Game Chat – GWS v Geelong

Written by Thommo on March 21 2020

Where and when: Giants Stadium, Saturday March 21, 7.40pm AEDT

Last time they met: GMHBA Stadium, round four, 2019: Giants 11.13 (79) beat Geelong 11.9 (75)

What it means for GWS: After the disappointment of the way last season ended, the Giants have started 2020 in positive fashion and need to continue their form against a fellow finals contender.

What it means for Geelong: The Cats failed to kick more than nine goals in both of their Marsh Community Series games, which were both losses. Tom Hawkins, Gary Ablett, Esava Ratugolea and Gary Rohan need to get their hands on it at Giants Stadium.

The stat: In last year’s thrilling win on the road, the Giants’ three athletic tall forwards Jeremy Cameron, Harry Himmelberg and Jeremy Finlayson combined for eight goals. The team won the marks inside 50 count 19-10.

The match-up: Lachie Whitfield v Gary Ablett

The Giants could look to exploit the star Cat, with Ablett unlikely to be able to keep tabs on his opponent when the home side has the footy. Whitfield covers plenty of territory, but he’s also improved his one-on-one game greatly over the past two seasons, so he can match up on Ablett in Geelong’s forward half.

In the spotlight: Stephen Coniglio

The new captain leads the Giants into a new era, and he’ll be keen to put his stamp on the club’s on-field performance from the first game of the year. The star midfielder was sorely missed in the second half of last season.

Big call: After his nightmare Grand Final performance, Jeremy Finlayson gets his season off to a flyer with a six-goal haul against the Cats.

Prediction: Giants by 20 points

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15 thoughts on “Game Chat – GWS v Geelong”

  1. NO LATE CHANGES

    FINAL INTERCHANGES
    Greater Western Sydney: Tom Green, Zac Langdon, Heath Shaw, Adam Kennedy
    Geelong: Gary Ablett, Jordan Clark, Mitch Duncan, Cam Guthrie

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  2. Fan Footy useless this year for updating scores – only at end of each quarter and also no scores coming up at all for Cats games … only Gold Coast game … rookies there spudding it up too …

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  3. HT Scores up now …

    Western Sydney Giants: 9.1.55
    Stephen Coniglio 69
    Lachie Whitfield 66
    Harry Perryman 65
    Sam Jacobs 64
    Daniel Lloyd* 63
    Jacob Hopper 56
    Nick Haynes 56
    Josh Kelly 52
    Zac Giles-Langdon 52
    Toby Greene 45
    Jeremy Finlayson 41
    Matthew de Boer 34
    Aidan Corr 33
    Sam Taylor 31
    Heath Shaw 27
    Tom Green 26
    H. Himmelberg 26
    Isaac Cumming 23
    Brent Daniels 21
    Jeremy Cameron 8
    Phil Davis 6
    Adam Kennedy 6

    Geelong Cats: 6.6.42
    Mitch Duncan 56
    P. Dangerfield 56
    Quinton Narkle 56
    Luke Dahlhaus 52
    Gary Ablett jnr 50
    Harry Taylor 50
    Darcy Fort 49
    Mark Blicavs 49
    Mark O’Connor 46
    Tom Hawkins 43
    Gary Rohan 42
    Gryan Miers 40
    Tom Stewart 40
    Zach Tuohy 34
    Jack Henry 34
    Joel Selwood 31
    Cameron Guthrie 25
    Sam Menegola 24
    Tom Atkins 18
    Jordan Clark 16
    Zach Guthrie 5
    Esava Ratugolea 4

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  4. 3QTR Time scores

    Western Sydney Giants: 13.3.81
    Sam Jacobs 95
    Stephen Coniglio 89
    Lachie Whitfield 89
    Jacob Hopper 86
    Harry Perryman 86
    Nick Haynes 83
    Daniel Lloyd* 82
    Josh Kelly 74
    Toby Greene 74
    Zac Giles-Langdon 67
    Heath Shaw 56
    H. Himmelberg 55
    Aidan Corr 52
    Brent Daniels 51
    Jeremy Cameron 50
    Matthew de Boer 50
    Jeremy Finlayson 43
    Isaac Cumming 39
    Sam Taylor 36
    Tom Green 33
    Phil Davis 22
    Adam Kennedy 6

    Geelong Cats: 8.7.55
    Mitch Duncan 92
    Luke Dahlhaus 85
    P. Dangerfield 79
    Quinton Narkle 72
    Tom Stewart 71
    Darcy Fort 70
    Mark Blicavs 68
    Tom Hawkins 64
    Gary Ablett jnr 63
    Mark O’Connor 62
    Joel Selwood 61
    Harry Taylor 58
    Gryan Miers 52
    Zach Tuohy 51
    Gary Rohan 51
    Cameron Guthrie 47
    Jack Henry 42
    Sam Menegola 31
    Esava Ratugolea 29
    Jordan Clark 27
    Tom Atkins 21
    Zach Guthrie 7

    Sauce going good!!

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  5. Full time scores

    Western Sydney Giants: 17.3.105
    Sam Jacobs 134
    Harry Perryman 133
    Nick Haynes 114
    Stephen Coniglio 114
    Jacob Hopper 112
    Lachie Whitfield 109
    Toby Greene 108
    Josh Kelly 102
    Daniel Lloyd* 102
    Zac Giles-Langdon 74
    Brent Daniels 73
    Jeremy Cameron 70
    Matthew de Boer 69
    H. Himmelberg 63
    Heath Shaw 62
    Jeremy Finlayson 62
    Aidan Corr 60
    Isaac Cumming 57
    Tom Green 41
    Sam Taylor 39
    Phil Davis 21
    Adam Kennedy 6

    Geelong Cats: 11.7.73
    Mitch Duncan 117
    Tom Stewart 104
    Tom Hawkins 102
    Luke Dahlhaus 98
    Darcy Fort 94
    Gary Ablett jnr 92
    Mark O’Connor 89
    Harry Taylor 85
    P. Dangerfield 85
    Quinton Narkle 82
    Mark Blicavs 82
    Joel Selwood 68
    Zach Tuohy 64
    Gryan Miers 64
    Jack Henry 62
    Cameron Guthrie 59
    Gary Rohan 57
    Esava Ratugolea 47
    Jordan Clark 41
    Sam Menegola 35
    Tom Atkins 25
    Zach Guthrie 21

    3298 points so mostly there?
    Jacobs great – Green not so … Z Guthrie … ouch…

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