Cats cement spot in top six

Geelong Cats v Adelaide Crows, AFL 2023 round 8 Ben Jensen ADELAIDE kept Geelong honest in cold conditions on Saturday afternoon but weren’t good enough to hold off the Cats, who won by 26 points (coincidentally our exact prediction). Skipper Patrick Dangerfield was a casualty however, a hamstring injury set to keep him out for at least a few weeks. Bomber Nick Murray was unfortunately concussed and like Dangerfield was subbed out in the second half. The win cements the Cats’ spot in the top six; the only way has been up since the Cats found themselves bottom of the ladder after the first three rounds.

AFL 2023 ROUND EIGHT
GEELONG CATS V ADELAIDE CROWS
SATURDAY 6 MAY 2023, 14:10 AEST
GMHBA STADIUM

GEELONG CATS: 2.6, 8.8, 10.11, 14.14 (98) DEFEATED
ADELAIDE CROWS: 2.4, 6.4, 8.5, 11.6 (72)

GOALS
GEELONG CATS: Cameron 3, Simpson 2, Atkins, Smith, Miers, Hawkins, Knevitt, Blicavs, Holmes, O.Henry, Bruhn
ADELAIDE CROWS: Walker 3, Rankine 2, Pedlar 2, Sloane, Hinge, O’Brien, Sholl

BEST
GEELONG CATS: Stewart, Cameron, Holmes, Duncan, Blicavs, Ratugolea
ADELAIDE CROWS: Dawson, Rankine, Walker, Laird, Soligo, Murphy

INJURIES
GEELONG CATS: Patrick Dangerfield (hamstring)
ADELAIDE CROWS: Nick Murray (concussion)

CHANGES
GEELONG CATS: –
ADELAIDE CROWS: –

SUBSTITUTES
GEELONG CATS: Oliver Dempsey; replaced Patrick Dangerfield in third quarter
ADELAIDE CROWS: Matt Crouch; replaced Nick Murray after half time

REPORTS
GEELONG CATS: –
ADELAIDE CROWS: –

CROWD: 21,415 at GMHBA Stadium (Kardinia Park, Geelong)

UMPIRES
FIELD Chris Donlon, Curtis Deboy, Andrew Stephens, Nathan Williamson
BOUNDARY Josh Mather, Patrick Cran, Joshua Furman, Matthew Tomkins
GOAL Matthew Maclure, Sam Walsh EMER: Luke Edwards

PREDICTIONS
Ben – Cats 26 points
Oscar – Cats 38 points
Cassie – Cats 41 points

GEELONG CATS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: Zach Tuohy, Jonathan Ceglar
OUT: Jack Bowes (calf), Gary Rohan (hamstring), Sam De Koning (facial fracture)

B: M O’Connor, E Ratugolea, Z Guthrie
HB: J Kolodjashnij, T Stewart, Z Tuohy
C: I Smith, M Blicavs, M Duncan
HF: O Henry, J Cameron, T Bruhn
F: G Miers, T Hawkins, B Close
FOLL: J Ceglar, M Holmes, P Dangerfield – C
INT: J Bews, T Atkins, M Knevitt, S Simpson
EMER: B Parfitt, O Dempsey, O Mullin, C Whyte

ADELAIDE CROWS – SELECTED SIDE
IN: –
OUT: Harry Schoenberg (last round’s sub)

B: T Doedee, N Murray, M Michalanney
HB: B Smith, J Butts, M Hinge
C: J Soligo, J Dawson – C, R Sloane
HF: I Rankine, C Jones, J Rachele
F: T Walker, D Fogarty, R Thilthorpe
FOLL: R O’Brien, R Laird, B Keays
INT: L Murphy, L Pedlar, L Sholl, W Milera
EMER: E Himmelberg, P Parnell, M Crouch, N McHenry