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9.6.60
Sydney
15.8.98
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Geelong
Sydney
Q1
3.1.19
4.2.26

    Geelong Events

  • 10 mins - Goal, N.Cockatoo
  • 19 mins - Goal, D.Menzel
  • 22 mins - Goal, T.Hawkins
  • 30 mins - Behind, C.Enright

    Geelong and Sydney Events

  • 1 mins - Goal, K.Jack
  • 4 mins - Goal, L.Franklin
  • 8 mins - Goal, D.Towers
  • 11 mins - Behind, T.Richards
  • 12 mins - Goal, C.Mills
  • 17 mins - Rushed Behind
Q2
5.1.31
7.4.46

    Geelong Events

  • 3 mins - Goal, Z.Smith
  • 9 mins - Goal, D.Menzel

    Geelong and Sydney Events

  • 12 mins - Goal, Z.Jones
  • 18 mins - Behind, G.Rohan
  • 19 mins - Goal, T.Papley
  • 21 mins - Goal, G.Hewett
  • 27 mins - Behind, T.Richards
Q3
7.4.46
11.7.73

    Geelong Events

  • 9 mins - Goal, C.Enright
  • 12 mins - Behind, P.Dangerfield
  • 20 mins - Behind, J.Bartel
  • 25 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 26 mins - Goal, J.Murdoch

    Geelong and Sydney Events

  • 3 mins - Behind, J.Kennedy
  • 3 mins - Behind, T.Mitchell
  • 4 mins - Goal, J.Lloyd
  • 11 mins - Goal, K.Jack
  • 14 mins - Behind, L.Franklin
  • 17 mins - Goal, T.Richards
  • 21 mins - Goal, L.Parker
Q4
9.6.60
15.8.98

    Geelong Events

  • 3 mins - Rushed Behind
  • 9 mins - Goal, P.Dangerfield
  • 15 mins - Behind, J.Selwood
  • 21 mins - Goal, T.Hawkins

    Geelong and Sydney Events

  • 2 mins - Goal, J.Kennedy
  • 6 mins - Behind, J.Rose
  • 8 mins - Goal, D.Towers
  • 18 mins - Goal, T.Papley
  • 27 mins - Goal, K.Jack

Scorers

Geelong
Sydney
Goal Scorers Geelong Sydney
Goals and Behinds Hawkins (2.0), Menzel (2.0), Dangerfield (1.1), Enright (1.1), Cockatoo (1.0), Murdoch (1.0), Smith (1.0), Bartel (0.1), Selwood (0.1) Jack (3.0), Papley (2.0), Towers (2.0), Richards (1.2), Franklin (1.1), Kennedy (1.1), Hewett (1.0), Jones (1.0), Lloyd (1.0), Mills (1.0), Parker (1.0), Mitchell (0.1), Rohan (0.1), Rose (0.1)

Team Statistics

Geelong
Sydney

Statistics

Geelong Sydney
Goals 9 15
Behinds 6 8
Scoring shots 19 24
Goals/scoring shots 47 63
Disposals 337 373
GeelongGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
J.Bartel 16 10 3 6 10 5 0 1 0 1
M.Blicavs 15 6 1 9 11 4 0 2 11 3
M.Clark 10 3 3 7 6 3 0 2 5 1
N.Cockatoo 14 9 4 5 9 5 1 2 0 1
P.Dangerfield 34 22 6 12 16 4 8 0 0 7
M.Duncan 24 13 3 11 7 7 1 1 0 3
C.Enright 19 11 5 8 5 2 1 2 0 1
C.Guthrie 15 7 3 8 3 1 0 0 1 1
T.Hawkins 8 5 2 3 6 3 2 1 0 0
L.Henderson 10 5 4 5 5 3 0 1 0 0
J.Kolodjashnij 9 4 1 5 4 5 1 0 0 0
D.Lang 8 5 2 3 4 1 1 1 0 1
T.Lonergan 13 6 2 7 4 0 0 1 0 0
A.Mackie 28 19 5 9 12 6 2 1 0 1
L.McCarthy 7 3 2 4 2 5 0 3 0 0
D.Menzel 11 5 3 6 6 1 1 0 0 0
S.Motlop 17 10 3 7 4 4 0 1 0 1
J.Murdoch 13 9 6 4 4 1 1 0 0 1
T.Ruggles 14 8 2 6 6 3 1 0 0 0
J.Selwood 23 16 4 7 14 6 2 2 0 10
Z.Smith 14 8 3 6 7 4 1 2 16 2
H.Taylor 15 9 6 6 8 2 1 0 0 0
SydneyGoal Scorers
Players D K M H CP T FF FA HO CL
A.Aliir 15 6 5 9 7 1 0 1 0 0
L.Franklin 15 6 7 9 4 4 0 1 0 0
H.Grundy 16 8 2 8 5 1 0 2 0 0
D.Hannebery 31 13 3 18 11 5 2 1 0 5
G.Hewett 13 5 3 8 5 3 1 2 0 1
K.Jack 24 16 4 8 11 10 2 3 0 5
Z.Jones 16 9 3 7 5 2 0 1 0 1
J.Kennedy 24 14 3 10 10 9 1 0 0 2
J.Lloyd 20 16 2 4 5 3 1 0 0 1
J.McVeigh 15 7 0 8 10 3 3 0 0 1
C.Mills 23 17 6 6 6 2 0 1 0 0
T.Mitchell 33 9 0 24 21 6 1 2 0 6
S.Naismith 4 1 0 3 3 4 0 0 25 0
T.Papley 10 5 3 5 5 4 0 1 0 0
L.Parker 27 15 5 12 10 3 2 2 0 7
D.Rampe 23 14 6 9 8 1 2 0 0 0
T.Richards 9 4 3 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
G.Rohan 10 9 6 1 4 2 1 5 0 0
J.Rose 6 3 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0
C.Sinclair 5 3 0 2 3 3 2 1 8 3
N.Smith 11 9 2 2 6 4 2 0 0 1
D.Towers 23 12 5 11 11 3 2 1 2 2

Match Details

Geelong
Sydney
START TIME
7:50PM
WEATHER
Partly cloudy
VENUE
Simonds Stadium
Umpires
Shane McInerney, Simon Meredith, Brendan Hosking

AFL 2016: Sydney Swans honour Kieren Jack with stirring win over Geelong Cats

SYDNEY 4.2      7.4      11.7      15.8     (98)
GEELONG 3.1      5.1       7.4         9.6     (60)
GOALS - Sydney: Jack 3, Towers 2, Papley 2, Mills, Hewett, Kennedy, Lloyd, Franklin, Parker, Richards, Jones. 
Geelong: Menzel 2, Hawkins 2, Enright, Murdoch, Cockatoo, Dangerfield, Smith.
BEST - Sydney: Rampe, Mitchell, Kennedy, Jack, Parker, Towers.
Geelong: Dangerfield, Mackie, Selwood, Enright.
UMPIRES Meredith, McInerney, Hosking.
CROWD 24,339 at Simonds Stadium.

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Swans win for Jack

Sydney have sent the competition a message with a dominant 38-point win over Geelong at Simonds Stadium.

If football was played purely on facts and figures Sydney may as well not turned up. They were fielding one of their least experienced sides in many years, against a team with an extra week's break, at a ground where they rarely win, and Geelong nearly never lose.

But this is a game where heart and passion still matters. Against the odds, the Swans honoured Kieren Jack's 200th game by pulling off one of their finest wins of the John Longmire era and reaffirming their premiership credentials while also raising doubts over another challenger.

After a week of tumult, Jack celebrated with the first and last goal of the game. The Swans let their football do the talking with a 38-point win, their fourth victory in Geelong in 25 years and the Cats' eighth loss from their last 72 games at Simonds Stadium.

Few gave the Swans, fielding nine players yet to play 50 games, any hope of upsetting the Cats but this is a club that cannot be underestimated.

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Much of the Swans' pre-game planning bore fruit. Their re-shaped forward line, which included Ted Richards, showed they could kick a winning score even with Lance Franklin not at his best.

Their less heralded types like Dean Towers, Tom Papley and Aliir Aliir also delivered. But the grunt was done by their midfield, with Tom Mitchell, Dan Hannebery, Luke Parker and Josh Kennedy all influential.

Milestone:  Kieren Jack celebrates a goal with Callum Sinclair.
Milestone: Kieren Jack celebrates a goal with Callum Sinclair. Photo: Getty Images

The same could not be said for the Cats, whose reliance on Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood shapes as a weakness. Dangerfield finished with 34 possessions, 18 of which came in the first term, while Selwood was still one of the team's best but did not have as big an influence as normal.

The key forward combination of Tom Hawkins and Mitch Clark, in his first game since May last year, had almost zero impact.

Jack's girlfriend, Charlotte Goodlet, and his brother, Brandon, watch on.
Jack's girlfriend, Charlotte Goodlet, and his brother, Brandon, watch on.  Photo: Getty Images

The Swans made their move after half time, blowing the margin out to 40 points early in the last term as their midfield gradually wore down the disappointing hosts.

Sydney started in marked contrast to the way they finished last week. By seven minutes, they had three goals; the first coming from Jack, who was mobbed by his teammates.

They were harder, cleaner and more committed than a Cats side shaking off their cobwebs from the bye.

Gradually, the hosts worked into the contest, inspired, of course, by Dangerfield and Selwood.

Geelong's tall forwards were quiet but Daniel Menzel was proving dangerous in the air and at ground level, his second goal giving the hosts the lead.

The game had now changed complexion, played predominantly in the Swans' defensive half. It seemed a matter of when, not if, the Cats' control would be reflected on the scoreboard.

The Swans had pushed so many numbers behind the ball they had few options once they cleared the danger zone, allowing the Cats to clear with ease.

The Cats' problems started once they entered their 50, where their twin towers of Hawkins and Clark were well held by Heath Grundy, the impressive Aliir and Dane Rampe, who was zoning off his opponent effectively.

Sydney were rewarded for their perseverance midway through the second term with goals to Papley and George Hewett. Their ball movement improved, finding holes in the Cats' defence with their preparedness to honour the leading forward rather than bombing long.