Geelong Cats VFL women’s team into preliminary final; season over for VFL men

Ben Jensen 11 September 2018 GEELONG’s VFL Women’s team is into the preliminary final after defeating the NT Thunder side at Port Melbourne on Sunday while the men’s side has ended their season in a disappointing way, going out of the finals in straight sets.

The Cats play their VFLW preliminary final against Collingwood at Port Melbourne’s North Port Oval, also known as Stannards Stadium, this Sunday kicking off at 11:45AM. They shook off their slow start, trailing by 15 points at half time to defeat the Thunder by 9 points with a five goals to two second half.

The men’s side were on the front foot from the beginning, trailing the Hawks all match to lose by 29 points. They were beaten by the Casey Demons in the first final by 91 points and again by Box Hill in round 21, a very disappointing end to the season after their last loss came in mid July.

VFL WOMENS 2018 – SECOND SEMI FINAL
NT THUNDER V GEELONG CATS
SUNDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2018, 11:45 AEST
STANNARDS STADIUM / NORTH PORT OVAL (PORT MELBOURNE)

GEELONG CATS:  0.2, 2.3, 5.5, 7.9 (51) DEFEATED
NT THUNDER: 1.5, 4.6, 5.6, 6.6 (42)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: R. Cranston 2, H. Burchell 2, D. Orr, M. Clifford, O. Purcell
NT THUNDER: M. Rajcic 3, J. McCormick, J. Hewett, M. Roberts

BEST
GEELONG CATS: N. Morrison, A. Teague, R. Cranston, O. Purcell, K. Darby, M. Keryk
NT THUNDER: J. McCormick, M. Rajcic, S. Barnett, J. Hewett, S. Thompson , J. Hickey

VFL 2018 – SEMI FINAL 1
GEELONG CATS V BOX HILL HAWKS
SUNDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2018, 14:10 AEST
STANNARDS STADIUM / NORTH PORT OVAL (PORT MELBOURNE)

BOX HILL HAWKS: 4.6, 6.8 11.9, 13.12 (90) DEFEATED
GEELONG CATS:  1.1, 3.7, 4.9, 8.13 (61)

GOALS
BOX HILL HAWKS: O. Hanrahan 3, D. Willsmore 2, A. Moore 2, B. Whitecross 2, T. Maloney, D. Moore, C. Jones, J. Ross
GEELONG CATS: L. McCarthy, Q. Narkle, J. Cunico, L. Fogarty, S. Siggins, T. McMullan, Z. Guthrie, J. Jones

BEST
BOX HILL HAWKS: D. Keilty, H. Petty, T. Smith, W. Collis, C. MacHaya, C. Pedersen
GEELONG CATS: J. Cousins, A. Moore, T. O”Brien, T. Miles, O. Hanrahan, K. Brand