Cats reel in Saints, keep top two spot

Geelong Cats v St Kilda Saints, AFL 2021 round 21 Ben Jensen GEELONG were pushed by St Kilda but won by 14 points after an arm wrestle of a match at GMHBA Stadium. The Saints led at quarter time by 19 points and a goal at half time, but the Cats’ six goals to four second half secured their sixteenth win of the season. Jeremy Cameron’s welcome return saw him boot four goals alongside fellow key forward Tom Hawkins who snagged three.

AFL ROUND 22 2021
GEELONG CATS V ST KILDA SAINTS
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST, 16:35 AEST
GMHBA STADIUM
MATCH PREVIEW

GEELONG 2.0, 6.2, 10.5, 13.7 (85) DEFEATED
ST KILDA SAINTS 5.1, 7.2, 10.3, 11.5 (71)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Cameron 4, Hawkins 3, Stanley, Menegola, Close, Simpson, Smith, Dangerfield
ST KILDA SAINTS: Membrey 3, King 2, Crouch 2, Sharman 2, Jones, Higgins

BEST
GEELONG CATS: Dangerfield, Menegola, C. Guthrie, Cameron, Higgins
ST KILDA SAINTS: Steele, Crouch, Sinclair, Membrey, Howard, King

INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Esava Ratugolea (corked quadricep)
ST KILDA SAINTS: Max King (groins), Col Joyce (head knock)

CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: Nil
ST KILDA SAINTS: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
GEELONG CATS: Quinton Narkle (replaced Esava Ratugolea)
ST KILDA SAINTS: Clavarino (replaced Joyce)

REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: Danger
ST KILDA SAINTS: Nil

CROWD: 0, GMHBA Stadium, Kardinia Park, Geelong

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Henderson, Smith, Cameron, O’Connor, Simpson
OUT: Tuohy, Rohan, Stewart (injured), Narkle (sub), Kreuger, Clark (omitted), 
B: Henry, Blicavs, Henderson
HB: Simpson, Kolodjashnij, Bews
C: Holmes, C.Guthrie, Smith
HF: Dahlhaus, Cameron, Higgins
F: Close, Hawkins, Ratugolea
FOLL: Stanley, Selwood, Dangerfield
INT: O’Connor, Menegola, Z.Guthrie, Parfitt
EMER: Clark, Evans, Narkle, Kreuger

ST KILDA SAINTS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Howard, Hannebery
OUT: Connolly (injured), Joyce, Bytel (omitted)
B: Wilkie, Howard, Highmore
HB: Sinclair, Webster, Hill
C: Hannebery, Byrnes, Ross
HF: Butler, Crouch, Higgins
F: King, Membrey, Kent
FOLL: Marshall, Steele, Jones
INT: Coffield, McKenzie, Dunstan, Sharman
EMER: Joyce, Long, Hunter, Bytel

UMPIRES
FIELD Hayden Gavine, Mathew Nicholls, John Howorth EM: Luke Porter
BOUNDARY Damien Main, Chris Esler, Christopher Gordon, James Scully
GOAL Stephen Williams, David Rodan EM: Steven Piperno