2021 Round 1: Melbourne v Fremantle

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Saturday, March 20th, 2021
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,365
Capacity: 100,024

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fremantle
Score: 11.14.80 - 8.10.58
Best on Ground: C. Oliver, M. Taberner, S. May, A. Brayshaw

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 7 . 6 9 . 8 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Fremantle 0 . 4 3 . 8 6 . 9 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin MEL by 24 MEL by 22 MEL by 17 MEL by 22 MEL by 22
Duration 30:09 29:55 31:53 29:10 2:01:07

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captain(s): Max Gawn (Melbourne), Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Curtis Deboy (#11), David Harris (#24), Andrew Stephens (#12), E: Paul Rebeschini (#31)
Goal Umpire(s): Matt Maclure, Adam Wojcik, E: Sam Walsh
Boundary Umpire(s): Matthew Jenkinson, Tim Lougoon, Lachlan Rayner, Sam Stagg
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Clayton Oliver (MEL #13) 2 - Tom McDonald (MEL #25) 1 - Steven May (MEL #1)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Steven May MEL 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jake Lever MEL 7 0 1 1 0 0
Clayton Oliver MEL 7 0 1 1 0 0
Tom McDonald MEL 4 0 0 0 2 0
Andrew Brayshaw FRE 2 0 0 0 0 2

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
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 71% 0 1 18 9 9 4 0 4 8 10 0 5 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0
37 Chandler, Kade SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 96% 2 1 10 9 1 6 0 2 1 8 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 0 1 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 92% 0 0 12 6 6 4 30 1 8 5 3 4 0 2 4 1 0 0 7 0
4 Harmes, James RO 76% 1 1 20 11 9 6 0 2 5 15 1 6 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 0
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 88% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 3 6 2 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 1 0
6 Jackson, Luke FF 74% 0 1 10 6 4 4 5 2 7 3 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 0 1 1
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 82% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0
2 Jones, Nathan INT 72% 0 1 18 9 9 4 0 0 2 15 0 2 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 1
23 Jordon, James INT 73% 1 1 15 10 5 5 0 6 3 13 1 3 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 2
15 Langdon, Ed WR 94% 1 1 22 13 9 5 0 4 8 14 1 3 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0
8 Lever, Jake CHB 98% 0 1 18 15 3 7 0 3 9 8 0 2 2 0 5 3 0 0 6 0
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 24 21 3 8 0 0 7 12 1 4 2 1 8 3 0 0 4 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 91% 2 2 18 12 6 9 5 5 6 11 0 5 2 2 0 6 2 0 1 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 74% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 0 9 7 5 3 2 0 1 5 0 2 2 0
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 88% 0 0 35 10 25 6 0 3 15 21 7 5 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 0
5 Petracca, Christian C 90% 2 1 24 13 11 2 0 3 7 17 1 7 1 1 1 5 2 2 1 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFR 74% 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 4 6 6 0 6 1 3 1 3 1 3 0 0
24 Rivers, Trent INT 55% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 0 3 9 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 81% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 1 5 10 1 3 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 0
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 69% 1 0 16 8 8 2 0 4 7 9 0 2 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 3
32 Sparrow, Tom HFFL 65% 0 1 10 5 5 3 0 6 6 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0
20 Tomlinson, Adam BPR 96% 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 2 3 12 0 3 0 1 4 2 0 0 7 0
Rushed 2
Total 11 14 365 218 147 104 40 55 132 219 27 75 21 20 49 61 19 7 46 8

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
9 Acres, Blake WR 81% 0 0 12 6 6 2 1 2 3 8 1 6 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0
11 Aish, James WL 78% 0 1 17 14 3 2 0 1 6 12 4 3 1 0 4 5 0 1 2 0
19 Blakely, Connor INT 65% 1 0 14 5 9 2 0 2 5 9 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RR 79% 1 0 29 13 16 5 0 4 9 24 0 2 0 1 3 5 0 0 1 0
5 Cerra, Adam CHF 78% 0 1 24 14 10 7 0 5 9 15 3 2 1 1 1 8 2 0 2 2
33 Colyer, Travis HFFR 84% 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 2 5 9 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1
6 Conca, Reece HBFL 83% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 0 9 7 1 6 1 2 5 1 0 0 2 0
36 Cox, Brennan CHB 87% 0 0 10 4 6 6 1 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0
7 Fyfe, Nat C 89% 0 0 27 10 17 5 0 5 13 14 9 8 1 4 2 4 0 1 2 2
42 Giro, Stefan SUB↑ 53% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 2 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 Hamling, Joel FB 77% 0 0 10 3 7 0 2 1 6 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
23 Henry, Liam INT 75% 1 1 8 7 1 1 0 0 6 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
15 Hughes, Ethan HFFL 82% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 2 7 11 1 5 2 1 5 1 0 0 3 0
22 Meek, Lloyd RU 93% 0 0 6 0 6 0 13 1 4 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
16 Mundy, David RO 77% 0 1 19 9 10 5 0 3 6 14 3 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 4 0
25 Pearce, Alex BPR↓ 26% 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Ryan, Luke HBFR 88% 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 5 5 9 0 6 0 2 9 0 0 0 2 0
28 Schultz, Lachie FPR 83% 1 0 10 9 1 0 0 5 7 3 0 5 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 1
3 Serong, Caleb INT 73% 0 1 26 13 13 2 0 3 11 14 3 3 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 1
39 Switkowski, Sam FPL 75% 1 1 15 5 10 3 0 5 7 8 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0
20 Taberner, Matt FF 100% 3 1 13 10 3 4 0 0 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
38 Watson, Tobe INT 89% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 2 6 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 0
26 Young, Hayden BPL 86% 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 0 4 13 0 4 1 2 8 3 0 0 5 0
Rushed 1
Total 8 10 343 188 155 69 17 49 143 203 35 73 20 21 49 57 7 2 46 7

Alex Pearce was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Stefan Giro in the second quarter.

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
26 H. Young 21 J. Hamling 25 A. Pearce 11 M. Gawn (c) 2 N. Jones
31 B. Fritsch 6 L. Jackson 30 A. Neal-Bullen 13 C. Oliver 23 J. Jordon
FORWARD 4 J. Harmes 24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

9 C. Spargo
6 R. Conca 36 B. Cox 13 L. Ryan

37 K. Chandler
36 K. Pickett 25 T. McDonald 32 T. Sparrow



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 J. Aish 7 N. Fyfe (c) 9 B. Acres



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 L. Meek 19 C. Blakely
HALF-FORWARD 8 A. Brayshaw 23 L. Henry
15 E. Hughes 5 A. Cerra 33 T. Colyer 16 D. Mundy 3 C. Serong
29 J. Hunt 8 J. Lever 3 C. Salem

38 T. Watson
HALF-BACK

42 S. Giro
FORWARD



39 S. Switkowski 20 M. Taberner 28 L. Schultz



20 A. Tomlinson 1 S. May 39 N. Jetta



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FRE Adam Cerra behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:39
FRE David Mundy behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 04:59
MEL Christian Petracca behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 06:20
FRE Alex Pearce behind 0.1.1 - 0.3.3 11:01
MEL Tom McDonald behind 0.2.2 - 0.3.3 12:03
MEL Ed Langdon behind 0.3.3 - 0.3.3 13:15
MEL Kysaiah Pickett goal 1.3.9 - 0.3.3 14:45
MEL Ed Langdon goal 2.3.15 - 0.3.3 16:01
FRE Caleb Serong behind 2.3.15 - 0.4.4 18:57
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 3.3.21 - 0.4.4 20:49
MEL James Harmes behind 3.4.22 - 0.4.4 22:39
MEL Christian Petracca goal 4.4.28 - 0.4.4 25:23
Q2 FRE Matt Taberner behind 4.4.28 - 0.5.5 00:33
MEL James Jordon goal 5.4.34 - 0.5.5 01:56
FRE Liam Henry behind 5.4.34 - 0.6.6 04:40
FRE Sam Switkowski goal 5.4.34 - 1.6.12 07:45
MEL Bayley Fritsch behind 5.5.35 - 1.6.12 10:22
MEL James Jordon behind 5.6.36 - 1.6.12 11:49
FRE Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 1.7.13 12:21
FRE Liam Henry goal 5.6.36 - 2.7.19 14:11
MEL Tom McDonald goal 6.6.42 - 2.7.19 17:05
FRE Sam Switkowski behind 6.6.42 - 2.8.20 18:16
FRE Lachie Schultz goal 6.6.42 - 3.8.26 19:07
MEL James Harmes goal 7.6.48 - 3.8.26 21:08
Q3 MEL Tom McDonald behind 7.7.49 - 3.8.26 02:42
FRE Matt Taberner goal 7.7.49 - 4.8.32 07:02
FRE Connor Blakely goal 7.7.49 - 5.8.38 09:10
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 8.7.55 - 5.8.38 13:07
FRE Travis Colyer behind 8.7.55 - 5.9.39 21:44
MEL Jake Lever behind 8.8.56 - 5.9.39 26:58
MEL Charlie Spargo goal 9.8.62 - 5.9.39 28:56
FRE Andrew Brayshaw goal 9.8.62 - 6.9.45 30:06
Q4 FRE James Aish behind 9.8.62 - 6.10.46 04:02
MEL Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 6.10.46 10:53
MEL Christian Petracca goal 10.9.69 - 6.10.46 11:27
MEL Tom McDonald goal 11.9.75 - 6.10.46 13:38
MEL Angus Brayshaw behind 11.10.76 - 6.10.46 15:59
MEL Tom Sparrow behind 11.11.77 - 6.10.46 19:28
FRE Matt Taberner goal 11.11.77 - 7.10.52 20:40
MEL Nathan Jones behind 11.12.78 - 7.10.52 23:13
MEL Rushed behind 11.13.79 - 7.10.52 24:17
FRE Matt Taberner goal 11.13.79 - 8.10.58 24:38
MEL Luke Jackson behind 11.14.80 - 8.10.58 26:33