DANGERFIELD FOCUSED ON WINNING NOT MILESTONE
GEELONG champion Patrick Dangerfield will not let his 200th game be a distraction from the task at hand on Friday night as the Cats look to knock off Richmond and earn a spot in a preliminary final.
Dangerfield will play game No.46 for Geelong on Friday and registers the milestone having played 154 games at Adelaide but says his only focus is the qualifying final against the third-placed Tigers in front of what is looming as a 90,000-plus crowd.
“It’s special, but I think for us the lure of winning this final is far greater than any individual accomplishment, so while I’m proud to have achieved 200 games, for us it is all about winning this Friday,” Dangerfield said.
“It’s finals so this is the most important time of the year and this is why you play the game, to get to the position we’re in. It promises to be a great challenge, Richmond has been really solid all season and has played really well at the MCG but we’re up for it, we’re looking forward to it.”
Dangerfield said while Richmond was a different proposition at the MCG, it would have been a fierce contest at any venue.
“It is going to be a tough game no matter where it is played, they just play the ’G really well so we need to be wary of that,” he said
“But there is no better stage than in front of 90,000odd people.”