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JACK Henry has kicked the matchwinner to give Geelong a classic three-point victory over Richmond in the best game of the season.

The young gun was a constant threat anytime he went near the ball and kicked three goals as the Tigers roared back from 35 points down to take the lead. Shai Bolton showed he is ready to take over from Dustin Martin as the Tigers' main man with a dazzling performance. Zach Guthrie was brought into the starting team, which saw Chris Scott swing Jack Henry forward in a surprise move that paid dividends with two goals, including the match-winner. The three-time premiership hero struggled to get to his feet and was eventually subbed out with a concussion. The three-time All-Australian bumped Prestia after the Tiger had tapped the ball on with his shoulder making contact to Prestia's head. Richmond swung a surprise when final teams were submitted, dropping ruckman Ivan Soldo to the substitute role in favour of Hugo Ralphsmith, who was brought into the 22.

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“Goes past the footy and that’s as clear-cut as we’ve seen for a while. Not a good look at all. After Prestia got a bad bounce, he tapped the ball to a Tigers teammate’s advantage before Stewart chose to bump the Tigers midfielder.

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It led to the matchwinner Henry playing forward as the Cats tightened their grip on the top four. Tyson Stengle (Geelong) 7 Tom Stewart (Geelong) 8 Stewart (Geelong) for rough conduct on Prestia (Richmond). They then trailed by 35 points before kicking eight of the next nine goals. It was brutal.

Prestia was collected by a high shoulder in an ugly incident from Geelong defender Tom Stewart, who ran past the footy before collecting the Richmond midfielder ...

Stewart appears likely to come under the inspection of the Match Review Officer for the bump. The 29-year-old struggled to return to his feet and took several minutes to come from the field under his own two feet with play continuing around him. Prestia was collected by a high shoulder in an ugly incident from Geelong defender Tom Stewart, who ran past the footy before collecting the Richmond midfielder.

Geelong's Jack Henry has kicked the matchwinner to give the Cats a classic three-point victory over Richmond in one of the games of the AFL season.

"All in all it's a bit of a heartbreaking loss." "It was a great game of footy ... they're a great side, experienced and got a great understanding of what plays work. The incident is certain to attract attention from the match review officer and Stewart will be facing a hefty suspension of four weeks or more. "You've never got control of the game against them, we've been here before." "It felt a like the 2020 grand final ... I only bring it up because I can't think of a better way to show my admiration for Richmond. "The game looked gone a couple of times there and as a collective we didn't play safe, we knew we had to take the game away from them," Geelong coach Chris Scott said.

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"All we care about is Dion Prestia, but the Tigers are also one down. "It's going back over his head ... surely they stop the game. At one point the ball was kicked straight over the medic's heads.

Football fans completely lost their minds as two AFL giants battled it out in a gripping contest that went down to the dying seconds. James McKern.

As Prestia was helped from the field and subbed out of the contest, Stewart remained and played a key role in securing the win for the Cats - finishing the game with 29 disposals, 17 intercept possessions, 13 contested possessions, nine rebound-50s and 745 metres gained. Worthy of a final.— Trent Masenhelder (@tmase04) #AFLCatsTigers June 25, 2022 This game 🥵— Andrew McCormack (@_AMcCormack7) #AFLCatsTigers June 25, 2022 This game is everything.— Alex Fair (@AJFair85) #AFLCatsTigers June 25, 2022 A truly epic contest played out in front of footy fans as the Cats emerged victorious against a defiant Tigers outfit - 13.11 (89) to 13.8 (86). “Now that IS the game of the year.

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After the break, Carlton seized full control and their weight of inside-50 numbers won out when Curnow earned a free kick close to goal and put them in front. As a result, Carlton smashed second-placed Fremantle in contested possessions, clearances and inside-50s to seal one of their finest wins of the season. The Blues were without a plethora of first-choice defenders and reduced to using Lewis Young and youngster Brodie Kemp in key posts.

In what could have been the game of the year, the Cats got up over the Tigers on a late Jack Henry goal. Hodgey has all the Mongrel details.

As it stands, the fact we don’t have that system had a big impact anyway, with Richmond losing a prime mover and the Cats seeing Tom Stewart once again as one of their best. He is one of the players in this game where the numbers on the stat sheet tend to drag down his game, and I urge you to never make an assumption about his game based on statistics. Tyson Stengle put in an absolute gem once again and was the best forward on the park in this game, bar none. I hope that’s a sign of things to come, as the rules seem skewed towards aiding the forwards. Dustin Martin looks set to stay as a half-forward, as his trademark explosiveness is returning – I feel he is at maximum damage around goals, the only issue being whether he can contribute with Bolton down there as well. Nine of his disposals were from the defensive half of the ground, but as weird as it looked, he made it work. As the Tigers were pushing in the third quarter he transformed into a one man wall as the defensive zone was deployed, locking the ball inside 50. While I do not believe Stewart attacked the situation with the plan of wiping out Prestia, the fact is that he is in serious trouble, as he chose to bump and got him high. What I will say first off, was that nobody capitalised more from the injury to Prestia than Liam Baker. After sitting at half back for the first quarter and a bit, Baker was injected into the midfield and it paid immediate dividends, as “The best tryer in the AFL”- thanks Garry Lyon – was unstoppable around the clinches, normally the catalyst in creating the overlap run, with his tackle evasion and clean hands. Perhaps the thought process was that Soldo could be a dominant force against a fatiguing ruck unit in the late stages and fire up the midfield unit. He fought head and shin with star Tiger, Tom Lynch, and he was able to recover on the odd occasion he was out-positioned as he always kept a clear eye on the ball and did not get caught out by “faceguarding” his opponent. Battling with Lynch tired the young Cat going into the second half, as Lynch was instrumental in the Richmond fightback.