Mannagh sails through the first goal of the game from near CHF after Fonti’s clanger handball is mopped up by Miers for the give. (Q1 0:10)
Dempsey gest ahead of Angwin to swerve inside from the flank and screw through the goal from 35m. (Q1 2:56)
Smith misses the lot with a tough set shot from the boundary 45m out. (Q1 5:06)
Cameron catches Buckley HTB in the pocket 15m out and snaps his first goal of the evening. (Q1 6:12)
Miers gives behind to Mullin for a snap off the left from 35m on a slight angle… floats to the left. (Q1 8:44)
Kelly’s tackle on Humphries on the HFF forces a spillage, crumb falls nicely for Brown who curls in the goal off a step from 35m. (Q1 10:36)
Riccardi gives away a technical ruck free at the next bounce, Stanley sprints away for the long kick to Neale to mark 20m out and goal. (Q1 12:09)
Briggs wins the next centre clearance, Stringer marks in front of Stewart 45m out on a slight angle and converts. (Q1 13:51)
Guthrie passes to Close 40m out on a slight angle, he manages to find Dangerfield on his own at the hotspot, Giants defenders turned off there. Danger tugs his kick left, however. (Q1 18:47)
Contact frees in marking contests to Aleer and Cadman on members side, set shot from 40m on the flank starts left and fades in… not enough, hits the left post. (Q1 26:36)
Greene bounces through a snap from 20m in the pocket after the Giants handball their way through the Cats defence. (Q2 1:25)
Briggs feeds Rowston to kick long from the next bounce, Hogan is paid a mark over Jack Henry that he didn’t hold onto for very long. He shoots from 35m… no problem. (Q2 2:54)
Another GWS centre clearance engineered by Briggs, O’Sullivan spoils from the pocket to the goalsquare, Bedford gets to it ahead of O’Connor and volleys the go-ahead goal! (Q2 4:20)
Stringer marks in the pocket 25m out on yet another repeat inside 50 for GWS, the Package curls in the goal to extend the Giants’ lead. (Q2 8:17)
This Giants lead has not been built on the back of tsunami but in dominating territory, with a string of clearance wins through Briggs and zero inside 50s for the Cats. (Q2 9:01)
Hogan does well not to have his head knocked off by a sensational low pass from the centre to 40m on a slight angle, he marks but hoofs it to the right. (Q2 9:51)
Holmes drops an uncontested mark on outer wing, another repeat inside 50 for the Giants. Total domination in all aspect for GWS at the moment. (Q2 10:21)
Briggs taps uncontested in ruck in the back pocket but straight to Cameron who tries a low-percentage snap off the right from 25m… curls into the far left post. (Q2 13:41)
Jones roves Cadman’s contest on members wing and is behind O’Connor, off to the races, crumb from the inside 50 kick falls for Stringer who holds off Guthrie to goal from 40m! (Q2 15:06)
Rowston gets forward of a pack at half forward but tries a checkside on the run from the hotspot that curls right into the post. Needed a left foot there. (Q2 19:57)
Green roves a Stringer contest 30m out in front but his snap across the body goes to the left. (Q2 21:36)
Stevens tugs a set shot to the left from 45m on a slight angle. (Q2 23:48)
Neale marks right on the boundary line 30m out, home crowd hoots the decision but Neale threads the set shot. (Q2 28:01)
Boundary ump was nearby but perhaps wasn’t quite on the perfect line, have to accept that kind of lineball decision (literally). (Q2 28:52)
Smith bounces off a tackle at half forward and feeds Miers who threads a clever pass to Stanley 20m out, he gives wide to Bowes who goals. (Q2 30:07)
Miers catches Ash HTB with a classic chicken wing tackle at the hotspot, Dangerfield plays on to advantage but misses as he is wont to do. (Q2 31:22)
O’Connor receives in the back pocket but dithers and gets caught HTB by Stringer 20m out on the boundary, whose set shot is too low and touched on the line. (Q3 1:42)
Dangerfield marks a Smith pass over Fonti 45m out on the flank, steps off his line and called to play on, shrugs a tackle but hurries a snap near side left. (Q3 6:37)
Angwin’s kick to the pocket flips over the back, Jones wins the crumb against Martin with skill to checkside the goal from 10m! (Q3 9:32)
Brown is front and centre for a Hogan contest in the pocket to an Ash speculator from outer wing, he gives inside to Cadman who does the rest off the left from 30m. (Q3 11:38)
Kelley receives outside a pack on members wing for a floater to 35m on a slight angle, Hogan juggles the mark with high skill in front of Jack Henry but misses to the right. (Q3 13:44)
Miers performs the old Kevin Bartlett move of dropping the ball in front of him to get a holding free, ump pays it against Fonti, Miers swerves through the goal from 40m. (Q3 16:02)
Ash’s pressured dump kick from a throw-in from the back pocket is straight to Cameron 40m out on the flank. Jezza, struggling with groin soreness, kicks a drop punt to the left. (Q3 19:05)
Callaghan bounces around members wing and kicks long and high for Riccardi to mark one-out with O’Connor 40m out on the flank, but miss. (Q3 20:08)
Neale takes a big pack mark 30m out on a slight angle, one of the rare times he won a contest with Aleer today. His set shot is a peach. (Q3 21:28)
Greene takes a contested link mark over O’Connor in the centre and goes quick to Cadman 40m out in the corridor, who converts. (Q3 24:03)
Brown takes a link mark in front of his man Stewart on outer side and kicks the hotspot for Cadman to take a contested grab and kick back-to-back goals. (Q3 27:24)
Ash kicks from outer wing towards Brown but misses his target, ball skids towards the hotspot where that man Cadman gathers in front of O’Sullivan, spins and boots goal four! (Q3 29:34)
Briggs kick high and not long at all across half forward to true CHF for Cadman to be paid a dubious mark, he bangs through goal number five! (Q4 2:17)
Cadman has now gapped Geelong almost entirely off his own boot, having scored the last four goals of the match either side of 3QT. (Q4 3:33)
Greene just misses a curling snap off the right from 30m. GWS almost within touch of a sealing goal. (Q4 5:16)
Mannagh delivers a lovely inside ball from the HFF to the hotspot for Neale, who converts. No sealer just yet. (Q4 6:50)
Greene fumbles at a stoppage and is a little lucky to get a high contact free on O’Connor 35m out, he converts. (Q4 9:00)
Miers is penalised for encroaching on outer wing to bring Riccardi to the top of the square for the sealing goal. (Q4 12:30)
Dangerfield is over the back but lets a long Holmes ball to the square fly through for a goal. (Q4 16:30)
Cadman gets a rather soft contact free on O’Sullivan 45m out on the flank and sails through his sixth goal, then puts up the double cobras! (Q4 19:15)
Close marks a Miers pass on the boundary 35m out for some garbage. (Q4 22:16)
Stringer roves a Martin spoil on Brown for his fourth goal from the hotspot. (Q4 23:56)
Oliver Henry gets some junk from 40m after the next centre clearance by Atkins. (Q4 25:22)
Neale marks a Holmes pass 35m out on a slight angle in front of Idun and boots his fifth goal, to desultory levels of reaction from all concerned. (Q4 29:01)
