2018 AFL Round 23: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 2018 between Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney during round 23 of the 2018 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Greater Western Sydney at MCG. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

Melbourne
Back: N. Jetta, O. McDonald, J. Lewis
Half-back: C. Salem, S. Frost, M. Hibberd
Centre: D. Tyson, C. Oliver, J. Harmes
Half-forward: J. Melksham, T. McDonald, A. vandenBerg
Forward: C. Spargo, D. Kent, A. Neal-Bullen
Follower: M. Gawn, N. Jones (capt.), C. Petracca
Int.: A. Brayshaw, B. Fritsch, J. Kennedy Harris, S. Weideman

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Finlayson, P. Davis, L. Keeffe
Half-back: A. Kennedy, N. Haynes, H. Perryman
Centre: L. Whitfield, C. Ward, J. Hopper
Half-forward: D. Lloyd, J. Cameron, T. Taranto
Forward: Z. Langdon, H. Himmelberg, J. Kelly
Follower: R. Lobb, S. Coniglio, D. Shiel
Int.: A. Bonar, M. Buntine, S. Reid, A. Tomlinson

Melbourne (15.12.102) defeated Greater Western Sydney (8.9.57).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: T. McDonald (3), C. Petracca (3), A. Neal-Bullen (2), A. Brayshaw, M. Gawn, J. Harmes, N. Jones, J. Melksham, A. vandenBerg, S. Weideman
Greater Western Sydney: S. Coniglio (2), J. Cameron, J. Finlayson, H. Himmelberg, Z. Langdon, R. Lobb, A. Tomlinson

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Greater Western Sydney were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Sunday 26 August 2018
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,285

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 15.12.102 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 6 12 . 9 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Greater Western Sydney 4 . 1 5 . 5 5 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 13 MELB by 43 MELB by 45 MELB by 45
Duration 29:07 29:27 27:38 28:13 1:54:25

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Nathan Jones (Melbourne), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), B. Rosebury (#8), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Stephen Coniglio GWSY 3 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
James Harmes MELB 4 9 1 1 0 0 0
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 8 1 0 1 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 7 0 1 1 0 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Christian Salem MELB 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Stephen Coniglio GWSY 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tom McDonald MELB 25 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 80% 1 0 32 15 17 7 0 5 1 4 0 1 4 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley INT 78% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 2
17 Frost, Sam CHB 94% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2
11 Gawn, Max RU 91% 1 0 18 10 8 6 37 3 1 1 1 0 2 2
4 Harmes, James WR 90% 1 1 29 17 12 7 0 6 6 4 1 1 1 6
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFR 90% 0 0 22 14 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 78% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 5 1 1 1 1 2 1
2 Jones, Nathan (c) RR 83% 1 1 27 14 13 3 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 5
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay INT 87% 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 5 1 1 2 1 1 2
16 Kent, Dean FF 4% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Lewis, Jordan BPR 94% 0 0 22 10 12 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 97% 0 0 16 7 9 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 2
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 98% 3 0 14 8 6 7 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
18 Melksham, Jake HFFL 87% 1 1 16 13 3 10 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 7
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPR 90% 2 0 12 10 2 1 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 2
13 Oliver, Clayton C 88% 0 0 30 12 18 5 0 4 4 3 1 2 2 3
5 Petracca, Christian RO 94% 3 2 20 14 6 4 2 3 2 4 1 1 0 2
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 86% 0 0 26 17 9 7 0 3 3 3 2 0 6 1
9 Spargo, Charlie FPL 85% 0 1 16 6 10 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
12 Tyson, Dom WL 36% 0 0 13 5 8 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2
22 vandenBerg, Aaron HFFR 85% 1 1 21 13 8 7 0 6 1 3 2 2 2 6
26 Weideman, Sam INT 86% 1 0 17 7 10 6 4 1 1 1 2 0 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 15 12 403 222 181 106 48 60 29 38 19 13 39 54

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Bonar, Aiden INT 66% 0 0 12 2 10 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 Buntine, Matt INT 79% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1
18 Cameron, Jeremy CHF 87% 1 4 13 10 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4
3 Coniglio, Stephen RR 87% 2 1 32 18 14 9 0 8 5 3 1 1 1 4
1 Davis, Phil FB 91% 0 0 14 8 6 7 0 2 0 2 3 1 2 0
31 Finlayson, Jeremy BPL 83% 1 0 16 13 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 3
19 Haynes, Nick CHB 88% 0 0 21 14 7 8 0 1 0 4 0 1 3 3
27 Himmelberg, Harry FF 86% 1 0 13 9 4 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 3
2 Hopper, Jacob WR 80% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1
25 Keeffe, Lachie BPR 88% 0 0 8 2 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
22 Kelly, Josh FPR 85% 0 0 19 9 10 2 0 4 4 1 1 1 3 4
40 Kennedy, Adam HBFL 91% 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 2 3 2 1 0 1 2
17 Langdon, Zac FPL 76% 1 0 8 3 5 2 0 2 1 3 1 3 0 2
38 Lloyd, Daniel HFFL 80% 0 0 7 5 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
37 Lobb, Rory RU 67% 1 0 10 7 3 4 12 2 1 0 1 0 1 3
36 Perryman, Harry HBFR 84% 0 0 22 11 11 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 0
50 Reid, Sam INT 75% 0 1 9 4 5 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 Shiel, Dylan RO 77% 0 0 27 12 15 4 0 2 1 5 0 1 1 8
14 Taranto, Tim HFFR 81% 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 5 1 1 1 0 1 1
20 Tomlinson, Adam INT 90% 1 0 20 17 3 6 4 1 2 3 0 1 1 4
8 Ward, Callan C 85% 0 1 29 13 16 4 0 3 12 1 2 0 0 4
6 Whitfield, Lachie WL 73% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 1 0 3 1 3 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 8 9 355 196 159 110 18 46 32 42 13 19 34 50

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
31 J. Finlayson 1 P. Davis 25 L. Keeffe 11 M. Gawn 10 A. Brayshaw
30 A. Neal-Bullen 16 D. Kent 9 C. Spargo 2 N. Jones (c) 31 B. Fritsch
FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 24 J. Kennedy Harris
HALF-BACK

26 S. Weideman
40 A. Kennedy 19 N. Haynes 36 H. Perryman



22 A. vandenBerg 25 T. McDonald 18 J. Melksham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 L. Whitfield 8 C. Ward 2 J. Hopper



4 J. Harmes 13 C. Oliver 12 D. Tyson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 37 R. Lobb 10 A. Bonar
HALF-FORWARD 3 S. Coniglio 21 M. Buntine
38 D. Lloyd 18 J. Cameron 14 T. Taranto 5 D. Shiel 50 S. Reid
14 M. Hibberd 17 S. Frost 3 C. Salem

20 A. Tomlinson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



17 Z. Langdon 27 H. Himmelberg 22 J. Kelly



6 J. Lewis 28 O. McDonald 39 N. Jetta



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Tom McDonald goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:26
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:20
GWSY Adam Tomlinson goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 05:51
MELB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 07:02
GWSY Sam Reid behind 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 08:41
GWSY Rory Lobb goal 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 10:56
MELB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 3.1.19 12:43
MELB James Harmes goal 2.2.14 - 3.1.19 16:53
MELB Aaron vandenBerg goal 3.2.20 - 3.1.19 18:34
MELB Tom McDonald goal 4.2.26 - 3.1.19 22:14
GWSY Jeremy Cameron goal 4.2.26 - 4.1.25 25:08
Q2 MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 5.2.32 - 4.1.25 00:22
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 5.2.32 - 5.1.31 02:01
MELB Jake Melksham behind 5.3.33 - 5.1.31 05:28
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 5.3.33 - 5.2.32 06:26
MELB James Harmes behind 5.4.34 - 5.2.32 09:29
MELB Tom McDonald goal 6.4.40 - 5.2.32 12:50
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 6.4.40 - 5.3.33 14:33
MELB Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 5.3.33 18:41
MELB Christian Petracca behind 6.6.42 - 5.3.33 24:57
MELB Christian Petracca goal 7.6.48 - 5.3.33 25:55
GWSY Callan Ward behind 7.6.48 - 5.4.34 27:59
GWSY Stephen Coniglio behind 7.6.48 - 5.5.35 29:23
Q3 MELB Max Gawn goal 8.6.54 - 5.5.35 01:59
MELB Christian Petracca goal 9.6.60 - 5.5.35 03:05
MELB Christian Petracca behind 9.7.61 - 5.5.35 06:15
MELB Christian Petracca goal 10.7.67 - 5.5.35 08:19
MELB Aaron vandenBerg behind 10.8.68 - 5.5.35 16:23
MELB Nathan Jones goal 11.8.74 - 5.5.35 20:58
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 12.8.80 - 5.5.35 22:15
GWSY Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 5.6.36 23:27
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 12.8.80 - 5.7.37 24:49
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 12.8.80 - 5.8.38 26:20
MELB Rushed behind 12.9.81 - 5.8.38 27:23
Q4 GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 12.9.81 - 6.8.44 01:04
MELB Sam Weideman goal 13.9.87 - 6.8.44 04:33
GWSY Zac Langdon goal 13.9.87 - 7.8.50 08:27
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 14.9.93 - 7.8.50 10:32
MELB Jay Kennedy Harris behind 14.10.94 - 7.8.50 12:31
MELB Jake Melksham goal 15.10.100 - 7.8.50 17:20
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 15.11.101 - 7.8.50 19:13
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson goal 15.11.101 - 8.8.56 21:45
MELB Nathan Jones behind 15.12.102 - 8.8.56 23:59
GWSY Rushed behind 15.12.102 - 8.9.57 27:29