Geelong Cats v Fremantle – Round 1 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 1Sat, 14 Mar, 4:15 pm AEDT

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16.1414.16

Geelong by 10

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GEE	3.1 19	8.4 52	13.8 86	16.14 110
FRE	8.4 52	11.8 74	14.12 96	14.16 100

GMHBA Stadium, GeelongMostly sunny, 23°Lead changes 1

Recap

Geelong 16.14 (110) beat Fremantle 14.16 (100) at GMHBA Stadium in Round 1, a 10-point win after trailing by 35.

Geelong trailed by 10 at three-quarter time, then kicked 3.6 to 0.4 in the last quarter.

Shannon Neale kicked five goals for Geelong and Jeremy Cameron three; Isaiah Dudley kicked three for Fremantle.

Bailey Smith led the way with 31 disposals and a goal.

A run of four straight goals across the third and last quarters turned a 14-point deficit into a 10-point lead.

Geelong won the inside-50 count 60–46, and Fremantle won the clearances 42–28.

Best on ground

More from Round 1

Geelong Cats16.14110

Fremantle14.16100

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

1:10RushedFremantleFRE0.0 (0) – 0.1 (1)
2:26GoalS. BoltonFRE0.0 (0) – 1.1 (7)
3:40BehindN. ErasmusFRE0.0 (0) – 1.2 (8)
4:49GoalJ. CameronGEE1.0 (6) – 1.2 (8)
7:30BehindT. BruhnGEE1.1 (7) – 1.2 (8)
9:30GoalC. SerongFRE1.1 (7) – 2.2 (14)
11:01GoalJ. AmissFRE1.1 (7) – 3.2 (20)
13:36BehindN. ErasmusFRE1.1 (7) – 3.3 (21)
16:26GoalI. DudleyFRE1.1 (7) – 4.3 (27)
18:14BehindI. DudleyFRE1.1 (7) – 4.4 (28)
20:05GoalS. NealeGEE2.1 (13) – 4.4 (28)
23:49GoalJ. TreacyFRE2.1 (13) – 5.4 (34)
25:40GoalJ. ClarkGEE3.1 (19) – 5.4 (34)
28:05GoalL. JacksonFRE3.1 (19) – 6.4 (40)
31:31GoalN. O'DriscollFRE3.1 (19) – 7.4 (46)
35:42GoalS. BoltonFRE3.1 (19) – 8.4 (52)

0:30GoalS. MannaghGEE4.1 (25) – 8.4 (52)
4:56BehindS. SwitkowskiFRE4.1 (25) – 8.5 (53)
6:36GoalS. MannaghGEE5.1 (31) – 8.5 (53)
9:06GoalS. MannaghGEE6.1 (37) – 8.5 (53)
11:27GoalI. DudleyFRE6.1 (37) – 9.5 (59)
12:51GoalM. ReidFRE6.1 (37) – 10.5 (65)
14:05BehindJ. CameronGEE6.2 (38) – 10.5 (65)
15:42BehindJ. MartinGEE6.3 (39) – 10.5 (65)
17:18GoalJ. TreacyFRE6.3 (39) – 11.5 (71)
18:56BehindM. ReidFRE6.3 (39) – 11.6 (72)
23:13BehindP. VossFRE6.3 (39) – 11.7 (73)
25:01BehindJ. TreacyFRE6.3 (39) – 11.8 (74)
26:38GoalJ. CameronGEE7.3 (45) – 11.8 (74)
28:12GoalJ. CameronGEE8.3 (51) – 11.8 (74)
30:57BehindJ. CameronGEE8.4 (52) – 11.8 (74)

2:26GoalJ. HenryGEE9.4 (58) – 11.8 (74)
4:31GoalH. YoungFRE9.4 (58) – 12.8 (80)
6:07RushedFremantleFRE9.4 (58) – 12.9 (81)
7:16GoalS. NealeGEE10.4 (64) – 12.9 (81)
11:13BehindJ. CameronGEE10.5 (65) – 12.9 (81)
12:22GoalS. NealeGEE11.5 (71) – 12.9 (81)
14:28BehindO. DempseyGEE11.6 (72) – 12.9 (81)
15:16GoalS. NealeGEE12.6 (78) – 12.9 (81)
18:46BehindJ. MartinGEE12.7 (79) – 12.9 (81)
19:21BehindI. DudleyFRE12.7 (79) – 12.10 (82)
22:06GoalI. DudleyFRE12.7 (79) – 13.10 (88)
24:05GoalA. BrayshawFRE12.7 (79) – 14.10 (94)
25:58BehindJ. ClarkGEE12.8 (80) – 14.10 (94)
27:10GoalP. DangerfieldGEE13.8 (86) – 14.10 (94)
28:45BehindC. SerongFRE13.8 (86) – 14.11 (95)
29:37BehindM. ReidFRE13.8 (86) – 14.12 (96)

0:58BehindM. HolmesGEE13.9 (87) – 14.12 (96)
3:20RushedGeelongGEE13.10 (88) – 14.12 (96)
4:18BehindM. ReidFRE13.10 (88) – 14.13 (97)
5:33GoalB. SmithGEE14.10 (94) – 14.13 (97)
7:20BehindP. VossFRE14.10 (94) – 14.14 (98)
8:37GoalJ. MartinGEELead change15.10 (100) – 14.14 (98)
12:31GoalS. NealeGEE16.10 (106) – 14.14 (98)
15:51BehindP. VossFRE16.10 (106) – 14.15 (99)
20:14RushedFremantleFRE16.10 (106) – 14.16 (100)
21:21BehindS. NealeGEE16.11 (107) – 14.16 (100)
22:51BehindS. MannaghGEE16.12 (108) – 14.16 (100)
23:44BehindS. MannaghGEE16.13 (109) – 14.16 (100)
24:25BehindJ. CameronGEE16.14 (110) – 14.16 (100)