Geelong Cats v West Coast Eagles – Round 5 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 5Sun, 12 Apr, 12:30 pm AEST

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17.2011.10

Geelong by 46

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GEE	4.5 29	10.8 68	14.13 97	17.20 122
WCE	3.4 22	5.8 38	9.8 62	11.10 76

Norwood Oval, AdelaideRain, 19°Lead changes 7

Recap

Geelong 17.20 (122) beat West Coast 11.10 (76) at Norwood Oval in Round 5, a 46-point win. The lead changed 7 times.

Geelong led at every change.

Jeremy Cameron kicked three goals for Geelong and Mark O'Connor three; Jobe Shanahan kicked four for West Coast.

Bailey Smith led the way with 34 disposals, a goal and 7 clearances.

A run of six straight goals across the second and third quarters stretched the lead from 1 to 37.

Geelong won the inside-50 count 67–42 and won the clearances 42–34.

Best on ground

More from Round 5

Geelong Cats17.20122

West Coast Eagles11.1076

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

1:01BehindJ. WatermanWCE0.0 (0) – 0.1 (1)
4:40BehindJ. WatermanWCE0.0 (0) – 0.2 (2)
6:54BehindT. KellyWCE0.0 (0) – 0.3 (3)
8:22BehindO. HenryGEE0.1 (1) – 0.3 (3)
8:49GoalH. SchoenbergWCE0.1 (1) – 1.3 (9)
10:13RushedGeelongGEE0.2 (2) – 1.3 (9)
11:31GoalO. WiltshireGEE1.2 (8) – 1.3 (9)
13:01BehindO. DempseyGEELevel1.3 (9) – 1.3 (9)
14:08BehindS. MannaghGEELead change1.4 (10) – 1.3 (9)
15:15BehindJ. WatermanWCELevel1.4 (10) – 1.4 (10)
18:33GoalM. OwiesWCELead change1.4 (10) – 2.4 (16)
23:23GoalS. NealeGEELevel2.4 (16) – 2.4 (16)
24:59GoalB. SmithGEELead change3.4 (22) – 2.4 (16)
28:12GoalM. O'ConnorGEE4.4 (28) – 2.4 (16)
29:25GoalL. BakerWCE4.4 (28) – 3.4 (22)
32:26BehindB. SmithGEE4.5 (29) – 3.4 (22)

0:26BehindT. KellyWCE4.5 (29) – 3.5 (23)
5:14GoalW. DuursmaWCELevel4.5 (29) – 4.5 (29)
6:31RushedWest CoastWCELead change4.5 (29) – 4.6 (30)
8:33GoalJ. WorpelGEELead change5.5 (35) – 4.6 (30)
10:40BehindT. BruhnGEE5.6 (36) – 4.6 (30)
11:49GoalJ. ShanahanWCELevel5.6 (36) – 5.6 (36)
15:43BehindH. SchoenbergWCELead change5.6 (36) – 5.7 (37)
17:58BehindO. WiltshireGEELevel5.7 (37) – 5.7 (37)
19:33BehindM. EdwardsGEELead change5.8 (38) – 5.7 (37)
21:22GoalB. CloseGEE6.8 (44) – 5.7 (37)
25:13GoalJ. CameronGEE7.8 (50) – 5.7 (37)
27:46GoalM. O'ConnorGEE8.8 (56) – 5.7 (37)
30:21GoalM. O'ConnorGEE9.8 (62) – 5.7 (37)
32:32GoalJ. BowesGEE10.8 (68) – 5.7 (37)
35:05BehindW. DuursmaWCE10.8 (68) – 5.8 (38)

2:02GoalS. NealeGEE11.8 (74) – 5.8 (38)
4:35BehindS. NealeGEE11.9 (75) – 5.8 (38)
6:05GoalJ. GrahamWCE11.9 (75) – 6.8 (44)
7:50GoalJ. WatermanWCE11.9 (75) – 7.8 (50)
9:14GoalJ. CameronGEE12.9 (81) – 7.8 (50)
11:05GoalO. HenryGEE13.9 (87) – 7.8 (50)
15:18BehindS. NealeGEE13.10 (88) – 7.8 (50)
17:20GoalJ. ShanahanWCE13.10 (88) – 8.8 (56)
20:34GoalS. De KoningGEE14.10 (94) – 8.8 (56)
23:32RushedGeelongGEE14.11 (95) – 8.8 (56)
26:23BehindB. CloseGEE14.12 (96) – 8.8 (56)
28:34GoalJ. ShanahanWCE14.12 (96) – 9.8 (62)
30:54BehindO. HenryGEE14.13 (97) – 9.8 (62)