2025 AFL Round 2: Geelong v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 15 March 2025 between Geelong and Fremantle during round 2 of the 2025 AFL season. Geelong hosted Fremantle at GMHBA Stadium. Patrick Dangerfield captained the hosts with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. Alex Pearce captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

Geelong
Back: C. O'Sullivan, J. Henry, L. Humphries
Half-back: Z. Guthrie, M. Blicavs, T. Stewart (vice-capt.)
Centre: B. Smith, M. Holmes, O. Dempsey
Half-forward: B. Close, G. Miers, T. Stengle
Forward: S. Neale, J. Cameron, P. Dangerfield (capt.)
Follower: S. De Koning, T. Atkins, M. O'Connor
Int.: J. Bowes, O. Henry, M. Knevitt, O. Mullin
Sub.: J. Clark

Fremantle
Back: C. Wagner, A. Pearce (capt.), J. Draper
Half-back: L. Ryan, B. Walker, J. Clark
Centre: M. Johnson, J. O'Meara, J. Sharp
Half-forward: M. Reid, M. Frederick, S. Switkowski
Forward: L. Jackson, J. Treacy, J. Amiss
Follower: L. Reidy, C. Serong, A. Brayshaw
Int.: B. Banfield, B. Cox, N. O'Driscoll, K. Worner
Sub.: H. Chapman

Geelong (23.9.147) defeated Fremantle (10.9.69).

Goalkickers
Geelong: J. Cameron (4), O. Henry (3), T. Stengle (3), P. Dangerfield (2), O. Dempsey (2), M. Holmes (2), T. Atkins, J. Bowes, B. Close, S. De Koning, G. Miers, S. Neale, B. Smith
Fremantle: M. Reid (4), M. Frederick (2), B. Banfield, A. Brayshaw, B. Cox, J. Treacy

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder and Fremantle were then 12th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 15 March 2025
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 25,372

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fremantle
Score: 23.9.147 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 4 12 . 4 13 . 6 23 . 9 23 . 9 (147)
Fremantle 1 . 1 3 . 4 9 . 9 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin GEEL by 27 GEEL by 54 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 78 GEEL by 78
Duration 33:55 34:47 32:13 34:41 2:15:36

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captains: Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong), Alex Pearce (Fremantle)
Vice-Captains: Tom Stewart (Geelong), unknown (Fremantle)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bailey Smith GEEL 3 3
Sam De Koning GEEL 16 2
Max Holmes GEEL 9 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 80% 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 12 2 2 1 1 0 2
46 Blicavs, Mark CHB 80% 0 0 12 9 3 4 10 3 3 1 1 0 0 3
12 Bowes, Jack INT 80% 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 Cameron, Jeremy FF 89% 4 1 15 12 3 8 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 3
13 Clark, Jhye SUB↑ 14% 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
45 Close, Brad HFFL 75% 1 0 15 9 6 1 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 1
35 Dangerfield, Patrick (c) FPR 70% 2 2 12 6 6 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 1
16 De Koning, Sam RU 78% 1 0 25 15 10 6 18 4 3 5 4 1 0 6
28 Dempsey, Oliver WR 88% 2 1 15 8 7 4 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 3
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFL 80% 0 0 21 19 2 9 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 1
38 Henry, Jack FB 95% 0 0 24 20 4 14 0 1 0 6 3 0 3 0
36 Henry, Ollie INT 85% 3 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 1
9 Holmes, Max C 74% 2 0 24 16 8 4 0 5 7 3 1 1 3 3
17 Humphries, Lawson BPR 83% 0 1 23 18 5 7 0 1 2 0 1 0 6 6
10 Knevitt, Mitch INT 68% 0 0 21 9 12 2 0 11 4 3 2 0 2 6
32 Miers, Gryan CHF 89% 1 1 14 14 0 8 0 6 2 2 0 1 3 2
34 Mullin, Oisin INT 88% 0 0 6 5 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0
33 Neale, Shannon FPL 84% 1 1 9 7 2 5 6 3 0 3 1 3 0 4
42 O'Connor, Mark RO↓ 73% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 0
14 O'Sullivan, Connor BPL 91% 0 0 11 6 5 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0
3 Smith, Bailey WL 80% 1 1 32 19 13 5 0 5 7 3 1 0 1 6
18 Stengle, Tyson HFFR 79% 3 0 12 7 5 3 0 5 1 5 1 4 0 1
44 Stewart, Tom (vc) HBFR 77% 0 0 23 20 3 11 0 1 0 4 1 3 5 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 23 9 360 247 113 110 35 89 39 56 24 18 32 55

J. Clark replaced M. O'Connor.

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Amiss, Jye FPR 86% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0
41 Banfield, Bailey INT 79% 1 1 11 6 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RO 85% 1 1 26 8 18 1 0 6 6 3 1 0 0 5
5 Chapman, Heath SUB↑ 41% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
6 Clark, Jordan HBFR 87% 0 0 23 11 12 5 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 1
36 Cox, Brennan INT 74% 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 1 6 0 3 2 0
37 Draper, Josh BPR 74% 0 0 9 5 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0
32 Frederick, Michael CHF 81% 2 0 13 10 3 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 5
9 Jackson, Luke FPL 86% 0 0 16 7 9 2 39 3 4 3 3 2 1 4
44 Johnson, Matthew WL 80% 0 0 27 12 15 3 0 4 3 4 1 1 2 4
30 O'Driscoll, Nathan INT 76% 0 0 25 11 14 2 0 4 2 3 2 0 0 3
2 O'Meara, Jaeger C 82% 0 1 31 9 22 6 0 3 6 5 0 1 0 4
25 Pearce, Alex (c) FB 93% 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 0 3 3 2 3 1
16 Reid, Murphy HFFL 79% 4 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1
18 Reidy, Liam RU 75% 0 0 6 4 2 1 18 2 1 3 1 3 0 1
13 Ryan, Luke HBFL 88% 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 5 0
3 Serong, Caleb RR 77% 0 0 27 14 13 1 0 3 11 2 2 0 1 7
14 Sharp, Jeremy WR 92% 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 3 4 4 0 2 2 1
39 Switkowski, Sam HFFR↓ 42% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
35 Treacy, Josh FF 90% 1 1 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 7 0 5 0 0
34 Wagner, Corey BPL 85% 0 0 24 12 12 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 7 0
31 Walker, Brandon CHB 77% 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 1 2 0
23 Worner, Karl INT 71% 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 10 9 361 183 178 55 57 59 41 69 19 24 32 43

H. Chapman replaced S. Switkowski.

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
34 C. Wagner 25 A. Pearce (c) 37 J. Draper 16 S. De Koning 12 J. Bowes
35 P. Dangerfield (c) 5 J. Cameron 33 S. Neale 30 T. Atkins 36 O. Henry
FORWARD 42 M. O'Connor 10 M. Knevitt
HALF-BACK

34 O. Mullin
13 L. Ryan 31 B. Walker 6 J. Clark

13 J. Clark
18 T. Stengle 32 G. Miers 45 B. Close



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



44 M. Johnson 2 J. O'Meara 14 J. Sharp



28 O. Dempsey 9 M. Holmes 3 B. Smith FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 18 L. Reidy 41 B. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD 3 C. Serong 36 B. Cox
16 M. Reid 32 M. Frederick 39 S. Switkowski 8 A. Brayshaw 30 N. O'Driscoll
44 T. Stewart (vc) 46 M. Blicavs 39 Z. Guthrie

23 K. Worner
HALF-BACK

5 H. Chapman
FORWARD



9 L. Jackson 35 J. Treacy 24 J. Amiss



17 L. Humphries 38 J. Henry 14 C. O'Sullivan



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Gryan Miers goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:14
GEEL Bailey Smith behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 07:00
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 08:05
GEEL Jack Bowes goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 10:17
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 12:22
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 17:33
GEEL Oliver Dempsey behind 3.3.21 - 1.0.6 22:21
FREM Andrew Brayshaw behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 26:55
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 4.3.27 - 1.1.7 28:37
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 4.4.28 - 1.1.7 30:56
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 5.4.34 - 1.1.7 32:28
Q2 FREM Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 1.2.8 00:53
GEEL Brad Close goal 6.4.40 - 1.2.8 01:37
GEEL Max Holmes goal 7.4.46 - 1.2.8 04:54
FREM Josh Treacy goal 7.4.46 - 2.2.14 08:35
FREM Jaeger O'Meara behind 7.4.46 - 2.3.15 09:52
GEEL Max Holmes goal 8.4.52 - 2.3.15 16:06
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 9.4.58 - 2.3.15 18:47
FREM Bailey Banfield behind 9.4.58 - 2.4.16 24:59
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 10.4.64 - 2.4.16 26:49
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 11.4.70 - 2.4.16 29:31
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 12.4.76 - 2.4.16 32:14
FREM Michael Frederick goal 12.4.76 - 3.4.22 34:45
Q3 FREM Michael Frederick goal 12.4.76 - 4.4.28 00:21
FREM Bailey Banfield goal 12.4.76 - 5.4.34 02:05
GEEL Shannon Neale behind 12.5.77 - 5.4.34 04:39
FREM Rushed behind 12.5.77 - 5.5.35 06:52
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 12.6.78 - 5.5.35 09:39
FREM Josh Treacy behind 12.6.78 - 5.6.36 15:40
FREM Rushed behind 12.6.78 - 5.7.37 17:23
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 13.6.84 - 5.7.37 19:51
FREM Murphy Reid goal 13.6.84 - 6.7.43 22:29
FREM Rushed behind 13.6.84 - 6.8.44 24:09
FREM Murphy Reid goal 13.6.84 - 7.8.50 25:47
FREM Murphy Reid goal 13.6.84 - 8.8.56 27:09
FREM Murphy Reid goal 13.6.84 - 9.8.62 28:36
FREM Rushed behind 13.6.84 - 9.9.63 30:38
Q4 GEEL Tom Atkins goal 14.6.90 - 9.9.63 08:09
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 15.6.96 - 9.9.63 09:54
GEEL Rushed behind 15.7.97 - 9.9.63 11:32
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 16.7.103 - 9.9.63 12:17
GEEL Lawson Humphries behind 16.8.104 - 9.9.63 15:02
FREM Brennan Cox goal 16.8.104 - 10.9.69 16:36
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 17.8.110 - 10.9.69 18:35
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 17.9.111 - 10.9.69 20:22
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 18.9.117 - 10.9.69 21:18
GEEL Bailey Smith goal 19.9.123 - 10.9.69 25:27
GEEL Sam De Koning goal 20.9.129 - 10.9.69 27:55
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 21.9.135 - 10.9.69 30:25
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 22.9.141 - 10.9.69 32:09
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 23.9.147 - 10.9.69 34:35