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Essendon Bombers coach James Hird keen to recruit former Geelong Cats big ...

Essendon coach James Hird believes former Cat Mitch Brown and ex-St Kilda veteran Clint Jones are still capable of playing in the AFL. The pair are among 13 top-up players drafted in by the Bombers for the NAB Challenge to serve as cover for the club's ... >> view original

Geelong young gun Cameron Guthrie using part-time job at Cold Rock to stay ...

His former captain Cameron Ling basically owns Geelong given his network of pubs and restaurants. Yet here was Guthrie accepting a weekly shift at Belmont's Cold Rock ice cream shop with all the scooping, cleaning and customer service that entails. >> view original

Police yet to identify pedestrian killed on Geelong Road

A man who was hit and killed by a truck in Brooklyn two weeks ago has not yet been identified. The man, believed to be between 30 and 50 years old, was killed while crossing Geelong Road about 1.45am on February 17. It was the same day that 23-year-old ... >> view original

A foodies' guide to Geelong

Go full throttle south-west from Melbourne and a little over an hour away, you'll start rolling into Geelong, Victoria's second biggest city, and a good-looking one at that. Undulating historic streets are peppered with grand homes overlooking a pretty ... >> view original

Gold Coast ease past Geelong in NAB Challenge as hot conditions take toll in ...

Geelong promised more midfield time for James Kelly and Jimmy Bartel – and that's where the triple-premiership champions spent most of the game. The Cats were again reliant on their old brigade, with Bartel, Kelly and Mathew Stokes doing the lion's ... >> view original

Not pretty, but Monash University Storm edges Geelong Cougars in the Victorian ...

The Storm defeated the Geelong Cougars 40-38 and is now in fifth place, just one game outside the top four. Monash coach Matt Hills said a wins a win but it wasn't much to write home about. “(It was a) very scrappy, unimpressive performance from both ... >> view original

Geelong Magistrate Ronald Saines caught travelling at more than 25km/h over ...

Senior Geelong Magistrate Ronald Saines was caught travelling at more than 25km/h over the limit, leading to an automatic 28-day suspension. The magistrate, who has berated dangerous drivers who appeared before him, was forced to explain himself to ... >> view original

Super trawler proponents to bring controversial fishing vessel to Geelong

A fresh plan to bring a massive factory freezer fishing boat to Australian waters has been met with opposition from marine campaigners. The 95-metre, Dutch-managed Dirk Dirk, which has been renamed Geelong Star, is coming to the country and will make ... >> view original

Chris Scott's Geelong continue to prove a mystery within a riddle

Chris Scott knows what everyone wants to know about Geelong. He didn't need to be asked. The same question has hung over his team since Mark Thompson bequeathed him a champion team entering its twilight. Scott himself posed the perennial question: ... >> view original

Geelong youngster Lincoln McCarthy to miss most of season 2015 due to foot ...

Luckless Geelong youngster Lincoln McCarthy is set to have another season ruined by injury after confirmation on Tuesday that he will have foot surgery. The 21-year-old is expected to be sidelined for up to five months, which means he will not be ... >> view original