Having kicked seven goals across his first four games of the season, Geelong's Jeremy Cameron achieved that tally in the first half alone against an injury ravaged Western Bulldogs on Friday night.
The reigning Coleman Medal winner was back to his lethal best against the Dogs, finishing with 10 goals for the match. Cameron's second time hitting double digits after his 11-goal effort against North Melbourne in 2025.
Geelong coach Chris Scott said his forward line mix of Cameron, Shannon Neale (one goal), Patrick Dangerfield (two), Jack Martin (one), Ollie Henry (one) and Oliver Wiltshire was on fire against the Bulldogs.
"(Cameron) was on wasn't he?" Scott said with a smile.
"In the third quarter, we didn't play as well as we would have liked, but every time he went near the ball even up the ground, it looked like good things were going to happen.
"The best forward lines, in my estimation over the years, have been multi-faceted and Jeremy kicks 10, but it sounds a bit silly, but it didn't feel like he was the only option in attack."
The Cats, while impressive in their 75-point demolition of the Dogs, are holding back on their performance given their opposition was savaged by injuries to Sam Darcy (knee), James O'Donnell (hamstring), Rory Lobb (hamstring) and Tom Liberatore (concussion) in game, while star ruck Tim English also missed through injury.
"It's a bit hard to predict the opposition except, I'm prepared to say, a couple of weeks ago, if (the Bulldogs) weren't the best team in the comp I'm not sure who was," he said.
"You need a bit of luck in this game.
"We are awake to the fact they had their challenges tonight and it sort of got worse for them as the game went on. I can't imagine their box being anymore flat than ours when Sam Darcy went down. You're not a real football person if your heart doesn't go out to individuals and the club in situations like that.
"Losing Liberatore, and (Ed) Richards was obviously a bit sore even though he played well tonight, after the last couple of weeks, without English, it's easy to not get carried away with our performance when you think of the challenges the opposition have."
Geelong celebrated the milestones of Mark Blicavs (300 games) and Jake Kolodjashnij (200), with the latter kicking a rare (his fifth ever) goal before being swamped by teammates.
Scott said he was pleased for Kolodjashnij to be put in the spotlight after the 30-year-old spent a year out of the game with hip and groin issues.
"(Kolodjashnij) has been a really important player for us, but it is difficult for those outside of the club to understand how challenging it has been for him the last 12 months," he said.
"There aren't many players, outside of a knee reconstruction where you know it is going to be a long period of time but it's likely you are going to come back, this was a situation where it was a bit unknown whether he was going to be able to force his way back into AFL football. But he just endured the difficult times.
"He spent basically a year in rehab by himself. The 200 games is nice, but the fact he is back makes me even happier."
