Cats struggle past Saints

AFL 2019 round 17 Geelong Cats v St Kilda Saints, Ben Jensen GEELONG were pushed by St Kilda in the first half but seven goals to two in the second half gave the Cats a 27 point victory. The evening was very cold and as a result the GMHBA Stadium crowd was fairly low – just over 24,000.

It was a triple victory for the Cats with the VFL men’s and women’s sides both beating their Sandringham and Southern Saints opponents.

Two goals in a minute for the Little Master, Gary Ablett!#AFLCatsSaints pic.twitter.com/tNgWyLEKkh

— AFL (@AFL) July 13, 2019

AFL 2019 – ROUND 17
GEELONG CATS V ST KILDA SAINTS
SATURDAY 13 JULY 2019, 19:25 AEST
GMHBA STADIUM https://www.thecattery.com.au/2019/07/11/geelong-cats-v-st-kilda-saints-afl-2019-round-17-match-preview-and-team-lists/MATCH PREVIEW

GEELONG CATS: 4.4 , 5.7, 8.8, 12.12 (84) DEFEATED
ST KILDA SAINTS: 2.2 , 6.3, 6.7, 8.9 (57)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Guthrie 2, Ratugolea 2, Ablett 2, Dangerfield, Duncan, Kelly, Miers, Atkins, Hawkins
ST KILDA SAINTS: Bruce 3, Long 2, Marshall, Lonie, Acres

BEST
GEELONG CATS: Dangerfield, Duncan, Miers, Selwood, Stewart, Guthrie
ST KILDA SAINTS: Marshall, Clark, Dunstan, Steele, Gresham, Bruce

INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Nil reported
ST KILDA SAINTS: Nil reported

CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: –
ST KILDA SAINTS: –

REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: –
ST KILDA SAINTS: –

CROWD: 24,035 at GMHBA stadium, Geelong

UMPIRES
FIELD: TBA

GEELONG CATS TEAM
IN: Esava Ratugolea, Brandan Parfitt
OUT: Jack Henry (managed), Lachie Fogarty
B: Zach Tuohy, Jake Kolodjashnij, Harry Taylor
HB: Patrick Dangerfield, Mark Blicavs, Tom Stewart
C: Cameron Guthrie, Tim Kelly, Mitch Duncan
HF: Luke Dahlhaus, Esava Ratugolea, Gary Rohan
F: Gary Ablett, Tom Hawkins, Tom Atkins
FOLL: Rhys Stanley, Jordan Clark, Joel Selwood
INT: Jed Bews, Brandan Parfitt, Gryan Miers, Mark O’Connor
EMER: Jack Henry, Ryan Abbott, Scott Selwood, Zach Guthrie

ST KILDA SAINTS TEAM
IN: Nathan Brown, Jack Lonie
OUT: Josh Battle (hip/knee), Matthew Parker
B: Nick Coffield, Nathan Brown, Shane Savage
HB: Callum Wilkie, Jake Carlisle, Hunter Clark
C: Jack Billings, Sebastian Ross, Jack Newnes
HF: Nick Hind, Josh Bruce, Jack Sinclair
F: Daniel McKenzie, Tim Membrey, Ben Long
FOLL: Rowan Marshall, Jade Gresham, Jack Steele
INT: Luke Dunstan, Blake Acres, Jack Lonie, Ben Paton
EMER: Matthew Parker, Bailey Rice, Doulton Langlands, Sam Rowe