AFL 2013 ROUND 3; GEELONG V CARLTON; MATCH PREVIEW
Ben Jensen 11 April 2013

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG CATS V CARLTON BLUES STEVE JOHNSON is an inclusion for the Cats this week along with Jordan Murdoch, while James Kelly and Mitchell Brown miss due to injury and omission. Kelly, who only returned last week, will miss with a calf injury. Johnson returns from a suspension and minor surgery while Murdoch has recovered from a hand complaint suffered in the round one win over the Hawks.

Josh Hunt and Dan Menzel have been named in the VFL side to play Williamstown at home on Sunday. Last season the Cats beat the Blues by 12 points on a Friday night at Etihad. They will be hoping to do the same and go to a three-nil opening for the season. The Blues on the other hand have had just that, losing both opening matches, to Richmond in round one and Collingwood last weekend.

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UMPIRES

FIELD: Kenny Dalgleish, Matthew Nicholls, Shane McInerney
BOUNDARY: Mitchell Lefevre, Tim Morrison, Justin Bennison, Matthew Tomkins
GOAL: David Dixon, Luke Walker EM: Matthew Wilson

TIP: Cats by 23 points

CATS INJURY LIST

Updated 11/4/2013

Jed Bews Foot Indefinite
George Burbury Foot Indefinite
Josh Cowan Achilles Indefinite
Josh Hunt Glandular fever Indefinite NAMED IN VFL
Steve Johnson Knee Round 3 NAMED IN SIDE
Lincoln McCarthy Foot Indefinite
Hamish McIntosh Knee Indefinite
Daniel Menzel Knee Round 3 NAMED IN VFL
Jordan Murdoch Hand Test
Jared Rivers Knee Test NOT NAMED
Jackson Sheringham Knee Round 5
Dawson Simpson Back Indefinite
Nathan Vardy Groin Indefinite
Josh Walker Shoulder Round 7

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BLUES INJURY LIST

Updated 11/4/2013

Eddie Betts Jaw Round 5
Andrew Collins Ankle Round 3
David Ellard Hamstring Round 3
Nick Graham Knee Round 9
Shaun Hampson Appendicitis Round 3 NAMED IN SIDE
Pat McCarthy Heel Round 3
Andrew McInnes knee Round 11
Rhys O'Keeffe Heel Round 4
Jarrad Waite Calf Round 6

LAST TIME

AFL 2012, ROUND 11, FRIDAY 2 JUNE 2012 19:50 AEST; ETIHAD STADIUM

8 JUNE 2012 CATS GIVE CARLTON THE BLUES AT ETIHAD

7 JUNE 2012 AFL ROUND 11 2012; CARLTON V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW

CATS GIVE CARLTON THE BLUES AT ETIHAD
Ben Jensen 8 June 2012

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery CARLTON BLUES V GEELONG CATS GEELONG retained the Milburn-Silvani Cup over Carlton at Etihad Stadium tonight but had to work for it, spending much of the game a goal or so behind the Blues, finally snatching back the lead in the third quarter. They did it without James Podsiadly who pulled out before the bounce, his place taken by Jesse Stringer who was also a late inclusion last week. Joel Selwood, Stephen Motlop and Jimmy Bartel really stood up while David Wojcinski in his 200th game had pace to burn and was in reasonable touch. Motlop though had his best game yet for the Cats, certainly most important given his four goals and other efforts came at crucial times with the match in the balance. Eddie Betts threatened to snatch the game away with his own boot with three first quarter goals but he would be the Blues' only multiple-goalkicker for the night.

CATS GIVE CARLTON THE BLUES AT ETIHAD

GEELONG: 2.2, 5.7, 10.10, 14.13 (97) DEFEATED
CARLTON: 4.4, 6.6, 9.10, 11.19 (85)

GOALS
GEELONG: Motlop 4, Selwood 2, Duncan 2, Chapman, Bartel, T.Hunt, Hawkins, West, Stokes
CARLTON: Betts 4, Tuohy, Collins, Armfield, Gibbs, Kreuzer, Simpson, Judd

BEST
GEELONG: Selwood, Bartel, Duncan, Motlop, Corey, Chapman, T. Hunt, Scarlett
CARLTON: Simpson, Warnock, Walker, Duigan, Collins

CHANGES
GEELONG: James Podsiadly (hip) replaced replaced in the selected side by Jesse Stringer
CARLTON: Nil

UMPIRES:

FIELD: Stephen McBurney (3) Brett Rosebury (8) Stuart Wenn (22) EM: Jason Armstrong (26)
BOUNDARY: Chris Esler Chris Roberts Gerard Large Robert Haala
GOAL: Daniel Wilson Courtney Lai EM: Luke Walker

CROWD: 47,632 at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands

PRE-MATCH TIP: "Cats by 27 points"

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VFL

VFL ROUND 2

GEELONG V SANDRINGHAM

SUNDAY 14 APRIL 2013 13:00 AEST

SIMONDS STADIUM

B Eardley Bathie J. Hunt
HB Flanagan Brown Guthrie
C Barham T. Selwood Thurlow
HF Corrigan Hamling Schroder
F Hartman Menzel Gleeson
FOLL Banjanin Horlin-Smith Stringer
INT Hollmer Sully Sheahan Gibbs McFarlane* Capra Gribble Raidme Measures