNDERS

6 JULY 2013 AFL 2013 ROUND 15; GEELONG V HAWTHORN; MATCH PREVIEW

GEELONG 5.2, 6.8, 6.15, 11.16 (82) DEFEATED
HAWTHORN 2.4, 3.8, 4.11, 10.12 (72)

GOALS
GEELONG: Murdoch 3, Motlop, Caddy, Hunt, Kelly, Blicavs, Podsiadly, Selwood, Stringer
HAWTHORN: Roughead 2, Hale 2, Breust, Franklin, Gunston, Puopolo, Savage, Simpkin

BEST
GEELONG: Selwood, Duncan, Kelly, Murdoch, Caddy, Lonergan, Mackie
HAWTHORN: Mitchell, Stratton, Roughead, Gunston, Duryea

INJURIES
GEELONG: Joel Corey (TBC - appeared to be concussed)
HAWTHORN: TBC

SUBS
GEELONG: Jesse Stringer, replaced Dawson Simpson in the third quarter
HAWTHORN: Cyril Rioli, replaced Max Bailey in the third quarter

UMPIRES:

FIELD: Matt Stevic (9) Justin Schmitt (17) Shane McInerney (30) EM: Brendan Hosking (16)
BOUNDARY: Adam Coote Ian Burrows Matthew Jenkinson John Morris
GOAL: Adam Wojcik Jason Venkataya EM: Michael Hammond

CROWD: 85,197 at the MCG

PRE-MATCH TIP: "Cats by 3 points"

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VFL

VFL GRAND FINAL

GEELONG V BOX HILL

SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2013 14:15 AEST

ETIHAD STADIUM

VFL

GEELONG
B Bews Hamling Eardley
HB T. Hunt Brown Sheringham
C Thurlow T. Selwood Smedts
HF Stringer Walker Burbury
F Bathie Kersten Hartman
R West Horlin-Smith Schroder
Int Raidme Hollmer Howe Corrigan Condy Barham Sully Gleeson Banjanin

BOX HILL

B Litherland Spangher Mirra
HB Wanganeen Cheney Duryea
C Lock Osborne Iles
HF Anderson Savage Simpkin
F Ceglar Grimley Retzlaff
R Lowden Hallahan Langford
Int Cust Tobin Kelly Gordon Exon* Murphy Pratt O'Donnell O'Brien

LAST TIME

VFL ROUND 3

GEELONG V BOX HILL HACKS

SATURDAY 20 APRIL 2013 13:10 AEST

SIMONDS STADIUM

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TEAM LIST

GEELONG 3.4, 5.9, 8.14,12.17 (89) DEFEATED
BOX HILL 3.4, 7.7, 10.10, 12.12 (84)

GOALS
GEELONG: J. Schroder 2, D. Gleeson , J. Sheringham , J. Murdoch , D. McFarlane , D. Menzel , J. Hunt , M. Corrigan , J. Thurlow , D. Measures , J. Hollmer
BOX HILL: J. Simpkin 2, L. Lowden 2, J. Ceglar 2, T. O''Brien , B. Lake , T. Gordon , A. Frank , S. Grimley , B. Wood

BEST
GEELONG: J. Hunt, J. Schroder, C. Guthrie, J. Sheringham, T. Selwood, P. Flanagan
BOX HILL: W. Langford, S. Iles, J. Simpkin, M. Spangher, D. Mirra, L. Lowden

GROUND: Simonds Stadium, Geelong