2021 Preliminary Final 1: Melbourne v Geelong

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 1
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Friday, September 10th, 2021
Time: 5:50 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium (Perth Stadium)
Attendance: 58,599
Capacity: 61,266

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 19.11.125 - 6.6.42
Best on Ground: M. Gawn, C. Petracca, C. Salem, J. Viney

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 3 9 . 6 17 . 8 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Geelong 1 . 0 5 . 1 5 . 2 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Margin MEL by 27 MEL by 29 MEL by 78 MEL by 83 MEL by 83
Duration 32:24 32:44 32:26 30:28 2:08:02

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Chris Donlon (#1), Simon Meredith (#21), Jacob Mollison (#32), E: Ray Chamberlain (#18)
Goal Umpire(s): Steve Axon, Matthew Dervan, E: Angus McKenzie-Wills
Boundary Umpire(s): Michael Barlow, Nathan Doig, Chris Esler, Michael Marantelli
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MEL 10 2 0 0 0 0
Christian Salem MEL 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Christian Petracca MEL 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Clayton Oliver MEL 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jack Viney MEL 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Kysaiah Pickett 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
17 Bowey, Jake HBFL 79% 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 2 6 14 2 2 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 0
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 88% 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 5 9 9 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0
50 Brown, Ben FF 80% 2 2 8 7 1 7 0 1 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 3 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 89% 2 1 13 13 0 8 0 2 2 11 0 1 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 74% 5 0 19 13 6 5 33 6 12 6 5 4 1 3 1 1 3 0 5 0
4 Harmes, James HFFR 81% 1 1 15 7 8 2 0 6 9 7 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 80% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 3 3 5 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
6 Jackson, Luke INT 78% 0 0 12 3 9 2 12 1 8 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 Jordon, James SUB↑ 28% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed WR 98% 0 0 21 8 13 5 0 3 7 15 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 1
8 Lever, Jake BPR 91% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 3 8 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 0
1 May, Steven FB↓ 50% 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 78% 1 0 14 9 5 5 1 2 11 6 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 6 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 78% 1 0 15 9 6 2 0 4 10 6 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 82% 0 0 27 14 13 4 0 7 15 12 7 5 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 1
5 Petracca, Christian C 79% 1 2 32 16 16 4 0 3 14 14 8 4 0 2 3 4 2 0 2 4
35 Petty, Harry CHB 98% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 5 4 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 75% 3 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 7 4 0 2 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 0
24 Rivers, Trent INT 80% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 1 2 11 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 1 3 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 85% 0 0 29 23 6 6 0 3 7 19 1 4 0 0 7 7 0 1 2 1
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 80% 2 0 18 13 5 8 0 0 4 14 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 75% 1 1 11 8 3 2 0 3 3 6 1 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 0
7 Viney, Jack RO 75% 0 0 34 17 17 4 0 5 16 16 9 4 5 1 0 4 0 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total 19 11 374 227 147 88 46 63 160 207 41 44 15 12 36 55 16 5 45 9

Steven May was substituted out of the game and was replaced by James Jordon.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
30 Atkins, Tom HBFR 77% 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 3 5 10 2 2 0 2 1 5 0 0 2 0
24 Bews, Jed INT 79% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 6 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
46 Blicavs, Mark CHB 93% 0 0 16 8 8 2 9 1 6 9 1 6 1 2 2 1 0 0 9 0
5 Cameron, Jeremy CHF 93% 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0
45 Close, Brad INT 73% 0 0 15 3 12 2 0 4 11 5 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RO 81% 0 0 30 19 11 3 0 4 16 15 10 7 2 1 1 6 0 2 3 0
22 Duncan, Mitch WL 82% 0 0 23 14 9 5 0 3 8 15 4 5 1 1 4 3 0 0 1 0
29 Guthrie, Cameron C 70% 0 0 26 13 13 4 0 4 5 19 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
39 Guthrie, Zach FPL 80% 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 4 8 10 0 3 2 0 5 1 0 0 8 0
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 98% 1 2 15 9 6 2 4 4 6 8 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
25 Henderson, Lachie FB 100% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
38 Henry, Jack BPL 98% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 1 6 6 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 6 0
4 Higgins, Shaun SUB↑ 22% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 1 2 12 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1
9 Holmes, Max INT 57% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 3 6 4 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake HBFL 84% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 5 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 0
27 Menegola, Sam INT 73% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 5 10 10 3 3 0 2 3 4 0 0 1 0
32 Miers, Gryan FPR 83% 1 0 12 5 7 1 0 0 2 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Ratugolea, Esava HFFL 68% 0 0 5 1 4 1 4 3 4 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Rohan, Gary HFFR↓ 60% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
14 Selwood, Joel RR 85% 0 0 24 8 16 5 0 8 9 14 8 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
7 Smith, Isaac WR 83% 1 0 26 13 13 5 0 0 4 19 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 2 0
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 73% 1 0 11 4 7 3 26 3 5 7 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 5 0
2 Tuohy, Zach BPR 88% 0 0 21 16 5 4 0 0 3 12 0 3 0 0 6 1 0 5 0 0
Rushed 4
Total 6 6 341 180 161 57 43 60 130 203 45 51 12 15 35 42 5 9 58 2

Gary Rohan was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Shaun Higgins.

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
38 J. Henry 25 L. Henderson 2 Z. Tuohy 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
8 J. Kolodjashnij 46 M. Blicavs 30 T. Atkins

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



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 M. Duncan 29 C. Guthrie 7 I. Smith



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 R. Stanley 24 J. Bews
HALF-FORWARD 14 J. Selwood (c) 45 B. Close
17 E. Ratugolea 5 J. Cameron 23 G. Rohan 35 P. Dangerfield 9 M. Holmes
3 C. Salem 35 H. Petty 17 J. Bowey

27 S. Menegola
HALF-BACK

4 S. Higgins
FORWARD



39 Z. Guthrie 26 T. Hawkins 32 G. Miers



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



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MEL Ben Brown behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:09
GEE Jeremy Cameron goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 07:20
MEL Ben Brown goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 09:28
MEL James Harmes goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 13:22
MEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 15:27
MEL Christian Petracca goal 4.1.25 - 1.0.6 22:41
MEL Charlie Spargo goal 5.1.31 - 1.0.6 25:22
MEL Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 1.0.6 28:47
MEL Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 1.0.6 32:22
Q2 GEE Rhys Stanley goal 5.3.33 - 2.0.12 02:27
MEL Charlie Spargo goal 6.3.39 - 2.0.12 03:47
GEE Gryan Miers goal 6.3.39 - 3.0.18 05:40
MEL Tom Sparrow goal 7.3.45 - 3.0.18 09:50
GEE Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 3.1.19 11:29
MEL Max Gawn goal 8.3.51 - 3.1.19 12:48
MEL Kysaiah Pickett goal 9.3.57 - 3.1.19 19:15
MEL Christian Petracca behind 9.4.58 - 3.1.19 22:23
MEL Bayley Fritsch behind 9.5.59 - 3.1.19 23:57
MEL Ben Brown behind 9.6.60 - 3.1.19 24:43
GEE Tom Hawkins goal 9.6.60 - 4.1.25 27:58
GEE Isaac Smith goal 9.6.60 - 5.1.31 30:55
Q3 MEL Ben Brown goal 10.6.66 - 5.1.31 01:01
GEE Rushed behind 10.6.66 - 5.2.32 03:21
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 11.6.72 - 5.2.32 04:43
MEL Max Gawn goal 12.6.78 - 5.2.32 05:56
MEL Tom McDonald goal 13.6.84 - 5.2.32 07:09
MEL Max Gawn goal 14.6.90 - 5.2.32 11:47
MEL Max Gawn goal 15.6.96 - 5.2.32 14:24
MEL Max Gawn goal 16.6.102 - 5.2.32 16:28
MEL Christian Petracca behind 16.7.103 - 5.2.32 18:56
MEL Kysaiah Pickett goal 17.7.109 - 5.2.32 21:33
MEL Rushed behind 17.8.110 - 5.2.32 24:06
Q4 GEE Rushed behind 17.8.110 - 5.3.33 01:46
MEL Rushed behind 17.9.111 - 5.3.33 09:25
MEL Tom Sparrow behind 17.10.112 - 5.3.33 11:53
GEE Tom Hawkins behind 17.10.112 - 5.4.34 15:23
GEE Rushed behind 17.10.112 - 5.5.35 18:30
MEL Kysaiah Pickett goal 18.10.118 - 5.5.35 19:29
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 19.10.124 - 5.5.35 21:45
GEE Tom Hawkins behind 19.10.124 - 5.6.36 23:16
MEL James Harmes behind 19.11.125 - 5.6.36 24:50
GEE Jeremy Cameron goal 19.11.125 - 6.6.42 27:30