2017 Geelong Football Club season

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Geelong Football Club
2017 season
PresidentColin Carter
Coach Chris Scott
(7th season)
Captain(s) Joel Selwood
(6th season)
Home ground Simonds Stadium
AFL season 2nd
Finals series Preliminary final
Best and Fairest Patrick Dangerfield (2nd)
Leading goalkicker Tom 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
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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.

Contents

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]
RoundDate and local timeOpponentHomeAwayResultVenueAttendanceLadder
position
Scores [a]
1
Sunday, 26 March (4:40 pm) Fremantle 10.13 (73)18.7 (115)Won by 42 points Domain Stadium [A] 34,6382nd
2
Sunday, 2 April (1:10 pm) North Melbourne 17.10 (112)17.9 (111)Won by 1 point Etihad Stadium [H] 30,9177th
3
Saturday, 8 April (4:35 pm) Melbourne 20.6 (126)13.19 (97)Won by 29 points Etihad Stadium [H] 29,7333rd
4
Monday, 17 April (3:20 pm) Hawthorn 6.12 (48)20.14 (134)Won by 86 points MCG [A] 62,3601st
5
Sunday, 23 April (3:20 pm) St Kilda 13.10 (88)19.12 (126)Won by 38 points Etihad Stadium [A] 33,8842nd
6
Sunday, 30 April (3:20 pm) Collingwood 11.12 (72)15.17 (107)Lost by 29 points MCG [H] 46,4573rd
7
Saturday, 6 May (7:25 pm) Gold Coast 18.16 (124)15.9 (99)Lost by 25 points Metricon Stadium [A] 13,6483rd
8
Saturday, 13 May (7:25 pm) Essendon 17.8 (110)13.15 (93)Lost by 17 points MCG [A] 57,1725th
9
Friday, 19 May (7:50 pm) Western Bulldogs 16.8 (104)12.9 (81)Won by 23 points Simonds Stadium [H] 30,2753rd
10
Thursday, 25 May (7:20 pm) Port Adelaide 11.15 (81)11.13 (79)Won by 2 points Simonds Stadium [H] 24,9093rd
11
Friday, 2 June (7:50 pm) Adelaide 13.18 (96)10.14 (74)Won by 22 points Simonds Stadium [H] 30,4683rd
12
Bye3rd
13
Thursday, 15 June (6:10 pm) West Coast 11.17 (83)10.10 (70)Lost by 13 points Domain Stadium [A] 35,7193rd
14
Sunday, 25 June (1:10 pm) Fremantle 10.14 (74)11.6 (72)Won by 2 points Simonds Stadium [H] 29,9283rd
15
Saturday, 1 July (7:25 pm) Greater Western Sydney 10.8 (68)10.8 (68)Match drawn Spotless Stadium [A] 15,0073rd
16
Saturday, 8 July (7:25 pm) Brisbane Lions 11.12 (78)25.13 (163)Won by 85 points The Gabba [A] 18,7693rd
17
Saturday, 15 July (1:45 pm) Hawthorn 13.10 (88)12.13 (85)Won by 3 points MCG [H] 70,3452nd
18
Friday, 21 July (7:20 pm) Adelaide 13.13 (91)10.10 (70)Lost by 21 points Adelaide Oval [A] 50,4642nd
19
Saturday, 29 July (7:25 pm) Carlton 8.10 (58)18.15 (123)Won by 65 points Etihad Stadium [A] 35,4602nd
20
Friday, 4 August (7:50 pm) Sydney 8.13 (61)16.11 (107)Lost by 46 points Simonds Stadium [H] 30,8334th
21
Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm) Richmond 11.14 (80)9.12 (66)Won by 14 points Simonds Stadium [H] 32,2663rd
22
Saturday, 19 August (2:10 pm) Collingwood 9.5 (59)10.10 (70)Won by 11 points MCG [A] 47,8893rd
23
Sunday, 27 August (TBC) Greater Western Sydney 15.13 (103)8.11 (59)Won by 44 points Simonds Stadium [H] 30,0872nd

Ladder

PosTeam
PldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Adelaide 22156124151776136.062 2017 finals
2 Geelong 22156121341818117.462
3 Richmond (P)22157019921684118.360
4 Greater Western Sydney 22146220811812114.860
5 Port Adelaide 22148021681671129.756
6 Sydney 22148020931651126.856
7 Essendon 221210021352004106.548
8 West Coast 221210019641858105.748
9 Melbourne 221210020351934105.248
10 Western Bulldogs 22111101857191397.144
11 St Kilda 22111101925198696.944
12 Hawthorn 22101111864205590.742
13 Collingwood 2291211944196399.038
14 Fremantle 2281401607216074.432
15 North Melbourne 2261601983226487.624
16 Carlton 2261601594203878.224
17 Gold Coast 2261601756231176.024
18 Brisbane Lions 2251701877252674.320
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
Coach Paul Hood
(1st season)
Captain(s) Rebecca Goring
(1st season)
Home ground Simonds Stadium
Anthony Costa Oval
Deakin University, Waurn Ponds
VFLW 5th
VFLW Best & Fairest Lily Mithen
Leading goalkicker Kate 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
HHome game
AAway game
Table of season results [6]
RoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGround
GBTGBT
1 6 MayWon9458Box Hill Hawks022 Simonds Stadium H
2 13 MayWon11773Seaford4226Shell Road Reserve, Ocean Grove H
3 28 MayWon3523Cranbourne2416Frenken Homes Oval (Casey Fields No 2)A
4 4 JuneLost2315 Darebin 111177Plenty War Memorial ParkA
5 18 JuneLost3220VU Western Spurs7547Henry Turner Memorial Reserve, FootscrayA
6 25 JuneLost3220Melbourne University8856Anthony Costa Oval, GeelongH
7 2 JulyLost4024St Kilda Sharks4832 Deakin University, Waurn PondsH
8 29 JuneWon9862Seaford2315R F Miles Recreation Reserve, SeafordA
9 16 JulyWon11672Cranbourne4226Osborne Park, North GeelongH
10 29 JulyLost117 Darebin 2820 IKON Park A
11 5 AugustWon4529Box Hill Hawks2315 Box Hill City Oval A
12 12 AugustWon6541VU Western Spurs139Anthony Costa Oval, GeelongH
13 20 AugustWon11874Eastern Devils5535 Deakin University, Waurn PondsH
14 27 AugustLost4327Eastern Devils8755Mulgrave ReserveA

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Darebin (P)141220873319273.748 Finals series
2 Diamond Creek 141220803421190.748
3 Melbourne University 141040755414182.440
4 St Kilda Sharks 141040749493151.940
5 Geelong Cats 14860545431126.532
6 Western Spurs 1477056358496.428
7 Eastern Devils 1459068470896.620
8 Box Hill 14311038271853.212
9 Cranbourne 14311029888933.512
10 Seaford 14014026093527.80
Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Awards

Notes

Key
Notes

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References

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