SCOTT JOINS COACHING GREATS

LAURENCE ROSEN

Chris Scott adds another achievement to his bulging resume when he coaches

Geelong for the 300th time on Thursday night against Melbourne.

Scott, a dual premiership coach and one of the Cats’ most defining figures of a generation, will become just the 24th man in AFL/VFL history to coach 300 matches.

The blockbuster will see Scott become the second Geelong coach to reach 300 games behind the legendary Reg Hickey (304).

Round 15 Milestones

300 GAMES AS COACH

CHRIS SCOTT GEELONG

Scott will become the 24th person to coach 300 VFL/AFL games and the second for Geelong after Reg Hickey.

150 GAMES

BRAD CROUCH ST KILDA/ADELAIDE

SAM DAY GOLD COAST

JAMES HARMES

MELBOURNE

100 GAMES

JORDAN DAWSON

ADELAIDE/SYDNEY

It has been a fruitful 12 months for Scott, who last year guided Geelong to a premiership and broke Hickey’s record for most wins as Cats coach (184).

Scott has one of the most enviable records of any current senior coach – he is going at 71.6 per cent in home and away matches and 69.2 per cent overall.

While Geelong will no doubt quietly acknowledge the important milestone, the Cats have greater business to attend to in the opening game of round 15 as the premiers of the past two seasons square off at GMHBA Stadium.

The Cats are languishing in 10th spot – a game outside the top eight – and are badly in need of a win as they look to keep their chances of defending their premiership alive.

As they continue to battle through injury issues, news of Patrick Dangerfield’s injury setback – he suffered a partially collapsed lung and cracked rib in last Thursday night’s loss to Port Adelaide – will only compound the club’s issues.

“I’ve missed enough footy over the last couple of years, it does become this frustration and every time you get rolling all of a sudden there’s a hiccup,” the Geelong captain said on SEN’s Whateley.

“This is (a) first-world problem and there have been players that have had far more injury-riddled careers than I have, but I certainly get the frustrations.”

In another coaching milestone, Chris Fagan will oversee Brisbane Lions for the 150th time when they take on St Kilda at Marvel Stadium on Friday night.

ROWAN MARSHALL ST KILDA

150 GAMES AS COACH

CHRIS FAGAN

BRISBANE LIONS

MOST GAMES – INDIGENOUS PLAYERS

LANCE FRANKLIN

SYDNEY/HAWTHORN

Set to play game No. 351, passing Eddie Betts into outright third most AFL/VFL games by indigenous players behind Shaun Burgoyne (407) and Adam Goodes (372).

Consecutive Games

JACK CRISP

COLLINGWOOD/ BRISBANE LIONS

Crisp is set to play his 202nd consecutive match, moving to equal fourth alongside Richmond’s Jack Titus.