AFL 2013 ROUND 23; GEELONG V BRISBANE; MATCH PREVIEW
Ben Jensen 29 August 2013

By Ben Jensen twitter.com/thecattery GEELONG CATS V BRISBANE LIONS TRENT WEST returns to the ruck for the final match of the home and away season against the Brisbane Lions at Simonds Stadium this Saturday afternoon in place of Nathan Vardy who has been rested or 'managed'. Brisbane memorably defeated Geelong back in June at the Gabba in a fantastic comeback. In the VFL the Bendigo Bank Cats plays Casey Scorpions in the first qualifying final at Simonds Stadium tomorrow night. Cats CEO Brian Cook is pushing the AFL for a genuine home final, eg at Geelong, should the first opponent be Fremantle. The Dockers are kicking up a fair old stink about this, so it isn't a certainty by any means.

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UMPIRES

FIELD: Stephen McBurney (3) Heath Ryan (14) Chris Kamolins (19) EM: David Harris (24)
BOUNDARY: Mitchell Lefevre Robert Haala John Morris Michael Marantelli
GOAL: David Dixon Jason Venkataya EM: Darren Mills

TIP: Cats by 51 points

CATS INJURY LIST

Updated 29/8/2013

Josh Cowan - Hamstring - 3-4 weeks
Lincoln McCarthy - Foot - Indefinite
Hamish McIntosh - Ankle - Season
Daniel Menzel - Knee - Season
Dawson Simpson - Knee - Season
Nathan Vardy - Pelvis - Test Will miss - 'managed'

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LIONS INJURY LIST

Updated 29/8/2013

Claye Beams - Knee - Season
Simon Black - Adductor - 1-2 weeks
Jonathan Brown - Foot - Season
Justin Clarke - AC joint - Season
Daniel Merrett - Ankle - Season
Brent Moloney - Hamstring - 1-2 weeks
Jared Polec - Ankle - Season
Stephen Wrigley - Knee - Season

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AFL 2013 ROUND 13

SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 14:40 AEST; GABBA

CATS STUNNED BY LIONS COMEBACK
Ben Jensen 24 June 2013

CHRIS SCOTT has been on about it for weeks but his side escaped without dropping a match, but yesterday evening at the Gabba the Brisbane Lions, who trailed by some 52 points at one stage, outscored the Cats by eight goals to one in the final term to win by five points with Ashley McGrath kicking the winning goal after the siren in his 200th match. Veteran McGrath had a great all round game, booting two goals early in the match before taking the mark just inside fifty right as the siren sounded. Geelong had led the match at every change, though the Lions did get the early advanced before the Cats booted the final three of the term to lead by thirteen points at the first break.

MATCH REPORT CATS STUNNED BY LIONS COMEBACK

MATCH PREVIEW AFL 2013 ROUND 13; BRISBANE V GEELONG; MATCH PREVIEW, FINAL TEAMS

BRISBANE 3.2, 5.4, 7.8, 15.13 (103) DEFEATED
GEELONG 5.3, 9.7, 13.10, 14.14 (98)

GOALS
BRISBANE: Moloney 3, McGrath 3, Rich 2, Lisle, Patfull, Brown, Zorko, Adcock, Hanley, Rich
GEELONG: Hawkins 3, Christensen 2, Motlop 2, Johnson 2, Mackie, Guthrie, Murdoch, Blicavs, Podsiadly

BEST
BRISBANE: Black, Leuenberger, Moloney, Yeo, McGrath
GEELONG: Motlop, Blicavs, Johnson, Hawkins, Enright, Bartel

CHANGES
BRISBANE: Nil
GEELONG: Nil

INJURIES
BRISBANE: Taylor Hunt (collarbone)
GEELONG: Billie Smedts (ankle)

SUBS
BRISBANE: Ryan Harwood replaced Sam Mayes
GEELONG: Jesse Stringer replaced Jordan Murdoch.

UMPIRES:

FIELD: Chris Donlon (1) Jordan Bannister (5) Stuart Wenn (22) EM: Matthew Leppard (11)
BOUNDARY: Aaron Deckys Nick Wade Nick Liparota Mark Hill
GOAL: Troy Mavroudis Tristan Symes EM: Shaun Apted

CROWD: 24,164 at GABBA

PRE-MATCH TIP: "Cats by 23 points"

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VFL

VFL QUALIFYING FINAL 1

GEELONG V CASEY

FRIDAY 30 AUGUST 2013 19:00 AEST

SIMONDS STADIUM

GEELONG

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

CASEY

B Matthews Pedersen Panozza
HB J. Tynan Sellar L. Tynan
C Nicholls Couch Barry
HF Taggert Smith Petropoulos
F Best Gillies Bail
R Jamar Gent Plummer
Int Troutman Riseley Clay Fowler Lindsay Hughes Drew Lang Page Hill Pollard Corry