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Game Detail

Round: 18   Venue: Kardinia Park   Date: Sat, 28-07-2012 1:45 pm   Attendance: 18,377
Geelong 4.3.27 9.7.61 10.10.70 15.12.102 C:
Adelaide 3.2.20 4.4.28 9.8.62 11.9.75 C:
  GE by 7 GE by 33 GE by 8 GE by 27  
Brownlow Medal 3 Patrick Dangerfield (AD)2 James Kelly (GE)1 Tom Hawkins (GE)

Match Report

Geelong has always been hard to beat down at their home fortress and not even a red-hot Adelaide could topple the reigning premiers. A few weeks before, many had finally predicted the end of the Cats’ golden era after a string of poor performances. But they rebounded like only a champion team can by dismantling Essendon in round 17, then turning out a gutsy performance against the Crows. The Cats were a man down directly after the first bounce when a big hit from Adelaide midfielder Scott Thompson floored Steve Johnson. The Cats forward was left bloodied and concussed and had to be subbed off immediately. Thompson, one of the Brownlow Medal favourties, was likely to be scrutinized by the Match Review Panel for the hit. Geelong also lost Joel Corey, playing his 250th game, to a hamstring injury, while star full-back Matthew Scarlett was missing through suspension. It was a topsy-turvy contest with the Cats opening a handy lead at half-time, before a surge from Adelaide in the third quarter threw the momentum back towards the visitors. Geelong ensured its position in the top eight (sixth) for the time being, while the Crows remained in third spot.

GOALS
Geelong: Hawkins, Chapman 3; Mackie, Stokes, Duncan 2; Smedts, Bartel, Christensen
Adelaide: Dangerfield, Porplyzia, Vince 2; Mackay, Rutten, Jenkins, Sloane, Callinan

BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Geelong: Hawkins, Christensen, Selwood, Bartel, Chapman, Duncan, Corey
Adelaide: Thompson, Dangerfield, Vince, Porplyzia, Douglas

BEST - THE AGE
Geelong: Hawkins, Christensen, Selwood, Kelly, Taylor, Chapman
Adelaide: Thompson, Dangerfield, Wright, Vince, Porplyzia

COACHES COMMENTS
Chris Scott (Geel): With still a really young group, it was really promising that we were able to fight and run away with it. We know Adelaide are a fit team.

Brenton Sanderson (Ade): We played some really good footy in patches, but we just couldn't string it together for four quarters. So when the rain came in, we got within two points and then they were just a bit cleaner around the footy and a bit sharper around the contest, and we probably left too much to too few today.

Umpires: Farmer, Pannell, McInerney

Match report by Oliver Caffrey

Player Stats

GeelongMatch StatsCareer
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
3 Bartel, Jimmy 7 1 11 18 1 1 1 4 2 1 28y 237d 219 146
35 Chapman, Paul 12 7 7 19 3 1 0 5 0 2 30y 266d 238 314
28 Christensen, Allen 12 5 11 23 1 1 0 4 2 1 21y 70d 31 22
11 Corey, Joel 10 3 8 18 0 0 0 3 1 2 30y 162d 250 72
22 Duncan, Mitch 11 3 3 14 2 2 0 3 0 0 21y 48d 45 45
44 Enright, Corey 12 4 11 23 0 0 0 4 1 1 30y 318d 238 53
29 Guthrie, Cameron 7 5 6 13 0 0 0 4 0 1 19y 344d 18 1
26 Hawkins, Tom 14 11 5 19 3 3 1 2 1 0 24y 1d 95 148
8 Hunt, Josh 11 5 5 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 30y 136d 181 23
19 Hunt, Taylor 4 4 10 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 21y 266d 36 7
20 Johnson, Steve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29y 24d 191 378
9 Kelly, James 15 1 10 25 0 0 0 9 4 1 28y 212d 208 77
13 Lonergan, Tom 9 3 7 16 0 0 0 1 3 1 28y 72d 91 46
4 Mackie, Andrew 12 5 3 15 2 0 0 6 1 0 27y 356d 167 75
32 Motlop, Steven 4 1 5 9 0 0 0 6 1 1 21y 138d 21 23
14 Selwood, Joel 18 6 8 26 0 1 0 6 3 1 24y 63d 130 60
38 Sheringham, Jackson 8 3 12 20 0 1 0 5 0 0 24y 36d 3 1
2 Smedts, Billie 7 5 8 15 1 2 0 2 0 0 20y 50d 12 6
27 Stokes, Mathew 12 5 10 22 2 0 0 6 3 1 27y 249d 125 175
7 Taylor, Harry 8 6 11 19 0 0 1 1 0 0 26y 46d 106 20
42 Walker, Josh 4 3 7 11 0 0 4 6 0 1 19y 259d 3 1
12 West, Trent 3 1 3 6 0 0 46 3 1 1 24y 285d 37 15
Rushed           0              
Totals 200 87 161 361 15 12 53 84 24 15 25y 182d 2445 1708
AdelaideMatch StatsCareer
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
37 Callinan, Ian 7 2 2 9 1 3 0 0 0 1 29y 221d 18 26
32 Dangerfield, Patrick 15 2 18 33 2 0 0 3 3 1 22y 114d 81 83
11 Doughty, Michael 7 3 12 19 0 0 0 4 2 0 32y 358d 223 46
26 Douglas, Richard 18 4 8 26 0 1 0 1 1 2 25y 173d 106 73
20 Jenkins, Josh 5 3 2 7 1 0 11 2 0 1 23y 171d 8 8
18 Johncock, Graham 4 1 7 11 0 0 0 4 0 1 29y 281d 217 106
14 MacKay, David 11 1 4 15 1 0 0 6 0 2 24y 3d 79 23
35 McKernan, Shaun 3 1 4 7 0 0 26 0 1 2 21y 331d 23 13
23 Petrenko, Jared 3 0 6 9 0 0 0 6 1 1 22y 219d 51 29
40 Porplyzia, Jason 15 9 5 20 2 1 0 4 0 1 27y 244d 104 161
3 Reilly, Brent 11 1 4 15 0 0 0 2 1 0 28y 259d 173 49
25 Rutten, Ben 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 29y 61d 186 8
9 Sloane, Rory 11 3 8 19 1 0 0 4 0 1 22y 133d 50 33
33 Smith, Brodie 14 5 6 20 0 0 0 2 0 0 20y 196d 29 5
15 Symes, Brad 2 0 5 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 27y 143d 80 8
12 Talia, Daniel 3 0 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 20y 300d 26 0
5 Thompson, Scott 16 1 24 40 0 0 2 3 1 5 29y 136d 215 136
6 Thompson, Luke 4 1 5 9 0 0 0 3 2 1 21y 171d 12 2
7 Van Berlo, Nathan 14 2 7 21 0 0 0 3 0 1 26y 52d 155 50
17 Vince, Bernie 14 3 7 21 2 0 0 3 0 0 26y 300d 101 64
13 Walker, Taylor 9 4 1 10 0 3 0 0 2 2 22y 94d 57 127
47 Wright, Matthew 3 3 23 26 0 0 0 6 1 0 22y 227d 33 29
Rushed           1              
Totals 192 51 161 353 11 9 39 61 15 24 25y 124d 2027 1079