2018 Round 1: Melbourne v Geelong

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Sunday, March 25th, 2018
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 54,112
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 13.16.94 - 14.13.97
Best on Ground: J. Selwood, C. Oliver, M. Gawn, D. Menzel

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 1 8 . 5 12 . 9 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Geelong 5 . 3 12 . 8 13 . 10 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin MEL by 4 GEE by 27 GEE by 7 GEE by 3 GEE by 3
Duration 33:34 38:07 32:03 28:22 2:12:06

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captain(s): Nathan Jones (Melbourne), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Curtis Deboy (#11), Hayden Gavine (#14), Matt Stevic (#9)
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Gary Ablett (GEE #4) 2 - Joel Selwood (GEE #14) 1 - Christian Petracca (MEL #5)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MEL 9 1 1 0 0 0
Gary Ablett GEE 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Daniel Menzel GEE 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Joel Selwood GEE 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Christian Petracca MEL 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Clayton Oliver MEL 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 87% 1 1 11 7 4 6 0 5 4 8 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 0
36 Garlett, Jeff FPR 84% 1 2 8 5 3 2 0 2 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 84% 1 2 20 8 12 4 47 5 12 8 4 2 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 0
19 Hannan, Mitch INT 72% 1 1 9 6 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
4 Harmes, James INT 66% 0 2 18 13 5 3 0 4 9 11 6 1 4 1 1 7 0 2 1 1
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 81% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 0 3 18 0 4 1 1 4 3 0 3 6 0
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 89% 3 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 6 11 0 4 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFL 86% 0 1 18 11 7 4 0 3 9 11 2 2 1 1 2 7 0 0 2 1
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 85% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 5 4 7 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 0
2 Jones, Nathan HBFR 76% 0 0 29 10 19 1 0 3 7 21 3 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
8 Lever, Jake FB 94% 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 2 7 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 5 0
6 Lewis, Jordan C 91% 0 0 24 6 18 4 0 3 10 14 4 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 0
20 Maynard, Corey INT 75% 0 0 15 5 10 0 0 7 5 9 5 4 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 0
28 McDonald, Oscar CHB 100% 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 3 7 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0
18 Melksham, Jake HFFR 67% 0 1 15 9 6 3 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex RO 75% 2 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 5 8 3 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 85% 1 0 28 9 19 3 0 10 14 13 6 4 0 2 0 3 1 0 4 1
21 Pedersen, Cameron CHF 89% 2 1 13 6 7 1 4 4 5 6 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0
5 Petracca, Christian HFFL 88% 1 3 24 14 10 3 0 4 13 11 7 3 2 0 1 5 1 0 3 1
3 Salem, Christian WR 73% 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 4 10 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
23 Vince, Bernie INT 70% 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 3 4 12 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 0
42 Wagner, Josh WL 84% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 4 10 7 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total 13 16 358 185 173 52 51 72 155 204 44 58 26 17 20 64 10 9 45 6

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
4 Ablett, Gary RR 93% 1 1 39 22 17 5 0 1 10 29 2 8 0 3 1 7 0 1 2 1
24 Bews, Jed HBFR 85% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 3 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
46 Blicavs, Mark HBFL 94% 0 0 9 2 7 1 1 4 4 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0
22 Duncan, Mitch WR 86% 0 0 26 15 11 10 0 4 7 19 2 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0
13 Fogarty, Lachie FPL 79% 1 0 20 8 12 4 0 2 10 10 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
28 Gregson, Cory HFFL 84% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 3 3 9 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
29 Guthrie, Cameron WL 88% 1 0 20 11 9 3 0 0 5 13 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 3 0
39 Guthrie, Zach INT 82% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 2 6 15 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 1
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 93% 0 1 14 8 6 6 1 1 7 6 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
11 Kelly, Tim INT 91% 1 0 27 10 17 3 0 2 13 16 4 2 0 2 0 6 0 1 3 1
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPL 85% 0 1 20 10 10 5 0 1 8 11 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 0
27 Menegola, Sam RO 80% 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 6 8 12 5 5 1 4 4 1 0 0 2 0
10 Menzel, Daniel INT 82% 4 2 15 11 4 6 0 0 9 6 0 2 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 1
21 Murdoch, Jordan INT 84% 1 1 24 13 11 5 0 5 7 17 1 6 3 0 6 2 0 0 1 0
3 Parfitt, Brandan FPR 87% 2 2 22 13 9 3 0 4 10 12 2 0 5 0 2 5 1 0 1 0
34 Parsons, James HFFR 85% 1 1 17 8 9 8 0 2 5 13 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2
17 Ratugolea, Esava CHF 68% 1 1 8 5 3 5 5 0 2 7 1 4 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0
14 Selwood, Joel C 80% 0 2 39 17 22 4 0 5 13 27 8 5 2 3 1 3 0 0 2 1
9 Smith, Zac RU 70% 1 0 11 3 8 3 23 2 7 5 4 4 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 1
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 86% 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 0 5 10 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 6 0
7 Taylor, Harry FB 20% 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Tuohy, Zach BPR 97% 0 0 25 18 7 7 0 0 5 16 0 5 1 0 6 2 0 1 2 0
Rushed 1
Total 14 13 418 220 198 103 30 45 149 268 36 59 17 26 45 41 12 4 48 10

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
8 J. Kolodjashnij 7 H. Taylor 2 Z. Tuohy 11 M. Gawn 19 M. Hannan
36 J. Garlett 1 J. Hogan 31 B. Fritsch 13 C. Oliver 4 J. Harmes
FORWARD 30 A. Neal-Bullen 20 C. Maynard
HALF-BACK

23 B. Vince
46 M. Blicavs 44 T. Stewart 24 J. Bews



18 J. Melksham 21 C. Pedersen 5 C. Petracca



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



29 C. Guthrie 14 J. Selwood (c) 22 M. Duncan



3 C. Salem 6 J. Lewis 42 J. Wagner FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 9 Z. Smith 39 Z. Guthrie
HALF-FORWARD 4 G. Ablett 11 T. Kelly
28 C. Gregson 17 E. Ratugolea 34 J. Parsons 27 S. Menegola 10 D. Menzel
2 N. Jones (c) 28 O. McDonald 29 J. Hunt

21 J. Murdoch
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



13 L. Fogarty 26 T. Hawkins 3 B. Parfitt



39 N. Jetta 8 J. Lever 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MEL Bayley Fritsch behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:30
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:52
GEE Esava Ratugolea goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:45
MEL Jesse Hogan goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 08:39
GEE Esava Ratugolea behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 10:12
GEE Daniel Menzel goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 10:43
GEE Tom Hawkins behind 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 16:18
GEE Lachie Fogarty goal 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 17:18
MEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 3.1.19 - 3.2.20 19:22
GEE Gary Ablett goal 3.1.19 - 4.2.26 20:32
MEL Jesse Hogan goal 4.1.25 - 4.2.26 21:54
MEL Cameron Pedersen goal 5.1.31 - 4.2.26 23:29
GEE Gary Ablett behind 5.1.31 - 4.3.27 24:50
GEE James Parsons goal 5.1.31 - 5.3.33 27:41
MEL Cameron Pedersen goal 6.1.37 - 5.3.33 31:10
Q2 MEL Clayton Oliver goal 7.1.43 - 5.3.33 04:50
GEE Brandan Parfitt goal 7.1.43 - 6.3.39 06:45
GEE Brandan Parfitt behind 7.1.43 - 6.4.40 10:08
GEE Jake Kolodjashnij behind 7.1.43 - 6.5.41 10:33
GEE Daniel Menzel goal 7.1.43 - 7.5.47 12:51
MEL Cameron Pedersen behind 7.2.44 - 7.5.47 13:59
GEE Tim Kelly goal 7.2.44 - 8.5.53 16:12
MEL Jake Melksham behind 7.3.45 - 8.5.53 17:33
GEE James Parsons behind 7.3.45 - 8.6.54 19:15
MEL Jeff Garlett behind 7.4.46 - 8.6.54 20:03
GEE Zac Smith goal 7.4.46 - 9.6.60 21:32
GEE Joel Selwood behind 7.4.46 - 9.7.61 23:20
MEL Jeff Garlett goal 8.4.52 - 9.7.61 24:32
GEE Cameron Guthrie goal 8.4.52 - 10.7.67 25:43
MEL Jayden Hunt behind 8.5.53 - 10.7.67 27:22
GEE Brandan Parfitt behind 8.5.53 - 10.8.68 30:01
GEE Jordan Murdoch goal 8.5.53 - 11.8.74 32:01
GEE Brandan Parfitt goal 8.5.53 - 12.8.80 35:11
Q3 MEL Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 12.8.80 01:07
MEL Max Gawn goal 9.6.60 - 12.8.80 02:55
GEE Jordan Murdoch behind 9.6.60 - 12.9.81 05:30
MEL James Harmes behind 9.7.61 - 12.9.81 06:46
MEL Mitch Hannan goal 10.7.67 - 12.9.81 12:50
GEE Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 12.10.82 14:46
MEL Mitch Hannan behind 10.8.68 - 12.10.82 16:53
MEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 11.8.74 - 12.10.82 19:29
GEE Daniel Menzel goal 11.8.74 - 13.10.88 26:03
MEL Christian Petracca goal 12.8.80 - 13.10.88 27:42
MEL Christian Petracca behind 12.9.81 - 13.10.88 29:26
Q4 MEL Christian Petracca behind 12.10.82 - 13.10.88 02:30
GEE Daniel Menzel goal 12.10.82 - 14.10.94 04:44
MEL Jeff Garlett behind 12.11.83 - 14.10.94 06:35
MEL James Harmes behind 12.12.84 - 14.10.94 07:52
GEE Joel Selwood behind 12.12.84 - 14.11.95 10:05
MEL Jesse Hogan goal 13.12.90 - 14.11.95 11:01
GEE Daniel Menzel behind 13.12.90 - 14.12.96 16:53
GEE Daniel Menzel behind 13.12.90 - 14.13.97 18:33
MEL Max Gawn behind 13.13.91 - 14.13.97 21:30
MEL Rushed behind 13.14.92 - 14.13.97 23:54
MEL Christian Petracca behind 13.15.93 - 14.13.97 24:40
MEL Max Gawn behind 13.16.94 - 14.13.97 27:24