2025 AFL Round 15: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 2025 between Essendon and Geelong during round 15 of the 2025 AFL season. Essendon hosted Geelong at MCG. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. Patrick Dangerfield captained the visitors with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Essendon
Back: A. McGrath (vice-capt.), J. Laverde, A. Roberts
Half-back: J. Gresham, J. Prior, A. Clarke
Centre: X. Duursma, Z. Merrett (capt.), L. Lual
Half-forward: L. Blakiston, N. Caddy, N. Martin
Forward: A. May, P. Wright, W. Setterfield
Follower: T. Goldstein, J. Caldwell, M. Guelfi
Int.: A. Day-Wicks, Z. Johnson, I. Kako, D. Parish
Sub.: A. Perkins

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

Essendon (8.8.56) were defeated by Geelong (23.13.151).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Guelfi (2), P. Wright (2), X. Duursma, J. Gresham, I. Kako, A. Roberts
Geelong: J. Cameron (6), S. Neale (4), S. Mannagh (3), P. Dangerfield (2), O. Dempsey (2), B. Close, M. Holmes, L. Humphries, G. Miers, R. Stanley, T. Stengle

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 10th on the ladder and Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 14 June 2025
Time: 4:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 61,643

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 8.8.56 - 23.13.151

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 3 . 7 8 . 7 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Geelong 6 . 3 9 . 6 16 . 8 23 . 13 23 . 13 (151)
Margin GEEL by 23 GEEL by 35 GEEL by 49 GEEL by 95 GEEL by 95
Duration 30:21 29:50 35:18 30:29 2:05:58

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), Tom Stewart (Geelong)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bailey Smith GEEL 3 3
Jeremy Cameron GEEL 5 2
Max Holmes GEEL 9 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
46 Blakiston, Lachlan HFFL 85% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 87% 0 1 9 3 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 76% 0 0 28 14 14 5 0 10 8 7 0 1 2 4
36 Clarke, Angus HBFR 80% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
44 Day-Wicks, Archer INT↓ 49% 0 1 10 3 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
28 Duursma, Xavier WL 81% 1 1 20 11 9 6 0 5 3 4 2 1 2 3
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 80% 0 0 21 7 14 4 31 0 7 6 3 1 1 2
11 Gresham, Jade HBFL 75% 1 1 9 4 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
35 Guelfi, Matt RO 83% 2 1 12 7 5 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 2
40 Johnson, Zak INT 77% 0 0 29 17 12 8 0 1 0 5 1 0 2 2
10 Kako, Isaac INT 77% 1 0 13 3 10 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
15 Laverde, Jayden FB 99% 0 0 19 16 3 13 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 0
34 Lual, Luamon WR 78% 0 0 9 2 7 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1
37 Martin, Nic HFFR 80% 0 1 26 11 15 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3
26 May, Archie FPL 72% 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 82% 0 0 19 5 14 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 3
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 86% 0 0 29 16 13 1 0 5 4 5 3 2 0 6
3 Parish, Darcy INT 62% 0 0 26 8 18 1 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 2
16 Perkins, Archie SUB↑ 28% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0
25 Prior, Jaxon CHB 100% 0 0 28 20 8 7 0 0 1 5 1 1 8 0
21 Roberts, Archie BPR 83% 1 0 27 13 14 5 0 2 0 4 0 1 4 0
12 Setterfield, Will FPR 84% 0 0 31 17 14 7 0 10 5 4 1 1 2 2
20 Wright, Peter FF 95% 2 1 11 5 6 4 12 1 2 5 0 2 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 8 8 404 201 203 98 43 50 35 70 13 16 39 38

A. Perkins replaced A. Day-Wicks.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom INT 67% 0 0 18 5 13 2 0 9 7 1 1 0 1 1
46 Blicavs, Mark WL 79% 0 0 17 9 8 5 5 1 0 0 4 0 2 1
5 Cameron, Jeremy FF 94% 6 1 14 13 1 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1
45 Close, Brad CHF 88% 1 0 12 8 4 4 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 5
35 Dangerfield, Patrick (c) FPR 73% 2 1 11 7 4 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3
16 De Koning, Sam FB↓ 36% 0 0 7 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
28 Dempsey, Oliver WR 92% 2 1 17 9 8 6 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 3
22 Duncan, Mitch SUB↑ 39% 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 Guthrie, Zach INT 82% 0 0 20 8 12 8 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2
38 Henry, Jack BPL 86% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
9 Holmes, Max C 82% 1 0 36 25 11 4 0 4 8 5 0 0 2 10
17 Humphries, Lawson HBFL 87% 1 0 19 15 4 8 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 5
7 Mannagh, Shaun HFFL 87% 3 1 14 11 3 3 0 5 1 7 0 2 2 2
19 Martin, Jack INT 61% 0 0 15 11 4 10 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2
32 Miers, Gryan INT 86% 1 1 25 17 8 6 0 5 0 3 0 0 2 7
34 Mullin, Oisin RO 73% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 2
33 Neale, Shannon FPL 83% 4 1 13 10 3 9 2 2 0 5 0 3 0 2
42 O'Connor, Mark HBFR 89% 0 1 22 15 7 12 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 3
14 O'Sullivan, Connor BPR 93% 0 0 13 9 4 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
3 Smith, Bailey RR 76% 0 0 41 28 13 7 0 2 6 6 0 1 3 9
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 81% 1 1 11 7 4 4 27 1 3 1 1 1 0 2
18 Stengle, Tyson HFFR 83% 1 2 17 8 9 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1
44 Stewart, Tom (vc) CHB 83% 0 0 23 19 4 16 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 23 13 392 253 139 141 34 51 33 49 16 13 30 63

M. Duncan replaced S. De Koning.

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

Essendon Coach: Brad Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
38 J. Henry 16 S. De Koning 14 C. O'Sullivan 17 T. Goldstein 44 A. Day-Wicks
12 W. Setterfield 20 P. Wright 26 A. May 6 J. Caldwell 40 Z. Johnson
FORWARD 35 M. Guelfi 10 I. Kako
HALF-BACK

3 D. Parish
17 L. Humphries 44 T. Stewart (vc) 42 M. O'Connor

16 A. Perkins
37 N. Martin 30 N. Caddy 46 L. Blakiston



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



46 M. Blicavs 9 M. Holmes 28 O. Dempsey



34 L. Lual 7 Z. Merrett (c) 28 X. Duursma FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 R. Stanley 30 T. Atkins
HALF-FORWARD 3 B. Smith 39 Z. Guthrie
7 S. Mannagh 45 B. Close 18 T. Stengle 34 O. Mullin 19 J. Martin
36 A. Clarke 25 J. Prior 11 J. Gresham

32 G. Miers
HALF-BACK

22 M. Duncan
FORWARD



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



21 A. Roberts 15 J. Laverde 1 A. McGrath (vc)



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:58
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 03:21
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 04:51
ESSE Peter Wright behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 07:07
ESSE Nic Martin behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 07:30
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 11:26
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 1.2.8 - 3.1.19 15:17
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 1.2.8 - 4.1.25 16:37
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 2.2.14 - 4.1.25 17:57
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 2.3.15 - 4.1.25 20:09
GEEL Tyson Stengle behind 2.3.15 - 4.2.26 21:50
GEEL Mark O'Connor behind 2.3.15 - 4.3.27 23:07
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 2.3.15 - 5.3.33 24:20
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 2.3.15 - 6.3.39 26:13
ESSE Jade Gresham behind 2.4.16 - 6.3.39 28:18
Q2 ESSE Archer Day-Wicks behind 2.5.17 - 6.3.39 00:25
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 2.5.17 - 7.3.45 01:31
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 2.5.17 - 8.3.51 03:55
GEEL Oliver Dempsey behind 2.5.17 - 8.4.52 11:38
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 2.6.18 - 8.4.52 13:51
GEEL Rushed behind 2.6.18 - 8.5.53 18:33
GEEL Brad Close goal 2.6.18 - 9.5.59 19:42
ESSE Archie May behind 2.7.19 - 9.5.59 24:44
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 3.7.25 - 9.5.59 26:10
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 3.7.25 - 9.6.60 29:43
Q3 ESSE Peter Wright goal 4.7.31 - 9.6.60 01:14
GEEL Max Holmes goal 4.7.31 - 10.6.66 03:09
ESSE Xavier Duursma goal 5.7.37 - 10.6.66 05:40
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 5.7.37 - 11.6.72 10:08
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 5.7.37 - 12.6.78 11:22
GEEL Shaun Mannagh behind 5.7.37 - 12.7.79 13:27
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 5.7.37 - 12.8.80 15:55
GEEL Lawson Humphries goal 5.7.37 - 13.8.86 16:56
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 5.7.37 - 14.8.92 20:37
ESSE Archie Roberts goal 6.7.43 - 14.8.92 24:38
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 6.7.43 - 15.8.98 27:15
ESSE Isaac Kako goal 7.7.49 - 15.8.98 29:29
ESSE Peter Wright goal 8.7.55 - 15.8.98 31:16
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 8.7.55 - 16.8.104 33:06
Q4 ESSE Xavier Duursma behind 8.8.56 - 16.8.104 01:19
GEEL Shannon Neale behind 8.8.56 - 16.9.105 03:50
GEEL Tyson Stengle behind 8.8.56 - 16.10.106 07:32
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 8.8.56 - 17.10.112 08:10
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 8.8.56 - 18.10.118 11:48
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 8.8.56 - 19.10.124 13:58
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 8.8.56 - 20.10.130 15:18
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 8.8.56 - 20.11.131 17:58
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 8.8.56 - 21.11.137 18:48
GEEL Rhys Stanley goal 8.8.56 - 22.11.143 22:13
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 8.8.56 - 22.12.144 26:14
GEEL Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 22.13.145 27:15
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 8.8.56 - 23.13.151 28:31