Geelong Cats v Western Bulldogs – Preliminary Final 2008 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2008 AFLPreliminary FinalFri, 19 Sept, 7:40 pm AEST

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12.117.12

Geelong by 29

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GEE	5.3 33	8.8 56	10.9 69	12.11 83
WBD	4.3 27	5.5 35	7.9 51	7.12 54

MCG, MelbourneMostly sunny, 18°Lead changes 4

Recap

Geelong 12.11 (83) beat the Western Bulldogs 7.12 (54) at MCG in the Preliminary Final, a 29-point win.

Geelong led at every change.

Steve Johnson kicked two goals for Geelong and Max Rooke two; Shaun Higgins kicked two for Bulldogs.

Jimmy Bartel led the way with 27 disposals and a goal.

A run of six straight goals across the first and second quarters turned a 11-point deficit into a 27-point lead.

Geelong won the inside-50 count 56–43 and won the clearances 36–23.

Best on ground

Geelong · #3 · 89% game time

More from Preliminary finals

Geelong Cats12.1183

Western Bulldogs7.1254

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

2:03BehindC. LingGEE0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
4:10GoalM. StokesGEE1.1 (7) – 0.0 (0)
5:17BehindS. HigginsWBD1.1 (7) – 0.1 (1)
6:43BehindS. HigginsWBD1.1 (7) – 0.2 (2)
8:05GoalS. HigginsWBDLead change1.1 (7) – 1.2 (8)
9:55GoalJ. BartelGEELead change2.1 (13) – 1.2 (8)
12:21GoalB. JohnsonWBDLead change2.1 (13) – 2.2 (14)
15:12GoalS. HigginsWBD2.1 (13) – 3.2 (20)
17:39RushedGeelongGEE2.2 (14) – 3.2 (20)
18:03RushedGeelongGEE2.3 (15) – 3.2 (20)
21:01GoalJ. AkermanisWBD2.3 (15) – 4.2 (26)
24:35GoalD. WojcinskiGEE3.3 (21) – 4.2 (26)
26:33GoalM. RookeGEELead change4.3 (27) – 4.2 (26)
28:25BehindN. EagletonWBDLevel4.3 (27) – 4.3 (27)
29:24GoalT. LonerganGEE5.3 (33) – 4.3 (27)

0:48BehindM. HahnWBD5.3 (33) – 4.4 (28)
1:18RushedBulldogsWBD5.3 (33) – 4.5 (29)
5:28BehindD. WojcinskiGEE5.4 (34) – 4.5 (29)
7:18RushedGeelongGEE5.5 (35) – 4.5 (29)
11:15BehindC. MooneyGEE5.6 (36) – 4.5 (29)
12:41GoalS. JohnsonGEE6.6 (42) – 4.5 (29)
15:58GoalT. HarleyGEE7.6 (48) – 4.5 (29)
19:11RushedGeelongGEE7.7 (49) – 4.5 (29)
20:29GoalB. OttensGEE8.7 (55) – 4.5 (29)
21:48RushedGeelongGEE8.8 (56) – 4.5 (29)
22:41GoalN. EagletonWBD8.8 (56) – 5.5 (35)

1:19GoalT. VarcoeGEE9.8 (62) – 5.5 (35)
7:16RushedBulldogsWBD9.8 (62) – 5.6 (36)
9:53BehindJ. SelwoodGEE9.9 (63) – 5.6 (36)
12:40GoalJ. HarbrowWBD9.9 (63) – 6.6 (42)
15:22GoalJ. HarbrowWBD9.9 (63) – 7.6 (48)
19:33RushedBulldogsWBD9.9 (63) – 7.7 (49)
21:22BehindW. MinsonWBD9.9 (63) – 7.8 (50)
23:07BehindM. HahnWBD9.9 (63) – 7.9 (51)
24:03GoalC. MooneyGEE10.9 (69) – 7.9 (51)