Demons too good for Cats, Hawkins facing suspension

Melbourne Demons v Geelong Cats, AFL 2021 round 4, Ben Jensen GEELONG was well-beaten by an in-form Melbourne side at the MCG on Sunday who remains undefeated after four rounds. The Demons were a bit scrappy kicking for goal but clearly superior in areas of the ground leading for the entire match, but not quite breaking free of the dogged Cats who fought back in the third quarter. 2020 Coleman Medallist Tom Hawkins is set to be suspended following a strike on Demon defender Steven May who had to leave the field and sported a badly bruised eye on Monday; see footage below.

Here’s the incident from #AFLDeesCats. pic.twitter.com/HgjGVAuF3b

— Fox Footy (@FOXFOOTY) April 11, 2021

AFL ROUND 4 2021
MELBOURNE DEMONS V GEELONG CATS
MONDAY 5 APRIL 2021, 15:20 AEDT
MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND (MCG)

MELBOURNE DEMONS: 2.4, 6.8, 9.9, 12.13 (85) DEFEATED
GEELONG CATS: 1.1, 3.3, 8.3, 9.6 (60)

GOALS
MELBOURNE DEMONS: Fritsch 4, Petracca 2, Jones, Pickett, Neal-Bullen, Gawn, Langdon, Melksham
GEELONG CATS: Henry 2, Smith 2, Hawkins 2, Miers, Clark, Stanley

BEST
MELBOURNE DEMONS: Petracca, Viney, Oliver, Gawn, Fritsch, Langdon
GEELONG CATS: Selwood, Stewart, Kolodjashnij, Atkins, Cameron Guthrie

INJURIES
MELBOURNE DEMONS: May (eye)
GEELONG CATS: Nil reported

CHANGES
MELBOURNE DEMONS: Nil
GEELONG CATS: Brandan Parfitt (hip) replaced in selected side by Quinton Narkle

SUBSTITUTES
MELBOURNE DEMONS: Sparrow, replaced May
GEELONG CATS: Max Holmes (not used)

REPORTS
MELBOURNE DEMONS: –
GEELONG CATS: –

CROWD: 33,728 at MCG, Melbourne

UMPIRES
FIELD: Justin Power, Jeff Dalgleish, Daniel Johanson EM: Luke Porter
BOUNDARY: Michael Marantelli, Ben MacDonald, Damien Cusack, Lachlan Rayner
GOAL: Chelsea Roffey, Matthew Dervan EM: Luke Edwards

Clayton Oliver grabbed himself a valuable stat after the quarter time siren. #AFLDeesCatspic.twitter.com/6iBdAdT88u

— Melbourne Footy (@MelbourneFooty) April 11, 2021

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Sam Menegola, Bradley Close, Zach Guthrie
OUT: Max Holmes (omitted), Charlie Constable (omitted), Shaun Higgins (thumb/hamstring), Francis Evans (ankle)
B: Lachie Henderson, Mark Blicavs, Jed Bews
HB: Tom Atkins, Tom Stewart, Jake Kolodjashnij
C: Isaac Smith, Mark O’Connor, Zach Tuohy
HF: Mitch Duncan, Gryan Miers, Luke Dahlhaus
F: Sam Menegola, Tom Hawkins, Brad Close
FOLL: Rhys Stanley, Cameron Guthrie, Joel Selwood
INT: Jack Henry, Brandan Parfitt, Jordan Clark, Zach Guthrie
EMER: Charlie Constable, Max Holmes, Josh Jenkins, Quinton Narkle

MELBOURNE DEMONS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Jake Melksham
OUT: Tom Sparrow (omitted)
B: Neville Jetta, Steven May, Jake Lever
HB: Jayden Hunt, Adam Tomlinson, Trent Rivers
C: Angus Brayshaw, Clayton Oliver, Ed Langdon
HF: Kysaiah Pickett, Tom McDonald, Alex Neal-Bullen
F: Charlie Spargo, Luke Jackson, Bayley Fritsch
FOLL: Max Gawn, Christian Petracca, Jack Viney
INT: Nathan Jones, Christian Salem, Jake Melksham, James Jordon
EMER: Michael Hibberd, Tom Sparrow, Harrison Petty, Kade Chandler