Cats too good for Bombers

Geelong Cats v Essendon Bombers, AFL 2021 round 16 Ben Jensen GEELONG overcame an ordinary first quarter, when it nearly didn’t register a goal, and the loss of Jeremy Cameron to defeat Essendon by 31 points on Friday night.

AFL ROUND 16 2021
GEELONG CATS V ESSENDON BOMBERS
FRIDAY 2 JULY, 19:50 AEST
GMHBA STADIUM
MATCH PREVIEW

GEELONG 1.1, 9.3, 11.5, 15.8 (98) DEFEATED
ESSENDON 4.2, 5.3, 7.8, 8.9 (57)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Hawkins 6, Cameron 3, Miers 2, Tuohy, Rohan, Dangerfield, Smith
ESSENDON BOMBERS: Stringer 3, McDonald-Tipungwuti 2, Jones, Merrett, Parish

BEST
GEELONG CATS: Dangerfield, Hawkins, Atkins, Selwood, Tuohy, Smith
ESSENDON BOMBERS: Parish, Merrett, Stringer, Ridley, Heppell, Hind

INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Jeremy Cameron (hamstring)
ESSENDON BOMBERS: Nil reported

CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: Nil
ESSENDON BOMBERS: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
GEELONG CATS: Max Holmes (replaced Jeremy Cameron, second quarter)
ESSENDON BOMBERS: Matt Guelfi (not used)

REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: Nil
ESSENDON BOMBERS: Nil

CROWD: 15,579 at GMHBA Stadium, Kardinia Park, Geelong

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Gryan Miers, Rhys Stanley
OUT: Mark O’Connor (injured), Shaun Higgins, Esava Ratugolea (both managed)
B: Atkins, Kolodjashnij, Henry
HB: Tuohy, Stewart, Bews
C: Smith, Narkle, Menegola
HF: Dangerfield, Cameron, Miers
F: Close, Hawkins, Rohan
FOLL: Blicavs, Parfitt, Selwood
INT: Stanley, Henderson, C.Guthrie, Dahlhaus
EMER: Z.Guthrie, Holmes, Ratugolea, Constable

ESSENDON BOMERS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Cutler, Snelling
OUT: Zerk-Thatcher, Guelfi (both omitted), Zaharakis (sub)
B: Laverde, Stewart, Ridley
HB: Hind, Redman, Heppell
C: Cox, Merrett, Ham
HF: Smith, Jones, Waterman
F: Stringer, Hooker, McDonald-Tipungwuti
FOLL: Draper, Parish, Langford
INT: Cutler, Snelling, Perkins, Wright
EMER: Zaharakis, Guelfi, Zerk-Thatcher, Durham

UMPIRES
FIELD Simon Meredith, Andre Gianfagna, Jacob Mollison EM: Nathan Toner
BOUNDARY Chris Delany, Ben MacDonald, Lachlan Rayner, Adam Reardon
GOAL Angus McKenzie-Wills, Luke Edwards EM: Mark Ensbey