2025 AFL Season Round 12: Geelong v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 2025 between Geelong and the Western Bulldogs during round twelve of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted the Western Bulldogs at GMHBA Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Geelong (20.7.127) defeated the Western Bulldogs (16.17.113).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v Western Bulldogs
Date: Thursday 22 May 2025
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 32,641

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 20.7.127 - 16.17.113

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	5	.	1	11	.	4	16	.	5	20	.	7	20	.	7	(127)
Western Bulldogs	5	.	4	6	.	9	13	.	13	16	.	17	16	.	17	(113)
Margin	WBUL by 3			GEEL by 25			GEEL by 10			GEEL by 14			GEEL by 14
Duration	34:02			34:24			36:06			33:58			2:18:30

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 (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Scott

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Vice-Captain: Tom Liberatore
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Max Holmes	GEEL	9	3
Jeremy Cameron	GEEL	5	2
Matthew Kennedy	WBUL	8	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	74%	1	0	16	11	5	2	0	12	5	2	2	0	1	2
24	Bews, Jed	INT	80%	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0
46	Blicavs, Mark	WL	84%	1	0	11	2	9	6	3	4	1	2	0	1	0	0
5	Cameron, Jeremy	FF	85%	6	0	14	13	1	8	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	4
40	Clohesy, Ted	SUB↑	8%	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
45	Close, Brad	HFFR	87%	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
16	De Koning, Sam	FB	94%	0	0	12	7	5	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	5	0
28	Dempsey, Oliver	WR	83%	1	3	15	9	6	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0
22	Duncan, Mitch	INT	59%	0	0	11	7	4	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
39	Guthrie, Zach	HBFR	85%	0	0	17	14	3	6	0	5	0	2	1	0	3	4
38	Henry, Jack	BPR	75%	0	0	9	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
36	Henry, Ollie	INT↓	77%	1	0	9	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
9	Holmes, Max	C	71%	1	0	33	18	15	5	0	3	8	3	3	1	3	4
17	Humphries, Lawson	HBFL	91%	0	0	19	16	3	6	0	3	0	3	3	1	6	2
7	Mannagh, Shaun	CHF	78%	2	1	21	17	4	3	0	4	2	4	3	0	1	6
32	Miers, Gryan	HFFL	87%	0	0	23	19	4	9	0	4	1	4	1	1	3	1
34	Mullin, Oisin	INT	72%	0	1	10	7	3	5	0	7	2	1	0	1	0	2
33	Neale, Shannon	FPL	86%	5	0	16	10	6	3	4	1	3	4	3	1	1	3
42	O'Connor, Mark	BPL	90%	0	0	17	9	8	8	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	2
3	Smith, Bailey	RR	87%	0	0	33	25	8	4	0	7	6	7	1	2	6	7
1	Stanley, Rhys	RU	79%	0	0	13	7	6	1	43	4	6	5	2	1	1	1
18	Stengle, Tyson	FPR	85%	2	0	15	9	6	5	0	3	2	2	0	0	1	4
44	Stewart, Tom	CHB	83%	0	0	21	18	3	9	0	1	1	1	1	0	4	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				20	7	356	248	108	106	50	78	42	49	26	12	40	51

T. Clohesy replaced O. Henry.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Baker, Oskar	BPR	81%	0	0	15	10	5	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	5
4	Bontempelli, Marcus (c)	RR	84%	0	1	23	14	9	2	0	10	7	7	1	2	0	8
29	Bramble, Lachie	SUB↑	25%	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
36	Cleary, Luke	BPL↓	51%	0	1	10	8	2	6	0	1	1	4	0	2	5	1
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFR	83%	0	0	22	16	6	2	0	1	1	4	0	2	5	3
42	Davidson, Sam	INT	75%	1	0	14	11	3	7	0	7	3	2	0	0	1	1
15	Duryea, Taylor	INT	80%	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	1	1
44	English, Tim	RU	83%	1	0	10	6	4	2	48	4	2	3	2	3	0	1
27	Freijah, Joel	WR	80%	1	1	15	7	8	3	0	3	2	4	0	2	0	4
22	Harmes, James	HFFL	72%	0	2	16	9	7	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	3
39	Johannisen, Jason	HBFL	81%	0	2	13	9	4	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	1
8	Kennedy, Matthew	HFFR	78%	3	0	25	12	13	7	0	4	5	4	0	2	0	4
24	Khamis, Buku	CHF	82%	2	1	13	9	4	6	4	0	1	2	2	2	0	1
21	Liberatore, Tom (vc)	RO	86%	0	2	31	13	18	1	0	8	9	5	1	1	2	3
7	Lobb, Rory	CHB	100%	0	0	14	7	7	7	1	2	0	2	1	1	7	0
30	McNeil, Lachlan	INT	74%	0	2	13	4	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
33	Naughton, Aaron	FF	90%	3	1	10	6	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
18	O'Donnell, James	FB	100%	0	0	9	6	3	7	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	0
20	Richards, Ed	C	82%	2	0	28	15	13	2	0	7	10	4	1	1	3	8
9	Sanders, Ryley	FPL	73%	0	0	13	3	10	1	0	8	1	2	1	0	0	1
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	WL	74%	2	1	13	6	7	5	0	3	1	4	0	3	0	2
14	West, Rhylee	FPR	85%	1	1	13	8	5	1	0	5	1	3	0	2	0	3
34	Williams, Bailey	INT	82%	0	0	12	5	7	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				16	17	344	191	153	75	53	76	51	64	12	26	31	56

L. Bramble replaced L. Cleary.

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
	36	L. Cleary	18	J. O'Donnell	13	O. Baker	1	R. Stanley	24	J. Bews
	18	T. Stengle	5	J. Cameron	33	S. Neale	3	B. Smith	22	M. Duncan
FORWARD							30	T. Atkins	36	O. Henry
HALF-BACK									34	O. Mullin
	39	J. Johannisen	7	R. Lobb	31	B. Dale			40	T. Clohesy
	45	B. Close	7	S. Mannagh	32	G. Miers
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	23	L. Vandermeer	20	E. Richards	27	J. Freijah
	28	O. Dempsey	9	M. Holmes	46	M. Blicavs	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							44	T. English	42	S. Davidson
HALF-FORWARD							4	M. Bontempelli (c)	15	T. Duryea
	22	J. Harmes	24	B. Khamis	8	M. Kennedy	21	T. Liberatore (vc)	30	L. McNeil
	39	Z. Guthrie	44	T. Stewart	17	L. Humphries			34	B. Williams
HALF-BACK									29	L. Bramble
FORWARD
	9	R. Sanders	33	A. Naughton	14	R. West
	38	J. Henry	16	S. De Koning	42	M. O'Connor
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:41
	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	04:41
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	06:12
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs goal	2.0.12	-	1.1.7	08:47
	WBUL	Jason Johannisen behind	2.0.12	-	1.2.8	10:40
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh goal	3.0.18	-	1.2.8	15:48
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	3.0.18	-	2.2.14	17:29
	GEEL	Rushed behind	3.1.19	-	2.2.14	19:45
	GEEL	Tyson Stengle goal	4.1.25	-	2.2.14	21:53
	WBUL	James Harmes behind	4.1.25	-	2.3.15	23:15
	WBUL	Sam Davidson goal	4.1.25	-	3.3.21	25:12
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	5.1.31	-	3.3.21	26:32
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer goal	5.1.31	-	4.3.27	29:16
	WBUL	Rushed behind	5.1.31	-	4.4.28	31:21
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	5.1.31	-	5.4.34	32:32
Q2	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	6.1.37	-	5.4.34	01:40
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh behind	6.2.38	-	5.4.34	03:04
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	7.2.44	-	5.4.34	04:05
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	8.2.50	-	5.4.34	07:45
	WBUL	Luke Cleary behind	8.2.50	-	5.5.35	09:37
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	9.2.56	-	5.5.35	10:54
	WBUL	Rushed behind	9.2.56	-	5.6.36	13:16
	GEEL	Oisin Mullin behind	9.3.57	-	5.6.36	14:34
	WBUL	Joel Freijah behind	9.3.57	-	5.7.37	17:16
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey behind	9.4.58	-	5.7.37	19:28
	GEEL	Tom Atkins goal	10.4.64	-	5.7.37	23:13
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	11.4.70	-	5.7.37	29:21
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	11.4.70	-	5.8.38	31:40
	WBUL	Rhylee West behind	11.4.70	-	5.9.39	32:23
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	11.4.70	-	6.9.45	33:06
Q3	WBUL	Buku Khamis goal	11.4.70	-	7.9.51	01:01
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh goal	12.4.76	-	7.9.51	05:01
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore behind	12.4.76	-	7.10.52	06:23
	WBUL	Tim English goal	12.4.76	-	8.10.58	07:41
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	13.4.82	-	8.10.58	09:37
	WBUL	Buku Khamis goal	13.4.82	-	9.10.64	12:40
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	14.4.88	-	9.10.64	16:03
	GEEL	Max Holmes goal	15.4.94	-	9.10.64	17:54
	WBUL	Matthew Kennedy goal	15.4.94	-	10.10.70	23:19
	WBUL	Buku Khamis behind	15.4.94	-	10.11.71	25:15
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey behind	15.5.95	-	10.11.71	28:13
	WBUL	Matthew Kennedy goal	15.5.95	-	11.11.77	28:50
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer behind	15.5.95	-	11.12.78	30:09
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore behind	15.5.95	-	11.13.79	30:51
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	16.5.101	-	11.13.79	33:21
	WBUL	Joel Freijah goal	16.5.101	-	12.13.85	34:43
	WBUL	Laitham Vandermeer goal	16.5.101	-	13.13.91	36:02
Q4	WBUL	Ed Richards goal	16.5.101	-	14.13.97	01:16
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil behind	16.5.101	-	14.14.98	03:55
	WBUL	Jason Johannisen behind	16.5.101	-	14.15.99	09:26
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey goal	17.5.107	-	14.15.99	11:13
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil behind	17.5.107	-	14.16.100	13:52
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	17.5.107	-	15.16.106	18:29
	WBUL	James Harmes behind	17.5.107	-	15.17.107	19:42
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	18.5.113	-	15.17.107	21:48
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	19.5.119	-	15.17.107	26:17
	GEEL	Rushed behind	19.6.120	-	15.17.107	29:50
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey behind	19.7.121	-	15.17.107	30:44
	GEEL	Tyson Stengle goal	20.7.127	-	15.17.107	31:37
	WBUL	Matthew Kennedy goal	20.7.127	-	16.17.113	32:58

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