GWS Giants v Geelong Cats – Round 18 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 18Sat, 11 July, 4:15 pm AEST

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12.1411.7

GWS by 13

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GWS	2.2 14	3.6 24	5.10 40	12.14 86
GEE	5.2 32	7.7 49	10.7 67	11.7 73

ENGIE Stadium, SydneyMostly sunny, 19°Lead changes 1

Recap

GWS 12.14 (86) beat Geelong 11.7 (73) at ENGIE Stadium in Round 18, a 13-point win after trailing by 39.

GWS trailed by 27 at three-quarter time, then kicked 7.4 to 1.0 in the last quarter.

Callum Brown kicked three goals for GWS and Riley Hamilton two; Shaun Mannagh kicked four for Geelong.

Kieren Briggs led the way with 19 disposals, a goal and 51 hitouts.

A run of six straight goals across the third and last quarters cut the deficit from 39 to 1.

GWS won the clearances 49–41 and won the contested ball 165–145.

Best on ground

More from Round 18

GWS Giants12.1486

Geelong Cats11.773

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

4:24GoalO. DempseyGEE0.0 (0) – 1.0 (6)
6:49BehindP. DangerfieldGEE0.0 (0) – 1.1 (7)
8:22GoalS. MannaghGEE0.0 (0) – 2.1 (13)
9:57GoalC. BrownGWS1.0 (6) – 2.1 (13)
11:41RushedGWSGWS1.1 (7) – 2.1 (13)
13:49GoalA. CadmanGWSLevel2.1 (13) – 2.1 (13)
16:00GoalO. DempseyGEE2.1 (13) – 3.1 (19)
17:42GoalS. MannaghGEE2.1 (13) – 4.1 (25)
21:51BehindR. HamiltonGWS2.2 (14) – 4.1 (25)
29:11RushedGeelongGEE2.2 (14) – 4.2 (26)
32:22GoalO. DempseyGEE2.2 (14) – 5.2 (32)

4:26GoalO. WiltshireGEE2.2 (14) – 6.2 (38)
5:34GoalT. BedfordGWS3.2 (20) – 6.2 (38)
7:19RushedGWSGWS3.3 (21) – 6.2 (38)
8:02BehindS. ConiglioGWS3.4 (22) – 6.2 (38)
11:33BehindJ. StringerGWS3.5 (23) – 6.2 (38)
15:25BehindJ. HenryGEE3.5 (23) – 6.3 (39)
17:39BehindA. CadmanGWS3.6 (24) – 6.3 (39)
18:37BehindM. KnevittGEE3.6 (24) – 6.4 (40)
20:29BehindS. MannaghGEE3.6 (24) – 6.5 (41)
21:51BehindP. DangerfieldGEE3.6 (24) – 6.6 (42)
25:05BehindJ. MartinGEE3.6 (24) – 6.7 (43)
26:00GoalO. HenryGEE3.6 (24) – 7.7 (49)

0:23GoalB. SmithGEE3.6 (24) – 8.7 (55)
6:14BehindJ. StringerGWS3.7 (25) – 8.7 (55)
12:05RushedGWSGWS3.8 (26) – 8.7 (55)
14:02GoalM. KnevittGEE3.8 (26) – 9.7 (61)
15:55BehindX. O'HalloranGWS3.9 (27) – 9.7 (61)
21:29BehindP. GothardGWS3.10 (28) – 9.7 (61)
22:08GoalS. MannaghGEE3.10 (28) – 10.7 (67)
25:10GoalJ. StringerGWS4.10 (34) – 10.7 (67)
27:25GoalT. BedfordGWS5.10 (40) – 10.7 (67)

2:36GoalR. HamiltonGWS6.10 (46) – 10.7 (67)
4:20GoalC. BrownGWS7.10 (52) – 10.7 (67)
8:31GoalK. BriggsGWS8.10 (58) – 10.7 (67)
13:58RushedGWSGWS8.11 (59) – 10.7 (67)
15:23GoalR. HamiltonGWS9.11 (65) – 10.7 (67)
19:46BehindX. O'HalloranGWS9.12 (66) – 10.7 (67)
21:51GoalS. MannaghGEE9.12 (66) – 11.7 (73)
24:43GoalH. HimmelbergGWS10.12 (72) – 11.7 (73)
28:20GoalC. BrownGWSLead change11.12 (78) – 11.7 (73)
31:07RushedGWSGWS11.13 (79) – 11.7 (73)
34:19GoalF. CallaghanGWS12.13 (85) – 11.7 (73)
36:29RushedGWSGWS12.14 (86) – 11.7 (73)