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Paul Chapman kicked a match-high three goals and was named the
game's most valuable player as the Geelong Cats won their second
Australian Rules football title in three years, beating the St.
Kilda Saints 12.8 (80) to 9. 14 (68) Saturday.
Playing before 99,251 fans in rainy conditions and on a soggy
pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Cats, from an industrial
port city about an hour southwest of Melbourne, overcame a
seven-point deficit after three quarters and prevented the Saints
from scoring a goal in the final quarter.
St. Kilda, which had the best regular-season record in the
Australian Football League this year, was attempting to win its
second league title in its 113-year history, having won its only
grand final in 1966.
Geelong won the AFL title in 2007 before losing last year's
championship match to Hawthorn. The team has eight titles overall.
Cats forward Max Rooke clinched the victory with a goal after
the final siren, with the end margin of 12 points the biggest that
had separated the two teams all day.
"We were very, very lucky and we're very proud of what we've
done," Geelong coach Mark Thompson said after his side kicked the
only three goals of the final quarter.
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