Match

Geelong Cats vs Western Bulldogs

Commentary / 18 Jul 2015

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
03:51
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Cory Gregson)
06:07
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
08:25
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
12:03
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Josh Caddy)
12:50
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jack Macrae)
14:18
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Tory Dickson)
16:25
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Josh Walker)
17:53
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
21:00
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
22:15
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Tory Dickson)
26:09
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Shane Kersten)
28:33
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:43
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Steve Johnson)
08:40
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Josh Caddy)
12:08
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Jack Redpath)
13:11
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Josh Walker)
15:01
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (James Kelly)
17:58
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
19:23
Bulldogs Interchange - Easton Wood off due to the blood rule.
22:44
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Steve Johnson)
27:23
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jack Redpath)
27:30
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:06
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
03:48
SCORE GOAL - Bulldogs (Luke Dahlhaus)
06:01
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
09:21
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
12:25
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Mitch Duncan)
14:19
SCORE BEHIND - Bulldogs (Stewart Crameri)
14:53
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Tom Hawkins)
16:23
Cats Interchange - Steve Johnson off due to the blood rule.
16:48
Inside 50 count this quarter: 10 to 3 in favour of the Bulldogs. Time in forward half: 86 per cent for the Bulldogs, 14 per cent for the Cats. However, the Cats have extended their lead to a match high 19 points.
16:53
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
17:36
GOAL - Bulldogs (Jarrad Grant)
19:16
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
22:51
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
23:47
Geelong have entered the fifty without kicking a goal!
24:50
BEHIND - Cats (Jimmy Bartel)
25:30
The Bulldogs have been inside their forward 50 19 times this quarter. The season high is 28 by Hawthorn in Round 4. The Bulldogs' season high is 21 in Round 5.
25:42
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
27:56
Geelong Cats Interchange - Mathew Stokes was substituted into the game for Cory Gregson.
28:03
BEHIND - Cats (James Kelly)
31:42
GOAL - Cats (Steven Motlop)
31:49
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:22
The Bulldogs need to kick three goals this quarter, at the very least, to win it. At today's rate they will need about 22 inside 50s to do that, so they're going to need to up their efficiency, or set a new club season high for inside 50s in a quarter.
02:48
BEHIND - Cats (James Kelly)
03:55
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
09:04
Western Bulldogs Interchange - Josh Prudden off due to an injury.
09:52
GOAL - Cats (Steven Motlop)
12:26
Geelong have taken two intercept marks in their defensive 50 today, including that last Bulldogs entry by Stringer. Harry Taylor has taken both of them, and three for the match.
13:32
GOAL - Bulldogs (Jake Stringer)
18:24
GOAL - Cats (Steven Motlop)
20:11
BEHIND - Cats (Josh Caddy)
20:53
The Cats have dominated possession in the last 10 minutes. They have had five more contested possessions and 18 more uncontested possessions in that period.
21:22
GOAL - Bulldogs (Tory Dickson)
21:48
But the Bulldogs refuse to go away! Dickson kicks his third for the match after the Bulldogs transitioned the ball directly up the corridor from the kick in.
27:29
The siren has sounded to end Q4.