2025 AFL Round 12: Geelong v Western Bulldogs
This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 2025 between Geelong and Western Bulldogs during round 12 of the 2025 AFL season.
Geelong hosted 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
Back:
M. O'Connor, S. De Koning, J. Henry
Half-back:
L. Humphries, T. Stewart, Z. Guthrie
Centre:
M. Blicavs, M. Holmes, O. Dempsey
Half-forward:
G. Miers, S. Mannagh, B. Close
Forward:
S. Neale, J. Cameron, T. Stengle
Follower:
R. Stanley, B. Smith, T. Atkins
Int.:
J. Bews, M. Duncan, O. Henry, O. Mullin
Sub.:
T. Clohesy
Western Bulldogs
Back:
L. Cleary, J. O'Donnell, O. Baker
Half-back:
J. Johannisen, R. Lobb, B. Dale
Centre:
L. Vandermeer, E. Richards, J. Freijah
Half-forward:
J. Harmes, B. Khamis, M. Kennedy
Forward:
R. Sanders, A. Naughton, R. West
Follower:
T. English, M. Bontempelli (capt.), T. Liberatore (vice-capt.)
Int.:
S. Davidson, T. Duryea, L. McNeil, B. Williams
Sub.:
L. Bramble
Geelong (20.7.127) defeated Western Bulldogs (16.17.113).
Goalkickers
Geelong: J. Cameron (6), S. Neale (5), S. Mannagh (2), T. Stengle (2), T. Atkins, M. Blicavs, O. Dempsey, O. Henry, M. Holmes
Western Bulldogs: M. Kennedy (3), A. Naughton (3), B. Khamis (2), E. Richards (2), L. Vandermeer (2), S. Davidson, T. English, J. Freijah, R. West
As a result of this match, Geelong were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Western Bulldogs were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the day.
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 | |||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Chris Scott
(Geelong),
Luke Beveridge
(Western Bulldogs)
Captains:
unknown
(Geelong),
Marcus Bontempelli
(Western Bulldogs)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Geelong),
Tom Liberatore
(Western Bulldogs)
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Holmes | GEEL | 9 | 3 |
| Jeremy Cameron | GEEL | 5 | 2 |
| Matthew Kennedy | WBUL | 8 | 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Geelong | Coach: Chris Scott | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 39 | J. Johannisen | 7 | R. Lobb | 31 | B. Dale |
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| 45 | B. Close | 7 | S. Mannagh | 32 | G. Miers |
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| 23 | L. Vandermeer | 20 | E. Richards | 27 | J. Freijah |
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| 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 |
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| 9 | R. Sanders | 33 | A. Naughton | 14 | R. West |
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| 38 | J. Henry | 16 | S. De Koning | 42 | M. O'Connor |
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| Western Bulldogs | Coach: Luke Beveridge | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |