North Melbourne v Geelong Cats – Round 23 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 23Sat, 15 Aug, 3:45 pm AEST

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Geelong by 15

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Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
NTH	7.2 44	9.3 57	14.5 89	17.8 110
GEE	1.0 6	10.4 64	13.10 88	19.11 125

Marvel Stadium, MelbourneLead changes 5

Recap

Geelong 19.11 (125) beat North 17.8 (110) at Marvel Stadium in Round 23, a 15-point win after trailing by 39.

Geelong trailed by 1 at three-quarter time, then kicked 6.1 to 3.3 in the last quarter.

Shaun Mannagh kicked three goals for Geelong and Mark Blicavs three; Nick Larkey kicked five for North.

Oliver Dempsey led the way with 24 disposals and a goal.

A run of six straight goals in the second quarter cut the deficit from 39 to 1.

Geelong won the inside-50 count 65–45, and North won the clearances 50–37.

Best on ground

More from Round 23

North Melbourne17.8110

Geelong Cats19.11125

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

0:25GoalJ. SimpkinNTH1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
1:40GoalJ. DarlingNTH2.0 (12) – 0.0 (0)
11:39GoalJ. PolkinghorneGEE2.0 (12) – 1.0 (6)
13:13GoalJ. DarlingNTH3.0 (18) – 1.0 (6)
14:48GoalN. LarkeyNTH4.0 (24) – 1.0 (6)
22:39GoalZ. BanchNTH5.0 (30) – 1.0 (6)
24:19BehindC. SpargoNTH5.1 (31) – 1.0 (6)
26:29GoalP. CurtisNTH6.1 (37) – 1.0 (6)
28:06GoalJ. SimpkinNTH7.1 (43) – 1.0 (6)
29:55RushedNorthNTH7.2 (44) – 1.0 (6)

0:51BehindC. TrembathNTH7.3 (45) – 1.0 (6)
4:00GoalM. EdwardsGEE7.3 (45) – 2.0 (12)
5:23GoalS. MannaghGEE7.3 (45) – 3.0 (18)
9:05GoalS. NealeGEE7.3 (45) – 4.0 (24)
11:11BehindO. DempseyGEE7.3 (45) – 4.1 (25)
14:48GoalM. BlicavsGEE7.3 (45) – 5.1 (31)
17:17GoalJ. PolkinghorneGEE7.3 (45) – 6.1 (37)
19:06BehindS. NealeGEE7.3 (45) – 6.2 (38)
19:49GoalL. HumphriesGEE7.3 (45) – 7.2 (44)
21:25GoalH. SheezelNTH8.3 (51) – 7.2 (44)
23:04GoalS. MannaghGEE8.3 (51) – 8.2 (50)
25:10GoalB. CloseGEELead change8.3 (51) – 9.2 (56)
26:52GoalJ. DarlingNTHLead change9.3 (57) – 9.2 (56)
28:04BehindP. DangerfieldGEELevel9.3 (57) – 9.3 (57)
29:57GoalM. EdwardsGEELead change9.3 (57) – 10.3 (63)
32:11BehindJ. WorpelGEE9.3 (57) – 10.4 (64)

2:30RushedNorthNTH9.4 (58) – 10.4 (64)
3:54GoalM. BlicavsGEE9.4 (58) – 11.4 (70)
7:05BehindS. MannaghGEE9.4 (58) – 11.5 (71)
8:47BehindO. HenryGEE9.4 (58) – 11.6 (72)
12:46GoalN. LarkeyNTH10.4 (64) – 11.6 (72)
14:30BehindO. DempseyGEE10.4 (64) – 11.7 (73)
15:28GoalO. HenryGEE10.4 (64) – 12.7 (79)
17:56BehindL. Davies-UniackeNTH10.5 (65) – 12.7 (79)
18:51GoalC. TrembathNTH11.5 (71) – 12.7 (79)
20:02GoalP. DangerfieldGEE11.5 (71) – 13.7 (85)
22:55GoalN. LarkeyNTH12.5 (77) – 13.7 (85)
24:37GoalC. TrembathNTH13.5 (83) – 13.7 (85)
25:41BehindM. BlicavsGEE13.5 (83) – 13.8 (86)
26:57BehindS. MannaghGEE13.5 (83) – 13.9 (87)
28:21GoalC. TrembathNTHLead change14.5 (89) – 13.9 (87)
30:54BehindS. NealeGEE14.5 (89) – 13.10 (88)

0:31GoalM. BlicavsGEELead change14.5 (89) – 14.10 (94)
2:14RushedNorthNTH14.6 (90) – 14.10 (94)
4:20GoalS. NealeGEE14.6 (90) – 15.10 (100)
6:59GoalP. DangerfieldGEE14.6 (90) – 16.10 (106)
8:48BehindZ. BanchNTH14.7 (91) – 16.10 (106)
10:14GoalJ. DarlingNTH15.7 (97) – 16.10 (106)
11:25GoalN. LarkeyNTH16.7 (103) – 16.10 (106)
21:01GoalO. DempseyGEE16.7 (103) – 17.10 (112)
23:13GoalJ. PolkinghorneGEE16.7 (103) – 18.10 (118)
26:44GoalN. LarkeyNTH17.7 (109) – 18.10 (118)
28:38BehindJ. DarlingNTH17.8 (110) – 18.10 (118)
31:49RushedGeelongGEE17.8 (110) – 18.11 (119)
33:02GoalS. MannaghGEE17.8 (110) – 19.11 (125)