For the third time in four years Geelong and Collingwood will meet in the preliminary final.

The game will be played at the MCG on Friday night at 7:45pm and will be shown on Channel Seven.

In 2007 the Cats prevailed in a thriller, winning by five points to advance to the grand final.

Last season saw Geelong run out comfortable 73 point winners.

In both years the Cats went on to take the premiership the following week.

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