Mullin beats out Nick Daicos to pump the ball deep inside 50 and it’s Neale who plucks a strong mark 20m out from goal. Neale duly converts to start this game! (Q1 1:50)
Darcy Cameron hits the post from a 40m set shot from the flank. (Q1 6:59)
Stengle roves a Cameron contest to perfection and handballs to Henry out the back who finds Blicavs drifting down from the wing into the goalsquare. Mark, kick, goal! (Q1 10:02)
Stengle gathers on the wing and gives off to the run of Smith who powers to 55 before letting loose and slotting a beauty of a goal! (Q1 11:10)
A Cox tap is gathered by Nick Daicos who finds Josh who finds Elliott. Elliott misses to the right from 40m out. (Q1 14:01)
A clever tap by Membrey lays off for Hill to crumb and the goalsneak snaps it through with a classy finish! (Q1 15:55)
A turnover in the middle of the ground sparks a quick Collingwood counter which ends on the chest of Membrey 45m out from goal. The kick looks good, but thuds into the post. (Q1 18:25)
Clark chops off an errant handball and Stengle again roves well. He kicks inside 50 and it’s the rising star Dempsey who rises for a hanger on Sidebottom in the square! Goal Cats! (Q1 18:50)
Hill sneaks away from his opponent at half forward to receive the ball from the centre bounce. He laces one out to Cox and the big forward kicks true! (Q1 21:16)
Sidebottom sends one into the pocket and the ball goes to ground. The big ruck in Cameron gathers and off a step he kicks an inside banana off his left that sneaks through! (Q1 23:31)
Sidebottom sends one to the pack and Mihocek floats through the side of the pack to mark. He goes back and slides it through from 35 to close the margin! (Q1 26:33)
Elliott kicks a lower ball inside 50 and Cameron takes a tumbling mark. It lands in the far pocket and is rushed over by Geelong. (Q1 28:58)
Smith is tackled by Mihocek deep in defence and he kicks it through his own goal off the side of his boot for a rushed Collingwood behind. (Q1 30:28)
Holmes kicks a long scathing ball to the pocket and after a scramble the ball goes into the point post. (Q1 32:01)
Geelong go end to end in the dying seconds and as Cameron marks 45m out the siren sounds. He starts it out left and it stays left for a point. (Qtr Time)
Elliott hooks a short kick inside from the flank to Houston who goes back and slots a nice goal to start Q2! (Q2 2:21)
Quaynor chisels a kick to Elliott who deals with his opponent with ease. He coolly slots the goal and the Pies are rampaging at the G! (Q2 5:41)
Geelong hem the ball in the forward pocket and the Pies ping handballs back and forth before Frampton handballs it over for a behind. (Q2 7:40)
Nick Daicos tries to sneak a bouncing goal through following a stoppage but O’Sullivan lunges to rush it over himself. (Q2 9:10)
Ollie Henry runs towards the boundary to get on the end of a Close kick. He kicks to a chorus of boos but silences the crowd with a lovely set shot! (Q2 14:54)
Schultz tries to invent a goal in a scrappy play, but his kick rolls through for a point. (Q2 15:23)
Dempsey cleans up his own spilled mark and finds Wiltshire with a low dab of a kick. Wiltshire winds up but his kick is offline. (Q2 18:55)
The Daicos brothers combine as Josh finds Nick leading up to mark 45m out. He bombs it through from 50m out! (Q2 22:37)
Mannagh receives from Holmes at half forward and goes himself from range with a low dart that soars through to stop the rot! (Q2 24:54)
Nick Daicos chips a clever kick to De Goey who then hits the lead of Mihocek 45m out in front of goal. Mihocek weaves the kick through to perfection! (Q3 6:02)
Pendlebury bursts through a forward stoppage and curls through a classy finish, with a little celebration to boot! (Q3 10:47)
Nick Daicos gets a handball away to Cameron who then crosses inside to Mihocek 35m out on a slight angle, but he pushes the set shot to the right. (Q3 11:35)
Josh Daicos gives Stengle an ear massage and allows the forward a free shot on goal. He snaps around but misses to the right. (Q3 16:32)
Dangerfield misses to the near side with a very skinny set shot attempt. (Q3 18:05)
Cameron lurks out the side of a contest and receives from Dangerfield as he runs past to snap through a goal! (Q3 20:43)
Hill gets on a run down the flank and decides to take a shot himself from 35 but his kick drops short and is handled over. (Q3 22:30)
Stengle gives off to Dempsey as he runs in space down the wing before he chips a kick out in front of Wiltshire who gathers and kicks his first goal in the big time! (Q3 23:58)
Collingwood are running riot inside 50 as they chain up handballs before finding the old hand in Pendlebury who finds the outlet in Membrey 30m out. The skunk kicks true! (Q3 25:40)
Mannagh roves a forward stoppage to perfection, chopping off a Moore handball and snapping through an emphatic goal! (Q3 28:03)
Dangerfield shovels one up to Neale at a forward contest but Neale’s kick flares wide. (Q4 1:46)
Dangerfield snaps through a behind from 45 out (Q4 5:50)
Geelong take the lead as Moore absolutely fluffs it on the last line of defence and taps it right to Ollie Henry who can’t believe his luck as he snaps through a goal! (Q4 8:07)
The umpire picks out a holding free against Smith on Sidebottom. Sidebottom’s kick fades right and scores are level! (Q4 11:14)
Mihocek loses his opponent and he leads up to mark 20m out in the pocket. His kick slides left for a point (Q4 13:53)
One point in it as we approach the halfway mark of the final term. (Q4 16:51)
Duncan scoops the ball up to Holmes in the middle of the ground who then gives to Guthrie as he bombs it inside 50. Dempsey marks out the back and puts the Cats back in front! (Q4 21:28)
Holmes gathers from the resulting centre bounce and has time to shape a banana inside 50. Dangerfield storms in on the lead to mark, and spear a goal through! 11 point game! (Q4 23:08)
Collingwood go forward looking for a response, it’s Schultz who gets the shot away, but it flies left for a behind. (Q4 24:11)
Geelong counter punch down the wing through Dangerfield and Smith, Smith goes for broke from 45 but Frampton fists it through. (Q4 25:07)
Dangerfield shovels a ball up to Bowes from a forward stoppage, Bowes has too much space and coolly snaps it through as the Cats make it 5 in a row! (Q4 27:53)
Lead has blown out to 17 here. Do the Pies have anything left? (Q4 27:53)
Collingwood chain up some marks and the ball ends in the hands of Schultz. Schultz goes back quickly, he needs to kick this, and somehow it’s snuck through for a goal! (Q4 30:45)
Well, as it turns out the AFL are too weak to overturn the umpire’s blatantly incorrect call, so a behind it is. 16 points, might be curtains for Collingwood. (Q4 31:22)
Mihocek takes a strong contested mark 40m out from goal. The 5 time leading goalkicker converts with a great kick, and maybe there’s a chance for the Pies! (Q4 32:44)
Elliott marks 35m out on the flank. He needs to go quick but goes to quick and his kick drops in the square. But then it’s MIHOCEK WHO MARKS!! He goes back and kicks it! GAME ON! (Q4 36:09)
20 seconds left. Let’s go! (Q4 36:09)
Blicavs pulls it in in the middle of the ground and gets pinged. Cameron dumps it inside 50 and it’s the milestone man Crisp who marks on the siren! (Q4 37:04)
Crisp steadies himself, the milestone man, the record breaker. He goes back and kicks from 45, but he hooks the kick to the right badly, and it sails through for a point! (Final Siren)
Geelong hold on in a classic! Breathe! (Final Siren)
