Day hits Charlie Cameron on a slingshot play to streak into the open goal for the first of the night for the Lions! (Q1 1:47)
Cameron beats Lester to mark a low and hard Dempsey kick from outer wing to 20m on a slight angle, Andrews also did nothing there. Jezza misses, however. (Q1 4:15)
Stengle intercepts Zorko’s short pass after the kick in at CHF and has Jeremy Cameron over the back at the top of the square for his first goal. (Q1 5:28)
Jeremy Cameron takes a link mark in the centre and pokes a short pass to 45m for Dempsey to mark in front of McCluggage, he converts. (Q1 7:03)
Jeremy Cameron gets away from Lester again to mark Dempsey’s long ball near the behind post, he curls in goal number two. (Q1 11:29)
Jeremy Cameron spins and shoots off the left from 35m on a slight angle after another Cats centre clearance but this one flies right. (Q1 12:50)
Fletcher sails through a long snap from the HFF after a rebound around outer wing mostly by hand. (Q1 15:23)
The Lions play on through the centre after a contact free to Fletcher on members wing, Lohmann is behind Guthrie in the square for the mark and downhill goal. (Q1 20:04)
Martin marks on the point of 50m and boundary and tries his luck… predictably falls short to be rushed by Fort. (Q1 23:31)
Mullin is front and centre for a long ball to the top of the square and snaps his first senior goal off the right! (Q1 24:54)
Another centre clearance to the Cats through Smith, another Jeremy Cameron mark beating Lester, this one 45m out on the flank which results in a poster. (Q1 26:35)
Lohmann curls in a set shot from 20m in the pocket after a free paid against Stewart for contact off the ball, pushing Lohmann to ground in the chest. (Q2 1:19)
Jeremy Cameron roves a Neale contest and gives to Close who rams a snap into the right post from 15m under heavy pressure. (Q2 4:39)
Berry receives from Will Ashcroft on another adventurous rebound through the corridor, gets tackled by Mannagh but gets a snap off from 45m that swerves through! (Q2 7:55)
Holmes is on the end of a surge from a pack in the centre but his long kick from CHF is over the head of Shannon Neale for a behind. (Q2 8:53)
Close passes to the boundary 35m out for Jeremy Cameron to mark in front of Zorko but his screwing snap is narrow to the right. (Q2 9:55)
Wil Ashcroft feeds Dunkley after a throw-in for a pressured snap from the hotspot that wobbles to the left. (Q2 19:06)
Mannagh rides Levi Ashcroft contact on outer wing to pass to De Koning 35m out on a slight angle, he kicks straight. (Q2 22:11)
Mannagh roves Lachie Neale’s handball clanger after the next bounce, breaks a Dunkley tackle and passes to Bowes 40m out who also kicks straight. Cats have settled. (Q2 24:17)
Bowes bounces a clever pass from half forward over Andrews to Dempsey in the square for another one! (Q2 25:55)
Stewart is the next Cat to have a ping as they are dominating clearance, he sails through a very popular goal from 50m on a slight angle! (Q2 27:36)
Stengle beats Starcevich to mark the next centre clearance but the umps take the ball off him for a free in the Lions goalsquare against O’Connor to Rayner, charity goal! (Q2 28:54)
Of course there is a scrap after the goal is scored… and the umpires pay a second free kick against Guthrie for another charity goal! Two very soft frees there. (Q2 29:46)
That is the extremely rare eighteen-point turnaround. (Q2 30:36)
Atkins roves and feeds Blicavs who spins ans shoots high off the left from 25m on a slight angle… falls in! (Q3 4:26)
Rayner marks over O’Connor 15m out and keeps his feet to play on into the open goal to a fusillade of booing from disgruntled Geelong tragics. (Q3 6:22)
Geelong’s all-ground pressure is forcing turnovers in midfield, Smith sails through a long snap on the end of another one with Bowes intercepting Ah Chee. (Q3 14:24)
Andrews can’t get to another snap from half forward byu Holmes, the arm wrestle is just about over with the Cats delivering the Q3 haymakers. (Q3 18:29)
Jack Henry rushes a Gallop snap that lands in the square. (Q3 19:31)
Rayner snaps narrow to the left from 40m on the flank after beating two. (Q3 20:38)
Morris, who has been well beaten to this point by Jack Henry, beats O’Sullivan to mark an Ah Chee pass to 45m on a slight angle. Brisbane needs this… he delivers. (Q3 24:29)
Martin hoofs a set shot OOTF from the HFF. (Q3 26:27)
Martin has no such problems with a slingshot goal over the back of Fletcher, that’s a red time score at the perfect time for the Cats who are cruising now. (Q3 28:30)
Dangerfield is not paid a mark on the HFF, he shrugs a Gardiner tackle and goes himself from 55m… ball lands over the back of Lester but Dempsey volleys the goal! (Q3 30:15)
Two red-time specials have blown the margin out, Geelong merits this lead and maybe a bit more on general play. (Q3 30:30)
Since reaching the score of 4.11, Geelong have piled on 9.1 to build a lead that really should be enough, even with Brisbane’s game-changers still out there. (3 Qtr Time)
Andrews goes to ground after contesting with Neale in the centre, Neale roves and does a one-two with Guthrie to goal from CHF, that’s the start of junk time. (Q4 4:47)
Shannon Neale beats Andrews again to mark 45m out on the flank but misses. (Q4 7:47)
Miers scrubs a trademark pass to Mannagh 40m out on the flank who also misses. (Q4 10:12)
Lohmann misses a set shot from 40m on the flank and shakes his head. (Q4 13:46)
Bailey roves and goals from the square, still technically time but no one is acting like this is a live game. (Q4 14:27)
Dunkley wobbles through another goal from a pack 30m out. (Q4 17:46)
Zorko snaps to the left from the same spot. (Q4 19:58)
Rayner gets booed then cheered as he hits the left post with a snap on the turn from 45m on a slight angle. (Q4 21:16)
Atkins passes to Stengle 40m out on the flank, his shot lands in the square to be rushed. (Q4 23:17)
Quick repeat inside 50s from rebound turnovers have killed Brisbane all night, Atkins is the one on the end of the next one 40m out on a slight angle, he ices the game for good. (Q4 23:48)
Close adds a cherry on top from 35m. (Q4 28:43)
Clark receives from Blicavs and passes to Stengle who misses from 25m. (Q4 30:12)
