Retired Cameron Ling (2000-2011)

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Cameron Ling


Fast Facts

Jumper No: 45
Height: 189 cm
Weight: 94 kg
DOB: 27 February 1981
Recruited From: Geelong U18

 

[thehoff]

Re: No. 45 Cameron Ling

Outlook
Very much the heartbeat of the Cats, Ling had another superb season in 2008, claiming some of the game’s biggest scalps as well as winning plenty of the ball himself. Would have played every game but for a crude tackle by Fremantle’s Dean Solomon in round 15. Shut down Hawthorn skipper Sam Mitchell in the Grand Final and blanketed North Melbourne star Brent Harvey in round 21. Surprisingly, his efforts weren’t recognised with selection in the All-Australian squad of 40 after making the 22-man side in 2007. Rounded out another consistent season by finishing fourth in the best and fairest.

SEASON BY SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

2008
# Played 23 of 25 games and kicked 15 goals
# Played al three finals including grand final
# Had double figure possessions in 22 games, and at least 20 possessions in 20 games
# Equaled career best with eight tackles in qualifying final win over St Kilda
# 100th career goal came in rd 14 win over Crows
# Ranked 4th in best & fairest voting
# Won coach’s award
# Ranked 19th in AFL with 546 disposals and 12th in handballs with 309

2007
# Won first premiership medal in grand final win over Port Adelaide
# Selected in All Australian team for first time
# Played 24 games and kicked career best 28 goals
# Kicked equal career best three goals on four occasions
# Equaled career best with eight tackles vs. West Coast in rd 7
# Kicked 28 goals from 34 scoring shots, an 82% conversion rate
# Registered double figure possessions in all 24 games
# Finished 3rd in best & fairest voting
# Played 150th game in rd 15 win over Collingwood at the MCG

2006
# Ranked 4th in best & fairest voting
# Member of Cats NAB Cup grand final win over the Crows
# Finished 10th in AFL with 255 handballs
# Had streak of 106 games with at least 10 disposals snapped in rd 17 vs. NM when he got injured early and could not return to field
# Had at least 20 disposals in 19 of 22 games, and had three games with 30+ possessions

2005
# Played 23 matches including both finals
# Ranked 4th in best & fairest voting
# Named as Cats most determined and most dedicated player
# Had at least 20 possessions in 19 of 23 matches, and had over 30 disposals three times
# Polled most Brownlow votes of any Geelong player
# Played 100th game in rd 10 vs. Freo at Skilled Stadium
# Ranked 7th in AFL with 567 disposals and 5th in handballs 260

2004
# Played all 25 games and helped the Cats progress to prelim final
# Claimed first Cats best & fairest award
# Had at least 16 disposals in all 25 games, and had 20+ in 21 matches
# Career high 39 disposals came in rd 19 win over Richmond
# Equaled career best with three goals in rd 6 win over Crows
# Ranked 2nd in AFL with 592 disposals, 6th in kicks with 357, 8th in handballs with 235, and 5th in marks with 168
# Averaged 25 disposals in Cats three finals matches
# Played in Wizard Cup grand final vs. St Kilda

2003
# Played 21 games and kicked four goals
# Finished runner up in club best & fairest for second straight year
# Had at least 20 possessions in 20 games, the exception being rd 21 when he had 19 vs. Brisbane
# Had first 30+ possession game in rd 4 win over Melbourne (31 disposals)
# Polled most Brownlow votes of any Geelong player
# Played 50th game in rd 7 vs. West Coast
# Ranked 16th in AFL with 522 disposals and 5th in handballs with 242

2002
# Played 21 of 22 games and kicked 13 goals
# Had at least 10 disposals in every game and 20 or more possessions 10 times
# Had a career best eight tackles vs. Adelaide in rd 17
# Finished runner up in club best & fairest
# Polled most Brownlow votes of any Geelong player
# Played for Australia vs. Ireland in international rules

2001
# Played 13 games and kicked eight goals
# First ever 20+ possession game came in rd 11 vs. Hawthorn (22 poss)
# Booted a career best three goals vs. West Coast in rd 16
# Named as Cats most improved player
# Nominee for AFL rising star award
# Finished 12th in club best & fairest

2000
# Made AFL debut in rd 10 draw vs. Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, kicking his first goal in that game
# Played 10 games and kicked three goals
# Named as best first year reserves player

1999
# Played with Geelong Falcons in TAC Cup
# Named in TAC Cup team of the year
# Represented Victoria Country at U18 national championship

1998
# Played with Geelong Falcons in TAC Cup
# Played in TAC Cup grand final
# Played for Australia vs. Ireland in U17 international rules
# Represented Victoria Country at U18 national championship

 

[CF]

Re: No. 45 Cameron Ling

by the end of last year I thought he was passed it....but this year he has shown you can't keep a good player down. Finally 100% fit and back to playing the role he does best as a tagger. Linger is back.

 

[Tonycam*]

Re: No. 45 Cameron Ling

by the end of last year I thought he was passed it....but this year he has shown you can't keep a good player down. Finally 100% fit and back to playing the role he does best as a tagger. Linger is back.

Same Catman , even at the start of this year I was still calling for his head , how wrong can we be. Ling is really enjoying the challenge each week and I think he is enjoying having the Geelong people behind him again.
Lingers close to if not the most important man in our side at the moment .
Glad I was wrong, hopefully I can say the same about King

 

[Mooney_d'King]

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Same Catman , even at the start of this year I was still calling for his head , how wrong can we be. Ling is really enjoying the challenge each week and I think he is enjoying having the Geelong people behind him again.
Lingers close to if not the most important man in our side at the moment .
Glad I was wrong, hopefully I can say the same about King

It's so good to see Linger back and doing what he does best!! Nice work Cam!

 

[Selwood07]

Re: No. 45 Cameron Ling

Has really gone up a notch this year - great to see him kicking a few goals. Easy subject of ridicule - no oil painting/calendar poser, awkward running style - and in 2007 has eradicated many of the annoying things that caused turnovers. Great club man too.

 

[Big Nasty]

Re: No. 45 Cameron Ling

I was one of the supporters bagging him last year, but I dont think it was uncalled for. We all know his best position is tagging, but last year played as a ball winner which he clearly was not.

 

[Metallica_Man]

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AFL Round 11 v Adelaide
Did his job again, tagged Goodwin early until he got injured, then matced up on Edwards and kept him quiet. Kicked a couple of goals and tackled very well

 

[Metallica_Man]

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Copped a few knocks today, he is a warrior that's for sure, but unfortunatley was beaten by Goodes today

 

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Copped a few knocks today, he is a warrior that's for sure, but unfortunatley was beaten by Goodes today

Only had 11 disposals today to Goodes 31. Was the victim of 2 cheap shots one by Goodes (knee into chest during mark) and Leo Barry (shoulder into jaw)....both took their toll on him. To his credit he kept playing on though.

 

[Bryceson]

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Awards/Honours:

Geelong
Best and fairest 2004
Runner up best and fairest 2002, 2003
Third best and fairest 2007
Fourth best and fairest 2005, 2006
Most determined and most dedicated player2005
Most improved player 2001
Most votes in Brownlow Medal 2002, 2003, 2005
Best first year reserves player 2000

AFL
All Australian 2007
AFL Rising Star nominee 2001

TAC Cup
Team of the Year 1999
Geelong Falcons captain 1998

Representative honours
Australia vs. Ireland international rules 2002
Vic Country U18 1998, 1999
Australia vs. Ireland U17 international rules 1998

Premierships
NAB Cup 2006 (Geelong dft. Adelaide)
AFL 2007 (Geelong dft Port Adelaide)

 

[Bryceson]

Re: No. 45 Cameron Ling

Very good game yesterday v essendon. Went somewhat unnoticed with the likes of Ablett, Bartel, Stokes, Corey etc all playing extremely well, but he quietely wen about his business and collected 31 possies, 9 marks, 5 clearances and a goal.

 

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Re: No. 45 Cameron Ling

THE final siren sounds. You’re five points down. Who would you trust most with the footy in his hands 40m out to win the game?

Carlton full-forward Brendan Fevola or his Essendon counterpart Matthew Lloyd?

Or even Melbourne’s super-smooth left-footer Brad Green?

Try Geelong’s Cameron Ling.

The man they call “Rockling” has an eye like a dead fish.

Ling has not missed a set shot at goal since Round 7, 2006.

Since that one miss in the third term of a Mother’s Day victory against St Kilda, Ling has steered through an amazing 22 set-shot goals without a miss.

Ling has kicked one from beyond the 50m line and two from right on the paint.

Seven have been within 10m of goal, but Ling has been regularly at his most deadly in the 25-40m range.

Overall, since the start of 2006, Ling has kicked 23.1 from set shots—a strike rate of 95.8 per cent.

Carlton goalsneak Eddie Betts, with 18.4 and a success rate of 81.8 per cent, is his closest challenger for set-shot accuracy.

Ling is renowned more for stopping opponents than slotting goals, but his goalkicking feats had their genesis at under-18 level.

He played full-forward for the Geelong Falcons in 1998 before coach Brian Cordy moved him into a variety of roles in 1999 to improve his chances of being drafted.

“He was a fantastic kick back then, too,” Falcons regional manager Michael Turner said yesterday. “In our grand final side in ‘98, we had Jonathan Brown in our side as well and he stood out as a beautiful kick.”

But Ling, who was less than the 189cm he now stands, was the wrong size and shape for a full-forward.

The under-18s is all about producing draftees and catching the eye. Turner and his mates at the Falcons decided Ling needed a makeover.

Ling was not only moved from full-forward, but also had a fashion transformation.

“Nobody was ever going to draft him at that body shape . . . he did have a bit of a big arse,” Turner said.

“You’ve got to sell the product. I was at him all the time to get his hair cut . . . short back and sides to make him look taller and more athletic.

“We even made alterations to his shorts. The bigger the shorts are, the longer they are in the leg.

“I think he wore a size 18 or 20 and I think we shortened the legs to make his legs look longer.

“I can’t remember if we did it or his mum did it.”

Despite confusion over who pulled out the sewing kit, there is no disputing it worked.

Geelong picked up Ling at No. 38 in the 1999 national draft.

Ling, the left-footed premiership hero, has become clinical in front of goal.

Champion Data research shows his secret lies in winning the ball mostly in the corridor.

Ling’s ability to sneak forward and find space is unparalleled.

But it is not as if all 22 have been “gimmes”.

Only three of his shots have come from the right of the goals, the preferred side for a left-footer, with the other 19 from the left.

If only Travis Cloke could be so effective from set shots.

The Collingwood star has kicked 30.39 since the start of 2006.

Unlike Ling, the left-footed Cloke is struggling from the left side. He has kicked 7.19 when not favoured by the natural curve of a leftie.

SET SHOTS 2006-08

BEST 10
Player G B SR
C.Ling GEEL 23 1 95.8
E.Betts CARL 18 4 81.8
M.Seaby W COAST 30 7 81.1
T.Simmonds RICH 21 5 80.8
J.Farmer FREM 44 11 80.0
J.Charman BRIS 24 6 80.0
D.Giansiracusa W BULL 20 5 80.0
P. Bell FREM 18 5 78.3
A.Yze MELB 18 6 75.0
D.Cox W COAST 18 6 75.0

WORST 10
A.Fiora STK 13 13 50.0
H.McIntosh N MELB 11 11 50.0
M.Bate MELB 11 11 50.0
J.Patfull BRIS 10 12 45.5
L.Ablett SYD 10 12 45.5
D.Hale N MELB 19 23 45.2
T.Cloke COLL 30 39 43.5
D.Hille ESS 14 21 40.0
G.Polak FREM 10 15 40.0
S.Armstrong W COAST 10 15 40.0
SR: Strike rate in percentage terms

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/...un/comments/ling_proves_king_of_the_set_shot/

 

[Hairy Cat Mooney]

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Eagle Daniel Kerr to resume hostilities with Cat stopper Cameron Ling

by Jason Shields

Source: Geelong Advertiser, 18Jun08

WEST Coast star Daniel Kerr will resume hostilities with human blanket Cameron Ling on Saturday night after being declared a certain starter for the Cats' clash.

Kerr missed last Friday's loss to Essendon with a calf injury, but is one of several Eagles' premiership players expected to return to play Geelong at Subiaco. Under fire veterans Michael Braun and Chad Fletcher will also rejoin the squad providing they train well during the week and Beau Waters will come under consideration after serving his two-game suspension.

Kerr had declared himself fit before the Essendon game, only to be withdrawn from the line-up just before bounce down, prompting talk of mid-season tanking from the 2-10 Eagles. But West Coast assistant coach Peter Sumich defended the move, claiming that doctors had ruled Kerr out, and said that tanking was not a tactic that his club would consider despite some discontent from some quarters.
Sumich said the Eagles did not want to risk Kerr as there was a high possibility that the star midfielder would have done more damage to the calf.

But he assured that the skilled onballer would resume his post in midfield on Saturday night where he will undoubtedly be shadowed by his nemesis Ling. Ling famously added Kerr to his giant-killing hit list in round seven at Skilled Stadium last year when he was kept to zero possessions after half-time and just 10 for the match. Ling's role was crucial to the Cats' 39-point win over the previously unbeaten Eagles and gave Geelong the belief that it was the real deal in 2007. The performance prompted Geelong coach Mark Thompson to heap praise on the role Ling played for the Cats week-in, week-out.
"I know he gets a lot of criticism, Cameron Ling, but if there are any Geelong supporters who think he shouldn't be in the team, they are actually kidding themselves, they're not watching footy," Thompson said at the time. "He just knocked over another big star."

The importance of Ling's role on Kerr this Saturday night takes on added importance given the Eagles are now without his midfield support acts in Chris Judd and Ben Cousins.
Although Kerr has had the odd breakout quarter this year where he has torn apart an opposition, he has struggled to sustain the impact due to the focus opposition teams are placing on him.

 

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2008 Stats:

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Cameron Ling says it's all about the 'process'

March 13th, 2009

GEELONG'S Cameron Ling says the AFL pre-season grand final was a buzz for the Cats three years ago, but is now primarily a chance to hone their "process" for the premiership season.

For Collingwood, the chance to bring some silverware to a club which has not added to their trophy cabinet since 1990 will be a significant incentive at Etihad Stadium tonight.

But for the Cats, most of whom were part of a drought-breaking day premiership in 2007 and last year's bitterly disappointing grand final loss, this year's night decider will lack the gloss of their 2006 pre-season win.

"We probably didn't know what to expect in '06, it was a bit new and exciting," acting captain Cameron Ling said. "Now we're very strong about it just being part of our process.

"We're aiming this week to get our game style right, everything we've been working on over the pre-season.

"We're going to go in with a team very similar to what we'll have round one so we're going to make sure we play as well as we possibly can, work on the things we want to work on.

"We back that if we do that sort of thing then the result will go our way.

"We still want the result but it's more about getting the process right."

Coach Mark Thompson said the 2006 win over Adelaide had been a stepping stone towards greater success that followed.

"To experience that and get some silverware for the club was really important in the whole scope of things," he said.

It is a path the Magpies are keen to follow, with new Collingwood skipper Nick Maxwell comparing his current side to those Cats.

"They've got a lot of guys probably an average age two years older than us at a guess, through the 24s to 26s, I think they've probably got more players (of that age) than we have and they all came through together," Maxwell said.

"So we've got a lot of younger guys who have got a lot of games into them, between 50 and 100 games and we're expecting them to really step up over the next year."

But, like Ling, he said the major aim tonight was to build momentum for round one and beyond.

"We're just mostly thinking about how we can make the step from where we've been the last two years to where Geelong and Hawthorn are as the better teams in the competition," Maxwell said.

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2009/03/13/56651_gfc.html

 

[rooke33]

Re: No. 45 Cameron Ling

Ling Vs Hawthorn Rd 1 2009

Not lings best game spent most of the night running with brad sewell, who probably had the better of him on the night. Also spent time on sam mitchell and chance bateman.

Ling racked up 25 disposals-
Kicks : 7
Handballs: 18
Tackles: 1
Marks: 4
Clearances:2
Frees For :0
Frees Agaist:5
Goals: 0
Behinds: 0

 

[rooke33]

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Ling Vs Richmond Round 2

A solid performance from Ling in which he spent time running with Delidio and Foley.

Ling racked up 21 disposals-
Kicks : 10
Handballs: 11
Tackles: 10
Marks: 2
Clearances:2
Frees For :2
Frees Agaist:3
Goals: 0
Behinds: 2

 

[rooke33]

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Ling Vs Collingwood Round 3.

Picked up and ankle injury early in the game and was used sparingly after that.

Ling racked up 16 disposals-
Kicks : 5
Handballs: 11
Tackles: 2
Marks: 1
Frees For :0
Frees Agaist:2
Goals: 0
Behinds: 0

 

[Wickzki]

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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/c...oset-carlton-fan/story-fn9eu7in-1226218527007

The secret to Geelong's success?

RECENTLY retired Geelong captain Cameron Ling has revealed what he's had in the closet since he was a teenager - a No.44 guernsey worn by former Carlton ruckman Justin Madden.

Just kidding!