2026 AFL Season Round 8: Greater Western Sydney v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 2026 between Greater Western Sydney and North Melbourne during round eight of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Greater Western Sydney hosted North Melbourne at Corroboree Group Manuka Oval. Toby Greene captained the hosts. Nick Larkey captained the visitors with Harry Sheezel as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Adam Kingsley and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Greater Western Sydney (15.15.105) defeated North Melbourne (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 26 April 2026
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Corroboree Group Manuka Oval
Attendance: 12,597

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. North Melbourne
Score: 15.15.105 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Greater Western Sydney	3	.	2	7	.	7	10	.	10	15	.	15	15	.	15	(105)
North Melbourne	4	.	3	7	.	7	9	.	10	14	.	14	14	.	14	(98)
Margin	NMLB by 7			level			GWSY by 6			GWSY by 7			GWSY by 7
Duration	29:55			32:00			29:48			34:57			2:06:40

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (North Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: Toby Greene
Coach: Adam Kingsley

North Melbourne

Captain: Nick Larkey
Vice-Captain: Harry Sheezel
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Toby Greene	GWSY	4	3
Harry Sheezel	NMLB	3	2
Lachie Ash	GWSY	7	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Aleer, Leek	RU	57%	1	2	6	4	2	1	12	8	0	1	2	1	0	2
9	Angwin, Ryan	WL	84%	0	1	22	11	11	1	0	5	2	4	1	2	2	6
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	83%	0	1	30	20	10	7	0	2	0	5	2	2	9	4
14	Bedford, Toby	HFFL	75%	0	1	6	2	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Buckley, Jack	BPR	95%	0	0	8	6	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2
5	Cadman, Aaron	FPL	92%	3	2	10	8	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
17	Callaghan, Finn	RO	77%	0	1	21	9	12	4	0	1	4	3	0	1	1	2
3	Coniglio, Stephen	INT	71%	0	0	13	5	8	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2
16	Daniels, Brent	CHF	75%	1	1	21	12	9	6	0	4	6	3	2	2	0	8
11	Gothard, Phoenix	HFFR	67%	1	1	10	6	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
4	Greene, Toby (c)	RR	82%	2	0	28	18	10	3	0	4	8	3	1	1	3	5
13	Hannaford, Ollie	INT	53%	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	1
27	Himmelberg, Harry	HBFL	86%	0	0	15	6	9	4	0	3	0	3	0	1	1	1
23	Hogan, Jesse	FPR	91%	2	0	15	8	7	6	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1
39	Idun, Connor	FB	97%	0	0	24	10	14	4	0	1	1	4	0	1	9	0
25	Laverde, Jayden	BPL	88%	0	0	10	8	2	4	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	1
30	Leake, James	INT	71%	0	0	13	6	7	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0
41	Madden, Nick	INT	60%	0	0	10	2	8	2	24	3	1	5	2	1	1	1
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	INT	71%	1	0	18	8	10	2	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	5
10	Oliver, Clayton	C	82%	0	0	26	8	18	4	0	7	5	2	1	1	1	2
20	Stringer, Jake	FF	82%	3	1	13	9	4	3	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	3
1	Thomas, Harvey	WR	82%	1	2	16	7	9	2	0	7	0	3	1	2	0	2
6	Whitfield, Lachie	CHB	80%	0	0	32	18	14	6	0	3	0	2	0	2	3	5
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				15	15	376	196	180	78	36	59	34	54	16	22	39	56

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Corr, Aidan	BPL	87%	0	0	19	10	9	3	0	2	0	4	0	3	5	0
25	Curtis, Paul	HFFL	87%	2	0	17	12	5	6	0	5	1	2	3	1	0	2
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	87%	0	0	30	17	13	6	0	2	2	3	1	0	3	7
27	Darling, Jack	INT	58%	1	0	11	9	2	5	0	3	2	3	1	0	1	2
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	RR	79%	0	0	20	9	11	4	0	3	5	4	1	2	1	4
1	Dovaston, Lachy	INT	60%	1	1	10	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
7	Duursma, Zane	HFFR	68%	0	1	6	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
20	Larkey, Nick (c)	FF	94%	4	1	16	11	5	6	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	4
19	Logue, Griffin	FB	93%	0	0	11	5	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
11	McDonald, Luke	INT	89%	0	0	14	7	7	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	1
10	McKercher, Colby	HBFL	85%	0	0	17	11	6	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	1
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	FPR	84%	1	1	24	10	14	5	0	0	7	3	1	1	5	2
26	Parker, Luke	HBFR	88%	1	0	29	18	11	3	0	2	1	2	1	0	5	2
32	Pink, Toby	BPR	79%	0	0	9	8	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
24	Powell, Tom	C	82%	0	1	12	7	5	2	0	3	2	3	1	1	2	1
3	Sheezel, Harry (vc)	RO	84%	1	0	32	17	15	5	0	4	3	5	1	2	1	3
12	Simpkin, Jy	WL	79%	1	2	16	12	4	4	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	4
13	Spargo, Charlie	INT	61%	1	0	17	6	11	3	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	1
15	Stephens, Dylan	WR	78%	0	0	25	12	13	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5
47	Trembath, Cooper	CHF	66%	0	1	4	2	2	2	4	2	0	2	0	1	0	1
6	Wardlaw, George	INT	57%	1	0	15	5	10	2	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	2
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	82%	0	0	25	9	16	5	25	12	10	4	4	2	0	5
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPL	75%	0	0	12	10	2	5	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	3
Rushed					6
Total (23 players)				14	14	391	219	172	94	29	63	36	44	22	16	39	54

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

Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Adam Kingsley
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	4	A. Corr	19	G. Logue	32	T. Pink	21	L. Aleer	3	S. Coniglio
	23	J. Hogan	20	J. Stringer	5	A. Cadman	4	T. Greene (c)	13	O. Hannaford
FORWARD							17	F. Callaghan	30	J. Leake
HALF-BACK									41	N. Madden
	10	C. McKercher	5	C. Daniel	26	L. Parker			33	X. O'Halloran
	11	P. Gothard	16	B. Daniels	14	T. Bedford
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	12	J. Simpkin	24	T. Powell	15	D. Stephens
	1	H. Thomas	10	C. Oliver	9	R. Angwin	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	T. Xerri	27	J. Darling
HALF-FORWARD							9	L. Davies-Uniacke	1	L. Dovaston
	25	P. Curtis	47	C. Trembath	7	Z. Duursma	3	H. Sheezel (vc)	11	L. McDonald
	7	L. Ash	6	L. Whitfield	27	H. Himmelberg			13	C. Spargo
HALF-BACK									6	G. Wardlaw
FORWARD
	44	C. Zurhaar	20	N. Larkey (c)	2	F. O'Sullivan
	44	J. Buckley	39	C. Idun	25	J. Laverde
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GWSY	Leek Aleer goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	02:09
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	03:51
	NMLB	Zane Duursma behind	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	05:53
	GWSY	Leek Aleer behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	09:57
	NMLB	George Wardlaw goal	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	11:24
	GWSY	Phoenix Gothard behind	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	15:51
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	1.2.8	-	3.1.19	17:51
	NMLB	Lachy Dovaston behind	1.2.8	-	3.2.20	20:49
	NMLB	Charlie Spargo goal	1.2.8	-	4.2.26	21:37
	NMLB	Tom Powell behind	1.2.8	-	4.3.27	23:27
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	2.2.14	-	4.3.27	25:00
	GWSY	Jesse Hogan goal	3.2.20	-	4.3.27	28:23
Q2	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	3.2.20	-	5.3.33	01:06
	GWSY	Phoenix Gothard goal	4.2.26	-	5.3.33	05:06
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	5.2.32	-	5.3.33	06:48
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	6.2.38	-	5.3.33	10:19
	GWSY	Ryan Angwin behind	6.3.39	-	5.3.33	12:09
	GWSY	Rushed behind	6.4.40	-	5.3.33	12:33
	NMLB	Lachy Dovaston goal	6.4.40	-	6.3.39	15:05
	GWSY	Harvey Thomas behind	6.5.41	-	6.3.39	16:07
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath behind	6.5.41	-	6.4.40	19:27
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman behind	6.6.42	-	6.4.40	20:45
	NMLB	Rushed behind	6.6.42	-	6.5.41	23:52
	GWSY	Brent Daniels goal	7.6.48	-	6.5.41	25:08
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin behind	7.6.48	-	6.6.42	26:58
	GWSY	Harvey Thomas behind	7.7.49	-	6.6.42	28:03
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	7.7.49	-	7.6.48	29:38
	NMLB	Rushed behind	7.7.49	-	7.7.49	30:57
Q3	NMLB	Rushed behind	7.7.49	-	7.8.50	00:29
	GWSY	Harvey Thomas goal	8.7.55	-	7.8.50	03:02
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	9.7.61	-	7.8.50	05:11
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	9.7.61	-	8.8.56	08:30
	GWSY	Jake Stringer behind	9.8.62	-	8.8.56	11:25
	NMLB	Finn O'Sullivan behind	9.8.62	-	8.9.57	12:47
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	10.8.68	-	8.9.57	14:17
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman behind	10.9.69	-	8.9.57	17:08
	GWSY	Finn Callaghan behind	10.10.70	-	8.9.57	19:14
	NMLB	Nick Larkey behind	10.10.70	-	8.10.58	21:25
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	10.10.70	-	9.10.64	25:28
Q4	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	10.10.70	-	10.10.70	00:54
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	11.10.76	-	10.10.70	02:17
	NMLB	Rushed behind	11.10.76	-	10.11.71	03:41
	GWSY	Leek Aleer behind	11.11.77	-	10.11.71	04:30
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	12.11.83	-	10.11.71	05:25
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin behind	12.11.83	-	10.12.72	06:50
	GWSY	Lachie Ash behind	12.12.84	-	10.12.72	08:38
	GWSY	Rushed behind	12.13.85	-	10.12.72	09:35
	GWSY	Jake Stringer goal	13.13.91	-	10.12.72	10:42
	NMLB	Rushed behind	13.13.91	-	10.13.73	12:40
	NMLB	Luke Parker goal	13.13.91	-	11.13.79	13:31
	GWSY	Xavier O'Halloran goal	14.13.97	-	11.13.79	14:43
	NMLB	Finn O'Sullivan goal	14.13.97	-	12.13.85	16:39
	GWSY	Aaron Cadman goal	15.13.103	-	12.13.85	18:18
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	15.13.103	-	13.13.91	21:29
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel goal	15.13.103	-	14.13.97	23:18
	GWSY	Brent Daniels behind	15.14.104	-	14.13.97	29:35
	NMLB	Rushed behind	15.14.104	-	14.14.98	30:55
	GWSY	Toby Bedford behind	15.15.105	-	14.14.98	31:40

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