Pre Game
00:00
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Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:52
Kangaroos Interchange - Nick Dal Santo off due to the blood rule.
01:49
Kangaroos Interchange - Jack Ziebell off due to the blood rule.
02:20
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
04:03
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Joel Selwood)
06:19
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Dawson Simpson)
07:58
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
11:45
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Joel Selwood)
12:50
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Jordan Murdoch)
13:56
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Steven Motlop)
15:28
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
17:26
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
18:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Aaron Black)
20:08
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Jesse Stringer)
23:40
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
24:13
Kangaroos Interchange - Nick Dal Santo off due to an injury.
25:21
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
28:51
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
28:59
The siren has sounded to end Q1.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:57
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Jordan Murdoch)
03:45
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Corey Enright)
04:57
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
08:33
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (George Horlin-Smith)
11:09
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Brent Harvey)
13:21
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
15:37
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Black)
19:24
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
20:18
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
22:15
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Joel Selwood)
23:06
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Robin Nahas)
25:39
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Jordan Murdoch)
25:44
Kangaroos Interchange - Joel Tippett off due to an injury.
27:14
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
28:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Robin Nahas)
29:54
The siren has sounded to end Q2.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:35
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
03:57
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
05:24
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Cameron Guthrie)
06:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ryan Bastinac)
07:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Ryan Bastinac)
09:07
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
10:52
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Jack Ziebell)
12:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Jackson Sheringham)
13:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Jimmy Bartel)
14:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Andrew Swallow)
16:11
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
19:32
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
19:44
SCORE
BEHIND - Cats (Jimmy Bartel)
23:56
Cats Interchange - Jimmy Bartel off due to the blood rule.
24:23
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
26:00
GOAL CATS - Geelong run it from end to end with Motlop ignoring all options inside. He better kick this or he will cop an almighty spray. Save your breath Chris Scott because that's a goal!
27:30
Selwood not happy with the umpires after not being paid the free kick for holding the ball. He was certainly entitled to express his opinion there.
28:20
GOAL KANGAROOS - Gibson kicks to the lead of Bastinac who marks 35 metres out. Bastinac slots it through to bring his team back to within 30 points.
28:22
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Ryan Bastinac)
30:24
The siren has sounded to end Q3.
30:25
THREE QUARTER TIME - North Melbourne kept the scoreboard ticking over in the third quarter, but Geelong kept them at a distance and hold a 30 point lead at three quarter time.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:01
The final quarter is underway.
01:25
GOAL CATS - Bartel deals with Firrito and takes the mark. Bartel goes back and slots it through. Cats by 36 and are looking good for the four premiership points.
01:30
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Jimmy Bartel)
03:09
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
03:10
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Daw comes down with the ball but isn't paid the mark. He recovers to take a shot at goal but misses to the left.
04:15
GOAL CATS - Bartel takes it out the back and kicks his second for the quarter. This game has been shot to pieces if it wasn't already and Geelong lead by 41 points.
04:16
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Jimmy Bartel)
06:00
It has been a disappointing North Melbourne tonight. They came to Geelong full of hope and it would appear that a successful September campaign is a very hopeful ambition at this stage.
07:04
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Majak Daw)
07:10
GOAL KANGAROOS - Daw receives the handball over the top. He runs into 50 and they won't catch him. He sends the kick on its way and that's a goal.
09:00
Andrew Swallow with just 10 disposals as he continues his recovery from serious injury.
10:00
GOAL KANGAROOS - Atley takes a bounce and kicks to the back of a one out contest involving Petrie. He edges out his opponent and kicks it off the carpet for a goal. He has three tonight.
10:04
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
12:00
Kelly and Bartel both have 29 disposals with the latter having the edge with his two goals tonight.
13:58
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Ryan Bastinac)
14:10
GOAL KANGAROOS - North Melbourne scramble the ball forward with Bastinac kicking through traffic to kick his second. North close to within 23 points after kicking the last three goals.
15:40
BEHIND CATS - Varcoe runs to 50 and unloads but he hits the post as the Cats fans quickly rise and sit down just as fast.
16:45
A clear mark to Hawkins is not paid and to add insult to injury he is pinged for throwing the ball out.
19:00
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Nahas takes a bounce and runs inside 50. His shot at goal is an after thought and he misses to the right.
19:07
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Robin Nahas)
19:40
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Again Nahas with an opportunity to make things interesting, but his shot again misses to the right.
19:43
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Robin Nahas)
20:30
27,402 fans have attended tonight's clash at Simonds Stadium.
21:20
GOAL KANGAROOS - Robin Nahas is enjoying a good little spell and chimes in to take a gutsy mark. He franks his form with a crucial goal.
21:21
SCORE
GOAL - Kangaroos (Robin Nahas)
22:30
North Melbourne need 3 goals in 4 minutes if they are to pull off an unlikely victory.
23:09
SCORE
GOAL - Cats (Mark Blicavs)
23:10
GOAL CATS - Hawkins spots Blicavs who proves to be the unlikely hero with a snap at goal that seals the deal for Geelong.
23:40
North Melbourne's slow start looks like it will cost them another game. They need to be more consistent from week to week but also from quarter to quarter.
24:15
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Dal Santo tries one from distance, but his kick hits the post.
24:32
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Nick Dal Santo)
25:30
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Thomas marks and sells some candy. He must have been too busy counting his profits because his kick was disappointing.
25:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
27:30
Geelong has stood up in the face of enormous pressure from North Melbourne, but their first quarter burst will prove decisive in the end.
29:00
FULL TIME - A good solid win by the Cats which was set up with a quarter time lead of 21 points. This proved to be the difference in the wash up with Geelong defeating North Melbourne by 20 points.