2017 Geelong Football Club season
The 2017 Geelong Football Club season is currently the club's 118th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the 18th season.
2017 season | |||
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President | Colin Carter | ||
Coach | Chris Scott (7th season) | ||
Captain(s) | Joel Selwood (6th season) | ||
Home ground | Simonds Stadium | ||
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Overview
After retiring as a player at the end of the 2016 season, Corey Enright joined the coaching panel as an assistant coach, replacing Blake Caracella who moved to a senior assistant coaching role with Richmond.[1] Former Western Bulldogs player Brad Johnson also had a short-term specialist coaching role working with the club's forwards during the preseason.[1]
Season summary
Regular season
Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position |
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Scores[a] | ||||||||
Sunday, 26 March (4:40 pm) | Fremantle | 10.13 (73) | 18.7 (115) | Won by 42 points | Domain Stadium [A] | 34,638 | 2nd | |
Sunday, 2 April (1:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 17.10 (112) | 17.9 (111) | Won by 1 point | Etihad Stadium [H] | 30,917 | 7th | |
Saturday, 8 April (4:35 pm) | Melbourne | 20.6 (126) | 13.19 (97) | Won by 29 points | Etihad Stadium [H] | 29,733 | 3rd | |
Monday, 17 April (3:20 pm) | Hawthorn | 6.12 (48) | 20.14 (134) | Won by 86 points | MCG [A] | 62,360 | 1st | |
Sunday, 23 April (3:20 pm) | St Kilda | 13.10 (88) | 19.12 (126) | Won by 38 points | Etihad Stadium [A] | 33,884 | 2nd | |
Sunday, 30 April (3:20 pm) | Collingwood | 11.12 (72) | 15.17 (107) | Lost by 29 points | MCG [H] | 46,457 | 3rd | |
Saturday, 6 May (7:25 pm) | Gold Coast | 18.16 (124) | 15.9 (99) | Lost by 25 points | Metricon Stadium [A] | 13,648 | 3rd | |
Saturday, 13 May (7:25 pm) | Essendon | 17.8 (110) | 13.15 (93) | Lost by 17 points | MCG [A] | 57,172 | 5th | |
Friday, 19 May (7:50 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 16.8 (104) | 12.9 (81) | Won by 23 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 30,275 | 3rd | |
Thursday, 25 May (7:20 pm) | Port Adelaide | 11.15 (81) | 11.13 (79) | Won by 2 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 24,909 | 3rd | |
Friday, 2 June (7:50 pm) | Adelaide | 13.18 (96) | 10.14 (74) | Won by 22 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 30,468 | 3rd | |
Bye | 3rd | |||||||
Thursday, 15 June (6:10 pm) | West Coast | 11.17 (83) | 10.10 (70) | Lost by 13 points | Domain Stadium [A] | 35,719 | 3rd | |
Sunday, 25 June (1:10 pm) | Fremantle | 10.14 (74) | 11.6 (72) | Won by 2 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 29,928 | 3rd | |
Saturday, 1 July (7:25 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | 10.8 (68) | 10.8 (68) | Match drawn | Spotless Stadium [A] | 15,007 | 3rd | |
Saturday, 8 July (7:25 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 11.12 (78) | 25.13 (163) | Won by 85 points | The Gabba [A] | 18,769 | 3rd | |
Saturday, 15 July (1:45 pm) | Hawthorn | 13.10 (88) | 12.13 (85) | Won by 3 points | MCG [H] | 70,345 | 2nd | |
Friday, 21 July (7:20 pm) | Adelaide | 13.13 (91) | 10.10 (70) | Lost by 21 points | Adelaide Oval [A] | 50,464 | 2nd | |
Saturday, 29 July (7:25 pm) | Carlton | 8.10 (58) | 18.15 (123) | Won by 65 points | Etihad Stadium [A] | 35,460 | 2nd | |
Friday, 4 August (7:50 pm) | Sydney | 8.13 (61) | 16.11 (107) | Lost by 46 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 30,833 | 4th | |
Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 11.14 (80) | 9.12 (66) | Won by 14 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 32,266 | 3rd | |
Saturday, 19 August (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 9.5 (59) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 11 points | MCG [A] | 47,889 | 3rd | |
Sunday, 27 August (TBC) | Greater Western Sydney | 15.13 (103) | 8.11 (59) | Won by 44 points | Simonds Stadium [H] | 30,087 | 2nd |
Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Adelaide | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2415 | 1776 | 136.0 | 62 | 2017 finals |
2 | Geelong | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2134 | 1818 | 117.4 | 62 | |
3 | Richmond (P) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1992 | 1684 | 118.3 | 60 | |
4 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2081 | 1812 | 114.8 | 60 | |
5 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2168 | 1671 | 129.7 | 56 | |
6 | Sydney | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2093 | 1651 | 126.8 | 56 | |
7 | Essendon | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2135 | 2004 | 106.5 | 48 | |
8 | West Coast | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1964 | 1858 | 105.7 | 48 | |
9 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2035 | 1934 | 105.2 | 48 | |
10 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1857 | 1913 | 97.1 | 44 | |
11 | St Kilda | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1925 | 1986 | 96.9 | 44 | |
12 | Hawthorn | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1864 | 2055 | 90.7 | 42 | |
13 | Collingwood | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1944 | 1963 | 99.0 | 38 | |
14 | Fremantle | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1607 | 2160 | 74.4 | 32 | |
15 | North Melbourne | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1983 | 2264 | 87.6 | 24 | |
16 | Carlton | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1594 | 2038 | 78.2 | 24 | |
17 | Gold Coast | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1756 | 2311 | 76.0 | 24 | |
18 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1877 | 2526 | 74.3 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.
Honours
Milestones
- Round 1 - Brandan Parfitt (AFL debut), Tom Stewart (AFL debut), Zach Tuohy (Geelong debut)
- Round 3 - James Parsons (AFL debut)
- Round 5 - Aaron Black (Geelong debut)
Others
- Round 3 - Brandan Parfitt (2017 AFL Rising Star nomination)
VFL Women's season
Rebecca Goring was appointed captain of the club's inaugural VFL Women's team, with Madeleine Boyd and Lily Mithen named as co-vice captains.[3] Mithen won the club's VFLW best and fairest award for the season.[4]
References
- Ryan, Peter (5 December 2016). "Johnson joins Cats". geelongcats.com.au. AFL Media. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- "2017 Geelong Cats Season Fixtures". Geelong Cats. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- Oates, Stacey (22 April 2017). "Goring named Cats VFLW skipper". geelongcats.com.au. AFL Media. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- McNicol, Adam (23 September 2017). "Mithen wins VFLW B&F". geelongcats.com.au. AFL Media. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
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