Knowing that this game would put Geelong two games clear of Sandringham Geelong came out and kicked three goals to nil in the opening term with Allwright kicking two goals for the quarter. Tutangi collected 12 touches for the quarter whilst West collected 10 touches for the quarter including a great hangar on the outer wing.
The second quarter went along the same lines as the first with the Cats kicking four goals to one for the quarter to lead by 36 points at half time. Laidler, Podsiadly and Varcoe all had seven touches and were well supported by a number of other team mates who had six touches each for the quarter.
The third quarter saw both teams pile on some goals with Geelong kicking six goals to the Zebras four goals to take a 52 point lead into three quarter time. Raidme and Firman had 10 touches each for the quarter and were well supported by Moles and Smith who had nine touches each for the quarter.
Geelong finished off the game with a brilliant last quarter kicking six goals to three to run out comfortable 70 point winners. Smith had nine touches for the quarter whilst Donohue and Moles had eight touches each for the quarter.
For Geelong Podsiadly kicked four goals and was well supported by Moles, Ottens, Blake, McKenna and Allwright who all kicked two goals apiece. Raidme was the leading possession getter on the ground collecting 29 touches, Donohue (28 touches), Moles (28 touches, four clearances and two goals), Tutungi (28 touches, nine clearances and seven tackles) and Smith (25 touches) all played well as well.
Geelong dominated the Tackles (43-29), inside 50’s (53-41), possessions (418-306) and dominated the hit outs (54-23) with Blake having 33.
Speaking to Tutungi after the game about his good form over the last month and also his last minute winner last week this is what he had to say.
“Helping to play to a structure and playing this role each week has improved my game and it’s one of my strengths. Last week it was just a bit of luck we were just trying to get it into our forward line and lucky for me it fell my way.”
Speaking to Coach Amos after the game about the win and the importance of winning this game and the way the team kept Sandringham to a low total this is what he had to say.
“It was a good result for us, it was important to beat the side below us, to play the way we did it showed that we could beat any side on our day. Keeping them to a low score was a team effort but I think Jack (Hollmer) did a great job on Saunter and he was really switched on and all the boys got back and help him, it was a really good defensive job by the boys.”
