Geelong Cats vs Richmond — Rd 17 2025 Commentary@endsection
Match

Geelong Cats vs Richmond

Commentary / 05 Jul 2025

Pre Game

00:00
Bailey Smith is averaging a career-high 33.2 disposals, 706 metres gained, and 5.7 clearances in wins this season. His absence today will be a big hole for Geelong to fill.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:48
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Shaun Mannagh)
03:30
Tigers Interchange - Sam Lalor off due to an injury.
05:22
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
06:40
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Rhyan Mansell)
09:00
Only Tom Lynch (14.2 points per game) has had a greater impact on the scoreboard this season than Sam Lalor (12.8 points per game). Lalor booted two goals in each of his last two games before getting injured. With Lynch suspended during the week and Lalor now subbed out of today's match, Richmond will be searching for another answer in its forward line.
09:41
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
10:07
Jeremy Cameron has been goalless in just one of his last 18 matches at GMHBA Stadium – averaging 13.3 disposals, 2.8 goals, and 1.0 score assist this season. Cameron has Geelong's first goal today.
11:20
Tigers Interchange - Jasper Alger off due to an injury.
11:27
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jack Bowes)
11:47
In his 50th game for Geelong, Jack Bowes hits the scoreboard early. Geelong has four scores from five inside 50 entries.
18:21
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Seth Campbell)
18:57
54% of play has been in Richmond's forward half thus far. This season, the Tigers rank 17th in the competition for time in forward half (46.2%), while the Cats rank fourth (52.1%)
20:36
It has been a high-pressure match so far with Richmond's pressure at 203 and Geelong's at 202.
21:01
Tigers Interchange - Tom Brown off due to an injury.
23:10
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jonty Faull)
25:11
Tigers Interchange - Kamdyn McIntosh off due to an injury.
25:17
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
26:16
Patrick Dangerfield hasn’t played the Tigers since Round 19, 2021. He kicked three behinds in game 250 before the bye. Dangerfield has a goal today in the first quarter.
29:16
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Gryan Miers)
30:43
Since Round 13, Richmond has lost the inside 50s by 21 per game – ranked last. In the first quarter of this match it lost the inside 50 count by eight.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:41
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Shannon Neale)
01:28
Geelong strikes early in the second term with a goal. This is its second goal from a forward-half stoppage in this match.
02:25
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
03:38
Geelong played on from just 19% of its marks in Round 15 – its lowest percentage of the year and below its season average of 31%. In the first term of this match it played on from 13 of its 31 marks.
04:54
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Noah Balta)
06:42
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
07:52
77% of play in this second quarter has been in the Cats forward half. The Tigers are struggling to get their hands on the football with just 14 disposals in the term compared to 28 for their opponent.
09:31
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
12:28
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Hugo Ralphsmith)
13:02
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Patrick Dangerfield)
14:21
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Oliver Henry)
15:44
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
16:40
Gryan Miers is the architect of a dominant second period for the Cats. His nine disposals, four score involvements, and two clearances undersell the damage that he is providing with ball in hand right now.
18:52
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rushed)
20:18
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Shaun Mannagh)
21:24
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Max Holmes)
21:54
The Cats scored just two points from intercept possessions in the first half in their Round 15 clash with the Lions – their equal-fewest in a first half on record. They have 26 points from turnovers in the first half of this match.
24:16
SCORE GOAL - Cats (George Stevens)
25:41
George Stevens on debut currently has an equal team-high four clearances and now a goal to his name.
28:22
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Rhyan Mansell)
29:28
Jacob Hopper had 31 disposals, 16 contested possessions, and two score assists when he last played at GMHBA Stadium in Round 4, 2019, as a Giant. Hopper has led from the front in today's match with 14 disposals and four score involvements thus far.
31:34
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Shannon Neale)
34:30
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
34:34
Richmond has had five goalless quarters in its last five games, along with five quarters where it has scored just one goal. It has a further two one-goal quarters today.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:20
Tom Atkins 13 tackles in the first half of this match puts him firmly in the frame of challenging the AFL record of 20 tackles in a match. It comes on the same day as Matt Rowell registered 14 tackles in the first half of his match and finished with 17 on the day.
04:46
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
05:53
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
07:11
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (George Stevens)
09:23
Since 2021, Geelong has a 21-3 win-loss record when it takes at least 100 uncontested marks. It currently has 63 for the match.
10:39
Sam Banks had a career-high 822 metres gained last round – the second-most by any Tiger over the last three seasons. Banks has just 223 metres gained in today's match, with ball movement proving much more difficult for Richmond.
12:41
Zach Guthrie has 17 disposals in todays match, using the ball at 94% disposals efficiency. Guthrie also has six score involvements.
14:28
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Rhyan Mansell)
16:52
Tigers Interchange - Hugo Ralphsmith and is possibly out for the game.
17:53
It has been an incomplete performance for Jeremy Cameron today, he has kicked just three goals from his nine shots at goal. The Cats recorded a shot at goal accuracy of just 21.4% when it last played in Round 15 – its worst over the last decade.
17:55
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jack Bowes)
19:35
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Brad Close)
21:02
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jeremy Cameron)
21:18
Jeremy Cameron has kicked his 700th career goal. Cameron is now tied for 26th on the all-time goalkickers list with Matthew Pavlich.
23:55
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
25:38
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Maurice Rioli)
27:34
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jonty Faull)
28:25
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Oliver Dempsey)
29:00
Rhyan Mansell has kicked a goal in each quarter of this match, proving a lone threat up forward for the Tigers.
29:14
The Cats have outscored their opponents by 10.5 points per game in the time-on period of quarters – ranked No.1. The Tigers have been outscored by 23.7 points per game in the time-on period of quarters in the last four rounds – ranked last. Through the first three quarters, the Cats have scored 24 more points than the Tigers in time on (39 to 15).

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:51
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Jack Ross)
03:59
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Toby Nankervis)
04:15
The Tigers have had control early in this quarter with 13 more disposals than the Cats and producing two scores.
06:18
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Shannon Neale)
08:03
Since Round 13, Geelong has conceded a score from 34% of their opponents’ inside 50s – ranked No.1 defensively. It has conceded just 12 scores from Richmond's 37 forward 50 entries today.
10:42
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Jack Martin)
11:54
Jack Martin has kicked his first goal as a Geelong player. Martin played his first match for the side in Round 13 this season and looks cemented in his role now. He is averaging 16 disposals this season.
12:35
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
13:08
SCORE GOAL - Cats (Oliver Henry)
17:03
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Shannon Neale)
18:19
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Jonty Faull)
19:47
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Rhys Stanley)
20:02
In the second-half the clearance battle has evened up to 12-apiece and the uncontested possession tally has been reduced with Geelong marginally leading 104 to 98.
26:53
George Stevens has provided significantly through the Geelong midfield todag on debut. He has 20 disposals and a goal to go along with team-highs in clearances (seven) and score involvements (13).
27:34
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Tom Brown)
28:15
SCORE BEHIND - Tigers (Rushed)
28:59
SCORE GOAL - Tigers (Tom Brown)
30:42
SCORE BEHIND - Cats (Zach Guthrie)
31:02
Maurice Rioli has a career-high 19 disposals in this match. Rioli has fought hard to the end with 11 disposals in this final term.
32:04
The Cats had many high-performers with Max Holmes recording 36 disposals and Zach Guthrie producing a 25-disposal effort - the fifth-highest tally of his career. On the defensive end, Tom Atkins amassed 17 tackles - a trait he is widely known for as the holder of the VFL tackle record with 23.