Blog log from R19 of 2025: Geelong vs St Kilda

Hill has time in the centre to pick out a target inside 50 on a switch rebound, he has Steele running forward to 40m in the corridor who punches his kick too low, Stanley cuts off. (Q1 5:57)
Blicavs trots inside from outer wing and goes to the fat side where Martin has run forward of Wood, he marks and gives a Joe the Goose special to Cameron for the first goal. (Q1 7:12)
Dempsey intercepts on outer wing and pumps a repeat inside 50 kick to a pack 20m out in the pocket where Martin marks in front of Hill and curls in the goal off the right. (Q1 9:35)
Mannagh receives in the pocket from Stengle 25m out, no one in the square so he tries a bouncing snap… takes the perfect off break through for a goal! (Q1 14:28)
Might not be St Kilda’s day when those kind of shots are going through for the Cats. (Q1 14:28)
Martin marks again in the pocket and centres quickly for Mannagh in the square for another one for the Cats. One-way traffic in early going in the wintry sunshine. (Q1 19:28)
Dangerfield stooges the ump for a 50m penalty for some late but very soft contact by Caminiti on the HFF, charity goal to the Geelong captain from the goal line. (Q1 23:33)
Stewart roves a long ball to the top of the Saints goalsquare but runs straight into a roadblock set up by Steele and Wanganeen-Milera, the latter gets the HTB free and goals. (Q1 26:03)
Sinclair gathers a loose kick on members wing and hits Sharman 40m out near the boundary with a nice touch kick in between the Cat zone. Sharman shoots across the face. (Q1 29:28)
Stewart intercepts at half back and starts a rebound straight up the corridor, Mannagh has Stengle over the back for the finish from 30m on a slight angle. (Q1 30:59)
Boxshall is almost caught in possession at half forward but Sinclair uses good vision to pass clear of congestion to Owens 35m out in front, Mitchito kicks truly. (Q1 32:13)
Heath reaches over Jack Henry to mark a long Wilkie kick up the guts from the centre towards the top of the square, but he shanks to the left. (Q2 1:54)
Wood tries a Daicos special from the boundary next to the behind post under pressure from Holmes on the chase, the ball dribbles and evades the near goalpost to roll through! (Q2 5:54)
Cameron gathers a loose ball near the boundary 40m out and turns towards the line away from Stocker, looks inside then goes himself off the left… slots it like the champ he is! (Q2 7:24)
Macrae’s centre clearance from the next bounce swerves and drops, Owens gets to it in front of De Koning to mark 45m out and convert. (Q2 8:39)
Mannagh sends a high ball to a pack at the hotspot from the HFF, Martin flies over a flat-footed Hill to clunk the mark and boot his second goal. (Q2 11:07)
Henry is paid a dubious mark 45m out on the flank but his set shot falls in the square for O’Sullivan to rush. (Q2 12:54)
Short kick in to O’Connor invites pressure, MOC is pinged for a high fend on Higgins, who gets up rubbing his jaw and converts from 20m in front. (Q2 13:55)
Stewart it was whose kick in was to a blade of grass at O’Connor’s feet, a rare clanger from him. (Q2 14:39)
Humphries curls a clever centring ball from the HFF for Blicavs to take a contested grab, he gives off to Cameron to snap his third goal from 30m. (Q2 16:09)
Holmes sharks Heath at a stoppage on outer wing and kicks long and hard to the hotspot for Dangerfield to mark leading out of the square in front of Wilkie to 20m… hits the post. (Q2 17:39)
O’Connor passes to the lead of Dangerfield in front of Caminiti 35m out near the boundary, this one also misses near side right. (Q2 21:21)
Higgins is at the foot of the pack for a contest at the top of the square by Henry to Owens’ long speculator for a classic crumber’s goal. (Q2 23:14)
Byrnes makes a late decision to handball instead of kick but gets caught HTB by Close, who misses from the hotspot. (Q2 25:27)
Wilson roves in the pocket and gives behind to Henry who tries exactly the same kick that worked for Mannagh in Q1… this one rolls straight across the face for a point. (Q2 27:16)
Sharman roves near the hotspot and rides a tackle to give to Higgins who passes very short to Wood, mark paid 30m out on a slight angle which he converts. (Q2 28:40)
The Saints are well-matched on the Cats, and have hung in at times where other teams might have been run over. (Q2 29:20)
After Dangerfield wins a hard footy in the centre to earn a free, Cameron marks a Dempsey pass in front of Hill 40m out on the flank and boots his fourth goal. (Q2 32:36)
Wilkie roves in defence 20m out but after taking one step is caught HTB by Stengle, who fades the goal in from right to left. (Q3 1:51)
Wagnaneen-Milera roves Stanley at the next bounce and hits the lead of Sharman 45m out in front, nothing O’Sullivan could do there. Sharman kicks straight. (Q3 3:10)
Caminiti gets back just in time to touch through a Mannagh snap from 30m. (Q3 5:19)
Wanganeen-Milera takes a link mark on the HFF and bullets a low pass for Owens 30m out in the corridor, who pushes the set shot to the left. (Q3 6:32)
Cameron shoots to the left from a stoppage at half forward. (Q3 9:08)
Dempsey rolls through a goal from another stoppage at half forward. (Q3 11:49)
Cameron has Mannagh all on his own over the back for another downhill goal. A cold day at Kardinia and the ski lifts are open. (Q3 14:34)
Wanganeen-Milera hits the post after marking 40m out on a slight angle. (Q3 16:07)
Dangerfield piles on with another one. The floodgates have opened. (Q3 18:07)
Close adds another one from the next bounce, it’s a destroyation. (Q3 19:13)
Henry marks a Steele pass 35m out in front. Saints have probably let this one slip already, but Henry converts. (Q3 24:08)
Mannagh roves and checksides across the face from 30m on a slight angle. (Q3 25:36)
Blicavs chips in front of Neale’s lead to mark a Dempsey kick from outer wing to 40m on the flank, he shoots across the face to the right. (Q3 27:38)
Neale flies over Wilkie for a contested grab from a Close chip to the pocket 30m out, he also shoots across the face to the right. (Q3 29:38)
Mannagh marks a Dempsey repeat inside 50 kick to 35m on the flank… yep, across the face to the right. (Q3 30:53)
Wanganeen-Milera snaps the first goal of Q4 junk time from the square. (Q4 0:41)
Henry’s chase forces a Close snap narrow to the left from 40m on a slight angle. (Q4 4:56)
Stewart juggles a mark in front of Jack Henry at the hotspot and converts. (Q4 6:59)
Owens clunks a long kick to the top of the square by Hall, the absence of Stewart from injury now telling. But he chips it to the left, disappointingly. (Q4 9:37)
Atkins feeds outside a pack in the pocket to Bowes who tries a running checkside from 25m, that one curls in. (Q4 15:12)
If one was needed at this stage, that was the official sealer, but this game hasn’t been close since HT. (Q4 16:02)
Wilkie strips Blicavs in a crunching tackle on outer wing, Macrae passes to Tauru 30m out in the pocket, who misses. (Q4 19:01)
Stengle tries the same trick as Bowes from the same spot but his checkside floats across the face for a point. (Q4 21:39)
Higgins misses a high snap from the boundary 20m out. (Q4 26:06)
Cameron marks a Smith long ball from outer wing over Hastie 30m out on a slight angle for goal number five. (Q4 26:41)
Hall misses a snap from half forward with barely a minute to go. (Q4 29:25)
Hall passes to the pocket 30m out for Sharman leading in front of De Koning, he draws in a lovely set shot from left to right and in. (Q4 29:42)