“He’s obviously an important player for us.
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“Not sure where that’s at.”
Even before he was impaired, Cameron was held goalless, soundly beaten by Darcy Gardiner.
Teammate Tom Atkins wasn’t sure the extent of Cameron’s injury but was quick to defend the superstar forward’s performance.
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“I saw he came off with a sore arm, but he was back out pretty quickly,” Atkins said.
“I don’t know what happened to Jez. I don’t think he played poorly at all.
“We probably didn’t give him the best service as mids. That was nothing about Jez.
“I don’t know what the injury is, but it would take a lot for someone to miss playing out a grand final.”
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Atkins also threw his support behind Dangerfield, who lowered his colours to Brandon Starcevich a week after piecing together one of the great individual September performances in Geelong’s preliminary final win over Hawthorn.
“I think maybe we didn’t give them as good a look as we could have,” Atkins said.
“We kicked in straight lines for most of the day and their [Brisbane’s] defence is too good to do that to.”
The Lions began getting on top during time-on of the third term before roaring to the finish line.
Atkins still believed the Cats were a strong shout when they trailed by 19 at the last break.
“At three-quarter-time we were still very confident we could break the game open,” he said.
“It just turned out that that’s what they did.”
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