It’s round six of the 2007 AFL season.

Geelong have won two and lost three, and sit outside the top eight five games in.

One of those losses came the round prior at the hands of North Melbourne at Kardinia Park.

It led to an internal player review with Paul Chapman labelling the performance as 'Not good enough'.

Fired up and out to prove their doubters wrong, Geelong travelled up the highway to take on Richmond at Marvel Stadium.

Even without a home ground advantage, the Cats produced a monster performance that ignited several seasons worth of success.

Let’s look at how the match played out.

HALF TIME
GEEL 20.6 (126)
RICH 2.7 (19)

At first glance, this looks like four quarters worth of footy, but there was so much more to come.

Nathan Ablett snaps one of his four goals for the game.

FULL TIME
GEEL 35.12 (222)
RICH 9.11 (65)

Geelong responded to a week of honest self-assessment and intense scrutiny with a record-breaking performance.

The Cats score of 222 still stands as their four highest score ever registered, and is the 14th highest winning margin in AFL history.

15 players kicked at least one goal, while Gary Ablett junior took home the three Brownlow votes (naturally).

This was the first of a 15-game winning streak that was a major part of Geelong’s premiership winning season.

In fact, they won 63 of their next 70 games across the 2007, 2008 and 2009 seasons.