2026 AFL Season Semi Final 1: Fremantle v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 11 September 2026 between Fremantle and Geelong in the first semi final of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Fremantle hosted Geelong at Optus Stadium. Alex Pearce captained the hosts. Patrick Dangerfield captained the visitors with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Fremantle (18.12.120) defeated Geelong (16.10.106).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Fremantle v Geelong
Date: Friday 11 September 2026
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 59,725

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Geelong
Score: 18.12.120 - 16.10.106

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fremantle	6	.	2	10	.	5	15	.	6	18	.	12	18	.	12	(120)
Geelong	2	.	1	7	.	2	12	.	8	16	.	10	16	.	10	(106)
Margin	FREM by 25			FREM by 21			FREM by 16			FREM by 14			FREM by 14
Duration	32:03			32:32			35:27			30:10			2:10:12

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Geelong

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

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Luke Jackson	FREM	9	10	2	0	0	0	0
Shai Bolton	FREM	10	6	0	?	?	?	0
Ollie Henry	GEEL	36	6	0	?	?	?	0
Hayden Young	FREM	26	4	0	?	0	?	0
Patrick Voss	FREM	20	2	0	0	0	1	0
Zach Guthrie	GEEL	39	1	0	0	0	0	1
Caleb Serong	FREM	3	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Amiss, Jye	FPL	91%	2	1	4	3	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0
10	Bolton, Shai	RO	80%	2	0	26	14	12	3	0	8	4	3	1	0	2	7
8	Brayshaw, Andrew	C	81%	0	0	24	9	15	2	0	4	4	2	0	0	1	2
5	Chapman, Heath	HBFR	83%	0	0	16	6	10	4	0	3	0	4	1	2	3	0
6	Clark, Jordan	BPL	83%	0	0	25	14	11	1	0	3	2	2	0	0	6	6
18	Cox, Mason	INT	43%	1	0	5	4	1	2	11	1	2	1	2	0	1	1
43	Dudley, Isaiah	INT	73%	2	1	8	6	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2
28	Erasmus, Neil	WR	75%	0	0	17	8	9	3	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	3
32	Frederick, Michael	HFFL	71%	2	0	6	6	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
9	Jackson, Luke	RU	82%	2	0	25	6	19	2	35	4	8	3	2	1	0	0
44	Johnson, Matthew	WL	79%	0	0	15	5	10	3	0	2	1	1	2	0	1	3
21	McDonald, Oscar	BPR	100%	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	0	0	6	1	1	3	2
17	McVee, Judd	INT	66%	0	0	12	5	7	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	2
25	Pearce, Alex (c)	FB	90%	0	0	13	4	9	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0
16	Reid, Murphy	CHF	82%	0	1	23	10	13	1	0	5	2	5	1	1	0	4
13	Ryan, Luke	CHB	73%	0	0	20	13	7	7	0	2	0	4	0	2	3	1
3	Serong, Caleb	RR	74%	1	0	23	12	11	1	0	5	6	3	0	0	2	4
39	Switkowski, Sam	HFFR	77%	0	0	11	4	7	4	0	2	1	3	0	1	0	4
35	Treacy, Josh	FF	91%	1	1	13	10	3	8	0	4	0	3	2	1	0	6
20	Voss, Patrick	FPR	89%	4	1	12	9	3	5	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	2
34	Wagner, Corey	INT	71%	0	0	13	8	5	3	0	8	1	2	0	1	3	1
23	Worner, Karl	HBFL	80%	0	0	18	10	8	5	0	4	3	1	1	0	4	1
26	Young, Hayden	INT	66%	1	1	23	14	9	4	0	4	6	4	1	0	0	9
Rushed					6
Total (23 players)				18	12	364	188	176	74	46	68	44	62	16	15	30	60

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Atkins, Tom	INT	70%	0	0	9	1	8	0	0	6	1	1	0	1	0	0
46	Blicavs, Mark	WR	72%	0	1	8	5	3	1	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	2
4	Bruhn, Tanner	CHB	70%	0	0	18	14	4	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	6	4
5	Cameron, Jeremy	CHF	86%	2	0	14	12	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	1
45	Close, Brad	HFFR	72%	0	0	10	2	8	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1
35	Dangerfield, Patrick (c)	FPL	89%	2	2	14	7	7	3	0	7	0	3	0	1	0	4
28	Dempsey, Oliver	WL	91%	0	1	17	7	10	4	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	3
11	Edwards, Mitch	RU	69%	0	0	9	5	4	1	19	0	2	4	2	3	1	3
39	Guthrie, Zach	BPL	76%	0	0	18	14	4	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	3
38	Henry, Jack	BPR	95%	0	0	10	4	6	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	2	0
36	Henry, Ollie	INT	81%	5	1	20	11	9	5	0	2	0	2	4	1	0	3
9	Holmes, Max	INT	68%	0	0	18	7	11	1	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	1
17	Humphries, Lawson	INT	77%	0	0	22	19	3	7	0	1	0	2	0	1	7	2
7	Mannagh, Shaun	HFFL	64%	2	2	17	10	7	1	0	3	4	4	0	0	1	1
32	Miers, Gryan	RO	78%	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	2
34	Mullin, Oisin	RR	75%	0	1	17	10	7	1	0	5	5	3	1	0	1	3
33	Neale, Shannon	FF	94%	3	1	8	6	2	3	3	1	0	2	1	1	0	1
42	O'Connor, Mark	HBFR	77%	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	4	1	1	1	0	4	1
14	O'Sullivan, Connor	FB	92%	0	0	15	8	7	9	0	2	1	2	0	0	3	0
2	Polkinghorne, Jay	FPR	63%	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
3	Smith, Bailey	C	88%	0	0	29	19	10	6	0	7	5	5	0	2	1	8
44	Stewart, Tom (vc)	HBFL	79%	1	0	14	8	6	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	0
21	Wiltshire, Oli	INT	74%	1	0	11	4	7	2	0	3	0	5	2	0	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				16	10	327	189	138	75	27	55	31	50	15	16	42	47

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

Fremantle							Coach: Justin Longmuir
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	39	Z. Guthrie	14	C. O'Sullivan	38	J. Henry	9	L. Jackson	18	M. Cox
	20	P. Voss	35	J. Treacy	24	J. Amiss	3	C. Serong	43	I. Dudley
FORWARD							10	S. Bolton	17	J. McVee
HALF-BACK									34	C. Wagner
	44	T. Stewart (vc)	4	T. Bruhn	42	M. O'Connor			26	H. Young
	39	S. Switkowski	16	M. Reid	32	M. Frederick
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	28	O. Dempsey	3	B. Smith	46	M. Blicavs
	28	N. Erasmus	8	A. Brayshaw	44	M. Johnson	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Edwards	30	T. Atkins
HALF-FORWARD							34	O. Mullin	36	O. Henry
	7	S. Mannagh	5	J. Cameron	45	B. Close	32	G. Miers	9	M. Holmes
	5	H. Chapman	13	L. Ryan	23	K. Worner			17	L. Humphries
HALF-BACK									21	O. Wiltshire
FORWARD
	35	P. Dangerfield (c)	33	S. Neale	2	J. Polkinghorne
	21	O. McDonald	25	A. Pearce (c)	6	J. Clark
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	FREM	Shai Bolton goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:58
	FREM	Shai Bolton goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	02:03
	FREM	Patrick Voss goal	3.0.18	-	0.0.0	04:19
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	3.0.18	-	1.0.6	05:42
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	4.0.24	-	1.0.6	11:12
	FREM	Hayden Young behind	4.1.25	-	1.0.6	13:58
	GEEL	Shannon Neale behind	4.1.25	-	1.1.7	15:23
	FREM	Isaiah Dudley behind	4.2.26	-	1.1.7	19:25
	FREM	Patrick Voss goal	5.2.32	-	1.1.7	21:05
	FREM	Mason Cox goal	6.2.38	-	1.1.7	23:36
	GEEL	Oli Wiltshire goal	6.2.38	-	2.1.13	27:31
Q2	FREM	Isaiah Dudley goal	7.2.44	-	2.1.13	01:01
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	7.2.44	-	3.1.19	04:26
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	7.2.44	-	4.1.25	06:14
	FREM	Jye Amiss goal	8.2.50	-	4.1.25	08:11
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh goal	8.2.50	-	5.1.31	09:21
	FREM	Hayden Young goal	9.2.56	-	5.1.31	10:25
	FREM	Josh Treacy behind	9.3.57	-	5.1.31	12:05
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	9.3.57	-	6.1.37	13:53
	FREM	Rushed behind	9.4.58	-	6.1.37	18:46
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs behind	9.4.58	-	6.2.38	19:59
	FREM	Jye Amiss behind	9.5.59	-	6.2.38	21:22
	FREM	Isaiah Dudley goal	10.5.65	-	6.2.38	28:30
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	10.5.65	-	7.2.44	30:56
Q3	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield behind	10.5.65	-	7.3.45	01:15
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	10.5.65	-	8.3.51	02:18
	GEEL	Rushed behind	10.5.65	-	8.4.52	05:18
	GEEL	Oisin Mullin behind	10.5.65	-	8.5.53	06:32
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh behind	10.5.65	-	8.6.54	10:18
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh behind	10.5.65	-	8.7.55	11:57
	GEEL	Ollie Henry behind	10.5.65	-	8.8.56	13:50
	FREM	Rushed behind	10.6.66	-	8.8.56	15:10
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	10.6.66	-	9.8.62	17:20
	FREM	Jye Amiss goal	11.6.72	-	9.8.62	19:43
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	11.6.72	-	10.8.68	21:27
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	11.6.72	-	11.8.74	23:09
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	11.6.72	-	12.8.80	25:45
	FREM	Luke Jackson goal	12.6.78	-	12.8.80	28:16
	FREM	Josh Treacy goal	13.6.84	-	12.8.80	29:51
	FREM	Patrick Voss goal	14.6.90	-	12.8.80	33:08
	FREM	Luke Jackson goal	15.6.96	-	12.8.80	35:24
Q4	FREM	Patrick Voss behind	15.7.97	-	12.8.80	03:23
	FREM	Rushed behind	15.8.98	-	12.8.80	05:00
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	16.8.104	-	12.8.80	05:54
	FREM	Rushed behind	16.9.105	-	12.8.80	07:48
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield behind	16.9.105	-	12.9.81	08:40
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey behind	16.9.105	-	12.10.82	11:22
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	16.9.105	-	13.10.88	12:26
	FREM	Rushed behind	16.10.106	-	13.10.88	13:42
	FREM	Caleb Serong goal	17.10.112	-	13.10.88	15:28
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh goal	17.10.112	-	14.10.94	16:43
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	17.10.112	-	15.10.100	18:20
	FREM	Rushed behind	17.11.113	-	15.10.100	20:14
	FREM	Murphy Reid behind	17.12.114	-	15.10.100	21:28
	GEEL	Tom Stewart goal	17.12.114	-	16.10.106	26:50
	FREM	Patrick Voss goal	18.12.120	-	16.10.106	29:08

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