Cats overcome by Buddy and determined Swans

Sydney Swans v Geelong Cats, AFL 2022 round 2 Ben Jensen LANCE ‘BUDDY’ FRANKLIN became the sixth man to kick one thousand career goals on Friday night, booting four goals as his Swans beat the Cats by thirty points. The Cats never really seemed in the match after the Swans kicked seven goals to four in the second quarter, but despite losing by five goals behind had five more scoring shots than the Swans. Brad Close was Geelong’s best with four goals while the match leader was Isaac Heeny with five.

AFL 2022 ROUND TWO
SYDNEY SWANS V GEELONG CATS
FRIDAY 25 MARCH 2022, 19:50 AEST
SCG

PREDICTIONS
Ben – Cats 13 points
Oscar – Cats 16 points
Cassie – Swans 28 points

SYDNEY SWANS: 4.3, 11.3, 15.4, 17.5 (107) DEFEATED
GEELONG CATS: 2.4, 6.7, 8.13, 10.17 (77)

GOALS
SYDNEY SWANS: Heeney 5, Franklin 4, Hayward 3, Gulden 2, McLean, Mills, Rowbottom
GEELONG CATS: Close 4, Atkins, Duncan, Hawkins, Kolodjashnij, Parfitt, Tuohy

BEST
SYDNEY SWANS: Heeney, Mills, Gulden, Blakey, Warner, Franklin, Stephens
GEELONG CATS: Close, Selwood, Stewart, Smith

INJURIES
SYDNEY SWANS: Nil
GEELONG CATS: Nil

CHANGES
SYDNEY SWANS: Nil
GEELONG CATS: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
SYDNEY SWANS: Sheldrick (not used)
GEELONG CATS: Narkle (not used)

REPORTS
SYDNEY SWANS: Nil
GEELONG CATS: Nil

CROWD: 36,578 at SCG, Sydney

UMPIRES
FIELD John Howorth, Robert Findlay, Jacob Mollison EM: Matthew Baigent
BOUNDARY Chris Bull, Benjamin Fely, Michael Barlow, Daniel Field-Read
GOAL Alex Chisholm, Angus McKenzie-Wills EM: Taylor Mattioli

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: J Bews, M Duncan
OUT: S De Koning (injured), S Higgins (rested), F Evans (sub)

B: J Bews, M Blicavs, J Kolodjashnij
HB: T Atkins, T Stewart, J Henry
C: Z Tuohy, M Duncan, I Smith
HF: T Stengle, T Hawkins, B Parfitt
F: J Cameron, E Ratugolea, B Close
FOLL: R Stanley, P Dangerfield, J Selwood
INT: Z Guthrie, M Holmes, C Guthrie, L Dahlhaus
EMER: C Stephens, F Evans, Q Narkle, J Ceglar

SDNEY SWANS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: J Lloyd, C Warner
OUT: A Sheldrick (omitted), C O’Riordan (sub), J McInerney (injured)

B: H Cunningham, D Rampe, P McCartin
HB: B Campbell, T McCartin, J Kennedy
C: N Blakey, L Parker, D Stephens
HF: I Heeney, H McLean, W Hayward
F: E Gulden, L Franklin, L McDonald
FOLL: T Hickey, C Mills, J Rowbottom
INT: J Lloyd, C Warner, O Florent, S Wicks
EMER: S Reid, A Sheldrick, R Fox, C Sinclair