Dangerfield runs away from the opening centre bounce of the game and bounces through the first goal inside 15 seconds! Oh boy wowee!
Blicavs leaps over Taylor to mark a Dangerfield kick to the top of the square for his first goal. (Q1 4:55)
Taylor dives at a loose ball and takes out the legs of Close, who lines up from 25m on the flank and kicks truly. (Q1 10:11)
Cameron roves his own kick at half forward and passes to Holmes 35m out on the flank, who misses. (Q1 13:59)
Hawkins catches the ball out of ruck 45m out on a slight angle but snaps wide. (Q1 18:10)
A short lull as Turner is helped off. (Q1 21:30)
Menegola kicks OOTF 40m out trying a checkside from the back pocket, Lazzarro goes to Curtis in front of the pack 15m out in the pocket who kicks the first goal for North. (Q1 23:31)
Zach Guthrie is out of position in a marking contest and gives away a free for front-on contact to Spicer 40m out on a slight angle, who misses. (Q1 27:30)
Larkey marks near the hotspot and kicks his first goal. (Q1 29:00)
Zurhaar gets a contact free on Kolodjashnij 20m out on a slight angle, QT siren goes, home crowd boos and Cam Z converts to shut them up. (Q1 31:02)
Stengle bounces through a left-foot snap from the hotspot to restore some sanity to a game that North had looked like getting back into. (Q2 1:12)
Hawkins marks a Bews long ball in a wrestle with Walker 50m out on a slight angle, his set shot is touched through by Goldstein. (Q2 2:49)
Walker tries an extremely ambitious kick across the half back line to Young that sets him up for Cameron to spoil, Rohan roves and gives Hawkins a Joe the Goose special. (Q2 7:30)
Xerri can’t mark a long Simpkin ball to the top of the square but he keeps his feet and despite a fumble has time enough to volley it home. (Q2 9:50)
Hawkins passes to Narkle 30m out on a slight angle for a rather too easy goal. (Q2 12:33)
Cameron flies impressively to clunk a Zach Guthrie kick to 20m on a slight angle and plays on for the goal, the home crowd loved that play. (Q2 16:38)
Hawkins passes to Miers 40m out on a slight angle who misses. (Q2 20:13)
Cats are dominating now, Narkle shoots wide from half forward. (Q2 21:50)
Repeat inside 50s piling up for Geelong, Hawkins marks a Menegola pass in front of Walker 30m out on the flank and converts. (Q2 23:30)
Rohan feeds Hawkins to run into the open goal to kick off second half junk time. (Q3 0:39)
Holmes sharks a Curtis handball on the wing to start a counter, Cameron marks 40m out on the flank but tries a pass to Hawkins that doesn’t work, off hands for a behind. (Q3 3:57)
Anderson passes short to Mahony 30m out on a slight angle who converts to nearly stone cold silence on a frosty night. (Q3 6:43)
Hawkins converts a set shot from the pocket. (Q3 9:02)
Close centres from the pocket 20m out and gets dumped after disposal, Menegola gets the free where it lands 25m out (?) on a slight angle, and misses. Footy gods smile. (Q3 13:32)
Zach Guthrie snaps a rare goal from 40m on the flank. (Q3 14:02)
Stengle passes short to Cameron on the boundary 40m out who threads the needle. (Q3 16:37)
Stengle passes to Cameron 35m out on the flank who misses. (Q3 18:17)
Menegola muscles out of an Anderson tackle on the wing and goes long to Hawkins to mark over McKay 30m out on a slight angle for another one, five for him. (Q3 20:38)
Stengle passes to Cameron who has Corr draped all over him but still marks 40m out on the flank, his set shot is across the face. (Q3 22:38)
Rohan hits Close in the square for an easy goal on the end of a quick rebound around members wing. (Q3 25:45)
Duncan is involved twice in a rebound including the pass to Narkle 50m out on a slight angle, who roosts the goal. (Q3 28:03)
Menegola begins Q4 with a junk goal after a feed by Blicavs from a stoppage on the HFF. (Q4 1:14)
Atkins feeds Cameron who tries to caress a left-foot snap from the boundary 30m out but it’s narrow. (Q4 3:18)
Blicavs feeds Stengle for an easy goal from the pocket. We’re in Harlem Globetrotters territory now. (Q4 5:54)
Corr dumps a kick to Tuohy 50m out on a slight angle, the crowd calls for the torpedo on the set shot but he misses with a drop punt. (Q4 7:49)
Corr gets sucked in for contact after Cameron wins a HTB free on Young to give away 50, bringing him from the boundary 30m out to the goal line for another one. (Q4 9:54)
Miers passes to Dangerfield in the pocket 25m out, he centres to Cam Guthrie 35m out on a slight angle who misses. (Q4 13:55)
Cam Guthrie passes to Hawkins 40m out on a slight angle, who misses to the left. (Q4 16:00)
McKay’s dump kick from the last line goes to Holmes 45m out in front, whose set shot is touched through on the line. (Q4 17:45)
Cameron kicks the lead into three figures with his fourth goal. (Q4 18:54)
Tuohy passes very short to Cam Guthrie 35m out on the flank, who converts. (Q4 21:50)
Geelong have a five-day break coming up but they are skiing as hard as ever in Q4. (Q4 22:11)
Anderson passes to Spicer 40m out on the flank who hits the post. (Q4 24:45)
Hawkins marks just inside 50m on a slight angle and boots his sixth goal. (Q4 28:05)
Duncan marks 45m out on the flank mere seconds before the final siren. The home crowd give the 250-gamer all their love but he doesn’t make the distance, off hands for a point. (Q4 30:30)
