AFL 2013 ROUND 6; RICHMOND V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW
Ben Jensen 2 May 2013

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery RICHMOND TIGERS V GEELONG CATS PAUL CHAPMAN AND TOM HAWKINS make welcome returns to the side to face Richmond at the MCG this Saturday night. Out are injured Jared Rivers and Josh Caddy who copped a knee injury and concussion respectively in last Saturday night's win over the Bulldogs. Handy inclusions for the Cats. The Tigers have made three changes, just the one of them forced in little known Brad Helbig. Robbie Nahas and Jake Batchelor were dropped. Returning is Jake 'Pushup' King, Troy Chaplin and Steven Morris.

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LAST GAME DETAILS

UMPIRES

FIELD: Chris Donlon (1), Mathew Nicholls (15), Chris Kamolins (19) EM: Heath Ryan (14)
BOUNDARY: Mark Foster, Matthew Tomkins, Gerard Large, Drew Kowalski
GOAL: Chris Appleton, Jason Venkataya EM: Adam Wojcik

TIP: Cats by 39 points

CATS INJURY LIST

Updated 2/5/2013

Paul Chapman (hamstring) test
Jared Rivers (knee) TBA
Jackson Sheringham (shoulder) TBA
Tom Hawkins (back) test
Josh Caddy (concussion) test
Nathan Vardy (hip) indefinite
Josh Walker (shoulder) test
Dawson Simpson (back) test
Josh Cowan (Achilles) 3-4 weeks
Lincoln McCarthy (foot) indefinite
Hamish McIntosh (Achilles) indefinite
Daniel Menzel (knee) indefinite
Travis Varcoe (shoulder) indefinite

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TIGERS INJURY LIST

Updated 2/5/2013

Troy Chaplin (calf) test
Reece Conca (foot) 3-5 weeks
Brett O’Hanlon (ankle) TBC

LAST TIME

AFL 2012, ROUND 4, SIMONDS STADIUM

SUNDAY 22 APRIL 2012 13:10 AEST

PREVIEW

RESULT

CATS (JUST) BRING HOME FOUR POINTS OVER TIGERS
Ben Jensen 22 April 2012

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG JUST got over the top of Richmond at Simonds Stadium this afternoon in front of an unknown crowd. The event got off to a dodgy start for many fans, with an apparent power or IT outage causing 'chaos' as queues stretched 500m long in some parts just to get in. However sanity soon prevailed and fans were let in just by showing their membership ticket, lines a couple hundred metres long gaining entry within minutes. Most fans were there to see the lap of honour for retired players Camerons Ling and Mooney and for the 2011 Premiership flag unfurling. Geelong lead most of the day, trailing by 6 points in the first quarter but leading by the same margin at quarter time. The Tigers never let go of the Cats however, drawing level midway through the final term as the Cats crowd sat in silence. A goal from Matthew Stokes, his third, was enough to give Geelong victory. The final few minutes weren't without anxious moments, the Cats ended up winners by 10 points. In the VFL on Friday night David Wojcinski made a successful comeback and should come into the AFL side for next week's match with the Lions at the Gabba. Joel Selwood was the only Geelong player who played a consistent four quarters of footy while Matthew Stokes, Allen Christensen, and defenders Harry Taylor, Josh Hunt and Joel Corey stood up for the most part.

GEELONG: 4.1, 7.3, 10.4, 11.9 (75) DEFEATED
RICHMOND: 3.1, 3.6, 7.10, 9.11 (65)

GOALS
GEELONG: Stokes 2, Chapman 2, Hawkins, Christensen, Duncan, Hunt, Motlop, Podsiadly, Selwood
RICHMOND: Nahas 2, Jackson, Maric, Vickery, Riewoldt, Grigg, Foley

BEST
GEELONG: Selwood, Taylor, Stokes, Enright, Hunt
RICHMOND: Grigg, Deledio, Foley, Martin, Batchelor

INJURIES
GEELONG: Nil
RICHMOND: Nil

UMPIRES:

FIELD: Gary Fila (12) Justin Schmitt (17) Troy Pannell (28) EM: David Harris (34)
BOUNDARY: Robert Haala Matthew Tomkins Shane Jones Adam Coote
GOAL: Stephen Williams Adam Wojcik EM: David Dixon

CROWD: Who knows due to power stuffup, but I reckon just under 17,000 at Simonds Stadium

PRE-MATCH TIP: "Cats by 17 points"

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VFL

VFL ROUND 5

GEELONG V WERRIBEE

SATURDAY 4 MAY 2013 11:00 AEST

SIMONDS STADIUM

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