2025 AFL Round 5: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 2025 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 5 of the 2025 AFL season. 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
Back: C. O'Sullivan, J. Henry, S. De Koning
Half-back: L. Humphries, T. Stewart (vice-capt.), Z. Guthrie
Centre: B. Smith, P. Dangerfield (capt.), O. Dempsey
Half-forward: B. Close, G. Miers, T. Stengle
Forward: S. Neale, J. Cameron, S. Mannagh
Follower: R. Stanley, M. Holmes, T. Atkins
Int.: J. Bowes, T. Clohesy, O. Henry, O. Mullin
Sub.: M. O'Connor

Melbourne
Back: J. Bowey, S. May, H. Petty
Half-back: T. Sparrow, T. McDonald, C. Salem
Centre: H. Sharp, J. Viney (vice-capt.), E. Langdon
Half-forward: K. Chandler, J. Henderson, K. Pickett
Forward: J. Melksham, J. van Rooyen, H. Langford
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Petracca, T. Rivers
Int.: B. Fritsch, C. Oliver, D. Turner, C. Windsor
Sub.: C. Spargo

Geelong (12.13.85) defeated Melbourne (6.10.46).

Goalkickers
Geelong: P. Dangerfield (3), J. Bowes (2), T. Stengle (2), J. Cameron, S. De Koning, S. Mannagh, S. Neale, R. Stanley
Melbourne: C. Petracca (2), E. Langdon, H. Langford, D. Turner, J. van Rooyen

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the day.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Tom Stewart (Geelong), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

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