2026 AFL Season Round 25: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 2026 between Geelong and Richmond during round twenty-five of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at GMHBA Stadium. Patrick Dangerfield captained the hosts with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. Toby Nankervis captained the visitors with Tim Taranto as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Adem Yze.

Geelong (20.13.133) defeated Richmond (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 25
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 22 August 2026
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 29,194

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Richmond
Score: 20.13.133 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	6	.	4	12	.	6	15	.	11	20	.	13	20	.	13	(133)
Richmond	3	.	2	4	.	5	7	.	6	11	.	10	11	.	10	(76)
Margin	GEEL by 20			GEEL by 49			GEEL by 53			GEEL by 57			GEEL by 57
Duration	31:48			30:49			30:59			34:43			2:08:19

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 (Richmond) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

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

Richmond

Captain: Toby Nankervis
Vice-Captain: Tim Taranto
Coach: Adem Yze

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Bailey Smith	GEEL	3	3
Shaun Mannagh	GEEL	7	2
Tim Taranto	RICH	14	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	RR	77%	0	0	15	4	11	0	0	6	4	5	1	3	0	2
4	Bruhn, Tanner	HBFR	79%	0	0	29	11	18	6	0	2	2	7	1	3	2	3
5	Cameron, Jeremy	CHF	79%	0	0	22	14	8	5	0	0	3	3	1	1	2	2
13	Clark, Jhye	INT	78%	0	1	22	9	13	3	0	4	0	2	1	1	2	4
45	Close, Brad	WR	85%	0	0	16	5	11	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	2
35	Dangerfield, Patrick (c)	RO	71%	3	0	22	13	9	7	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	6
16	De Koning, Sam	INT	81%	0	0	14	5	9	4	6	0	2	2	1	1	1	3
28	Dempsey, Oliver	WL	87%	1	1	27	11	16	6	0	6	2	1	0	0	1	4
11	Edwards, Mitch	RU	68%	1	0	19	9	10	5	25	1	3	1	1	0	0	6
39	Guthrie, Zach	HBFL	87%	0	0	19	12	7	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	4	2
38	Henry, Jack	CHB	37%	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
36	Henry, Ollie	FPL	80%	2	2	11	7	4	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
17	Humphries, Lawson	INT	81%	1	0	22	14	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
7	Mannagh, Shaun	HFFR	73%	3	0	33	21	12	5	0	7	5	6	0	3	4	6
19	Martin, Jack	INT	72%	0	2	17	9	8	7	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	1
32	Miers, Gryan	HFFL	87%	0	0	25	9	16	5	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	2
34	Mullin, Oisin	INT	83%	0	0	16	4	12	2	0	7	3	2	1	2	0	1
33	Neale, Shannon	FF	84%	4	0	9	5	4	4	2	3	0	7	0	4	0	0
42	O'Connor, Mark	BPR	82%	0	0	16	5	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
14	O'Sullivan, Connor	FB	88%	0	0	14	8	6	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	2
2	Polkinghorne, Jay	FPR	76%	2	2	7	5	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
3	Smith, Bailey	C	84%	3	0	40	24	16	5	0	6	4	4	1	1	5	8
44	Stewart, Tom (vc)	BPL	82%	0	0	18	13	5	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	1
Rushed					5
Total (23 players)				20	13	436	218	218	106	33	58	33	55	10	20	36	66

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
41	Annand, Kye	BPL	96%	0	0	11	10	1	4	0	0	1	1	3	0	4	2
6	Banks, Sam	CHB	18%	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
30	Brown, Tom	HBFR	96%	0	1	9	6	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	3
44	Campbell, Seth	CHF	81%	1	3	22	14	8	1	0	3	3	6	1	0	3	2
23	Clarke, Judson	WR	69%	0	0	7	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
50	Gray, Campbell	INT	83%	0	0	11	9	2	4	0	4	1	1	2	0	5	0
48	Green, Steely	HFFL	75%	2	0	11	5	6	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1
24	Grlj, Sam	FPR	81%	0	0	15	8	7	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1
10	Hotton, Taj	RO	71%	0	0	19	6	13	2	0	2	3	3	0	1	0	2
42	Lefau, Mykelti	FPL	93%	1	3	9	7	2	5	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	3
19	Lynch, Tom	FF	88%	3	2	6	6	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1
28	McAuliffe, Kane	INT	74%	0	0	22	9	13	4	0	3	3	5	1	1	3	4
12	Miller, Ben	FB	79%	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	2	0
25	Nankervis, Toby (c)	RU	78%	0	0	24	10	14	3	31	4	8	5	1	2	3	4
13	Ralphsmith, Hugo	HFFR	79%	1	0	16	9	7	3	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	4
33	Retschko, Patrick	WL	90%	0	0	18	10	8	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	2
17	Rioli, Maurice	INT	76%	0	0	8	6	2	3	0	4	2	2	2	0	0	4
5	Ross, Jack	RR	80%	0	0	32	15	17	4	0	5	3	4	1	0	2	6
32	Ryan, Samson	INT	60%	2	0	7	4	3	3	13	1	0	2	0	1	1	2
15	Short, Jayden	INT	82%	0	0	18	13	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
14	Taranto, Tim (vc)	C	81%	1	0	36	13	23	3	0	7	10	6	6	0	2	4
11	Trainor, Luke	BPR	85%	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	1
1	Vlastuin, Nick	HBFL	86%	0	0	13	11	2	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	10	331	186	145	71	44	48	44	50	20	10	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
	41	K. Annand	12	B. Miller	11	L. Trainor	11	M. Edwards	13	J. Clark
	2	J. Polkinghorne	33	S. Neale	36	O. Henry	30	T. Atkins	16	S. De Koning
FORWARD							35	P. Dangerfield (c)	17	L. Humphries
HALF-BACK									19	J. Martin
	1	N. Vlastuin	6	S. Banks	30	T. Brown			34	O. Mullin
	7	S. Mannagh	5	J. Cameron	32	G. Miers
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	33	P. Retschko	14	T. Taranto (vc)	23	J. Clarke
	45	B. Close	3	B. Smith	28	O. Dempsey	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							25	T. Nankervis (c)	50	C. Gray
HALF-FORWARD							5	J. Ross	28	K. McAuliffe
	48	S. Green	44	S. Campbell	13	H. Ralphsmith	10	T. Hotton	17	M. Rioli
	4	T. Bruhn	38	J. Henry	39	Z. Guthrie			32	S. Ryan
HALF-BACK									15	J. Short
FORWARD
	42	M. Lefau	19	T. Lynch	24	S. Grlj
	42	M. O'Connor	14	C. O'Sullivan	44	T. Stewart (vc)
BACK
Richmond							Coach: Adem Yze

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Jay Polkinghorne behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:04
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	02:28
	RICH	Tim Taranto goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	03:33
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	1.1.7	-	2.0.12	05:10
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey goal	2.1.13	-	2.0.12	10:22
	GEEL	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	2.0.12	11:59
	RICH	Seth Campbell goal	2.2.14	-	3.0.18	12:27
	GEEL	Jay Polkinghorne goal	3.2.20	-	3.0.18	14:55
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	4.2.26	-	3.0.18	17:00
	GEEL	Rushed behind	4.3.27	-	3.0.18	18:28
	GEEL	Rushed behind	4.4.28	-	3.0.18	19:33
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh goal	5.4.34	-	3.0.18	21:40
	RICH	Seth Campbell behind	5.4.34	-	3.1.19	23:26
	RICH	Mykelti Lefau behind	5.4.34	-	3.2.20	27:34
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	6.4.40	-	3.2.20	30:37
Q2	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh goal	7.4.46	-	3.2.20	01:11
	GEEL	Ollie Henry behind	7.5.47	-	3.2.20	05:17
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	8.5.53	-	3.2.20	06:57
	RICH	Tom Brown behind	8.5.53	-	3.3.21	13:27
	RICH	Tom Lynch behind	8.5.53	-	3.4.22	15:03
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	9.5.59	-	3.4.22	17:11
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	10.5.65	-	3.4.22	20:03
	GEEL	Bailey Smith goal	11.5.71	-	3.4.22	21:31
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	12.5.77	-	3.4.22	22:58
	GEEL	Jay Polkinghorne behind	12.6.78	-	3.4.22	25:53
	RICH	Tom Lynch behind	12.6.78	-	3.5.23	27:46
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	12.6.78	-	4.5.29	30:45
Q3	RICH	Mykelti Lefau goal	12.6.78	-	5.5.35	01:09
	RICH	Hugo Ralphsmith goal	12.6.78	-	6.5.41	04:38
	GEEL	Jay Polkinghorne goal	13.6.84	-	6.5.41	06:21
	GEEL	Rushed behind	13.7.85	-	6.5.41	08:16
	GEEL	Bailey Smith goal	14.7.91	-	6.5.41	10:08
	GEEL	Rushed behind	14.8.92	-	6.5.41	12:18
	GEEL	Jack Martin behind	14.9.93	-	6.5.41	17:15
	RICH	Steely Green goal	14.9.93	-	7.5.47	19:08
	GEEL	Lawson Humphries goal	15.9.99	-	7.5.47	25:15
	GEEL	Jhye Clark behind	15.10.100	-	7.5.47	28:02
	GEEL	Jack Martin behind	15.11.101	-	7.5.47	29:10
	RICH	Seth Campbell behind	15.11.101	-	7.6.48	30:56
Q4	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	16.11.107	-	7.6.48	01:59
	RICH	Rushed behind	16.11.107	-	7.7.49	04:33
	RICH	Seth Campbell behind	16.11.107	-	7.8.50	05:13
	GEEL	Ollie Henry behind	16.12.108	-	7.8.50	07:04
	RICH	Steely Green goal	16.12.108	-	8.8.56	09:55
	RICH	Samson Ryan goal	16.12.108	-	9.8.62	12:19
	RICH	Samson Ryan goal	16.12.108	-	10.8.68	14:07
	RICH	Tom Lynch goal	16.12.108	-	11.8.74	16:47
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	17.12.114	-	11.8.74	18:31
	RICH	Mykelti Lefau behind	17.12.114	-	11.9.75	23:42
	GEEL	Mitch Edwards goal	18.12.120	-	11.9.75	24:18
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey behind	18.13.121	-	11.9.75	25:47
	GEEL	Bailey Smith goal	19.13.127	-	11.9.75	29:38
	RICH	Mykelti Lefau behind	19.13.127	-	11.10.76	32:20
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	20.13.133	-	11.10.76	34:39

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