2021 AFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 17-1-4, P%: 130.8%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Clayton Oliver (31)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bayley Fritsch (47)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Clayton Oliver

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Max Gawn
Vice-Captain(s): Jack Viney

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baker, Oskar #33 3 R02, R07, R12 0 0
Bowey, Jake #17 7 R20-R23, QF, PF, GF 0 0
Brayshaw, Angus #10 25 R01-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 3 0
Brown, Ben #50 13 R07-R09, R17-R23, QF, PF, GF 25 0
Brown, Mitch #38 1 R05 2 0
Chandler, Kade #37 5 R01, R06, R08-R09, R13 0 0
Fritsch, Bayley #31 24 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 59 3
Gawn, Max #11 25 R01-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 16 16
Harmes, James #4 18 R01, R08-R13, R15-R17, R19-R23, QF, PF, GF 7 0
Hibberd, Michael #14 17 R05-R13, R15-R19, R22, PF, GF 0 0
Hunt, Jayden #29 20 R01-R13, R15-R21 2 0
Jackson, Luke #6 24 R01-R08, R10-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 16 3
Jetta, Neville #39 5 R01-R04, R10 0 0
Jones, Nathan #2 8 R01-R07, R15 2 0
Jordon, James #23 25 R01-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 6 0
Langdon, Ed #15 24 R01-R11, R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 13 0
Lever, Jake #8 25 R01-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 0 5
May, Steven #1 23 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R21, R23, QF, PF, GF 0 1
McDonald, Tom #25 23 R01-R13, R15-R20, R23, QF, PF, GF 33 8
Melksham, Jake #18 12 R03-R12, R21-R22 8 0
Neal-Bullen, Alex #30 25 R01-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 15 0
Oliver, Clayton #13 25 R01-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 11 31
Petracca, Christian #5 25 R01-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 29 23
Petty, Harry #35 19 R05, R08-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 0 0
Pickett, Kysaiah #36 25 R01-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 40 2
Rivers, Trent #24 25 R01-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 1 0
Salem, Christian #3 24 R01-R09, R11-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 3 1
Smith, Joel #44 3 R22-R23, QF 0 0
Spargo, Charlie #9 25 R01-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 18 0
Sparrow, Tom #32 21 R01-R05, R10-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF 7 0
Tomlinson, Adam #20 7 R01-R07 0 0
vandenBerg, Aaron #22 4 R16, R18, R21-R22 0 0
Viney, Jack #7 15 R02-R06, R15-R20, R23, QF, PF, GF 4 3
Weideman, Sam #26 5 R09-R13 3 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Michael Hibberd Steven May Jake Lever
Half-Back: Jayden Hunt Harry Petty Christian Salem
Centre: Angus Brayshaw Christian Petracca Ed Langdon
Half-Forward: Kysaiah Pickett Tom McDonald Charlie Spargo
Forward: Alex Neal-Bullen Ben Brown Bayley Fritsch
Follower: Max Gawn Clayton Oliver James Harmes
Interchange: Luke Jackson James Jordon Trent Rivers
Tom Sparrow Jack Viney

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Goodwin, Simon 25 20 -1- 4 R01-R13, R15-R23, QF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/03/2021 Round 1 Fremantle HOME WIN MEL by 22 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
27/03/2021 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 18 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
04/04/2021 Round 3 Greater Western Sydney AWAY WIN MEL by 34 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
11/04/2021 Round 4 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 25 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
18/04/2021 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 50 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
24/04/2021 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 34 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
02/05/2021 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 30 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
08/05/2021 Round 8 Sydney HOME WIN MEL by 9 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
16/05/2021 Round 9 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 26 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
22/05/2021 Round 10 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 1 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
28/05/2021 Round 11 Western Bulldogs AWAY WIN MEL by 28 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
04/06/2021 Round 12 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN MEL by 22 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
14/06/2021 Round 13 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 17 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
Round 14 BYE
26/06/2021 Round 15 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 11 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
03/07/2021 Round 16 Greater Western Sydney HOME LOSS GWS by 9 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
08/07/2021 Round 17 Port Adelaide AWAY WIN MEL by 31 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
17/07/2021 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME DRAW drawn Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
24/07/2021 Round 19 Western Bulldogs HOME LOSS BUL by 20 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
01/08/2021 Round 20 Gold Coast AWAY WIN MEL by 98 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
09/08/2021 Round 21 West Coast AWAY WIN MEL by 9 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
15/08/2021 Round 22 Adelaide HOME WIN MEL by 41 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
21/08/2021 Round 23 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 4 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
28/08/2021 Qualifying Final Brisbane Lions HOME WIN MEL by 33 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
10/09/2021 Preliminary Final Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 83 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn
25/09/2021 Grand Final Western Bulldogs HOME WIN MEL by 74 Simon Goodwin Max Gawn