2019 Geelong Football Club season explained

Club:Geelong Football Club
Season:2019
President:Colin Carter
Coach:Chris Scott
(9th season)
Captain:Joel Selwood
(8th season)
Home Ground:GMHBA Stadium
Regularseason Comp:AFL season
Regularseason Result:16 wins, 6 losses (1st)
Finals Series:Finals series
Finals Result:Preliminary final
Club B&Amp;F:Best and Fairest
Best And Fairest:Patrick Dangerfield
Leading Goalscorer:Tom Hawkins (56)
Average Attendance:33,405
Club Membership:65,063
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2020

The 2019 season was the Geelong Football Club's 120th in the Australian Football League (AFL). It was the ninth season under senior coach Chris Scott, with Joel Selwood appointed as club captain for an eight successive year. Geelong (known as the Cats) participated in the 2019 JLT Community Series as part of their pre-season schedule, and the club's regular season began on 22 March against Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The Cats finished the home-and-away season with a 16–6 win–loss record and placed first on the league's ladder, earning Geelong their first minor premiership since the 2008 season. Progressing to the third week of the 2019 finals series, Geelong was subsequently defeated in a preliminary final against Richmond by 19 points, eliminating them before the 2019 AFL Grand Final.

Patrick Dangerfield was named Geelong's best and fairest player, polling 268 votes for the Carji Greeves Medal ahead of second-placed Tim Kelly on 259.5 votes. It was Dangerfield's third Carji Greeves Medal, having previously won the award the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Tom Hawkins was the club's leading goalkicker for the eighth successive season, scoring 56 goals. Dangerfield, Kelly and Hawkins were all selected in the 2019 All-Australian team, alongside Geelong teammate Tom Stewart. Kelly also received the AFL Coaches Association's Best Young Player award. The Cats also fielded a reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL), where they were defeated in an elimination final by Port Melbourne.

Background

Chris Scott continued as the club's senior coach for a ninth season, after signing a contract in August 2018 extending his tenure until the end of the 2022 season.[1] The Cats had four assistant coaches this season, each responsible for specific positions within games: James Rahilly (forward line), Matthew Knights and Nigel Lappin (midfield), Matthew Scarlett (back line).[2] Corey Enright was also a member of the coaching panel, fulfilling the role of development coach for Geelong's young players.[2]

Joel Selwood was appointed the club's captain for an eighth successive season, with Patrick Dangerfield and Harry Taylor sharing the role of vice-captain.[3] They were supported by a leadership group made up by teammates Mark Blicavs, Mitch Duncan and Zach Tuohy, who all remained in the group from the prior season, along with new addition Tom Stewart.[3]

Ford Australia was the major sponsor of the club for the 2019 season, continuing a long-running deal that started in 1925.[4] GMHBA was the naming rights sponsor for Geelong's home ground Kardinia Park, continuing a ten-year deal signed in October 2017 for the venue to be known as GMHBA Stadium.[5] The Cats were scheduled to play nine of their eleven home games at GMHBA Stadium for the season's home-and-away fixture; the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) hosted the club's remaining two home games against Essendon and Hawthorn.[6] [7] Geelong signed up 65,063 members and had an average home ground attendance of 33,405 spectators across the season.[8] [9]

Playing list

Changes

At the end of the 2018 season, Geelong delisted Aaron Black, Ryan Gardner, Cory Gregson, Daniel Menzel and Jordan Murdoch and Timm House from their primary list; the club also removed Stewart Crameri and Matthew Hayball from their rookie list.[10] [11] Menzel and Murdoch were later recruited by Sydney and Gold Coast respectively as delisted free agents.[12] [13] Conversely, rookies Jack Henry and Mark O'Connor were both upgraded to the Cats' senior list for 2019.[14]

Geelong were involved in six trades during the annual trade period, the first of which involved the Cats exchanging Lincoln McCarthy (along with picks 55 and 59 in the upcoming national draft) to Brisbane for picks 43 and 62.[15] Geelong used these picks to secure Nathan Kreuger from Carlton and Gary Rohan from Sydney respectively.[16] The club then traded George Horlin-Smith to Gold Coast for pick 59, and Jackson Thurlow to Sydney for pick 70;[17] [18] pick 59 was later on-traded (along with pick 60) to Collingwood in return for pick 51.[19] Additionally, Luke Dahlhaus joined the club as an unrestricted free agent.

Six players were drafted by the Cats in the 2018 national draft: Jordan Clark (pick 15), Ben Jarvis (48), Jacob Kennerley (50), Darcy Fort (65), Jake Tarca (68) and Oscar Brownless (74)—a father–son selection.[20] [21] Geelong also selected Tom Atkins (pick 11) in the rookie draft; Atkins had been playing with the club's Victorian Football League (VFL) team since 2014.[22] Gaelic footballer Stefan Okunbor was recruited to the club from Ireland as a Category B rookie, and was joined by Blake Schlensog, a graduate from Geelong's "Next Generation Academy".[23] [24]

Deletions from playing list
PlayerReason
Traded to
Traded to
Traded to
Delisted
Delisted
Delisted
Delisted
Delisted
Delisted
Delisted
Delisted
Additions to playing list
PlayerAcquired
Unrestricted free agent (from)
Traded from (pre-draft selection)
Traded from
Rookie elevation
Rookie elevation
15, 2018 national draft
48, 2018 national draft
50, 2018 national draft
65, 2018 national draft
68, 2018 national draft
74, 2018 national draft (father–son)
11, 2019 rookie draft
Category B rookie
Category B rookie

Statistics

Geelong utilised 34 players from their playing list this season;[25] of these players, five played in their first AFL game: Tom Atkins, Jordan Clark, Charlie Constable, Darcy Fort and Gryan Miers.[26] Additionally, Luke Dahlhaus and Gary Rohan played their first games for the Cats, having previously played for Western Bulldogs and Sydney respectively.[26] There was four players who played in all 25 of the club's games.[25] Tom Hawkins was the club's leading goalkicker for the eighth successive season, scoring 56 goals.[27]

Playing list and statistics
PlayerGamesGoalsBehindsKicksHandballsDisposalsMarksTacklesMilestone(s)
45 1 1 0 5 6 11 3 4
4 24 34 18 293 189 482 89 108
^30 23 5 4 122 162 284 36 110 AFL debut (round 1)[28]
24 12 3 3 94 35 129 33 30
46 25 0 3 182 154 336 124 90 150th game (round 18)[29]
20 0
12 0
6 18 11 8 171 78 249 76 48 AFL debut (round 1)
5 0
18 7 5 2 63 87 150 31 26 AFL debut (round 1)
31 0
40 24 14 16 171 262 433 71 115 Geelong debut (round 1)
35 24 27 18 352 298 650 119 104
22 23 20 6 340 241 581 172 68 200th game (round 21)[30]
13 2 0 0 10 9 19 3 10
28 3 5 0 16 7 23 6 5 AFL debut (round 9)[31]
29 20 10 4 191 177 368 70 98 150th game (round 14)[32]
^39 1 0 0 11 2 13 5 1
26 24 56 32 203 106 309 126 37 250th game (round 19)[33]
25 6 1 0 53 22 75 29 8
38 23 0 4 175 66 241 97 34
10 0
^41 0
11 25 24 18 381 254 635 89 106
21 0
8 23 0 1 167 86 253 109 33
15 0
27 12 3 6 127 101 228 58 38
32 25 28 19 229 156 385 98 48 AFL debut (round 1)
19 6 5 4 59 44 103 14 18
42 23 1 0 195 127 322 104 61
43 0
3 20 4 4 190 174 364 39 105 50th game (round 22)[34]
34 4 3 2 45 17 62 16 9
17 20 15 15 103 72 175 53 46
23 19 25 11 125 37 162 37 34 Geelong debut (round 1)
36 0
14 23 6 6 275 214 489 79 94
16 2 1 1 21 17 38 8 12
^37 0
9 3 0 0 16 21 37 7 8
1 18 7 7 138 112 250 53 46
44 25 0 2 473 107 580 185 42 50th game (round 7)[35]
33 0
7 24 3 2 186 145 331 114 40 250th game (round 14)
218 3 10 252 98 350 78 17
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^Denotes player who was on the club's standard rookie list, and therefore eligible for senior selection.
Denotes Category B rookie where player needed to be elevated to club's senior list during this season to be eligible for senior selection.[36]

Season summary

The fixture for the 2019 season was confirmed by the AFL in November 2018, with clubs playing 22 matches during the regular season and receiving a mid-season bye.[37] [38] Geelong participated in the 2019 JLT Community Series as part of their pre-season schedule, playing in two games against West Coast and Essendon.[39]

Geelong began the regular season on 22 March against Collingwood at the MCG; despite featuring six new players in their team lineup, the Cats narrowly won the game by seven points.[40] This successful start to the season continued the following week, with Geelong winning against Melbourne by 80 points; both Collingwood and Melbourne reached the preliminary finals in the previous season.[41] After an away win against Adelaide in round 3, the Cats recorded their first loss for the season against Greater Western Sydney the next week.[42] [43] Playing against arch-rival Hawthorn on Easter Monday, Geelong overcame match-day injuries to midfielder Brandan Parfitt and ruckman Esava Ratugolea to post a 23-point win.[44] This was the first of eight consecutive wins for the Cats, including a 58-point victory over reigning premier West Coast in round 6.[45] Geelong's score of 21.7 (133) against Western Bulldogs in round 9 was their highest of the season, with the Cats recording eleven individual goalkickers in their win.[46] Travelling to the MCG again in round 12, the Cats defeated Richmond by 67 points; the Tigers had won 26 of their 28 previous games at the venue.[47]

The Cats' early season success was somewhat marred by a string of on-field incidents by Cats' player Gary Ablett, beginning when Ablett was offered a one-match suspension for striking Essendon midfielder Dylan Shiel with a forearm to the head in the Cats' round 7 win.[48] After successfully appealing the suspension at the AFL Tribunal, Ablett was involved in an almost identical incident the following week with North Melbourne's Sam Wright, but was not penalised. A fortnight later, Ablett was suspended for the first time in his 331-game career when he accepted a one-match suspension for punching the jaw of Gold Coast midfielder Anthony Miles. Heading into their bye in round 13, Geelong were placed first on the league's ladder with an 11–1 win–loss record; notably the Cats had played each team that had qualified for the previous season's final series.

Geelong were defeated by Port Adelaide in their first match following their week off; it was the eighth consecutive year the Cats had lost after a mid-season bye.[49] This loss began a pattern where Geelong failed to record successive wins for the remainder of the home-and-away season, winning just five of ten matches.[50] All but one of the Cats' wins was at GMHBA Stadium; their sole away victory was against Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round 19, with Tom Hawkins scoring five goals in his 250th game.[51] Despite this inconsistent form, the Cats's still finished the regular season with a 16–6 win–loss record and placed first on the league's ladder, qualifying for the 2019 finals series and earning Geelong their first minor premiership since the 2008 season.

Leading up to the finals series, Geelong had won just three of their 12 finals since their premiership win in 2011.[52] Geelong continued this poor finals form in their qualifying final against Collingwood, losing by 10 points.[53] Geelong defeated West Coast by 20 points in the following week's semi-final, progressing to the third week of the finals series as a result.[54] Geelong were subsequently defeated in a preliminary final against Richmond by 19 points, eliminating them before the 2019 AFL Grand Final.[55] It was the first time since the introduction of the final eight system that both of the regular season's top-two teams failed to reach the Grand Final, after second-placed Brisbane lost their semi-final against Greater Western Sydney.[56] [57]

Results

H
Home game
scope=rowAAway game
scope=row style="background:#ff9; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;"QFQualifying final
scope=row style="background:#FBCEB1; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;"SFSemi-final
scope=row style="background:#CCCCFF; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;"PFPreliminary final
Table of season results[58]
RoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendance
110127291165Melbourne Cricket GroundA78,017
220612661046GMHBA StadiumH27,561
3141599101575Adelaide OvalA45,631
411975111379GMHBA StadiumH28,780
51711113131290Melbourne Cricket GroundA66,347
615141047446GMHBA StadiumH28,085
71388671254Melbourne Cricket GroundH63,527
8168104111480Marvel StadiumA21,156
9217133131189GMHBA StadiumH31,373
1013139191064Metricon StadiumA13,144
111378581563GMHBA StadiumH29,021
121681045737Melbourne Cricket GroundA65,214
13 Bye
14885691367Adelaide OvalA37,726
1514129610969GMHBA StadiumH28,108
1671355101171Marvel StadiumA35,641
171212848957GMHBA StadiumH24,035
1881361121385Melbourne Cricket GroundH53,636
19161110712880Sydney Cricket GroundA32,911
209761141195Optus StadiumA36,310
21915691814GMHBA StadiumH21,664
22101474101575The GabbaA35,608
23191512981361GMHBA StadiumH31,669
79519761Melbourne Cricket GroundH93,436rowspan="3"
13108810868Melbourne Cricket GroundH51,813
91266121385Melbourne Cricket GroundA94,423

Ladder

Reserves team

The club's reserves team, participating in the VFL, was coached by Shane O'Bree for a fourth season.[2] Aaron Black and James Tsitas were appointed co-captains, replacing Tom Atkins after he was rookie-listed in the senior team.[59]

The reserves team finished the regular season with a 11–7 win–loss record and placed sixth on the league's ladder, qualifying for the finals series as a result.[60] Geelong was subsequently defeated in an elimination final by Port Melbourne.[61]

Awards

Geelong held their player awards night at Crown Palladium on 3 October, with former player Doug Wade presenting the club's best and fairest award, the Carji Greeves Medal.[62] [63] The award was won by Patrick Dangerfield, who received 268 votes; runner-up Tim Kelly polled 259.5 votes, with Tom Stewart in third place on 151 votes.[62] It was Dangerfield's third Carji Greeves Medal, having previously won the award in 2016 and 2017.[64] Additionally, Scott Selwood received the Tom Harley Award, for best representing the club's values, and Tom Hawkins was presented with the Community Champion award.[62] Gryan Miers was named the club's Best Young Player.[62]

Dangerfield, Kelly, Hawkins and Stewart were all selected in the honorary 2019 All-Australian team.[65] Teammates Gary Ablett and Mark Blicavs were initially shortlisted but ultimately not selected in the final team.[66] Kelly also received the AFL Coaches Association's Best Young Player award.[67] Geelong had three players, Charlie Constable (round two), Miers (round eight) and Jordan Clark (round fifteen), who were nominated for the season's Rising Star award.[68] [69] [70]

Table of awards received by Geelong players
AwardAwarded byPlayerResult
All-Australian teamAustralian Football League
AFL Rising Star
Leigh Matthews Trophy for Most Valuable PlayerAFL Players Association[71]
Best Captain
Robert Rose Award for Most Courageous Player
Best First Year Player
Best Young PlayerAFL Coaches Association
Carji Greeves MedalGeelong Football Club
Best Young Player
Tom Harley Award
Community Champion
VFL best and fairest[72]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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