Review Cats melt the AFL Nepo plastics by 24 points

[Seeds]

Tom stewart got his intercept marking back

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

You absolutely love to see it....

Greatest club

 

[Mr Meow]

Which is what I said. That Sicily has been far worse. Which he has. I’ve watched nearly every Hawks game. He’s been an absolute liability.

Anyway, think we’ve done this to death. At least I’m sure we can both agree that Stewart played his best game this season tonight. And by a margin.

Agreed. I'll just leave you with this:

Since returning against the Bulldogs, Stewart has averaged 21 disposals, 10 marks, 6 intercepts and 6 rebound 50s.

For a 32 year old coming back from injury, I think that's a pretty solid bounce back period. He's been building.

 

[year of the cat]

Agreed. I'll just leave you with this:

Since returning against the Bulldogs, Stewart has averaged 21 disposals, 10 marks, 6 intercepts and 6 rebound 50s.

For a 32 year old returning from injury, I think that's a pretty solid bounce back period.

Turnovers? Dropped marks? Number of times he was out of position? Raw numbers only tell part of the story. If you think he’s been great then fine. I beg to differ. Let’s leave it.

 

[Finknottle]

Fatastic hard fought win by the Cats. Stengle of old. O'Connor of new, he is becoming a consistently good player.

 

[cats_09]

You absolutely love to see it....

Who's kid did Dempsey steal?

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Stewy, Jezza all relatively quiet.

What?

Stewart had 23 touches and 14 marks and 500+ metres gained.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

The conditions didn’t seem that bad at the game as the scoring would suggest I didn’t think.

Our defenders were brilliant today. Led by Stewart. I also thought De Koning was strong.
Over all the game was awful as a spectacle but our pressure, intent and tackling was first class.

Our offensive game wasn’t good. Just a wet weather territory game bang it forward no matter what.
Stengle brilliant.

It looked to me like a typical cats game in Geelong that we were always going to win. The Suns never really threatened at all (and wtf was that jumper? I kept thinking they were gws).
They looked as if they knew the result and didn’t want to get blown out of the water so played safe.

 

[Mr Meow]

Turnovers? Dropped marks? Number of times he was out of position? Raw numbers only tell part of the story. If you think he’s been great then fine. I beg to differ. Let’s leave it.

Why respond if you wanted to leave it? I've acknowledged that Stewart has had a few dicey moments as well, and had not been at his aerial best. There is plenty of nuance in between "great" and "poor". But the raw numbers do align with my viewed experience, that as a returning veteran he has been doing fine as he shakes off the cobwebs.

Clearly it's annoying you though so it's best to move on. Remember I didn't even tag you to start this. We should just be grateful he hasn't been playing as badly as Sicily.

 

[Goggin Our Best]

Could just be Stanley is playing the best footy of his career.

Or it could be that Rhys is a pretty good footballer , and he has had a terrific career for Geelong , and ive enjoyed watching him play , mobile and quick for a ruckman , good pair of hands , and what ive really liked , and hes done this 100 times , gets the ball in the centre and puts the boot right through it , 55 metre drop punts

He is very athletic , i can remember watching a few of his games early in his StK career and they were playing him at Centre Half Back

Another example of astute Geelong recruiting by the Cats

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Turnovers? Dropped marks? Number of times he was out of position? Raw numbers only tell part of the story. If you think he’s been great then fine. I beg to differ. Let’s leave it.

Stewart hasn’t been setting the world on fire as of late but I thought he was very good today.

 

[year of the cat]

Stewart hasn’t been setting the world on fire as of late but I thought he was very good today.

Agreed.

 

[standupand]

You absolutely love to see it....

Is that all of Mitch Duncan's kids?

 

[winty]

 

[Mr Meow]

Is that all of Mitch Duncan's kids?

It's going to be great watching the Duncan Juniors play kick to kick with each other in future Cats teams.

 

[Mr Meow]

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Dangerfield said he had Judd-like attributes back in the day.

If Max keeps building his contested work then the comparison fits (right down to the imperfect kicking). More pace to burn though.

 

[Pollywaffle]

Or it could be that Rhys is a pretty good footballer , and he has had a terrific career for Geelong , and ive enjoyed watching him play , mobile and quick for a ruckman , good pair of hands , and what ive really liked , and hes done this 100 times , gets the ball in the centre and puts the boot right through it , 55 metre drop punts

He is very athletic , i can remember watching a few of his games early in his StK career and they were playing him at Centre Half Back

Another example of astute Geelong recruiting by the Cats

He seems to be timing his jumps better and general ruck craft is very much improved and, most importantly, he has shown consistency that was absent in his previous iterations.

 

[standupand]

Who's kid did Dempsey steal?

One from the pink team?

 

[geelong_crazy26]

What happened to baz pre game? Was it an actual injury

 

[allrighty]

Yeah but there was nothing that overstepped the letter of the law , just because he hit his head on the ground doesn’t mean they’ll take action

Lots of what if in your statment

Stewart cannot be responsible for how he falls. If he is rubbed out the AFL is more of a ****ing joke than it is already

 

[cats_09]

In regards to the Stewart vs Anderson bump and if Stewart could potentially find himself in trouble, the best thing to do is look at the Tribunal Guidelines and work ones way through that

First question - what is a reportable offence & did Stewart commit one:

3 / REPORTABLE OFFENCES​

A Reportable Offence occurs where a Person or Player commits any of the offences set out in Law 22.2.2 of the Laws of Australian Football (the Laws) or any other offence referred to in Regulation 16.9 of the AFL Regulations (the Regulations). Broadly speaking, there are three categories of Reportable Offences, being:

• Classifiable Offences;
• Direct Tribunal Offences; and
• Fixed Financial Offences.

See section 4 of these Tribunal Guidelines for further information in relation to Reportable Offences.

3.1 CLASSIFIABLE OFFENCES​

(A) WHICH REPORTABLE OFFENCES ARE CLASSIFIABLE OFFENCES?
Classifiable Offences are those Reportable Offences (specified in the table below) which are graded by the MRO in order to determine an appropriate sanction for that offence. CLASSIFIABLE OFFENCES

• Striking
• Kicking
• Kneeing
• Charging
• Rough Conduct
• Forceful Front-On Contact
• Headbutt or Contact Using Head
• Unreasonable or Unnecessary Contact to the Eye Region
• Unreasonable or Unnecessary Contact to the Face
• Tripping

The only potential classifiable offence would be rough conduct, either in terms of "high bump" or "bump to the body", and those are written up as follows:

(E) ROUGH CONDUCT​

Rough Conduct is interpreted widely in relation to any conduct which is unreasonable in the circumstances. It is a Reportable Offence to intentionally or carelessly engage in Rough Conduct against an opponent which in the circumstances is unreasonable. Without limiting the wide interpretation of Rough Conduct, particular regard shall be had to the following officially recognised forms of Rough Conduct.

1. Rough Conduct (High Bumps)
The AFL Regulations provide that a Player will be guilty of Rough Conduct where in the bumping of an opponent (whether reasonably or unreasonably) the Player causes contact that is at least Low Impact to be made with any part of his body to an opponent’s head, top of their shoulders or neck. If not Intentional, such conduct will be deemed to be Careless, unless:

• The Player was contesting the ball and it was reasonable for the Player to contest the ball in that way; or
• The contact to the opponent’s head or neck was caused by circumstances outside the control of the Player which could not be reasonably foreseen.

In the interests of Player safety, the purpose of the rule dealing with high bumps is to reduce, as far as practicable, the risk of head injuries to Players and this purpose needs to be kept firmly in mind by all Players and will guide the application of the rule.

Any high bump which constitutes Rough Conduct that has the potential to cause injury will usually be graded at a minimum as Medium Impact, even though the extent of the actual physical impact may be low.

For the purpose of these Guidelines, head clashes that result when a Player has elected to bump are circumstances that can reasonably be foreseen. Players will ordinarily be liable if they elect to bump if not contesting the ball.

2. Rough Conduct (Bumps to the Body)
It should be noted that even if the rule relating to high bumps does not apply (for example in the case of a bump to the body), a Player may still be guilty of Rough Conduct if his conduct was unreasonable in the circumstances. In determining whether any bump was unreasonable in the circumstances, without limitation, regard may be had to whether:

• The degree of force applied by the person bumping was excessive for the situation;
• The Player being bumped was in a vulnerable position; and
• The Player could reasonably expect the contact having regard to his involvement in play or ability to influence the contest.

Unless they can find a random angle which shows minute contact above the shoulders, then the high bump info shouldn't apply

That then leaves the question in regards to a bump to the body:

• Was the force used excessive?
• Was Anderson in a vulnerable position?
• Was it reasonable for Anderson to expect contact in that situation?

If they answer yes to either of the top questions, then Stewart may have a case to answer, but if they only answer yes to the last question then Stewart should be free to play next week. And based on the situation, surely it was reasonable for Anderson to expect contact in that passage

https://resources.afl.com.au/afl/document/2025/02/14/24bc7921-5a4b-4ccb-bca6-df93229183c1/149960_2025_AFL-Tribunal-Guidelines_RGB_FA-2-.pdf

 

[MacStradbroke]

Jack Riewoldt looked like he was gunna cry then trying to argue Stewart to be rubbed out.

 

[Wish Wellingtons]

This win was gutsy.

PFD, Stewy, Jezza all relatively quiet.

The team got this done.. not the stars.

The evolution continues

GO CAtters

Thought Stewart was everywhere...

 

[winty]

What happened to baz pre game? Was it an actual injury

Hamstring tightness was the official line I think.

 

[STPer18]

Jack Riewoldt looked like he was gunna cry then trying to argue Stewart to be rubbed out.

He was the main reason why the Milera comment about Sydney being a rabble blew up too. He's been crying like crazy, doesn't help that Fox decided to plaster him everywhere for whatever reason too.