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Shannon Neale has booted another goal as the Cats keep powering past the Blues.
Carlton have been on a magical run leading into tonight, but the Cats have been too good once they found their noses in front.
Max Holmes is playing on despite looking sore at the end of the third term.
Cats 79, Blues 50 with 18 mins left to play.
The Blues fans are looking glum as the Cats are frustrating the Blues into errors and then attacking the other way.
Polkinghorne marked near the 50-metre arc and then booted the goal just a minute before the siren.
The Blues need to find something special in this last term and the Cats are right on top of them.
Max Holmes looks a little ginger behind play in his first game back after an ankle injury.
We will see if he returns in the final term.
The Cats are making their move and the Blues don’t have an answer.
The turnover off Lewis Young’s errant kick inside 50 resulted in the Cats finding Shannon Neale on the lead, and he booted the goal.
Cats 67, Blues 50 with two mins to go in Q3.
Gryan Miers has booted his second goal as the Cats again put two consecutive goals together.
That was a brilliant running goal from the 50-metre arc.
Over to you, Blues. What have you got in response here?
Cats 60, Blues 50 with eight mins to go in Q3.
Oliver Henry has kicked a goal to put the Cats back ahead, but the footy is very hot at the moment.
Henry nailed a set shot from in front of goal, but the Blues have immediately got back on the horse and are looking to run the footy again.
This match has turned into a cracker, even with a bit of rain around.
Cats 54, Blues 50 with 10 mins to go in Q3.
Patrick Dangerfield is up for the contest tonight. The Cats transitioned from defence before they found him on the lead.
He kicked from up against the boundary and nailed the shot from about 50 metres out.
He’s kicked two goals now, the veteran superstar.
Blues 49, Cats 48 with 13 mins to go in Q3.
Harry McKay has done a lot of the physical work and connecting play tonight but he’s bobbed up to mark an errant Ben Ainsworth shot on the goal line.
McKay went back and snapped the goal – the Blues fans loved that, so did their big forward.
Blues 49, Cats 42 with 14 mins to go in Q3.
Weitering crashed to the turf in pain after taking the full brunt of a Shannon Neale knee to his glute.
“That was a massive corkie,” Jason Dunstall exclaimed on Kayo.
But Weitering soon got to his feet, he’s trying to play on but that will slow him down.
Blues 43, Cats 42 with 15 mins to go in Q3.
The Blues have been so good at putting their errors behind them and they’ve done it again as they went down the wing and then found Francis Evans in the middle who sent a kick to a wide open Brodie Kemp.
He kicked the goal and the Blues lead again.
Cats 41, Blues 37 with 17 mins to go in Q3.
