2017 Geelong Football Club season

Geelong Football Club
2017 season
PresidentColin Carter
CoachChris Scott
(7th season)
Captain(s)Joel Selwood
(6th season)
Home groundSimonds Stadium
AFL season2nd
Finals seriesPreliminary final
Best and FairestPatrick Dangerfield (2nd)
Leading goalkickerTom Hawkins (51)
Highest home attendance70,345 vs.Hawthorn
(15 July, Round 17)
Lowest home attendance24,909 vs. Port Adelaide
(25 May, Round 10)
Average home attendance36,819
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Geelong Football Club season was 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. It was also the first time the club fielded a women's team, with the club joining the VFL Women's competition.

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

Geelong's 2017 AFL season fixture[2]
Round Date and local time Opponent Home Away Result Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Scores[a]
1
 Sunday, 26 March (4:40 pm) Fremantle 10.13 (73) 18.7 (115) Won by 42 points Domain Stadium [A] 34,638 2nd
2
 Sunday, 2 April (1:10 pm) North Melbourne 17.10 (112) 17.9 (111) Won by 1 point Etihad Stadium [H] 30,917 7th
3
 Saturday, 8 April (4:35 pm) Melbourne 20.6 (126) 13.19 (97) Won by 29 points Etihad Stadium [H] 29,733 3rd
4
 Monday, 17 April (3:20 pm) Hawthorn 6.12 (48) 20.14 (134) Won by 86 points MCG [A] 62,360 1st
5
 Sunday, 23 April (3:20 pm) St Kilda 13.10 (88) 19.12 (126) Won by 38 points Etihad Stadium [A] 33,884 2nd
6
 Sunday, 30 April (3:20 pm) Collingwood 11.12 (72) 15.17 (107) Lost by 29 points MCG [H] 46,457 3rd
7
 Saturday, 6 May (7:25 pm) Gold Coast 18.16 (124) 15.9 (99) Lost by 25 points Metricon Stadium [A] 13,648 3rd
8
 Saturday, 13 May (7:25 pm) Essendon 17.8 (110) 13.15 (93) Lost by 17 points MCG [A] 57,172 5th
9
 Friday, 19 May (7:50 pm) Western Bulldogs 16.8 (104) 12.9 (81) Won by 23 points Simonds Stadium [H] 30,275 3rd
10
 Thursday, 25 May (7:20 pm) Port Adelaide 11.15 (81) 11.13 (79) Won by 2 points Simonds Stadium [H] 24,909 3rd
11
 Friday, 2 June (7:50 pm) Adelaide 13.18 (96) 10.14 (74) Won by 22 points Simonds Stadium [H] 30,468 3rd
12
 Bye 3rd
13
 Thursday, 15 June (6:10 pm) West Coast 11.17 (83) 10.10 (70) Lost by 13 points Domain Stadium [A] 35,719 3rd
14
 Sunday, 25 June (1:10 pm) Fremantle 10.14 (74) 11.6 (72) Won by 2 points Simonds Stadium [H] 29,928 3rd
15
 Saturday, 1 July (7:25 pm) Greater Western Sydney 10.8 (68) 10.8 (68) Match drawn Spotless Stadium [A] 15,007 3rd
16
 Saturday, 8 July (7:25 pm) Brisbane Lions 11.12 (78) 25.13 (163) Won by 85 points The Gabba [A] 18,769 3rd
17
 Saturday, 15 July (1:45 pm) Hawthorn 13.10 (88) 12.13 (85) Won by 3 points MCG [H] 70,345 2nd
18
 Friday, 21 July (7:20 pm) Adelaide 13.13 (91) 10.10 (70) Lost by 21 points Adelaide Oval [A] 50,464 2nd
19
 Saturday, 29 July (7:25 pm) Carlton 8.10 (58) 18.15 (123) Won by 65 points Etihad Stadium [A] 35,460 2nd
20
 Friday, 4 August (7:50 pm) Sydney 8.13 (61) 16.11 (107) Lost by 46 points Simonds Stadium [H] 30,833 4th
21
 Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm) Richmond 11.14 (80) 9.12 (66) Won by 14 points Simonds Stadium [H] 32,266 3rd
22
 Saturday, 19 August (2:10 pm) Collingwood 9.5 (59) 10.10 (70) Won by 11 points MCG [A] 47,889 3rd
23
 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
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
Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Honours

Milestones

Others

VFL Women's team

Geelong Football Club
2017 VFLW season
PresidentColin Carter
CoachPaul Hood
(1st season)
Captain(s)Rebecca Goring
(1st season)
Home groundSimonds Stadium
Anthony Costa Oval
Deakin University, Waurn Ponds
VFLW5th
VFLW Best & FairestLily Mithen
Leading goalkickerKate Darby (19)

2017 was the first season of women's Australian rules football contested by the Geelong Football Club, with the club competing in the second season of the VFL Women's competition, after failing to secure a licence to compete in the inaugural AFL Women's competition that began in 2017.

Background

The first season of the VFL Women's (VFLW) league was held in 2016, and consisted of ten teams from the now-defunct Victorian Women's Football League.

In October 2016, Geelong announced that they would be taking over the licence to operate a VFL Women's team, replacing the Geelong Magpies who had competed in the 2016 season.[3]

Season summary

Paul Hood was appointed the club's inaugural VFLW coach, having previously coached Geelong's VFL team in 2015. Rebecca Goring was appointed captain, with Maddie Boyd and Lily Mithen named as co-vice captains.[4] Mithen won the club's VFLW best and fairest award for the season.[5] The club would finish the season fifth on the ladder, not qualifying for the finals.

Results

Key
H Home game
A Away game
Table of season results[6]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground
G B T G B T
1 6 May Won 9 4 58 Box Hill Hawks 0 2 2 Simonds Stadium H
2 13 May Won 11 7 73 Seaford 4 2 26 Shell Road Reserve, Ocean Grove H
3 28 May Won 3 5 23 Cranbourne 2 4 16 Frenken Homes Oval (Casey Fields No 2) A
4 4 June Lost 2 3 15 Darebin 11 11 77 Plenty War Memorial Park A
5 18 June Lost 3 2 20 VU Western Spurs 7 5 47 Henry Turner Memorial Reserve, Footscray A
6 25 June Lost 3 2 20 Melbourne University 8 8 56 Anthony Costa Oval, Geelong H
7 2 July Lost 4 0 24 St Kilda Sharks 4 8 32 Deakin University, Waurn Ponds H
8 29 June Won 9 8 62 Seaford 2 3 15 R F Miles Recreation Reserve, Seaford A
9 16 July Won 11 6 72 Cranbourne 4 2 26 Osborne Park, North Geelong H
10 29 July Lost 1 1 7 Darebin 2 8 20 IKON Park A
11 5 August Won 4 5 29 Box Hill Hawks 2 3 15 Box Hill City Oval A
12 12 August Won 6 5 41 VU Western Spurs 1 3 9 Anthony Costa Oval, Geelong H
13 20 August Won 11 8 74 Eastern Devils 5 5 35 Deakin University, Waurn Ponds H
14 27 August Lost 4 3 27 Eastern Devils 8 7 55 Mulgrave Reserve A

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Darebin (P) 14 12 2 0 873 319 273.7 48 Finals series
2 Diamond Creek 14 12 2 0 803 421 190.7 48
3 Melbourne University 14 10 4 0 755 414 182.4 40
4 St Kilda Sharks 14 10 4 0 749 493 151.9 40
5 Geelong Cats 14 8 6 0 545 431 126.5 32
6 Western Spurs 14 7 7 0 563 584 96.4 28
7 Eastern Devils 14 5 9 0 684 708 96.6 20
8 Box Hill 14 3 11 0 382 718 53.2 12
9 Cranbourne 14 3 11 0 298 889 33.5 12
10 Seaford 14 0 14 0 260 935 27.8 0
Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Awards

Notes

Key
  • H ^ Home match.
  • A ^ Away match.
Notes
  • a Geelong's scores are indicated in bold font.

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "2017 Geelong Cats Season Fixtures". Geelong Cats. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Cats announce VFL women's side". Geelong Football Club. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "2017 Season Scores and Results". Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  7. ^ "VFL WOMEN'S TEAM OF THE YEAR". Victorian Football League. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2021.


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