WHERE AND WHEN: MCG, Sunday, June 17, 3.20pm AEST
SUMMARY
Prepare for an arm wrestle. The competition’s two stingiest sides lock horns in a standout clash, both having plenty to prove. Geelong will be looking to make amends from the previous meeting between the sides in last year’s qualifying final, when they were suffocated by the Tigers’ pressure. The Cats have taken a leaf out of the Tigers’ book from that night when they managed just five goals, conceding an average of 66.7 points per game this season. However, the ability to do it against the Tigers and defend the MCG is another challenge in itself. In round eight, the Cats held Collingwood to five goals; six days later they were caught napping against the Bombers, who piled on 12 majors. The Tigers return from their third interstate trip this season with their third loss, and will be keen to show their midfield is deep enough to contend with the Cats. Last week, Port Adelaide’s Ollie Wines, Sam Powell-Pepper, Tom Rockliff and Chad Wingard got the better of the clearance battle, while the ruck division was stretched beyond Toby Nankervis.
LAST FIVE TIMES
QF, 2017: Richmond 13.13 (91) d Geelong 5.10 (40) at the MCG
R21, 2017: Geelong 11.14 (80) d Richmond 9.12 (66) at GMHBA Stadium
R21, 2016: Geelong 10.22 (82) d Richmond 12.6 (78) at the MCG
R5, 2015: Geelong 12.13 (85) d Richmond 11.10 (76) at the MCG
R7, 2014: Geelong 11.15 (81) d Richmond 12.4 (76) at the MCG
Father Dougal’s Tip: Tigers by 3
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Late out. Buzza replaced by Parsons
Now why doesn’t that surprise me? A late change by Geelong.
I’m surprised the bookies don’t have a market for ‘Which Geelong player(s) will be a late in/out?’.
Brought in Riewoldt today 4 Uniake , should make a good F7 @ the business end ..
Is Dusty playing? listening on the radio and dont hear his name
Doesn’t look very good early on. Not sure if its the calf or just working his way into the contest. I hope its the latter.
Musty Dusty just playing an outside receiver roll this year , those medals need another polish ..
yeh , he’s out there , saw him have a shot that went out on the full lol ..
QT Cats 26 v Tiges 11
Cats
Rhys Stanley* 46
Mitch Duncan 44
Mark Blicavs 42
Tim Kelly 35
Jed Bews 30
Gary Ablett jnr 29
Sam Menegola 29
P. Dangerfield 28
Tom Hawkins 28
Joel Selwood 23
Jordan Cunico 21
Lincoln McCarthy 21
Brandan Parfitt 20
Tom Stewart 17
Cory Gregson 13
Lachlan Fogarty 10
Jordan Murdoch 7
Jake Kolodjashnij 6
Zach Tuohy 6
Zach Guthrie -2
Jack Henry -3
James Parsons -5
Tigers
Jack Riewoldt 37
Daniel Rioli 36
Jack Graham 33
Shaun Grigg 33
Alex Rance 30
Daniel Butler 27
Jayden Short 26
Jason Castagna 26
Nathan Broad 25
Shane Edwards 20
Dylan Grimes 19
Ryan Garthwaite 16
Toby Nankervis 16
Trent Cotchin 15
Josh Caddy 13
Jack Higgins 12
Nick Vlastuin 12
Dustin Martin 11
Kane Lambert 10
Reece Conca 5
Brandon Ellis 1
Kamdyn McIntosh 1
Surely Kelly is a keeper…?
Riewold gettn no love from the umps ..
From FanFooty: “Dangerfield – 8 disposals and 2 tackles…. Starting forward on Rance with stints in the midfield.”
Thanks a lot, Chris. Or Brad. Or whatever your bloody name is.
He’s still on track for 100+, but not looking like a captaincy-worthy score.
HT Cats 35 v Tigers 37
Cats
Rhys Stanley* 82
Gary Ablett jnr 61
Sam Menegola 59
Jordan Cunico 58
Tim Kelly 51
P. Dangerfield 48
Mitch Duncan 48
Mark Blicavs 47
Brandan Parfitt 43
Lincoln McCarthy 38
Tom Stewart 37
Joel Selwood 36
Tom Hawkins 35
Jed Bews 33
Jake Kolodjashnij 23
Jack Henry 19
Zach Guthrie 18
Lachlan Fogarty 15
James Parsons 14
Zach Tuohy 14
Cory Gregson 14
Jordan Murdoch 11
Tigers
Shaun Grigg 64
Shane Edwards 63
Alex Rance 56
Josh Caddy 55
Jack Graham 50
Toby Nankervis 49
Jayden Short 49
Daniel Rioli 48
Kane Lambert 45
Jason Castagna 43
Dustin Martin 43
Jack Riewoldt 39
Trent Cotchin 38
Ryan Garthwaite 35
Dylan Grimes 34
Nathan Broad 30
Jack Higgins 30
Nick Vlastuin 29
Daniel Butler 27
Brandon Ellis 25
Reece Conca 22
Kamdyn McIntosh 17
Dusty owners would be very happy , scored very well for doing very little that Q ..
I’ve asked before, any one got any inside info on the Cats?? What’s going on with Danger this year? … Seems he’s always pushed forward and giving up time on ball to Gaj and Kelly?
In Contribs league I need Danger to outscore Nank by odd to get a win over MJ!! *sigh*, not going to happen it seems!!
should say 40 odd!
looks like he’s dropped 5-10 kg’s as well ..
On Fox Footy before the game, they showed stats where he seems to spend more time forward against the teams likely to play finals. Whether it’s a ploy by Geelong to hide their midfield tactics or just to figure out the other teams defensive patterns, I’m not sure.
All I can say is I’m glad I’ve held off on getting Danger this season, something which was unfathomable at the start of the year.
If it’s a deliberate ploy designed to do either of those things, then that’s actually pretty clever on Chris Scott’s part. It sucks for us, but still.
Perhaps for the rest of the year we should only give Dangerfield the C/VC when he’s playing weaker teams?
a lot wooda had the C on Danger today ..
Tigers backline work so much harder than their fwd line ..
3QT Cats 55 v Tigers 56
Cats
Rhys Stanley* 110
Sam Menegola 90
P. Dangerfield 84
Mitch Duncan 84
Gary Ablett jnr 79
Mark Blicavs 73
Jordan Cunico 72
Joel Selwood 69
Tom Hawkins 68
Tim Kelly 60
Tom Stewart 56
Brandan Parfitt 44
James Parsons 43
Jed Bews 43
Lincoln McCarthy 42
Zach Tuohy 40
Jake Kolodjashnij 33
Jordan Murdoch 32
Cory Gregson 31
Jack Henry 22
Lachlan Fogarty 22
Zach Guthrie 21
Tigers
Shaun Grigg 100
Alex Rance 82
Toby Nankervis 75
Shane Edwards 74
Nick Vlastuin 71
Kane Lambert 68
Dustin Martin 66
Daniel Butler 64
Jack Graham 64
Ryan Garthwaite 61
Daniel Rioli 60
Reece Conca 60
Jayden Short 60
Dylan Grimes 57
Josh Caddy 56
Brandon Ellis 53
Jason Castagna 49
Jack Higgins 43
Jack Riewoldt 43
Trent Cotchin 41
Nathan Broad 32
Kamdyn McIntosh 22
Appreciate the score updates. Especially as the last game of the round.
Cheers
FT Tigers 83 d Cats 65
Cats
Rhys Stanley* 149
Joel Selwood 115
Mark Blicavs 113
Sam Menegola 103
P. Dangerfield 102
Mitch Duncan 97
Jordan Cunico 84
Tom Stewart 83
Gary Ablett jnr 80
Tom Hawkins 77
Tim Kelly 75
Zach Tuohy 68
Brandan Parfitt 61
James Parsons 59
Jed Bews 53
Jake Kolodjashnij 43
Lincoln McCarthy 37
Jordan Murdoch 35
Jack Henry 35
Lachlan Fogarty 32
Cory Gregson 25
Zach Guthrie 21
Tigers
Alex Rance 107
Shaun Grigg 104
Jayden Short 97
Shane Edwards 96
Kane Lambert 93
Toby Nankervis 89
Nick Vlastuin 88
Dustin Martin 87
Reece Conca 87
Dylan Grimes 87
Jack Graham 84
Brandon Ellis 84
Daniel Butler 82
Daniel Rioli 81
Jack Riewoldt 77
Trent Cotchin 71
Ryan Garthwaite 71
Josh Caddy 67
Jason Castagna 65
Nathan Broad 56
Jack Higgins 56
Kamdyn McIntosh 23
another 80’s score for Musty Dusty , not to worry , he will work on his game in NZ this week ( in between beers )
He is just one part of the reigning premiers well balanced team. Go tigers
did Dusty go and hide under a rock for the last 20mins? His score didn’t move
Nor sure if Ablett was tagging Martin or Martin was tagging Ablett but either way it wasn’t helping us supercoaches.
Disappointing game by Ablett I thought. Never seemed to get near it