Geelong vs North Melbourne - Round 8, 2026 - Live Scores & Stats

Geelong vs North Melbourne – Round 8, 2026

The Geelong Cats face the North Melbourne Kangaroos in Round 8 of the 2026 AFL season. Follow the live scores, team lists, match statistics and key moments from the game at GMHBA Stadium.

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Geelong

DATE	OPP	RESULT
25/4/26	Port Adelaide	L 95 - 65
17/4/26	Bulldogs	W 131 - 56
12/4/26	West Coast	W 122 - 76
6/4/26	Hawthorn	L 92 - 91
26/3/26	Adelaide	W 68 - 60

North Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
26/4/26	GWS	L 105 - 98
19/4/26	Richmond	W 130 - 55
11/4/26	Brisbane	L 66 - 92
3/4/26	Carlton	W 96 - 86
28/3/26	Essendon	W 69 - 81

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	4.3 27	5.6 36	12.7 79	21.9 135
	3.2 20	5.5 35	9.8 62	13.8 86

Best On Ground

Max Holmes M Holmes29 disposals
2 goals

Bailey Smith B Smith26 disposals

Shaun Mannagh S Mannagh4 goals

Tristan Xerri T Xerri30 disposals

Luke Davies-Uniacke L Davies-Uniacke24 disposals

Zane Duursma Z Duursma3 goals

Geelong

North Melbourne

Geelong

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Bailey Smith	14	12	26	0	0	3	1	1	0	1
Bradley Close	5	9	14	2	0	2	0	1	0	1
Connor O'Sullivan	6	6	12	4	0	0	2	1	0	0
Jack Bowes	6	8	14	2	0	3	1	1	1	0
Jack Martin	9	7	16	7	0	0	0	2	2	0
Jake Kolodjashnij	8	6	14	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
James Worpel	10	7	17	2	0	3	3	5	1	0
Jeremy Cameron	15	4	19	8	0	1	3	1	3	3
Lawson Humphries	9	3	12	5	0	2	0	3	1	0
Mark O'Connor	7	8	15	4	0	0	3	0	0	0
Max Holmes	19	10	29	4	0	1	1	2	2	0
Mitchell Edwards	4	4	8	0	20	0	4	2	0	0
Oisin Mullin	7	11	18	4	0	3	2	6	0	0
Oliver Dempsey	6	8	14	4	0	0	1	3	1	1
Oliver Henry	8	6	14	3	0	1	0	5	1	1
P. Dangerfield	4	7	11	1	0	4	1	2	1	0
Sam De Koning	5	8	13	3	14	1	1	0	0	0
Shannon Neale	7	3	10	5	6	0	0	4	3	0
Shaun Mannagh	12	6	18	1	0	0	0	1	4	1
Tanner Bruhn	10	12	22	6	0	1	0	7	0	0
Tom Atkins	9	10	19	2	0	1	1	5	0	0
Tom Stewart	10	4	14	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Zach Guthrie	13	9	22	4	0	0	1	1	1	0

North Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aidan Corr	5	9	14	5	0	0	2	1	0	0
Caleb Daniel	9	10	19	1	0	0	1	6	0	0
Cameron Zurhaar	8	8	16	2	0	1	0	2	0	0
Charlie Comben	8	6	14	6	0	0	2	0	0	0
Charlie Spargo	2	7	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Colby McKercher	15	8	23	5	0	0	2	2	2	0
Cooper Trembath	5	4	9	4	4	0	2	1	0	1
Dylan Stephens	10	6	16	3	0	1	2	0	0	0
Finn O'Sullivan	9	12	21	1	0	0	0	6	0	0
Griffin Logue	6	7	13	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Harry Sheezel	10	10	20	5	0	2	3	4	1	0
Jack Darling	6	9	15	2	1	1	1	0	3	0
Jy Simpkin	14	7	21	2	0	1	2	1	2	0
Lachy Dovaston	2	6	8	1	0	2	0	1	0	1
L. Davies-Uniacke	12	12	24	2	0	2	3	5	0	0
Luke McDonald	8	9	17	3	0	2	3	0	0	0
Luke Parker	12	7	19	6	0	2	1	0	0	0
Nick Larkey	4	5	9	4	0	1	0	2	1	1
Paul Curtis	9	8	17	3	0	1	0	5	1	2
Tom Blamires	7	10	17	4	0	1	0	2	0	0
Tom Powell	4	4	8	3	0	0	0	5	0	0
Tristan Xerri	14	16	30	1	23	8	2	7	0	1
Zane Duursma	4	4	8	2	0	1	0	2	3	0

Geelong

North Melbourne

IN	Jake Kolodjashnij, Sam De Koning
OUT	Mark Blicavs (Injured), Jack Henry (Injured)

IN	Charlie Comben, Tom Blamires
OUT	Toby Pink (Omitted), George Wardlaw (Illness)

FB	12	Jack Bowes	14	Connor O'Sullivan	44	Tom Stewart
FF	44	Cameron Zurhaar	20	Nick Larkey	27	Jack Darling
HB	34	Oisin Mullin	39	Zach Guthrie	8	Jake Kolodjashnij
HF	25	Paul Curtis	47	Cooper Trembath	0	Tom Blamires
C	42	Mark O'Connor	3	Bailey Smith	28	Oliver Dempsey
C	12	Jy Simpkin	2	Finn O'Sullivan	15	Dylan Stephens
HF	5	Jeremy Cameron	7	Shaun Mannagh	45	Bradley Close
HB	10	Colby McKercher	5	Caleb Daniel	26	Luke Parker
FF	35	P. Dangerfield	33	Shannon Neale	19	Jack Martin
FB	4	Aidan Corr	19	Griffin Logue	30	Charlie Comben

FOLLOWERS
11	Mitchell Edwards
30	Tom Atkins
9	Max Holmes

INTERCHANGE
17	Lawson Humphries
16	Sam De Koning
29	James Worpel
4	Tanner Bruhn
36	Oliver Henry

EMERGENCIES
38	Jack Henry
21	Oliver Wiltshire
15	George Stevens

FOLLOWERS
38	Tristan Xerri
9	L. Davies-Uniacke
3	Harry Sheezel

INTERCHANGE
11	Luke McDonald
24	Tom Powell
13	Charlie Spargo
1	Lachy Dovaston
7	Zane Duursma

EMERGENCIES
32	Toby Pink
37	Cooper Harvey
41	Jacob Konstanty

Geelong

IN

J. Kolodjashnij, S. De Koning

OUT

M. Blicavs, J. Henry

B	J. Bowes, C. O'Sullivan, T. Stewart
HB	O. Mullin, Z. Guthrie, J. Kolodjashnij
C	M. O'Connor, B. Smith, O. Dempsey
HF	J. Cameron, S. Mannagh, B. Close
F	P. Dangerfield, S. Neale, J. Martin
FOL	M. Edwards, T. Atkins, M. Holmes
I/C	L. Humphries, S. De Koning, J. Worpel, T. Bruhn, O. Henry
EMG	J. Henry, O. Wiltshire, G. Stevens

North Melbourne

IN

C. Comben, T. Blamires

OUT

T. Pink, G. Wardlaw

B	A. Corr, G. Logue, C. Comben
HB	C. McKercher, C. Daniel, L. Parker
C	J. Simpkin, F. O'Sullivan, D. Stephens
HF	P. Curtis, C. Trembath, T. Blamires
F	C. Zurhaar, N. Larkey, J. Darling
FOL	T. Xerri, L. Davies-Uniacke, H. Sheezel
I/C	L. McDonald, T. Powell, C. Spargo, L. Dovaston, Z. Duursma
EMG	T. Pink, C. Harvey, J. Konstanty

GEELONG

V

NORTH MELBOURNE

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Geelong vs North Melbourne – Round 8, 2026

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Geelong

North Melbourne

Match Summary

Score Breakdown

Best On Ground

Team Stats

Geelong

North Melbourne

Player Stats

Geelong

North Melbourne

Team Lists

Geelong

North Melbourne

Geelong

North Melbourne

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