Geelong Cats
136
Match Complete
West Coast Eagles
89
| Fourth Quarter | ||||
| O. Henry |  | 30:23 | ||
| O. Henry | | 27:53 | ||
| 26:22 | | Rushed | ||
| M. Holmes |  | 23:51 | ||
| 20:55 | | O. Allen | ||
| 18:51 | | J. Hunt | ||
| Z. Tuohy | | 17:38 | ||
| B. Close | | 12:31 | ||
| 6:52 | | J. Culley | ||
| 5:20 | | J. Waterman | ||
| 3:37 | | S. Petrevski-Seton | ||
| 19.7 (121) | Third Quarter [+] | 10.8 (68) | ||
| B. Close | | 32:14 | ||
| 1:44 | | J. Waterman | ||
| B. Close | | 28:15 | ||
| 23:31 | | O. Allen | ||
| 21:28 | | J. Petruccelle | ||
| 19:04 | | J. Darling | ||
| Rushed | | 17:26 | ||
| 16:05 | | O. Allen | ||
| 12:40 | | J. Darling | ||
| 11:57 | | Rushed | ||
| T. Hawkins | | 10:17 | ||
| I. Smith | | 8:11 | ||
| J. Bowes | | 6:34 | ||
| T. Hawkins | | 4:45 | ||
| 3:14 | | J. Waterman | ||
| 14.5 (89) | Second Quarter [+] | 3.7 (25) | ||
| M. Blicavs | | 31:15 | ||
| J. Cameron | | 28:54 | ||
| 27:01 | | R. Ginbey | ||
| O. Henry | | 24:54 | ||
| 21:55 | | X. O'Neill | ||
| 21:00 | | Rushed | ||
| 19:49 | | O. Allen | ||
| 18:08 | | Rushed | ||
| Rushed | | 16:09 | ||
| M. Blicavs | | 14:09 | ||
| J. Cameron | | 12:38 | ||
| J. Cameron | | 10:30 | ||
| J. Cameron | | 8:14 | ||
| J. Cameron | | 6:35 | ||
| Z. Tuohy | | 5:00 | ||
| 6.3 (39) | First Quarter [+] | 2.3 (15) | ||
| O. Henry | | 30:52 | ||
| T. Hawkins | | 0:27 | ||
| Rushed | | 29:57 | ||
| T. Hawkins | | 26:53 | ||
| B. Close | | 24:40 | ||
| T. Stengle | | 22:43 | ||
| T. Hawkins | | 15:17 | ||
| 13:33 | | J. Waterman | ||
| P. Dangerfield | | 12:34 | ||
| P. Dangerfield | | 11:25 | ||
| 9:26 | | O. Allen | ||
| 7:35 | | N. Long | ||
| 2:16 | | J. Waterman | ||
| 1:27 | | G. Clark | ||
Back in form after a stirring second half on Easter Monday, Geelong with be after another quick kill against an injury-ravaged West Coast as Gather Round continues. Join The Roar for live scores from 1:10pm (AEST).
Young key defender Sam De Koning returns from concussion protocols in a boost for the Cats, who roused their premiership defence to life with a 10-goal third quarter against Hawthorn.
The Eagles have more injury concerns, with Shannon Hurn and Tom Cole both absent in a further blow to their already depleted backline.
Game information
Opening bounce: 1:10pm (AEST)
Venue: Adelaide Oval
TV: Fox Footy
Live stream: Kayo Sports
Betting: Cats $1.06, Eagles $9.00 – odds via PlayUp
Teams
Geelong
B: S. De Koning, E. Ratugolea, Z. Tuohy
HB: J. Kolodjashnij, T. Stewart, Z. Guthrie
C: I. Smith, M. Blicavs, M. Holmes
HF: T. Stengle, T. Hawkins, M. Duncan
F: O. Henry, J. Cameron, B. Close
R: R. Stanley, C. Guthrie, P. Dangerfield (c)
I/C: J. Bowes, T. Atkins, G. Miers, M. O’Connor
E: B. Parfitt, T. Bruhn, M. Knevitt, S. Simpson
IN: De Koning, Henry (R4 sub).
OUT: Bews, Rohan.
West Coast
B: A. Witherden, T. Barrass (c), L. Duggan
HB: J. Jones, J. Rotham, J. Hunt
C: G. Clark, T. Kelly, A. Gaff
HF: B. Long, J. Darling, L. Edwards
F: J. Waterman, O. Allen, S. Petrevski-Seton
FOLL: B. Williams, E. Yeo, R. Ginbey
I/C: B. Hough, J. Petruccelle, X. O’Neill, J. Culley
EMG: Z. Trew, L. Foley, C. West, H. Edwards
IN: O’Neill, Petruccelle, Rotham (R4 sub), Witherden.
OUT: Cole, Hewett, Hurn, West.
Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
No disrespect to your mob, but they don’t have the firepower to put 89 points on a premiership defence. The Cats have issues, or they fell asleep at the wheel. I’m hoping it’s the latter but I’m not convinced.
Doctor Rotcod
Roar Rookie
ABC commentator gave votes half way through third quarter. Cameron 'BOG' failed to score from then on. Cats outscored by five goals from that point on. Complacency, took foot off gas, managing players? Or just outplayed?
Gary
Roar Rookie
The game didn't blow out as much as it looked it might. Not sure starting kayo today would of been worth it given all the complaints.
Patient #9
Roar Rookie
The path is set and wce are showing improvement in their mental and game plan application. Considering the side we took in this was another step forward so I've got no complaints as young teams do get touched up during a game by reigning premiers and the previous years premiers as they did the last 2 rounds.
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Patient #9
Roar Rookie
Young side against a seasoned professional side who will likely make the prelims I am stoked with mental application shown by wce, the road back won't be as long as some say but touch-up by better sides will happen and Geelong at this point are much better unsurprisingly.
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Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
Scott will be s#1t livid with the Cats’ defence today. They don’t need to play anywhere near full tilt but a Premier should be better at mitigating a team like West Coast from scoring.
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Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
Good job from West Coast. This could have easily ended in a 100+ point mauling.
Cat
Roar Guru
Considering the AFL only just authorised such a salary dump its pretty obvious never. Every club had the same chance to do what Geelong did. Same rules, same opportunity. Geelong got it done, the others didn’t. Hawthorn even offered Bowes a bigger contract and he passed.
Patient #9
Roar Rookie
Well this game has gone to script, anyone with a minor knowledge of footy would have guessed this so again I'm happy with what I'm seeing from a side in wce position. Anyone who gets their WA footy news from a Facebook feed with zero investigation will go look at the wafl result but seeing as that side is 3 quarters amateurs and country league who come in for a season then go again due to wafl rules it's not as concerning as they may think.
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