2015 AFL Season Round 23: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 2015 between Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney during round twenty-three of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Greater Western Sydney at Etihad Stadium. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. Callan Ward captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

Melbourne (15.13.103) defeated Greater Western Sydney (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Sunday 6 September 2015
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 8,974

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 15.13.103 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 6 13 . 10 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Greater Western Sydney 4 . 1 7 . 4 9 . 7 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin level MELB by 2 MELB by 27 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration 30:53 31:09 32:08 31:38 2:05:48

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Nathan Jones
Coach: Paul Roos

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: Callan Ward
Coach: Leon Cameron

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Fisher (#3)
N. Foot (#2)
S. Hay (#20)
E: B. Wallace (#33)

Goal Umpires

C. Appleton
M. Craig
E: S. Piperno

Boundary Umpires

J. Andrews
G. Bergroth
G. Large
J. Mather

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bernie Vince MELB 23 3
Nathan Jones MELB 2 2
Callan Ward GWSY 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Bernie Vince MELB 23 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jack Viney MELB 7 7 0 1 1 0 0
Nathan Jones MELB 2 6 0 1 0 1 0
Tom McDonald MELB 25 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jesse Hogan MELB 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Callan Ward GWSY 8 1 0 0 0 0 1
Zac Williams GWSY 29 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus INT 72% 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 6 3 3 2 1 0 5
18 Cross, Daniel HBFL 78% 0 0 25 6 19 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 Dunn, Lynden FB 79% 1 1 13 8 5 5 12 4 1 2 0 1 0 3
20 Garland, Colin BPL 96% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 3 1 3 1 1 5 1
36 Garlett, Jeff FPL 94% 2 2 7 7 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 81% 0 0 9 3 6 3 55 1 2 1 0 1 0 1
31 Grimes, Jack WL 89% 1 0 24 15 9 8 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 3
43 Harmes, James HFFL 79% 2 1 16 7 9 6 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 4
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 93% 3 2 13 10 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
38 Howe, Jeremy BPR 86% 1 0 11 11 0 7 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 5
2 Jones, Nathan (c) RR 83% 1 1 36 19 17 2 0 4 8 1 3 0 1 11
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay FPR 86% 1 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 4
28 McDonald, Oscar CHF 87% 0 0 15 7 8 6 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 94% 0 0 23 16 7 9 0 1 1 3 2 1 6 2
22 Michie, Viv INT 79% 0 0 21 6 15 3 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 3
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex SUB↑ 20% 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
19 Newton, Ben INT 76% 3 2 14 10 4 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 96% 0 1 24 14 10 4 0 7 0 1 2 0 2 2
15 Stretch, Billy HFFR 87% 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 7 2 3 1 2 1 2
23 Vince, Bernie C 87% 0 2 38 16 22 3 1 7 14 5 1 4 2 5
7 Viney, Jack RO 88% 0 0 29 11 18 2 0 12 8 1 2 1 1 4
41 White, Mitch WR↓ 69% 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 13 390 216 174 99 69 73 49 44 19 17 28 62

A. Neal-Bullen replaced M. White.

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
43 Barrett, Jake SUB↑ 43% 0 0 7 1 6 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
14 Bugg, Tomas RO 90% 0 1 16 6 10 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 0
18 Cameron, Jeremy FF 91% 2 2 8 8 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 3
35 Corr, Aidan CHB 95% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 1
44 Downie, Tom RU 82% 0 0 5 0 5 2 21 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Greene, Toby FPR 89% 1 0 20 11 9 0 0 0 7 4 2 1 1 1
22 Kelly, Josh FPL 88% 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 9 2 4 1 2 1 5
40 Kennedy, Adam BPL 90% 0 0 15 8 7 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0
34 Marchbank, Caleb FB↓ 43% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 McCarthy, Cam INT 86% 0 2 11 9 2 3 0 1 0 5 1 2 0 3
7 Palmer, Rhys HFFR 94% 1 0 20 10 10 4 0 3 1 3 1 2 1 5
30 Plowman, Lachie HBFL 88% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 0
23 Shaw, Heath WR 86% 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 9 0
10 Smith, Devon HFFL 82% 1 1 21 14 7 2 0 10 4 2 1 0 1 4
36 Stewart, James CHF 85% 1 1 10 5 5 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4
20 Tomlinson, Adam INT 84% 0 1 15 11 4 7 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 2
31 Townsend, Jacob HBFR 73% 1 0 22 10 12 3 1 6 4 7 0 4 3 2
17 Treloar, Adam C 83% 0 1 26 11 15 4 0 3 2 2 2 0 1 4
8 Ward, Callan (c) RR 87% 1 0 32 10 22 6 1 7 8 3 2 2 2 4
6 Whitfield, Lachie WL 81% 1 0 13 6 7 2 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 3
29 Williams, Zac BPR 80% 2 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 2 3 0 1 4 2
16 Wilson, Nathan INT 78% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 11 330 176 154 70 30 60 34 51 17 19 44 44

J. Barrett replaced C. Marchbank.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Paul Roos
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
40 A. Kennedy 34 C. Marchbank 29 Z. Williams 11 M. Gawn 10 A. Brayshaw
24 J. Kennedy Harris 1 J. Hogan 36 J. Garlett 2 N. Jones (c) 22 V. Michie
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 19 B. Newton
HALF-BACK

30 A. Neal-Bullen
30 L. Plowman 35 A. Corr 31 J. Townsend



15 B. Stretch 28 O. McDonald 43 J. Harmes



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 L. Whitfield 17 A. Treloar 23 H. Shaw



41 M. White 23 B. Vince 31 J. Grimes FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. Downie 25 C. McCarthy
HALF-FORWARD 8 C. Ward (c) 20 A. Tomlinson
10 D. Smith 36 J. Stewart 7 R. Palmer 14 T. Bugg 16 N. Wilson
3 C. Salem 25 T. McDonald 18 D. Cross

43 J. Barrett
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



22 J. Kelly 18 J. Cameron 4 T. Greene



38 J. Howe 14 L. Dunn 20 C. Garland



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Zac Williams goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 08:59
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 10:41
GWSY Rhys Palmer goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 13:26
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 15:02
MELB James Harmes goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 17:05
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 3.0.18 - 2.1.13 18:39
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 4.0.24 - 2.1.13 22:43
GWSY Lachie Whitfield goal 4.0.24 - 3.1.19 24:35
GWSY Jeremy Cameron goal 4.0.24 - 4.1.25 27:14
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 4.1.25 - 4.1.25 30:11
Q2 MELB Jeff Garlett behind 4.2.26 - 4.1.25 00:54
GWSY Cam McCarthy behind 4.2.26 - 4.2.26 02:10
MELB Lynden Dunn behind 4.3.27 - 4.2.26 03:12
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 05:12
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 4.4.28 - 4.3.27 06:56
GWSY Jacob Townsend goal 4.4.28 - 5.3.33 10:19
MELB Jeremy Howe goal 5.4.34 - 5.3.33 13:13
MELB James Harmes behind 5.5.35 - 5.3.33 14:43
MELB Ben Newton goal 6.5.41 - 5.3.33 16:45
GWSY James Stewart behind 6.5.41 - 5.4.34 18:41
GWSY Callan Ward goal 6.5.41 - 6.4.40 19:41
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 7.5.47 - 6.4.40 22:49
GWSY James Stewart goal 7.5.47 - 7.4.46 26:48
MELB Ben Newton behind 7.6.48 - 7.4.46 27:54
Q3 MELB Nathan Jones goal 8.6.54 - 7.4.46 03:05
MELB Ben Newton behind 8.7.55 - 7.4.46 07:07
MELB Jack Grimes goal 9.7.61 - 7.4.46 08:04
MELB Nathan Jones behind 9.8.62 - 7.4.46 09:34
MELB Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 7.4.46 10:19
GWSY Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 7.5.47 12:54
MELB Bernie Vince behind 9.10.64 - 7.5.47 14:12
GWSY Devon Smith goal 9.10.64 - 8.5.53 16:15
MELB Lynden Dunn goal 10.10.70 - 8.5.53 18:20
GWSY Adam Tomlinson behind 10.10.70 - 8.6.54 20:22
GWSY Zac Williams goal 10.10.70 - 9.6.60 21:06
GWSY Devon Smith behind 10.10.70 - 9.7.61 23:19
MELB Ben Newton goal 11.10.76 - 9.7.61 27:33
MELB Ben Newton goal 12.10.82 - 9.7.61 29:01
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 13.10.88 - 9.7.61 32:01
Q4 GWSY Toby Greene goal 13.10.88 - 10.7.67 01:31
GWSY Cam McCarthy behind 13.10.88 - 10.8.68 03:01
MELB Jay Kennedy Harris goal 14.10.94 - 10.8.68 04:25
GWSY Jeremy Cameron goal 14.10.94 - 11.8.74 08:49
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 14.11.95 - 11.8.74 15:11
GWSY Adam Treloar behind 14.11.95 - 11.9.75 17:48
MELB James Harmes goal 15.11.101 - 11.9.75 25:08
MELB Christian Salem behind 15.12.102 - 11.9.75 27:08
MELB Bernie Vince behind 15.13.103 - 11.9.75 27:33
GWSY Tomas Bugg behind 15.13.103 - 11.10.76 30:21
GWSY Rushed behind 15.13.103 - 11.11.77 31:15