The Richmond Tigers have fallen devastatingly short of claiming a massive scalp, allowing Geelong to record a come-from-behind win at the MCG on Sunday.
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Final score
Richmond Tigers 12.6.78
Geelong Cats 10.22.82
The Geelong Cats will look to keep up a winning pace when they face the Richmond Tigers at the MCG on Sunday afternoon. Join The Roar for live scores from the match and a blog of the game, starting from 3:20pm (AEST).
While this match looks to skewed heavily in the favour of the Cats, one of the subplots at work that may prove more interesting than the result itself will be the battle of Patrick Dangerfield and Dustin Martin, who look to be the two front-runners for the Brownlow Medal at this point.
Dangerfield is the clear favourite for the medal at this point and the likely eventually winner. He is currently priced at $1.53 with betting companies, while Martin is the next best option but is out to $7 odds.
Rory Sloane is probably the only other player really in the conversation this year – Dangerfield and Martin feels like a virtual certainty to be the top two and while Dangerfield is almost certainly in the lead at this point there are still three weeks left for Martin to cause an upset.
A thoroughly better performance than Dangerfield here today would be a great start towards that, so let’s see if he can pull it off.
Regarding team news we’ve got a couple of changes this week for either side. Richmond have dropped Adam Marcon and will be missing Ben Griffiths through injury, Shane Edwards and Ben Lennon are their inclusions into the 22.
The Cats will be missing Daniel Menzel and Nakia Cockatoo through injury, while Andrew Mackie is being managed and Jed Bews has been dropped. Their inclusions are: Jake Kolodjashnij, Lincoln McCarthy, Shane Kersten and Tom Ruggles.
Prediction
The Cats should win this one comfortably, they’re a better side and have more reason to win.
Cats by 36.
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Preview by Josh Elliott.
Connor Bennett
Editor
Hahaha well played
Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbsuAbTTsV8
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
» Click here to read the full match report Full Time Tigers 12.6.78 vs Cats 10.22.82 What a contest, you just thought the Tigers had enough, but the Cats were massive in the last quarter to win the game in the end, there were some massively positive signs for the Tigers, and some worrying signs for the Cats. Best for me in this game were 3. Dustin Martin 2. Joel Selwood 1. Alex Rance
Jones
Guest
Rub of the green absolutely killed by the umps.
Gazza
Guest
How much money bet on cats to win at 3/4 time. . Someone made some dough!
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
Full Time Tigers 12.6.78 vs Cats 10.22.82 Disposals Tigers: 36 Martin, 32 Houli, 24 Ellis, 22 Grigg Cats: 30 Selwood, 30 Dangerfield, 26 Enright, 25 S Selwood Goals Tigers: 3 Lloyd, 2 Rioli, 2 Vickery, Hampson, Riewoldt, Edwards, Grigg, Lennon Cats: 2 Menagola, 2 McCarthy, J Selwood, Smith, Caddy, Motlop, Hawkins, Taylor
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
Full Time Tigers 12.6.78 vs Cats 10.22.82 Wow what a sequence! Menagola caught cold with the ball, Cotchin sends it high and Riewoldt fliess above the pack but can't hold it, Rioli gathers but is unlucky not to be caught high as the siren blows. Game over the Cats win!
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
Q4 - 0:21 Remaining Tigers 12.6.78 vs Cats 10.22.82 Free kick to the Tigers as Henderson pushed Vickery out, and he slots it!
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
Q4 - 1:34 Remaining Tigers 11.6.72 vs Cats 10.22.82 Ellis goes long, Edwards taken down by Motlop who will go back from 50, no he decides to kick it backwards and run the clock.
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
Q4 - 3:18 Remaining Tigers 11.6.72 vs Cats 10.22.82 Now Menagola, with no one against him takes the easy mark! He hangs it out to the left.
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
Q4 - 4:25 Remaining Tigers 11.6.72 vs Cats 10.21.81 Dangerfield sends it long, the bounce favours no one, but Hawkins gets on the end of it and kicks the goal off the ground from the top of the square!
AB
Guest
Geelong really getting the rub of the green with the umpires this quarter.
PiddaJr
Guest
Richmond also don't know that playing your defensive game after your attacking game has got you to a winning position will lose you a game
XI
Roar Guru
What? How on earth was there any difference between the contact on Reiwoldt and the contact on Taylor?
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
Q4 - 4:57 Remaining Tigers 11.6.72 vs Cats 9.21.75 Hawkins the one hander to Motlop who smashes one to Taylor, he gets the free kick! He hasn't kicked a goal this year! He has now!
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
Q4 - 6:08 Remaining Tigers 11.6.72 vs Cats 8.21.69 Riewoldt could have nearly sealed the game! But alas it wasn't to be the Cats now go the length of the field and Dangerfield finds Motlop. He goes back and breaks his duck of 4 behinds without a goal!
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
Q4 - 7:49 Remaining Tigers 11.6.72 vs Cats 7.20.62 Dangerfield goes inside and Hawkins marks it 50 out, now Motlop takes the mark in the pocket, Motlop runs around and misses.
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
Q4 - 8:44 Remaining Tigers 11.6.72 vs Cats 7.19.61 Plenty of time to run in this Dangerfield to Bartel, Rance does well, Houli to half forward, now Ruggles taken high by Rioli, it goes wide to Bartel, Hawkins can't mark the crucial spoil from Rance. But now the Cats through the middle, McCarthy bends it goalwards, but on the line Alex Rance is there!
PiddaJr
Guest
Geelong can't play on the MCG
Brent Ford
Roar Guru
Q4 - 11:05 Remaining Tigers 11.6.72 vs Cats 7.18.60 They're coming! Menagola snaps truly.