2025 AFL Round 24: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 2025 between Sydney and Geelong during round 24 of the 2025 AFL season. Sydney hosted Geelong at SCG. Callum Mills captained the hosts. Patrick Dangerfield captained the visitors with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Sydney
Back: H. Cunningham, L. Melican, T. McCartin
Half-back: D. Rampe, N. Blakey, S. Wicks
Centre: O. Florent, C. Warner, J. Lloyd
Half-forward: T. Papley, J. Buller, J. Jordon
Forward: W. Hayward, H. McLean, B. Campbell
Follower: P. Ladhams, I. Heeney, E. Gulden
Int.: J. Dattoli, C. Mills (capt.), J. Rowbottom, A. Sheldrick
Sub.: C. Cleary

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

Sydney (10.8.68) were defeated by Geelong (16.15.111).

Goalkickers
Sydney: P. Ladhams (2), H. McLean (2), T. Papley (2), J. Buller, B. Campbell, I. Heeney, T. McCartin
Geelong: S. Neale (4), S. Mannagh (3), T. Stengle (3), J. Martin (2), G. Miers (2), P. Dangerfield, O. Dempsey

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 10th on the ladder and Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Sunday 17 August 2025
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 37,656

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Geelong
Score: 10.8.68 - 16.15.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 3 7 . 4 8 . 6 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Geelong 4 . 3 8 . 7 12 . 8 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Margin level GEEL by 9 GEEL by 26 GEEL by 43 GEEL by 43
Duration 32:07 35:42 29:13 30:33 2:07:35

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Cox (Sydney), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Callum Mills (Sydney), Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Sydney), Tom Stewart (Geelong)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bailey Smith GEEL 3 3
Shannon Neale GEEL 33 2
Shaun Mannagh GEEL 7 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Blakey, Nick CHB 85% 0 0 23 20 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 2
39 Buller, Jack CHF 81% 1 1 8 4 4 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
16 Campbell, Braeden FPR 79% 1 0 12 6 6 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 3
33 Cleary, Caiden SUB↑ 32% 0 0 8 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
7 Cunningham, Harry BPL 83% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 4 2 2 2 1 2 1
18 Dattoli, Jesse INT↓ 50% 0 0 7 1 6 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 Florent, Oliver WL 82% 0 0 18 7 11 4 0 3 4 1 0 0 3 0
21 Gulden, Errol RO 87% 0 0 23 13 10 2 0 7 6 2 1 2 2 4
9 Hayward, Will FPL 82% 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 2
5 Heeney, Isaac RR 82% 1 1 15 9 6 4 0 5 2 5 3 3 0 4
17 Jordon, James HFFR 80% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2
19 Ladhams, Peter RU 80% 2 1 17 10 7 1 35 3 10 5 2 0 3 3
44 Lloyd, Jake WR 82% 0 1 21 12 9 5 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 9
30 McCartin, Tom BPR 97% 1 0 13 11 2 7 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 1
2 McLean, Hayden FF 78% 2 1 9 8 1 6 8 1 0 2 1 1 1 1
43 Melican, Lewis FB 80% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
14 Mills, Callum (c) INT 86% 0 0 25 10 15 7 0 4 0 3 0 0 2 1
11 Papley, Tom HFFL 85% 2 1 20 11 9 6 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 5
24 Rampe, Dane HBFL 83% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 1
8 Rowbottom, James INT 69% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 3 1 3 1 2 1 3
12 Sheldrick, Angus INT 69% 0 0 21 5 16 2 0 5 6 1 0 0 0 0
1 Warner, Chad C 82% 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 2
15 Wicks, Sam HBFR 86% 0 0 21 14 7 1 0 3 2 4 1 1 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 10 8 349 193 156 79 43 62 43 53 13 14 36 47

C. Cleary replaced J. Dattoli.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom RO 70% 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 5 7 3 0 2 2 5
46 Blicavs, Mark WR 80% 0 2 12 4 8 3 13 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
12 Bowes, Jack SUB↑ 5% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
5 Cameron, Jeremy FF 86% 0 1 10 6 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
45 Close, Brad INT 82% 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 3
35 Dangerfield, Patrick (c) FPL 74% 1 1 14 9 5 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2
16 De Koning, Sam FB 88% 0 0 14 5 9 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0
28 Dempsey, Oliver WL 88% 1 1 21 10 11 6 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 4
39 Guthrie, Zach INT 84% 0 0 17 13 4 9 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 1
38 Henry, Jack BPL↓ 83% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 1
9 Holmes, Max C 86% 0 1 21 16 5 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 7
17 Humphries, Lawson HBFL 77% 0 1 12 8 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2
7 Mannagh, Shaun CHF 80% 3 3 19 15 4 7 0 7 4 2 0 1 0 4
19 Martin, Jack INT 64% 2 1 17 12 5 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2
32 Miers, Gryan INT 78% 2 0 18 14 4 7 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2
34 Mullin, Oisin HFFR 84% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 2 2
33 Neale, Shannon FPR 89% 4 1 10 6 4 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
42 O'Connor, Mark HBFR 83% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 4 3 4 3 3 2 0
14 O'Sullivan, Connor BPR 94% 0 0 12 10 2 8 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 1
3 Smith, Bailey RR 86% 0 0 30 18 12 6 0 4 5 4 0 1 0 7
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 78% 0 0 14 11 3 7 33 2 4 2 1 1 1 3
18 Stengle, Tyson HFFL 82% 3 2 12 9 3 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 2
44 Stewart, Tom (vc) CHB 80% 0 0 25 19 6 11 0 2 1 3 0 0 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 16 15 344 227 117 114 47 63 33 41 14 13 37 55

J. Bowes replaced J. Henry.

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

Sydney Coach: Dean Cox
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
38 J. Henry 16 S. De Koning 14 C. O'Sullivan 19 P. Ladhams 18 J. Dattoli
16 B. Campbell 2 H. McLean 9 W. Hayward 5 I. Heeney 14 C. Mills (c)
FORWARD 21 E. Gulden 8 J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK

12 A. Sheldrick
17 L. Humphries 44 T. Stewart (vc) 42 M. O'Connor

33 C. Cleary
17 J. Jordon 39 J. Buller 11 T. Papley



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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



44 J. Lloyd 1 C. Warner 13 O. Florent FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 R. Stanley 45 B. Close
HALF-FORWARD 3 B. Smith 39 Z. Guthrie
18 T. Stengle 7 S. Mannagh 34 O. Mullin 30 T. Atkins 19 J. Martin
15 S. Wicks 22 N. Blakey 24 D. Rampe

32 G. Miers
HALF-BACK

12 J. Bowes
FORWARD



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



30 T. McCartin 43 L. Melican 7 H. Cunningham



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Tyson Stengle behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:20
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 01:17
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 04:36
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 06:16
SYDN Braeden Campbell goal 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 07:43
SYDN Peter Ladhams behind 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 10:45
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 3.3.21 - 0.1.1 14:29
GEEL Shaun Mannagh behind 3.3.21 - 0.2.2 17:36
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 3.3.21 - 1.2.8 19:43
GEEL Lawson Humphries behind 3.3.21 - 1.3.9 22:01
GEEL Jack Martin goal 3.3.21 - 2.3.15 22:32
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 25:00
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 3.3.21 - 4.3.27 27:31
SYDN Peter Ladhams goal 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 29:53
Q2 SYDN Jack Buller goal 5.3.33 - 4.3.27 02:05
SYDN Tom McCartin goal 6.3.39 - 4.3.27 06:29
GEEL Max Holmes behind 6.3.39 - 4.4.28 07:35
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 6.3.39 - 5.4.34 08:58
SYDN Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 5.4.34 12:08
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 6.4.40 - 6.4.40 13:19
GEEL Shaun Mannagh behind 6.4.40 - 6.5.41 15:48
GEEL Oliver Dempsey behind 6.4.40 - 6.6.42 18:19
GEEL Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 6.7.43 22:30
GEEL Jack Martin goal 6.4.40 - 7.7.49 25:21
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 6.4.40 - 8.7.55 29:17
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 7.4.46 - 8.7.55 31:10
Q3 GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 7.4.46 - 9.7.61 01:07
SYDN Jack Buller behind 7.5.47 - 9.7.61 05:01
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 7.5.47 - 10.7.67 06:05
SYDN Peter Ladhams goal 8.5.53 - 10.7.67 10:40
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 8.5.53 - 11.7.73 12:34
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 8.5.53 - 12.7.79 16:37
GEEL Mark Blicavs behind 8.5.53 - 12.8.80 19:50
SYDN Tom Papley behind 8.6.54 - 12.8.80 26:22
Q4 GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 8.6.54 - 13.8.86 00:39
SYDN Jake Lloyd behind 8.7.55 - 13.8.86 02:47
GEEL Mark Blicavs behind 8.7.55 - 13.9.87 03:44
SYDN Tom Papley goal 9.7.61 - 13.9.87 04:41
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 9.7.61 - 14.9.93 06:35
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 9.7.61 - 14.10.94 08:25
GEEL Shaun Mannagh behind 9.7.61 - 14.11.95 15:23
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 9.7.61 - 15.11.101 16:26
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 9.7.61 - 16.11.107 17:34
GEEL Jack Martin behind 9.7.61 - 16.12.108 20:53
GEEL Tyson Stengle behind 9.7.61 - 16.13.109 22:16
SYDN Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 16.13.109 23:33
GEEL Shannon Neale behind 9.8.62 - 16.14.110 25:06
SYDN Tom Papley goal 10.8.68 - 16.14.110 26:26
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 10.8.68 - 16.15.111 30:30