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| Round: 10 Venue: Kardinia Park Date: Sat, 02-06-2012 1:45 pm Crowd: 17,243 | |||||
| Geelong | 4.2.26 | 7.3.45 | 13.8.86 | 19.12.126 | C: Chris Scott |
| Greater Western Sydney | 4.2.26 | 7.3.45 | 8.5.53 | 9.7.61 | C: Kevin Sheedy |
| Scores level | Scores level | GEEL by 33 | GEEL by 65 | ||
| Brownlow Medal | 3 Harry Taylor (GEEL) | 2 James Kelly (GEEL) | 1 Jimmy Bartel (GEEL) |
Match Report
On paper it might look like a comfortable win to Geelong over the AFL’s newest team, Greater Western Sydney, but for the first half it was far from that. The Giants stunned the reigning premiers to kick the first three goals of the game and were playing some terrific football, while the Cats looked lethargic. Maybe the Cats’ lack of energy had something to do with the news from the VFL game. Cats young gun Daniel Menzel was playing his first game after injuring his knee in the 2011 qualifying final, but he didn’t last the game, injuring his “good” knee and would miss another season. Scores were all tied at quarter and half-time and it looked possible that one of the greatest upsets of all-time could occur. But the Giants’ young bodies tired as the Cats powered on in the second half to run away with a 65-point win. Cats defender Harry Taylor was switched forward with remarkable success, kicking six goals in his 100th game. In 99 matches, Taylor had kicked just three goals. Giants key players Callan Ward and Tom Scully were influential, while other young players show huge promise.
GOALS
Geelong: Taylor 6, Johnson 5, Podsiadly 3, Chapman 2, Guthrie, Stephenson, Stringer
Greater Western Sydney: Cameron, Shiel, Treloar 2, Greene, Ward, Tyson
BEST - HERALD SUN
Geelong: Johnson, Mackie, Taylor, Bartel, Kelly, Chapman, Scarlett
Greater Western Sydney: Shiel, Coniglio, Ward, Scully
BEST - SPORTAL
Geelong: Johnson, Kelly, Chapman, Bartel, Taylor, Scarlett
GWS Giants: Coniglio, Ward, Shiel, Cameron, Greene, Treloar
COACHES COMMENTS Chris Scott (Gee): Our senior players played pretty well, I thought. Not too many of them were letting us down. We played Tom Gillies in defence and Harry Taylor as a forward, which was a little bit different. We were always confident that Harry could give us something as a forward if required, and I think today went some way to proving that.
Kevin Sheedy (GWS): I think it is the best half of footy we have played for this year. There is no doubt about that. I never heard a word. I thought we were playing in a morgue going out to talk to the team at half-time.
Umpires: Fleer, Leppard, McInerney
Source
Match report by Oliver CaffreyMatch stats
| Geelong | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 3 | Bartel, Jimmy | 19 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 28y 181d | 214 | 144 |
| 35 | Chapman, Paul | 14 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30y 210d | 232 | 301 |
| 22 | Duncan, Mitch | 15 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20y 358d | 39 | 39 |
| 25 | Gillies, Tom | 9 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22y 87d | 13 | 1 |
| 29 | Guthrie, Cameron | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19y 288d | 12 | 1 |
| 8 | Hunt, Josh | 11 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30y 80d | 175 | 22 |
| 19 | Hunt, Taylor | 9 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21y 210d | 29 | 4 |
| 20 | Johnson, Steve | 19 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28y 334d | 185 | 375 |
| 9 | Kelly, James | 21 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28y 156d | 201 | 76 |
| 13 | Lonergan, Tom | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 28y 16d | 84 | 44 |
| 4 | Mackie, Andrew | 20 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27y 300d | 160 | 72 |
| 6 | McCarthy, Lincoln | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18y 224d | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Podsiadly, James | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30y 266d | 52 | 124 |
| 30 | Scarlett, Matthew | 11 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32y 363d | 273 | 17 |
| 15 | Schroder, Jordan | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19y 180d | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Selwood, Joel | 9 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24y 7d | 123 | 53 |
| 2 | Smedts, Billie | 10 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19y 360d | 7 | 1 |
| 23 | Stephenson, Orren | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29y 323d | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | Stokes, Mathew | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27y 193d | 118 | 170 |
| 41 | Stringer, Jesse | 9 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21y 60d | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | Taylor, Harry | 13 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25y 356d | 100 | 15 |
| 12 | West, Trent | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24y 229d | 30 | 11 |
| Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 230 | 129 | 146 | 376 | 19 | 12 | 41 | 65 | 26 | 25 | 25y 200d | 2061 | 1474 | |
| Greater Western Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 30 | Adams, Taylor | 6 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18y 256d | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | Bugg, Tomas | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19y 58d | 9 | 1 |
| 18 | Cameron, Jeremy | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19y 62d | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Coniglio, Stephen | 22 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18y 170d | 9 | 2 |
| 11 | Cornes, Chad | 9 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 32y 203d | 247 | 175 |
| 13 | Darley, Sam | 9 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19y 108d | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Davis, Phil | 10 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21y 277d | 28 | 4 |
| 26 | Giles, Jonathan | 8 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24y 146d | 10 | 11 |
| 35 | Greene, Toby | 9 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18y 251d | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | Haynes, Nick | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20y 15d | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | McDonald, James | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 35y 241d | 257 | 58 |
| 39 | Mohr, Tim | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23y 227d | 9 | 1 |
| 27 | Phillips, Andrew | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20y 335d | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Power, Luke | 13 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32y 146d | 291 | 226 |
| 23 | Reid, Sam | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22y 208d | 15 | 1 |
| 9 | Scully, Tom | 9 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21y 18d | 40 | 8 |
| 5 | Shiel, Dylan | 11 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19y 85d | 9 | 4 |
| 34 | Smith, Devon | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19y 13d | 9 | 3 |
| 31 | Townsend, Jacob | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18y 348d | 8 | 2 |
| 17 | Treloar, Adam | 10 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19y 85d | 7 | 5 |
| 29 | Tyson, Dom | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18y 360d | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | Ward, Callan | 14 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22y 53d | 70 | 38 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 184 | 72 | 118 | 302 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 79 | 25 | 26 | 22y 34d | 1055 | 559 | |
Match highlights
Jimmy Bartel received 7 frees for Geelong vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)Harry Taylor played his 100th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
Paul Chapman kicked his 300th career V/AFL goal: Geelong vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
Nick Haynes debuted for Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)