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 50s

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