The 2022 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 158th season playing Australian rules football, with the club competing in their 123rd season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong also fielded a women's team in both 2022 AFL Women's season 6 and 2022 AFL Women's season 7, and a men's and women's reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the VFL Women's (VFLW) respectively.
Club: | Geelong Football Club |
Season: | 2022 AFL |
President: | Craig Drummond |
Coach: | Chris Scott (12th season) |
Captain: | Joel Selwood (11th season) |
Homeground: | GMHBA Stadium |
Regularseason Comp: | AFL season |
Regularseason Result: | 18 wins, 4 losses (1st) |
Finals Series: | Finals series |
Finals Result: | Premiers |
Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
Best And Fairest: | Jeremy Cameron and Cameron Guthrie |
Leading Goalscorer: | Tom Hawkins (67) |
Highest Attendance: | 100,024 vs. (Grand Final) |
Lowest Attendance: | 18,091 vs. (Round16) |
Average Attendance: | 26,875 |
Club Membership: | 71,943 |
Prevseason: | 2021 |
Nextseason: | 2023 |
It was the club's twelfth AFL season under senior coach Chris Scott, with Joel Selwood appointed as club captain for a seventh successive year. In the 2022 AFL season Geelong finished the home-and-away season with an 18-4 record, to finish on top of the league ladder to claim the McClelland Trophy, and qualify for the 2022 finals series. The club would win consecutive finals at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to qualify for the 2022 AFL Grand Final where it defeated 20.13 (133) to 8.4 (52) to claim the club's tenth V/AFL premiership.
After the home-and-away season, Jeremy Cameron and Tom Hawkins were the club's leading goalkickers with 59 goals each. Cameron and Hawkins were both selected in the 2022 All-Australian team along with backman Tom Stewart, utility Mark Blicavs, and fellow forward Tyson Stengle. Young full-back Sam De Koning finished second in the AFL Rising Star to Collingwood's Nick Daicos.
Geelong defeated in a pre-season scratch match at GMHBA Stadium played over six periods with both senior and reserves players. The final score was Geelong 20.27 (147) vs. Richmond 21.16 (142). Geelong also competed in 2022 AAMI Community Series against and were defeated 13.17 (95) vs. Geelong's 11.6 (72). Geelong's home-and-away season began on 19 March against at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Chris Scott continued as the club's men's senior coach for a twelfth season, and in May 2022, signed a two-year contract extension until the end of the 2024 season.[1]
Following the end of the 2021 season, Geelong overhauled their football department, with Matthew Scarlett, Corey Enright, and Matthew Knights departing.[2] Several former Geelong players joined the football department as their replacements. Coming in as head of medical and conditioning services were Harry Taylor, head of player development Matthew Egan, and development coaches James Kelly and Josh Jenkins. Joining them were Jason Lappin (football analyst) and the recently retired Eddie Betts (development).[3]
Geelong instituted a non-traditional coaching structure in 2022 with the club moving away from assistant coaches being responsible for specific positions.[4] [5]
Role | Name | |
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Senior coach | Chris Scott | |
Assistant coach | Nigel Lappin | |
Assistant coach | Shaun Grigg | |
Assistant coach | James Kelly | |
Head of player development | Matthew Egan | |
Development coach | Eddie Betts | |
Development coach | Josh Jenkins | |
Ruck coach | Brad Ottens |
At the end of the 2021 AFL season, three players (Josh Jenkins, Lachie Henderson, and Stefan Okunbor) retired, and four players (Ben Jarvis, Cameron Taheny, Oscar Brownless, and Charlie Constable) were delisted.[6] [7] [8] [9]
Player | Reason | ||
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Traded to | [10] | ||
Traded to | [11] | ||
Traded to | [12] | ||
Retired | |||
Retired | |||
Retired | |||
Delisted | |||
Delisted | |||
Delisted | |||
Delisted |
Player | Acquired | ||
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[13] | |||
Traded from | [14] | ||
24, 2021 national draft | [15] | ||
25, 2021 national draft | |||
32, 2021 national draft | |||
48, 2021 national draft | |||
64, 2021 national draft | |||
15, 2022 rookie draft | [16] | ||
12, 2022 mid-season rookie draft | [17] |
^ | Denotes player who was on the club's standard rookie list, and therefore eligible for senior selection. | |
Denotes Category B rookie where player needed to be elevated to club's senior list during this season to be eligible for senior selection. |
Player | Games | Goals | Behinds | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Tackles | Hitouts | Milestone(s) | |
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^ | 30 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 238 | 214 | 452 | 65 | 157 | 0 | |
24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 115 | 249 | 79 | 43 | 0 | 150th game (Preliminary final) | |
46 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 186 | 239 | 425 | 97 | 121 | 350 | ||
5 | 24 | 65 | 37 | 272 | 116 | 388 | 141 | 34 | 1 | 500th goal (round 12) 200th game (round 15) | |
15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 47 | Club debut (round 20) | |
^ | 45 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 181 | 213 | 394 | 85 | 93 | 0 | 50th game (round 21) |
6 | 0 | ||||||||||
40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 64 | 104 | 20 | 19 | 0 | ||
35 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 226 | 178 | 404 | 70 | 49 | 0 | 300th game (round 23) | |
16 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 138 | 281 | 120 | 6 | 4 | ||
^ | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | AFL debut (round 6) |
22 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 342 | 173 | 515 | 184 | 35 | 0 | 250th game (round 16) | |
31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 7 | 0 | ||
29 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 316 | 297 | 613 | 90 | 124 | 0 | ||
39 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 224 | 97 | 321 | 116 | 48 | 0 | 50th game (round 22) | |
26 | 25 | 67 | 43 | 221 | 107 | 328 | 142 | 39 | 85 | 700th goal (round 14) | |
38 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 119 | 65 | 184 | 82 | 24 | 6 | 100th game (round 19) | |
4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 42 | 83 | 15 | 19 | 0 | ||
9 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 161 | 119 | 280 | 68 | 42 | 0 | ||
10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | AFL debut (round 8) | |
8 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 111 | 276 | 107 | 33 | 0 | 150th game (round 21) | |
25 | 0 | ||||||||||
27 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 87 | 38 | 125 | 28 | 8 | 0 | ||
32 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 174 | 153 | 327 | 80 | 47 | 0 | ||
34 | 0 | ||||||||||
19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 28 | 68 | 21 | 8 | 0 | ||
33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 14 | AFL debut (round 11) | |
42 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 171 | 106 | 277 | 84 | 56 | 0 | ||
3 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 168 | 180 | 348 | 32 | 80 | 0 | 100th game (round 5) | |
17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 13 | ||
23 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 71 | 37 | 108 | 31 | 29 | 0 | ||
14 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 238 | 221 | 459 | 67 | 91 | 0 | 350th game (round 20) | |
37 | 0 | ||||||||||
7 | 24 | 15 | 22 | 339 | 178 | 517 | 161 | 31 | 0 | 250th game (round 17) | |
1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 146 | 111 | 257 | 64 | 36 | 418 | ||
18 | 25 | 53 | 27 | 247 | 114 | 361 | 82 | 64 | 0 | Club debut (round 1) | |
12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 40 | 76 | 14 | 11 | 0 | AFL debut (round 8) | |
21 | 0 | ||||||||||
44 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 354 | 111 | 465 | 146 | 40 | 1 | ||
36 | 0 | ||||||||||
2 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 351 | 169 | 520 | 120 | 44 | 0 | 250th game (Grand Final) | |
11 | 0 | ||||||||||
^ | 41 | 0 | |||||||||
20 | 0 | ||||||||||
Home game | |||
scope=row | A | Away game | |
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scope=row style="background:#ff9; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;" | QF | Qualifying final | |
scope=row style="background:#ccf; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;" | PF | Preliminary final | |
scope=row style="background:gold; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;" | GF | Grand Final |
Round | Date | Result | Score | Opponent | Score | Ground | Attendance | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 20 | 18 | 138 | 11 | 6 | 72 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | H | 54,495 | ||||
2 | 10 | 17 | 77 | 17 | 5 | 107 | Sydney Cricket Ground | A | 36,578 | ||||
3 | 16 | 8 | 104 | 13 | 13 | 91 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | 52,974 | ||||
4 | 11 | 14 | 80 | 11 | 4 | 70 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 20,505 | ||||
5 | 11 | 14 | 80 | 14 | 8 | 92 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | 48,030 | ||||
6 | 17 | 19 | 121 | 9 | 7 | 61 | Blundstone Arena | A | 8,663 | ||||
7 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 10 | 9 | 69 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 20,136 | ||||
8 | 12 | 16 | 88 | 4 | 11 | 35 | Manuka Oval | A | 11,661 | ||||
9 | 11 | 14 | 80 | 13 | 12 | 90 | Marvel Stadium | A | 32,517 | ||||
10 | 11 | 16 | 82 | 7 | 5 | 47 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 18,721 | ||||
11 | 15 | 7 | 97 | 7 | 13 | 55 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 19,051 | ||||
12 | 12 | 11 | 83 | 10 | 10 | 70 | Marvel Stadium | A | 34,370 | ||||
13 | Bye | ||||||||||||
14 | 12 | 9 | 81 | 9 | 9 | 63 | Optus Stadium | A | 32,526 | ||||
15 | 13 | 11 | 89 | 13 | 8 | 86 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | H | 59,335 | ||||
16 | 21 | 18 | 144 | 5 | 2 | 32 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 18,091 | ||||
17 | 12 | 19 | 91 | 9 | 9 | 63 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 21,501 | ||||
18 | 12 | 13 | 85 | 8 | 7 | 55 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | 68,208 | ||||
19 | 16 | 10 | 106 | 14 | 10 | 94 | Adelaide Oval | A | 30,937 | ||||
20 | 14 | 10 | 94 | 9 | 12 | 66 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 22,106 | ||||
21 | 17 | 8 | 110 | 10 | 5 | 65 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 20,583 | ||||
22 | 18 | 11 | 119 | 9 | 5 | 59 | Metricon Stadium | A | 14,728 | ||||
23 | 19 | 17 | 131 | 7 | 4 | 46 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 21,098 | ||||
11 | 12 | 78 | 10 | 12 | 72 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | H | 91,525 | rowspan=3 | ||||
18 | 12 | 120 | 7 | 7 | 49 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | H | 77,677 | |||||
20 | 13 | 133 | 8 | 4 | 52 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | H | 100,024 |
Tom Hawkins (C), Mark Blicavs, Jeremy Cameron, Tyson Stengle, Tom Stewart[22]
Sam De Koning (Nominated – Round 11)[25]
Jeremy Cameron & Cameron Guthrie[26]
Club: | Geelong Football Club |
Season: | 2022 VFL |
President: | Craig Drummond |
Coach: | Shane O'Bree |
Captain: | Matt Ling Jackson McLachlan |
Home Ground: | GMHBA Stadium |
Regularseason Comp: | VFL |
Regularseason Result: | 14th |
Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
Best And Fairest: | Jye Chalcraft |
Leading Goalscorer: | Shannon Neale (33) |
Coached by Shane O'Bree, Geelong entered their reserve players into the Victorian Football League competition for the 22nd season since the competition merged with the AFL Reserves competition in 2000. Former player Matt Ling was appointed co-captain with Jackson McLachlan.[27]
In the 18-match home-and-away season played over 22 rounds, Geelong did not qualify for the finals, finishing 14th on the ladder with an 8–10 win-loss record. Hit by injuries and availability issues, over 60 players made at least one VFL appearance for the season, with only co-captains Ling and McLachlan featuring in all 18 matches with Daniel Capiron. AFL-listed player Shannon Neale kicked 33 goals from 15 appearances to be the leading goalkicker for the club.
Club: | Geelong Football Club |
Season: | 2022 (S6) AFL Women's |
President: | Craig Drummond |
Coach: | Daniel Lowther (1st season) |
Captain: | Meg McDonald (2nd season) |
Home Ground: | GMHBA Stadium |
Regularseason Comp: | AFLW |
Regularseason Result: | 2 wins, 8 losses (12th) |
Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
Best And Fairest: | Amy McDonald |
Leading Goalscorer: | Phoebe McWilliams (10) |
Highest Attendance: | 2,265 vs |
Lowest Attendance: | 1,603 vs |
Following the departure of inaugural coach Paul Hood, the club appointed former Geelong player Daniel Lowther as head coach.[29] Lowther had previously joined the AFLW team coaching staff in 2020 as an assistant coach looking after the midfield.
Number two pick in the 2021 AFL Women's draft Georgie Prespakis was nominated for the Rising Star Award, for her performance in the opening round of the season against ; with 2020 draftee Darcy Moloney also nominated for the award later in the season.
Player | Games | Goals | Behinds | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Tackles | ||
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1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 125 | 210 | 5 | 81 | ||
4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 57 | 98 | 7 | 36 | ||
5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 62 | 15 | 15 | ||
6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 9 | 39 | ||
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 10 | ||
8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 15 | 62 | 16 | 20 | ||
9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 57 | 110 | 7 | 47 | ||
10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 28 | 68 | 15 | 34 | ||
11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 35 | 80 | 20 | 20 | ||
12 | ||||||||||
13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 6 | 14 | ||
14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 76 | 12 | 20 | ||
15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 4 | ||
16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 26 | 97 | 13 | 35 | ||
17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 39 | 67 | 5 | 22 | ||
19 | ||||||||||
20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 8 | 17 | ||
21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 81 | 87 | 168 | 14 | 63 | ||
22 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 13 | 61 | 12 | 34 | ||
23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 60 | 23 | 18 | ||
24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 49 | 110 | 38 | 13 | ||
25 | ||||||||||
26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 7 | ||
27 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 22 | 63 | 10 | 20 | ||
28 | ||||||||||
29 | ||||||||||
30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 12 | 12 | ||
32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 5 | ||
41 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 63 | 133 | 6 | 68 | ||
45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 33 | 95 | 9 | 18 |
Home game | |||
scope=row | A | Away game | |
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scope=row style="background:#ff9; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;" | PF | Preliminary finals --> |
Round | Date | Result | Score | Opponent | Score | Ground | Attendance | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 January | 2 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 26 | Arden Street Oval | A | 1,872 | ||
2 | 15 January | 2 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 31 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 2,144 | ||
3 | 21 January | 3 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 35 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 2,265 | ||
4 | 29 January | 4 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 27 | Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex | A | 1,832 | ||
5 | 4 February | 4 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 24 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 1,938 | ||
6 | 11 February | 6 | 2 | 38 | 7 | 7 | 49 | Metricon Stadium | A | 863 | ||
7 | 18 February | 2 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 28 | Victoria University Whitten Oval | A | 1,530 | ||
8 | 26 February | 5 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 10 | Swinburne Centre | A | 1,521 | ||
9 | 5 March | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 18 | RSEA Park | A | 947 | ||
10 | 11 March | 5 | 5 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 53 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 1,603 | ||
Home game | |||
scope=row | A | Away game | |
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scope=row style="background:#ff9; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;" | EF | Elimination Final |
Round | Date | Result | Score | Opponent | Score | Ground | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 February | 11 | 7 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 14 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H | |||
2 | 19 February | 5 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 15 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H | |||
3 | 26 February | 7 | 10 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H | |||
4 | 5 March | 3 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 39 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H | |||
5 | 12 March | 5 | 4 | 34 | 5 | 15 | 45 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H | |||
6 | 27 March | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 89 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H | |||
7 | 3 April | 7 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 7 | VU Whitten Oval | A | |||
8 | 9 April | 8 | 9 | 57 | 3 | 4 | 22 | GMHBA Stadium | H | |||
9 | 23 April | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 52 | Casey Fields | A | |||
10 | 30 April | 7 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 5 | 17 | ETU Stadium | A | |||
11 | 7 May | 6 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 14 | Arden Street Oval | A | |||
12 | 14 May | 9 | 6 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 8 | Preston City Oval | A | |||
13 | 22 May | 8 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 17 | Williamstown Oval | A | |||
14 | 28 May | 6 | 9 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 26 | Olympic Park Oval | A | |||
scope=row style="background:#ff9; text-align:center;" | EF | 11 June | 2 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 26 | Deakin University, Waurn Ponds | H | ||
Club: | Geelong Football Club |
Season: | 2022 (S7) AFL Women's |
President: | Craig Drummond |
Coach: | Daniel Lowther (2nd season) |
Captain: | Meg McDonald (3rd season) |
Home Ground: | GMHBA Stadium |
Regularseason Comp: | AFLW season |
Regularseason Result: | 7 wins, 3 losses (5th) |
Finals Series: | Finals series |
Finals Result: | Lost Elimination final |
Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
Best And Fairest: | Amy McDonald |
Leading Goalscorer: | Chloe Scheer (13) |
The club qualified for the AFLW finals series for the first time since Geelong's inaugural season in the competition in 2019.
Geelong's score of 15.12 (102) and winning margin of 75 points against in Round 10 was the club's highest score and biggest win in the AFLW;[36] with the first-half score of 9.6 (60) the highest first-half score in AFLW history.[37]
Pre season game | |||
scope=row | H | Home game | |
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scope=row | A | Away game | |
scope=row style="background:#ff9; border:1px solid #aaa; width:3em;" | EF | Elimination final |
Round | Date | Result | Score | Opponent | Score | Ground | Attendance | |||||
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PS | 13 August | 8 | 5 | 52 | 2 | 4 | 16 | Austworld Centre Oval | A | N/A | ||
1 | 28 August | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 11 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 4,252 | ||
2 | 3 September | 3 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Fremantle Community Bank Oval | A | 1,086 | ||
3 | 10 September | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 15 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 1,957 | ||
4 | 16 September | 2 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 28 | University of Tasmania Stadium | A | 540 | ||
5 | 22 September | 11 | 5 | 71 | 3 | 3 | 21 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 2,898 | ||
6 | 1 October | 5 | 7 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 36 | Mars Stadium | A | 1,731 | ||
7 | 9 October | 6 | 7 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 28 | Reid Oval, Warrnambool | A | 4,560 | ||
8 | 15 October | 4 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 25 | Ikon Park | H | 1,085 | ||
9 | 21 October | 4 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 30 | Wigan Oval | A | 2,573 | ||
10 | 29 October | 15 | 12 | 102 | 4 | 3 | 27 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 2,084 | ||
EF | 4 October | 1 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 16 | GMHBA Stadium | H | 4,338 | ||