News around the Club

SATURDAY OCTOBER 25, 2008

Geelong will again play Collingwood only once in 2009 the 13th time in the past 14 seasons this has occured as the AFL has released next years draw. The match will be play on the Thursday before Easter and be a Geelong home match. Geelong will kick start their season against 2008 Grand Final opponent Hawthorn at the 'G on a Friday night. Click Here for the Draw 25/10
Joel Corey has won his second Carji Greeves Medal for Geelong's best and Fairest player for season 2008. Second was last seasons winner Gary Ablett, while Jimmy Bartel was third. Corey first won the award in 2005. 3/10
David Wojcinski is the heatbreak story for the Cats in 2008 as he was ommitted from the Geelong side that beat the Bulldogs to make way for Paul Chapman who has trained well enough to prove he is fit to play dispite his hamstring tightness from the St.Kilda Final. Mark Blake, Harry Taylor, Tom Lonergan and Travis Varcoe will make their Grand Final debut tomorrow. 26/9
Geelong will play Hawthorn in the 2008 Grand Final following its Preliminary Final win over the Bulldogs. The match will start at 2:30pm on Saturday. The teams met only once this season in Round 17 with Geelong winning the anticipated match by 11 points. 21/9
Geelong has again dominated the All Australian side with 7 Cats selected this season. This comes after a record 9 players were named last season. Matthew Scarlett was again named at Full back, Tom Harley the vice captain in the back pocket, Jimmy Bartel on the wing, Joel Corey in the centre, Steve Johnson on the Half Forward line, Gary Ablett as rover and Corey Enright on the interchange bench. 16/9
Geelong will play the Bulldogs in Preliminary Final for a place in the Grand Final. The match will be played at the MCG on Friday night starting at 7:40pm. The match will be shown on delay by Channel 7. The Cats will be forced to make once change from the side that beat St.Kilda will Prismall out with the knee injury. Doubt still remains over Paul Chapman's hamsting tightness. 14/9

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