2026 AFL Season Round 4: Geelong v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 2026 between Geelong and Adelaide during round four of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Adelaide at GMHBA Stadium. In the absence of Patrick Dangerfield, vice-captain Tom Stewart captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

Geelong (9.14.68) defeated Adelaide (9.6.60).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Geelong v Adelaide
Date: Thursday 26 March 2026
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 20,403

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Adelaide
Score: 9.14.68 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 4 6 . 5 7 . 9 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Adelaide 2 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 4 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 8
Duration 31:42 29:22 27:36 33:16 2:01:56

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Geelong) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Tom Stewart (acting)
Coach: Chris Scott

Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bailey Smith GEEL 3 3
Josh Rachele ADEL 8 2
Max Holmes GEEL 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom RR 74% 0 0 23 11 12 1 0 8 6 6 1 1 2 2
46 Blicavs, Mark WL 81% 0 1 24 14 10 6 11 2 4 3 1 1 0 5
4 Bruhn, Tanner INT 64% 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 3
5 Cameron, Jeremy CHF 97% 0 2 11 10 1 6 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 4
13 Clark, Jhye INT 67% 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 5 2 5 1 1 0 5
16 De Koning, Sam FB 69% 0 0 18 11 7 12 0 1 0 5 0 1 3 1
28 Dempsey, Oliver WR 79% 2 0 21 12 9 7 0 2 1 4 1 1 1 4
11 Edwards, Mitch RU 45% 0 0 6 2 4 0 12 1 2 1 2 1 0 1
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFL 77% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
38 Henry, Jack BPR 94% 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
36 Henry, Ollie FPR 88% 1 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 2
9 Holmes, Max RO 77% 1 1 27 20 7 5 0 5 2 2 1 2 4 5
17 Humphries, Lawson INT 79% 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 1
7 Mannagh, Shaun HFFL 82% 1 1 24 16 8 2 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 6
19 Martin, Jack FPL 75% 3 2 14 10 4 3 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2
32 Miers, Gryan INT 79% 0 1 25 17 8 7 0 8 2 3 2 0 2 6
34 Mullin, Oisin HBFR 83% 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0
33 Neale, Shannon FF 92% 0 1 13 4 9 2 15 3 2 2 0 1 0 3
42 O'Connor, Mark INT 68% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2
14 O'Sullivan, Connor BPL 90% 0 0 23 11 12 9 0 2 0 2 3 1 5 1
3 Smith, Bailey C 84% 0 0 40 25 15 2 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 7
44 Stewart, Tom (ac) CHB 82% 1 0 24 21 3 6 0 4 1 2 3 1 8 1
21 Wiltshire, Oli HFFR 75% 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 5
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 9 14 409 261 148 98 38 76 42 57 25 13 36 67

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Berry, Sam RR 71% 0 1 22 13 9 3 0 5 9 4 2 1 2 2
21 Bond, Hugh HBFL 81% 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 8 1 1 0 1 4 1
41 Butts, Jordon FB 88% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 3 0
15 Cook, Brayden INT 87% 0 1 21 13 8 6 0 3 1 4 0 1 6 3
44 Cumming, Isaac WR 72% 1 0 10 7 3 1 0 5 0 4 0 0 1 0
32 Fogarty, Darcy FPR 80% 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 4 0 6 1 2 0 1
1 Jones, Chayce WL 76% 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
2 Keays, Ben HFFL 90% 0 1 15 7 8 2 0 4 0 2 1 2 0 4
36 Maley, Finnbar INT 58% 0 0 7 4 3 4 11 2 0 3 0 3 0 2
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 77% 0 0 17 9 8 1 40 1 4 2 2 0 1 2
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 95% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 8 1 1 2 1 2 0
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 73% 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 6 1
9 Murray, Nick BPL 98% 1 0 12 10 2 3 0 4 1 2 0 1 9 1
27 Nankervis, Luke INT 45% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2
28 Neal-Bullen, Alex CHF 79% 1 0 11 9 2 3 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 2
25 Peatling, James INT 76% 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 4 6 3 0 0 3 1
10 Pedlar, Luke HFFR 72% 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2
8 Rachele, Josh RO 78% 1 0 31 21 10 5 0 4 7 5 0 2 2 7
23 Rankine, Izak C 79% 1 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 1
14 Soligo, Jake FPL 84% 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 9 2 5 1 4 2 3
19 Taylor, Zac INT 66% 3 0 7 5 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Thilthorpe, Riley FF 89% 1 1 14 10 4 8 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 5
24 Worrell, Josh CHB 85% 0 0 30 21 9 5 0 2 0 5 1 1 10 5
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 6 329 208 121 65 51 72 35 66 13 25 57 45

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
9 N. Murray 41 J. Butts 16 M. Michalanney 11 M. Edwards 4 T. Bruhn
36 O. Henry 33 S. Neale 19 J. Martin 30 T. Atkins 13 J. Clark
FORWARD 9 M. Holmes 17 L. Humphries
HALF-BACK

32 G. Miers
21 H. Bond 24 J. Worrell 30 W. Milera

42 M. O'Connor
21 O. Wiltshire 5 J. Cameron 7 S. Mannagh



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 C. Jones 23 I. Rankine 44 I. Cumming



28 O. Dempsey 3 B. Smith 46 M. Blicavs FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 42 L. McAndrew 15 B. Cook
HALF-FORWARD 3 S. Berry 36 F. Maley
2 B. Keays 28 A. Neal-Bullen 10 L. Pedlar 8 J. Rachele 27 L. Nankervis
34 O. Mullin 44 T. Stewart (ac) 39 Z. Guthrie

25 J. Peatling
HALF-BACK

19 Z. Taylor
FORWARD



14 J. Soligo 7 R. Thilthorpe 32 D. Fogarty



38 J. Henry 16 S. De Koning 14 C. O'Sullivan



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Mark Blicavs behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:04
GEEL Jack Martin behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 02:45
GEEL Tom Stewart goal 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 05:32
GEEL Shaun Mannagh behind 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 08:00
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 2.3.15 - 0.0.0 08:59
ADEL Zac Taylor goal 2.3.15 - 1.0.6 11:41
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 3.3.21 - 1.0.6 14:55
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 3.3.21 - 2.0.12 18:52
ADEL Sam Berry behind 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 21:16
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 3.4.22 - 2.1.13 23:52
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 4.4.28 - 2.1.13 29:07
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 4.4.28 - 2.2.14 30:55
Q2 GEEL Jack Martin goal 5.4.34 - 2.2.14 02:25
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 5.4.34 - 3.2.20 05:20
ADEL Isaac Cumming goal 5.4.34 - 4.2.26 15:34
ADEL Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 4.3.27 19:06
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 5.5.35 - 4.3.27 20:44
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 5.5.35 - 5.3.33 22:31
GEEL Jack Martin goal 6.5.41 - 5.3.33 26:49
Q3 GEEL Jack Martin behind 6.6.42 - 5.3.33 01:07
GEEL Max Holmes goal 7.6.48 - 5.3.33 03:24
GEEL Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 5.3.33 10:46
ADEL Brayden Cook behind 7.7.49 - 5.4.34 11:29
ADEL Zac Taylor goal 7.7.49 - 6.4.40 16:43
ADEL Zac Taylor goal 7.7.49 - 7.4.46 23:08
GEEL Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 7.4.46 24:39
ADEL Ben Keays behind 7.8.50 - 7.5.47 25:34
GEEL Max Holmes behind 7.9.51 - 7.5.47 26:52
Q4 ADEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 7.9.51 - 8.5.53 04:37
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 7.10.52 - 8.5.53 05:55
GEEL Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 8.5.53 07:56
GEEL Rushed behind 7.12.54 - 8.5.53 11:54
GEEL Shannon Neale behind 7.13.55 - 8.5.53 13:58
GEEL Jack Martin goal 8.13.61 - 8.5.53 15:37
GEEL Rushed behind 8.14.62 - 8.5.53 23:54
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 9.14.68 - 8.5.53 26:21
ADEL Nick Murray goal 9.14.68 - 9.5.59 30:28
ADEL Rushed behind 9.14.68 - 9.6.60 31:45