{"id":644865,"date":"2026-05-02T12:12:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/644865\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T12:12:26","slug":"afl-round-eight-2026-scores-results-odds-stats-and-start-time-from-marvel-stadium-in-melbourne-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/644865\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL round eight 2026, scores, results, odds, stats and start time from Marvel Stadium in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geelong have mauled North Melbourne with a nine-goal final quarter to rack up their 15th consecutive AFL win over the Kangaroos.<\/p>\n<p>Leading by less than a goal late in the third quarter, the Cats kicked clear as Max Holmes starred and they won the Saturday twilight game 21.9 (135) to 13.8 (86) at GMHBA Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Playing off half-back and then in the midfield, Holmes was elite with 29 possessions, kicking two goals in the third quarter to help spark his team.<\/p>\n<p>Despite excellent conditions, only 10 goals were scored in the first half, before the game opened up with 24 after the main break.<\/p>\n<p>North\u2019s Tristan Xerri was outstanding with 26 contested possessions &#8211; an AFL record for a ruckman &#8211; and 14 clearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geelong have mauled North Melbourne with a nine-goal final quarter to rack up their 15th consecutive AFL win&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-644865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}