2007 AFL Season Preliminary Final 1: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 21 September 2007 between Geelong and Collingwood in the first preliminary final of the 2007 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong "hosted" Collingwood at the MCG. Tom Harley captained the hosts. Nathan Buckley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Geelong (13.14.92) defeated Collingwood (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Friday 21 September 2007
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 98,002

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Collingwood
Score: 13.14.92 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	4	.	4	7	.	6	9	.	13	13	.	14	13	.	14	(92)
Collingwood	2	.	5	6	.	7	9	.	8	13	.	9	13	.	9	(87)
Margin	GEEL by 11			GEEL by 5			GEEL by 5			GEEL by 5			GEEL by 5
Duration	29:27			30:12			28:22			32:30			2:00:31

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Geelong) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Collingwood) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Tom Harley
Coach: Mark Thompson

Collingwood

Captain: Nathan Buckley
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. McBurney (#3)
S. McInerney (#30)
S. McLaren (#11)

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ablett, Gary	RO	91%	1	2	31	15	16	1	0	7	11	1	2	1	0	8
23	Ablett, Nathan	FF	85%	0	0	8	4	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
3	Bartel, Jimmy	C	83%	0	0	30	15	15	5	0	7	2	0	3	0	6	4
24	Blake, Mark	INT	39%	0	0	4	1	3	0	12	0	1	4	0	1	0	0
17	Byrnes, Shannon	INT	78%	0	1	19	4	15	1	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	2
35	Chapman, Paul	FPL	95%	1	0	15	11	4	2	0	3	1	4	0	3	0	4
11	Corey, Joel	WL	85%	0	0	31	18	13	4	0	8	5	3	2	1	2	7
44	Enright, Corey	WR	94%	0	0	18	11	7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
2	Harley, Tom (c)	BPL	97%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	3	0
8	Hunt, Josh	BPR	100%	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	4	0	1	1	0	4	1
20	Johnson, Steve	HFFL	84%	3	0	19	14	5	8	0	4	3	3	0	1	1	3
9	Kelly, James	HFFR	81%	1	1	18	4	14	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	1	1
45	Ling, Cameron	RR	81%	0	1	15	7	8	2	0	2	3	2	0	2	0	2
4	Mackie, Andrew	HBFL	80%	0	0	19	13	6	5	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	3
39	Milburn, Darren	CHB	92%	0	0	18	9	9	9	0	3	1	1	1	0	1	1
21	Mooney, Cam	CHF	88%	2	2	10	9	1	6	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	3
6	Ottens, Brad	RU	72%	1	1	23	10	13	9	24	1	6	6	1	3	0	6
33	Rooke, Max	INT	57%	1	0	10	2	8	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0
30	Scarlett, Matthew	FB	100%	0	1	14	9	5	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	4	1
14	Selwood, Joel	INT	56%	0	1	15	6	9	1	0	3	1	6	1	2	0	4
27	Stokes, Mathew	FPR	89%	3	2	16	12	4	5	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	5
40	Wojcinski, David	HBFR	74%	0	0	12	4	8	1	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	1
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				13	14	370	195	175	77	37	58	40	49	20	23	25	59

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
40	Bryan, Chris	INT	55%	0	0	6	5	1	2	9	5	1	4	2	1	1	3
5	Buckley, Nathan (c)	WR	79%	0	1	19	14	5	10	0	6	2	2	1	1	2	3
17	Burns, Scott	C	55%	1	1	16	9	7	3	0	2	3	3	2	1	1	3
43	Clarke, Martin	WL	97%	0	0	21	10	11	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	5	2
8	Clement, James	BPL	91%	0	0	21	20	1	6	0	7	1	2	2	1	10	1
32	Cloke, Travis	FF	98%	3	1	15	14	1	13	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6
1	Davis, Leon	RO	79%	1	1	11	9	2	3	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	1
4	Didak, Alan	INT	82%	2	0	17	14	3	4	0	1	3	3	0	1	3	2
38	Goldsack, Tyson	HBFR	72%	0	0	11	8	3	3	1	3	0	5	1	2	2	1
24	Lockyer, Tarkyn	BPR	87%	0	0	20	15	5	5	0	2	2	1	2	0	3	2
30	Lumumba, Heritier	CHB	100%	0	0	15	8	7	4	4	6	2	1	0	0	1	2
27	Maxwell, Nick	HFFL	100%	0	0	8	6	2	1	0	9	3	3	2	1	2	1
7	Medhurst, Paul	FPL	80%	3	0	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	0
11	O'Bree, Shane	INT	73%	1	0	16	8	8	2	0	9	5	2	2	1	0	3
10	Pendlebury, Scott	HFFR	74%	0	1	13	9	4	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
21	Richards, Guy	RU	57%	0	0	2	1	1	1	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Rocca, Anthony	CHF	90%	0	1	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1
2	Rusling, Sean	FPR	92%	2	0	5	4	1	4	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2
39	Shaw, Heath	HBFL	91%	0	0	25	18	7	7	0	1	1	5	4	1	7	1
36	Swan, Dane	RR	89%	0	0	25	20	5	8	0	3	6	3	0	0	2	4
13	Thomas, Dale	INT	63%	0	1	13	9	4	7	0	3	2	4	1	4	2	1
14	Wakelin, Shane	FB	97%	0	0	9	6	3	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	3	0
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				13	9	296	214	82	99	29	68	39	50	23	20	45	41

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Geelong							Coach: Mark Thompson
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	8	J. Clement	14	S. Wakelin	24	T. Lockyer	6	B. Ottens	24	M. Blake
	27	M. Stokes	23	N. Ablett	35	P. Chapman	45	C. Ling	17	S. Byrnes
FORWARD							29	G. Ablett	33	M. Rooke
HALF-BACK									14	J. Selwood
	39	H. Shaw	30	H. Lumumba	38	T. Goldsack
	9	J. Kelly	21	C. Mooney	20	S. Johnson
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	43	M. Clarke	17	S. Burns	5	N. Buckley (c)
	44	C. Enright	3	J. Bartel	11	J. Corey	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							21	G. Richards	40	C. Bryan
HALF-FORWARD							36	D. Swan	4	A. Didak
	27	N. Maxwell	23	A. Rocca	10	S. Pendlebury	1	L. Davis	11	S. O'Bree
	40	D. Wojcinski	39	D. Milburn	4	A. Mackie			13	D. Thomas
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	7	P. Medhurst	32	T. Cloke	2	S. Rusling
	8	J. Hunt	30	M. Scarlett	2	T. Harley (c)
BACK
Collingwood							Coach: Mick Malthouse

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	COLL	Anthony Rocca behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:37
	COLL	Scott Burns goal	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	02:43
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	04:28
	GEEL	Cam Mooney behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	06:50
	GEEL	Brad Ottens goal	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	08:09
	COLL	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	1.2.8	09:47
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes behind	2.2.14	-	1.2.8	10:27
	COLL	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	1.3.9	11:06
	GEEL	Shannon Byrnes behind	2.3.15	-	1.3.9	13:53
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	2.4.16	-	1.3.9	15:03
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	3.4.22	-	1.3.9	18:33
	COLL	Shane O'Bree goal	3.4.22	-	2.3.15	20:31
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	4.4.28	-	2.3.15	24:56
	COLL	Leon Davis behind	4.4.28	-	2.4.16	27:31
	COLL	Scott Pendlebury behind	4.4.28	-	2.5.17	29:03
Q2	COLL	Nathan Buckley behind	4.4.28	-	2.6.18	03:42
	COLL	Sean Rusling goal	4.4.28	-	3.6.24	06:48
	COLL	Paul Medhurst goal	4.4.28	-	4.6.30	08:00
	COLL	Dale Thomas behind	4.4.28	-	4.7.31	12:14
	GEEL	Matthew Scarlett behind	4.5.29	-	4.7.31	12:56
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	5.5.35	-	4.7.31	13:42
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	6.5.41	-	4.7.31	15:13
	GEEL	Max Rooke goal	7.5.47	-	4.7.31	19:32
	GEEL	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	4.7.31	22:18
	COLL	Alan Didak goal	7.6.48	-	5.7.37	23:23
	COLL	Sean Rusling goal	7.6.48	-	6.7.43	27:20
Q3	GEEL	Brad Ottens behind	7.7.49	-	6.7.43	02:00
	GEEL	James Kelly behind	7.8.50	-	6.7.43	02:34
	GEEL	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	6.7.43	03:45
	COLL	Leon Davis goal	7.9.51	-	7.7.49	04:20
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes behind	7.10.52	-	7.7.49	05:47
	COLL	Scott Burns behind	7.10.52	-	7.8.50	09:28
	GEEL	James Kelly goal	8.10.58	-	7.8.50	10:09
	COLL	Travis Cloke goal	8.10.58	-	8.8.56	11:38
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	8.11.59	-	8.8.56	15:29
	COLL	Paul Medhurst goal	8.11.59	-	9.8.62	17:06
	GEEL	Cameron Ling behind	8.12.60	-	9.8.62	18:09
	GEEL	Joel Selwood behind	8.13.61	-	9.8.62	20:13
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	9.13.67	-	9.8.62	27:15
Q4	COLL	Travis Cloke goal	9.13.67	-	10.8.68	01:11
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	10.13.73	-	10.8.68	02:49
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	11.13.79	-	10.8.68	04:50
	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	12.13.85	-	10.8.68	09:45
	GEEL	Cam Mooney behind	12.14.86	-	10.8.68	11:51
	COLL	Travis Cloke goal	12.14.86	-	11.8.74	14:52
	COLL	Travis Cloke behind	12.14.86	-	11.9.75	16:29
	COLL	Alan Didak goal	12.14.86	-	12.9.81	17:45
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	13.14.92	-	12.9.81	19:51
	COLL	Paul Medhurst goal	13.14.92	-	13.9.87	30:12

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