AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL
2024
Round 1 - St.Kilda Saints (68) @ (76) Geelong Cats - St.Kilda Saints (68) @ (76) Geelong Cats - In front of a record 39,352 fans at GMHBA Stadium, Geelong celebrated the unveiling of the "Joel Selwood Stand" with a tight win against the Saints. The Cats dominated early, opening up a 24 point lead, but had to hang on late in the game as the Saints fought back to trail by 1 before a long-range goal from the Captain sealed the win. Geelong featured Ollie Dempsey (3 goals, 7 marks), Jeremy Cameron (2 goals, 21 Disposals), Patrick Dangerfield (25 Disposals, 6 Tackles, 1 Goal) and Max Holmes (23 Disposals, 10 marks). St.Kilda featured Tim Membrey (3 goals), Max King (2 goals, 8 marks), Riley Bonner (28 Disposals, 3 tackles) and Jack Steele (25 Disposals, 6 tackles) (9, 1 hour 40 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, CH7 - McLachlan/Darcy/Watson/Ling/J.Selwood/Phillips, PAL)
Round 2 - Geelong Cats (96) @ (77) Adelaide Crows - Geelong Cats (96) @ (77) Adelaide Crows - Geelong celebrated Tom Stewart's 150th game with a big win over the Crows at the Adelaide Oval. The Crows erased a 25-point lead in the 3rd quarter before Geelong's star Forward Tom Hawkins eased the Cats back ahead with 3 goals in 10 minutes to give the Cats the lead that they defended to the end for the big road win. Geelong featured Tom Hawkins (4 goals, 5 marks), Gryan Miers (3 goals, 26 disposals), Tom Stewart (28 Disposals, 11 marks) and Max Holmes (24 Disposals). Adelaide featured Tex Walker (2 goals, 6 marks), Matt Crouch (37 Disposals, 4 marks) and Jordan Dawson (26 Disposals, 12 tackles) (9, 2 Discs, CH7 - Taylor/Brayshaw/Hodge/Richardson/Holmes/Burgoyne, PAL)
Round 3 - Geelong Cats (106) @ (70) Hawthorn Hawks - On Easter Monday, the Cats and the Hawks resumed their rivalry, with the Cats winning out on a rainy game at the MCG. Cats Forward Tom Hawkins (4 goals, 4 marks) celebrated his 350th game with 4 goals as Geelong survived a 40-minute Lightning delay in the 4th quarter to win and move to 3-0 on the season. Geelong also featured Ollie Henry (4 goals), Tanner Bruhn (27 disposals, 5 tackles), Mitch Duncan (26 disposals, 9 marks) and Tom Stewart (24 disposals, 8 marks). Hawthorn featured Mabior Chol (3 goals, 4 tackles), James Worpel (36 disposals, 8 tackles) and Conor Nash (24 disposals, 9 tackles) (9, 2 Discs, CH7 - Taylor/Brayshaw/Hodge/Selwood/Holmes, PAL)
Round 4 - Geelong Cats (95) @ (91) Western Bulldogs - Geelong survived a tense road trip to the Adelaide Oval, and continued their unbeaten start to the season. The Cats were the better team in the 1st half and held a 28 point lead late in the 3rd quarter. But the Bulldogs sensed the Cats were tireing and put on the pressure, kicking the final 3 goals of the game to pull within 4 points before running out of time to complete the comeback. Geelong featured Tyson Stengle (4 goals, 13 disposals), Ollie Henry (2 goals), Jeremy Cameron (2 goals, 27 disposals, 8 marks) and Jack Bowes (23 disposals, 3 tackles). The Bulldogs featured a huge game from Tom Liberatore (19 clearances, 28 contested possessions, 35 disposals, 9 tackles, 1 goal), Sam Darcy (3 goals, 4 tackles), Adam Treloar (37 disposals, 5 tackles) and Marcus Bontempelli (35 disposals, 10 tackles) (9, 2 Discs, CH7 - Brayshaw/Bennett/Watson/Richardson/Soderstrom, PAL)
Round 5 - North Melbourne Kangaroos (64) @ (139) Geelong Cats - Geelong moved to 5-0 on the season with a high-scoring win at GMHBA Stadium. The Cats started fast, kicking the first 3 goals of the game, and never trailed en-route to a 75 point win. 9 Geelong players scored a goal. Geelong featured Jeremy Cameron (6 goals, 21 disposals, 8 marks), Brad Close (4 goals), Max Holmes (25 disposals, 5 marks, 2 goals) and Tom Stewart (24 disposals). North Melbourne featured Eddie Ford (3 goals, 20 disposals), Harry Sheezel (38 disposals, 15 marks) and Bailey Scott (27 disposals, 11 marks) (9, 2 Discs, FOX - Russell/Hill/Johnson/Mooney/Jones, PAL)
Round 6 - Geelong Cats (63) @ (37) Brisbane Lions - Geelong Cats (63) @ (37) Brisbane Lions - #1 Geelong moved to 6-0 on the season with a strong win against the Lions in the rain at the Gabba. The Cats mastered the terrible conditions the better, and used 3 unanswered goals at the start of the 4th quarter to pull away in a tight game and take the win. Geelong featured Tyson Stengle (2 goals, 17 disposals, 3 tackles), Ollie Henry (2 goals), Max Holmes (24 disposals) and Mitch Duncan (24 disposals). Brisbane featured Dayne Zorko (2 goals, 26 disposals, 8 marks, 6 tackles), Jarrod Berry (29 disposals, 4 tackles) and Lachie Neale (28 disposals) (9, Next day re-broadcast, 2 Discs, CH7 - Darcy/Bennett/Hodge/Johnson, PAL)
Round 7 - Geelong Cats (118) @ (105) Carlton Blues - Carlton Blues (105) @ (118) Geelong Cats - In front of 87,775 fans at the MCG, the most ever to see Geelong play, the #1 Cats won out to stay unbeaten on the season at 7-0. Carlton fought back from a 33 point deficit in the 4th quarter to close within 8 points, but the Cats kicked a late goal to steady the ship and saw out the game for the win. Geelong featured Jeremy Cameron (5 goals, 9 marks), who kicked his 600th career goal, Zach Tuohy (3 goals, 3 tackles), Cam Guthrie (27 disposals, 7 marks) and Max Holmes (26 disposals). Carlton featured Charlie Curnow (3 goals), Harry McKay (2 goals, 10 marks), Sam Walsh (31 disposals, 7 tackles) and Patrick Cripps (29 disposals, 6 tackles). The game also featured a match-up between brothers Sam De Koning (Geelong) and Tom De Koning (Carlton) (9, 2 Discs, FOX - Hudson/Dunstall/King/Mooney, PAL)
Round 11 - GWS Giants (78) @ (74) Geelong Cats - GWS Giants (78) @ (74) Geelong Cats - On an emotional night at GMHBA Stadium, the Giants held of a strong finish by the Cats to inflict on Geelong their 4th straight loss. Geelong were celebrating star Forward Tom Hawkins, who broke Joel Selwood's 355-game club record, but the Giants weren't rolling over and ran out to a 31-point lead in the 3rd quarter. The Cats scored 5 unanswered goals to get back in the game, but GWS held off the Cats at the death and took the win. GWS featured Jake Riccardi (4 goals, 5 marks), Toby Greene (2 goals, 24 disposals, 7 marks) and Tom Green (28 disposals, 6 tackles). Geelong featured Tom Hawkins (2 goals, 6 marks), Tyson Stengle (2 goals, 16 disposals), Zach Tuohy (1 goal, 24 disposals) and Max Holmes (32 disposals, 1 goal) (9, 2 Discs, FOX - Russell/Hudson/Dunstall/Lynch/Mooney, PAL)
Round 12 - Richmond Tigers (69) @ (99) Geelong Cats - Richmond Tigers (69) @ (99) Geelong Cats - Geelong ended their 4-game losing streak with a big comeback win over Richmond at GMHBA Stadium. The Tigers took advantage of the fragile Cats early on and held a 29 point lead before half-time. But the Cats rallied in the 3rd quarter, scoring 6 goals, to take a lead that they didn't relinquish the rest of the way. Geelong featured Ollie Dempsey (3 goals, 27 disposals, 5 marks), Tom Hawkins (2 goals - His last at home before retirement), Max Holmes (29 disposals) and Jack Bowes (29 disposals, 8 tackles). Richmond featured Dustin Martin (2 goals, 15 disposals, 3 tackles), Liam Baker (31 disposals, 6 tackles) and Jayden Short (22 disposals, 4 marks) (9, 1 hour 40 minutes hi-lites, 1 Disc, CH7 - Darcy/Bennett/Richardso/Selwood/Brown, PAL)
Round 16 - Essendon Bombers (60) @ (105) Geelong Cats - Essendon Bombers (60) @ (105) Geelong Cats - Geelong kept their season alive with a big win over Essendon at the MCG. Once again the 3rd quarter was the Cats game-winning quarter, as they broke open a 45-40 deficit at the half by out-scoring the Bombers 5 goals to 1 goal to take the lead and the win. Geelong featured Tyson Stengle (3 goals), Gary Rohan (2 goals, 7 marks), Ollie Dempsey (2 goals, 25 disposals) and Jack Bowes (26 disposals, 7 tackles). Essendon featured Peter Wright (2 goals, 6 marks), Jye Caldwell (32 disposals, 12 tackles) and Nic Martin (27 disposals) (9, 2 Discs, CH7 - Darcy/Nicholson/Watson/Thomas/Ling, PAL)
Round 17 - Hawthorn Hawks (59) @ (110) Geelong Cats - Hawthorn Hawks (59) @ (110) Geelong Cats - Geelong finally put together and all-around game as they beat Hawthorn at GMHBA Stadium. The Cats were at their free-flowing best and ran out to a 29-7 lead after the 1st quarter and a 61-27 lead at the half, before coasting home in the 2nd half. Geelong featured Brad Close (4 goals, 14 disposals), Jeremy Cameron (4 goals, 8 marks), Gary Rohan (2 goals, 5 marks in his 250th game) and Tom Stewart (26 disposals, 11 marks, 5 tackles). Hawthorn featured Dylan Moore (2 goals, 26 disposals, 6 tackles), James Worpel (26 disposals, 7 tackles) and Jarman Impey (22 disposals, 5 tackles) (9, 2 Discs, FOX - Russell/Dunstall/Lyon/Mooney, PAL)
Round 18 - Geelong Cats (91) @ (71) Collingwood Magpies - Geelong Cats (91) @ (71) Collingwood Magpies - Geelong handed reigning Premiers Collingwood their 3rd straight loss with a tight win at the MCG. In a game of runs, neither team seemed to capitalise on their dominant moments and it took until the 4th quarter for the Cats to stay ahead for good, out-scoring the Pies 3.4 to 2.1. With the win, Geelong moved into the top 4 of the table. Geelong featured Jeremy Cameron (3 goals, 4 marks, 4 tackles), Tyson Stengle (2 goals), Gryan Miers (27 disposals, 4 tackles), Max Holmes (27 disposals) and Patrick Dangerfield (22 disposals). Collingwood featured Joe Richards (2 goals, 5 tackles), Nick Daicos (32 disposals), Steele Sidebottom (28 disposals, 1 goal) and Josh Daicos (23 disposals, 6 tackles) (9, 2 Discs, CH7 - Taylor/Brayshaw/Hodge/Richardson/Holmes, PAL)
Round 20 - Geelong Cats (106) @ (66) North Melbourne Kangaroos - At the Blundstone Arena in Bellerive, Tasmania, the Cats got back to winning ways with a big win over North Melbourne. The Cats had the better of the 1st half and took a 41-27 lead in at the half. The Roos fought back in the 3rd quarter, pulling to within 10 points, but the Cats just had too much for the Roos and scored 5 goals in the 4th quarter to seal the win. Geelong featured Tyson Stengle (3 goals, 5 tackles), Ollie Dempsey (3 goals, 18 disposals, 5 tackles), Tom Stewart (32 disposals, 9 marks) and Max Holmes (22 disposals, 5 tackles). North Melbourne featured Nick Larkey (3 goals), Zane Duursma (2 goals), Harry Sheezel (36 disposals, 5 tackles) and Tom Powell (34 disposals, 6 tackles) (9, 2 Discs, CH7 - ?, PAL)
Round 21 - Adelaide Crows (85) @ (90) Geelong Cats - Geelong moved back into the top 2 with a comeback win at the GMHBA Stadium against the Crows. The Cats had their noses in front after quarter and half-time, and held a 22 point lead in the 3rd quarter before the Crows staged a fight-back. 5 goals put them in front by 9 points, but the Cats re-grouped and 2 goals in the 4th quarter gave them the lead they defended to the end. Geelong featured Jeremy Cameron (6 goals, 8 marks, 3 tackles), Tyson Stengle (20 disposals, 5 tackles), Tom Stewart (28 disposals, 5 tackles) and Tanner Bruhn (23 disposals, 6 tackles). Adelaide featured Riley Thilthorpe (3 goals, 7 marks), Josh Rachele (3 goals, 5 tackles), Rory Laird (29 disposals, 6 marks) and Jordan Dawson (27 disposals, 5 marks) (9, 2 Discs, CH7 - Howard/Healy/Dal Santo/Mooney, PAL)
Round 22 - Geelong Cats (73) @ (62) Fremantle Dockers - Geelong moved into the top 4 with a hard-fought win at Optus Stadium in Perth. It seemed the Cats were going to run away with the win after scoring 4 unanswered goals to start the game. But the Dockers re-grouped and finally hit the front early in the 4th quarter. With the game in the balance, Geelong showed their post-season credentials by scoring the last 2 goals of the game to take the win. Geelong featured Shannon Neale (2 goals), Shaun Mannagh (2 goals), Gryan Miers (23 disposals, 3 tackles) and Zach Guthrie (20 disposals, 10 marks). Fremantle featured Caleb Serong (3 goals, 22 disposals), Luke Ryan (36 disposals, 15 marks) and Jeremy Sharp (28 disposals, 13 marks) (9, 2 Discs, CH7 - Papalia/Johnson/Schofield/Loughnan, PAL)
Round 24 - West Coast Eagles (75) @ (168) Geelong Cats - Geelong locked up a top 4 finish with their final game of the season, beating West Coast by 94 points at GMHBA Stadium. The Cats were on fire from the start, opening up with an 8-goal 1st quarter, before running out to a 114 to 14 lead at the half. In the 2nd half, the Eagles made the score more respectable, but the Cats still scored another goals to finish with 26 goals in total. Geelong had 12 different goal scorers, with Jeremy Cameron leading the way with a career-high 9 goals. Geelong also featured Ollie Henry (4 goals, 8 marks), Max Holmes (26 Disposals, 1 goal), Patrick Dangerfield (25 Disposals, 1 goal) and Tom Atkins (22 Disposals, 9 tackles). West Coast featured Harley Reid (2 goals, 15 Disposals, 6 tackles), Tim Kelly (25 Disposals) and Jack Hutchinson (24 Disposals, 3 tackles). The game was the final home game for Tom Hawkins (did not play) and Zac Tuohy (1 goal, 16 Disposals) before retirement (9, 2 Discs, CH7 - Howard/Dunstall/Johnson/Jones, PAL)
Qualifying Final - Geelong Cats (138) @ (54) Port Adelaide Power - Geelong Cats (138) @ (54) Port Adelaide Power - Geelong booked a place in the Preliminary Final with a high-scoring win over Port Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval. The Cats dominated the middle 2 quarters of the game, kicking 11 goals to only 3 for the Power, and coasted home in the 4th quarter to the win. Geelong featured Tyson Stengle (4 goals), Jeremy Cameron (4 goals, 19 Disposals), Max Holmes (28 Disposals, 8 marks, 3 tackles) who had a big game and Patrick Dangerfield (24 Disposals). Port Adelaide featured Connor Rozee (1 goal, 16 Disposals), Ollie Wines (23 Disposals, 5 marks, 6 tackles) and Miles Bergman (10 marks, 17 Disposals) (9, 4th quarter taken from next day re-broadcast and missing action between 12:08 and 8:16, 2 Discs, CH7 - Taylor/Nicholson/Thomas/Selwood/Phillips, PAL)
Preliminary Final - Brisbane Lions (95) v (85) Geelong Cats - Brisbane booked a place in their 2nd straight Premiership Final with a comeback-win at the MCG against Geelong. The Lions found themselves down 25 points in the 3rd quarter before staging a big comeback, kicking 7 of the next 8 goals to take a slim lead that they defended to the end. Brisbane featured Callum Ah Chee (3 goals), Charlie Cameron (2 goals, 12 Disposals, 6 marks), Lachie Neale (31 Disposals, 5 tackles) and Hugh McCluggage (27 Disposals, 7 tackles). Geelong featured Ollie Henry (4 goals, 15 Disposals), Gryan Miers (2 goals, 5 tackles), Max Holmes (20 Disposals), Patrick Dangerfield (24 Disposals, 4 tackles, 1 goal) and Tom Stewart (22 Disposals, 5 marks). The game marked the final AFL games for Geelong players Tom Hawkins and Zac Tuohy, even though neither played in the game (9, 2 Discs, CH7 - Darcy/Nicholson/Hodge/Thomas/Selwood/Holmes, PAL)
Grand Final - Brisbane Lions (120) v (60) Sydney Swans - In front of 100,013 fans at the MCG, Brisbane dominated Sydney in the middle quarters of the game to win their 4th AFL Premiership. The Lions scored 12 goals in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, to only 2 goals for the Swans, to take a 73 point lead into the 4th quarter before coasting home to the win. Brisbane featured Kai Lohmann (4 goals, 15 disposals, 4 tackles), Callum Ah Chee (4 goals, 6 marks), Joe Daniher (2 goals, 16 Disposals, 8 marks), Lachie Neale (35 Disposals) and Norm Smith medal winner Will Ashcroft (30 Disposals, 3 Tackles). Sydney featured Luke Parker (3 goals, 14 Disposals, 6 Tackles), Errol Gulden (24 Disposals, 4 tackles) and Tom Papley (10 Disposals). Coverage includes Katy Perry's pre-game show (9, 2 Discs, CH7 - Brayshaw/Taylor/Hodge/Richardson/Holmes/Thomas, PAL)