2015 AFL Round 23: Geelong v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 2015 between Geelong and Adelaide during round 23 of the 2015 AFL season. Geelong hosted Adelaide at Simonds Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Taylor Walker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Scott Camporeale.

Geelong
Back: J. Kolodjashnij, T. Lonergan, C. Enright
Half-back: C. Guthrie, H. Taylor, A. Mackie
Centre: S. Motlop, J. Selwood (capt.), N. Cockatoo
Half-forward: C. Gregson, N. Vardy, M. Stokes
Forward: D. Menzel, T. Hawkins, S. Johnson
Follower: M. Blicavs, J. Kelly, J. Thurlow
Int.: J. Bartel, J. Cowan, G. Horlin-Smith
Sub.: J. Walker

Adelaide
Back: J. Lever, K. Hartigan, R. Laird
Half-back: R. Douglas, D. Talia, R. Henderson
Centre: B. Smith, R. Sloane, R. Atkins
Half-forward: C. Cameron, T. Walker (capt.), E. Betts
Forward: T. Lynch, J. Jenkins, L. Brown
Follower: S. Jacobs, P. Dangerfield, S. Thompson
Int.: M. Crouch, R. Knight, N. van Berlo
Sub.: J. Lyons

Geelong (17.17.119) defeated Adelaide (11.14.80).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (3), N. Vardy (3), J. Walker (3), S. Johnson (2), J. Cowan, C. Guthrie, G. Horlin-Smith, A. Mackie, J. Selwood, M. Stokes
Adelaide: E. Betts (4), T. Lynch (2), J. Jenkins, R. Sloane, B. Smith, S. Thompson, T. Walker

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Adelaide remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Geelong v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 5 September 2015
Time: 1:05 PM
Venue: Simonds Stadium
Attendance: 26,128

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Adelaide
Score: 17.17.119 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	5	.	6	8	.	9	11	.	11	17	.	17	17	.	17	(119)
Adelaide	1	.	3	3	.	8	9	.	12	11	.	14	11	.	14	(80)
Margin	GEEL by 27			GEEL by 31			GEEL by 11			GEEL by 39			GEEL by 39
Duration	31:01			29:47			30:47			29:59			2:01:34

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Scott Camporeale (Adelaide)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Taylor Walker (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), S. McInerney (#30), B. Rosebury (#8), E: D. Harris (#24)
Goal Umpire: D. Dixon, D. Wilson, E: A. Wojcik
Boundary Umpire: I. Burrows, A. Coote, C. Esler, S. Jones

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Andrew Mackie	GEEL	4	3
Joel Selwood	GEEL	14	2
Corey Enright	GEEL	44	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Andrew Mackie	GEEL	4	10	2	0	0	0	0
Joel Selwood	GEEL	14	7	0	1	1	0	0
Cameron Guthrie	GEEL	29	6	0	1	0	1	0
Corey Enright	GEEL	44	5	0	0	1	1	0
Eddie Betts	ADEL	18	1	0	0	0	0	1
Daniel Talia	ADEL	12	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Bartel, Jimmy	INT	88%	0	0	26	14	12	10	0	4	5	3	0	1	3	3
46	Blicavs, Mark	RU	90%	0	0	15	5	10	2	11	4	2	2	0	1	0	0
5	Cockatoo, Nakia	WR	77%	0	2	12	9	3	5	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	5
18	Cowan, Josh	INT	73%	1	1	14	6	8	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	3
44	Enright, Corey	BPR	86%	0	0	32	23	9	11	0	2	2	5	1	1	5	3
28	Gregson, Cory	HFFL	81%	0	0	12	4	8	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	4
29	Guthrie, Cameron	HBFL	76%	1	0	33	13	20	2	0	9	4	1	0	1	1	3
26	Hawkins, Tom	FF	88%	3	0	10	7	3	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2
33	Horlin-Smith, George	INT	82%	1	1	19	8	11	3	0	1	3	1	1	0	1	0
20	Johnson, Steve	FPR	96%	2	6	21	15	6	10	0	0	3	4	0	1	0	3
9	Kelly, James	RR	86%	0	0	30	19	11	6	0	9	5	6	0	1	2	9
8	Kolodjashnij, Jake	BPL	92%	0	0	12	5	7	2	0	4	0	1	1	0	3	0
13	Lonergan, Tom	FB	89%	0	1	16	8	8	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1
4	Mackie, Andrew	HBFR	85%	1	0	34	20	14	11	0	4	0	0	1	0	5	2
10	Menzel, Daniel	FPL↓	52%	0	0	5	1	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
32	Motlop, Steven	WL	92%	0	2	15	11	4	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	4
14	Selwood, Joel (c)	C	80%	1	1	34	19	15	5	0	8	6	3	5	2	0	4
27	Stokes, Mathew	HFFR	92%	1	1	33	11	22	12	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	4
7	Taylor, Harry	CHB	94%	0	1	15	10	5	9	0	4	1	1	0	0	2	3
40	Thurlow, Jackson	RO	89%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
30	Vardy, Nathan	CHF	75%	3	0	15	7	8	8	12	4	1	2	1	1	0	0
34	Walker, Josh	SUB↑	38%	3	0	6	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				17	17	421	227	194	121	23	70	38	43	14	13	30	55

J. Walker replaced D. Menzel during the third quarter.

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Atkins, Rory	WR	78%	0	0	12	6	6	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2
18	Betts, Eddie	HFFR	92%	4	2	12	8	4	4	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1
16	Brown, Luke	FPR	88%	0	0	9	7	2	3	0	4	0	1	1	0	4	0
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	84%	0	2	11	5	6	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2
44	Crouch, Matt	INT	76%	0	0	25	10	15	0	0	6	3	2	1	0	2	1
32	Dangerfield, Patrick	RR	85%	0	0	25	12	13	1	1	3	6	5	1	1	2	3
26	Douglas, Richard	HBFL	86%	0	1	24	13	11	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	7
15	Hartigan, Kyle	FB	92%	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0
45	Henderson, Ricky	HBFR	86%	0	0	30	11	19	9	0	2	3	3	1	0	4	2
24	Jacobs, Sam	RU	87%	0	0	10	6	4	2	52	1	1	3	1	1	0	1
4	Jenkins, Josh	FF	87%	1	1	13	9	4	9	3	1	0	4	0	2	1	4
39	Knight, Riley	INT	85%	0	0	7	3	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
29	Laird, Rory	BPR	91%	0	0	26	12	14	7	0	1	1	1	0	1	6	3
6	Lever, Jake	BPL	75%	0	0	6	4	2	4	0	2	0	3	0	2	1	0
27	Lynch, Tom	FPL	95%	2	1	17	14	3	7	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	3
31	Lyons, Jarryd	SUB↑	47%	0	0	11	3	8	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	1
9	Sloane, Rory	C	81%	1	0	20	11	9	5	1	7	3	7	2	1	1	3
33	Smith, Brodie	WL↓	26%	1	0	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	2
12	Talia, Daniel	CHB	92%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	0
5	Thompson, Scott	RO	86%	1	0	23	8	15	3	0	6	4	5	1	1	1	2
7	van Berlo, Nathan	INT	89%	0	0	19	13	6	7	0	4	1	4	2	1	5	3
13	Walker, Taylor (c)	CHF	95%	1	1	13	10	3	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2
Rushed					6
Total (22 players)				11	14	336	185	151	83	57	52	31	57	13	14	36	45

J. Lyons replaced B. Smith.

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: Chris Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	6	J. Lever	15	K. Hartigan	29	R. Laird	46	M. Blicavs	3	J. Bartel
	20	S. Johnson	26	T. Hawkins	10	D. Menzel	9	J. Kelly	18	J. Cowan
FORWARD							40	J. Thurlow	33	G. Horlin-Smith
HALF-BACK									34	J. Walker
	26	R. Douglas	12	D. Talia	45	R. Henderson
	27	M. Stokes	30	N. Vardy	28	C. Gregson
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	33	B. Smith	9	R. Sloane	21	R. Atkins
	5	N. Cockatoo	14	J. Selwood (c)	32	S. Motlop	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							24	S. Jacobs	44	M. Crouch
HALF-FORWARD							32	P. Dangerfield	39	R. Knight
	23	C. Cameron	13	T. Walker (c)	18	E. Betts	5	S. Thompson	7	N. van Berlo
	4	A. Mackie	7	H. Taylor	29	C. Guthrie			31	J. Lyons
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	27	T. Lynch	4	J. Jenkins	16	L. Brown
	44	C. Enright	13	T. Lonergan	8	J. Kolodjashnij
BACK
Adelaide							Coach: Scott Camporeale

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ADEL	Eddie Betts behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	03:07
	GEEL	Harry Taylor behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	05:45
	GEEL	Joel Selwood behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	06:46
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan behind	0.3.3	-	0.1.1	07:33
	ADEL	Charlie Cameron behind	0.3.3	-	0.2.2	10:27
	ADEL	Brodie Smith goal	0.3.3	-	1.2.8	13:58
	GEEL	Josh Cowan goal	1.3.9	-	1.2.8	15:54
	ADEL	Josh Jenkins behind	1.3.9	-	1.3.9	18:21
	GEEL	Rushed behind	1.4.10	-	1.3.9	20:40
	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	1.5.11	-	1.3.9	22:19
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	2.5.17	-	1.3.9	24:20
	GEEL	Nakia Cockatoo behind	2.6.18	-	1.3.9	25:22
	GEEL	Joel Selwood goal	3.6.24	-	1.3.9	26:37
	GEEL	George Horlin-Smith goal	4.6.30	-	1.3.9	28:57
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	5.6.36	-	1.3.9	30:54
Q2	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	5.7.37	-	1.3.9	02:51
	ADEL	Rory Sloane goal	5.7.37	-	2.3.15	04:25
	ADEL	Tom Lynch behind	5.7.37	-	2.4.16	06:10
	GEEL	Steven Motlop behind	5.8.38	-	2.4.16	07:08
	ADEL	Richard Douglas behind	5.8.38	-	2.5.17	08:57
	GEEL	Nathan Vardy goal	6.8.44	-	2.5.17	10:51
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	6.8.44	-	2.6.18	13:33
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	6.8.44	-	3.6.24	15:16
	GEEL	Josh Cowan behind	6.9.45	-	3.6.24	17:37
	ADEL	Rushed behind	6.9.45	-	3.7.25	18:55
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	7.9.51	-	3.7.25	24:01
	GEEL	Nathan Vardy goal	8.9.57	-	3.7.25	26:33
	ADEL	Rushed behind	8.9.57	-	3.8.26	27:50
Q3	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	8.10.58	-	3.8.26	01:30
	GEEL	Nakia Cockatoo behind	8.11.59	-	3.8.26	02:23
	ADEL	Eddie Betts goal	8.11.59	-	4.8.32	04:20
	ADEL	Eddie Betts behind	8.11.59	-	4.9.33	06:48
	ADEL	Rushed behind	8.11.59	-	4.10.34	08:50
	ADEL	Tom Lynch goal	8.11.59	-	5.10.40	09:20
	ADEL	Eddie Betts goal	8.11.59	-	6.10.46	13:10
	ADEL	Tom Lynch goal	8.11.59	-	7.10.52	14:51
	ADEL	Scott Thompson goal	8.11.59	-	8.10.58	18:01
	GEEL	Cameron Guthrie goal	9.11.65	-	8.10.58	19:33
	GEEL	Josh Walker goal	10.11.71	-	8.10.58	21:33
	ADEL	Rushed behind	10.11.71	-	8.11.59	24:31
	GEEL	Nathan Vardy goal	11.11.77	-	8.11.59	25:06
	ADEL	Charlie Cameron behind	11.11.77	-	8.12.60	27:27
	ADEL	Eddie Betts goal	11.11.77	-	9.12.66	29:31
Q4	GEEL	Mathew Stokes behind	11.12.78	-	9.12.66	00:54
	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	11.13.79	-	9.12.66	02:38
	GEEL	Josh Walker goal	12.13.85	-	9.12.66	04:56
	ADEL	Rushed behind	12.13.85	-	9.13.67	05:55
	GEEL	Andrew Mackie goal	13.13.91	-	9.13.67	07:03
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	14.13.97	-	9.13.67	09:09
	ADEL	Eddie Betts goal	14.13.97	-	10.13.73	12:39
	GEEL	Josh Walker goal	15.13.103	-	10.13.73	13:42
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	16.13.109	-	10.13.73	19:21
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	17.13.115	-	10.13.73	21:05
	ADEL	Josh Jenkins goal	17.13.115	-	11.13.79	22:48
	GEEL	George Horlin-Smith behind	17.14.116	-	11.13.79	24:42
	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	17.15.117	-	11.13.79	26:21
	GEEL	Steve Johnson behind	17.16.118	-	11.13.79	27:16
	GEEL	Steven Motlop behind	17.17.119	-	11.13.79	27:31
	ADEL	Rushed behind	17.17.119	-	11.14.80	29:56

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