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Round: 2 Venue: Docklands Date: Sun, 07-04-2013 1:10 pm Crowd: 34,152 | |||||
Geelong | 4.0.24 | 6.4.40 | 13.8.86 | 16.16.112 | C: Chris Scott |
North Melbourne | 7.1.43 | 12.3.75 | 15.5.95 | 17.6.108 | C: Brad Scott |
NTH by 19 | NTH by 35 | NTH by 9 | GEEL by 4 |
Brownlow Medal | 3 Joel Selwood (GEEL) | 2 Andrew Swallow (NTH) | 1 Lindsay Thomas (NTH) |
Geelong has staged yet another remarkable comeback, turning a 41-point deficit into a thrilling four-point win against North Melbourne at Docklands stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Kangaroos were nigh on unstoppable in the first half running in swarms and kicking the ball with remarkable accuracy, hardly ever missing a target. They kicked seven goals in the first term, with Drew Petrie and Lindsay Thomas kicking two each. Only a late goal from Tom Hawkins (his second for the quarter) had the Cats in touch at the first break.
After an arm-wrestle in the first 10 minutes of the second quarter, the Roos exploded again, kicking three goals in five minutes (two to Petrie and one to Liam Anthony). The Cats' Allen Christensen broke the sequence with his first at the 16-minute mark, but Thomas's third and another to Leigh Adams saw North leading by 41 points and threatening to blow Geelong out of the park. But as they had done on the first quarter, Geelong managed a goal (through Christensen) just before the half-time siren to reduce the margin to 35.
The question on the lips of many fans at half time was whether Geelong could repeat its effort of the previous week against Hawthorn, and turn a significant half-time deficit around in the third quarter. That answer came quickly and emphatically. Christensen kicked his third at the four-minute mark and Steven Motlop, James Podsiadly and Tom Lonergan all followed up with goals in the next six minutes the cut the lead to just 10 points. Noth responded with goals to Thomas, Robbie Tarrant and Thomas again, but the momentum of the match had swung. Paul Chapman kicked his first and the Cats began to come again. Hawkins and Mitch Duncan followed up with goals and the margin at the final change was just nine points.
Lindsay Thomas opened North's account at the three-minute mark of the last quarter kicking his fifth but Chapman replied with his second two minutes later. A string of behinds to Steven Motlop saw the margin cut back to just five points before ex-Sun Josh Caddy kicked his first goal for his new club and the Cats took the lead for the first time in the match at the 10-minute mark. Rain began ti fal at about this point, and with the roof open, things became slippery. Daniel Wells restored the lead for North at the 18-minute mark and the next 10 minutes were frantic, with the ball travelling from one end of the ground to the other and mistakes being made by both sides under intense pressure.
With 28 minutes on the clock, Jimmy Bartel received a free kick for a push in the back and a 50-metre penalty which put him on the goal line. He saluted, putting the Cats in front with a minute to play. The Kangaroos made one last foray forward in the dying seconds but Geelong defended grimly to win a memorable match by four points.
Selwood and Christensen were excellent for the Cats, while Matthew Stokes, who came on as a sub late in the third quarter, was brilliant in his short time on the field. Andrew Swallow and Thomas were amongst the best for North.
Geelong will return to the Docklands next Saturday night to face Carlton, while North Melbourne, having lost two winnable games to start the season, will take on reigning premier Sydney in the first Hobart game of the year on Saturday afternoon.
GOALS
Geelong: Christensen, Hawkins 3; Chapman, Motlop 2; Selwood, Podsiadly, Lonergan, Duncan, Caddy, Bartel
North Melbourne: Thomas 5; Petrie 4; Tarrant 2; Bastinac, Mullett, Atley, Anthony, Adams, Wells
BEST - THE AGE
Geelong: Kelly, Stokes, Enright, Christensen, Selwood, Hawkins, Taylor
North Melbourne: Gibson, Swallow, Thomas, Wells, Bastinac, Goldstein, Petrie
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Geelong: Selwood, Christensen, Enright, Chapman, Kelly
North Melbourne: Swallow, Bastinac, Grima, Thomas, Petrie, Ziebell
COACHES' COMMENTS
Chris Scott (Geel): It was difficult to watch in the first half. I thought the things we went in planning to do weren't implemented. Their [North Melbourne's] skill level was - they were a different team from the one that played round one. The first half was poor [but] we're so proud that we're never beaten.
Brad Scott (NM): It was more encouraging than last week. I thought we took the game up to a very good team and competed really well. We just got another lesson in what absolute class acts do when under pressure.
SUBSTITUTES
Geelong: Mathew Stokes replaced Mitch Brown in the 3rd quarter
North Melbourne: Ben Jacobs replaced Kieran Harper in the 3rd quarter
UMPIRES: Stevic, Nicholls, Findlay
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Geelong | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
3 | Bartel, Jimmy | 10 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 29y 124d | 227 | 149 |
46 | Blicavs, Mark | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22y 10d | 2 | 0 |
1 | Brown, Mitch | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22y 222d | 6 | 5 |
23 | Caddy, Josh | 10 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20y 191d | 26 | 18 |
35 | Chapman, Paul | 12 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 31y 153d | 245 | 327 |
28 | Christensen, Allen | 8 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21y 323d | 38 | 31 |
11 | Corey, Joel | 7 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31y 49d | 255 | 74 |
22 | Duncan, Mitch | 10 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21y 301d | 53 | 53 |
44 | Enright, Corey | 10 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31y 205d | 246 | 53 |
26 | Hawkins, Tom | 9 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24y 260d | 103 | 174 |
19 | Hunt, Taylor | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22y 153d | 43 | 10 |
9 | Kelly, James | 8 | 1 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29y 99d | 214 | 77 |
13 | Lonergan, Tom | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28y 325d | 99 | 48 |
4 | Mackie, Andrew | 13 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28y 243d | 175 | 81 |
32 | Motlop, Steven | 14 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 26d | 29 | 30 |
31 | Podsiadly, James | 10 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31y 209d | 62 | 139 |
14 | Selwood, Joel | 14 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24y 316d | 137 | 63 |
2 | Smedts, Billie | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 303d | 16 | 8 |
27 | Stokes, Mathew | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28y 136d | 133 | 180 |
7 | Taylor, Harry | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26y 299d | 114 | 23 |
5 | Varcoe, Travis | 4 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24y 362d | 103 | 114 |
12 | West, Trent | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25y 172d | 43 | 18 |
Totals | 173 | 57 | 177 | 350 | 16 | 16 | 35 | 72 | 29 | 22 | 25y 353d | 2369 | 1675 |
North Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
13 | Adams, Leigh | 10 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25y 1d | 64 | 51 |
4 | Anthony, Liam | 11 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 25y 210d | 51 | 26 |
18 | Atley, Shaun | 10 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20y 206d | 41 | 6 |
3 | Bastinac, Ryan | 19 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21y 289d | 59 | 24 |
10 | Cunnington, Ben | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21y 281d | 56 | 16 |
11 | Firrito, Michael | 10 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29y 131d | 195 | 28 |
43 | Gibson, Sam | 21 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26y 315d | 15 | 7 |
22 | Goldstein, Todd | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 24y 280d | 81 | 37 |
17 | Grima, Nathan | 15 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27y 245d | 57 | 0 |
6 | Hansen, Lachlan | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 233d | 81 | 71 |
23 | Harper, Kieran | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20y 296d | 39 | 37 |
5 | Jacobs, Ben | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21y 88d | 28 | 5 |
34 | Macmillan, Jamie | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21y 196d | 38 | 14 |
42 | McMahon, Scott | 12 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 26y 309d | 107 | 27 |
41 | Mullett, Aaron | 13 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21y 43d | 11 | 4 |
20 | Petrie, Drew | 11 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30y 174d | 224 | 266 |
9 | Swallow, Andrew | 18 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25y 309d | 131 | 65 |
25 | Tarrant, Robbie | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23y 347d | 27 | 27 |
12 | Thomas, Lindsay | 11 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 25y 37d | 112 | 160 |
16 | Thompson, Scott | 12 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 26y 333d | 95 | 3 |
8 | Wells, Daniel | 10 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28y 63d | 192 | 117 |
7 | Ziebell, Jack | 17 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22y 38d | 64 | 19 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 232 | 107 | 123 | 355 | 17 | 6 | 53 | 72 | 22 | 29 | 24y 234d | 1768 | 1010 |