Geelong Cats v Adelaide Crows, Round 3 2026
2026 AFLRound 3
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEE | 4.4 28 | 6.5 41 | 7.9 51 | 9.14 68 |
| ADE | 2.2 14 | 5.3 33 | 7.5 47 | 9.6 60 |
GMHBA Stadium, GeelongRain, 18°Lead changes 2
Recap
Geelong beat Adelaide by 8
Geelong 9.14 (68) beat Adelaide 9.6 (60) at GMHBA Stadium in Round 3, a 8-point win.
Geelong led at every change.
Jack Martin kicked three goals for Geelong and Oliver Dempsey two; Zac Taylor kicked three for Adelaide.
Bailey Smith led the way with 40 disposals, 6 clearances and 10 tackles.
Geelong won the inside-50 count 67–45 and won the contested ball 159–127.
In context
- Geelong have now beaten Adelaide 6 times in a row.
- Milestone: Mark O'Connor’s 150th game.
- First game for Adelaide: Finnbar Maley.
- A career-high 31 disposals for Josh Rachele (previous best 24).
- A career-high 12 marks for Sam De Koning (previous best 9).
Best on ground
Geelong · #3 · 84% game time
- 40
- D
- 0
- G
- 2
- M
- 10
- T
6 clearances · 7 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 154
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
Geelong aheadAdelaide aheadGoal
- Geelong lead by 20Q2 2:25
- Level at 53Q4 7:56
- Geelong in front for goodQ4 11:54
GeelongGoals
- J. Martin 3.2
- O. Dempsey 2
- M. Holmes 1.1
- S. Mannagh 1.1
- O. Henry 1
- T. Stewart 1
AdelaideGoals
- Field umpires
- Andrew Stephens, Hayden Meyer, John Howorth, Jacob Mollison
Geelong CatsFinal team
Adelaide CrowsFinal team
Interchange
EmergenciesC. Edwards, R. O'Brien, J. Borlase
In
- +Hugh Bond
- +Luke Nankervis
- +Finnbar Maley
- +Zac Taylor
Out
- −Rory Laird · Injured
- −Jordan Dawson · Injured
- −Taylor Walker · Managed
- −Callum Ah Chee · Injured
First game for the club
- Finnbar Maley · Eltham (Vic)/Northern Bullants (VFL)/North Melbourne
How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: Champion Data rating points and AFL Fantasy points together, on a 0–10 scale against every AFL game since 2001 (Fantasy points alone before 2012). 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need 15% game time to be rated.
Geelong won the inside-50 count 67–45 and won the contested ball 159–127.
GEEAttackADE
- Inside 50s 45
- Scoring shots 9.615
- Accuracy 60%
67
239.14
39%
The ball
- Disposals 329
- Contested possessions 127
- Clearances 35
- Marks 65
- Tackles 72
- Free kicks 13
- Biggest lead 2
409
159
42
98
76
25
20
Geelong Cats9.1468
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3B. Smith | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 154 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 0 | |
| 7S. Mannagh | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 98 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | |
| 9M. Holmes | 27 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 111 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |
| 32G. MiersInt | 25 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 123 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | |
| 44T. Stewart | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 109 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14C. O'Sullivan | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| 46M. Blicavs | 24 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 98 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 11 | |
| 28O. Dempsey | 21 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 93 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| 30T. Atkins | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 90 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19J. Martin | 14 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 81 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 16S. De Koning | 18 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 33S. Neale | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 15 | |
| 42M. O'ConnorInt | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| 13J. ClarkInt | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 61 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | |
| 4T. BruhnInt | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 34O. Mullin | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36O. Henry | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 17L. HumphriesInt | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5J. Cameron | 11 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 21O. Wiltshire | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |
| 38J. Henry | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 39Z. Guthrie | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11M. Edwards | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |
| Team | 409 | 9 | 9 | 98 | 76 | 42 | 1764 | 261 | 148 | 67 | 38 |
Adelaide Crows9.660
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8J. Rachele | 31 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 114 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | |
| 24J. Worrell | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| 42L. McAndrew | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 92 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 40 | |
| 14J. Soligo | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 92 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| 15B. CookInt | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 83 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3S. Berry | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| 25J. PeatlingInt | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 77 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7R. Thilthorpe | 14 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 9N. Murray | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16M. Michalanney | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 69 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30W. Milera | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2B. Keays | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| 21H. Bond | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19Z. TaylorInt | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44I. Cumming | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28A. Neal-Bullen | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 41J. Butts | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27L. NankervisInt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1C. Jones | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36F. MaleyInt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| 23I. Rankine | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32D. Fogarty | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10L. Pedlar | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team | 329 | 9 | 4 | 65 | 72 | 35 | 1396 | 208 | 121 | 45 | 51 |
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 quarterGEE 4.4 (28) · ADE 2.2 (14)
- 2:04BehindM. BlicavsGEE0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
- 2:45BehindJ. MartinGEE0.2 (2) – 0.0 (0)
- 5:32GoalT. StewartGEE1.2 (8) – 0.0 (0)
- 8:00BehindS. MannaghGEE1.3 (9) – 0.0 (0)
- 8:59GoalO. HenryGEE2.3 (15) – 0.0 (0)
- 11:41GoalZ. TaylorADE2.3 (15) – 1.0 (6)
- 14:55GoalS. MannaghGEE3.3 (21) – 1.0 (6)
- 18:52GoalR. ThilthorpeADE3.3 (21) – 2.0 (12)
- 21:16BehindS. BerryADE3.3 (21) – 2.1 (13)
- 23:52BehindJ. CameronGEE3.4 (22) – 2.1 (13)
- 29:07GoalO. DempseyGEE4.4 (28) – 2.1 (13)
- 30:55BehindR. ThilthorpeADE4.4 (28) – 2.2 (14)
Second quarterGEE 2.1 (13) · ADE 3.1 (19)
- 2:25GoalJ. MartinGEE5.4 (34) – 2.2 (14)
- 5:20GoalJ. RacheleADE5.4 (34) – 3.2 (20)
- 15:34GoalI. CummingADE5.4 (34) – 4.2 (26)
- 19:06RushedAdelaideADE5.4 (34) – 4.3 (27)
- 20:44BehindJ. CameronGEE5.5 (35) – 4.3 (27)
- 22:31GoalI. RankineADE5.5 (35) – 5.3 (33)
- 26:49GoalJ. MartinGEE6.5 (41) – 5.3 (33)
Third quarterGEE 1.4 (10) · ADE 2.2 (14)
- 1:07BehindJ. MartinGEE6.6 (42) – 5.3 (33)
- 3:24GoalM. HolmesGEE7.6 (48) – 5.3 (33)
- 10:46RushedGeelongGEE7.7 (49) – 5.3 (33)
- 11:29BehindB. CookADE7.7 (49) – 5.4 (34)
- 16:43GoalZ. TaylorADE7.7 (49) – 6.4 (40)
- 23:08GoalZ. TaylorADE7.7 (49) – 7.4 (46)
- 24:39RushedGeelongGEE7.8 (50) – 7.4 (46)
- 25:34BehindB. KeaysADE7.8 (50) – 7.5 (47)
- 26:52BehindM. HolmesGEE7.9 (51) – 7.5 (47)
Last quarterGEE 2.5 (17) · ADE 2.1 (13)
- 4:37GoalA. Neal-BullenADELead change7.9 (51) – 8.5 (53)
- 5:55BehindG. MiersGEE7.10 (52) – 8.5 (53)
- 7:56RushedGeelongGEELevel7.11 (53) – 8.5 (53)
- 11:54RushedGeelongGEELead change7.12 (54) – 8.5 (53)
- 13:58BehindS. NealeGEE7.13 (55) – 8.5 (53)
- 15:37GoalJ. MartinGEE8.13 (61) – 8.5 (53)
- 23:54RushedGeelongGEE8.14 (62) – 8.5 (53)
- 26:21GoalO. DempseyGEE9.14 (68) – 8.5 (53)
- 30:28GoalN. MurrayADE9.14 (68) – 9.5 (59)
- 31:45RushedAdelaideADE9.14 (68) – 9.6 (60)