Geelong are set to take on Brisbane in an exciting Week 8 clash at GMHBA Stadium on Sunday afternoon.  

The Cats will be looking to bounce back after falling narrowly short last weekend, in a thrilling clash with Richmond at the Swinburne Centre. 

This week's challenge will be no easier, with Brisbane currently sitting near the top of the ladder with seven wins from eight games in 2024. 

Match Details 

Geelong Cats v Brisbane Lions
1.05pm AEDT, Sunday October 20
GMHBA Stadium, Geelong

Last Time We Met

The last meeting between Geelong and Brisbane came in the 2023 Preliminary Final, an enthralling contest that finished in a heartbreaking four point loss for the Cats. 

Aishling Moloney put Geelong in front early in the final term, but they could not hang on with the Lions booting the last goal of the game to secure a spot in the AFLW Grand Final.

Georgie Prespakis led the way with 21 disposals and six clearances, Nina Morrison was equally as dominant with 20 disposals and nine clearances, while Jackie Parry booted two important goals. 

Player to Watch

Geelong are set to showcase more of their emerging talent with exciting young forward, Chantal Mason to make her AFLW debut on Sunday. 

Mason was drafted out of the Geelong Falcons in 2023, a key position forward with a strong set of hands and impressive goal sense. 

In the Coates Talent League, Mason booted 31 goals in 13 regular season games, winning the leading goal kicker award. 

Team Selection

Health Update

Click here to see the full Week 8 Deakin AFLW Health Update. 

Live Blog

Geelong will be providing fans a brand new way to follow Sunday's game, with a live blog available on the Cats official website.

Head to https://www.geelongcats.com.au/ on Sunday morning to follow all the pre game action, before Geelong do battle with Brisbane at GMHBA Stadium. 

Broadcast  

The match will be broadcast live and free on Channel Seven and streamed on Kayo from 1.00pm AEDT, ahead of the opening bounce at 1.05pm. 

Catch all the action live on krockfootball.live from 12.30pm with Tom King and Richelle Cranston.

Broadcast Guide 

Geelong has put together an impressive performance on Sunday afternoon, taking down Brisbane in a 7.5 (47) to 5.7 (37) victory at a sunny GMHBA Stadium.

Nina Morrison (24 disposals, one goal) was the star, dictating play in the middle and then worrying her opposition with her movement into attack, while Anna-Rose Kennedy (18 disposals, 581m gained) had a career-best outing deep in defence.

CATS v LIONS - Full match coverage and stats

The Cats got the fast start on their home deck, becoming the first team to kick three first-quarter goals against the Lions this year, via the boots of Aishling Moloney, Jackie Parry, and Shelley Scott.

Those opening three goals came from just six inside 50 entries, unsettling a typically composed and well-drilled Lions defence.

Scott (two goals) played her best game of the season in her 75th AFLW appearance, keeping Lions captain Breanna Koenen occupied all day, and Moloney's athleticism resulted in 13 disposals and two goals.

Meanwhile the Cats had a plan to compete with Brisbane spearhead Taylor Smith, with Kennedy handed the task, and the ruck rotation of Kate Darby and Melissa Bragg dropped back to help block Smith's leading lanes.

Geelong simply did the little things right. Swarmed the ball carrier to create immense pressure, then spread dangerously when possession was won.

It was a hand to disrupt the flight of the ball here, or a knock-on there, and such efforts forced Brisbane's disposal efficiency to just 59 per cent for the game.

Brisbane tried everything. Courtney Hodder and Natalie Grider spent time on the ball, Tahlia Hickie and Lily Postlethwaite were shifted into attack, but none of it was enough to break through the Cats' relentless pressure and spread game.

Bowen's misdirection
Late in the second quarter, as the Lions were threatening to establish some control, Mikayla Bowen made a moment of confusion work to her advantage. The winger-turned-forward took a mark on what she initially thought was her defensive flank, and as she worked herself back off the mark, she did well enough to convince direct opponent Poppy Boltz that they were further from the Cats' goals than they were. Once she in fact realised that she was in the front half, she was off and running, and neatly dobbed a goal from just inside the arc.

Up next
Geelong will head to Perth for a clash with West Coast on Saturday night at Mineral Resources Park. 

GEELONG      3.1    5.1    6.4    7.5    (47)
BRISBANE     1.1    2.4    3.5    5.7    (37)

GOALS
Geelong: Moloney, Scott 2, Bowen, Morrison, Parry 1 
Brisbane: O'Dwyer 2, Long, Davidson, Mullins 1

BEST
Geelong: Morrison, Prespakis, Crockett-Grills, A.Moloney, Kennedy
Brisbane: Hickie, O'Dwyer, Dawes, Mullins

INJURIES
Geelong: Featherston (hamstring)
Brisbane: Davidson (concussion)

Crowd: 2,850 at GMHBA Stadium