North Melbourne vs Geelong - Round 23, 2026 - Live Scores & Stats

North Melbourne vs Geelong – Round 23, 2026

The North Melbourne Kangaroos face the Geelong Cats in Round 23 of the 2026 AFL season. Follow the live scores, team lists, match statistics and key moments from the game at Marvel Stadium.

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

North Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
6/8/26	Bulldogs	W 77 - 100
1/8/26	Hawthorn	L 99 - 83
26/7/26	St Kilda	L 62 - 93
18/7/26	Melbourne	L 76 - 92
10/7/26	Collingwood	L 89 - 85

Geelong

DATE	OPP	RESULT
8/8/26	Essendon	W 117 - 50
30/7/26	Collingwood	W 72 - 97
24/7/26	Melbourne	W 97 - 117
16/7/26	St Kilda	W 102 - 75
11/7/26	GWS	L 86 - 73

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	7.2 44	9.3 57	14.5 89	17.8 110
	1.0 6	10.4 64	13.10 88	19.11 125

Best On Ground

Jy Simpkin J Simpkin26 disposals
2 goals

Finn O'Sullivan F O'Sullivan25 disposals

Nick Larkey N Larkey5 goals

Bailey Smith B Smith34 disposals

Tanner Bruhn T Bruhn28 disposals

Shaun Mannagh S Mannagh3 goals

North Melbourne

Geelong

North Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aidan Corr	8	3	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	0
Caleb Daniel	8	16	24	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
Cameron Zurhaar	13	7	20	5	0	2	0	4	0	0
Charlie Comben	6	3	9	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Charlie Spargo	5	9	14	2	0	0	0	2	0	1
Colby McKercher	13	6	19	3	0	0	1	5	0	0
Cooper Trembath	5	6	11	5	4	1	0	2	3	1
Dylan Stephens	11	7	18	1	0	1	2	1	0	0
Finn O'Sullivan	10	15	25	1	0	3	2	8	0	0
George Wardlaw	10	6	16	2	0	1	2	8	0	0
Griffin Logue	5	8	13	6	0	0	2	1	0	0
Harry Sheezel	6	10	16	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jack Darling	5	5	10	4	0	1	0	0	4	1
Jy Simpkin	13	13	26	4	0	1	2	0	2	0
L. Davies-Uniacke	8	12	20	2	0	0	2	5	0	1
Luke Parker	11	9	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nick Larkey	7	3	10	4	0	0	0	2	5	0
Paul Curtis	6	5	11	2	0	0	3	7	1	0
Riley Hardeman	6	9	15	1	0	0	0	3	0	0
Tom Blamires	12	7	19	0	0	3	1	4	0	0
Tristan Xerri	6	11	17	1	28	4	2	11	0	0
Wil Dawson	1	3	4	1	13	0	0	3	0	0
Zac Banch	7	5	12	1	0	2	0	4	1	1

Geelong

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Bailey Smith	21	13	34	3	0	1	1	5	0	0
Bradley Close	3	7	10	0	0	1	1	4	1	0
Connor O'Sullivan	7	4	11	5	0	0	0	5	0	0
Gryan Miers	4	12	16	2	0	1	0	4	0	0
Jack Henry	2	4	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Worpel	7	8	15	2	0	1	2	7	0	1
Jay Polkinghorne	4	3	7	3	0	1	1	2	3	0
Jhye Clark	4	7	11	4	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lawson Humphries	15	5	20	7	0	0	0	4	1	0
Mark Blicavs	11	7	18	3	17	0	2	3	3	1
Mark O'Connor	5	5	10	2	0	1	1	10	0	0
Mitchell Edwards	8	2	10	1	23	3	2	3	2	0
Oisin Mullin	6	11	17	5	0	1	1	7	0	0
Oliver Dempsey	16	8	24	9	0	1	1	2	1	2
Oliver Henry	3	4	7	1	0	1	0	5	1	1
Oliver Wiltshire	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
P. Dangerfield	8	1	9	3	0	1	0	0	2	1
Shannon Neale	12	4	16	6	0	1	4	2	2	2
Shaun Mannagh	16	4	20	6	0	1	1	2	3	2
Tanner Bruhn	20	8	28	8	0	2	1	1	0	0
Tom Atkins	8	9	17	2	0	2	0	6	0	0
Tom Stewart	16	3	19	5	0	2	1	0	0	0
Zach Guthrie	10	5	15	5	0	1	1	1	0	0

North Melbourne

Geelong

IN	Nil
OUT	Nil

IN	Mitchell Edwards, P. Dangerfield
OUT	Sam De Koning (Injured), Jack Martin (Managed)

FB	4	Aidan Corr	30	Charlie Comben	19	Griffin Logue
FF	7	Shaun Mannagh	33	Shannon Neale	2	Jay Polkinghorne
HB	17	Riley Hardeman	5	Caleb Daniel	10	Colby McKercher
HF	32	Gryan Miers	36	Oliver Henry	21	Oliver Wiltshire
C	2	Finn O'Sullivan	9	L. Davies-Uniacke	15	Dylan Stephens
C	28	Oliver Dempsey	3	Bailey Smith	46	Mark Blicavs
HF	13	Charlie Spargo	47	Cooper Trembath	12	Jy Simpkin
HB	39	Zach Guthrie	38	Jack Henry	4	Tanner Bruhn
FF	44	Cameron Zurhaar	20	Nick Larkey	25	Paul Curtis
FB	44	Tom Stewart	14	Connor O'Sullivan	42	Mark O'Connor

FOLLOWERS
38	Tristan Xerri
27	Jack Darling
3	Harry Sheezel

INTERCHANGE
26	Luke Parker
39	Tom Blamires
6	George Wardlaw
45	Zac Banch
18	Wil Dawson

EMERGENCIES
8	Bailey Scott
31	Josh Goater
35	Matt Whitlock

FOLLOWERS
11	Mitchell Edwards
30	Tom Atkins
34	Oisin Mullin

INTERCHANGE
17	Lawson Humphries
13	Jhye Clark
29	James Worpel
45	Bradley Close
35	P. Dangerfield

EMERGENCIES
19	Jack Martin
10	Mitch Knevitt
1	Rhys Stanley

North Melbourne

IN

Nil

OUT

Nil

B	A. Corr, C. Comben, G. Logue
HB	R. Hardeman, C. Daniel, C. McKercher
C	F. O'Sullivan, L. Davies-Uniacke, D. Stephens
HF	C. Spargo, C. Trembath, J. Simpkin
F	C. Zurhaar, N. Larkey, P. Curtis
FOL	T. Xerri, J. Darling, H. Sheezel
I/C	L. Parker, T. Blamires, G. Wardlaw, Z. Banch, W. Dawson
EMG	B. Scott, J. Goater, M. Whitlock

Geelong

IN

M. Edwards, P. Dangerfield

OUT

S. De Koning, J. Martin

B	T. Stewart, C. O'Sullivan, M. O'Connor
HB	Z. Guthrie, J. Henry, T. Bruhn
C	O. Dempsey, B. Smith, M. Blicavs
HF	G. Miers, O. Henry, O. Wiltshire
F	S. Mannagh, S. Neale, J. Polkinghorne
FOL	M. Edwards, T. Atkins, O. Mullin
I/C	L. Humphries, J. Clark, J. Worpel, B. Close, P. Dangerfield
EMG	J. Martin, M. Knevitt, R. Stanley

NORTH MELBOURNE

V

GEELONG

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North Melbourne vs Geelong – Round 23, 2026

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

North Melbourne

Geelong

Match Summary

Score Breakdown

Best On Ground

Team Stats

North Melbourne

Geelong

Player Stats

North Melbourne

Geelong

Team Lists

North Melbourne

Geelong

North Melbourne

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