Geelong vs Essendon AFLW 2026 Round 4

Sun 06 Sep 2026 · 14:35 AEST

Final AFLW 2026 · Round 4

Geelong Cats Coach: Mick Stinear

83 13.5

51 7.9

Essendon Coach: Natalie Wood

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Geelong Cats

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

1 Emily Gough FF 2 Georgia Gee FPR

Half forwards

24 Sophie Alexander HFFL 8 Bonnie Toogood CHF 7 Grace Belloni HFFR

Followers

30 Stephanie Wales RK 20 Stephanie Cain RR 14 Maggie Johnstone ROV

Centre

10 Holly Ridewood WL 4 Madison Prespakis C 16 Matilda Dyke WR

Half backs

23 Amy Gaylor HBFL 17 Georgia Clarke CHB 27 Sophie Van De Heuvel HBFR

Backs

28 Mia Busch BPL 26 Zoe Prowse FB

Interchange 5

5 Georgia Nanscawen INT 9 Brooke Walker INT 11 Nalu Brothwell INT 21 Maggie MacLachlan INT 25 Alexandra Morcom INT

Emergencies 3

12 Bess Keaney EMG 33 Courtney Murphy EMG 34 Madison Ibrahim EMG

2Q3Q4Q

Jacqueline Parry1Q - 8:09 - Goal - 6–0

Rushed behind1Q - 11:31 - Rushed behind - 7–0

Emily Gough1Q - 14:15 - Goal - 7–6

Rushed behind1Q - 16:44 - Rushed behind - 7–7

Maggie Johnstone1Q - 19:27 - Goal - 7–13 Georgia Gee2Q - 1:41 - Goal - 7–19 Aishling Moloney2Q - 4:09 - Goal - 13–19 Emily Gough2Q - 7:03 - Behind - 13–20

Rushed behind2Q - 11:12 - Rushed behind - 13–21

Chloe Scheer2Q - 12:15 - Behind - 14–21 Aishling Moloney2Q - 12:49 - Goal - 20–21 Emily Gough2Q - 14:42 - Goal - 20–27 Julia Crockett-Grills2Q - 15:48 - Goal - 26–27 Aishling Moloney2Q - 16:58 - Goal - 32–27 Bryde O'Rourke2Q - 18:08 - Goal - 38–27 Georgie Prespakis2Q - 21:01 - Behind - 39–27 Aishling Moloney2Q - 22:49 - Goal - 45–27 Bonnie Toogood3Q - 0:42 - Behind - 45–28 Jacqueline Parry3Q - 1:26 - Goal - 51–28 Emily Gough3Q - 3:13 - Goal - 51–34 Maggie Johnstone3Q - 8:02 - Behind - 51–35 Chloe Scheer3Q - 10:12 - Goal - 57–35 Rachel Kearns3Q - 11:41 - Behind - 58–35 Renee Morgan3Q - 13:10 - Behind - 59–35 Nina Morrison3Q - 13:31 - Goal - 65–35 Emily Gough3Q - 17:13 - Behind - 65–36 Kate Surman4Q - 1:02 - Goal - 71–36 Nalu Brothwell4Q - 3:07 - Goal - 71–42 Chloe Scheer4Q - 6:57 - Goal - 77–42 Grace Belloni4Q - 10:11 - Goal - 77–48 Nalu Brothwell4Q - 15:07 - Behind - 77–49 Bonnie Toogood4Q - 16:49 - Behind - 77–50 Stephanie Cain4Q - 19:08 - Behind - 77–51 Nina Morrison4Q - 22:48 - Goal - 83–51

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Nina MorrisonGoal
4Q 22:4883–51
Stephanie CainBehind
4Q 19:0877–51
Bonnie ToogoodBehind
4Q 16:4977–50
Nalu BrothwellBehind
4Q 15:0777–49
Grace BelloniGoal
4Q 10:1177–48
Chloe ScheerGoal
4Q 6:5777–42
Nalu BrothwellGoal
4Q 3:0771–42
Kate SurmanGoal
4Q 1:0271–36
Emily GoughBehind
3Q 17:1365–36
Nina MorrisonGoal
3Q 13:3165–35
Renee MorganBehind
3Q 13:1059–35
Rachel KearnsBehind
3Q 11:4158–35
Chloe ScheerGoal
3Q 10:1257–35
Maggie JohnstoneBehind
3Q 8:0251–35
Emily GoughGoal
3Q 3:1351–34
Jacqueline ParryGoal
3Q 1:2651–28
Bonnie ToogoodBehind
3Q 0:4245–28
Aishling MoloneyGoal
2Q 22:4945–27
Georgie PrespakisBehind
2Q 21:0139–27
Bryde O'RourkeGoal
2Q 18:0838–27
Aishling MoloneyGoal
2Q 16:5832–27
Julia Crockett-GrillsGoal
2Q 15:4826–27
Emily GoughGoal
2Q 14:4220–27
Aishling MoloneyGoal
2Q 12:4920–21
Chloe ScheerBehind
2Q 12:1514–21
Rushed behindRushed behind
2Q 11:1213–21
Emily GoughBehind
2Q 7:0313–20
Aishling MoloneyGoal
2Q 4:0913–19
Georgia GeeGoal
2Q 1:417–19
Maggie JohnstoneGoal
1Q 19:277–13
Rushed behindRushed behind
1Q 16:447–7
Emily GoughGoal
1Q 14:157–6
Rushed behindRushed behind
1Q 11:317–0
Jacqueline ParryGoal
1Q 8:096–0

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
GEE	7	45	65	83	83
ESS	13	27	36	51	51

Match Leaders

Goals

Aishling MoloneyGEE

Behinds

2 tied leaders

Bonnie ToogoodESS

Disposals

Mikayla BowenGEE

Tackles

Nina MorrisonGEE

Team Stats

GEEESS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals7

5Behinds9

24Shots at goal18

54.2Goal accuracy %38.9

39Inside 50s33

12Goal assists5

12Marks inside 508

Possession

298Disposals278

166Kicks151

132Handballs127

117Contested possessions140

175Uncontested possessions140

Clearance / Contest

18Total clearances30

8Centre clearances7

10Stoppage clearances23

74Tackles51

13Hitouts37

7Contested marks10

Other

57Marks49

73.8Disposal efficiency %60.4

6Bounces2

54Turnovers58

47Clangers44

292Total possessions280

58Intercepts54

26Rebound 50s25

7Tackles inside 5015

30One-percenters38

11Frees for21

21Frees against11

1,272AFL Fantasy1,132

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: GEE 35 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: GEE 25 pts
Lead Changes: 2
Score Ties: 1

How the match finished

Geelong beat Essendon by 32 points, 83–51.

This match record does not include quarter scores.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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