2025 AFL Round 21: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 2025 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round 21 of the 2025 AFL season. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Marvel Stadium. Jy Simpkin captained the hosts. Patrick Dangerfield captained the visitors with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

North Melbourne
Back: C. Comben, T. Pink, G. Logue
Half-back: R. Hardeman, C. Daniel, F. O'Sullivan
Centre: D. Stephens, L. Davies-Uniacke, C. McKercher
Half-forward: T. Powell, W. Dawson, J. Simpkin (capt.)
Forward: P. Curtis, J. Darling, C. Zurhaar
Follower: B. Teakle, Z. Banch, H. Sheezel
Int.: Z. Duursma, J. Konstanty, F. Maley, L. Parker
Sub.: R. Hansen

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

North Melbourne (7.7.49) were defeated by Geelong (22.18.150).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: C. Zurhaar (3), P. Curtis (2), J. Darling, F. Maley
Geelong: J. Cameron (11), S. Neale (4), T. Stengle (2), J. Bowes, L. Humphries, G. Miers, B. Smith, R. Stanley

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder and Geelong were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 26 July 2025
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 25,445

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 7.7.49 - 22.18.150

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	2	.	2	3	.	4	3	.	5	7	.	7	7	.	7	(49)
Geelong	4	.	6	11	.	10	19	.	15	22	.	18	22	.	18	(150)
Margin	GEEL by 16			GEEL by 54			GEEL by 106			GEEL by 101			GEEL by 101
Duration	32:27			34:24			34:21			31:22			2:12:34

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (North Melbourne), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Jy Simpkin (North Melbourne), Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Tom Stewart (Geelong)

Brownlow Votes

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

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
45	Banch, Zac	RR	69%	0	0	10	4	6	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
30	Comben, Charlie	BPL	92%	0	1	13	9	4	7	0	1	0	5	1	2	3	1
25	Curtis, Paul	FPL	78%	2	0	9	6	3	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	87%	0	0	18	11	7	1	0	4	1	3	0	2	4	0
28	Darling, Jack	FF	83%	1	1	11	6	5	4	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	0
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	84%	0	0	21	8	13	2	0	7	4	8	2	3	1	4
18	Dawson, Wil	CHF	89%	0	0	7	6	1	4	0	2	0	2	1	2	3	0
7	Duursma, Zane	INT	75%	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1
46	Hansen, Robert	SUB↑	22%	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
17	Hardeman, Riley	HBFL	81%	0	0	19	10	9	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	3
41	Konstanty, Jacob	INT↓	54%	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
19	Logue, Griffin	BPR	84%	0	0	13	5	8	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	1
39	Maley, Finnbar	INT	71%	1	0	8	5	3	4	2	1	1	5	0	3	1	0
10	McKercher, Colby	WR	81%	0	0	32	21	11	6	0	1	0	3	0	1	7	1
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	HBFR	84%	0	0	16	4	12	3	0	6	2	3	0	1	1	0
26	Parker, Luke	INT	78%	0	1	31	17	14	3	0	5	7	7	3	2	0	3
32	Pink, Toby	FB	93%	0	0	15	13	2	6	0	2	0	1	3	1	7	0
24	Powell, Tom	HFFL	73%	0	0	24	13	11	7	0	8	4	4	0	1	3	3
3	Sheezel, Harry	RO	85%	0	0	27	15	12	7	0	5	4	1	1	0	4	4
12	Simpkin, Jy (c)	HFFR	83%	0	0	24	14	10	7	0	3	2	4	1	2	2	3
15	Stephens, Dylan	WL	92%	0	0	17	8	9	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	2
43	Teakle, Brynn	RU	81%	0	1	13	7	6	1	29	3	7	2	3	0	4	2
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPR	81%	3	1	10	10	0	3	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				7	7	358	204	154	100	31	57	34	63	19	23	54	36

R. Hansen replaced J. Konstanty.

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Atkins, Tom	RR	71%	0	0	25	12	13	2	0	8	5	1	3	1	0	8
46	Blicavs, Mark	HFFR	79%	0	3	14	6	8	5	27	3	3	2	2	0	0	3
12	Bowes, Jack	INT	78%	1	0	17	8	9	4	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	3
5	Cameron, Jeremy	CHF	91%	11	1	22	18	4	9	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2
45	Close, Brad	INT	84%	0	2	11	8	3	3	0	4	2	1	1	0	0	1
35	Dangerfield, Patrick (c)	FPL↓	51%	0	1	14	5	9	5	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	3
16	De Koning, Sam	FB	88%	0	0	10	4	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	2
28	Dempsey, Oliver	WR	94%	0	0	16	10	6	4	0	7	0	4	1	1	2	3
39	Guthrie, Zach	HBFR	81%	0	0	13	9	4	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3
38	Henry, Jack	BPL	87%	0	1	15	13	2	8	0	1	1	3	3	1	3	2
9	Holmes, Max	C	80%	0	1	29	17	12	9	0	4	7	1	2	1	1	9
17	Humphries, Lawson	SUB↑	36%	1	0	8	6	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4
7	Mannagh, Shaun	HFFL	84%	0	0	19	14	5	3	0	8	3	6	0	2	0	9
19	Martin, Jack	WL	54%	0	1	8	5	3	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	Miers, Gryan	INT	79%	1	1	20	13	7	4	0	7	2	3	1	1	3	5
34	Mullin, Oisin	CHB	84%	0	1	17	9	8	5	0	2	2	1	1	1	2	0
33	Neale, Shannon	FPR	84%	4	1	15	11	4	8	4	3	1	2	3	0	0	4
42	O'Connor, Mark	INT	79%	0	0	14	7	7	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2
14	O'Sullivan, Connor	BPR	93%	0	0	12	4	8	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	2
3	Smith, Bailey	RO	82%	1	1	43	21	22	3	0	2	13	4	1	0	3	8
1	Stanley, Rhys	RU	74%	1	0	7	5	2	3	19	2	0	3	1	3	1	1
18	Stengle, Tyson	FF	82%	2	2	13	10	3	2	0	1	3	6	1	3	0	1
44	Stewart, Tom (vc)	HBFL	84%	0	0	13	11	2	6	0	2	0	1	2	1	5	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				22	18	375	226	149	105	50	67	44	52	23	19	29	77

L. Humphries replaced P. Dangerfield.

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

North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	38	J. Henry	16	S. De Koning	14	C. O'Sullivan	43	B. Teakle	7	Z. Duursma
	44	C. Zurhaar	28	J. Darling	25	P. Curtis	45	Z. Banch	41	J. Konstanty
FORWARD							3	H. Sheezel	39	F. Maley
HALF-BACK									26	L. Parker
	44	T. Stewart (vc)	34	O. Mullin	39	Z. Guthrie			46	R. Hansen
	12	J. Simpkin (c)	18	W. Dawson	24	T. Powell
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	19	J. Martin	9	M. Holmes	28	O. Dempsey
	10	C. McKercher	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	15	D. Stephens	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							1	R. Stanley	12	J. Bowes
HALF-FORWARD							30	T. Atkins	45	B. Close
	7	S. Mannagh	5	J. Cameron	46	M. Blicavs	3	B. Smith	32	G. Miers
	2	F. O'Sullivan	5	C. Daniel	17	R. Hardeman			42	M. O'Connor
HALF-BACK									17	L. Humphries
FORWARD
	35	P. Dangerfield (c)	18	T. Stengle	33	S. Neale
	19	G. Logue	32	T. Pink	30	C. Comben
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	03:46
	GEEL	Oisin Mullin behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	05:12
	NMLB	Jack Darling behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	06:31
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	08:43
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	10:17
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	2.1.13	-	2.1.13	11:59
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	2.1.13	-	3.1.19	14:02
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield behind	2.1.13	-	3.2.20	16:17
	GEEL	Tyson Stengle behind	2.1.13	-	3.3.21	18:23
	GEEL	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	3.4.22	19:11
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs behind	2.1.13	-	3.5.23	20:01
	GEEL	Jack Martin behind	2.1.13	-	3.6.24	21:56
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	2.1.13	-	4.6.30	24:10
	NMLB	Brynn Teakle behind	2.2.14	-	4.6.30	27:59
Q2	GEEL	Mark Blicavs behind	2.2.14	-	4.7.31	00:55
	GEEL	Tyson Stengle behind	2.2.14	-	4.8.32	02:09
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	2.2.14	-	5.8.38	04:56
	NMLB	Charlie Comben behind	2.3.15	-	5.8.38	06:15
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs behind	2.3.15	-	5.9.39	10:12
	GEEL	Jack Bowes goal	2.3.15	-	6.9.45	14:59
	GEEL	Gryan Miers goal	2.3.15	-	7.9.51	16:32
	GEEL	Rhys Stanley goal	2.3.15	-	8.9.57	18:55
	GEEL	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	8.10.58	20:42
	GEEL	Bailey Smith goal	2.3.15	-	9.10.64	23:45
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	2.3.15	-	10.10.70	25:42
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar behind	2.4.16	-	10.10.70	27:40
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	2.4.16	-	11.10.76	28:28
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	3.4.22	-	11.10.76	32:57
Q3	GEEL	Bailey Smith behind	3.4.22	-	11.11.77	03:10
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	3.4.22	-	12.11.83	04:24
	NMLB	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	12.11.83	07:21
	GEEL	Gryan Miers behind	3.5.23	-	12.12.84	08:29
	GEEL	Shannon Neale behind	3.5.23	-	12.13.85	12:22
	GEEL	Brad Close behind	3.5.23	-	12.14.86	13:06
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	3.5.23	-	13.14.92	14:28
	GEEL	Lawson Humphries goal	3.5.23	-	14.14.98	20:17
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	3.5.23	-	15.14.104	21:57
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	3.5.23	-	16.14.110	23:57
	GEEL	Tyson Stengle goal	3.5.23	-	17.14.116	28:53
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	3.5.23	-	18.14.122	30:38
	GEEL	Brad Close behind	3.5.23	-	18.15.123	33:02
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	3.5.23	-	19.15.129	34:13
Q4	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	3.5.23	-	20.15.135	01:30
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	4.5.29	-	20.15.135	04:43
	GEEL	Jack Henry behind	4.5.29	-	20.16.136	08:17
	GEEL	Tyson Stengle goal	4.5.29	-	21.16.142	09:14
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron behind	4.5.29	-	21.17.143	12:32
	NMLB	Cameron Zurhaar goal	5.5.35	-	21.17.143	14:07
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	6.5.41	-	21.17.143	16:43
	NMLB	Luke Parker behind	6.6.42	-	21.17.143	19:15
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	6.6.42	-	22.17.149	20:06
	NMLB	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	22.17.149	24:09
	GEEL	Max Holmes behind	6.7.43	-	22.18.150	27:21
	NMLB	Finnbar Maley goal	7.7.49	-	22.18.150	29:47

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