Geelong beat Brisbane: AFL 2025 second qualifying final – as it happened
Geelong join Collingwood as the preliminary final hosts.Both will be at the MCG.It is the Cats’ 14th preliminary final in 19 seasons and some might argue it is time to give other teams a turn.But those two sides have laid down a marker over the past 27 hours that they are the sides to beat.Prelim hosts are set 🔒#AFLFinals pic.
twitter.com/l3kOGPa9iXBailey Smith didn’t have his best night but he didn’t need to with the Cats having plenty of other contributors.He certainly isn’t resting on his laurels as he speaks to Channel Seven:It was good fun and very loud.Can’t enjoy it for too long.A week off to get the body right again.
Yeah, job is not finished,Exciting stuff to come,The Cats midfielder explains what he expected when he moved across from the Bulldogs and how he has found his first year at a second club,I try to take it day by day as cliché as that is,Job is not done yet.
That is what I focus on.There are no egos [here] and everyone plays to their strengths.It is just infectious and really positive group and super-grateful to be part of it.It is about doing the reliable things today rather than being remarkable.If you get the rewards at the end of the day it is great.
Geelong are through to a home preliminary final after a resounding 38-point victory over Brisbane.The Cats will play the Crows, Giants or Hawks for a spot in the grand final, and if they can produce anything like they did tonight at the MCG then they will be very difficult to beat.The Cats might have put this game to bed much earlier but for some wayward kicking for goal in the first half and an untimely intervention from the umpires on the cusp of the main break.The Lions were unable to get their ball movement flowing and have much work to do with the ice on Lachie Neale’s calf through the closing minutes adding to their concern.CATS GO THROUGH TO THE PRELIMS! 💪#AFLFinals pic.
twitter.com/pgAPmXaEquQ4: 1 min remaining: Geelong 16.15.111 - Brisbane 11.8.
74The Cats fans have parked the outrage and are in full celebration mode now.The players on both sides seem content to jog out the remaining seconds with bigger tests to come.Brad Close boots his first to stretch the margin to 37 points which seems about right.Brad Close makes it 13 individual goalkickers for the Cats 😻#AFLFinals pic.twitter.
com/232tQBE9umQ4: 3 mins remaining: Geelong 15,15,105 - Brisbane 11,8,74Tom Atkins seals it for the Cats, if it wasn’t already, as the Lions turn the ball over in their back half again.
Geelong’s pressure and defensive system has been decisive throughout.Q4: 5 mins remaining: Geelong 14.14.98 - Brisbane 11.8.
74Dayne Zorko stands front and centre and snaps around the corner from close range, then Cam Rayner launches from 40m with an eye on his fourth goal.But both shots go the wrong side of the post as the clock starts to work against the Lions.They aren’t going to die wondering though and the Cats need to liven up.Q4: 7 mins remaining: Geelong 14.14.
98 - Brisbane 11.6.72Hang on a moment.Josh Dunkley slots an quietly superb goal as he receives a handpass while tracking backwards and immediately throws it onto his boot.The Cats have dropped down the gear and the Lions might just be ready to launch one last attack.
Dunkley off a step to get another back for the Lions.#AFLFinals pic.twitter.com/dKAYvuVxGuQ4: 9 mins remaining: Geelong 14.14.
98 - Brisbane 10.6.66Kai Lohmann has a chance to give the Lions a sniff but his shot from 30m out on a decent is off target as soon as it leaves the boot.But Zac Bailey pounces to boot a goal from close range.Crazier things have happened …Q4: 11 mins remaining: Geelong 14.
14,98 - Brisbane 9,5,59Lachie Neale is limping and it might be time for the Lions to start thinking about next week and making sure the dual Brownlow medallist is good to go again,Unless something dramatic happens, the Lions are set to host the winner of the Fremantle and Gold Coast elimination final.
Q4: 13 mins remaining: Geelong 14.13.97 - Brisbane 9.5.59Shannon Neale charges out of the pocket and takes a strong grab with Harris Andrews alongside him.
He has one of those set shots that come straight from a text book but his kick hangs wide this time.Patrick Dangerfield might be done for the night as the Cats look to shut up shop.Q4: 15 mins remaining: Geelong 14.12.96 - Brisbane 9.
5.59Blistering ball movement from defence to attack and Shannon Neale joins the party as the key forward unloads on the run.The young key forward has had a job to do on the Lions’ intercept king Harris Andrews but puts a nail in the coffin with a first goal.Q4: 17 mins remaining: Geelong 13.12.
90 - Brisbane 9.5.59Brisbane refuse to lie down as they continue to work their way forward.But it’s easier said the done with Geelong’s defence set up in multiple lines and limiting the danger.Q4: 19 mins remaining: Geelong 13.
12,90 - Brisbane 9,5,59The Cats are unable to get the ball straight out of the middle once again,That’s a small win for the Lions.
Max Holmes had 10 disposals in that term and Bailey Smith picked up eight while both booted a goal.Ollie Dempsey has been just as effective to have 22 disposals as well as three goals in signs of how the Cats are outrunning the Lions and opening them up on the outside.Brisbane will have to roll the dice from here as the players get into place for the final term.A sneaky contender for Goal of the Finals, if that was such a thing (why isn’t it!?) ?OLLIE DEMPSEY OH MY GOODNESS 🤯#AFLFinals pic.twitter.
com/KKyTOMe9Y0Geelong have opened up a commanding lead with two goals in the last minute and a bit.The second comes from Ollie Dempsey throwing out a left boot as the ball bounces just inside the goalline.Dempsey hits it flush on the half volley for his third goal and the Cats have the lead they might have held 30 minutes ago.It has been a hugely impressive performance from the Cats and it will take a huge turn around from the Lions from here.But if any team can do it …Q3: 1 min remaining: Geelong 12.
12.84 - Brisbane 9.5.59Geelong strike late as Max Holmes scorches through the middle of the MCG.Holmes can take almost as much ground as he likes as the Cats counterattack but unloads to find Jack Martin charging into the goalsquare for a simple mark and goal.
Holmes put it on a silver platter for Martin 🤝#AFLFinals pic.twitter.com/J6GDOrdg7JQ3: 3 mins remaining: Geelong 11.12.78 - Brisbane 9.
5.59Logan Morris keeps the Lions in it with a strong mark and goal.That comes off the back of swift ball movement from the Lions.There is little point in the Lions changing the way they have been playing at this stage, with a run of goals needed to chase down the Cats.Q3: 5 mins remaining: Geelong 11
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