2026 AFL Season Round 7: Geelong v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 2026 between Geelong and the Western Bulldogs during round seven of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted the Western Bulldogs at GMHBA Stadium. Patrick Dangerfield captained the hosts with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Geelong (19.17.131) defeated the Western Bulldogs (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Geelong v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 17 April 2026
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 33,200

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 19.17.131 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 4 12 . 6 13 . 11 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Western Bulldogs 1 . 2 3 . 3 7 . 5 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin GEEL by 32 GEEL by 57 GEEL by 42 GEEL by 75 GEEL by 75
Duration 33:18 34:35 30:10 31:21 2:09:24

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 (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Patrick Dangerfield
Vice-Captain: Tom Stewart
Coach: Chris Scott

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jeremy Cameron GEEL 5 3
Bailey Smith GEEL 3 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 72% 0 0 16 3 13 2 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 4
46 Blicavs, Mark HBFL 82% 0 0 13 3 10 2 23 9 3 1 2 1 1 1
12 Bowes, Jack INT 75% 0 3 23 13 10 6 0 2 0 5 1 1 0 5
4 Bruhn, Tanner HBFR 78% 0 1 16 7 9 6 0 5 1 2 2 1 2 1
5 Cameron, Jeremy HFFL 91% 10 1 18 16 2 10 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2
35 Dangerfield, Patrick (c) FPL 71% 2 3 19 10 9 6 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 2
16 De Koning, Sam CHB 72% 0 0 14 7 7 7 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0
28 Dempsey, Oliver WL 82% 1 0 27 14 13 5 0 2 1 2 1 1 4 3
11 Edwards, Mitch RU 62% 0 0 9 4 5 1 33 3 2 1 1 1 0 0
39 Guthrie, Zach INT 73% 0 0 25 15 10 7 0 3 0 4 1 1 3 1
36 Henry, Ollie INT 91% 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 3
9 Holmes, Max RO 81% 0 0 28 18 10 7 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 5
17 Humphries, Lawson INT 79% 1 0 24 19 5 8 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 4
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPL 77% 1 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 3
7 Mannagh, Shaun HFFR 83% 0 0 21 17 4 1 0 4 5 3 2 0 1 8
19 Martin, Jack FPR 73% 1 2 18 12 6 9 0 2 1 4 1 1 1 2
34 Mullin, Oisin WR 79% 0 2 13 10 3 5 0 5 0 3 0 1 1 4
33 Neale, Shannon FF 82% 1 1 12 8 4 3 3 4 1 1 2 0 0 3
14 O'Sullivan, Connor FB 86% 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Smith, Bailey C 85% 1 0 33 24 9 8 0 7 11 6 3 2 2 6
44 Stewart, Tom (vc) BPR 75% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 4 0 2 1 0 3 2
21 Wiltshire, Oli CHF 85% 0 1 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
29 Worpel, James INT 66% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 7 2 3 0 3 3 7
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 19 17 399 237 162 103 59 73 35 59 21 21 31 67

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Baker, Oskar INT 76% 2 2 13 6 7 5 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 1
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) C 86% 0 0 14 5 9 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 4
29 Bramble, Lachie HBFL 87% 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1
16 Croft, Jordan FPL 76% 2 0 11 4 7 4 3 1 0 4 0 1 0 1
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 88% 0 0 29 21 8 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 7 4
10 Darcy, Sam CHF 28% 0 0 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
42 Davidson, Sam WL 82% 0 1 19 12 7 3 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 2
25 Emmett, Louis INT 64% 0 0 13 4 9 2 10 4 2 3 1 1 0 2
27 Freijah, Joel HFFR 91% 0 0 16 9 7 7 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 3
6 Hynes, Cooper INT 73% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 4 1 2 1 0 2 3
11 Jaques, Lachie INT 74% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2
8 Kennedy, Matthew RR 86% 0 0 27 11 16 5 0 7 9 4 0 3 4 2
24 Khamis, Buku FB 100% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 3 1 3 1 1 2 0
28 Lewis, Will RU 84% 1 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 4
21 Liberatore, Tom INT 37% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 3
7 Lobb, Rory BPR 86% 0 1 7 6 1 4 10 0 0 2 0 0 3 0
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 87% 3 0 10 5 5 3 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0
18 O'Donnell, James CHB 72% 0 0 7 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 4 0
20 Richards, Ed RO 83% 0 0 30 14 16 3 0 13 6 7 1 1 3 3
9 Sanders, Ryley HFFL 83% 0 0 25 11 14 1 0 4 5 4 2 1 2 3
37 Sellwood, Michael BPL 84% 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 6 2 2 3 1 6 0
14 West, Rhylee FPR 86% 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 2
34 Williams, Bailey WR 86% 0 0 26 15 11 8 0 3 1 3 1 0 5 1
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 8 8 345 188 157 74 27 71 37 63 21 21 48 41

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
37 M. Sellwood 24 B. Khamis 7 R. Lobb 11 M. Edwards 12 J. Bowes
19 J. Martin 33 S. Neale 35 P. Dangerfield (c) 30 T. Atkins 39 Z. Guthrie
FORWARD 9 M. Holmes 36 O. Henry
HALF-BACK

17 L. Humphries
29 L. Bramble 18 J. O'Donnell 31 B. Dale

29 J. Worpel
7 S. Mannagh 21 O. Wiltshire 5 J. Cameron



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



42 S. Davidson 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 34 B. Williams



34 O. Mullin 3 B. Smith 28 O. Dempsey FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 W. Lewis 13 O. Baker
HALF-FORWARD 8 M. Kennedy 25 L. Emmett
9 R. Sanders 10 S. Darcy 27 J. Freijah 20 E. Richards 6 C. Hynes
4 T. Bruhn 16 S. De Koning 46 M. Blicavs

11 L. Jaques
HALF-BACK

21 T. Liberatore
FORWARD



16 J. Croft 33 A. Naughton 14 R. West



44 T. Stewart (vc) 14 C. O'Sullivan 8 J. Kolodjashnij



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Sam Davidson behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:51
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 06:10
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 08:03
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 11:02
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 3.0.18 - 1.1.7 15:44
WBUL Oskar Baker behind 3.0.18 - 1.2.8 19:45
GEEL Jack Martin behind 3.1.19 - 1.2.8 20:49
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 4.1.25 - 1.2.8 21:32
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 4.2.26 - 1.2.8 23:37
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 5.2.32 - 1.2.8 24:36
GEEL Shannon Neale behind 5.3.33 - 1.2.8 28:06
GEEL Oisin Mullin behind 5.4.34 - 1.2.8 29:35
GEEL Jack Martin goal 6.4.40 - 1.2.8 30:40
Q2 GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 7.4.46 - 1.2.8 00:18
WBUL Oskar Baker goal 7.4.46 - 2.2.14 01:54
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 8.4.52 - 2.2.14 05:56
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 9.4.58 - 2.2.14 12:41
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 10.4.64 - 2.2.14 19:42
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 11.4.70 - 2.2.14 20:56
GEEL Oli Wiltshire behind 11.5.71 - 2.2.14 23:58
WBUL Will Lewis goal 11.5.71 - 3.2.20 25:23
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 11.6.72 - 3.2.20 29:02
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 12.6.78 - 3.2.20 31:16
WBUL Rory Lobb behind 12.6.78 - 3.3.21 32:43
Q3 WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 12.6.78 - 4.3.27 02:47
GEEL Tanner Bruhn behind 12.7.79 - 4.3.27 04:17
WBUL Rushed behind 12.7.79 - 4.4.28 06:41
GEEL Jack Bowes behind 12.8.80 - 4.4.28 08:15
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 13.8.86 - 4.4.28 09:20
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 13.9.87 - 4.4.28 12:09
WBUL Oskar Baker goal 13.9.87 - 5.4.34 14:35
GEEL Jack Bowes behind 13.10.88 - 5.4.34 18:44
WBUL Oskar Baker behind 13.10.88 - 5.5.35 21:03
WBUL Jordan Croft goal 13.10.88 - 6.5.41 22:17
GEEL Jack Bowes behind 13.11.89 - 6.5.41 24:20
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 13.11.89 - 7.5.47 27:52
Q4 GEEL Rushed behind 13.12.90 - 7.5.47 02:10
WBUL Jordan Croft goal 13.12.90 - 8.5.53 04:31
WBUL Rushed behind 13.12.90 - 8.6.54 06:20
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 13.13.91 - 8.6.54 07:16
GEEL Oisin Mullin behind 13.14.92 - 8.6.54 10:28
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 14.14.98 - 8.6.54 11:46
GEEL Lawson Humphries goal 15.14.104 - 8.6.54 13:06
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 16.14.110 - 8.6.54 16:29
GEEL Jake Kolodjashnij goal 17.14.116 - 8.6.54 18:10
WBUL Rushed behind 17.14.116 - 8.7.55 20:05
GEEL Rushed behind 17.15.117 - 8.7.55 20:55
WBUL Rushed behind 17.15.117 - 8.8.56 21:57
GEEL Bailey Smith goal 18.15.123 - 8.8.56 23:13
GEEL Jack Martin behind 18.16.124 - 8.8.56 28:09
GEEL Rushed behind 18.17.125 - 8.8.56 29:26
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 19.17.131 - 8.8.56 30:11