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March 20, 2006
Kelly To Miss Two, Ling Right To Go
Here's what the Official Site has to say about the injuries to our key midfield duo. However, the club isn't often straight up with a lot of it's injuries so don't be surprised if it is a bit longer than expected for both...
Geelong midfielder James Kelly will miss the start of the 2006 premiership season.Kelly suffered a fracture to his scapula (shoulder blade) during Geelong's NAB Cup win against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium last Saturday night.
The club has penciled Kelly in for a round three return against Hawthorn at Skilled Stadium.
In better news for the Cats, an MRI scan has cleared vice-captain Cameron Ling of any serious knee damage.
Ling, who took a knock to his knee during the NAB Cup grand final, is expected to line up for Geelong in its opening round clash against the Brisbane Lions at Skilled Stadium.
A bit of a blow as we might need Kels against the tough opposition of Brisbane & Kangaroos, but hopefully this will give somebody like Prismall his first chance on the big stage or someone on the fringe in Koula or Byrnes to cement a spot.
Meanwhile 'Angry Will' won't be losing any sleep over the tribunal...
Geelong rookie Will Slade has been charged by the AFL Match Review Panel with a level two striking offence against Adelaide's Brett Burton during last Saturday night's NAB Cup grand final.The incident occurred during the third quarter of Geelong's NAB Cup victory and Slade can now accept a reprimand and 93.75 points towards his future record with an early plea.
Geelong and Slade have until 11am on Tuesday to accept or contest the case.
Slade also made high contact with Adelaide's Matthew Bode but the panel deemed that he fended off Bode with a pushing action rather than a strike and no further action was taken.
Slade could be seen to be a touch lucky, but given he isn't on the senior list it wouldn't have really mattered a great deal anyway.
Posted by Sammy D at March 20, 2006 09:30 PM