2026 AFL Season Round 20: Geelong v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 16 July 2026 between Geelong and St Kilda during round twenty of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted St Kilda at GMHBA Stadium. Patrick Dangerfield captained the hosts with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

Geelong (15.12.102) defeated St Kilda (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Geelong v St Kilda
Date: Thursday 16 July 2026
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 23,737

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. St Kilda
Score: 15.12.102 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 7 . 8 11 . 11 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
St Kilda 2 . 0 3 . 5 7 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 27
Duration 33:20 30:57 32:30 32:54 2:09:41

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 (St Kilda) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

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

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Lyon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bailey Smith GEEL 3 3
Gryan Miers GEEL 32 2
Rowan Marshall STKL 19 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 BPR 76% 1 1 21 8 13 2 0 8 6 2 1 1 0 0
13 Clark, Jhye WR 83% 0 0 25 14 11 9 0 2 2 5 2 1 3 3
45 Close, Brad HFFR 84% 0 0 17 7 10 3 0 3 1 3 3 0 2 3
35 Dangerfield, Patrick (c) FPL 73% 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 4
16 De Koning, Sam INT 61% 0 0 19 4 15 3 18 2 3 4 0 1 0 4
28 Dempsey, Oliver WL 90% 2 1 22 14 8 4 0 2 3 3 0 0 3 4
11 Edwards, Mitch RU 60% 0 0 12 2 10 2 25 1 4 2 2 0 0 1
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFL 80% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0
38 Henry, Jack CHB 82% 0 0 19 12 7 10 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1
36 Henry, Ollie INT 84% 2 0 9 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
9 Holmes, Max RR 68% 0 1 23 11 12 1 0 2 6 1 0 0 3 4
17 Humphries, Lawson INT 86% 0 1 26 20 6 10 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 2
7 Mannagh, Shaun CHF 45% 1 2 9 7 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
32 Miers, Gryan HFFL 81% 3 0 22 12 10 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4
34 Mullin, Oisin RO 83% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 5 3 3 1 0 1 2
33 Neale, Shannon FF 90% 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 2
42 O'Connor, Mark HBFR 72% 0 0 23 10 13 9 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1
14 O'Sullivan, Connor FB 93% 0 0 15 8 7 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
2 Polkinghorne, Jay FPR 81% 2 3 11 9 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
3 Smith, Bailey C 90% 1 0 35 23 12 6 0 1 2 3 0 1 7 9
44 Stewart, Tom (vc) BPL 84% 0 0 22 13 9 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1
21 Wiltshire, Oli INT 80% 0 0 11 3 8 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3
29 Worpel, James INT 74% 1 0 24 18 6 2 0 6 7 3 0 0 0 8
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 15 12 408 224 184 110 43 52 43 51 14 11 35 61

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Byrnes, Ryan HBFR 75% 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 3 0 5 0 1 2 0
47 Caminiti, Anthony BPR 77% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0
11 Clark, Hunter INT 59% 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 3 2
34 Garcia, Hugo RR 82% 1 0 31 13 18 3 0 4 7 6 1 1 1 7
40 Hall, Max HFFR 74% 2 1 21 10 11 2 0 7 3 3 2 0 0 2
23 Henry, Liam INT 54% 0 1 6 2 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Higgins, Jack HFFL 69% 1 1 13 7 6 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0
8 Hill, Bradley HBFL 89% 0 0 24 14 10 3 0 5 0 5 0 1 8 3
39 Lake, Campbell INT 64% 1 0 17 5 12 3 0 8 2 1 0 0 0 3
19 Marshall, Rowan RU 82% 2 1 33 14 19 4 30 2 12 4 2 2 0 6
45 O'Connell, Liam WR 72% 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0
10 Owens, Mitch FPR 77% 0 0 8 4 4 2 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
25 Phillipou, Mattaes INT 72% 0 1 28 9 19 4 0 5 4 6 1 0 2 2
31 Ryan, Liam CHF 84% 2 1 8 7 1 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
43 Sharman, Cooper FF 92% 0 1 12 5 7 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
3 Silvagni, Jack BPL 94% 1 0 17 10 7 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 1
14 Stocker, Liam CHB 78% 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 2 1 3 0 1 5 1
5 Travaglia, Tobie INT 63% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 3 0
7 Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah RO 82% 1 1 21 13 8 2 0 4 2 7 1 3 3 4
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 97% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 3 1 2 1 1 3 0
22 Wilson, Darcy WL 88% 0 0 29 13 16 3 0 8 1 4 0 0 3 4
2 Windhager, Marcus C 87% 0 0 23 11 12 4 0 4 1 2 0 0 4 2
32 Wood, Mason FPL 90% 0 0 22 13 9 7 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 4
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 9 410 199 211 72 33 81 41 65 11 14 46 48

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
3 J. Silvagni 44 C. Wilkie 47 A. Caminiti 11 M. Edwards 16 S. De Koning
2 J. Polkinghorne 33 S. Neale 35 P. Dangerfield (c) 9 M. Holmes 36 O. Henry
FORWARD 34 O. Mullin 17 L. Humphries
HALF-BACK

21 O. Wiltshire
8 B. Hill 14 L. Stocker 13 R. Byrnes

29 J. Worpel
45 B. Close 7 S. Mannagh 32 G. Miers



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 D. Wilson 2 M. Windhager 45 L. O'Connell



13 J. Clark 3 B. Smith 28 O. Dempsey FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 R. Marshall 11 H. Clark
HALF-FORWARD 34 H. Garcia 23 L. Henry
1 J. Higgins 31 L. Ryan 40 M. Hall 7 N. Wanganeen-Milera 39 C. Lake
42 M. O'Connor 38 J. Henry 39 Z. Guthrie

25 M. Phillipou
HALF-BACK

5 T. Travaglia
FORWARD



32 M. Wood 43 C. Sharman 10 M. Owens



30 T. Atkins 14 C. O'Sullivan 44 T. Stewart (vc)



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:49
GEEL Tom Atkins goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:39
GEEL Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 06:06
GEEL Oliver Dempsey behind 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 08:26
GEEL Jay Polkinghorne goal 3.2.20 - 0.0.0 16:38
GEEL James Worpel goal 4.2.26 - 0.0.0 19:06
STKL Hugo Garcia goal 4.2.26 - 1.0.6 26:21
STKL Rowan Marshall goal 4.2.26 - 2.0.12 29:01
Q2 GEEL Jay Polkinghorne behind 4.3.27 - 2.0.12 02:47
GEEL Max Holmes behind 4.4.28 - 2.0.12 04:05
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 5.4.34 - 2.0.12 05:41
STKL Liam Ryan behind 5.4.34 - 2.1.13 09:09
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 6.4.40 - 2.1.13 11:54
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 7.4.46 - 2.1.13 14:33
GEEL Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 2.1.13 16:28
GEEL Shaun Mannagh behind 7.6.48 - 2.1.13 17:30
GEEL Jay Polkinghorne behind 7.7.49 - 2.1.13 18:36
STKL Max Hall behind 7.7.49 - 2.2.14 19:09
GEEL Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 2.2.14 23:35
STKL Jack Higgins goal 7.8.50 - 3.2.20 25:01
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera behind 7.8.50 - 3.3.21 28:15
STKL Rowan Marshall behind 7.8.50 - 3.4.22 29:57
STKL Mattaes Phillipou behind 7.8.50 - 3.5.23 30:52
Q3 GEEL Shannon Neale goal 8.8.56 - 3.5.23 02:17
GEEL Lawson Humphries behind 8.9.57 - 3.5.23 03:58
STKL Rowan Marshall goal 8.9.57 - 4.5.29 05:53
GEEL Shaun Mannagh behind 8.10.58 - 4.5.29 06:59
STKL Campbell Lake goal 8.10.58 - 5.5.35 08:10
STKL Liam Ryan goal 8.10.58 - 6.5.41 12:39
STKL Cooper Sharman behind 8.10.58 - 6.6.42 14:34
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 9.10.64 - 6.6.42 15:16
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 10.10.70 - 6.6.42 19:15
STKL Max Hall goal 10.10.70 - 7.6.48 22:14
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 11.10.76 - 7.6.48 25:39
GEEL Jay Polkinghorne behind 11.11.77 - 7.6.48 30:55
Q4 GEEL Bailey Smith goal 12.11.83 - 7.6.48 04:26
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 13.11.89 - 7.6.48 07:36
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 14.11.95 - 7.6.48 10:53
STKL Jack Higgins behind 14.11.95 - 7.7.49 12:23
STKL Jack Silvagni goal 14.11.95 - 8.7.55 12:51
GEEL Tom Atkins behind 14.12.96 - 8.7.55 14:33
GEEL Jay Polkinghorne goal 15.12.102 - 8.7.55 16:19
STKL Rushed behind 15.12.102 - 8.8.56 24:16
STKL Max Hall goal 15.12.102 - 9.8.62 26:02
STKL Liam Ryan goal 15.12.102 - 10.8.68 28:11
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 15.12.102 - 11.8.74 30:00
STKL Liam Henry behind 15.12.102 - 11.9.75 31:34