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CibbuanoClassy Cats too good for Pies
April 9th 2009 13:14
GEELONG has continued its unbeaten start to the season with a 27-point win over Collingwood at the MCG on Thursday night.
The Cats broke the game open in the second term before eventually running out 18.14 (122) to 13.17 (95) winners.
The Magpies had their chances to win but failed to capitalise in front of goal with Leigh Brown, Josh Fraser and Tarkyn Lockyer the chief offenders with three behinds each.
The loss was made worse for the Pies with star defender Heath Shaw reported for making contact with an umpire.
Paul Chapman starred for Geelong with 35 possessions and four goals while Gary Ablett was damaging with a game-high 37 disposals.
James Bartel won plenty of the football while Steve Johnson overcame a slow start to finish the match with 19 touches and three goals.
Collingwood’s expected dominance in the ruck didn’t come to fruition - Mark Blake and Trent West more than matched Fraser as the Cats won the hit-out count 46-24.
For the Pies, Dane Swan (30 possessions) tried hard all night. Scott Pendlebury and Lockyer were busy contributors while promising youngster Dayne Beams continued the impressive start to his career with 21 touches and one goal.
The Magpies started brightly, kicking the first two goals of the match through Alan Didak and Shannon Cox before the Cats hit back through Ablett and Mathew Stokes.
Geelong struggled to cope with Collingwood’s pressure in the first term and trailed by 20 points at the first change after the Pies kicked the last three goals of the quarter.
The margin should have been greater at quarter-time but the Magpies were wasteful in front of goal, booting a wayward 5.5 for the term.
Their woes in front of goal continued early in the second term with Brown missing sitter from 30m out.
Geelong made Brown pay with David Wojincski kicking a goal on the run.
From that moment on the Cats dominated, moving the football quickly through the middle as they slammed on a further seven unanswered goals to take a handy 27-point lead into half-time.
The Magpies got themselves back into the contest in the third term but once again let themselves down with their kicking in front of goal.
They kicked six behinds for the term, none more deflating than Fraser’s miss after the three-quarter time siren which would have reduced the deficit to just nine points heading into the final change.
It was all Geelong early in the final term as they slammed on three unanswered goals in a six-minute burst to secure the four points.
GEELONG: 2.3, 10.6, 11.11, 18.14 (122)
COLLINGWOOD: 5.5, 5.9, 8.15, 13.17 (95)
GOALS: Geelong: Chapman 4, Johnson 3, Varcoe 2, Stokes 2, Hawkins 2, Ablett, Wojcinski, Byrnes, Rooke, Mooney
Collingwood: Medhurst 3, Dick, Cox, L. Brown, Thomas, Didak, Davis, Lockyer, Fraser, Beams, Anthony
BEST: Geelong: Chapman, Ablett, Mooney, Bartel, Kelly, Johnson
Collingwood : Pendlebury, Clarke, Beams, Swan, O’Bree, Cox
INJURIES: Geelong: Nil
Collingwood: Johnson (ankle)
REPORTS: Shaw reported for making contact with an umpire in the second quarter
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Vozzo, McBurney, Stevic
CROWD: 58,527 at the MCG
The Cats broke the game open in the second term before eventually running out 18.14 (122) to 13.17 (95) winners.
The Magpies had their chances to win but failed to capitalise in front of goal with Leigh Brown, Josh Fraser and Tarkyn Lockyer the chief offenders with three behinds each.
The loss was made worse for the Pies with star defender Heath Shaw reported for making contact with an umpire.
Paul Chapman starred for Geelong with 35 possessions and four goals while Gary Ablett was damaging with a game-high 37 disposals.
James Bartel won plenty of the football while Steve Johnson overcame a slow start to finish the match with 19 touches and three goals.
Collingwood’s expected dominance in the ruck didn’t come to fruition - Mark Blake and Trent West more than matched Fraser as the Cats won the hit-out count 46-24.
For the Pies, Dane Swan (30 possessions) tried hard all night. Scott Pendlebury and Lockyer were busy contributors while promising youngster Dayne Beams continued the impressive start to his career with 21 touches and one goal.
The Magpies started brightly, kicking the first two goals of the match through Alan Didak and Shannon Cox before the Cats hit back through Ablett and Mathew Stokes.
Geelong struggled to cope with Collingwood’s pressure in the first term and trailed by 20 points at the first change after the Pies kicked the last three goals of the quarter.
The margin should have been greater at quarter-time but the Magpies were wasteful in front of goal, booting a wayward 5.5 for the term.
Their woes in front of goal continued early in the second term with Brown missing sitter from 30m out.
Geelong made Brown pay with David Wojincski kicking a goal on the run.
From that moment on the Cats dominated, moving the football quickly through the middle as they slammed on a further seven unanswered goals to take a handy 27-point lead into half-time.
The Magpies got themselves back into the contest in the third term but once again let themselves down with their kicking in front of goal.
They kicked six behinds for the term, none more deflating than Fraser’s miss after the three-quarter time siren which would have reduced the deficit to just nine points heading into the final change.
It was all Geelong early in the final term as they slammed on three unanswered goals in a six-minute burst to secure the four points.
GEELONG: 2.3, 10.6, 11.11, 18.14 (122)
COLLINGWOOD: 5.5, 5.9, 8.15, 13.17 (95)
GOALS: Geelong: Chapman 4, Johnson 3, Varcoe 2, Stokes 2, Hawkins 2, Ablett, Wojcinski, Byrnes, Rooke, Mooney
Collingwood: Medhurst 3, Dick, Cox, L. Brown, Thomas, Didak, Davis, Lockyer, Fraser, Beams, Anthony
BEST: Geelong: Chapman, Ablett, Mooney, Bartel, Kelly, Johnson
Collingwood : Pendlebury, Clarke, Beams, Swan, O’Bree, Cox
INJURIES: Geelong: Nil
Collingwood: Johnson (ankle)
REPORTS: Shaw reported for making contact with an umpire in the second quarter
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Vozzo, McBurney, Stevic
CROWD: 58,527 at the MCG
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