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SCOREBOARD GEELONG (163) PORT ADELAIDE (44) 5.7 11.13 18.17 24.19 V2.2 4.3 5.5 6.8 GOALS Mooney 5, S Johnson 4, Tredrea 2, S Burgoyne 2, Logan, Chapman 4, N Ablett 3, Bartel 2, C Cornes Byrnes, G Ablett, Ottens, Ling, Mackie, Rooke BEST S Johnson, Chapman, Scarlett, C Cornes, P Burgoyne, K Cornes Mooney, Ottens, Enright, Kelly, Mackie, Corey, Stokes, Selwood REPORTS Nil. INJURIES Geelong: Stokes (knee). Port Adelaide: Tredrea (cut head), Brogan (knee). Umpires: McBurney, McInerney, McLaren Crowd: 97,302 at the MCG FB123 threw Warren five minutes of the second term Tredrea to the ground and while the when defensive pressure from the Port captain goaled from the free, it Cats saw another quick rebound to signalled this group meant business Johnson for his third and then with its tackles. shrugged off a Ottens ran down Michael Petti- to get the ball to Max Rooke for grew and while Stokes missed the another. subsequent shot at goal, it showed The one Cat who seemed over- Ottens was inspired and Stokes was come by the occasion was Nathan a modern medical miracle. Ablett, but even he got into the The little forward had appeared to action, albeit from a lucky free, when C do his knee when the stretcher was he was knocked to the ground by a bump that should not have moved called at the six-minute mark, but he M him. returned to play a superb part in the The confidence he got from that

win. Y goal led to another a minute later Not even a classic piece of ruck when he took a one-handed mark.

work by Brendon Lade, leading to K Port’s second goal to Shaun The margin of 52 points at half- Burgoyne at the 20-minute mark, time was the third highest in a Grand Final and the second half hardly could halt the momentum that was needs elaboration, save to say some building. It would be Port’s last score

Port players might have their papers PAGE 30-SEP-2007 SHS for 26 minutes and by then the game stamped as a result of the way they was shot. capitulated — at least in the eyes of Under the pump: gets plenty of attention from his opponents. Picture: TIM CARRAFA The Cats totally dominated the their fans, if not their coach. final 10 minutes of the first term and Westhoff can be forgiven because goal cheated by Mooney’s mark on seven. The chipping around and the work. Scarlett ran the length of the should have been more than 23 he is so inexperienced, but he has a the goal line when Chapman’s long indirect approach brought pressure field to take a pass from Chapman points up. lot to prove next year. kick was going through. on Port’s forward line whenever the and, even though he missed the goal, The goal at the 31-minute mark by had a day of absolute misery and he But that goal was symbolic of the ball found its way there and led to it sent a message of dominance over Brownlow boy Bartel was almost had plenty of mates. difference between the two teams. the quarter’s other significant the young and overawed Westhoff. laconic in its execution, but came Port’s forward line was woeful and The Cats moved the ball so much statistic — seven clangers to nil. Johnson intercepted a Power after quick possessions from Ablett, its defence undermanned. In the quicker because they were willing to You could see Geelong’s con- clearance and even though his Kelly and Selwood that was team- midfield they had the Cornes kick long. In the key opening term fidence grow through the quarter, banana shot missed, it simply play at its finest. brothers and Peter Burgoyne. And they had 21 long kicks to the Power’s even though some things didn’t confirmed his mercurial habits. The game was as good as over after that was all.

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DISPOSALS MARKS FREES SCORE RANKING DISPOSALS MARKS FREES SCORE RANKING FIRST TOG % TOG % CATS 1234T KICKS H/BALLS EFF % CT CON. POSS UNC. POSS INSIDE 50s CLEARANCES CLANGERS FA TACKLES GB ASSISTS TOT AV POWER 1234T KICKS H/BALLS EFF % CT CON. POSS UNC. POSS INSIDE 50s CLEARANCES CLANGERS FA TACKLES GB ASSISTS TOT AV J.BARTEL 4 5 7 12 28 16 12 93 2 5 12 15 2 3 2 1 1 5 2 0 2 92 145 127 P.BURGOYNE 10 12 7 7 36 21 15 75 0 5 7 27 4 5 5 4 2 6 0 0 0 90 123 112 S.JOHNSON 8654231858319 5 18603 0 1 24 2 286140102 T.THURSTANS 5753206149514 9 11013 1 2 10 0 09210871 M.SCARLETT 4 11 4 10 29 17 12 90 0 8 7 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 97 117 78 C.CORNES 5 11 5 11 32 18 14 72 2 6 6 28 6 3 5 2 3 5 1 0 0 90 107 116 D.MILBURN 7267221669519 5 17311 0 0 30 0 098116111 T.CHAPLIN 11 5 4 5 25 8 17 88 0 6 4 20 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 88 91 84 P.CHAPMAN 7365211749027 8 12 8 2 5 2 2 2 4 0 4 76 116 112 K.CORNES 9 8 10 10 37 16 21 78 0 10 5 32 2 4 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 90 90 109 C.ENRIGHT 4 11 4 10 29 14 15 86 0 4 6 22 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 87 111 93 S.BURGOYNE 7246198116300 9 10264 2 2 72 0 18889103 G.ABLETT 4366199107903 8 12 3 3 3 2 0 8 1 0 0 91 108 119 D.WAKELIN 406414959323 7 3 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 95 77 62 C.MOONEY 346417125824126 11304 2 2 15 1 28110386 D.BROGAN 5620132119212 112 043 4 3 40 0 0657469 C.LING 5659258179204 6 19 3 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 86 98 83 W.TREDREA 162514958628 5 9 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 79 73 65 B.OTTENS 525315879348105 314 2 3 31 3 2729893 S.SALOPEK 6435181088314 2 16400 1 0 20 0 1856789 J.COREY 48672513127606 7 19 4 1 3 2 1 8 0 0 4 89 96 106 B.LADE 23229638924 4 5 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 66 62 80 A.MACKIE 4835201288004 3 18420 2 0 11 0 0908477 D.PEARCE 434213769202 5 10521 1 0 10 0 0816076 M.STOKES 492318998905 6 11 4 1 1 3 1 2 0 2 3 61 81 82 D.RODAN 30317257101 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 87 45 88 J.SELWOOD 5570171078205 7 11752 4 0 30 1 4637878 B.SYMES 3508165119412 3 13113 1 3 30 0 0664467 T.HARLEY 2245137610027 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 97 72 68 D.CASSISI 4464187117202 5 14 1 1 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 87 38 90 J.KELLY 73642010109005 3 17322 0 1 10 1 2886880 B.EBERT 21238806314 3 4 102 0 1 20 2 0833779 J.HUNT 3534151147313 4 11 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 93 67 81 T.BOAK 223411477302 3 10 2 1 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 58 30 58 S.KING 535114599325 8 7 136 2 5 40 1 0666655 J.SURJAN 32319367800 4 5 012 2 0 10 0 0982867 N.ABLETT 12519546724 6 3 1 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 1 80 65 57 T.LOGAN 13138448803 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 62 27 57 S.BYRNES 424414688604 4 10221 0 1 31 1 0616271 J.WESTHOFF 12227435701 2 4 102 0 0 10 1 1771866 M.ROOKE 25209726703 3 6 2 1 2 1 2 6 1 1 0 68 54 56 M.PETTIGREW 243312846706 2 11 3 0 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 92 16 54 D.WOJCINSKI 25351578100061 14003 0 3 20 0 0803366 D.MOTLOP 02024312500 3 2 102 0 0 00 0 1801570 RUSHED 3 RUSHED 2 TOTALS 94 110 104 109 417 237 180 87 21 126 129 289 69 30 47 28 25 63 24 19 29 1978 1881 TOTALS 90 92 77 91 350 168 182 79 13 75 101 248 38 34 58 25 28 50 6 8 7 1319 1732 HIT OUTS (Adv %) FREES GOALS DISTANCE OF GOALS HIT OUTS (Adv %) FREES GOALS DISTANCE OF GOALS TEAM 33 (9%) D50 MID F50 OOF FREE PLAY MARK 0-15 15-30 30-40 40+ TEAM 31 (29%) D50 MID F50 OOF FREE PLAY MARK 0-15 15-30 30-40 40+ OTTENS 19 (0%) 31873 5 7 129627 LADE 14 (43%) 61722 1 4 1 3201 KING 10 (20%) BROGAN 11 (18%) EFF% - % of disposals effective C - Contested CON.POSS - Contested Possesions UNC.POSS - Uncontested Possesions CLEARANCE - Clear ball from stoppage CLANGER - Errors including frees against TOG% - % Time on ground TOT - Match total AV - Average +