Blues upset Cats with first win in Geelong in 24 years

AFL 2020 round 3; GMHBA Stadium, Saturday 20 June 2020 Ben Jensen CARLTON stunned Geelong with a two point win at GMHBA Stadium tonight after dominating the first three quarters. The Cats’ final quarter ultimately proved too little, too late.

AFL 2020 – ROUND 3
GEELONG CATS v CARLTON BLUES
SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2020, 7:40 AEST
GMHBA STADIUM
MATCH PREVIEW

CARLTON BLUES: 5.3 9.5 12.6 12.7 (79) DEFEATED
GEELONG CATS: 1.2 4.6 6.7 11.7 (77)

GOALS
CARLTON BLUES: Betts 2, Casboult 2, Cripps 2, McGovern 2, Murphy 2, Gibbons, McKay
GEELONG CATS: Hawkins 2, Rohan 2, Bews, Guthrie, Miers, Selwood, Stanley, Taylor, Atkins

BEST
CARLTON BLUES: Cripps, Betts, Gibbons, Martin, Docherty
GEELONG CATS: Duncan, Dangerfield, Tuohy, Narkle, Miers

INJURIES
CARLTON BLUES: Nil reported
GEELONG CATS: Luke Dahlhaus (concussion), Same Menegola (hip), Rhys Stanley (knee)

CHANGES
CARLTON BLUES: Nil
GEELONG CATS: Nil

REPORTS
CARLTON BLUES: –
GEELONG CATS: –

CROWD: 0 at GMHBA Stadium

UMPIRES

FIELD:  Justin Power, Robert O’Gorman, Brendan Hosking, Jacob Mollison
BOUNDARY: Patrick Cran Chris Esler Patrick Dineen Tim Lougoon
GOAL: David Rodan Stephen Williams EM: Adam Wojcik

GEELONG CATS FINAL TEAM
IN: Jack Steven
OUT: Brandan Parfitt (hamstring)
B: H.Taylor, M.Blicavs, J.Henry
HB: M.O’Connor, T.Stewart, J.Bews
C: S.Menegola, P.Dangerfield, J.Selwood
HF: L.Dahlhaus, G.Rohan, M.Duncan
F: E.Ratugolea, T.Hawkins, G.Miers
FOLL: R.Stanley, G.Ablett, J.Steven
INT: T.Atkins, Q.Narkle, C.Guthrie, Z.Tuohy
EMER: Z.Guthrie, D.Fort, TBA, J.Clark

CARLTON BLUES TEAM
IN: T.Williamson, J.Silvagni
OUT: N.Newman (injured), D.Lang (omitted)
B: L.Plowman, L.Jones, S.Docherty
HB: S.Petrevski-Seton, J.Weitering, K.Simpson
C: W.Setterfield, P.Cripps, S.Walsh
HF: J.Martin, L.Casboult, D.Cuningham
F: E.Betts, H.McKay, M.McGovern
FOLL: M.Pittonet, E.Curnow, M.Murphy
INT: T.Williamson, J.Newnes, M.Gibbons, J.Silvagni
EMER: M.Kennedy, J.Honey, S.Philp, D.Lang