Lawson Humphries and Jeremy Cameron during the round 10 match between Yartapuulti (Port Adelaide) and Geelong at Adelaide Oval, May 17, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos

JEREMY Cameron has booted seven goals as Geelong blitzed Yartapuulti by 76 points despite Brownlow medallist Patrick Dangerfield being among five players suffering serious injuries.

Dangerfield, teammate Jack Bowes and Power pair Jason Horne-Francis and Lachie Jones all limped off with hamstring ailments in the Cats' 17.13 (115) to 5.9 (39) triumph.

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Power half-back Josh Sinn was also substituted due to a left hip injury in a Saturday afternoon of mayhem at Adelaide Oval.

All five players hurt were ruled out before half-time in a game broken by Geelong ace Cameron's seven-goal haul.

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"Jeremy was sore but fortunately it was something that sort of got better as it went on - and that was obvious with the way he played," Geelong coach Chris Scott said.

But Bowes and Dangerfield face stints on the sidelines.

"Dangerfield ... more minor than Bowes' is the feedback that I have got and a little less clear exactly what it is, which is a good sign," Scott said.

"We were sort of thinking through Dangerfield in the mid-season period so likely what it will mean for us is he will just miss a week or two more than we had planned during this period leading up to our bye."

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The Cats have a bye in round 16 while Port will also send Horne-Francis, Jones and Sinn for scans.

"It was a significant hamstring day, wasn't it," Port coach Ken Hinkley said.

"Slippery conditions, weather - I don't know, all those things you have to consider. But it seems a bit too coincidental to have four, all in the first half."

The Cats improved their win-loss record to six-four while leaving the Power at a wobbly four-six.

Cameron's scoring was complemented by two goals from Ollie Dempsey (24 disposals) and trump recruit Bailey Smith's impact continued with 30 possessions.

Bailey Smith marks during the R10 match between Yartapuulti (Port Adelaide) and Geelong at Adelaide Oval, on May 17, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos

Gryan Miers (27 touches), Mark O'Connor (28) and Max Holmes (22) were also instrumental in Geelong's fifth straight win at Adelaide Oval.

Power captain Connor Rozee was busy at half-back with a game-high 32 disposals and ex-skipper Ollie Wines (28 disposals) and Ryan Burton (26) battled against the tide.

But with tall forwards Mitch Georgiades (one goal) and Ollie Lord (none) held, only effervescent Sam Powell-Pepper (two goals, 23 disposals) provided an attacking spark.

Neither club scored for the initial dozen minutes of a first quarter marred by the spate of injuries.

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Sinn was helped off after being crunched by a Mark O'Connor knee in a second-minute marking contest.

His teammate Horne-Francis limped off 18 minutes later with a right hamstring injury and the Cats substituted Jack Bowes, also due to a right hamstring complaint, around the half-hour mark.

Geelong led by three points at quarter-time but Dangerfield was added to the injury list when removed with a right hamstring problem early in the second quarter.

And 23 minutes into the term, Power defender Jones became the fourth hamstring victim when hurt in a chase.

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Jones had been manning Cameron and his absence coincided with two match-turning goals from the key Cat.

Cameron's second strike - a stunning long-range set shot from a boundary line - gave Geelong a nine-point buffer at half-time, 5.3 to 3.6 - the lowest scoring returns in a first half this season for both clubs.

The Cats then made a match-winning move with a superb third quarter, booting five goals to one for a 36-point break at three-quarter time.

Cameron stamped his authority with three consecutive goals in an eight-minute burst to open the last quarter as Yartapuulti folded - the Power's match total of 39 points is their lowest score this year.

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House of Hamstring Horrors
The wet and slippery conditions looked dangerous from the outset and were soon confirmed as such. Josh Sinn was subbed out just minutes into the game after copping a knee to the hip from Mark O'Connor. It wasn't much longer before things went from bad to really bad for the Power when Jason Horne-Francis pinged his right hamstring and was also ruled out for the rest of the match. Just to even things up a bit, the Cats lost Jack Bowes, also to a right hamstring injury, before the first quarter ended. 

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House of Hamstring Horrors II
When it looked like things couldn't get worse, they got worse. Play resumed and soon it was superstar Patrick Dangerfield's turn to head to the bench with ... a hamstring injury. At least the playing field was level with both sides down to three on the bench, but not for long, as Lachie Jones grabbed his left thigh high with, well, you know what with. 

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Jez turns the game on its head
It looked for a moment like Jeremy Cameron was about to join the ranks of the injured when he was left limping after a knock to the knee in the second quarter, but he managed to walk it off and return to the fray. To that point he had been held goalless, but Cameron came to life, first with a pair of goals to give the Cats the half-time lead, and then five more through the second half in a masterful display of the key-forward craft.

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YARTAPUULTI   2.4    3.6    4.9      5.9 (39)
GEELONG          3.1    5.3    10.9    17.13 (115)

GOALS
Yartapuulti: Powell-Pepper 2, Richards, Byrne-Jones
Geelong:
Cameron 7, Dempsey 2, Mannagh, Humphries, O.Henry, Close, Bowes, Atkins, Neale, Stengle

BEST
Yartapuulti: Rozee, Powell-Pepper, Wines, Aliir
Geelong:
Dempsey, Cameron, Smith, Blicavs, Miers

INJURIES
Yartapuulti:
Sinn (hip), Horne-Francis (hamstring), Jones (hamstring)
Geelong:
Dangerfield (hamstring), Bowes (hamstring)

SUBSTITUTES
Yartapuulti:
Christian Moraes (replaced Josh Sinn in the first quarter)
Geelong:
Mitch Duncan (replaced Jack Bowes in the first quarter)

Crowd: 35,508 at Adelaide Oval