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AFL Aussie Rules News :: Cats win by a point

Posted on 2008-04-25 by Gooner

Geelong mounted two amazing comebacks to finally overcome Fremantle by a single point in the Anzac Day clash at Subiaco Oval tonight.

Trailing the Dockers by 39 points in the second quarter and 25 points at the start of the last, the reigning premiers showed they could play hard as well as fast, maintaining their unbeaten 2008 record 13.11 (89) to 13.10 (88).

Even after being kept to three points in the third term, Mark Thompson's AFL pacesetters found the will to see off the Dockers' pressure and then raise it, cancelling out Matthew Pavlich's five goals.

And in a breathless finish, the Dockers' skipper - playing his 150th AFL game in a row - could have won a famous victory for his side, but hit the inside of a post with a set shot with 30 seconds left.

In a game befitting the occasion, outstanding efforts from a legion of Dockers, Aaron Sandilands chief among them, were not quite enough to edge out the rampant Cats with three goals each from Cameron Mooney and Steve Johnson keeping their challenge alive.

And rather than the usual suspects of Gary Ablett and Jimmy Bartell it was Joel Selwood with 14 final quarter possessions who helped drag his side over the line.

Sourced From : AFL.COM.AU

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