2026 AFL Season Round 22: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 July 2026 between Collingwood and Geelong during round twenty-two of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at the MCG. In the absence of Darcy Moore, vice-captain Nick Daicos captained the hosts. In the absence of Patrick Dangerfield, vice-captain Tom Stewart captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Craig McRae and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Collingwood (10.12.72) were defeated by Geelong (15.7.97).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Thursday 30 July 2026
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 60,023

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Geelong
Score: 10.12.72 - 15.7.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 2 4 . 4 7 . 6 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Geelong 5 . 2 9 . 3 10 . 5 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Margin GEEL by 24 GEEL by 29 GEEL by 17 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 25
Duration 30:17 31:20 27:56 31:58 2:01:31

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Nick Daicos (acting)
Coach: Craig McRae

Geelong

Captain: Tom Stewart (acting)
Coach: Chris Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Oliver Dempsey GEEL 28 3
Daniel McStay COLL 11 2
Bailey Smith GEEL 3 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Allan, Ed RR 81% 0 0 18 7 11 2 0 4 4 4 1 0 0 3
41 Anderson, Angus INT 65% 1 3 7 6 1 3 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 3
14 Cameron, Darcy RU 76% 0 0 22 13 9 7 29 3 4 1 4 1 4 1
25 Crisp, Jack WR 81% 0 1 21 12 9 7 0 4 1 4 0 1 3 3
7 Daicos, Josh CHB 89% 0 1 33 17 16 4 0 5 2 5 1 0 5 3
35 Daicos, Nick (ac) RO 88% 0 0 35 17 18 2 0 4 9 4 3 1 2 7
2 De Goey, Jordan FF 83% 0 0 19 8 11 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 2
17 Frampton, Billy BPL 100% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 1
36 Harrison, Harvey HFFL 75% 1 0 13 10 3 5 0 2 1 4 2 0 1 2
9 Houston, Dan INT 81% 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 3 0 4 2 1 9 2
38 Howe, Jeremy FB 69% 0 0 11 7 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 Lipinski, Patrick WL 81% 0 0 21 10 11 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
44 Long, Ned C 76% 0 0 12 1 11 2 0 6 1 3 0 0 0 1
31 McCreery, Beau HFFR 81% 2 1 9 8 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 3
11 McStay, Daniel INT 79% 5 0 10 10 0 4 8 9 3 2 2 0 0 0
28 Membrey, Tim FPR 83% 0 0 6 1 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Pendlebury, Scott CHF 79% 0 2 20 8 12 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 7 1
12 Perryman, Harry HBFR 30% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
47 Puncher, Liam BPR 89% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Quaynor, Isaac HBFL 89% 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 6 0 0 2 0 5 3
8 Schultz, Lachie INT 74% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 5
22 Sidebottom, Steele INT 83% 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 1 2 4 0 1 3 3
29 West, Charlie FPL 68% 1 1 10 4 6 5 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 12 358 190 168 84 37 75 34 43 24 7 52 45

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 19 10 9 2 0 7 6 7 1 4 0 9
46 Blicavs, Mark WR 78% 1 0 9 2 7 3 20 3 0 5 0 2 0 2
4 Bruhn, Tanner HBFR 78% 0 0 24 15 9 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 2
13 Clark, Jhye INT 74% 0 1 15 9 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
45 Close, Brad INT 64% 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Dempsey, Oliver WL 84% 2 0 29 12 17 10 0 3 4 4 1 0 3 3
11 Edwards, Mitch RU 73% 0 1 12 7 5 3 25 2 3 3 0 2 0 4
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFL 77% 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 5 1
38 Henry, Jack CHB 91% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0
36 Henry, Ollie CHF 75% 3 2 14 9 5 6 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1
17 Humphries, Lawson INT 76% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Mannagh, Shaun FPL 81% 1 0 14 12 2 2 0 6 4 7 1 4 1 7
19 Martin, Jack INT 56% 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 1
32 Miers, Gryan HFFL 84% 1 0 17 11 6 2 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 2
34 Mullin, Oisin RO 82% 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 4 5 2 0 2 0 3
33 Neale, Shannon FF 92% 2 2 12 8 4 7 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 4
42 O'Connor, Mark BPR 84% 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 4
14 O'Sullivan, Connor FB 93% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 1
2 Polkinghorne, Jay FPR 69% 3 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
3 Smith, Bailey C 86% 0 0 28 19 9 0 0 1 9 3 0 2 4 8
44 Stewart, Tom (ac) BPL 87% 0 0 25 17 8 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 8 1
21 Wiltshire, Oli HFFR 71% 1 0 12 2 10 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2
29 Worpel, James INT 72% 0 0 24 14 10 1 0 6 10 1 1 0 2 6
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 15 7 362 208 154 86 47 66 51 57 7 24 35 67

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

Collingwood Coach: Craig McRae
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
44 T. Stewart (ac) 14 C. O'Sullivan 42 M. O'Connor 14 D. Cameron 41 A. Anderson
28 T. Membrey 2 J. De Goey 29 C. West 16 E. Allan 9 D. Houston
FORWARD 35 N. Daicos (ac) 11 D. McStay
HALF-BACK

8 L. Schultz
39 Z. Guthrie 38 J. Henry 4 T. Bruhn

22 S. Sidebottom
31 B. McCreery 10 S. Pendlebury 36 H. Harrison



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 O. Dempsey 3 B. Smith 46 M. Blicavs



25 J. Crisp 44 N. Long 1 P. Lipinski FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Edwards 13 J. Clark
HALF-FORWARD 30 T. Atkins 45 B. Close
32 G. Miers 36 O. Henry 21 O. Wiltshire 34 O. Mullin 17 L. Humphries
12 H. Perryman 7 J. Daicos 3 I. Quaynor

19 J. Martin
HALF-BACK

29 J. Worpel
FORWARD



7 S. Mannagh 33 S. Neale 2 J. Polkinghorne



47 L. Puncher 38 J. Howe 17 B. Frampton



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Shannon Neale goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:56
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:57
COLL Scott Pendlebury behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 03:23
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 12:22
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 14:33
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 0.1.1 - 3.2.20 16:59
COLL Daniel McStay goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 20:58
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 1.1.7 - 4.2.26 22:26
COLL Angus Anderson behind 1.2.8 - 4.2.26 24:57
GEEL Jay Polkinghorne goal 1.2.8 - 5.2.32 30:14
Q2 GEEL Ollie Henry goal 1.2.8 - 6.2.38 01:10
GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 1.2.8 - 7.2.44 02:42
GEEL Shaun Mannagh goal 1.2.8 - 8.2.50 07:46
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 1.2.8 - 9.2.56 09:19
GEEL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 9.3.57 12:05
COLL Angus Anderson behind 1.3.9 - 9.3.57 13:39
COLL Charlie West behind 1.4.10 - 9.3.57 17:48
COLL Charlie West goal 2.4.16 - 9.3.57 21:58
COLL Angus Anderson goal 3.4.22 - 9.3.57 26:08
COLL Beau McCreery goal 4.4.28 - 9.3.57 29:45
Q3 GEEL Shannon Neale behind 4.4.28 - 9.4.58 03:05
COLL Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 9.4.58 04:23
COLL Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 9.4.58 07:00
COLL Beau McCreery goal 5.6.36 - 9.4.58 10:31
COLL Harvey Harrison goal 6.6.42 - 9.4.58 12:37
GEEL Jack Martin goal 6.6.42 - 10.4.64 18:20
GEEL Jhye Clark behind 6.6.42 - 10.5.65 22:16
COLL Daniel McStay goal 7.6.48 - 10.5.65 25:58
Q4 GEEL Shannon Neale goal 7.6.48 - 11.5.71 03:06
COLL Daniel McStay goal 8.6.54 - 11.5.71 04:25
COLL Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 11.5.71 06:13
GEEL Jay Polkinghorne goal 8.7.55 - 12.5.77 07:44
COLL Angus Anderson behind 8.8.56 - 12.5.77 09:35
COLL Scott Pendlebury behind 8.9.57 - 12.5.77 14:04
COLL Jack Crisp behind 8.10.58 - 12.5.77 15:59
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 8.10.58 - 13.5.83 16:35
COLL Josh Daicos behind 8.11.59 - 13.5.83 19:34
COLL Daniel McStay goal 9.11.65 - 13.5.83 20:50
GEEL Oli Wiltshire goal 9.11.65 - 14.5.89 22:18
GEEL Shannon Neale behind 9.11.65 - 14.6.90 24:10
GEEL Jay Polkinghorne goal 9.11.65 - 15.6.96 25:13
GEEL Mitch Edwards behind 9.11.65 - 15.7.97 28:10
COLL Daniel McStay goal 10.11.71 - 15.7.97 30:20
COLL Beau McCreery behind 10.12.72 - 15.7.97 31:24