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Blog log from R5 of 2026: Geelong vs West Coast

Blog log for Geelong vs West Coast, R5 of 2026

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Reid runs around outer wing on rebound started by Brock and passes to Waterman 40m out in front, who shoots to the right with the wind to kick off scoring at Norwood. (Q1 1:01)
Kolodjashnij runs a ball over the behind line but gets whistled for deliberate rushing, Waterman misses near side left. (Q1 4:40)
Miers sharks a Lindsay handball to start an attack around outer wing, Atkins passes to Oliver Henry to mark in front of Young 40m out near the boundary, wind blows the kick right. (Q1 8:31)
West Coast goes coast to coast from the kick in with Schoenberg on the end of it to pop through the first goal from 30m. (Q1 8:59)
Worpel feeds a clearance handball to Close who centres from the pocket to the hotspot where Wiltshire marks and goals. (Q1 11:14)
Brock drops an intercept mark 20m out, his man Neale roves and gives to Dempsey who tries a low-percentage checkside from the left pocket that stays left. (Q1 13:31)
Mannagh also misses a snap from 35m on the flank to the right after intercepting a Duggan kick. (Q1 14:14)
West Coast manages to get another coast to coast play from the kick in with Kelly passing to Waterman 50m out on a slight angle, wind behind him… skewed to the right. (Q1 14:54)
Ginbey starts a rebound on outer side but Waterman’s cenring ball to Hewett opens things up, Owies marks 45m out in front and converts. (Q1 18:31)
O’Connor jets away from a stoppage on outer wing and drives long to the advantage of Neale to mark over Young 20m out on a slight angle for his first goal. (Q1 23:00)
Atkins feeds Smith for a running snap from CHF which swerves right but the ump gives him a second chance for some soft contact by Baker, he kicks straight the second time. (Q1 25:15)
Replay shows the contact was negligible, but Baker didn’t need to make it at all. (Q1 26:01)
Smith intercepts McCarthy’s dump kick on the HFF and goes inside to O’Connor 40m out on a slight angle, whose drop punt into the wind is good. (Q1 28:12)
Baker runs forward to rove a high ball and grubbers through a lovely finish from 30m. (Q1 29:25)
Harley Reid decks Holmes after handballing at a stoppage at half forward for the Cats, Smith gets a downfield free yards away at 40m but shanks it left and OOTF. (Qtr Time)
Robertson catches Stewart HTB at CHF and gives off to Kelly who hooks left. (Q2 0:26)
Kelly’s set shot from CHF is a sidewinder off the side of the boot but it lands with Duursma 20m out in the pocket, whose drop punt swerves through despite the wind pushing it out. (Q2 5:14)
Harley Reid fends and sprints away from the centre but his snap from CHF fades left. (Q2 6:31)
Worpel snaps high off his left boot from 20m after a throw in, that one wobbles over for a goal in his 150th match. (Q2 8:53)
Bruhn attempts a Gary Ablett senior play from the centre, roving and swerving through traffic for a snap on the burst from 45m but the wind blows it way to the right. (Q2 10:08)
Shanahan takes a contested link grab at half forward, Worpel taps the ball away and gets pinged for timewasting, easy goal for Shanahan from 15m. (Q2 11:49)
Replay shows the 50 was actually against Kolodjashnij under the stand rule. (Q2 13:08)
Stewart compounds a kick clanger from half back by pushing Schoenberg in the back to concede a free kick 45m out in front. Tough kick into the swirly wind… hooks left. (Q2 15:43)
Archer Reid launches on Tuesday and doesn’t touch a Smith inside 50 kick to 30m in front of Geelong’s goals. Edwards takes the free but pushes it to the left. (Q2 19:23)
Close claims a volley goal on the goal line in a tussle with Robertson, goal umpire sends it upstairs and the video shows a toepoke with no touch, goal Geelong. (Q2 21:22)
Cameron marks just inside true CHF and rides the breeze to draw his set shot from left to right and over the goal line. (Q2 25:13)
O’Connor roves a thrown-in to 40m and throws the ball on his right boot, it wobbles but it started straight as a die and stays on line for another one for the Cats. (Q2 27:46)
O’Connor gets another chance on the run from 50m on a slight angle and slams that one too as well, red time goals are killers and the Cats excel at them. (Q2 31:09)
Bowes snaps a goal from the top of the square after a mad scramble in the teeth of goal. Cats now have a lead they can defend, their most comfortable position. (Q2 32:49)
Duursma receives from Harley Reid at the top of the square and tries an outrageous snap over his head but that one skews for a behind just before the HT siren. (Half Time)
Holmes streams down members wing well in front of Owies and spots up the lead of Neale 40m out on the flank, set shot into the breeze is a peach. (Q3 2:00)
Atkins kicks inside 50 after the next centre contest for Cameron to mark on his chest in front of Ginbey 45m out on a slight angle, kick short but Neale marks and misses this one. (Q3 3:55)
Graham gets one back for the Eagles with a snap from the HFF. (Q3 6:05)
Kelly receives from Graham and hits the lead of Waterman at the hotspot after the next centre contest, who converts. (Q3 7:40)
Henry gets a rather soft free on Young on the HFF and hits the square where Cameron marks in front of the pack for his second goal. (Q3 9:25)
Oliver Henry gets another lucky free for a tackle by McCarthy that didn’t look high, he swerves through the goal from 30m on a slight angle. (Q3 11:25)
Henry gives to Neale in the pocket who just misses with a high snap from 20m, across the face to the left. (Q3 15:23)
Kelly passes short to Shanahan 40m out on a slight angle, who steers through the goal to keep the Eagles in touch, barely. (Q3 17:20)
Harley Reid taps the ball out of De Koning’s hands after a mark in the centre, obvious 50m penalty applied to bring the mark near the hotspot, SDK kicks straight. (Q3 20:11)
Close juggles a mark over Davis 20m out on a slight angle, his J-curve curls too early off his right. (Q3 26:23)
Baker’s clearance kick from outer wing is onto the right nipple of Shanahan in the pocket 25m out, a dart of a pass. His set shot draws in on the breeze and in for his third! (Q3 28:41)
Henry roves a Neale contest and snaps off his left to the left from 35m in front just before the 3QT siren. (Q3 30:54)
Close marks on the boundary 20m out, has the wind to his advantage and curls in the goal, a sealer if any were needed at this stage. (Q4 0:57)
Cameron takes a contested grab against Young near the hotspot and goals with consummate ease. (Q4 6:12)
Allan drop an intercept mark, his man Dempsey roves and misses on the spin from 15m. (Q4 7:59)
Robertson has Shanahan over the back for a slingshot goal, his fourth. (Q4 8:43)
Smith feeds Worpel who snaps off a step from 40m on the flank but that one flies narrow to the right. (Q4 11:06)
Bruhn runs inside from a stoppage on members wing but slices to the right from 55m on a slight angle. (Q4 16:30)
Duggan snaps an ABC ball on the run from 40m on a slight angle into the right post. (Q4 18:29)
McCarthy roves the kick in in the centre and passes short to Schoenberg 45m out in front, who hooks left and OOTF into the behind post. (Q4 19:04)
Bowes passes short to Close 35m out on the flank who also hooks to the left for a behind. (Q4 20:08)
Henry marks in the pocket 30m out and gets dropped afterwards by Lindsay, obvious and silly 50m penalty ensures some garbage. (Q4 23:24)
O’Sullivan is somehow the rover for a long ball to the square but hits the left post and holds his head in his hands. (Q4 25:54)
Harley Reid marks 30m out on the flank deep in red time for some junk. (Q4 27:29)
Cameron misses from the pocket in the last minute. (Q4 28:46)
Hewett drops a mark but gets a high contact free on Holmes 35m out on a slight angle just before the final siren, he hits the near left post. (Q4 30:29)

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