2007 AFL Season Qualifying Final 1: Geelong v Kangaroos

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 2007 between Geelong and the Kangaroos in the first qualifying final of the 2007 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted the Kangaroos at the MCG. Tom Harley captained the hosts. Adam Simpson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Dani Laidley.

Geelong (23.18.156) defeated the Kangaroos (8.2.50).

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: First Qualifying Final
Teams: Geelong v Kangaroos
Date: Sunday 9 September 2007
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 77,630

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Kangaroos
Score: 23.18.156 - 8.2.50

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	3	.	5	10	.	10	16	.	16	23	.	18	23	.	18	(156)
Kangaroos	3	.	0	4	.	1	6	.	1	8	.	2	8	.	2	(50)
Margin	GEEL by 5			GEEL by 45			GEEL by 75			GEEL by 106			GEEL by 106
Duration	29:37			30:50			31:04			31:37			2:03:08

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 (Kangaroos) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Tom Harley
Coach: Mark Thompson

Kangaroos

Captain: Adam Simpson
Coach: Dani Laidley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Jeffery (#29)
D. Margetts (#6)
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	84%	2	1	32	19	13	7	0	3	5	3	4	0	2	6
23	Ablett, Nathan	FF	81%	3	1	10	7	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	Bartel, Jimmy	C	82%	1	0	29	19	10	6	0	4	4	3	1	1	3	6
24	Blake, Mark	INT	64%	0	1	13	4	9	4	16	2	3	1	0	0	0	1
17	Byrnes, Shannon	INT	74%	0	1	16	8	8	6	0	3	0	4	2	2	0	5
35	Chapman, Paul	FPL	78%	5	1	17	12	5	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	3
11	Corey, Joel	WR	88%	0	0	12	6	6	3	1	2	4	3	1	3	0	0
44	Enright, Corey	WL	90%	2	0	18	11	7	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	1
2	Harley, Tom (c)	BPR	82%	0	0	18	7	11	7	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2
8	Hunt, Josh	BPL	87%	0	0	19	13	6	10	0	3	0	2	0	1	5	5
20	Johnson, Steve	HFFL	87%	1	2	21	13	8	4	0	4	0	4	5	1	1	8
9	Kelly, James	HFFR	85%	0	0	27	7	20	3	0	2	6	2	1	1	2	3
45	Ling, Cameron	RR	88%	0	0	19	8	11	7	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0
4	Mackie, Andrew	HBFL	91%	1	0	15	7	8	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	5
39	Milburn, Darren	CHB	95%	0	0	28	15	13	6	0	6	1	1	6	1	3	0
21	Mooney, Cam	CHF	84%	5	1	10	8	2	6	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1
6	Ottens, Brad	RU	69%	2	0	10	5	5	4	26	5	3	3	0	1	1	2
33	Rooke, Max	INT	47%	0	2	8	3	5	3	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	2
30	Scarlett, Matthew	FB	100%	0	0	23	16	7	5	0	4	0	1	1	1	3	3
14	Selwood, Joel	INT	74%	0	1	22	11	11	5	0	5	6	2	2	1	1	5
27	Stokes, Mathew	FPR	84%	1	1	21	11	10	10	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	4
40	Wojcinski, David	HBFR	87%	0	0	19	10	9	4	0	4	2	2	3	1	5	2
Rushed					6
Total (22 players)				23	18	407	220	187	121	43	63	36	39	35	18	30	65

Kangaroos

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
11	Archer, Glenn	BPR	69%	0	0	7	4	3	3	0	0	0	5	1	5	2	0
16	Brown, Leigh	HFFR	86%	1	0	6	4	2	2	0	1	0	3	1	2	1	1
27	Edwards, Aaron	HFFL	85%	1	0	14	11	3	8	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	3
24	Firrito, Michael	FB	73%	1	0	11	6	5	1	0	5	0	3	1	1	3	1
38	Gibson, Josh	HBFL	82%	0	0	16	5	11	5	0	3	1	3	1	1	2	1
6	Grant, Shannon	FPR	87%	1	0	17	9	8	5	0	2	5	3	0	1	1	2
31	Hale, David	CHF	79%	0	0	8	5	3	3	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0
4	Harris, Daniel	RO	70%	0	0	14	7	7	3	0	3	3	2	0	1	2	2
29	Harvey, Brent	WR	75%	1	0	7	3	4	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	1
21	Jones, Corey	FPL	92%	0	0	12	6	6	6	0	3	1	4	1	2	3	0
1	McIntosh, Hamish	RU	89%	1	0	8	5	3	0	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
42	McMahon, Scott	INT	75%	0	0	7	5	2	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	3	1
20	Petrie, Drew	FF	100%	1	0	8	6	2	5	7	3	0	3	1	3	1	4
30	Pratt, Daniel	BPL	86%	0	0	17	14	3	5	0	2	1	8	2	6	6	4
3	Rawlings, Brady	RR	77%	0	0	15	8	7	0	0	6	1	2	2	1	0	4
32	Sansbury, Eddie	INT	78%	0	1	13	6	7	2	0	2	0	7	0	2	0	2
7	Simpson, Adam (c)	C	84%	0	0	27	20	7	3	2	2	9	6	3	1	2	2
9	Sinclair, Jess	INT	76%	0	0	17	9	8	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	5	4
10	Smith, Jesse	HBFR	90%	0	0	15	5	10	4	0	2	0	5	0	2	2	2
19	Swallow, Andrew	INT	65%	0	0	12	4	8	0	0	6	1	3	0	1	0	1
36	Watt, Shannon	CHB	99%	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1
8	Wells, Daniel	WL	84%	1	0	17	7	10	3	0	3	2	1	1	1	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				8	2	275	151	124	63	20	52	28	67	18	35	35	38

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
	30	D. Pratt	24	M. Firrito	11	G. Archer	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
	38	J. Gibson	36	S. Watt	10	J. Smith
	9	J. Kelly	21	C. Mooney	20	S. Johnson
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	8	D. Wells	7	A. Simpson (c)	29	B. Harvey
	11	J. Corey	3	J. Bartel	44	C. Enright	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							1	H. McIntosh	42	S. McMahon
HALF-FORWARD							3	B. Rawlings	32	E. Sansbury
	27	A. Edwards	31	D. Hale	16	L. Brown	4	D. Harris	9	J. Sinclair
	40	D. Wojcinski	39	D. Milburn	4	A. Mackie			19	A. Swallow
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	21	C. Jones	20	D. Petrie	6	S. Grant
	2	T. Harley (c)	30	M. Scarlett	8	J. Hunt
BACK
Kangaroos							Coach: Dani Laidley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:20
	KANG	Aaron Edwards goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	03:05
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	05:51
	KANG	Michael Firrito goal	2.0.12	-	2.0.12	12:19
	KANG	Hamish McIntosh goal	2.0.12	-	3.0.18	14:01
	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	3.0.18	-	3.0.18	15:36
	GEEL	Nathan Ablett behind	3.1.19	-	3.0.18	17:10
	GEEL	Max Rooke behind	3.2.20	-	3.0.18	18:34
	GEEL	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	3.0.18	23:19
	GEEL	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	3.0.18	27:25
	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	3.5.23	-	3.0.18	28:33
Q2	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	4.5.29	-	3.0.18	00:52
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes behind	4.6.30	-	3.0.18	03:08
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	5.6.36	-	3.0.18	07:44
	GEEL	Mark Blake behind	5.7.37	-	3.0.18	10:51
	KANG	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	3.1.19	13:28
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	6.7.43	-	3.1.19	15:53
	GEEL	Rushed behind	6.8.44	-	3.1.19	18:10
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	7.8.50	-	3.1.19	18:57
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel goal	8.8.56	-	3.1.19	20:15
	KANG	Shannon Grant goal	8.8.56	-	4.1.25	21:21
	GEEL	Max Rooke behind	8.9.57	-	4.1.25	22:59
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	9.9.63	-	4.1.25	25:48
	GEEL	Joel Selwood behind	9.10.64	-	4.1.25	27:18
	GEEL	Nathan Ablett goal	10.10.70	-	4.1.25	28:19
Q3	GEEL	Rushed behind	10.11.71	-	4.1.25	06:56
	GEEL	Rushed behind	10.12.72	-	4.1.25	07:37
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	10.13.73	-	4.1.25	08:20
	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	11.13.79	-	4.1.25	09:21
	GEEL	Nathan Ablett goal	12.13.85	-	4.1.25	11:17
	GEEL	Rushed behind	12.14.86	-	4.1.25	14:59
	KANG	Leigh Brown goal	12.14.86	-	5.1.31	17:15
	KANG	Drew Petrie goal	12.14.86	-	6.1.37	20:16
	GEEL	Paul Chapman behind	12.15.87	-	6.1.37	23:16
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	13.15.93	-	6.1.37	24:29
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	14.15.99	-	6.1.37	26:09
	GEEL	Cam Mooney behind	14.16.100	-	6.1.37	27:41
	GEEL	Brad Ottens goal	15.16.106	-	6.1.37	29:05
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	16.16.112	-	6.1.37	30:59
Q4	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	17.16.118	-	6.1.37	02:24
	GEEL	Brad Ottens goal	18.16.124	-	6.1.37	05:34
	KANG	Eddie Sansbury behind	18.16.124	-	6.2.38	08:52
	KANG	Brent Harvey goal	18.16.124	-	7.2.44	10:10
	KANG	Daniel Wells goal	18.16.124	-	8.2.50	15:10
	GEEL	Corey Enright goal	19.16.130	-	8.2.50	17:45
	GEEL	Nathan Ablett goal	20.16.136	-	8.2.50	19:46
	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	20.17.137	-	8.2.50	22:09
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie goal	21.17.143	-	8.2.50	24:54
	GEEL	Corey Enright goal	22.17.149	-	8.2.50	25:57
	GEEL	Paul Chapman goal	23.17.155	-	8.2.50	28:52
	GEEL	Shannon Byrnes behind	23.18.156	-	8.2.50	29:52

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