2018 AFL Round 1: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 25 March 2018 between Melbourne and Geelong during round 1 of the 2018 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Geelong at MCG. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, J. Lever, N. Jetta
Half-back: J. Hunt, O. McDonald, N. Jones (capt.)
Centre: J. Wagner, J. Lewis, C. Salem
Half-forward: C. Petracca, C. Pedersen, J. Melksham
Forward: B. Fritsch, J. Hogan, J. Garlett
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Oliver, A. Neal-Bullen
Int.: M. Hannan, J. Harmes, C. Maynard, B. Vince

Geelong
Back: J. Kolodjashnij, H. Taylor, Z. Tuohy
Half-back: M. Blicavs, T. Stewart, J. Bews
Centre: C. Guthrie, J. Selwood (capt.), M. Duncan
Half-forward: C. Gregson, E. Ratugolea, J. Parsons
Forward: L. Fogarty, T. Hawkins, B. Parfitt
Follower: Z. Smith, G. Ablett, S. Menegola
Int.: Z. Guthrie, T. Kelly, D. Menzel, J. Murdoch

Melbourne (13.16.94) were defeated by Geelong (14.13.97).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Hogan (3), A. Neal-Bullen (2), C. Pedersen (2), B. Fritsch, J. Garlett, M. Gawn, M. Hannan, C. Oliver, C. Petracca
Geelong: D. Menzel (4), B. Parfitt (2), G. Ablett, L. Fogarty, C. Guthrie, T. Kelly, J. Murdoch, J. Parsons, E. Ratugolea, Z. Smith

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder and Geelong were then 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Sunday 25 March 2018
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 54,112

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 13.16.94 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 1 8 . 5 12 . 9 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Geelong 5 . 3 12 . 8 13 . 10 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin MELB by 4 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 7 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 3
Duration 33:34 38:07 32:03 28:22 2:12:06

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Nathan Jones (Melbourne), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Deboy (#11), H. Gavine (#14), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ablett GEEL 4 3
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 2
Christian Petracca MELB 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 9 1 1 0 0 0
Gary Ablett GEEL 4 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Daniel Menzel GEEL 10 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Christian Petracca MELB 5 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 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
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 87% 1 1 11 7 4 6 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 3
36 Garlett, Jeff FPR 84% 1 2 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 84% 1 2 20 8 12 4 47 5 4 2 3 0 0 3
19 Hannan, Mitch INT 72% 1 1 9 6 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
4 Harmes, James INT 66% 0 2 18 13 5 3 0 4 6 1 4 1 1 7
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 81% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 4 3
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 89% 3 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 6
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFL 86% 0 1 18 11 7 4 0 3 2 2 1 1 2 7
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 85% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 0
2 Jones, Nathan (c) HBFR 76% 0 0 29 10 19 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 6
8 Lever, Jake FB 94% 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 1
6 Lewis, Jordan C 91% 0 0 24 6 18 4 0 3 4 3 1 1 1 3
20 Maynard, Corey INT 75% 0 0 15 5 10 0 0 7 5 4 2 1 0 4
28 McDonald, Oscar CHB 100% 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1
18 Melksham, Jake HFFR 67% 0 1 15 9 6 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 4
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex RO 75% 2 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 3 5 2 3 0 1
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 85% 1 0 28 9 19 3 0 10 6 4 0 2 0 3
21 Pedersen, Cameron CHF 89% 2 1 13 6 7 1 4 4 0 2 1 0 1 1
5 Petracca, Christian HFFL 88% 1 3 24 14 10 3 0 4 7 3 2 0 1 5
3 Salem, Christian WR 73% 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2
23 Vince, Bernie INT 70% 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 2 2
42 Wagner, Josh WL 84% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 4 0 3 3 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 16 358 185 173 52 51 72 44 58 26 17 20 64

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ablett, Gary RR 93% 1 1 39 22 17 5 0 1 2 8 0 3 1 7
24 Bews, Jed HBFR 85% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
46 Blicavs, Mark HBFL 94% 0 0 9 2 7 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1
22 Duncan, Mitch WR 86% 0 0 26 15 11 10 0 4 2 3 0 1 3 1
13 Fogarty, Lachie FPL 79% 1 0 20 8 12 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
28 Gregson, Cory HFFL 84% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 1
29 Guthrie, Cameron WL 88% 1 0 20 11 9 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 0
39 Guthrie, Zach INT 82% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 93% 0 1 14 8 6 6 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0
11 Kelly, Tim INT 91% 1 0 27 10 17 3 0 2 4 2 0 2 0 6
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPL 85% 0 1 20 10 10 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 2
27 Menegola, Sam RO 80% 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 6 5 5 1 4 4 1
10 Menzel, Daniel INT 82% 4 2 15 11 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
21 Murdoch, Jordan INT 84% 1 1 24 13 11 5 0 5 1 6 3 0 6 2
3 Parfitt, Brandan FPR 87% 2 2 22 13 9 3 0 4 2 0 5 0 2 5
34 Parsons, James HFFR 85% 1 1 17 8 9 8 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 2
17 Ratugolea, Esava CHF 68% 1 1 8 5 3 5 5 0 1 4 0 3 0 1
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 80% 0 2 39 17 22 4 0 5 8 5 2 3 1 3
9 Smith, Zac RU 70% 1 0 11 3 8 3 23 2 4 4 1 3 1 1
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 86% 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
7 Taylor, Harry FB 20% 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Tuohy, Zach BPR 97% 0 0 25 18 7 7 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 13 418 220 198 103 30 45 36 59 17 26 45 41

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: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
8 J. Kolodjashnij 7 H. Taylor 2 Z. Tuohy 11 M. Gawn 19 M. Hannan
36 J. Garlett 1 J. Hogan 31 B. Fritsch 13 C. Oliver 4 J. Harmes
FORWARD 30 A. Neal-Bullen 20 C. Maynard
HALF-BACK

23 B. Vince
46 M. Blicavs 44 T. Stewart 24 J. Bews



18 J. Melksham 21 C. Pedersen 5 C. Petracca



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



29 C. Guthrie 14 J. Selwood (c) 22 M. Duncan



3 C. Salem 6 J. Lewis 42 J. Wagner FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 9 Z. Smith 39 Z. Guthrie
HALF-FORWARD 4 G. Ablett 11 T. Kelly
28 C. Gregson 17 E. Ratugolea 34 J. Parsons 27 S. Menegola 10 D. Menzel
2 N. Jones (c) 28 O. McDonald 29 J. Hunt

21 J. Murdoch
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



13 L. Fogarty 26 T. Hawkins 3 B. Parfitt



39 N. Jetta 8 J. Lever 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:30
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:52
GEEL Esava Ratugolea goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:45
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 08:39
GEEL Esava Ratugolea behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 10:12
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 10:43
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 16:18
GEEL Lachie Fogarty goal 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 17:18
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 3.1.19 - 3.2.20 19:22
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 3.1.19 - 4.2.26 20:32
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 4.1.25 - 4.2.26 21:54
MELB Cameron Pedersen goal 5.1.31 - 4.2.26 23:29
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 5.1.31 - 4.3.27 24:50
GEEL James Parsons goal 5.1.31 - 5.3.33 27:41
MELB Cameron Pedersen goal 6.1.37 - 5.3.33 31:10
Q2 MELB Clayton Oliver goal 7.1.43 - 5.3.33 04:50
GEEL Brandan Parfitt goal 7.1.43 - 6.3.39 06:45
GEEL Brandan Parfitt behind 7.1.43 - 6.4.40 10:08
GEEL Jake Kolodjashnij behind 7.1.43 - 6.5.41 10:33
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 7.1.43 - 7.5.47 12:51
MELB Cameron Pedersen behind 7.2.44 - 7.5.47 13:59
GEEL Tim Kelly goal 7.2.44 - 8.5.53 16:12
MELB Jake Melksham behind 7.3.45 - 8.5.53 17:33
GEEL James Parsons behind 7.3.45 - 8.6.54 19:15
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 7.4.46 - 8.6.54 20:03
GEEL Zac Smith goal 7.4.46 - 9.6.60 21:32
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 7.4.46 - 9.7.61 23:20
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 8.4.52 - 9.7.61 24:32
GEEL Cameron Guthrie goal 8.4.52 - 10.7.67 25:43
MELB Jayden Hunt behind 8.5.53 - 10.7.67 27:22
GEEL Brandan Parfitt behind 8.5.53 - 10.8.68 30:01
GEEL Jordan Murdoch goal 8.5.53 - 11.8.74 32:01
GEEL Brandan Parfitt goal 8.5.53 - 12.8.80 35:11
Q3 MELB Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 12.8.80 01:07
MELB Max Gawn goal 9.6.60 - 12.8.80 02:55
GEEL Jordan Murdoch behind 9.6.60 - 12.9.81 05:30
MELB James Harmes behind 9.7.61 - 12.9.81 06:46
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 10.7.67 - 12.9.81 12:50
GEEL Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 12.10.82 14:46
MELB Mitch Hannan behind 10.8.68 - 12.10.82 16:53
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 11.8.74 - 12.10.82 19:29
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 11.8.74 - 13.10.88 26:03
MELB Christian Petracca goal 12.8.80 - 13.10.88 27:42
MELB Christian Petracca behind 12.9.81 - 13.10.88 29:26
Q4 MELB Christian Petracca behind 12.10.82 - 13.10.88 02:30
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 12.10.82 - 14.10.94 04:44
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 12.11.83 - 14.10.94 06:35
MELB James Harmes behind 12.12.84 - 14.10.94 07:52
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 12.12.84 - 14.11.95 10:05
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 13.12.90 - 14.11.95 11:01
GEEL Daniel Menzel behind 13.12.90 - 14.12.96 16:53
GEEL Daniel Menzel behind 13.12.90 - 14.13.97 18:33
MELB Max Gawn behind 13.13.91 - 14.13.97 21:30
MELB Rushed behind 13.14.92 - 14.13.97 23:54
MELB Christian Petracca behind 13.15.93 - 14.13.97 24:40
MELB Max Gawn behind 13.16.94 - 14.13.97 27:24