Cats win Mother’s Day clash over Kangaroos

GEELONG COACH CHRIS SCOTT won the Mother’s Day battle over brother Brad at Marvel Stadium today, his Geelong side getting the better of North Melbourne by 23 points. The Cats made two changes before a ball was bounced; Sam Menegola a late change replaced by skipper Joel Selwood in an uncharacteristic role as an emergency. But Selwood didn’t make it onto the field, replaced by other emergency Charlie Constable not long before the first bounce.

It was an entertaining match despite the very small turn out at Marvel; due to a combination of it being Mother’s Day plus it was a Kangaroos home game, the Roos having a very small membership and fan base. Patrick Dangerfield kicked the opening goal of the match as we were taking out seats up on level 3; the Kangaroos actually had the run of the play for the next ten or so minutes but the Cats’ three goals in what we used to call ‘time on’ saw them seven points in front at quarter time.

It was a day of multiple goal kickers; Ben Brown top scoring with five; Gary Ablett and Tom Hawkins had four each; Tim Kelly and Jordan Clark two. Kelly was BOG with Ablett just behind him. Ablett was ‘booed’ mercilessly by the Kangaroo fans present which was louder than you’d think – but the Cats fans answered back in kind. In the end when he slotted his third and fourth to seal the game they’d given up.

The Roos peppered the goals but the accuracy wasn’t there, the Cats either kicking more or equal goals each quarter. In the third and fourth terms it looked like the Kangaroos were right back in it but both times a volley of goals by the Cats snuffed the challenge out.

Gary Rohan was taken from the field in the third quarter clearly concussed (see video below) and has to be in serious doubt to play next week. Tom Stewart was likewise helped off in the same quarter but returned, diagnosed with merely a sore neck. Tom Atkins had a hamstring complaint and hobbled all match and may also miss the match with the Bulldogs next Saturday at GMHBA Stadium.

Gary Rohan is off the ground after this knock#AFLNorthCats pic.twitter.com/zXMZrkK2i5

— AFL (@AFL) May 12, 2019

The Cats lost both other games on the day – the VFL men & women going down to North Melbourne and Melbourne University respectively. University’s win over the Cats was quite convincing by 44 points while the VFL men led for much of the match but the Kangaroos’ six goals to two final quarter saw them lose by 20 points.

Next Saturday Geelong host the in-form Western Bulldogs, the match time of 4:35PM sure to make it a chilly one. The VFL men play Collingwood on Sunday also at GMHBA Stadium while the women play a home match in Colac against Essendon.

AFL 2019 – ROUND 8
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS V GEELONG CATS
SUNDAY 12 MAY 2019, 13:10 AEST
MARVEL STADIUM MATCH PREVIEW

When the game was on the line these two men led from the front.#AFLNorthCats #WeAreGeelong pic.twitter.com/2ORJZVxGch

— Geelong Cats (@GeelongCats) May 12, 2019

Gary Ablett appreciation tweet.#AFLNorthCats pic.twitter.com/GRF9seySQ4

— AFL (@AFL) May 12, 2019

GEELONG CATS: 3.0, 8.3, 14.6, 16.7 (103) DEFEATED
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS: 1.5, 4.8, 9.8, 11.14 (80)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Hawkins 4, Ablett 4, Kelly 2, Clark 2, Rohan, Miers, Dahlhaus, Dangerfield
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS: Brown 5, Larkey, Zurhaar, Polec, Wood, Thomas, Higgins

BEST
GEELONG CATS: Kelly, Ablett, Duncan, Guthrie, Hawkins, Stewart, Taylor
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS: Cunnington, Higgins, Brown, Atley, Macmillan, Goldstein

INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Gary Rohan (concussion), Tom Stewart (neck), Tom Atkins (hamstring)
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS: –

CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: Sam Menegola replaced in selected side by Joel Selwood; who in turn was replaced by Charlie Constable
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS: –

REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: –
NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS: Nil

CROWD: 21,156 at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne Docklands

UMPIRES:
FIELD: Shaun Ryan, Nicholas Brown, Alex Whetton EM: Andrew Heffernan
BOUNDARY: Christother Gordon, Jordan Andrew’s, Tim Morrison, Ian Burrows
GOAL: Sam Walsh, Dylan Benwell

GEELONG CATS TEAM
IN: Zach Tuohy
OUT: Zach Guthrie
NEW: –

B: Jake Kolodjashnij, Jack Henry, Tom Stewart
HB: Mark Blicavs, Harry Taylor, Cameron Guthrie
C: Tim Kelly, Patrick Dangerfield, Mitch Duncan
HF: Gary Rohan, Esava Ratugolea, Tom Hawkins
F: Gary Ablett, Luke Dahlhaus, Tom Atkins
FOLL: Rhys Stanley, Jordan Clark, Mark O’Connor
INT: Zach Tuohy, Sam Menegola, Brandan Parfitt, Gryan Miers
EMER: Darcy Fort, Joel Selwood, James Parsons, Charlie Constable

NORTH MELBOURNE KANGAROOS TEAM
IN: –
OUT: –
NEW: –

B: Jamie Macmillan, Robbie Tarrant, Jasper Pittard
HB: Marley Williams, Scott D. Thompson, Trent Dumont
C: Jy Simpkin, Ben Cunnington, Jared Polec
HF: Tarryn Thomas, Mason Wood, Taylor Garner
F: Cameron Zurhaar, Ben Brown, Jack Ziebell
FOLL: Todd Goldstein, Shaun Higgins, Jed Anderson
INT: Shaun Atley, Sam Wright, Nick Larkey, Kayne Turner
EMER: Luke Davies-Uniacke, Sam Durdin, Curtis Taylor, Kyron Hayden

ESSENDON BOMBERS 4.1, 5.5, 11.8, 13.16 (94) DEFEATED
GEELONG CATS 1.4, 2.7, 5.9, 7.10 (52)

GOALS
ESSENDON BOMBERS:T. Mynott 3, H. Hocking 2, W. Berry 2, E. Sibbald 2, B. Ham, N. Lazzaro, N. Gown, I. Mosquito
GEELONG CATS: L. Smith 2, R. Abbott 2, D. Capiron, S. Simpson, J. Tarca

BEST
ESSENDON BOMBERS: B. Ham, T. Mynott, W. Berry, M. Hartley, A. Heppell, H. Hocking
GEELONG CATS: J. McLachlan, S. Simpson, R. Abbott, C. Constable, L. Smith, J. Jones

VFL 2019 – ROUND 5
ESSENDON BOMBERS V GEELONG CATS
SUNDAY 5 MAY 2019, 11:00 AEST
MCG (AFL CURTAIN RAISER)

ESSENDON BOMBERS 4.1, 5.5, 11.8, 13.16 (94) DEFEATED
GEELONG CATS 1.4, 2.7, 5.9, 7.10 (52)

GOALS
ESSENDON BOMBERS:T. Mynott 3, H. Hocking 2, W. Berry 2, E. Sibbald 2, B. Ham, N. Lazzaro, N. Gown, I. Mosquito
GEELONG CATS: S. Simpson 3, D. Fort 3, B. Schlensog 3, W. Buzza 2, J. Keras, J. Jones, L. Fogarty

BEST
ESSENDON BOMBERS: N. Hrovat, T. Xerri, D. Watson, T. Campbell, R. Morrison, D. Robinson
GEELONG CATS: L. Fogarty, S. Simpson, Z. Smith, D. Fort, B. Schlensog, J. Tsitas

VFLW 2019 – ROUND 1
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY V GEELONG CATS
SUNDAY 12 MAY 2019, 14:30 AEST
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY MAIN OVAL

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY: 3.0, 7.1, 9.2, 12.5 (77) DEFEATED
GEELONG CATS S: 2.1, 3.1, 3.3, 5.3 (33)

GOALS
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY: A. Price 4, J. Garner 3, L. Amelung 2, J. Bruton, M. McDonald, E. King
GEELONG CATS: M. Boyd 2, M. Keryk, B. Beckley, R. Benham

BEST
MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY: T. Mesiti, J. Garner, J. Grierson, K. Angelis, A. Price, M. McDonald
GEELONG CATS: R. Webster, A. McDonald, J. Ivey, M. Boyd, C. Blakeway, M. Keryk