2025 AFL Round 8: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 2025 between Carlton and Geelong during round 8 of the 2025 AFL season. Carlton hosted Geelong at MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the hosts. Patrick Dangerfield captained the visitors with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Michael Voss and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Carlton
Back: J. Silvagni, J. Weitering, A. Saad
Half-back: N. Haynes, M. McGovern, Z. Williams
Centre: A. Cerra, P. Cripps (capt.), O. Hollands
Half-forward: M. Cottrell, H. McKay, W. White
Forward: J. Motlop, C. Curnow, C. Durdin
Follower: T. De Koning, S. Walsh, G. Hewett
Int.: B. Acres, M. Carroll, L. Fogarty, E. Hollands
Sub.: C. Lord

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

Carlton (14.10.94) defeated Geelong (12.4.76).

Goalkickers
Carlton: C. Curnow (3), H. McKay (3), L. Fogarty (2), T. De Koning, C. Durdin, G. Hewett, E. Hollands, W. White, Z. Williams
Geelong: J. Cameron (4), O. Dempsey (2), M. Blicavs, B. Close, P. Dangerfield, M. O'Connor, B. Smith, T. Stengle

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 11th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Sunday 27 April 2025
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 67,658

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Geelong
Score: 14.10.94 - 12.4.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 3 8 . 5 12 . 8 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Geelong 3 . 2 5 . 4 8 . 4 12 . 4 12 . 4 (76)
Margin CARL by 1 CARL by 19 CARL by 28 CARL by 18 CARL by 18
Duration 32:02 32:02 30:49 31:25 2:06:18

Honour Roll

Coaches: Michael Voss (Carlton), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Patrick Cripps (Carlton), Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Carlton), Tom Stewart (Geelong)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Harry McKay CARL 10 3
Patrick Cripps CARL 9 2
Bailey Smith GEEL 3 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Acres, Blake INT 76% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 6
32 Carroll, Matt INT 77% 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 1 0 6 1 3 2 3
5 Cerra, Adam WL 80% 0 0 25 14 11 4 0 4 5 3 2 1 0 5
46 Cottrell, Matt HFFL 88% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 2 1 4 0 1 1 3
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 83% 0 2 29 12 17 7 0 9 8 2 2 0 1 3
30 Curnow, Charlie FF 87% 3 1 14 12 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
12 De Koning, Tom RU 86% 1 0 20 12 8 2 39 3 5 6 2 0 2 3
19 Durdin, Corey FPR 70% 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 3
8 Fogarty, Lachie INT 81% 2 0 11 7 4 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 3
26 Haynes, Nick HBFL 87% 0 0 20 12 8 13 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 1
29 Hewett, George RO 86% 1 0 29 9 20 4 0 8 5 6 3 2 0 4
20 Hollands, Elijah INT 83% 1 0 25 16 9 3 0 4 2 3 1 0 1 2
4 Hollands, Oliver WR 88% 0 0 23 12 11 6 0 7 2 1 0 0 1 5
36 Lord, Cooper SUB↑ 52% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
11 McGovern, Mitch CHB 81% 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 1
10 McKay, Harry CHF 86% 3 0 19 14 5 12 4 2 2 2 1 2 0 2
3 Motlop, Jesse FPL 70% 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
42 Saad, Adam BPR 85% 0 0 21 12 9 4 0 4 5 2 1 0 3 2
1 Silvagni, Jack BPL 88% 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 0
18 Walsh, Sam RR 87% 0 0 30 10 20 6 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 3
23 Weitering, Jacob FB 98% 0 0 15 12 3 8 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 0
38 White, Will HFFR 73% 1 3 9 4 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Williams, Zac HBFR↓ 10% 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 14 10 395 230 165 117 43 70 40 45 20 11 30 63

C. Lord replaced Z. Williams.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom RO 75% 0 0 18 9 9 0 0 14 5 3 2 1 2 0
46 Blicavs, Mark BPR 92% 1 0 14 7 7 5 5 2 3 2 0 0 2 1
12 Bowes, Jack INT 77% 0 1 17 12 5 1 0 5 5 3 0 1 3 1
5 Cameron, Jeremy FPL 94% 4 2 14 12 2 8 0 2 0 6 0 2 0 4
13 Clark, Jhye INT 63% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 3 2
45 Close, Brad HFFL 80% 1 0 10 3 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
35 Dangerfield, Patrick (c) FF 78% 1 0 13 5 8 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 3
16 De Koning, Sam FB 91% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
28 Dempsey, Oliver WR 83% 2 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFR 78% 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 1
36 Henry, Ollie SUB↑ 30% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
9 Holmes, Max C 83% 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 3 1 3 0 1 5 1
17 Humphries, Lawson HBFL 93% 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 3 0 2 1 0 6 2
7 Mannagh, Shaun CHF 86% 0 0 26 21 5 2 0 11 7 7 1 2 0 7
34 Mullin, Oisin WL 79% 0 0 8 6 2 5 0 2 0 7 0 5 4 0
33 Neale, Shannon FPR 83% 0 1 4 2 2 1 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 1
42 O'Connor, Mark INT 67% 1 0 16 7 9 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 2
14 O'Sullivan, Connor BPL 90% 0 0 17 8 9 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 1
3 Smith, Bailey RR 85% 1 0 29 19 10 5 0 9 2 5 1 1 5 5
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 80% 0 0 14 8 6 2 30 1 6 5 1 2 1 3
18 Stengle, Tyson HFFR 83% 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0
44 Stewart, Tom (vc) CHB 82% 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 0
21 Wiltshire, Oli INT↓ 47% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 12 4 328 198 130 69 38 67 34 65 11 20 49 44

O. Henry replaced O. Wiltshire.

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

Carlton Coach: Michael Voss
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 C. O'Sullivan 16 S. De Koning 46 M. Blicavs 12 T. De Koning 13 B. Acres
19 C. Durdin 30 C. Curnow 3 J. Motlop 18 S. Walsh 32 M. Carroll
FORWARD 29 G. Hewett 8 L. Fogarty
HALF-BACK

20 E. Hollands
17 L. Humphries 44 T. Stewart (vc) 39 Z. Guthrie

36 C. Lord
38 W. White 10 H. McKay 46 M. Cottrell



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



34 O. Mullin 9 M. Holmes 28 O. Dempsey



4 O. Hollands 9 P. Cripps (c) 5 A. Cerra FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 R. Stanley 12 J. Bowes
HALF-FORWARD 3 B. Smith 13 J. Clark
45 B. Close 7 S. Mannagh 18 T. Stengle 30 T. Atkins 42 M. O'Connor
6 Z. Williams 11 M. McGovern 26 N. Haynes

21 O. Wiltshire
HALF-BACK

36 O. Henry
FORWARD



5 J. Cameron 35 P. Dangerfield (c) 33 S. Neale



42 A. Saad 23 J. Weitering 1 J. Silvagni



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 CARL Will White behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:10
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 02:14
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 06:24
CARL Zac Williams goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 07:27
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 12:32
CARL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 17:06
GEEL Jack Bowes behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 21:40
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 23:14
CARL Lachie Fogarty goal 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 27:14
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 3.3.21 - 2.2.14 29:57
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 31:58
Q2 CARL Harry McKay goal 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 03:21
CARL Will White behind 4.4.28 - 3.2.20 05:36
CARL Lachie Fogarty goal 5.4.34 - 3.2.20 07:47
CARL Elijah Hollands goal 6.4.40 - 3.2.20 12:56
GEEL Shannon Neale behind 6.4.40 - 3.3.21 14:56
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 6.4.40 - 3.4.22 16:53
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 7.4.46 - 3.4.22 19:04
GEEL Mark O'Connor goal 7.4.46 - 4.4.28 21:21
CARL Charlie Curnow behind 7.5.47 - 4.4.28 24:25
CARL Tom De Koning goal 8.5.53 - 4.4.28 25:33
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 8.5.53 - 5.4.34 29:02
Q3 GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 8.5.53 - 6.4.40 02:23
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 8.5.53 - 7.4.46 04:21
CARL Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 7.4.46 09:14
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 9.6.60 - 7.4.46 10:57
CARL Corey Durdin goal 10.6.66 - 7.4.46 13:33
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 10.7.67 - 7.4.46 14:49
CARL Will White goal 11.7.73 - 7.4.46 17:23
CARL Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 7.4.46 22:14
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 11.8.74 - 8.4.52 23:33
CARL Harry McKay goal 12.8.80 - 8.4.52 25:17
Q4 GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 12.8.80 - 9.4.58 00:14
GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 12.8.80 - 10.4.64 05:54
GEEL Bailey Smith goal 12.8.80 - 11.4.70 07:54
CARL Rushed behind 12.9.81 - 11.4.70 10:27
CARL Harry McKay goal 13.9.87 - 11.4.70 13:31
CARL Will White behind 13.10.88 - 11.4.70 18:04
GEEL Brad Close goal 13.10.88 - 12.4.76 18:34
CARL George Hewett goal 14.10.94 - 12.4.76 24:54