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February 27, 2007
Cats run over Tigers in first round of NAB Cup
Brad Ottens was too much for Richmond's backline
Photo: Eddie Jim
There was much anticipation as I walked over to Skilled Stadium with my mates around quarter to 1 on Sunday. It had been a long time since I slid on the hoops, grand final day 2006 infact (don't ask). However, this vibrant mood quickly dissipated as we came across several lengthy queue's to get into the ground.
At the time I thought it was the club who had made a major mistake, however it turned out to be two of my least favourite organisations (The AFL & The Geelong City Council) had once against conspired against me and many others managing to turn a simple procedure into a monumental cock-up. Lines remained outside the ground all day. Despite getting at the ground at 10 to 1, we didn't get in until just before 2 causing us to miss virtually the entire first half of the reserves.
Once inside the ground the reserves did little to improve my mood as many of the players were wearing numbers they are not normally accustomed too. For instance Varcoe was wearing #3, Djerrkura #16 & Reynolds #32. This made it extremely hard to tell who was who unless you knew what they looked like. The positives were Djerrkura looked good, Reynolds took some nice grabs and I finally got to see Stephen Owen get a decent hitout.
Onto the main course. Geelong put on a very impressive performance for a first up hitout. There was plenty of run from the backline, plenty of defensive forward pressure while Ottens & Mooney were having a field day kicking 4 each.
You can't afford to get carried away with these types of performances during pre-season so I'll basically just look at the new guys. After a limited first half Selwood looked extremely good in the 2nd half gathering 10 possessions in the 3rd quarter and looks a very good pick up. Prismall looked absolute class, expect more from him this season. Sam Hunt did't do too badly but definitely isn't in our starting 22 after that performance while on another day Nathan would have kicked 4 like Otto & Moons. Gazza played a lot more time in the middle and looked like he'd spent his entire career there, great hands & agility as usual. Overall it was a dominant performance against a side missing a few key players. The major downpoint being Darren Milburn getting kicked in the head accidentally by Andrew Krakouer, Dasher will no doubt miss the trip to Darwin.
GEELONG: 1.6.2, 2.11.3, 3.16.8, 3.17.10 (139)
RICHMOND: 0.2.0, 0.6.0, 0.10.0, 1.14.3 (96)
NINE POINT GOALS: Geelong: Prismall, Enright, Bartel
Richmond: Tivendale
SIX POINT GOALS: Geelong: Ottens 4, Mooney 4, G Ablett 2, Gardiner 2, Byrnes, Stokes, Prismall, Milburn, N Ablett
Richmond: Brown 3, Deledio 3, Richardson 2, Tuck 2, Pettifer, Hyde, Foley, Meyer
BEST: Geelong: G Ablett, Ottens, Mooney, Kelly, Stokes, Byrnes, Enright, Wojcinski, Ling
Richmond: Foley, Brown, Howat, J Bowden, Deledio
INJURIES: Geelong: Milburn (cut head)
Richmond: Richardson (hamstring), Krakouer (knee)
REPORTS: Krakouer (Richmond) reported for kicking Milburn (Geelong) by umpire Nicholls in the second quarter
UMPIRES: Allen, Nicholls, Ryan, Lee-Archer
CROWD: Est 15,000 at Skilled Stadium, Geelong
As stated above next week we're off to Darwin to play the Power on Saturday night. Bomber has voiced that he will probably leave some experienced players behind for the trip which I believe is a very good idea and give a few more younger players a shot.
Posted by Sammy D at February 27, 2007 03:23 PM
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