Geelong Cats v North Melbourne – Round 8 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers | FanCrew

2026 AFLRound 8Sat, 2 May, 4:35 pm AEST

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13586

21.913.8

Geelong by 49

North MelbourneNorth

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GEE	4.3 27	5.6 36	12.7 79	21.9 135
NTH	3.2 20	5.5 35	9.8 62	13.8 86

GMHBA Stadium, GeelongMostly sunny, 25°Lead changes 4

Recap

Geelong too strong for North

Geelong 21.9 (135) beat North 13.8 (86) at GMHBA Stadium in Round 8, a 49-point win.

Geelong led at every change.

Shaun Mannagh kicked four goals for Geelong and Jeremy Cameron three; Jack Darling kicked three for North.

Max Holmes led the way with 29 disposals and two goals.

A run of five straight goals in the last quarter stretched the lead from 11 to 41.

Geelong won the inside-50 count 60–50.

In context

Geelong have now beaten North 15 times in a row.
A career-high 14 clearances for Tristan Xerri (previous best 13).
A career-high 4 goals for Shaun Mannagh (previous best 3).

Best on ground

More from Round 8

Thursday 30 April

DrawCollingwood15.393–13.1593Hawthorn

Friday 1 May

FT

Disposals

Goals

Marks

Tackles

Geelong Cats21.9135

Geelong Cats player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
9M. Holmes	8.5	29	2	0	4	2	4	107	19	10	6	0
7S. Mannagh	8.2	18	4	1	1	1	4	80	12	6	7	0
5J. Cameron	7.5	19	3	3	8	1	1	94	15	4	3	0
33S. Neale	7.4	10	3	0	5	4	1	82	7	3	1	6
39Z. Guthrie	7.2	22	1	0	4	1	1	76	13	9	3	0
19J. Martin	7.1	16	2	0	7	2	1	82	9	7	0	0
36O. HenryInt	7.1	14	1	1	3	5	1	73	8	6	4	0
29J. WorpelInt	7.0	17	1	0	2	5	6	70	10	7	8	0
3B. Smith	6.9	26	0	1	0	1	6	71	14	12	3	0
34O. Mullin	6.9	18	0	0	4	6	4	76	7	11	1	0
4T. BruhnInt	6.8	22	0	0	6	7	0	101	10	12	5	0
17L. HumphriesInt	6.6	12	1	0	5	3	0	68	9	3	0	0
30T. Atkins	6.5	19	0	0	2	5	3	71	9	10	3	0
28O. Dempsey	6.4	14	1	1	4	3	0	62	6	8	1	0
45B. Close	6.2	14	0	1	2	1	0	46	5	9	4	0
16S. De KoningInt	6.2	13	0	0	3	0	3	52	5	8	2	14
8J. Kolodjashnij	6.1	14	0	0	5	0	0	52	8	6	1	0
44T. Stewart	5.8	14	0	0	5	0	0	50	10	4	0	0
12J. Bowes	5.7	14	1	0	2	1	1	50	6	8	1	0
35P. Dangerfield	5.7	11	1	0	1	2	1	44	4	7	2	0
42M. O'Connor	5.6	15	0	0	4	0	0	40	7	8	3	0
14C. O'Sullivan	5.6	12	0	0	4	1	0	40	6	6	1	0
11M. Edwards	5.3	8	0	0	0	2	2	36	4	4	1	20
Team		371	21	8	81	53	39	1523	203	168	60	40

North Melbourne13.886

North Melbourne player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
38T. Xerri	9.0	30	0	1	1	7	14	131	14	16	5	23
12J. Simpkin	7.2	21	2	0	2	1	3	73	14	7	6	0
9L. Davies-Uniacke	7.0	24	0	0	2	5	6	79	12	12	9	0
10C. McKercher	7.0	23	2	0	5	2	0	90	15	8	3	0
2F. O'Sullivan	7.0	21	0	0	1	6	4	78	9	12	4	0
27J. Darling	7.0	15	3	0	2	0	2	59	6	9	2	1
3H. Sheezel	6.8	20	1	0	5	4	3	80	10	10	2	0
25P. Curtis	6.8	17	1	2	3	5	1	81	9	8	3	0
5C. Daniel	6.6	19	0	0	1	6	2	71	9	10	1	0
7Z. DuursmaInt	6.5	8	3	0	2	2	0	53	4	4	1	0
26L. Parker	6.3	19	0	0	6	0	1	67	12	7	1	0
39T. Blamires	6.3	17	0	0	4	2	0	62	7	10	1	0
44C. Zurhaar	6.3	16	0	0	2	2	0	55	8	8	1	0
30C. Comben	6.1	14	0	0	6	0	1	48	8	6	1	0
19G. Logue	6.0	13	0	0	2	2	0	46	6	7	0	0
24T. PowellInt	5.9	8	0	0	3	5	0	49	4	4	1	0
11L. McDonaldInt	5.7	17	0	0	3	0	0	44	8	9	3	0
15D. Stephens	5.7	16	0	0	3	0	2	46	10	6	3	0
4A. Corr	5.7	14	0	0	5	1	0	46	5	9	0	0
20N. Larkey	5.5	9	1	1	4	2	0	50	4	5	1	0
47C. Trembath	5.3	9	0	1	4	1	0	38	5	4	1	4
13C. SpargoInt	5.1	9	0	0	1	1	0	27	2	7	1	0
1L. DovastonInt	4.3	8	0	1	1	1	2	28	2	6	0	0
Team		367	13	6	68	55	41	1401	183	184	50	28

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 4.3 (27) · NTH 3.2 (20)

1:29GoalJ. MartinGEE1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
3:15GoalJ. BowesGEE2.0 (12) – 0.0 (0)
5:26GoalS. MannaghGEE3.0 (18) – 0.0 (0)
9:11BehindN. LarkeyNTH3.0 (18) – 0.1 (1)
12:39GoalS. NealeGEE4.0 (24) – 0.1 (1)
14:34GoalJ. DarlingNTH4.0 (24) – 1.1 (7)
15:46BehindJ. CameronGEE4.1 (25) – 1.1 (7)
17:55BehindJ. CameronGEE4.2 (26) – 1.1 (7)
20:37BehindS. MannaghGEE4.3 (27) – 1.1 (7)
27:12GoalC. McKercherNTH4.3 (27) – 2.1 (13)
29:10BehindP. CurtisNTH4.3 (27) – 2.2 (14)
30:46GoalP. CurtisNTH4.3 (27) – 3.2 (20)

Second quarterGEE 1.3 (9) · NTH 2.3 (15)

2:17RushedNorthNTH4.3 (27) – 3.3 (21)
4:33BehindO. DempseyGEE4.4 (28) – 3.3 (21)
5:46BehindC. TrembathNTH4.4 (28) – 3.4 (22)
8:26GoalP. DangerfieldGEE5.4 (34) – 3.4 (22)
10:36RushedGeelongGEE5.5 (35) – 3.4 (22)
15:18GoalZ. DuursmaNTH5.5 (35) – 4.4 (28)
19:04BehindJ. CameronGEE5.6 (36) – 4.4 (28)
20:56BehindL. DovastonNTH5.6 (36) – 4.5 (29)
21:39GoalZ. DuursmaNTH5.6 (36) – 5.5 (35)

Third quarterGEE 7.1 (43) · NTH 4.3 (27)

0:27GoalC. McKercherNTHLead change5.6 (36) – 6.5 (41)
3:42BehindT. XerriNTH5.6 (36) – 6.6 (42)
4:49GoalJ. CameronGEELevel6.6 (42) – 6.6 (42)
7:26GoalO. DempseyGEELead change7.6 (48) – 6.6 (42)
8:32BehindP. CurtisNTH7.6 (48) – 6.7 (43)
11:43GoalN. LarkeyNTHLead change7.6 (48) – 7.7 (49)
19:55GoalZ. DuursmaNTH7.6 (48) – 8.7 (55)
22:48GoalS. MannaghGEE8.6 (54) – 8.7 (55)
25:14GoalM. HolmesGEELead change9.6 (60) – 8.7 (55)
26:58RushedNorthNTH9.6 (60) – 8.8 (56)
27:40GoalM. HolmesGEE10.6 (66) – 8.8 (56)
29:26GoalJ. SimpkinNTH10.6 (66) – 9.8 (62)
32:08GoalS. NealeGEE11.6 (72) – 9.8 (62)
33:16BehindB. CloseGEE11.7 (73) – 9.8 (62)
34:17GoalS. NealeGEE12.7 (79) – 9.8 (62)

Last quarterGEE 9.2 (56) · NTH 4.0 (24)

0:38GoalJ. DarlingNTH12.7 (79) – 10.8 (68)
1:50GoalS. MannaghGEE13.7 (85) – 10.8 (68)
4:31GoalJ. MartinGEE14.7 (91) – 10.8 (68)
7:49GoalS. MannaghGEE15.7 (97) – 10.8 (68)
10:49GoalJ. CameronGEE16.7 (103) – 10.8 (68)
12:35GoalJ. WorpelGEE17.7 (109) – 10.8 (68)
15:48GoalH. SheezelNTH17.7 (109) – 11.8 (74)
17:49GoalZ. GuthrieGEE18.7 (115) – 11.8 (74)
19:30GoalL. HumphriesGEE19.7 (121) – 11.8 (74)
23:02GoalO. HenryGEE20.7 (127) – 11.8 (74)
28:23BehindO. HenryGEE20.8 (128) – 11.8 (74)
29:33GoalJ. SimpkinNTH20.8 (128) – 12.8 (80)
31:39GoalJ. DarlingNTH20.8 (128) – 13.8 (86)
33:09GoalJ. CameronGEE21.8 (134) – 13.8 (86)
35:06BehindB. SmithGEE21.9 (135) – 13.8 (86)