The dominance of the first quarter came to bear in the second, with Geelong blasting out to a 51-point half-time lead.

The Cats forwards are having a field day, none more than Jeremy Cameron who has booted four, while his partner in crime Shannon Neale has racked up two. Max Holmes and Brad Close have also kicked two apiece.

The Cats have dominated through the midfield through the busy work of Tom Atkins, Jack Bowes, Holmes, Brandan Parfitt and Mark O’Connor. Lively forward Gryan Miers has been running riot, with 14 possessions. For the Roos, Luke Davies-Uniacke has played a lone hand in the midfield, while Harry Sheezel has a game-high 20 possessions in defence.

The inside 50s favour Geelong 34-22. The Cats have also dominated centre clearances 10-3, a nod to ruckman Rhys Stanley in his 200th game, while they are well on top in contested possessions 76 to 57.

North Melbourne were too sloppy with the ball, allowing the Cats to capitalise on turnovers. They managed a few forays into their attacking arc, with slow, careful build-ups, but that good work was undone by bombing long to Nick Larkey, giving him little chance.

He did kick one in the second term for career goal 200 – the Kangaroos’ first goal of the quarter came at the 25th minute mark.