2007 AFL Qualifying Final 1: Geelong v Kangaroos

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

Geelong
Back: J. Hunt, M. Scarlett, T. Harley (capt.)
Half-back: A. Mackie, D. Milburn, D. Wojcinski
Centre: C. Enright, J. Bartel, J. Corey
Half-forward: S. Johnson, C. Mooney, J. Kelly
Forward: P. Chapman, N. Ablett, M. Stokes
Follower: B. Ottens, C. Ling, G. Ablett
Int.: M. Blake, S. Byrnes, M. Rooke, J. Selwood

Kangaroos
Back: D. Pratt, M. Firrito, G. Archer
Half-back: J. Gibson, S. Watt, J. Smith
Centre: D. Wells, A. Simpson (capt.), B. Harvey
Half-forward: A. Edwards, D. Hale, L. Brown
Forward: C. Jones, D. Petrie, S. Grant
Follower: H. McIntosh, B. Rawlings, D. Harris
Int.: S. McMahon, E. Sansbury, J. Sinclair, A. Swallow

Geelong (23.18.156) defeated Kangaroos (8.2.50).

Goalkickers
Geelong: P. Chapman (5), C. Mooney (5), N. Ablett (3), G. Ablett (2), C. Enright (2), B. Ottens (2), J. Bartel, S. Johnson, A. Mackie, M. Stokes
Kangaroos: L. Brown, A. Edwards, M. Firrito, S. Grant, B. Harvey, H. McIntosh, D. Petrie, D. Wells

As a result of this match, Geelong faced Collingwood in the first preliminary final and Kangaroos faced Hawthorn in the first semi final.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final 1
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Dean Laidley (Kangaroos)
Captains: Tom Harley (Geelong), Adam Simpson (Kangaroos)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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: Dean 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