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The Advertiser
a day ago
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- The Advertiser
Jezza to kick 100 goals? I'd like to see that: Hinkley
Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley would love to see star Geelong forward Jeremy Cameron kick 100 goals this year - as long as he has a quiet game this weekend. Cameron sits on top of the Coleman Medal race with 69 goals to his name from 19 games. No AFL player has reached 100 goals in a season since Lance Franklin achieved the feat while playing for Hawthorn in 2008. Franklin kicked 102 during that home-and-away campaign before adding another 11 goals across three finals. Cameron needs 31 goals in four games plus finals to crack the magical 100-mark. Playing in his favour is the fact Geelong face Port Adelaide, Essendon, Sydney and Richmond in their final four games - all teams sitting in the bottom half of the ladder. "Jez is a great player. I think it would be outstanding for football to see 100 goals kicked again in the game ... as long as he doesn't get many against us," Hinkley said. Port (8-11) are limping to the finish line in Hinkley's last season as coach, with injuries to key players hurting their cause. "This year we've had 18 surgeries since January," Hinkley said. "And they're collision injuries, they're really unfortunate injuries, you can't do much about them." Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley would love to see star Geelong forward Jeremy Cameron kick 100 goals this year - as long as he has a quiet game this weekend. Cameron sits on top of the Coleman Medal race with 69 goals to his name from 19 games. No AFL player has reached 100 goals in a season since Lance Franklin achieved the feat while playing for Hawthorn in 2008. Franklin kicked 102 during that home-and-away campaign before adding another 11 goals across three finals. Cameron needs 31 goals in four games plus finals to crack the magical 100-mark. Playing in his favour is the fact Geelong face Port Adelaide, Essendon, Sydney and Richmond in their final four games - all teams sitting in the bottom half of the ladder. "Jez is a great player. I think it would be outstanding for football to see 100 goals kicked again in the game ... as long as he doesn't get many against us," Hinkley said. Port (8-11) are limping to the finish line in Hinkley's last season as coach, with injuries to key players hurting their cause. "This year we've had 18 surgeries since January," Hinkley said. "And they're collision injuries, they're really unfortunate injuries, you can't do much about them." Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley would love to see star Geelong forward Jeremy Cameron kick 100 goals this year - as long as he has a quiet game this weekend. Cameron sits on top of the Coleman Medal race with 69 goals to his name from 19 games. No AFL player has reached 100 goals in a season since Lance Franklin achieved the feat while playing for Hawthorn in 2008. Franklin kicked 102 during that home-and-away campaign before adding another 11 goals across three finals. Cameron needs 31 goals in four games plus finals to crack the magical 100-mark. Playing in his favour is the fact Geelong face Port Adelaide, Essendon, Sydney and Richmond in their final four games - all teams sitting in the bottom half of the ladder. "Jez is a great player. I think it would be outstanding for football to see 100 goals kicked again in the game ... as long as he doesn't get many against us," Hinkley said. Port (8-11) are limping to the finish line in Hinkley's last season as coach, with injuries to key players hurting their cause. "This year we've had 18 surgeries since January," Hinkley said. "And they're collision injuries, they're really unfortunate injuries, you can't do much about them."
Yahoo
a day ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jezza to kick 100 goals? I'd like to see that: Hinkley
Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley would love to see star Geelong forward Jeremy Cameron kick 100 goals this year - as long as he has a quiet game this weekend. Cameron sits on top of the Coleman Medal race with 69 goals to his name from 19 games. No AFL player has reached 100 goals in a season since Lance Franklin achieved the feat while playing for Hawthorn in 2008. Franklin kicked 102 during that home-and-away campaign before adding another 11 goals across three finals. Cameron needs 31 goals in four games plus finals to crack the magical 100-mark. Playing in his favour is the fact Geelong face Port Adelaide, Essendon, Sydney and Richmond in their final four games - all teams sitting in the bottom half of the ladder. Cameron is coming off a career-high 11-goal display from last week's 101-point thumping of North Melbourne, and he'll be aiming to continue that hot form in Sunday's clash with the Power at GMHBA Stadium. A career-high night for Jeremy Cameron 👏Watch all 11 of his goals against North Melbourne.#AFLNorthCats — AFL (@AFL) July 26, 2025 "Jez is a great player. I think it would be outstanding for football to see 100 goals kicked again in the game ... as long as he doesn't get many against us," Hinkley said. Port (8-11) are limping to the finish line in Hinkley's last season as coach, with injuries to key players hurting their cause. "This year we've had 18 surgeries since January," Hinkley said. "And they're collision injuries, they're really unfortunate injuries, you can't do much about them."
Perth Now
a day ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Jezza to kick 100 goals? I'd like to see that: Hinkley
Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley would love to see star Geelong forward Jeremy Cameron kick 100 goals this year - as long as he has a quiet game this weekend. Cameron sits on top of the Coleman Medal race with 69 goals to his name from 19 games. No AFL player has reached 100 goals in a season since Lance Franklin achieved the feat while playing for Hawthorn in 2008. Franklin kicked 102 during that home-and-away campaign before adding another 11 goals across three finals. Cameron needs 31 goals in four games plus finals to crack the magical 100-mark. Playing in his favour is the fact Geelong face Port Adelaide, Essendon, Sydney and Richmond in their final four games - all teams sitting in the bottom half of the ladder. Cameron is coming off a career-high 11-goal display from last week's 101-point thumping of North Melbourne, and he'll be aiming to continue that hot form in Sunday's clash with the Power at GMHBA Stadium. "Jez is a great player. I think it would be outstanding for football to see 100 goals kicked again in the game ... as long as he doesn't get many against us," Hinkley said. Port (8-11) are limping to the finish line in Hinkley's last season as coach, with injuries to key players hurting their cause. "This year we've had 18 surgeries since January," Hinkley said. "And they're collision injuries, they're really unfortunate injuries, you can't do much about them."
West Australian
4 days ago
- Sport
- West Australian
Motormouth Mitch: The mature Eagle who West Coast need to demand more of to help younger teammates
From the mature Eagle who didn't stand up in the western derby, to the Fremantle star who needs to find form. Football writer Mitchell Woodcock takes a no-holds-barred look at the week of footy. Eagles' Lack of Baz Ball West Coast need to ask more of Bailey Williams. It was disappointing that he wasn't able to stand up on Saturday afternoon and be more of a presence to ease the pressure on his younger teammates. Williams has been admirable over the past few seasons as the Eagles' No.1 ruck since the retirement of Nic Naitanui. But he had to be better than he was in a forward line which was being spearheaded by two teenagers against Fremantle at Optus Stadium on Saturday night. Jobe Shanahan and Archer Reid were left to shoulder too much for the Eagles. Williams was the forward-ruck on the night and while he shouldn't be expected to kick a bag, he had to have more of an impact. The 25-year-old has now played 85 AFL games. That is more than enough to have an expectation put on you to lead when called upon. Williams didn't take one mark against the Dockers, which is damning enough for the 201cm powerhouse. But what was more disappointing was his lack of physicality in the contest. He laid only two tackles and there weren't any signs of him trying to impose his body on the contest. Williams should've been crashing packs and making his size felt even if it cost them a few free kicks. Instead, he was barely sighted throughout the contest. Williams is finally in his preferred role with the forward-ruck split and should be thriving as a big man about to enter the prime of his career. Shanahan and Reid are going to be good players for the Eagles, hopefully for the next decade. If they are going to get there though, they need more from the likes of Williams around them as they develop. West Coast need to demand Williams shoulders this responsibility. It's his time. Cyclone Warning There is a big watch on the form of Josh Treacy in the back half of this season as the Dockers drive towards finals. For the sixth time in the past 12 games Treacy went goalless and while it isn't affecting Fremantle yet, they will be hoping it clicks for the big Cohuna sooner rather than later. Treacy was one of the top forwards in the AFL earlier this year when he kicked 20 goals from his seven games to have tongues wagging. Since then, he has kicked only 12 in as many games, and it has seen him drop well out of the race for the Coleman Medal. I argued when Jye Amiss was battling that if Fremantle were getting six to eight goals a game out of the combination including Pat Voss it didn't matter too much. But there is a strong sense that if the Dockers are going to be more than just playing in the finals, they're going to need Treacy at his damaging best. His presence on a field can be game changing and there are few in the purple chevrons who can grasp the moment better than the intimidating 193cm beast. If Treacy can get off the leash against Carlton or Port Adelaide in the next two weeks, it could kick-start him back into the form of earlier this year. And this could be the difference between them going deep into finals or being bundled out. It's not panic stations right now, but coach Justin Longmuir would love for Cyclone Tracey to get to a category five sooner rather than later to help blow their premiership window wide open. AFL's Equalisation Woes Forget in-season tournaments. Forget 20th teams. Forget Tasmanian stadiums. The AFL has an urgent problem they need to fix and it's equalisation. For weeks now only nine teams have been able to realistically make finals and while that isn't ideal, it's just sometimes an anomaly. But what is clearly poor for the game is the one-sided affairs that are becoming all-too commonplace each week. West Coast have won only one game this season. North Melbourne couldn't even outscore Jeremy Cameron in a 101-point defeat to Geelong. And a wounded Essendon looked like a VFL side at times against a talent-filled Western Bulldogs outfit, while the Showdown was one of the most one-sided in history, with Adelaide claiming a 98-point win. It's not going to get any better next week. Gold Coast will likely smash Richmond. Essendon aren't going to get an easy game from Sydney at the SCG. And if Fremantle head the words from Longmuir about being ruthless, Carlton could be headed for disaster in their trip to WA. The AFL has made player movement easier than ever but right now it is only making the strong teams stronger and the gap between the good and the bad is growing. Bailey Smith choosing to go to Geelong when he left the Western Bulldogs rather than a cashed-up club like a North Melbourne or an Essendon is not surprising but tells you all you need to know about where the AFL's issues lie. Bad teams can't attract good players no matter how much they're willing to pay. And this year's draft is going to be so compromised with academy and father-son selections that there isn't going to be much help for those at the bottom of the ladder. It's going to get worse when Tasmania come in and get heavy draft concessions to build their inaugural list. Whether West Coast deserve a priority pick or not is one thing, but there should be no argument when it comes to whether they should ask for one. The AFL must find a way to bridge the ever-growing distance that is coming between the two halves of the ladder or risk having too many unwatchable games. Fixture Chaos The WAFL were the biggest losers by the AFL's fixtures this weekend when the western derby was played at 2.15pm on Saturday. It overlapped with three of the four state league games this weekend and will undoubtedly have hurt their crowds. There is nothing the WAFL could do about it. They don't have a fixture like the AFL where they lock in the dates and times for the first half and then roll the second half out within the season. They can't do that because of ground availability among several other factors. West Coast and Fremantle should ask not to play on a Saturday afternoon, especially against each other. The state leagues are vital for the game. They develop players for the AFL. And financial hits when crowds are sitting at home watching the western derby rather than attending WAFL games is too much to cover. There was no reason why the derby couldn't have been played at 6.10pm on Saturday. The WAFL then could've brought the league games forward a bit and likely had at least marginally bigger crowds. And a bonus is we wouldn't have had that horrible shadow over half of Optus Stadium that was an eyesore both live and on TV early in the derby. It is just a little thing for the AFL, but for WAFL clubs they are big and should be factored in better.
The Advertiser
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Cats' Cameron stars with career-best bag to roast Roos
Jeremy Cameron has kicked a career-high 11 goals as Geelong recorded the greatest winning margin by any team this season in a 101-point demolition of North Melbourne. The Coleman Medal leader and star midfielder Bailey Smith (43 possessions, 13 clearances) ran riot in the Cats' merciless 22.18 (150) to 7.7 (49) thumping at Marvel Stadium on Saturday night. The result came close to eclipsing Geelong's greatest winning margin against the Kangaroos, 114 points back in 1981. Geelong took a whopping 106-point lead into three-quarter time, but North at least added four goals to win the final term after only kicking three before that. In pole position to add to the Coleman Medal he won in 2019, Cameron slotted through his 10th goal early in the final quarter. The 32-year-old had previously kicked nine goals in a game twice. Naturally his Cats teammates looked for him when going inside-50 as the prospect of the rare feat became possible. Cameron did as he pleased for most of the night, with many of his goals coming because he was given so much space by North's defenders. Cameron's bag took him to 69 goals this season, 22 ahead of Gold Coast spearhead Ben King. He joins the legendary Lance Franklin, Richmond premiership hero Jack Riewoldt and former West Coast champion Josh Kennedy as players to kicked 11 or more goals in a game in the 18-team era that began in 2012. "Right from the start, he looked sharp and took his chances early," Cats coach Chris Scott said. "He was dangerous all night, but part of that was the others who are in there too. "It wasn't as if he was our only way of scoring." While the left-footed wizard ran riot up forward, star recruit Smith was electric in the midfield. The Brownlow Medal fancy had 25 possessions at halftime, finishing with an equal career-best 43. The finals-bound Cats were doing it so easy they decided to tactically sub out captain Patrick Dangerfield in the third quarter. So relaxed was Dangerfield, he ate a souvlaki on the bench in the final term. Former Sydney star Luke Parker was easily North's best player, having 31 disposals and a team-high seven clearances. The result left Geelong in fourth place on the ladder, with a favourable run in their four games before finals. North appear headed for a sixth straight season stranded in the bottom two. The Kangaroos are 4-1-14, with coach Alastair Clarkson left to do some soul-searching before he starts his fourth season in charge of North in 2026. "The difference is only about (17) disposals between the two sides," Clarkson said. "Obviously the difference is the quality with which they use their ball compared to what we did ours. "Some of that was due to due to good pressure from Geelong, and some of it, we just had some blatant turnovers that we need to be better at." Jeremy Cameron has kicked a career-high 11 goals as Geelong recorded the greatest winning margin by any team this season in a 101-point demolition of North Melbourne. The Coleman Medal leader and star midfielder Bailey Smith (43 possessions, 13 clearances) ran riot in the Cats' merciless 22.18 (150) to 7.7 (49) thumping at Marvel Stadium on Saturday night. The result came close to eclipsing Geelong's greatest winning margin against the Kangaroos, 114 points back in 1981. Geelong took a whopping 106-point lead into three-quarter time, but North at least added four goals to win the final term after only kicking three before that. In pole position to add to the Coleman Medal he won in 2019, Cameron slotted through his 10th goal early in the final quarter. The 32-year-old had previously kicked nine goals in a game twice. Naturally his Cats teammates looked for him when going inside-50 as the prospect of the rare feat became possible. Cameron did as he pleased for most of the night, with many of his goals coming because he was given so much space by North's defenders. Cameron's bag took him to 69 goals this season, 22 ahead of Gold Coast spearhead Ben King. He joins the legendary Lance Franklin, Richmond premiership hero Jack Riewoldt and former West Coast champion Josh Kennedy as players to kicked 11 or more goals in a game in the 18-team era that began in 2012. "Right from the start, he looked sharp and took his chances early," Cats coach Chris Scott said. "He was dangerous all night, but part of that was the others who are in there too. "It wasn't as if he was our only way of scoring." While the left-footed wizard ran riot up forward, star recruit Smith was electric in the midfield. The Brownlow Medal fancy had 25 possessions at halftime, finishing with an equal career-best 43. The finals-bound Cats were doing it so easy they decided to tactically sub out captain Patrick Dangerfield in the third quarter. So relaxed was Dangerfield, he ate a souvlaki on the bench in the final term. Former Sydney star Luke Parker was easily North's best player, having 31 disposals and a team-high seven clearances. The result left Geelong in fourth place on the ladder, with a favourable run in their four games before finals. North appear headed for a sixth straight season stranded in the bottom two. The Kangaroos are 4-1-14, with coach Alastair Clarkson left to do some soul-searching before he starts his fourth season in charge of North in 2026. "The difference is only about (17) disposals between the two sides," Clarkson said. "Obviously the difference is the quality with which they use their ball compared to what we did ours. "Some of that was due to due to good pressure from Geelong, and some of it, we just had some blatant turnovers that we need to be better at." Jeremy Cameron has kicked a career-high 11 goals as Geelong recorded the greatest winning margin by any team this season in a 101-point demolition of North Melbourne. The Coleman Medal leader and star midfielder Bailey Smith (43 possessions, 13 clearances) ran riot in the Cats' merciless 22.18 (150) to 7.7 (49) thumping at Marvel Stadium on Saturday night. The result came close to eclipsing Geelong's greatest winning margin against the Kangaroos, 114 points back in 1981. Geelong took a whopping 106-point lead into three-quarter time, but North at least added four goals to win the final term after only kicking three before that. In pole position to add to the Coleman Medal he won in 2019, Cameron slotted through his 10th goal early in the final quarter. The 32-year-old had previously kicked nine goals in a game twice. Naturally his Cats teammates looked for him when going inside-50 as the prospect of the rare feat became possible. Cameron did as he pleased for most of the night, with many of his goals coming because he was given so much space by North's defenders. Cameron's bag took him to 69 goals this season, 22 ahead of Gold Coast spearhead Ben King. He joins the legendary Lance Franklin, Richmond premiership hero Jack Riewoldt and former West Coast champion Josh Kennedy as players to kicked 11 or more goals in a game in the 18-team era that began in 2012. "Right from the start, he looked sharp and took his chances early," Cats coach Chris Scott said. "He was dangerous all night, but part of that was the others who are in there too. "It wasn't as if he was our only way of scoring." While the left-footed wizard ran riot up forward, star recruit Smith was electric in the midfield. The Brownlow Medal fancy had 25 possessions at halftime, finishing with an equal career-best 43. The finals-bound Cats were doing it so easy they decided to tactically sub out captain Patrick Dangerfield in the third quarter. So relaxed was Dangerfield, he ate a souvlaki on the bench in the final term. Former Sydney star Luke Parker was easily North's best player, having 31 disposals and a team-high seven clearances. The result left Geelong in fourth place on the ladder, with a favourable run in their four games before finals. North appear headed for a sixth straight season stranded in the bottom two. The Kangaroos are 4-1-14, with coach Alastair Clarkson left to do some soul-searching before he starts his fourth season in charge of North in 2026. "The difference is only about (17) disposals between the two sides," Clarkson said. "Obviously the difference is the quality with which they use their ball compared to what we did ours. "Some of that was due to due to good pressure from Geelong, and some of it, we just had some blatant turnovers that we need to be better at."
