.Geelong's concentrate on a sturdy finals campaign, certainly not beating Port Adelaide in any way costs, settled handsomely after the Cats pranced into an initial ultimate without principals Tom Stewart as well as Sam De Koning.Geelong's premiership tilt was strengthened significantly on Thursday night after Chris Scott went with a traditional technique along with the superstar duo and also his edge still rumbled to an 84-point gain the unsatisfactory Power.Stewart (hamstring/illness) and De Koning (leg) will today have precious extra opportunity to prepare for the 9th preliminary last of Scott's enhanced 14-season tenure.Watch the most effective coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with pro review and every game until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your cost-free trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE BUYING RATHER. For Free and also discreet support ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Jezza opens finals collection with STUNNER!|00:35 PET CATS GAMER SCORES:' Off the graphes' younger gun packs missing out on superstar gap as bargain pick-ups great' ONE OF THE BEST': Celebrity Pet Cat STUNS Portress with fanatic show ... however it won't win objective of the yearSpeaking post-game at the Adelaide Oval, Scott rightly supported in play the long game with 2 of his essential protectors. "If our company took a threat along with those people and it backfired it would not have actually been actually inconceivable, however the level of challenge would certainly possess risen," Scott clarified." The program was actually to become conservative with those men as well as ideally still win the game, so we are actually feeling excellent about that choice now, but our company are actually not prospering of ourselves.Geelong have actually enrolled their two greatest success of the 2024 period in back-t0-back games, new off their 93-point draw West Coast that completed their home-and-away period on a high.But as Scott has viewed original previously this time against the likes of Carlton and Gold Coastline, it does not take much to become on the wrong end of a walloping like what they handed Port Adelaide on Thursday night. "Our team've persevered the year along with the swings through the season ... you are actually a little of an off evening from being severely trumped," Scott carried on." We always keep viewing that so that will maintain our feet on the ground." They're perfect examples of when you participate in properly you go, 'Oh, excellent selection' and if we will possess played inadequately it would have been about, 'What would've taken place if our experts will possessed Stewart and De Koning?'" However our emphasis is on having a good month, not getting acute and trying to bluff our means in to a prelim ... you can not do that in finals." Scott accepted he was still having a hard time the selection to play Stewart or not after he picked up a hamstring problem in his final getaway prior to ailment tipped the ranges." He possessed a really good number of weeks of training and also our experts were actually truly positive that he would correct," the instructor mentioned." He was in total training for a treatment on Monday, our team presumed he was visiting correct, however ... our team were still considering that up." At that point he started to come down with a bit of an influenza, then due to the time he woke up he was scoundrel good enough that he wouldn't participate in, so it merely kind of made the decision for him and us a little bit easier." However, hand on heart, we were bending towards certainly not playing him and also our team would certainly helped make the conventional call along with De Koning too." Stewart was actually presently racing versus the time clock to play on Thursday evening before falling victim to a disease (Photo through Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images) Source: Getty ImagesThe relocate to certainly not play Stewart also would certainly possess thrown elements of Port Adelaide's plan out the home window also, having actually effectively delivered stress ahead Jed McEntee to Stewart in their last three conferences with overwhelming success.Beyond the protective duo however, Tom Hawkins (foot) and also Webcam Guthrie (Achilles) are going to play in the VFL on Saturday early morning as they seek to push their insurance claims after lengthy layoffs." Our strategy the whole time was actually for them to play this week so our team'll push on keeping that," Scott included." Our company'll remain optimistic, stay broad-minded, maintain all the alternatives on the dining table, and also make good choices in the second." I'll avoid the seduction to anticipate excessive I could rest right here and speculate, and it wouldn't help anyone." Despite the lack of Hawkins up forward versus the Power, the Pussy-cats' foremost line shone as brilliant as any sort of this season - as well as having booted 18 behinds for the evening, can possess amazingly been ever better.Superstars Jeremy Cameron and also Tyson Stengle finished the night along with four targets each, while Gryan Miers and Shaun Mannagh each booted three majors. Tom Stewart ruled out of Pet cats v Port|02:08 Hawkins' substitute Shannon Neale booted 2.2 from his nine disposals and also 9 marks, creating the moving toward collection call on that to select in pair of full weeks time (hanging Hawkins' fitness) even more fascinating by the week.Asked if he wish to view a preparatory ultimate played in Geelong, certainly not the MCG where it are going to absolutely be actually scheduled, Scott responded with a troublesome gleam in his eye." I presume my position has actually consistently been actually that you should play your home video games everywhere you want," he confessed." But the AFL manage the finals set and also they've got to exercise whether that is actually the best trait or not, and they are actually stabilizing a great deal of things that I don't consider that a lot." They have actually got the excellent of the game front of thoughts and all I care about is the Cats so it's reasonable that our company would differ when we possess those various standpoints." But a prelim final (in Geelong)? Why certainly not? It's a fair stadium." What I will definitely mention is prelim finals will certainly be played at some factor at the Gold Shoreline, or even at Giants Stadium, or Hobart.".