2021 Round 16: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday, July 3rd, 2021
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,963
Capacity: 100,024

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 7.13.55 - 9.10.64
Best on Ground: J. Kelly, T. McDonald, C. Ward, C. Petracca

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 3 . 6 5 . 9 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Greater Western Sydney 2 . 2 6 . 6 8 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin GWS by 5 GWS by 18 GWS by 17 GWS by 9 GWS by 9
Duration 26:24 32:46 27:56 27:16 1:54:22

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney)
Captain(s): Max Gawn (Melbourne), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Curtis Deboy (#11), Andrew Heffernan (#29), Dean Margetts (#6), E: Michael Pell (#49)
Goal Umpire(s): Dylan Benwell, Matt Maclure, E: Alex Chisholm
Boundary Umpire(s): Pat Dineen, Mitch Le Fevre, James Scully, David Wood
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Josh Kelly (GWS #22) 2 - Christian Petracca (MEL #5) 1 - Tim Taranto (GWS #14)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Josh Kelly GWS 10 2 0 0 0 0
Christian Salem MEL 6 0 0 2 0 0
Tim Taranto GWS 5 0 1 0 0 1
Tom Green GWS 4 0 1 0 0 0
Steven May MEL 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom McDonald MEL 2 0 0 0 1 0
Shane Mumford GWS 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
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 75% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 2 4 13 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 92% 3 1 12 9 3 8 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 92% 0 2 18 12 6 9 17 2 5 14 5 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 5 0
4 Harmes, James HFFR 72% 0 0 18 9 9 6 0 6 6 12 2 2 2 1 0 7 0 1 1 0
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 83% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 5 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 77% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 0 1 16 0 6 0 4 1 3 0 3 2 0
6 Jackson, Luke FF 81% 0 0 11 6 5 4 12 3 4 7 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
23 Jordon, James INT 65% 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 1 7 13 0 2 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 0
15 Langdon, Ed WR 99% 0 1 25 13 12 6 0 0 9 16 1 1 1 0 2 3 0 2 0 0
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 19 9 10 7 0 2 8 11 0 5 1 2 6 1 0 0 6 0
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 21 19 2 6 0 1 8 7 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 9 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 97% 0 2 22 18 4 10 0 1 11 12 1 2 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 4
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 81% 1 1 16 10 6 2 0 3 9 8 1 5 2 3 1 2 1 0 1 1
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 85% 0 0 28 10 18 4 0 7 12 15 5 6 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 0
5 Petracca, Christian C 92% 0 2 30 18 12 10 0 6 18 12 5 4 2 0 2 9 1 0 0 0
35 Petty, Harry CHB 81% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 5 4 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 11 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah RO 67% 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
24 Rivers, Trent INT 73% 0 0 22 15 7 6 0 4 4 17 0 3 0 1 6 1 0 0 2 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 84% 1 0 31 19 12 9 0 3 4 26 1 1 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 0
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 71% 0 0 11 7 4 6 0 1 4 8 0 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 55% 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 4 5 5 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
22 vandenBerg, Aaron SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Viney, Jack HFFL 77% 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 7 6 10 2 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total 7 13 378 227 151 115 29 63 138 238 25 60 19 21 45 56 10 7 47 6

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
7 Ash, Lachie BPR 81% 0 1 13 11 2 5 0 3 2 10 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 3 0
44 Buckley, Jack BPL↓ 4% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Cumming, Isaac HBFR 82% 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 5 5 8 1 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 4 0
16 Daniels, Brent HFFL 75% 0 1 10 4 6 2 0 3 3 8 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
1 Davis, Phil FB 89% 0 0 12 7 5 7 0 3 7 6 0 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 6 0
31 Finlayson, Jeremy FF 81% 0 1 7 7 0 2 0 1 5 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1
30 Flynn, Matt FPR 75% 0 0 7 1 6 0 6 1 7 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0
12 Green, Tom INT 73% 0 0 25 9 16 6 0 3 11 15 3 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
4 Greene, Toby FPL 88% 3 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 4 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0
19 Haynes, Nick CHB 90% 0 0 16 10 6 9 0 1 4 14 0 3 0 2 4 1 0 0 11 0
37 Hill, Bobby INT 77% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 3 3 7 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 2
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHF 91% 1 1 16 9 7 4 0 1 6 8 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1
2 Hopper, Jacob RO 78% 0 1 21 15 6 3 0 2 8 13 7 5 1 2 1 5 0 0 1 0
39 Idun, Connor INT 89% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 2 4 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 4 0
22 Kelly, Josh WL 82% 1 1 29 18 11 2 0 7 10 19 4 4 0 1 3 8 0 0 4 0
40 Kennedy, Adam HFFR 83% 0 0 18 13 5 9 0 2 6 13 2 4 0 1 4 2 0 1 4 0
38 Lloyd, Daniel INT 82% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 6 3 12 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1
41 Mumford, Shane RU 77% 0 0 10 3 7 2 26 5 4 6 4 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 7 1
36 Perryman, Harry HBFL 86% 0 0 23 15 8 3 0 1 9 10 1 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 1
50 Reid, Sam SUB↑ 81% 1 0 9 2 7 0 0 1 3 6 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
14 Taranto, Tim RR 82% 1 0 28 18 10 6 0 4 11 16 4 5 1 0 3 10 1 0 0 0
8 Ward, Callan C 73% 1 1 24 18 6 7 0 4 11 12 4 2 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 0
6 Whitfield, Lachie WR 82% 1 0 20 14 6 6 0 3 7 14 3 5 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total 9 10 344 209 135 84 32 60 131 207 39 52 21 19 47 55 6 4 60 8

Jack Buckley was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Sam Reid in the first 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
44 J. Buckley 1 P. Davis 7 L. Ash 11 M. Gawn (c) 23 J. Jordon
31 B. Fritsch 6 L. Jackson 30 A. Neal-Bullen 13 C. Oliver 24 T. Rivers
FORWARD 36 K. Pickett 9 C. Spargo
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
36 H. Perryman 19 N. Haynes 13 I. Cumming

22 A. vandenBerg
4 J. Harmes 25 T. McDonald 7 J. Viney



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 J. Kelly 8 C. Ward 6 L. Whitfield



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 41 S. Mumford 12 T. Green
HALF-FORWARD 14 T. Taranto 37 B. Hill
16 B. Daniels 27 H. Himmelberg 40 A. Kennedy 2 J. Hopper 39 C. Idun
3 C. Salem 35 H. Petty 14 M. Hibberd

38 D. Lloyd
HALF-BACK

50 S. Reid
FORWARD



4 T. Greene 31 J. Finlayson 30 M. Flynn



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 29 J. Hunt



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWS Toby Greene goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:30
GWS Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 06:37
MEL Max Gawn behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 08:51
GWS Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 11:05
MEL Kysaiah Pickett goal 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 16:55
MEL Jack Viney behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 19:44
MEL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 1.2.8 20:45
GWS Toby Greene goal 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 22:54
Q2 GWS Tim Taranto goal 1.3.9 - 3.2.20 02:04
GWS Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 3.3.21 03:25
GWS Brent Daniels behind 1.3.9 - 3.4.22 05:10
GWS Callan Ward goal 1.3.9 - 4.4.28 08:08
MEL Alex Neal-Bullen behind 1.4.10 - 4.4.28 12:10
MEL Tom McDonald behind 1.5.11 - 4.4.28 14:12
MEL Tom Sparrow goal 2.5.17 - 4.4.28 16:44
GWS Jacob Hopper behind 2.5.17 - 4.5.29 19:38
GWS Toby Greene goal 2.5.17 - 5.5.35 21:08
GWS Harry Himmelberg behind 2.5.17 - 5.6.36 22:31
GWS Josh Kelly goal 2.5.17 - 6.6.42 24:24
MEL Rushed behind 2.6.18 - 6.6.42 29:00
MEL Alex Neal-Bullen goal 3.6.24 - 6.6.42 30:00
Q3 MEL Christian Petracca behind 3.7.25 - 6.6.42 03:07
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 4.7.31 - 6.6.42 05:41
MEL Bayley Fritsch behind 4.8.32 - 6.6.42 10:13
GWS Sam Reid goal 4.8.32 - 7.6.48 12:34
GWS Harry Himmelberg goal 4.8.32 - 8.6.54 15:09
GWS Lachie Ash behind 4.8.32 - 8.7.55 19:34
MEL Christian Salem goal 5.8.38 - 8.7.55 21:07
GWS Jeremy Finlayson behind 5.8.38 - 8.8.56 22:47
MEL Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 8.8.56 24:20
Q4 MEL Christian Petracca behind 5.10.40 - 8.8.56 02:59
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 6.10.46 - 8.8.56 06:18
GWS Lachie Whitfield goal 6.10.46 - 9.8.62 07:51
MEL Tom McDonald behind 6.11.47 - 9.8.62 09:15
MEL Ed Langdon behind 6.12.48 - 9.8.62 10:20
MEL Bayley Fritsch goal 7.12.54 - 9.8.62 11:26
GWS Josh Kelly behind 7.12.54 - 9.9.63 13:11
GWS Callan Ward behind 7.12.54 - 9.10.64 20:39
MEL Max Gawn behind 7.13.55 - 9.10.64 24:34