Geelong Player Reports

Matthew Scarlett
Zoned off Welsh with consummate ease especially in the second half... 16 handballs among 30 touches with 14 marks and 3 tackles... enjoyed junk time in the last five minutes

Corey Enright
35 possessions and 8 marks including a humongous 17 touches in Q1 and 1.4 which represented the sealing goal... beat an array of small Dog forwards
Enright added 3 tackles and 4 frees against.

Jimmy Bartel
Started at full forward but quickly into the middle... 19 possessions and 1.1 with 3 marks and 3 tackles... cut under the left eye in Q2

Cameron Ling
Tagged Cooney... 4 tackles and 22 touches with 5 marks and 0.0... copped an accidental hiphead in Q4 and was a bit woozy

Tom Harley
Tried to go with Murphy and couldn't so Eade rotated small forwards through him all game.... 10 disposals and 2 tackles

Darren Milburn
Followed Hill upwing and beat him... 31 disposals and 12 marks... enjoyed junk time in the last five minutes

Brad Ottens
10 hit outs and 3 tackles... moved forward in Q3 and stretched the Dogs.... kicked 1.1 from 4 grabs on Lake
Ottens also had 7 possessions.

Gary Ablett jnr
Tagged by Picken... 31 touches including 15 handballs with 6 marks
Ablett jnr also had managed 0.1.

Harry Taylor
Ran off Hahn... 13 handballs among 22 touches with 1.0 and 8 marks

David Wojcinski
Head to head with Griffen... 23 possessions and 4 tackles with 0.0
Wojcinski also had 2 grabs.

Andrew Mackie
Beat Johnson comprehensively... 8 marks and 21 disposals with 0.1

Joel Selwood
Tagged by Ward... 18 possessions including 12 handballs with 0 FA
Selwood also had 3 marks.

Cameron Mooney
1.0 from 12 grabs and 16 touches on Morris then Hargrave

Simon Hogan
Late replacement for Max Rooke... 15 touches and 3 marks

Tom Hawkins
2.0 from 9 possessions on Lake then Morris
Hawkins added 3 marks and 4 tackles.

Shaun Higgins
0.3 from 21 touches and 8 marks on Kelly
Higgins also had 3 frees against.

Joel Corey
25 disposals and 4 tackles with 4 marks

Mark Blake
13 hit outs and 6 touches with 2 marks

Western Bulldogs Player Reports

Ryan Hargrave
Had to move to Mooney in the second half which killed his rebounding stats... 15 disposals and 4 marks with 2 tackles

Nathan Eagleton
Just the sort of hard contested game that he hated in Q1 but it opened up for him in Q2.. 22 possessions
Eagleton also had 3 grabs.

Scott Welsh
Started full back on Bartel then went forward on Scarlett... 1.0 from 5 grabs and 16 disposals

Lindsay Gilbee
Worked hard all day and can hold his head up high... 35 possessions and 8 marks with 3.0

Mitch Hahn
Corkie on the right knee in Q1... 12 possessions and 3 marks with 3 tackles on Taylor

Dale Morris
Shifted from Mooney to Hawkins in Q3... 19 touches and 4 marks with 3 tackles

Daniel Giansiracusa
Enright paid him no mind but he didn't exploit it... 3.0 from 14 possessions
Giansiracusa added 4 grabs and 2 tackles.

Robert Murphy
Harley on him... 17 possessions and 7 marks... knock to right knee in Q1

Brad Johnson
Mackie on him and gave him no space to mark... 15 disposals and 0.0
Johnson also had 2 marks.

Jason Akermanis
1.2 from 19 disposals and 5 marks including three goals in Q3

Liam Picken
Tagged Ablett jnr... bruised heel in Q1... 15 touches
Picken added 2 marks and 5 tackles.

Will Minson
9 hit outs and 8 disposals with 4 tackles and 0 FA
Minson also had 4 grabs.

Matthew Boyd
29 possessions including 22 handballs with 3 marks
Boyd also had 2 hit outs.