Jared RIVERS

2015 Digest:   Veteran defender coming off a fine 2014 – fifth in the best and fairest – in which he was arguably the Cats’ most consistent performer. Faces a weekly battle with a chronic knee injury but managed it well last year.

2015 NAB Cup:   Got through a modified pre-season and played final two NAB games. On track after superb effort against Blues.

2015 Season

Played for : Geelong

1	Haw	Quiet in the back half pretty much all day. Will need to fire next week.	3
2		Knee.
3	VFL	14 possessions down back. Solid enough.	–
4	NM	Had the better of Petrie and among the best.	8
5	Rich	Had Vickery covered and rebounded well. Grabbed 14 marks.	7
6	Coll	Beat every opponent and read flight of ball well.	7
7	Syd	Had Tippett/Goodes and among the best. Defended well when pressure was on.	6
8	Carl	Steady down back. Rarely put under any pressure.	6
9	WCE	Battled hard to stem the flow. Third-man-up work solid.	6
10	Ess	Anyone he played on he had covered and intercepted when he had to.	6
11	Port	Beat Westhoff and got better the longer the game went.	6
12	Melb	Had trouble with the resting ruckmen and couldn’t impact going other way.	4
15	NM	Petrie kicked three on him but a little unlucky to concede that number.	4
16		Knee.
17		Knee.
18	VFL	Controlled the back half against Frankston.	–
19	VFL	Under pressure all day down back. Held his own.	–
20	Haw	Late replacement took resting ruckman. Limited impact but no mistakes.	4
21		Knee.
22		Retired.
23		Retired.

2014 Season

Played for : Geelong

1	Adel	Defensively solid on McKernan after conceding early goal. Great last term.	5
2		Late withdrawal.
3	Coll	Stats modest but steady in what he did. Provides some steadiness down back.	5
4	WCE	Team-high 12 marks and always in the way as the last-line defender.	7
5	Haw	Huge defensively. Got into the right spots when it mattered and was steady.	7
6	Port	Steady inside defensive 50 arc and kept Westhoff goalless.	7
7	Rich	Kept Aaron Edwards goalless and provided steady support down back.	6
9	Frem	Under siege down back and got caught against speedy opponents.	5
10	NM	Steady in defence. Adds another dimension to back half with his poise.	6
11	Syd	Battled Tippett and actually did OK despite Swan kicking five goals.	6
12	Carl	Casboult caused him issues at times but he defended well when game on line.	6
13		Knee.
14	GCS	Cats’ best. Read the ball well all night and got into great defensive positions.	8
15	Ess	Play reading and defensive work first class roaming in the back half.	6
16	WB	Moved off Crameri but responded really well to thwart the Dogs.	6
17	Melb	Steady as a rock down back. Spoiled brilliantly and beat Dunn/Pedersen.	7
18	GWS	Steady again in the back half. Gave camp a scare when he grabbed at his knee.	6
19	NM	Nullified Daw pretty comfortably in a fine defensive performance.	7
20	Frem	Key to the defensive effort. One effort in final term led to Cats only goal.	7
21	Carl	Rock solid again playing on Casboult for parts.	7
22	Haw	Ceglar caught him out a few times late but ball was coming in sideways.	5
23	Bris	Had Paine done like a dinner, and rock solid again down back.	6
QF	Haw	Stoic again down back. Thwarted many Hawk forward forays with positioning.	7
SF	NM	Injured calf early and hampered. Didn’t play at all in the final quarter.	4
PF		–
GF		–

2013 Season

Played for : Geelong

1	Haw	Solid on debut for Cats. Steady presence then copped knee injury.	3
2		Knee.
3		Knee.
4	Syd	Struggled at times but kept battling down back. Will get better.	3
5	WB	Injured knee in first term and his night was done.	1
6		Knee.
7		Knee.
8		Knee.
9		Knee.
10		Knee.
11		Knee.
12		Knee.
13		Knee.
14		Knee.
15	VFL	Played loose down back and was eased back in.	–
16	VFL	Bye.	–
17	VFL	Spent time on Paine and Lynch. Didn’t give either an inch.	–
18	VFL	Held Sandringham’s forwards in check all day.	–
19	VFL	Teamed with Brown to keep Hogan under wraps.	–
20	Port	Did enough without starring. Good first game back as he tries to find his feet.	4
21	WCE	Played best game since returning to the side. Found some footy and defended well.	5
22	Syd	Getting better each week. Had variety of opponents and had them all covered.	6
23	Bris	Steady down back. Looks to be timing his run well into the finals.	6
QF	Frem	Got better the longer the game went and solid enough defensively.	5
SF	Port	Wasn’t setting world on fire and then copped an injured ankle and was subbed out.	3
PF	Haw	Struggled for second final in a row. Is the fairytale over for the key forward?	2
GF

2012 Season

Played for : Melbourne

1	Bris	Gave away height to Leuenberger but did well keeping him in check.	5
2	WCE	Took two contested marks. Tried hard under pressure.	6
3	Rich	Saw off Vickery so that was a win but didn’t offer much offensively.	4
4	WB	Had the better of Cordy. Solid performance.	6
5	StK	Got on top of Stanley especially when conditions were wetter.	6
6	Geel	Had hands full with Podsiadly and wasn’t the worst.	4
7	Haw	Unnoticed down back.	3
8	Syd	One of a number of Dees who had to work overtime in defence. Tried hard.	5
9	Carl	Steady in defence and along with Frawley helped keep side in it.	7
10	Ess	Strong and unruffled in backline.	7
11	Coll	Goldsack played defensively on him early. Pushed forward late for a goal.	3
13	GWS	Loved a run up forward and ended with career high four goals.	7
14	Bris	Kicked 0.3 playing as a forward. Competed well but inaccuracy hurt.	5
15	Rich	One nice mark and goal in second term but well held by Rance.	3
16	Frem	Played forward again but not effective as an aerial target.	3
17	Port	Main focus in Demons’ attack and kicked a couple but it’s a stop-gap measure.	5
18	NM	Didn’t really do much damage from his 18 disposals.	4
19	GCS	Well held by Warnock for the most part – one goal from five marks.	3
20	StK	Troubled by Koschitzke’s strength in marking contests.	5
21	GWS	Took eight marks and kicked two goals at full forward.	6
22	Adel	Battled on after having his head split open until subbed out for final term.	4
23	Frem	Only nine possessions and three marks. Not enough.	4