If the Geelong Cats win at Kardinia Park this weekend, not only will they extend their long streak of winning games at home, they will also be the only AFL/VFL team to win 10 games in a row on 14 separate occasions.
Carlton are equal with Geelong at the moment, having won 10 in a row 13 different times.
Collingwood has done it nine times and Melbourne and Essendon have achieved it seven times.
It will be the fifth time this century for Geelong to achieve this – 15 games in a row in 2007, 12 in 2008, 15 also in 2008 and 13 in 2009.
Chris Scott could also equal South Melbourne coach Johnny Leonard in winning his first 10 games as a coach.
Geelong have proven many doubters wrong this year. All we were hearing pre-season was how they would slide down the ladder with their aging team, departure of preimership coach Mark Thompson and one of the best players in the league, Gary Ablett.
Scott admits himself that the ageing list is something they’re aware of. Geelong this year got new fitness staff who have obviously been doing a good job. Geelong are yet to lose either a third of fourth quarter this year, and many of the older players are the fittest they’ve been in a while.
Another factor is the injection of youth to the side, with debutants in Allen Christensen, Josh Cowan and Nathan Vardy, and a couple of players who had only played a couple of games before this year like Mitch Duncan, Taylor Hunt and Daniel Menzel.
Could Geelong be on track to break a few more records?
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