2025 AFL Season Round 5: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 2025 between Geelong and Melbourne during round five of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium. Patrick Dangerfield captained the hosts with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Geelong (12.13.85) defeated Melbourne (6.10.46).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Friday 4 April 2025
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 30,397

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 12.13.85 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 5 6 . 7 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Margin GEEL by 15 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 16 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 39
Duration 31:12 32:53 27:22 26:45 1:58:12

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 (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

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

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Vice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 3
Gryan Miers GEEL 32 2
Zach Guthrie GEEL 39 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 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 79% 0 0 17 5 12 3 0 11 1 3 0 2 0 2
12 Bowes, Jack INT 64% 2 0 18 12 6 6 0 3 2 3 1 3 2 0
5 Cameron, Jeremy FF 88% 1 2 22 18 4 7 0 2 1 3 4 1 3 2
40 Clohesy, Ted INT 71% 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 3
45 Close, Brad HFFL 89% 0 1 18 9 9 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
35 Dangerfield, Patrick (c) C 71% 3 2 20 12 8 6 0 1 3 3 3 1 0 4
16 De Koning, Sam BPR 83% 1 0 18 12 6 9 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 2
28 Dempsey, Oliver WR 93% 0 1 26 12 14 8 0 4 5 3 1 1 2 2
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFR 88% 0 0 30 23 7 17 0 4 1 5 2 1 8 2
38 Henry, Jack FB↓ 40% 0 0 10 7 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
36 Henry, Ollie INT 75% 0 1 9 5 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
9 Holmes, Max RR 82% 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 3 4 1 1 3 2
17 Humphries, Lawson HBFL 94% 0 0 23 20 3 13 0 2 0 2 2 0 6 4
7 Mannagh, Shaun FPR 76% 1 0 18 14 4 4 0 5 4 4 0 0 0 5
32 Miers, Gryan CHF 85% 0 0 26 19 7 10 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 1
34 Mullin, Oisin INT 84% 0 0 16 14 2 8 0 3 0 5 2 1 4 2
33 Neale, Shannon FPL 86% 1 1 7 5 2 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
42 O'Connor, Mark SUB↑ 40% 0 0 16 11 5 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2
14 O'Sullivan, Connor BPL 95% 0 0 23 13 10 13 1 0 1 3 0 1 3 1
3 Smith, Bailey WL 83% 0 0 28 20 8 7 0 8 5 4 1 1 2 5
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 76% 1 0 11 5 6 5 23 3 1 3 1 2 2 2
18 Stengle, Tyson HFFR 77% 2 1 6 5 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
44 Stewart, Tom (vc) CHB 80% 0 0 24 21 3 11 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 12 13 412 281 131 165 30 57 32 56 22 17 44 49

M. O'Connor replaced J. Henry.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake BPL 81% 0 0 20 16 4 2 0 3 0 3 2 0 6 0
37 Chandler, Kade HFFL 94% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley INT 79% 0 3 17 10 7 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 85% 0 0 15 8 7 4 34 3 5 4 2 1 1 3
43 Henderson, Jack CHF 73% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
15 Langdon, Ed WR 95% 1 1 15 9 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
19 Langford, Harvey FPR 63% 1 0 11 4 7 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 1
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 27 24 3 10 0 0 0 3 1 1 8 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 100% 0 0 17 14 3 10 0 3 0 3 1 1 4 1
18 Melksham, Jake FPL 78% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 5
13 Oliver, Clayton INT 78% 0 1 30 14 16 5 0 3 9 2 2 0 2 4
5 Petracca, Christian RR 84% 2 0 21 10 11 3 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 4
35 Petty, Harry BPR 92% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFR 83% 0 3 22 12 10 5 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 5
24 Rivers, Trent RO 79% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 84% 0 0 18 10 8 7 0 3 2 4 1 2 1 0
30 Sharp, Harry WL↓ 59% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1
9 Spargo, Charlie SUB↑ 18% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
32 Sparrow, Tom HBFL 81% 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1
10 Turner, Daniel INT 80% 1 1 8 6 2 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 77% 1 0 10 4 6 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 0 3
7 Viney, Jack (vc) C 72% 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 3 4 5 3 2 2 2
6 Windsor, Caleb INT 64% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 6 10 319 190 129 82 37 46 32 55 17 22 36 50

C. Spargo replaced H. Sharp.

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
17 J. Bowey 1 S. May 35 H. Petty 1 R. Stanley 12 J. Bowes
7 S. Mannagh 5 J. Cameron 33 S. Neale 9 M. Holmes 40 T. Clohesy
FORWARD 30 T. Atkins 36 O. Henry
HALF-BACK

34 O. Mullin
32 T. Sparrow 25 T. McDonald 3 C. Salem

42 M. O'Connor
18 T. Stengle 32 G. Miers 45 B. Close



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 H. Sharp 7 J. Viney (vc) 15 E. Langdon



28 O. Dempsey 35 P. Dangerfield (c) 3 B. Smith FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 31 B. Fritsch
HALF-FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 13 C. Oliver
37 K. Chandler 43 J. Henderson 36 K. Pickett 24 T. Rivers 10 D. Turner
39 Z. Guthrie 44 T. Stewart (vc) 17 L. Humphries

6 C. Windsor
HALF-BACK

9 C. Spargo
FORWARD



18 J. Melksham 2 J. van Rooyen 19 H. Langford



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



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Christian Petracca goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:32
GEEL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 07:08
GEEL Oliver Dempsey behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 08:39
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 09:15
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 11:16
GEEL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 14:53
GEEL Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 1.1.7 18:26
GEEL Brad Close behind 1.5.11 - 1.1.7 20:24
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 1.5.11 - 1.2.8 21:49
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 2.5.17 - 1.2.8 28:07
GEEL Rhys Stanley goal 3.5.23 - 1.2.8 30:01
Q2 GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 3.6.24 - 1.2.8 02:00
GEEL Tyson Stengle behind 3.7.25 - 1.2.8 04:08
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 4.7.31 - 1.2.8 05:03
GEEL Jack Bowes goal 5.7.37 - 1.2.8 08:10
MELB Christian Petracca goal 5.7.37 - 2.2.14 11:54
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 5.7.37 - 3.2.20 16:27
GEEL Sam De Koning goal 6.7.43 - 3.2.20 19:50
MELB Harvey Langford goal 6.7.43 - 4.2.26 21:02
MELB Daniel Turner behind 6.7.43 - 4.3.27 23:06
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 6.7.43 - 4.4.28 23:59
MELB Ed Langdon behind 6.7.43 - 4.5.29 24:27
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 6.8.44 - 4.5.29 29:37
Q3 GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 6.9.45 - 4.5.29 04:49
MELB Daniel Turner goal 6.9.45 - 5.5.35 07:01
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 6.10.46 - 5.5.35 12:57
GEEL Jack Bowes goal 7.10.52 - 5.5.35 13:50
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 8.10.58 - 5.5.35 16:07
MELB Ed Langdon goal 8.10.58 - 6.5.41 19:49
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 8.10.58 - 6.6.42 21:23
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 8.10.58 - 6.7.43 22:12
GEEL Ted Clohesy behind 8.11.59 - 6.7.43 23:21
Q4 MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 8.11.59 - 6.8.44 01:55
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 8.12.60 - 6.8.44 03:27
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 9.12.66 - 6.8.44 06:32
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 9.12.66 - 6.9.45 07:41
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 10.12.72 - 6.9.45 08:30
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 11.12.78 - 6.9.45 16:05
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 11.12.78 - 6.10.46 19:13
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 12.12.84 - 6.10.46 21:52
GEEL Shannon Neale behind 12.13.85 - 6.10.46 25:03