Sydney Swans v Geelong Cats – Round 23 2025 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers | FanCrew

2025 AFLRound 23Sun, 17 Aug, 3:15 pm AEST

Sydney SwansSydney

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68111

10.816.15

Geelong by 43

Geelong CatsGeelong

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Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
SYD	4.3 27	7.4 46	8.6 54	10.8 68
GEE	4.3 27	8.7 55	12.8 80	16.15 111

SCG, SydneySunny, 17°Lead changes 4

Recap

Geelong too strong for Sydney

Geelong 16.15 (111) beat Sydney 10.8 (68) at SCG in Round 23, a 43-point win after trailing by 20.

Shannon Neale kicked four goals for Geelong and Shaun Mannagh three; Peter Ladhams kicked two for Sydney.

Bailey Smith led the way with 30 disposals.

A run of four straight goals in the first quarter turned a 19-point deficit into a 6-point lead.

Sydney won the clearances 43–33 but couldn’t convert it.

In context

Geelong’s 5th win in a row.
Milestones: Lewis Melican’s 100th game, Nick Blakey’s 150th game.
A career-high 10 clearances for Peter Ladhams (previous best 9).

Best on ground

More from Round 23

Friday 15 August

Disposals

Goals

Marks

Tackles

Sydney Swans10.868

Sydney Swans player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
19P. Ladhams	8.1	17	2	1	1	3	10	109	10	7	3	35
22N. Blakey	7.6	23	0	0	6	0	1	84	20	3	2	0
14C. MillsInt	7.2	25	0	0	7	4	0	97	10	15	1	0
21E. Gulden	7.2	23	0	0	2	7	6	88	13	10	4	0
1C. Warner	7.2	23	0	0	5	6	1	98	13	10	2	0
12A. SheldrickInt	7.1	21	0	0	2	5	6	73	5	16	0	0
11T. Papley	6.9	20	2	1	6	1	1	86	11	9	5	0
5I. Heeney	6.9	15	1	1	4	5	2	72	9	6	4	0
13O. Florent	6.7	18	0	0	4	3	4	67	7	11	0	0
30T. McCartin	6.4	13	1	0	7	1	1	65	11	2	1	0
24D. Rampe	6.3	13	0	0	4	3	1	60	9	4	1	0
2H. McLean	6.3	9	2	1	6	1	0	67	8	1	1	8
44J. Lloyd	6.2	21	0	1	5	2	2	72	12	9	9	0
15S. Wicks	6.2	21	0	0	1	3	2	69	14	7	1	0
7H. Cunningham	6.1	15	0	0	5	4	2	69	9	6	1	0
8J. RowbottomInt	6.1	14	0	0	4	3	1	57	10	4	3	0
39J. Buller	5.7	8	1	1	4	3	0	51	4	4	1	0
16B. Campbell	5.6	12	1	0	1	1	1	43	6	6	3	0
17J. Jordon	5.3	9	0	0	1	2	1	34	4	5	2	0
43L. Melican	5.2	6	0	0	1	1	0	22	3	3	0	0
33C. ClearySub	4.8	8	0	0	2	1	1	28	2	6	1	0
18J. DattoliInt	4.6	7	0	0	0	2	0	23	1	6	0	0
9W. Hayward	4.0	8	0	0	1	1	0	22	2	6	2	0
Team		349	10	6	79	62	43	1456	193	156	47	43

Geelong Cats16.15111

Geelong Cats player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
3B. Smith	8.2	30	0	0	6	4	5	109	18	12	7	0
7S. Mannagh	8.1	19	3	3	7	7	4	120	15	4	4	0
44T. Stewart	7.6	25	0	0	11	2	1	110	19	6	2	0
32G. MiersInt	7.6	18	2	0	7	2	1	92	14	4	2	0
1R. Stanley	7.5	14	0	0	7	2	4	99	11	3	3	33
30T. Atkins	7.4	21	0	0	3	5	7	78	13	8	5	0
28O. Dempsey	7.4	21	1	1	6	5	1	95	10	11	4	0
33S. Neale	7.4	10	4	1	5	2	0	75	6	4	2	1
19J. MartinInt	7.2	17	2	1	8	1	1	88	12	5	2	0
18T. Stengle	6.9	12	3	2	2	4	1	73	9	3	2	0
9M. Holmes	6.7	21	0	1	5	1	1	78	16	5	7	0
39Z. GuthrieInt	6.7	17	0	0	9	3	0	84	13	4	1	0
35P. Dangerfield	6.7	14	1	1	5	2	1	67	9	5	2	0
14C. O'Sullivan	6.7	12	0	0	8	4	0	74	10	2	1	0
38J. Henry	6.5	18	0	0	7	1	0	73	12	6	1	0
16S. De Koning	6.5	14	0	0	5	2	0	56	5	9	0	0
5J. Cameron	5.8	10	0	1	5	2	0	50	6	4	2	0
46M. Blicavs	5.6	12	0	2	3	3	0	61	4	8	0	13
17L. Humphries	5.6	12	0	1	3	2	0	47	8	4	2	0
34O. Mullin	5.5	9	0	0	1	3	2	41	6	3	2	0
42M. O'Connor	5.5	9	0	0	1	4	3	37	6	3	0	0
45B. CloseInt	5.1	8	0	0	0	1	0	26	4	4	3	0
12J. BowesSub	–	1	0	0	0	1	1	8	1	0	1	0
Team		344	16	14	114	63	33	1641	227	117	55	47

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

First quarterSYD 4.3 (27) · GEE 4.3 (27)

0:20BehindT. StengleGEE0.0 (0) – 0.1 (1)
1:17GoalH. McLeanSYDLead change1.0 (6) – 0.1 (1)
4:36GoalI. HeeneySYD2.0 (12) – 0.1 (1)
6:16BehindH. McLeanSYD2.1 (13) – 0.1 (1)
7:43GoalB. CampbellSYD3.1 (19) – 0.1 (1)
10:45BehindP. LadhamsSYD3.2 (20) – 0.1 (1)
14:29BehindI. HeeneySYD3.3 (21) – 0.1 (1)
17:36BehindS. MannaghGEE3.3 (21) – 0.2 (2)
19:43GoalS. NealeGEE3.3 (21) – 1.2 (8)
22:01BehindL. HumphriesGEE3.3 (21) – 1.3 (9)
22:32GoalJ. MartinGEE3.3 (21) – 2.3 (15)
25:00GoalG. MiersGEELevel3.3 (21) – 3.3 (21)
27:31GoalS. NealeGEELead change3.3 (21) – 4.3 (27)
29:53GoalP. LadhamsSYDLevel4.3 (27) – 4.3 (27)

Second quarterSYD 3.1 (19) · GEE 4.4 (28)

2:05GoalJ. BullerSYDLead change5.3 (33) – 4.3 (27)
6:29GoalT. McCartinSYD6.3 (39) – 4.3 (27)
7:35BehindM. HolmesGEE6.3 (39) – 4.4 (28)
8:58GoalS. NealeGEE6.3 (39) – 5.4 (34)
12:08RushedSydneySYD6.4 (40) – 5.4 (34)
13:19GoalS. NealeGEELevel6.4 (40) – 6.4 (40)
15:48BehindS. MannaghGEELead change6.4 (40) – 6.5 (41)
18:19BehindO. DempseyGEE6.4 (40) – 6.6 (42)
22:30RushedGeelongGEE6.4 (40) – 6.7 (43)
25:21GoalJ. MartinGEE6.4 (40) – 7.7 (49)
29:17GoalT. StengleGEE6.4 (40) – 8.7 (55)
31:10GoalH. McLeanSYD7.4 (46) – 8.7 (55)

Third quarterSYD 1.2 (8) · GEE 4.1 (25)

1:07GoalT. StengleGEE7.4 (46) – 9.7 (61)
5:01BehindJ. BullerSYD7.5 (47) – 9.7 (61)
6:05GoalS. MannaghGEE7.5 (47) – 10.7 (67)
10:40GoalP. LadhamsSYD8.5 (53) – 10.7 (67)
12:34GoalP. DangerfieldGEE8.5 (53) – 11.7 (73)
16:37GoalO. DempseyGEE8.5 (53) – 12.7 (79)
19:50BehindM. BlicavsGEE8.5 (53) – 12.8 (80)
26:22BehindT. PapleySYD8.6 (54) – 12.8 (80)

Last quarterSYD 2.2 (14) · GEE 4.7 (31)

0:39GoalT. StengleGEE8.6 (54) – 13.8 (86)
2:47BehindJ. LloydSYD8.7 (55) – 13.8 (86)
3:44BehindM. BlicavsGEE8.7 (55) – 13.9 (87)
4:41GoalT. PapleySYD9.7 (61) – 13.9 (87)
6:35GoalS. MannaghGEE9.7 (61) – 14.9 (93)
8:25BehindP. DangerfieldGEE9.7 (61) – 14.10 (94)
15:23BehindS. MannaghGEE9.7 (61) – 14.11 (95)
16:26GoalS. MannaghGEE9.7 (61) – 15.11 (101)
17:34GoalG. MiersGEE9.7 (61) – 16.11 (107)
20:53BehindJ. MartinGEE9.7 (61) – 16.12 (108)
22:16BehindT. StengleGEE9.7 (61) – 16.13 (109)
23:33RushedSydneySYD9.8 (62) – 16.13 (109)
25:06BehindS. NealeGEE9.8 (62) – 16.14 (110)
26:26GoalT. PapleySYD10.8 (68) – 16.14 (110)
30:30BehindJ. CameronGEE10.8 (68) – 16.15 (111)