Melbourne vs Geelong 24-Jul-2026 Lineups

Fri 24-Jul-2026

Final Round 20

Melbourne Coach: Steven King

97 14.13

117 18.9

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

35 Patrick Dangerfield FPL 33 Shannon Neale FF 2 Jay Polkinghorne FPR

Half forwards

32 Gryan Miers HFFL 21 Oliver Wiltshire CHF 45 Brad Close HFFR

Followers

11 Mitchell Edwards RK 30 Tom Atkins RR 34 Oisin Mullin ROV

Centre

28 Oliver Dempsey WL 3 Bailey Smith C 46 Mark Blicavs WR

Half backs

39 Zach Guthrie HBFL 38 Jack Henry CHB 4 Tanner Bruhn HBFR

Backs

44 Tom Stewart BPL 14 Connor O'Sullivan FB 13 Jhye Clark BPR

Interchange 5

17 Lawson Humphries INT 7 Shaun Mannagh INT 29 James Worpel INT 42 Mark O'Connor INT 36 Oliver Henry INT

2Q3Q4Q

Kysaiah PickettQ1 - 2:09 - Goal - 6-0 Harrison PettyQ1 - 3:20 - Goal - 12-0 Jay PolkinghorneQ1 - 4:56 - Goal - 12-6 Shannon NealeQ1 - 7:34 - Goal - 12-12 Koltyn TholstrupQ1 - 9:38 - Goal - 18-12 Kade ChandlerQ1 - 12:40 - Behind - 19-12 Ed LangdonQ1 - 14:25 - Behind - 20-12 Bayley FritschQ1 - 17:27 - Goal - 26-12 Matthew JeffersonQ1 - 23:37 - Behind - 27-12 Shannon NealeQ1 - 26:50 - Goal - 27-18 Latrelle PickettQ1 - 28:46 - Behind - 28-18 Brad CloseQ2 - 0:37 - Behind - 28-19 Lukas CookeQ2 - 2:25 - Behind - 29-19 Shannon NealeQ2 - 4:13 - Goal - 29-25 Tom AtkinsQ2 - 6:00 - Goal - 29-31 Bayley FritschQ2 - 10:11 - Behind - 30-31 Bailey LaurieQ2 - 11:17 - Goal - 36-31 Kade ChandlerQ2 - 12:22 - Behind - 37-31 Brad CloseQ2 - 15:40 - Goal - 37-37 Harrison PettyQ2 - 17:39 - Goal - 43-37 Shaun MannaghQ2 - 18:59 - Goal - 43-43 Bailey LaurieQ2 - 21:07 - Behind - 44-43 Oliver WiltshireQ2 - 23:35 - Behind - 44-44 Shannon NealeQ2 - 25:26 - Goal - 44-50 Jay PolkinghorneQ2 - 26:50 - Behind - 44-51 Mark BlicavsQ2 - 28:20 - Behind - 44-52 Oliver HenryQ2 - 29:59 - Goal - 44-58 Oliver WiltshireQ2 - 33:07 - Goal - 44-64 Shannon NealeQ3 - 1:42 - Behind - 44-65 Gryan MiersQ3 - 4:39 - Behind - 44-66 Bayley FritschQ3 - 5:29 - Goal - 50-66

RushedQ3 - 12:20 - Behind - 51-66

Harvey LangfordQ3 - 13:23 - Goal - 57-66 Oliver HenryQ3 - 15:24 - Goal - 57-72 Shannon NealeQ3 - 16:34 - Behind - 57-73 Shaun MannaghQ3 - 19:30 - Behind - 57-74 Lawson HumphriesQ3 - 19:52 - Behind - 57-75 Bayley FritschQ3 - 23:21 - Goal - 63-75 Jay PolkinghorneQ3 - 28:41 - Goal - 63-81 Ed LangdonQ4 - 1:00 - Goal - 69-81 Harry SharpQ4 - 3:16 - Behind - 70-81 Oliver WiltshireQ4 - 6:35 - Goal - 70-87 Harrison PettyQ4 - 8:42 - Goal - 76-87 Oliver HenryQ4 - 11:46 - Goal - 76-93 Matthew JeffersonQ4 - 13:34 - Behind - 77-93 Mark O'ConnorQ4 - 16:23 - Goal - 77-99 Matthew JeffersonQ4 - 18:10 - Behind - 78-99 Harrison PettyQ4 - 18:45 - Goal - 84-99 Oliver WiltshireQ4 - 20:38 - Goal - 84-105 Shannon NealeQ4 - 22:41 - Goal - 84-111 Oliver HenryQ4 - 23:51 - Goal - 84-117 Harrison PettyQ4 - 27:47 - Behind - 85-117 Ed LangdonQ4 - 29:00 - Goal - 91-117 Ed LangdonQ4 - 30:45 - Goal - 97-117

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Ed LangdonGoal
4Q 30:4597-117
Ed LangdonGoal
4Q 29:0091-117
Harrison PettyBehind
4Q 27:4785-117
Oliver HenryGoal
4Q 23:5184-117
Shannon NealeGoal
4Q 22:4184-111
Oliver WiltshireGoal
4Q 20:3884-105
Harrison PettyGoal
4Q 18:4584-99
Matthew JeffersonBehind
4Q 18:1078-99
Mark O'ConnorGoal
4Q 16:2377-99
Matthew JeffersonBehind
4Q 13:3477-93
Oliver HenryGoal
4Q 11:4676-93
Harrison PettyGoal
4Q 8:4276-87
Oliver WiltshireGoal
4Q 6:3570-87
Harry SharpBehind
4Q 3:1670-81
Ed LangdonGoal
4Q 1:0069-81
Jay PolkinghorneGoal
3Q 28:4163-81
Bayley FritschGoal
3Q 23:2163-75
Lawson HumphriesBehind
3Q 19:5257-75
Shaun MannaghBehind
3Q 19:3057-74
Shannon NealeBehind
3Q 16:3457-73
Oliver HenryGoal
3Q 15:2457-72
Harvey LangfordGoal
3Q 13:2357-66
RushedBehind
3Q 12:2051-66
Bayley FritschGoal
3Q 5:2950-66
Gryan MiersBehind
3Q 4:3944-66
Shannon NealeBehind
3Q 1:4244-65
Oliver WiltshireGoal
2Q 33:0744-64
Oliver HenryGoal
2Q 29:5944-58
Mark BlicavsBehind
2Q 28:2044-52
Jay PolkinghorneBehind
2Q 26:5044-51
Shannon NealeGoal
2Q 25:2644-50
Oliver WiltshireBehind
2Q 23:3544-44
Bailey LaurieBehind
2Q 21:0744-43
Shaun MannaghGoal
2Q 18:5943-43
Harrison PettyGoal
2Q 17:3943-37
Brad CloseGoal
2Q 15:4037-37
Kade ChandlerBehind
2Q 12:2237-31
Bailey LaurieGoal
2Q 11:1736-31
Bayley FritschBehind
2Q 10:1130-31
Tom AtkinsGoal
2Q 6:0029-31
Shannon NealeGoal
2Q 4:1329-25
Lukas CookeBehind
2Q 2:2529-19
Brad CloseBehind
2Q 0:3728-19
Latrelle PickettBehind
1Q 28:4628-18
Shannon NealeGoal
1Q 26:5027-18
Matthew JeffersonBehind
1Q 23:3727-12
Bayley FritschGoal
1Q 17:2726-12
Ed LangdonBehind
1Q 14:2520-12
Kade ChandlerBehind
1Q 12:4019-12
Koltyn TholstrupGoal
1Q 9:3818-12
Shannon NealeGoal
1Q 7:3412-12
Jay PolkinghorneGoal
1Q 4:5612-6
Harrison PettyGoal
1Q 3:2012-0
Kysaiah PickettGoal
1Q 2:096-0

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
MEL	4.4	2.4	3.1	5.4	97
GEE	3.0	7.4	2.5	6.0	117

Where the shots came from

Recorded ground view

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MelbourneGeelong

Arrows show each team’s attacking end by quarter using the AFL feed. Ground positions are omitted when the direction is unavailable. Locations and distances are estimates.

Explore shots and disposals

Match Leaders

Goals

Shannon NealeGEE

Behinds

Matthew JeffersonMEL

SuperCoach

123

Tom StewartGEE

Tackles

Tom SparrowMEL

Team Stats

MELGEE

Scoring / Attack

14Goals18

13Behinds9

31Shots At Goal32

51Inside 50s62

10Goal Assists16

124Score Involvements101

17Marks Inside 5016

1Behinds Rushed0

Possession

363Disposals375

204Kicks227

159Handballs148

131Contested Possessions128

220Uncontested Possessions243

6,281Metres Gained6,649

80Ground Ball Gets95

Clearance / Contest

35Clearances35

19Centre Clearances13

16Stoppage Clearances22

49Tackles46

49Hitouts22

14Hitouts To Advantage7

286Pressure Acts294

9Contested Marks8

Other

130Effective Kicks165

11Marks on the Lead17

5Tackles Inside 506

214AFL Player Rating Points235

7Kick-ins Played On9

88Defensive 50 Possessions64

124Defensive Midfield Possessions126

98Attacking Midfield Possessions131

41Attacking 50 Possessions50

78Marks113

19Frees For11

11Frees Against19

44Rebound 50s36

59Clangers47

40One Percenters40

17Bounces14

1,533Supercoach Points1,766

1,491Dream Team Points1,593

72Turnovers71

29Hitout To Advantage Rate32

29Spoils25

71Intercepts72

14Intercept Marks20

9Kick Ins13

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: GEE 33 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: GEE 23 pts
Lead Changes: 3
Score Ties: 4

How the match finished

Geelong beat Melbourne by 20 points, 117–97.

Geelong extended a 18-point three-quarter-time lead with a 36–34 final term.

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.

Understanding historical coverage