Geelong Cats v Essendon – Round 22 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 22Sat, 8 Aug, 4:35 pm AEST

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11750

17.157.8

Geelong by 67

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Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GEE	4.5 29	10.9 69	13.11 89	17.15 117
ESS	0.4 4	2.4 16	6.7 43	7.8 50

GMHBA Stadium, GeelongRain, 17°Lead changes 0

Recap

Geelong 17.15 (117) beat Essendon 7.8 (50) at GMHBA Stadium in Round 22, a 67-point win.

Geelong led at every change.

Oliver Henry kicked four goals for Geelong and Oliver Dempsey four; Jacob Farrow kicked two for Essendon.

Bailey Smith led the way with 38 disposals and 8 clearances.

A run of ten straight goals across the first and second quarters broke the deadlock to lead by 65.

Geelong won the inside-50 count 55–44 and won the clearances 48–36.

Best on ground

Geelong · #3 · 82% game time

More from Round 22

Geelong Cats17.15117

Essendon7.850

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

3:36RushedGeelongGEE0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
5:00BehindJ. PriorESSLevel0.1 (1) – 0.1 (1)
7:28GoalO. DempseyGEE1.1 (7) – 0.1 (1)
9:05GoalS. NealeGEE2.1 (13) – 0.1 (1)
13:32GoalO. HenryGEE3.1 (19) – 0.1 (1)
14:55RushedEssendonESS3.1 (19) – 0.2 (2)
16:49BehindO. HenryGEE3.2 (20) – 0.2 (2)
19:08BehindA. McGrathESS3.2 (20) – 0.3 (3)
20:19BehindI. KakoESS3.2 (20) – 0.4 (4)
24:30RushedGeelongGEE3.3 (21) – 0.4 (4)
26:49BehindS. MannaghGEE3.4 (22) – 0.4 (4)
28:08GoalO. DempseyGEE4.4 (28) – 0.4 (4)
29:16BehindB. CloseGEE4.5 (29) – 0.4 (4)

4:45GoalO. HenryGEE5.5 (35) – 0.4 (4)
6:42BehindG. MiersGEE5.6 (36) – 0.4 (4)
7:19BehindO. HenryGEE5.7 (37) – 0.4 (4)
8:10GoalO. DempseyGEE6.7 (43) – 0.4 (4)
10:38GoalO. HenryGEE7.7 (49) – 0.4 (4)
14:59GoalO. DempseyGEE8.7 (55) – 0.4 (4)
16:57RushedGeelongGEE8.8 (56) – 0.4 (4)
18:22GoalJ. PolkinghorneGEE9.8 (62) – 0.4 (4)
20:03GoalJ. MartinGEE10.8 (68) – 0.4 (4)
23:58BehindB. CloseGEE10.9 (69) – 0.4 (4)
27:46GoalJ. FarrowESS10.9 (69) – 1.4 (10)
30:35GoalA. RobertsESS10.9 (69) – 2.4 (16)

1:23BehindJ. PolkinghorneGEE10.10 (70) – 2.4 (16)
2:54BehindS. DurhamESS10.10 (70) – 2.5 (17)
6:01GoalA. PerkinsESS10.10 (70) – 3.5 (23)
8:08BehindJ. CaldwellESS10.10 (70) – 3.6 (24)
9:26GoalO. HenryGEE11.10 (76) – 3.6 (24)
13:19GoalN. CaddyESS11.10 (76) – 4.6 (30)
16:49BehindS. NealeGEE11.11 (77) – 4.6 (30)
18:14GoalJ. FarrowESS11.11 (77) – 5.6 (36)
21:38RushedEssendonESS11.11 (77) – 5.7 (37)
23:12GoalH. El AchkarESS11.11 (77) – 6.7 (43)
25:41GoalJ. MartinGEE12.11 (83) – 6.7 (43)
27:13GoalS. MannaghGEE13.11 (89) – 6.7 (43)