2026 AFL Season Round 9: Geelong v North Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 2026 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round nine of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League.
Geelong hosted North Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium.
Patrick Dangerfield captained the hosts with Tom Stewart as vice-captain.
Nick Larkey captained the visitors with Harry Sheezel as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.
Geelong (21.9.135) defeated North Melbourne (13.8.86).
Match Details
Season:
2026 AFL Season
Round:
Round 9
Teams:
Geelong
v
North Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 2 May 2026
Time:
4:35 PM
Venue:
GMHBA Stadium
Attendance:
32,485
Match Results
Outcome:
Geelong
def.
North Melbourne
Score:
21.9.135 - 13.8.86
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Geelong | 4 | . | 3 | 5 | . | 6 | 12 | . | 7 | 21 | . | 9 | 21 | . | 9 | (135) |
| North Melbourne | 3 | . | 2 | 5 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 8 | 13 | . | 8 | 13 | . | 8 | (86) |
| Margin | GEEL by 7 | GEEL by 1 | GEEL by 17 | GEEL by 49 | GEEL by 49 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 30:53 | 26:18 | 34:30 | 35:11 | 2:06:52 | |||||||||||
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 (North Melbourne) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Geelong
Captain: Patrick DangerfieldVice-Captain: Tom Stewart
Coach: Chris Scott
North Melbourne
Captain: Nick LarkeyVice-Captain: Harry Sheezel
Coach: Alastair Clarkson
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Holmes | GEEL | 9 | 3 |
| Tristan Xerri | NMLB | 38 | 2 |
| Shaun Mannagh | GEEL | 7 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Player Statistics
Geelong
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 30 | Atkins, Tom | RR | 78% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Bowes, Jack | BPL | 65% | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Bruhn, Tanner | INT | 70% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Cameron, Jeremy | HFFL | 92% | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 | Close, Brad | HFFR | 78% | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Dangerfield, Patrick (c) | FPL | 74% | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | De Koning, Sam | INT | 66% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Dempsey, Oliver | WR | 93% | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Edwards, Mitch | RU | 56% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Guthrie, Zach | CHB | 81% | 1 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 36 | Henry, Ollie | INT | 73% | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Holmes, Max | RO | 84% | 2 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 17 | Humphries, Lawson | INT | 86% | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Kolodjashnij, Jake | HBFR | 76% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Mannagh, Shaun | CHF | 77% | 4 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Martin, Jack | FPR | 65% | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Mullin, Oisin | HBFL | 81% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Neale, Shannon | FF | 95% | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | O'Connor, Mark | WL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | O'Sullivan, Connor | FB | 95% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Smith, Bailey | C | 76% | 0 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 44 | Stewart, Tom (vc) | BPR | 82% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Worpel, James | INT | 73% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 21 | 9 | 371 | 203 | 168 | 81 | 40 | 53 | 39 | 63 | 27 | 26 | 37 | 60 | |||
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 39 | Blamires, Tom | HFFR | 74% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 30 | Comben, Charlie | BPR | 91% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Corr, Aidan | BPL | 80% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Curtis, Paul | HFFL | 79% | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Daniel, Caleb | CHB | 85% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | Darling, Jack | FPR | 66% | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Davies-Uniacke, Luke | RR | 73% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 1 | Dovaston, Lachy | INT | 43% | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Duursma, Zane | INT | 64% | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Larkey, Nick (c) | FF | 91% | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Logue, Griffin | FB | 92% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | McDonald, Luke | INT | 85% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | McKercher, Colby | HBFL | 86% | 2 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | O'Sullivan, Finn | C | 76% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 26 | Parker, Luke | HBFR | 84% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | Powell, Tom | INT | 67% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sheezel, Harry (vc) | RO | 83% | 1 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Simpkin, Jy | WL | 84% | 2 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Spargo, Charlie | INT | 75% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Stephens, Dylan | WR | 75% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 47 | Trembath, Cooper | CHF | 83% | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Xerri, Tristan | RU | 81% | 0 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 44 | Zurhaar, Cameron | FPL | 83% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 13 | 8 | 367 | 183 | 184 | 68 | 28 | 55 | 41 | 63 | 26 | 26 | 37 | 50 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Geelong | Coach: Chris Scott | ||||||||||||||
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| 4 | A. Corr | 19 | G. Logue | 30 | C. Comben | 11 | M. Edwards | 4 | T. Bruhn | ||||||
| 19 | J. Martin | 33 | S. Neale | 35 | P. Dangerfield (c) | 30 | T. Atkins | 16 | S. De Koning | ||||||
| FORWARD | 9 | M. Holmes | 36 | O. Henry | |||||||||||
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| 10 | C. McKercher | 5 | C. Daniel | 26 | L. Parker |
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| 45 | B. Close | 7 | S. Mannagh | 5 | J. Cameron |
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| 12 | J. Simpkin | 2 | F. O'Sullivan | 15 | D. Stephens |
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| 28 | O. Dempsey | 3 | B. Smith | 42 | M. O'Connor | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 38 | T. Xerri | 1 | L. Dovaston | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 9 | L. Davies-Uniacke | 7 | Z. Duursma | |||||||||||
| 25 | P. Curtis | 47 | C. Trembath | 39 | T. Blamires | 3 | H. Sheezel (vc) | 11 | L. McDonald | ||||||
| 8 | J. Kolodjashnij | 39 | Z. Guthrie | 34 | O. Mullin |
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| 44 | C. Zurhaar | 20 | N. Larkey (c) | 27 | J. Darling |
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| 44 | T. Stewart (vc) | 14 | C. O'Sullivan | 12 | J. Bowes |
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| North Melbourne | Coach: Alastair Clarkson | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | GEEL | Jack Martin goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 01:29 |
| GEEL | Jack Bowes goal | 2.0.12 | - | 0.0.0 | 03:15 | |
| GEEL | Shaun Mannagh goal | 3.0.18 | - | 0.0.0 | 05:26 | |
| NMLB | Nick Larkey behind | 3.0.18 | - | 0.1.1 | 09:11 | |
| GEEL | Shannon Neale goal | 4.0.24 | - | 0.1.1 | 12:39 | |
| NMLB | Jack Darling goal | 4.0.24 | - | 1.1.7 | 14:34 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron behind | 4.1.25 | - | 1.1.7 | 15:46 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron behind | 4.2.26 | - | 1.1.7 | 17:55 | |
| GEEL | Shaun Mannagh behind | 4.3.27 | - | 1.1.7 | 20:37 | |
| NMLB | Colby McKercher goal | 4.3.27 | - | 2.1.13 | 27:12 | |
| NMLB | Paul Curtis behind | 4.3.27 | - | 2.2.14 | 29:10 | |
| NMLB | Paul Curtis goal | 4.3.27 | - | 3.2.20 | 30:46 | |
| Q2 | NMLB | Rushed behind | 4.3.27 | - | 3.3.21 | 02:17 |
| GEEL | Oliver Dempsey behind | 4.4.28 | - | 3.3.21 | 04:33 | |
| NMLB | Cooper Trembath behind | 4.4.28 | - | 3.4.22 | 05:46 | |
| GEEL | Patrick Dangerfield goal | 5.4.34 | - | 3.4.22 | 08:26 | |
| GEEL | Rushed behind | 5.5.35 | - | 3.4.22 | 10:36 | |
| NMLB | Zane Duursma goal | 5.5.35 | - | 4.4.28 | 15:18 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron behind | 5.6.36 | - | 4.4.28 | 19:04 | |
| NMLB | Lachy Dovaston behind | 5.6.36 | - | 4.5.29 | 20:56 | |
| NMLB | Zane Duursma goal | 5.6.36 | - | 5.5.35 | 21:39 | |
| Q3 | NMLB | Colby McKercher goal | 5.6.36 | - | 6.5.41 | 00:27 |
| NMLB | Tristan Xerri behind | 5.6.36 | - | 6.6.42 | 03:42 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron goal | 6.6.42 | - | 6.6.42 | 04:49 | |
| GEEL | Oliver Dempsey goal | 7.6.48 | - | 6.6.42 | 07:26 | |
| NMLB | Paul Curtis behind | 7.6.48 | - | 6.7.43 | 08:32 | |
| NMLB | Nick Larkey goal | 7.6.48 | - | 7.7.49 | 11:43 | |
| NMLB | Zane Duursma goal | 7.6.48 | - | 8.7.55 | 19:55 | |
| GEEL | Shaun Mannagh goal | 8.6.54 | - | 8.7.55 | 22:48 | |
| GEEL | Max Holmes goal | 9.6.60 | - | 8.7.55 | 25:14 | |
| NMLB | Rushed behind | 9.6.60 | - | 8.8.56 | 26:58 | |
| GEEL | Max Holmes goal | 10.6.66 | - | 8.8.56 | 27:40 | |
| NMLB | Jy Simpkin goal | 10.6.66 | - | 9.8.62 | 29:26 | |
| GEEL | Shannon Neale goal | 11.6.72 | - | 9.8.62 | 32:08 | |
| GEEL | Brad Close behind | 11.7.73 | - | 9.8.62 | 33:16 | |
| GEEL | Shannon Neale goal | 12.7.79 | - | 9.8.62 | 34:17 | |
| Q4 | NMLB | Jack Darling goal | 12.7.79 | - | 10.8.68 | 00:38 |
| GEEL | Shaun Mannagh goal | 13.7.85 | - | 10.8.68 | 01:50 | |
| GEEL | Jack Martin goal | 14.7.91 | - | 10.8.68 | 04:31 | |
| GEEL | Shaun Mannagh goal | 15.7.97 | - | 10.8.68 | 07:49 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron goal | 16.7.103 | - | 10.8.68 | 10:49 | |
| GEEL | James Worpel goal | 17.7.109 | - | 10.8.68 | 12:35 | |
| NMLB | Harry Sheezel goal | 17.7.109 | - | 11.8.74 | 15:48 | |
| GEEL | Zach Guthrie goal | 18.7.115 | - | 11.8.74 | 17:49 | |
| GEEL | Lawson Humphries goal | 19.7.121 | - | 11.8.74 | 19:30 | |
| GEEL | Ollie Henry goal | 20.7.127 | - | 11.8.74 | 23:02 | |
| GEEL | Ollie Henry behind | 20.8.128 | - | 11.8.74 | 28:23 | |
| NMLB | Jy Simpkin goal | 20.8.128 | - | 12.8.80 | 29:33 | |
| NMLB | Jack Darling goal | 20.8.128 | - | 13.8.86 | 31:39 | |
| GEEL | Jeremy Cameron goal | 21.8.134 | - | 13.8.86 | 33:09 | |
| GEEL | Bailey Smith behind | 21.9.135 | - | 13.8.86 | 35:06 | |