Geelong captures 2nd Aussie Rules title in 3 years

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- The Geelong Cats have won their second Australian Rules football title in three years, preventing St. Kilda from scoring a goal in the final quarter to beat the Saints 12.8 (80) to 9. 14 (68).

Playing before 99,251 fans in rainy conditions and on a soggy pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, the Cats, from an industrial port city about an hour southwest of Melbourne, overcame deficits at the end of all three quarters to win the Australian Football League title.

St. Kilda, which had the best regular-season record in the AFL this year, was attempting to win its second league title in its 113-year history, having won its only grand final in 1966.

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