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The Geelong Cats person defeated the Sydney Swans successful a one-sided matter to clinch the 2022 AFL premiership.
In their archetypal rubric triumph since 2011, Geelong piled connected the guardant unit to triumph 20.13 (133) to 8.4 (52) successful beforehand of much than 100,000 radical astatine the MCG.
It was an irresistible show from the insignificant premiers, who claimed their 16th consecutive triumph of the season.
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It's a 4th emblem for skipper Joel Selwood to spell on with his 2007, 2009 and 2011 medals and a 2nd for manager Chris Scott.
"This volition beryllium the oldest mean aged squad ever to play successful immoderate crippled of football, ever, astatine this level," Brian Taylor said successful commentary for Seven.
"And to triumph the premiership, it is amazing."
In a blistering archetypal term, the Cats secured the shot successful their territory early, dominating clip successful their forward 50 to nutrient the highest archetypal innings people conceded by Sydney each year.
After an aboriginal misfire from a acceptable shot, prima guardant Tom Hawkins seized the archetypal extremity honour aft immoderate signature ruck work.
Taking a bound throw-in, Hawkins outmuscled ruckman Tom Hickey to easy drawback through. Moments aboriginal helium repeated the process for Geelong's second.
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Sydney responded disconnected the footwear of Will Hayward with a superb crumbing goal. But the celebrations were short-lived arsenic the Cats' midfielders came live done Mark Blicavs and a treble for Isaac Smith.
"The Swans conscionable can't get immoderate alleviation successful this crippled astatine all," Matthew Richardson said successful commentary for Channel 7.
"They're conscionable not winning the footy astir the contest. It's [13+] already successful that area. So they can't get their hands connected it and past instrumentality a spot of vigor retired of the crippled due to the fact that the Cats are conscionable reddish blistery successful the contest."
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Taking a 35-point pb into the archetypal break, Geelong's veterans of Smith, Selwood and Patrick Dangerfield led the way.
After starting connected the bench, Selwood topped each players successful the archetypal 4th with 12 disposals, portion Smith showed his people with 8 disposals and 2 goals.
The massacre by Geelong continued successful the 2nd fractional with Tyson Stengle booting his archetypal of the afternoon.
Goals to Hayden McLean, Callum Mills and Isaac Heeney evened up the contention arsenic the Swans stemmed a spot of Geelong's travel from the archetypal quarter.
But a 3rd extremity to Hawkins and a 2nd for Stengle soon cancelled retired immoderate turnaround connected the scoreboard.
Sydney guardant Sam Reid carried an adductor wounded into the lucifer and aft a fierce contention went down into the rooms conscionable minutes earlier the half-time break.
He was soon subbed out, injecting defender Braeden Campbell into the match.
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Geelong took a six-goal pb into the rooms astatine half-time, but the crippled remained determination for the taking should Sydney person kicked the archetypal of the 2nd half.
However, back-to-back antiaircraft errors from Tom McCartin proved costly for Sydney with Mitch Duncan and Brad Close converting some blunders into goals.
A 3rd extremity to Smith strengthened his prospects of a maiden Norm Smith medal earlier 2 consecutive majors to Stengle doused immoderate past hopes of an epic comeback from the Swans.
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Cameron Gutherie was subbed retired of the lucifer successful the 4th quarter, making mode for Brandon Parfit who made an contiguous interaction with his archetypal touch.
Playing successful his grounds 40th finals match, Selwood deed the scoreboard aft a superb captain's extremity goal, warring backmost tears successful the aftermath.
There person been questions implicit whether the 34-year-old volition spell connected adjacent year, and that's lone going to intensify aft that celebration.
"This absorption does accidental to me, erstwhile I look astatine Joel Selwood, erstwhile I look astatine his woman and I deliberation mum determination arsenic well, woman Brit, that this whitethorn beryllium the extremity that we're seeing of Joel Selwood," Taylor said.
"Certainly the emotion says that."
Consolation goals to Paddy McCartin, Chad Warner and Tom Papley rounded retired a pugnacious time for the Swans.
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