CATS GIVE BOMBERS A HIDING
Ben Jensen 31 May 2009

By Ben Jensen AFL 2009 ROUND 10 ESSENDON V GEELONG CATS GEELONG thumped Essendon by sixty-four points at Etihad Stadium this afternoon in front of just under 49,000 punters. Steve Johnson went one better than last week with six goals, while Cameron Mooney enjoyed his first game back from suspension bagging four. While the Bombers opened the goal scoring on the night, the Cats booted the next six to build a thirty-three point lead at quarter time and were never challenged from that point onwards, although the Bombers did outscore them six goals to three in the final term. Joel Corey was a late withdrawl with a footy injury, replaced by Shannon Byrnes who himself missed las week. Geelong skipper Tom Harley is another injury concern, having left the field clutching his right hamstring and set to miss at least the next two games.

GEELONG 6.4, 12.7, 17.13, 20.14 (134) DEFEATED
ESSENDON 1.1, 3.1, 5.3, 11.4 (70)

GOALS
GEELONG: S.Johnson 6, Mooney 4, Selwood 2, Byrnes 2, Ablett 2, Ling 2, Rooke, Varcoe
ESSENDON: Neagle 3, Hocking 2, Lloyd, Dyson, McVeigh, Lonergan, Lovett, Stanton

BEST
GEELONG: S.Johnson, Selwood, Scarlett, Mackie, Ablett, Enright, Mooney, Byrnes, Ling
ESSENDON: Houli, Hooker, Hocking, Lovett

INJURIES
GEELONG: Harley (hamstring); Corey (foot - 'plantar fasciitis'), replaced in selected side by Byrnes; Rooke / Selwood - clash of heads
ESSENDON: Bellchambers (knee)

CROWD: 48,852 at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Docklands

UMPIRES

FIELD: Chris Donlon (1) Simon Meredith (21) Todd Keating (31) EM: Scott Jeffery (29)
BOUNDARY: Ian Burrows Adam Coote Chris Roberts Mark Foster
GOAL: David Dixon Luke Walker EM: Peter Nastasi

REPORTS: NIL

PREMATCH ODDS (approx): Geelong $1.07 to $1.15; Bombers $5.65 to $6.90