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Geelong has moved to within percentage of a place in the top eight with a crushing win over Carlton at Docklands Stadium on Saturday night. The Cats started the match brilliantly, kicking six goals too two in the first term, and also won the three remaining quarters, finishing 77 points clear of Carlton and condemning the Blues to another week of external speculation about the state of the club and the future of coach Mick Malthouse.
The Cats clicked into gear almost as soon as the match commenced and Tom Hawkins and Cameron Guthrie had goals on the board within the first six minutes of the match. Geelong added two more majors through Jordan Murdoch and Mitch Clark before Troy Menzel finally put the Blues on the board with a goal at the 15-minute mark. Steve Johnson and Cory Gregson then made it six separate goalkickers for the quarter for Geelong before a late major from Blue Dale Thomas cut the Cats' lead to 21 points at the first break.
Thomas kicked his second goal early in the second term to bring Carlton back to within 14 points and it look as though the Blues were working their way back into the match. However, consecutive goals to Darcy Lang and Murdoch halted Carlton's run and restored a 27-point buffer. Chris Yarran and Jason Tutt pulled the margin back to 17 for the Blues with majors at the 15 and 19-minute marks but Geelong reasserted its authority with the final three goals of the first half via Murdoch, Clark and skipper Joel Selwood, taking a 34-point into the long break.
Any faint hope Carlton took into the second half was extinguished in the first 10 minutes of the third quarter. Two goals from Josh Caddy and another to James Kelly took the margin out to 52 points and effectively ended the contest. The Blues to their credit fought out the remainder of the term, trading goals with Geelong until the final goal of the quarter from Shane Kirsten extended the margin to 58 at the last change.
It was virtually one-way traffic in the final quarter, Troy Menzel scoring the Blues' only goal for the term at the 12-minute mark while Geelong added majors through Caddy, Kersten, Rhys Stanley and Mitch Clark to run out winners by 77 points.
Best for the Cats included Murdoch (four goals, 26 disposals), Caddy (three goals, 23 touches) and Guthrie (23 possessions and a goal), while Carlton was well served by Kade Simpson (30 disposals, 10 marks), Menzel (four goals, six marks) and Ed Curnow (16 possessions).
The win extended two remarkable runs for Geelong in its coach Chris Scott. The Cats have now won all 14 of their contests with the Blues at Docklands, and Scott has a 7-0 coaching record against Mick Malthouse.
Geelong will push for a place in the eight when it takes on West Coast at Subiaco next Sunday while Carlton faces another tough Friday night, with the Blues to meet Sydney at the SCG in round nine.
GOALS
Geelong: Murdoch 4; Caddy, Clark 3; Selwood, Kersten 2; Hawkins, Guthrie, Johnson, Gregson, Lang, Kelly, Lonergan, Stanley
Carlton: Menzel 4; Thomas 2; Yarran, Tutt, Armfield
BEST - THE AGE
Geelong: Murdoch, Caddy, Guthrie, Blicavs, Hawkins, Lonergan
Carlton: Simpson, Menzel, Curnow, Yarran
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Geelong: Murdoch, Caddy, Guthrie, Thurlow, Blicavs, Stokes, Kelly
Carlton: Simpson, Curnow, Armfield, Menzel
INJURIES
Geelong: Nil
Carlton: Andrew Carrazzo (calf) replaced in selected side by Robbie Warnock, Gibbs (back)
SUBSTITUTES
Geelong: Darcy Lang replaced by Andrew Mackie in the third quarter
Carlton: Bryce Gibbs replaced by Dylan Buckley in the third quarter
UMPIRES: Dalgleish, Stevic, Mollison
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Bruce McAvaney, Dennis Cometti, Wayne Carey, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.
Geelong | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
24 | Bews, Jed | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21y 159d | 15 | 1 |
46 | Blicavs, Mark | 11 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24y 55d | 53 | 15 |
23 | Caddy, Josh | 13 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22y 236d | 66 | 46 |
19 | Clark, Mitch | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 27y 215d | 104 | 111 |
44 | Enright, Corey | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 33y 250d | 296 | 62 |
28 | Gregson, Cory | 10 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18y 260d | 8 | 8 |
29 | Guthrie, Cameron | 13 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22y 276d | 72 | 14 |
26 | Hawkins, Tom | 11 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26y 305d | 153 | 296 |
20 | Johnson, Steve | 13 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31y 322d | 241 | 430 |
9 | Kelly, James | 12 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31y 144d | 262 | 88 |
39 | Kersten, Shane | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22y 68d | 13 | 13 |
11 | Lang, Darcy | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19y 182d | 9 | 6 |
13 | Lonergan, Tom | 11 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31y 5d | 152 | 53 |
4 | Mackie, Andrew | 9 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30y 288d | 222 | 90 |
32 | Motlop, Steven | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24y 71d | 75 | 98 |
21 | Murdoch, Jordan | 19 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23y 60d | 48 | 42 |
25 | Rivers, Jared | 10 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30y 216d | 188 | 18 |
14 | Selwood, Joel | 11 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26y 361d | 192 | 120 |
1 | Stanley, Rhys | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 24y 172d | 64 | 44 |
27 | Stokes, Mathew | 13 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 30y 181d | 180 | 199 |
7 | Taylor, Harry | 7 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28y 344d | 167 | 40 |
40 | Thurlow, Jackson | 16 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21y 55d | 16 | 6 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 225 | 110 | 156 | 381 | 22 | 8 | 36 | 60 | 21 | 19 | 26y 42d | 2596 | 1800 |
Carlton | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
27 | Armfield, Dennis | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 28y 151d | 119 | 48 |
28 | Bell, Tom | 10 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23y 343d | 37 | 29 |
7 | Buckley, Dylan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 67d | 13 | 2 |
41 | Casboult, Levi | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25y 68d | 42 | 36 |
9 | Cripps, Patrick | 4 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20y 65d | 9 | 2 |
35 | Curnow, Ed | 8 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25y 196d | 74 | 11 |
15 | Docherty, Sam | 13 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 217d | 37 | 8 |
33 | Everitt, Andrejs | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26y 70d | 104 | 51 |
4 | Gibbs, Bryce | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26y 68d | 185 | 102 |
14 | Jones, Liam | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24y 87d | 73 | 74 |
5 | Judd, Chris | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31y 256d | 278 | 228 |
2 | Menzel, Troy | 13 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 20y 242d | 30 | 42 |
3 | Murphy, Marc | 18 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27y 307d | 193 | 146 |
17 | Rowe, Sam | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27y 184d | 39 | 13 |
6 | Simpson, Kade | 18 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 31y 17d | 228 | 123 |
39 | Thomas, Dale | 11 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27y 335d | 181 | 135 |
42 | Tuohy, Zach | 9 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25y 163d | 84 | 29 |
22 | Tutt, Jason | 13 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24y 7d | 29 | 23 |
11 | Warnock, Robert | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 28y 123d | 88 | 17 |
43 | White, Simon | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26y 339d | 49 | 9 |
36 | Wood, Cameron | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28y 79d | 78 | 26 |
13 | Yarran, Chris | 20 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24y 154d | 110 | 89 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 196 | 85 | 133 | 329 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 35 | 19 | 21 | 25y 293d | 2080 | 1243 |