2026 AFL Season Round 24: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 2026 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round twenty-four of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Marvel Stadium. Nick Larkey captained the hosts with Harry Sheezel as vice-captain. Patrick Dangerfield captained the visitors with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

North Melbourne (17.8.110) were defeated by Geelong (19.11.125).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 15 August 2026
Time: 3:45 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 35,529

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 17.8.110 - 19.11.125

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
North Melbourne	7	.	2	9	.	3	14	.	5	17	.	8	17	.	8	(110)
Geelong	1	.	0	10	.	4	13	.	10	19	.	11	19	.	11	(125)
Margin	NMLB by 38			GEEL by 7			NMLB by 1			GEEL by 15			GEEL by 15
Duration	31:59			32:15			31:22			33:05			2:08:41

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Geelong

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

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Bailey Smith	GEEL	3	3
Jy Simpkin	NMLB	12	2
Tanner Bruhn	GEEL	4	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
45	Banch, Zac	INT	76%	1	1	12	7	5	1	0	4	2	0	2	0	1	3
39	Blamires, Tom	INT	74%	0	0	19	12	7	0	0	4	1	3	3	1	3	2
30	Comben, Charlie	FB	88%	0	0	9	6	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1
4	Corr, Aidan	BPL	85%	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0
25	Curtis, Paul	FPR	78%	1	0	11	6	5	2	0	7	0	3	0	3	0	3
5	Daniel, Caleb	CHB	86%	0	0	24	8	16	4	0	0	1	2	1	0	5	2
27	Darling, Jack	RR	76%	4	1	10	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	Davies-Uniacke, Luke	C	90%	0	1	20	8	12	2	0	5	7	3	0	2	0	2
18	Dawson, Wil	INT	56%	0	0	4	1	3	1	13	3	1	1	0	0	2	1
17	Hardeman, Riley	HBFL	78%	0	0	15	6	9	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	1
20	Larkey, Nick (c)	FF	89%	5	0	10	7	3	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
19	Logue, Griffin	BPR	78%	0	0	13	5	8	6	0	1	0	3	0	2	5	0
10	McKercher, Colby	HBFR	87%	0	0	19	13	6	3	0	5	0	1	0	1	2	1
2	O'Sullivan, Finn	WL	73%	0	0	25	10	15	1	0	8	7	7	3	2	0	5
26	Parker, Luke	INT	87%	0	0	20	11	9	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	3	2
3	Sheezel, Harry (vc)	RO	40%	1	0	16	6	10	1	0	1	6	3	0	0	0	3
12	Simpkin, Jy	HFFR	94%	2	0	26	13	13	4	0	0	8	5	1	2	1	4
13	Spargo, Charlie	HFFL	72%	0	1	14	5	9	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1
15	Stephens, Dylan	WR	95%	0	0	18	11	7	1	0	1	3	4	1	2	2	4
47	Trembath, Cooper	CHF	86%	3	1	11	5	6	5	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	Wardlaw, George	INT	59%	0	0	16	10	6	2	0	8	1	7	1	2	1	6
38	Xerri, Tristan	RU	79%	0	0	17	6	11	1	28	11	11	5	4	2	0	2
44	Zurhaar, Cameron	FPL	76%	0	0	20	13	7	5	0	4	0	2	2	0	10	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				17	8	360	182	178	55	45	71	50	58	22	22	45	45

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Atkins, Tom	RR	77%	0	0	17	8	9	2	0	6	2	0	2	0	0	2
46	Blicavs, Mark	WR	81%	3	1	18	11	7	3	17	3	5	4	0	2	0	4
4	Bruhn, Tanner	HBFR	81%	0	0	28	20	8	8	0	1	3	3	2	1	5	3
13	Clark, Jhye	INT	71%	0	0	11	4	7	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2
45	Close, Brad	INT	74%	1	0	10	3	7	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	1
35	Dangerfield, Patrick (c)	INT	67%	2	1	9	8	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2
28	Dempsey, Oliver	WL	90%	1	2	24	16	8	9	0	2	2	3	1	1	0	9
11	Edwards, Mitch	RU	61%	2	0	10	8	2	1	23	3	3	3	3	2	0	1
39	Guthrie, Zach	HBFL	86%	0	0	15	10	5	5	0	1	2	2	1	1	2	2
38	Henry, Jack	CHB	93%	0	0	6	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	Henry, Ollie	CHF	81%	1	1	7	3	4	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	Humphries, Lawson	INT	78%	1	0	20	15	5	7	0	4	2	0	0	0	5	2
7	Mannagh, Shaun	FPL	81%	3	2	20	16	4	6	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	8
32	Miers, Gryan	HFFL	86%	0	0	16	4	12	2	0	4	2	1	1	0	0	5
34	Mullin, Oisin	RO	90%	0	0	17	6	11	5	0	7	4	1	1	1	0	4
33	Neale, Shannon	FF	100%	2	2	16	12	4	6	0	2	1	6	1	4	0	7
42	O'Connor, Mark	BPR	85%	0	0	10	5	5	2	0	10	1	2	1	1	1	1
14	O'Sullivan, Connor	FB	98%	0	0	11	7	4	5	0	5	0	2	0	0	5	1
2	Polkinghorne, Jay	FPR	62%	3	0	7	4	3	3	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0
3	Smith, Bailey	C	86%	0	0	34	21	13	3	0	5	2	6	1	1	1	7
44	Stewart, Tom (vc)	BPL	80%	0	0	19	16	3	5	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	1
21	Wiltshire, Oli	HFFR	41%	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
29	Worpel, James	INT	49%	0	1	15	7	8	2	0	7	4	4	1	2	2	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				19	11	344	207	137	86	40	74	37	49	22	22	27	65

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

North Melbourne							Coach: Alastair Clarkson
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	44	T. Stewart (vc)	14	C. O'Sullivan	42	M. O'Connor	38	T. Xerri	45	Z. Banch
	25	P. Curtis	20	N. Larkey (c)	44	C. Zurhaar	27	J. Darling	39	T. Blamires
FORWARD							3	H. Sheezel (vc)	18	W. Dawson
HALF-BACK									26	L. Parker
	39	Z. Guthrie	38	J. Henry	4	T. Bruhn			6	G. Wardlaw
	12	J. Simpkin	47	C. Trembath	13	C. Spargo
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	28	O. Dempsey	3	B. Smith	46	M. Blicavs
	15	D. Stephens	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	2	F. O'Sullivan	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	35	P. Dangerfield (c)
	10	C. McKercher	5	C. Daniel	17	R. Hardeman			17	L. Humphries
HALF-BACK									29	J. Worpel
FORWARD
	7	S. Mannagh	33	S. Neale	2	J. Polkinghorne
	19	G. Logue	30	C. Comben	4	A. Corr
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:25
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	01:40
	GEEL	Jay Polkinghorne goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	11:39
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	3.0.18	-	1.0.6	13:13
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	4.0.24	-	1.0.6	14:48
	NMLB	Zac Banch goal	5.0.30	-	1.0.6	22:39
	NMLB	Charlie Spargo behind	5.1.31	-	1.0.6	24:19
	NMLB	Paul Curtis goal	6.1.37	-	1.0.6	26:29
	NMLB	Jy Simpkin goal	7.1.43	-	1.0.6	28:06
	NMLB	Rushed behind	7.2.44	-	1.0.6	29:55
Q2	NMLB	Cooper Trembath behind	7.3.45	-	1.0.6	00:51
	GEEL	Mitch Edwards goal	7.3.45	-	2.0.12	04:00
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh goal	7.3.45	-	3.0.18	05:23
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	7.3.45	-	4.0.24	09:05
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey behind	7.3.45	-	4.1.25	11:11
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs goal	7.3.45	-	5.1.31	14:48
	GEEL	Jay Polkinghorne goal	7.3.45	-	6.1.37	17:17
	GEEL	Shannon Neale behind	7.3.45	-	6.2.38	19:06
	GEEL	Lawson Humphries goal	7.3.45	-	7.2.44	19:49
	NMLB	Harry Sheezel goal	8.3.51	-	7.2.44	21:25
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh goal	8.3.51	-	8.2.50	23:04
	GEEL	Brad Close goal	8.3.51	-	9.2.56	25:10
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	9.3.57	-	9.2.56	26:52
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield behind	9.3.57	-	9.3.57	28:04
	GEEL	Mitch Edwards goal	9.3.57	-	10.3.63	29:57
	GEEL	James Worpel behind	9.3.57	-	10.4.64	32:11
Q3	NMLB	Rushed behind	9.4.58	-	10.4.64	02:30
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs goal	9.4.58	-	11.4.70	03:54
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh behind	9.4.58	-	11.5.71	07:05
	GEEL	Ollie Henry behind	9.4.58	-	11.6.72	08:47
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	10.4.64	-	11.6.72	12:46
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey behind	10.4.64	-	11.7.73	14:30
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	10.4.64	-	12.7.79	15:28
	NMLB	Luke Davies-Uniacke behind	10.5.65	-	12.7.79	17:56
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	11.5.71	-	12.7.79	18:51
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	11.5.71	-	13.7.85	20:02
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	12.5.77	-	13.7.85	22:55
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	13.5.83	-	13.7.85	24:37
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs behind	13.5.83	-	13.8.86	25:41
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh behind	13.5.83	-	13.9.87	26:57
	NMLB	Cooper Trembath goal	14.5.89	-	13.9.87	28:21
	GEEL	Shannon Neale behind	14.5.89	-	13.10.88	30:54
Q4	GEEL	Mark Blicavs goal	14.5.89	-	14.10.94	00:31
	NMLB	Rushed behind	14.6.90	-	14.10.94	02:14
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	14.6.90	-	15.10.100	04:20
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	14.6.90	-	16.10.106	06:59
	NMLB	Zac Banch behind	14.7.91	-	16.10.106	08:48
	NMLB	Jack Darling goal	15.7.97	-	16.10.106	10:14
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	16.7.103	-	16.10.106	11:25
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey goal	16.7.103	-	17.10.112	21:01
	GEEL	Jay Polkinghorne goal	16.7.103	-	18.10.118	23:13
	NMLB	Nick Larkey goal	17.7.109	-	18.10.118	26:44
	NMLB	Jack Darling behind	17.8.110	-	18.10.118	28:38
	GEEL	Rushed behind	17.8.110	-	18.11.119	31:49
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh goal	17.8.110	-	19.11.125	33:02

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