2023 AFL Round 8: Geelong v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 2023 between Geelong and Adelaide during round 8 of the 2023 AFL season. Geelong hosted Adelaide at GMHBA Stadium. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

Geelong
Back: M. O'Connor, E. Ratugolea, Z. Guthrie
Half-back: J. Kolodjashnij, T. Stewart, Z. Tuohy
Centre: I. Smith, M. Blicavs, M. Duncan
Half-forward: O. Henry, J. Cameron, J. Bews
Forward: G. Miers, T. Hawkins, B. Close
Follower: J. Ceglar, T. Atkins, P. Dangerfield
Int.: T. Bruhn, M. Holmes, M. Knevitt, S. Simpson
Sub.: O. Dempsey

Adelaide
Back: T. Doedee, N. Murray, W. Milera
Half-back: B. Smith, J. Butts, M. Hinge
Centre: J. Soligo, J. Dawson, L. Sholl
Half-forward: I. Rankine, C. Jones, L. Pedlar
Forward: T. Walker, D. Fogarty, L. Murphy
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, B. Keays
Int.: M. Michalanney, J. Rachele, R. Sloane, R. Thilthorpe
Sub.: M. Crouch

Geelong (14.14.98) defeated Adelaide (11.6.72).

Goalkickers
Geelong: J. Cameron (3), S. Simpson (2), T. Atkins, M. Blicavs, T. Bruhn, T. Hawkins, O. Henry, M. Holmes, M. Knevitt, G. Miers, I. Smith
Adelaide: T. Walker (3), L. Pedlar (2), I. Rankine (2), M. Hinge, R. O'Brien, L. Sholl, R. Sloane

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Adelaide were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 6 May 2023
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 21,415

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Adelaide
Score: 14.14.98 - 11.6.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 6 8 . 8 10 . 11 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Adelaide 2 . 4 6 . 4 8 . 5 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Margin GEEL by 2 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 26
Duration 30:40 32:58 29:27 32:55 2:06:00

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Matthew Nicks (Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), unknown (Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 3
Jeremy Cameron GEEL 5 2
Max Holmes GEEL 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Esava Ratugolea GEEL 17 10 2 0 0 0 0
Max Holmes GEEL 9 5 0 0 1 1 0
Mark Blicavs GEEL 46 4 0 1 0 0 0
Zach Guthrie GEEL 39 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 3 0 0 1 0 0
Lachlan Murphy ADEL 4 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jeremy Cameron GEEL 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mark O'Connor GEEL 42 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom RR 78% 1 0 17 8 9 3 0 6 5 3 2 3 1 3
24 Bews, Jed HFFR 84% 0 0 9 1 8 2 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 0
46 Blicavs, Mark C 82% 1 0 16 8 8 4 10 4 5 3 1 2 1 3
4 Bruhn, Tanner INT 65% 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 1
5 Cameron, Jeremy CHF 95% 3 2 15 14 1 5 0 3 1 7 1 3 0 5
15 Ceglar, Jonathon RU 75% 0 0 12 6 6 3 37 2 4 4 2 4 0 1
45 Close, Brad FPR 83% 0 0 11 1 10 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 1
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RO↓ 38% 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 4 3 3 1 1 1 5
28 Dempsey, Oliver SUB↑ 30% 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 Duncan, Mitch WR 85% 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 4 2 2 1 0 5 3
39 Guthrie, Zach BPR 84% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 3
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 100% 1 2 14 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
36 Henry, Ollie HFFL 81% 1 3 9 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Holmes, Max INT 72% 1 0 22 13 9 2 0 8 5 2 2 1 1 4
10 Knevitt, Mitch INT 58% 1 0 15 6 9 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 4
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake HBFL 95% 0 0 15 10 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
32 Miers, Gryan FPL 80% 1 0 12 6 6 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2
42 O'Connor, Mark BPL 86% 0 0 16 11 5 7 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 3
17 Ratugolea, Esava FB 94% 0 0 13 7 6 8 0 0 0 1 3 0 5 1
37 Simpson, Sam INT 80% 2 1 9 5 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
7 Smith, Isaac WL 82% 1 2 21 14 7 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 5 4
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 90% 0 0 24 17 7 8 0 1 0 4 1 2 4 1
2 Tuohy, Zach HBFR 81% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 4 3 1 0 1 2 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 14 14 335 203 132 90 50 70 42 44 20 21 34 53

O. Dempsey replaced P. Dangerfield.

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Butts, Jordon CHB 94% 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
5 Crouch, Matt SUB↑ 39% 0 0 12 2 10 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
12 Dawson, Jordan C 85% 0 0 29 18 11 5 0 6 4 5 4 1 0 6
39 Doedee, Tom BPL 100% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0
32 Fogarty, Darcy FF 86% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 2
20 Hinge, Mitch HBFR 85% 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1
1 Jones, Chayce CHF 87% 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 3 6 3 1 1 3 3
2 Keays, Ben RO 80% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 6
29 Laird, Rory RR 81% 0 1 21 8 13 2 0 14 6 4 3 3 0 4
16 Michalanney, Max INT 67% 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 3 0 3 0 1 5 1
30 Milera, Wayne BPR 80% 0 0 18 8 10 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
4 Murphy, Lachlan FPR 80% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 1 5 3 1 0 1 6
28 Murray, Nick FB↓ 51% 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 78% 1 0 15 6 9 4 38 3 2 2 2 0 2 1
10 Pedlar, Luke HFFR 85% 2 0 8 7 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1
8 Rachele, Josh INT 69% 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
22 Rankine, Izak HFFL 95% 2 1 21 11 10 6 0 2 2 4 3 0 1 2
38 Sholl, Lachlan WR 83% 1 0 12 5 7 2 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 2
9 Sloane, Rory INT 73% 1 0 18 12 6 5 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 6
33 Smith, Brodie HBFL 83% 0 0 24 16 8 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 8 2
14 Soligo, Jake WL 82% 0 1 20 12 8 3 0 4 3 4 1 0 1 2
7 Thilthorpe, Riley INT 61% 0 0 5 1 4 0 11 2 3 4 0 3 0 0
13 Walker, Taylor FPL 77% 3 1 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 6 1 5 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 6 333 189 144 76 49 64 37 56 21 20 39 46

M. Crouch replaced N. Murray.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
39 T. Doedee 28 N. Murray 30 W. Milera 15 J. Ceglar 4 T. Bruhn
45 B. Close 26 T. Hawkins 32 G. Miers 30 T. Atkins 9 M. Holmes
FORWARD 35 P. Dangerfield 10 M. Knevitt
HALF-BACK

37 S. Simpson
33 B. Smith 41 J. Butts 20 M. Hinge

28 O. Dempsey
24 J. Bews 5 J. Cameron 36 O. Henry



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 J. Soligo 12 J. Dawson 38 L. Sholl



22 M. Duncan 46 M. Blicavs 7 I. Smith FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 43 R. O'Brien 16 M. Michalanney
HALF-FORWARD 29 R. Laird 8 J. Rachele
22 I. Rankine 1 C. Jones 10 L. Pedlar 2 B. Keays 9 R. Sloane
2 Z. Tuohy 44 T. Stewart 8 J. Kolodjashnij

7 R. Thilthorpe
HALF-BACK

5 M. Crouch
FORWARD



13 T. Walker 32 D. Fogarty 4 L. Murphy



39 Z. Guthrie 17 E. Ratugolea 42 M. O'Connor



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:20
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 08:39
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 10:13
GEEL Isaac Smith behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 10:56
GEEL Tom Atkins goal 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 14:18
ADEL Luke Pedlar goal 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 15:56
ADEL Rory Laird behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 17:06
ADEL Jake Soligo behind 1.2.8 - 2.3.15 18:19
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 1.3.9 - 2.3.15 21:47
GEEL Sam Simpson goal 2.3.15 - 2.3.15 23:08
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 2.3.15 - 2.4.16 26:58
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 2.4.16 - 2.4.16 28:00
GEEL Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 2.4.16 28:28
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 2.6.18 - 2.4.16 30:02
Q2 GEEL Isaac Smith goal 3.6.24 - 2.4.16 00:48
GEEL Sam Simpson goal 4.6.30 - 2.4.16 02:21
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 4.6.30 - 3.4.22 05:38
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 5.6.36 - 3.4.22 08:30
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 6.6.42 - 3.4.22 12:41
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 7.6.48 - 3.4.22 15:49
ADEL Rory Sloane goal 7.6.48 - 4.4.28 17:47
GEEL Sam Simpson behind 7.7.49 - 4.4.28 22:55
ADEL Mitch Hinge goal 7.7.49 - 5.4.34 25:16
ADEL Reilly O'Brien goal 7.7.49 - 6.4.40 27:54
GEEL Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 6.4.40 29:50
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 8.8.56 - 6.4.40 30:40
Q3 GEEL Ollie Henry behind 8.9.57 - 6.4.40 01:51
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 8.10.58 - 6.4.40 03:16
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 8.10.58 - 7.4.46 07:03
GEEL Mitch Knevitt goal 9.10.64 - 7.4.46 09:56
ADEL Lachlan Sholl goal 9.10.64 - 8.4.52 13:32
ADEL Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 8.5.53 14:53
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 10.10.70 - 8.5.53 18:03
GEEL Isaac Smith behind 10.11.71 - 8.5.53 26:05
Q4 ADEL Izak Rankine behind 10.11.71 - 8.6.54 02:32
GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 11.11.77 - 8.6.54 07:44
GEEL Oliver Dempsey behind 11.12.78 - 8.6.54 09:51
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 11.12.78 - 9.6.60 14:35
GEEL Max Holmes goal 12.12.84 - 9.6.60 20:13
ADEL Luke Pedlar goal 12.12.84 - 10.6.66 21:31
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 12.12.84 - 11.6.72 23:24
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 13.12.90 - 11.6.72 27:08
GEEL Rushed behind 13.13.91 - 11.6.72 29:11
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 13.14.92 - 11.6.72 29:44
GEEL Tanner Bruhn goal 14.14.98 - 11.6.72 30:24