2021 Grand Final: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday, September 25th, 2021
Time: 5:15 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium (Perth Stadium)
Attendance: 61,118
Capacity: 61,266

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 21.14.140 - 10.6.66
Best on Ground: C. Petracca, C. Oliver, M. Bontempelli, A. Treloar

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 5 . 9 12 . 11 21 . 14 21 . 14 (140)
Western Bulldogs 1 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 5 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Margin MEL by 21 BUL by 8 MEL by 24 MEL by 74 MEL by 74
Duration 30:16 31:14 33:48 33:58 2:09:16

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captain(s): Max Gawn (Melbourne), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jacob Mollison (#32), Brett Rosebury (#8), Matt Stevic (#9), E: Simon Meredith (#21)
Goal Umpire(s): Steve Axon, Stephen Williams, E: Sam Walsh
Boundary Umpire(s): Michael Barlow, Chris Gordon, Matt Konetschka, Michael Marantelli, E: Ben MacDonald
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MEL 15 5 0 0
Bayley Fritsch MEL 10 0 5 0
Clayton Oliver MEL 3 0 0 3
Christian Salem MEL 1 0 0 1
Caleb Daniel BUL 1 0 0 1

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MEL 10 2 0 0 0 0
Bayley Fritsch MEL 8 0 2 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MEL 5 0 0 1 1 0
Caleb Daniel BUL 3 0 0 1 0 0
Christian Salem MEL 2 0 0 0 1 0
Angus Brayshaw MEL 1 0 0 0 0 1
Marcus Bontempelli BUL 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
17 Bowey, Jake HBFL 76% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 0 3 14 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 1
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 85% 1 0 25 15 10 5 0 2 11 17 3 4 1 0 1 7 1 2 6 1
50 Brown, Ben FF 82% 3 2 10 9 1 4 1 1 8 2 0 2 4 1 0 1 4 0 4 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 79% 6 2 13 10 3 5 0 0 5 9 0 4 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 86% 0 2 21 13 8 5 30 1 12 8 6 8 1 2 0 6 2 0 3 0
4 Harmes, James HFFR 71% 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 3 7 9 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 79% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
6 Jackson, Luke INT 78% 1 0 13 5 8 3 16 5 6 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 4
23 Jordon, James SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed WR 96% 1 1 17 11 6 2 0 0 8 9 2 1 0 0 3 3 1 4 0 1
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 4 13 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 7 0
1 May, Steven FB 97% 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 1 2 7 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 7 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 75% 2 0 8 4 4 4 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 88% 1 1 24 11 13 5 0 2 8 15 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 89% 1 1 33 14 19 4 0 10 13 21 5 4 2 1 1 5 0 0 2 1
5 Petracca, Christian C 94% 2 1 39 21 18 3 0 4 24 17 9 6 2 0 2 11 0 0 0 2
35 Petty, Harry CHB 95% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 74% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
24 Rivers, Trent INT 66% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 2 6 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 88% 1 0 27 22 5 7 0 7 3 21 1 1 2 0 7 7 0 0 0 1
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 58% 1 1 7 4 3 0 0 1 1 6 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 66% 1 0 14 7 7 1 0 3 5 10 1 3 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 3
7 Viney, Jack RO 79% 0 0 25 9 16 2 0 6 14 10 12 6 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total 21 14 366 206 160 68 47 54 152 214 45 57 19 13 37 64 17 7 46 18

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
4 Bontempelli, Marcus RO 86% 3 0 25 13 12 4 0 6 13 15 5 5 0 3 0 4 2 2 6 0
12 Cordy, Zaine CHB 100% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 3 2 11 0 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 5 0
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 77% 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 0 3 11 0 2 0 0 7 3 0 1 3 0
35 Daniel, Caleb HBFL 89% 0 0 37 26 11 6 0 2 10 22 2 7 0 0 9 5 0 2 1 0
5 Dunkley, Josh INT 80% 0 0 25 9 16 1 0 5 11 13 5 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
15 Duryea, Taylor BPR 75% 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 2 6 9 0 6 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 0
44 English, Tim FF 88% 0 1 13 9 4 3 12 2 7 6 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 1
29 Hannan, Mitch FPR 78% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 3 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
7 Hunter, Lachie WR 84% 1 1 16 11 5 3 0 1 4 14 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
39 Johannisen, Jason FPL 85% 1 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 0
42 Keath, Alex FB 97% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 0 6 7 0 6 0 3 4 1 0 0 3 0
21 Liberatore, Tom C 87% 0 0 23 10 13 3 0 8 15 8 7 5 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 0
11 Macrae, Jack RR 78% 0 0 26 12 14 3 0 8 11 16 4 5 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0
8 Martin, Stefan RU 70% 0 0 14 4 10 2 18 3 9 5 2 6 2 2 2 1 0 0 3 0
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 85% 1 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0
13 Schache, Josh INT 76% 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 5 7 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 1
6 Smith, Bailey WL 83% 0 1 26 15 11 4 0 1 5 21 1 2 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0
37 Smith, Roarke INT 83% 1 0 16 9 7 4 0 5 10 8 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 0
1 Treloar, Adam HFFR 74% 3 0 27 11 16 3 0 1 8 19 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1
23 Vandermeer, Laitham SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Weightman, Cody HFFL 63% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 2 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1
34 Williams, Bailey INT 79% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 5 9 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 1
10 Wood, Easton BPL 83% 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 3 2 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
Rushed 2
Total 10 6 379 207 172 76 30 57 149 227 32 71 13 19 43 49 4 9 53 5

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
10 E. Wood 42 A. Keath 15 T. Duryea 11 M. Gawn (c) 6 L. Jackson
31 B. Fritsch 50 B. Brown 30 A. Neal-Bullen 13 C. Oliver 24 T. Rivers
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 9 C. Spargo
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
35 C. Daniel 12 Z. Cordy 31 B. Dale

23 J. Jordon
4 J. Harmes 25 T. McDonald 36 K. Pickett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 B. Smith 21 T. Liberatore 7 L. Hunter



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 8 S. Martin 5 J. Dunkley
HALF-FORWARD 11 J. Macrae 13 J. Schache
19 C. Weightman 33 A. Naughton 1 A. Treloar 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 37 R. Smith
3 C. Salem 35 H. Petty 17 J. Bowey

34 B. Williams
HALF-BACK

23 L. Vandermeer
FORWARD



39 J. Johannisen 44 T. English 29 M. Hannan



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MEL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:00
MEL Ben Brown behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 05:02
MEL Christian Petracca goal 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 06:33
BUL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 07:51
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 09:39
MEL Max Gawn behind 2.3.15 - 0.1.1 13:34
BUL Roarke Smith goal 2.3.15 - 1.1.7 16:07
MEL Charlie Spargo goal 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 18:55
BUL Tim English behind 3.3.21 - 1.2.8 20:37
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 4.3.27 - 1.2.8 21:46
MEL Ben Brown behind 4.4.28 - 1.2.8 25:58
MEL Ed Langdon behind 4.5.29 - 1.2.8 28:17
Q2 BUL Adam Treloar goal 4.5.29 - 2.2.14 00:43
MEL Clayton Oliver behind 4.6.30 - 2.2.14 02:41
BUL Adam Treloar goal 4.6.30 - 3.2.20 04:04
BUL Aaron Naughton goal 4.6.30 - 4.2.26 05:16
BUL Bailey Smith behind 4.6.30 - 4.3.27 06:34
MEL Ben Brown goal 5.6.36 - 4.3.27 08:05
MEL Max Gawn behind 5.7.37 - 4.3.27 11:42
BUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 5.7.37 - 5.3.33 13:26
BUL Lachie Hunter goal 5.7.37 - 6.3.39 17:11
MEL Charlie Spargo behind 5.8.38 - 6.3.39 22:13
MEL Alex Neal-Bullen behind 5.9.39 - 6.3.39 22:45
BUL Josh Schache behind 5.9.39 - 6.4.40 27:52
BUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 5.9.39 - 7.4.46 29:40
BUL Lachie Hunter behind 5.9.39 - 7.5.47 31:11
Q3 MEL Bayley Fritsch behind 5.10.40 - 7.5.47 00:13
BUL Jason Johannisen goal 5.10.40 - 8.5.53 02:24
BUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 5.10.40 - 9.5.59 12:11
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 6.10.46 - 9.5.59 16:34
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 7.10.52 - 9.5.59 17:49
MEL Ben Brown goal 8.10.58 - 9.5.59 19:36
MEL Angus Brayshaw goal 9.10.64 - 9.5.59 25:00
MEL Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 9.5.59 26:48
MEL Christian Petracca goal 10.11.71 - 9.5.59 29:51
MEL Tom Sparrow goal 11.11.77 - 9.5.59 31:10
MEL Clayton Oliver goal 12.11.83 - 9.5.59 32:20
Q4 MEL Ben Brown goal 13.11.89 - 9.5.59 01:04
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 14.11.95 - 9.5.59 03:01
MEL Christian Petracca behind 14.12.96 - 9.5.59 04:11
BUL Rushed behind 14.12.96 - 9.6.60 06:45
MEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 15.12.102 - 9.6.60 08:09
MEL Ed Langdon goal 16.12.108 - 9.6.60 11:40
MEL Bayley Fritsch behind 16.13.109 - 9.6.60 14:21
MEL Tom McDonald goal 17.13.115 - 9.6.60 18:32
BUL Adam Treloar goal 17.13.115 - 10.6.66 20:49
MEL Christian Salem goal 18.13.121 - 10.6.66 22:16
MEL Luke Jackson goal 19.13.127 - 10.6.66 24:15
MEL Rushed behind 19.14.128 - 10.6.66 25:28
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 20.14.134 - 10.6.66 29:27
MEL Tom McDonald goal 21.14.140 - 10.6.66 33:55