Juggernaut continues

Carlton Blues v Geelong Cats, AFL 2022 round 18 Ben Jensen THE CATS cemented top spot on the AFL ladder with a thirty point win over the Blues on Saturday night at the MCG. Carlton finished the first quarter strongly and led Geelong by three points at quarter time but from then on it was relatively one way traffic. Another dominant third term put the Cats ahead by 29 points, a margin they would extend by just one more point in the final quarter, banking another four points in their seventh consecutive win.

AFL 2022 ROUND EIGHTEEN
CARLTON BLUES V GEELONG CATS
SATURDAY 16 JULY 2022, 19:25 AEST
MCG, MELBOURNE

GEELONG CATS: 3.4, 7.6, 10.8, 12.13 (85) DEFEATED
CARLTON BLUES: 4.1, 5.1, 6.3, 8.7 (55)

AFL COACHES ASSOCIATION VOTES: 9 Mark Blicavs (Geelong), 6 Joel Selwood (Geelong), 5 Zach Tuohy (Geelong), 4 Jeremy Cameron (Geelong), 3 Sam De Koning (Geelong), Sam Walsh (Carlton)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Cameron 3, Hawkins 2, Holmes 2, Atkins, Z Guthrie, Miers, Stanley, Stengle
CARLTON BLUES: Curnow 3, Cripps, De Koning, Hewett, Motlop, Silvagni

BEST
GEELONG CATS: Selwood, Tuohy, Cameron, C Guthrie, Duncan, Blicavs
CARLTON BLUES: Walsh, Docherty, Hewitt, Cripps, Fisher

INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Same Menegola (concussion)
CARLTON BLUES: Nil reported

CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: Nil
CARLTON BLUES: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
GEELONG CATS: Jed Bews (replaced Menegola in the second quarter)
CARLTON BLUES: Josh Honey (unused)

REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: Nil
CARLTON BLUES: Nil

CROWD: TBC at MCG, Melbourne

UMPIRES
FIELD Andrew Stephens, Nathan Williamson, Craig Fleer EMER: Peter Bailes
BOUNDARY Mitchell Le Fevre, Shane Thiele, Josh Mather, Matthew Jenkinson
GOAL Stephen Williams, Dylan Benwell EMER: David Rodan

PREDICTIONS
Ben – Cats 51 points
Oscar – Cats 48 points
Cassie – Blue 7 points

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Jake Kolodjashnij
OUT: Jed Bews (managed), Quinton Narkle (sub)
B: Z.Guthrie, De Koning, Kolodjashnij
HB: Henry, Blicavs, Tuohy
C: Duncan, Atkins, Smith
HF: Rohan, Cameron, Dangerfield
F: Close, Hawkins, Stengle
FOLL: Stanley, C.Guthrie, Selwood
INT: O’Connor, Holmes, Menegola, Miers
EMER: Stephens, Bews, Ratugolea, Neale

CARLTON BLUES – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Stocker
OUT: Honey, O’Brien (both dropped)

B: Newman, Young, Saad
HB: Newnes, Weitering, Plowman
C: Hayes, Cripps, Cerra
HF: Kennedy, McKay, Silvagni
F: Durdin, C.Curnow, Fisher
FOLL: De Koning, Walsh, Hewett
INT: Stocker, Docherty, Cottrell, Motlop
EMER: Setterfield, Durdin, Honey, O’Brien