AFL 2021 LIVE updates Gawn Pickett firing as Demons lead Cats despite May injury scare
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Gawn has come up with yet another goal and the Cats must be shaking their heads.
Garry Lyon, David Neitz and Robbie Flower are the only other Demons to kick four goals in a finals match.
He is in special company.
He followed up with his fifth goal after a mark and straight kick.
The camera’s cut to Lyon punching his desk in celebration.
Dees lead 102-32 with 10 mins left in Q3.
Max Gawn has kicked his third goal and looked to calm his young side dishing out some high-fives and urging them to keep on attacking the contest with so much time left in the match.
Steven May is off for more treatment, they may well have pulled him out of the game.
Demons lead 90-32 with 12 mins left in Q3.
The Demons have kicked four goals in a matter of minutes to start this third term and Geelong is in all sorts of trouble.
Tom McDonald has snapped a goal from 40m out after Oliver won the ball from the centre bounce.
The Demons are untouchable right now and lead 84-32 with 16 mins left in Q3.
The Demons have struck both a scoreboard and a psychological goal with Joel Selwood clashing with a player behind the play leading to Bayley Fritsch receiving a 50m penalty and kicking the goal.
Selwood protested yelling “He dived†but the umpire had made his decision and that protest gave the Demons more reasons to bump and laugh at the Cats skipper.
Max Gawn has followed up with another running goal with has his teammates mobbing him.
This is a night to remember for the red and the blue.
Demons lead 78-32 with 16 mins left in Q3.
Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin spoke to Channel Seven at half-time...
Your hunt and pressure was sensational. Geelong able to work their way back in and
relieve pressure late in the second term. How do you see that opening half of footy?
I loved our work around the footy. Really dominant early. The game’s far from done. We’ve got to work really hard, make sure the strengths are on show around the pill and the way we defend.
The hearts of every Dees fan skipped a beat when Steven May came off the ground grabbing at the right hammy. Can you give us an update?
He seems OK, he is a little bit tight. We will keep on eye on him. Hopefully he is all good.
The Demons have started the third quarter perfectly with Clayton Oliver sending a kick to Brown who marked overhead and then went back and kicked the goal.
Demons lead 66-31 with 18 mins left in Q3.
Melbourne dominated much of the second term to take its lead past 40 points but two late Geelong goals has the Cats holding on to a little hope heading into the second half.
The Demons were winning almost all the hard-balls and contested possessions as Max Gawn and Kysaiah Pickett kicked superb goals.
Joel Selwood gets a handball away despite pressure from the Demons.Credit:Getty Images
But Geelong found some of their own contested balls to kick late goals via Tom Hawkins and Isaac Smith to cut the lead to 29 points.
Steven May has returned from that hamstring injury but looks a little restricted, still he is fighting on..
Melbourne 5.3, 9.6 (60)
Geelong 1.0, 5.1 (31)
GOALS
Melbourne: Spargo 2, B.Brown, Harmes, Neal-Bullen, Petracca, Sparrow, Gawn, Pickett
Geelong: Cameron, Stanley, Miers, Hawkins, Smith
DISPOSALS
Melbourne: Viney 22, Petracca 20, Oliver 13, Salem 13
Geelong: Duncan 16, Dangerfield 15, Selwood 13
INTERCEPTS
Melbourne: Lever 5, Viney 4, Bowey 3, May 3, Petracca 3, Salem 3
Geelong: Blicavs 7, Z.Guthrie 5
Isaac Smith has won the ball and kicked a goal to make it two-straight goals for the Cats heading into half-time.
The Demons can’t afford to let these Cats get any more goals here.
Demons lead 60-31 with 30 seconds left in Q2.
Geelong has had a tough second term but they finally found a way to get the ball to Tom Hawkins who marked in the pocket and kicked the goal.
Demons lead 60-25 with two mins left in Q2.
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