2025 AFL Season Preliminary Final 2: Geelong v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 2025 between Geelong and Hawthorn in the second preliminary final of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong "hosted" Hawthorn at the MCG. Patrick Dangerfield captained the hosts with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. James Sicily captained the visitors with Dylan Moore as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Sam Mitchell.

Geelong (17.13.115) defeated Hawthorn (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Second Preliminary Final
Teams: Geelong v Hawthorn
Date: Friday 19 September 2025
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 99,567

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Hawthorn
Score: 17.13.115 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 3 6 . 7 13 . 11 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Hawthorn 3 . 4 6 . 6 9 . 7 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin HWTH by 13 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 28 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 30
Duration 31:38 32:18 35:16 32:53 2:12:05

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Geelong) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Hawthorn) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Patrick Dangerfield
Vice-Captain: Tom Stewart
Coach: Chris Scott

Hawthorn

Captain: James Sicily
Vice-Captain: Dylan Moore
Coach: Sam Mitchell

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 10 2 0 0 0 0
Mark Blicavs GEEL 46 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Bailey Smith GEEL 3 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Gryan Miers GEEL 32 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Jeremy Cameron GEEL 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dylan Moore HWTH 13 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tyson Stengle GEEL 18 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 RO 76% 0 0 25 12 13 1 0 11 7 5 3 1 0 2
46 Blicavs, Mark RU 83% 1 0 12 6 6 3 29 11 4 4 0 2 0 1
12 Bowes, Jack INT 69% 0 1 12 9 3 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 4
5 Cameron, Jeremy FF 92% 3 2 16 14 2 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 3
13 Clark, Jhye SUB↑ 62% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 0 4 5 0 0 2 2
45 Close, Brad HFFR 75% 0 2 15 9 6 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 2
35 Dangerfield, Patrick (c) FPR 78% 3 0 31 14 17 5 0 2 8 6 4 1 0 9
16 De Koning, Sam FB 79% 0 0 18 8 10 6 4 3 2 4 1 1 1 5
28 Dempsey, Oliver WR 87% 0 2 14 9 5 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFR 87% 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 2 1 5 0 1 6 4
38 Henry, Jack BPR 87% 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 Holmes, Max C 81% 1 0 25 19 6 3 0 7 3 3 1 1 4 2
17 Humphries, Lawson INT 72% 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1
7 Mannagh, Shaun CHF 82% 2 0 15 12 3 5 0 4 4 7 0 2 0 8
19 Martin, Jack INT 62% 1 1 8 6 2 3 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2
32 Miers, Gryan INT 79% 1 1 27 14 13 3 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 5
34 Mullin, Oisin WL 81% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 0
33 Neale, Shannon FPL 97% 1 0 3 1 2 1 6 3 0 3 0 1 0 1
42 O'Connor, Mark HBFL 83% 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0
14 O'Sullivan, Connor BPL 91% 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 0
3 Smith, Bailey RR 88% 1 1 36 21 15 5 0 6 6 5 0 0 3 8
18 Stengle, Tyson HFFL 86% 3 0 15 11 4 3 0 6 0 2 1 0 0 4
44 Stewart, Tom (vc) CHB↓ 21% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 17 13 347 211 136 67 39 77 50 66 19 16 26 66

J. Clark replaced T. Stewart.

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Amon, Karl WL 87% 0 0 28 18 10 7 0 1 1 3 0 1 6 2
37 Barrass, Tom FB 85% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
24 Battle, Josh BPL 95% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 4 1
30 Butler, Sam INT↓ 43% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Chol, Mabior CHF 87% 1 0 14 8 6 6 14 6 2 5 1 3 0 2
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo HBFR 73% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 6 2 1 0 0 3 3
33 Ginnivan, Jack FPR 84% 1 0 24 13 11 3 0 2 1 8 1 2 2 3
19 Gunston, Jack FPL 88% 3 1 15 12 3 7 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 2
15 Hardwick, Blake BPR 93% 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 5 0 2 1 1 2 0
4 Impey, Jarman HBFL 84% 1 0 14 9 5 1 0 4 1 4 0 0 5 1
9 Jiath, Changkuoth SUB↑ 30% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 2
2 Lewis, Mitch FF 76% 3 1 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
31 MacDonald, Connor INT 74% 1 0 13 6 7 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 3
17 Meek, Lloyd RU 72% 0 0 13 4 9 4 32 4 1 5 1 1 0 2
13 Moore, Dylan (vc) WR 90% 1 0 26 13 13 4 0 6 3 3 5 2 3 4
11 Nash, Conor INT 69% 1 0 23 13 10 3 0 6 7 3 1 1 0 3
3 Newcombe, Jai RR 84% 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 4 5 5 2 2 4 1
14 Scrimshaw, Jack INT 82% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 5 0 2 0 0 3 0
6 Sicily, James (c) CHB 88% 0 0 16 12 4 7 0 0 1 4 0 3 4 1
25 Ward, Josh C 75% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 2
34 Watson, Nick HFFR 81% 1 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
23 Weddle, Josh HFFL 87% 0 1 12 7 5 2 6 2 1 3 1 0 5 2
5 Worpel, James RO 70% 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 5 5 4 0 1 3 4
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 13 7 333 194 139 77 52 79 33 67 16 19 48 40

C. Jiath replaced S. Butler.

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
24 J. Battle 37 T. Barrass 15 B. Hardwick 46 M. Blicavs 12 J. Bowes
35 P. Dangerfield (c) 5 J. Cameron 33 S. Neale 3 B. Smith 17 L. Humphries
FORWARD 30 T. Atkins 19 J. Martin
HALF-BACK

32 G. Miers
4 J. Impey 6 J. Sicily (c) 16 M. D'Ambrosio

13 J. Clark
45 B. Close 7 S. Mannagh 18 T. Stengle



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 K. Amon 25 J. Ward 13 D. Moore (vc)



28 O. Dempsey 9 M. Holmes 34 O. Mullin FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 L. Meek 30 S. Butler
HALF-FORWARD 3 J. Newcombe 31 C. MacDonald
23 J. Weddle 18 M. Chol 34 N. Watson 5 J. Worpel 11 C. Nash
39 Z. Guthrie 44 T. Stewart (vc) 42 M. O'Connor

14 J. Scrimshaw
HALF-BACK

9 C. Jiath
FORWARD



19 J. Gunston 2 M. Lewis 33 J. Ginnivan



38 J. Henry 16 S. De Koning 14 C. O'Sullivan



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Sam Mitchell

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:27
GEEL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 09:09
HWTH Mitch Lewis behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 10:19
HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 10:56
HWTH Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 14:00
HWTH Josh Weddle behind 0.1.1 - 2.3.15 17:54
HWTH Conor Nash goal 0.1.1 - 3.3.21 19:52
HWTH Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 3.4.22 23:18
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 1.1.7 - 3.4.22 28:42
GEEL Brad Close behind 1.2.8 - 3.4.22 30:05
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 1.3.9 - 3.4.22 31:04
Q2 HWTH Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 3.5.23 02:00
HWTH Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 3.6.24 02:37
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 2.3.15 - 3.6.24 04:17
GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 3.3.21 - 3.6.24 06:16
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 3.3.21 - 4.6.30 09:00
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 3.3.21 - 5.6.36 11:54
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 4.3.27 - 5.6.36 14:27
HWTH Nick Watson goal 4.3.27 - 6.6.42 18:16
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 5.3.33 - 6.6.42 21:04
GEEL Jack Martin behind 5.4.34 - 6.6.42 23:57
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 6.4.40 - 6.6.42 26:01
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 6.5.41 - 6.6.42 28:40
GEEL Oliver Dempsey behind 6.6.42 - 6.6.42 30:07
GEEL Jack Bowes behind 6.7.43 - 6.6.42 31:15
Q3 GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 7.7.49 - 6.6.42 00:37
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 8.7.55 - 6.6.42 03:33
GEEL Max Holmes goal 9.7.61 - 6.6.42 05:43
GEEL Bailey Smith behind 9.8.62 - 6.6.42 07:13
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 10.8.68 - 6.6.42 08:39
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 10.8.68 - 7.6.48 12:52
HWTH Connor MacDonald goal 10.8.68 - 8.6.54 14:43
GEEL Oliver Dempsey behind 10.9.69 - 8.6.54 17:51
HWTH Jarman Impey goal 10.9.69 - 9.6.60 19:31
GEEL Rushed behind 10.10.70 - 9.6.60 21:56
GEEL Jack Martin goal 11.10.76 - 9.6.60 22:53
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 12.10.82 - 9.6.60 30:08
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 13.10.88 - 9.6.60 31:44
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 13.10.88 - 9.7.61 33:56
GEEL Brad Close behind 13.11.89 - 9.7.61 35:02
Q4 HWTH Jack Gunston goal 13.11.89 - 10.7.67 01:00
GEEL Rushed behind 13.12.90 - 10.7.67 02:46
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 14.12.96 - 10.7.67 04:50
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 15.12.102 - 10.7.67 07:14
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 15.12.102 - 11.7.73 12:34
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 15.12.102 - 12.7.79 14:14
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 15.13.103 - 12.7.79 16:10
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 15.13.103 - 13.7.85 18:13
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 16.13.109 - 13.7.85 20:01
GEEL Bailey Smith goal 17.13.115 - 13.7.85 25:58