Geelong Cats
81
Match Complete
Brisbane Lions
80
| Fourth Quarter | ||||
| 31:28 |  | Rushed | ||
| 29:25 | | Rushed | ||
| I. Smith |  | 26:11 | ||
| 18:27 | | H. McCluggage | ||
| 16:13 | | J. Daniher | ||
| T. Hawkins | | 12:56 | ||
| 9:49 | | T. Berry | ||
| 6:47 | | C. Cameron | ||
| 2:48 | | E. Hipwood | ||
| 11.8 (74) | Third Quarter [+] | 7.11 (53) | ||
| T. Hawkins | | 28:39 | ||
| R. Stanley | | 27:34 | ||
| 26:14 | | Rushed | ||
| 22:53 | | C. Cameron | ||
| T. Hawkins | | 21:02 | ||
| J. Selwood | | 18:34 | ||
| 14:09 | | J. Daniher | ||
| 9:47 | | L. McCarthy | ||
| Z. Tuohy | | 6:43 | ||
| 3:58 | | H. McCluggage | ||
| J. Clark | | 0:32 | ||
| 8.5 (53) | Second Quarter [+] | 4.9 (33) | ||
| 26:00 | | E. Hipwood | ||
| G. Miers | | 24:07 | ||
| F. Evans | | 22:54 | ||
| T. Hawkins | | 22:12 | ||
| 20:04 | | J. Lyons | ||
| 15:44 | | C. Cameron | ||
| 12:49 | | E. Hipwood | ||
| F. Evans | | 11:33 | ||
| J. Selwood | | 9:44 | ||
| 7:39 | | J. Prior | ||
| 3:59 | | D. Zorko | ||
| 5.3 (33) | First Quarter [+] | 2.5 (17) | ||
| 33:03 | | E. Hipwood | ||
| 31:38 | | J. Daniher | ||
| 29:10 | | E. Hipwood | ||
| 26:51 | | H. McCluggage | ||
| 25:57 | | T. Berry | ||
| T. Hawkins | | 22:59 | ||
| Z. Tuohy | | 18:51 | ||
| R. Stanley | | 17:55 | ||
| Z. Tuohy | | 15:36 | ||
| T. Hawkins | | 13:54 | ||
| 11:27 | | E. Hipwood | ||
| T. Hawkins | | 8:54 | ||
| T. Stewart | | 6:33 | ||
| F. Evans | | 5:16 | ||
| 2:23 | | E. Hipwood | ||
Two premiership hopefuls in need of a win lock horns as the Geelong Cats and Brisbane Lions face off on a Friday night at GMHBA Stadium. Stay up to date with their AFL clash with live scores on The Roar from 7:50pm (AEDT).
Unbackable favourites coming into their season-opening clash against Adelaide, the reigning wooden spooners, Geelong instead laid an egg. They were outworked, outhunted and outclassed in the first half, falling 38 points in arrears at the long break and, although they fought back in the second half, the damage had already been done. To make matters worse, Patrick Dangerfield copped a three-week suspension for rough conduct.
Brisbane suffered a similar fate when they took on Sydney at home later that night. After kicking the first three goals of the game in rapid succession, the Lions just switched off. Despite clawing back a 25-point margin just before half time, they were blown away by a nine-goal-to-two third quarter and trailed by as much as 50 points in the final quarter in a disastrous loss.
The Cats have dominated the Lions for quite some time, winning ten of the last 11 meetings and 20 of 23 dating back to the start of 2006. Brisbane have also lost 11 in a row at Kardinia Park, with their last win coming in 2003 when current Geelong coach Chris Scott kicked the sealer.
Game information
Opening bounce: 7:50pm (AEDT)
Venue: GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
TV: Seven, Fox Footy
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go
Betting: Geelong $1.61, Brisbane $2.38 (odds via PlayUp)
Teams
Geelong Cats
B: Lachie Henderson, Mark Blicavs, Mark O’Connor
HB: Tom Atkins, Tom Stewart, Jake Kolodjashnij
C: Isaac Smith, Cam Guthrie, Zach Tuohy
HF: Jordan Clark, Gary Rohan, Charlie Constable
F: Gyran Miers, Tom Hawkins, Shaun Higgins
FOL: Rhys Stanley, Brandan Parfitt, Joel Selwood
I/C: Jed Bews, Francis Evans, Jack Henry, Luke Dahlhaus
EMG: Max Holmes, Josh Jenkings, Quinton Narkle, Zach Guthrie
Brisbane Lions
B: Daniel Rich, Harris Andrews, Jack Payne
HB: Brandon Starcevich, Ryan Lester, Grant Birchall
C: Hugh McCluggage, Dayne Zorko, Jarrod Berry
HF: Zac Bailey, Joe Daniher, Lincoln McCarthy
F: Mitch Robinson, Eric Hipwood, Charlie Cameron
FOL: Oscar McInerney, Jarryd Lyons, Lachie Neale
I/C: Callum Ah Chee, Tom Berry, Tom Fullarton, Harry Sharp
EMG: Deven Robertson, Keidean Coleman, Jaxon Prior, Connor Ballenden
Rowdy
Roar Rookie
Clearly he shouldn't've been cowed.
Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
I think you need to look up what 'deer in the headlights' means and then put it into context, along with whatever point you are now trying to make.
Charlie Keegan
Roar Guru
We see both. They’re both incorrect, incorrect calls and incorrect non calls
Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
I'll once again say: your argument makes no sense. Umpires make bad decisions at the close all the time. If they always had deer in the headlights moments, we would never see bad decisions, only bad non-decisions as you are suggesting. Rather than arguing with me, perhaps you should reflect on this further. We are done, my friend.
Charlie Keegan
Roar Guru
I’m willing to acknowledge that umpires make mistakes throughout a game that ends up roughly equalising. That being said when the margin ends up being so close the umpires tend to get a deer in the headlights sort of look
Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
Tell you what, when I admit that it was a correct decision as a Cats fan, you may have a point. Unfortunately, you don't have a point.
Charlie Keegan
Roar Guru
And you as a Geelong supporter have cognitive bias that favours the cats, even the AFL admits they dun goofed on that final decision last night there was no two ways about it. You can even see the effects in the game between the swans and Adelaide today where the umpires seem to have the hot hand on holding the ball (see tex walkers three free kicks today) particularly when you’re the away side and the protests of ball calls won’t be as loud as if you’re the home side.
Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
This a classic example of cognitive bias. There are just as many examples of poor decisions in the dying moments of a match that costs the game as there are poor non-decisions. I've even seen you winge about many of them over the past 12-months. You're choosing to pick the non-decision in this instance. You wait, you'll inadvertently winge, at some stage, in the next few weeks about an umpiring decision that is wrong (not a non-decision that is wrong). Then what are you going to say? It's going to happen. You and I both know it.
Yattuzzi
Roar Rookie
So he is the leagues punching bag?
Charlie Keegan
Roar Guru
yeah but its selwood soooooooo
Yattuzzi
Roar Rookie
One of my pet hates. Pushing the player into the dirt after a free is paid against. Needs 50 every time.
Yattuzzi
Roar Rookie
It is never impregnable. Remember the Blues won there last year. It was a very important game for the Lions. They put in the hard yards. They are definitely a top eight side and I picked them third. Two losses doesn’t change that. I think our home record is skewed a bit as we don’t play Collingwood, Hawks and Richmond there.
Peter the Scribe
Roar Guru
Sure did Yattz. Think I’ll pull out of tipping this season so not invested in neutral games. You think GMHBA not the fortress it once was? I know you had some quality out.
Yattuzzi
Roar Rookie
Did we need it. Cats are playing all right though. Did you tip against your boys?
Peter the Scribe
Roar Guru
Congrats Yattz, an important win.
Don Freo
Roar Rookie
Everybody would have a comment. That's a good start.
Boo
Guest
Hope he umpires at Kardinia Park more often then and I will yell louder .
Charlie Keegan
Roar Guru
He was in a the right spot, he froze and didn’t call it because of the parochial crowd in Geelong
Boo
Guest
Yes it was a free kick Chuckakhan but to say the umpire deliberately didn't pay it is a bit much .I think he didn't see how it came out of the tackle and figured it was jarred loose .Brisbane undoubtedly could have won but the main reason they lost is there goal kicking in the first half .Go Cats have a feeling I'm going to enjoy the ride this year particularly the vitriol of opposition supporters .
Charlie Keegan
Roar Guru
I think that is representative of a wider problem in the AFL. They won’t officiate according to the letter of the laws of the game depending on the context of the game.