2020 AFL Round 1: West Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 March 2020 between West Coast and Melbourne during round 1 of the 2020 AFL season. West Coast hosted Melbourne at Optus Stadium. Luke Shuey captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Adam Simpson and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

West Coast
Back: B. Sheppard, T. Barrass, S. Hurn
Half-back: L. Jetta, J. McGovern, L. Duggan
Centre: A. Gaff, E. Yeo, J. Petruccelle
Half-forward: J. Redden, J. Darling, B. Ah Chee
Forward: L. Ryan, J. Kennedy, J. Cripps
Follower: N. Naitanui, T. Kelly, L. Shuey (capt.)
Int.: J. Brander, T. Hickey, J. Nelson, D. Sheed

Melbourne
Back: N. Jetta, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: O. McDonald, J. Harmes, M. Hibberd
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Oliver, A. Tomlinson
Half-forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Fritsch, J. Viney
Forward: K. Pickett, T. McDonald, M. Brown
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Petracca, J. Melksham
Int.: T. Bedford, A. Brayshaw, J. Lockhart, C. Spargo

West Coast (12.6.78) defeated Melbourne (7.9.51).

Goalkickers
West Coast: L. Ryan (3), B. Ah Chee (2), D. Sheed (2), J. Darling, A. Gaff, L. Jetta, T. Kelly, J. Petruccelle
Melbourne: T. McDonald (2), K. Pickett (2), J. Melksham, A. Neal-Bullen, J. Viney

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 3rd on the ladder and Melbourne were then 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: West Coast v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 22 March 2020
Time: 3:40 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Melbourne
Score: 12.6.78 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 5 . 1 7 . 3 11 . 6 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Melbourne 0 . 4 3 . 6 5 . 9 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin WCST by 27 WCST by 21 WCST by 33 WCST by 27 WCST by 27
Duration 24:52 24:47 24:43 21:43 1:36:05

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Simpson (West Coast), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Luke Shuey (West Coast), Max Gawn (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), C. Dore (#28), R. Findlay (#23)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dom Sheed WCST 4 3
Andrew Gaff WCST 3 2
Jack Viney MELB 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jack Viney MELB 7 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Andrew Gaff WCST 3 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Shannon Hurn WCST 25 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Liam Ryan WCST 1 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Dom Sheed WCST 4 2 0 0 0 1 0
Nic Naitanui WCST 9 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Ah Chee, Brendon HFFR 83% 2 1 12 7 5 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 2
37 Barrass, Tom FB 84% 0 0 16 14 2 9 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0
10 Brander, Jarrod INT 75% 0 1 13 9 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
15 Cripps, Jamie FPR 86% 0 0 12 9 3 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
27 Darling, Jack CHF 100% 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
14 Duggan, Liam HBFR 90% 0 0 21 12 9 8 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
3 Gaff, Andrew WL 88% 1 0 30 16 14 8 0 0 3 1 1 0 4 3
16 Hickey, Tom INT 52% 0 0 4 1 3 0 8 0 2 3 0 2 0 1
25 Hurn, Shannon BPR 83% 0 0 23 17 6 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
23 Jetta, Lewis HBFL 84% 1 0 18 14 4 8 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 1
11 Kelly, Tim RR 80% 1 0 19 14 5 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 6
17 Kennedy, Josh FF 88% 0 0 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 80% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 0
9 Naitanui, Nic RU 61% 0 0 14 5 9 1 23 0 6 2 0 1 0 3
30 Nelson, Jackson INT 82% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 Petruccelle, Jack WR 67% 1 0 5 4 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
8 Redden, Jack HFFL 92% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
1 Ryan, Liam FPL 83% 3 3 14 14 0 4 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0
4 Sheed, Dom INT 81% 2 0 22 15 7 6 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 4
5 Sheppard, Brad BPL 96% 0 0 16 12 4 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 1
13 Shuey, Luke (c) RO 82% 0 0 27 18 9 8 0 5 5 6 0 0 2 3
6 Yeo, Elliot C 80% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 5 2 7 0 7 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 6 323 215 108 119 31 35 28 35 9 11 37 35

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Bedford, Toby INT 59% 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
10 Brayshaw, Angus INT 71% 0 2 18 8 10 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3
38 Brown, Mitch FPR 83% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 89% 0 2 9 7 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 96% 0 0 14 8 6 6 18 0 4 0 1 0 1 2
4 Harmes, James CHB 82% 0 0 18 5 13 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 0
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFR 75% 0 0 21 16 5 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 69% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
15 Langdon, Ed WL 100% 0 1 31 23 8 4 0 1 2 4 0 0 3 8
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 0 4 1 2 2 0
41 Lockhart, Jay INT 77% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1 May, Steven FB 97% 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 McDonald, Oscar HBFL 100% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2
25 McDonald, Tom FF 84% 2 0 7 5 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
18 Melksham, Jake RO 83% 1 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFL 69% 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
13 Oliver, Clayton C 79% 0 0 20 8 12 3 0 4 5 1 1 0 0 2
5 Petracca, Christian RR 84% 0 0 24 11 13 6 0 3 2 3 1 0 0 3
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPL 71% 2 2 11 7 4 1 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 2
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 58% 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
20 Tomlinson, Adam WR 95% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2
7 Viney, Jack HFFR 78% 1 1 34 14 20 5 0 6 7 3 4 0 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 7 9 318 177 141 80 19 29 25 44 11 9 21 45

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

West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
39 N. Jetta 1 S. May 8 J. Lever 9 N. Naitanui 10 J. Brander
15 J. Cripps 17 J. Kennedy 1 L. Ryan 11 T. Kelly 16 T. Hickey
FORWARD 13 L. Shuey (c) 30 J. Nelson
HALF-BACK

4 D. Sheed
28 O. McDonald 4 J. Harmes 14 M. Hibberd



41 B. Ah Chee 27 J. Darling 8 J. Redden



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 E. Langdon 13 C. Oliver 20 A. Tomlinson



21 J. Petruccelle 6 E. Yeo 3 A. Gaff FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 12 T. Bedford
HALF-FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw
30 A. Neal-Bullen 31 B. Fritsch 7 J. Viney 18 J. Melksham 41 J. Lockhart
14 L. Duggan 20 J. McGovern 23 L. Jetta

9 C. Spargo
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



36 K. Pickett 25 T. McDonald 38 M. Brown



25 S. Hurn 37 T. Barrass 5 B. Sheppard



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:09
WCST Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:06
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 05:34
WCST Liam Ryan goal 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 06:54
MELB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.3.3 14:03
MELB Ed Langdon behind 1.1.7 - 0.4.4 15:38
WCST Brendon Ah Chee goal 2.1.13 - 0.4.4 16:40
WCST Brendon Ah Chee goal 3.1.19 - 0.4.4 18:05
WCST Dom Sheed goal 4.1.25 - 0.4.4 19:32
WCST Lewis Jetta goal 5.1.31 - 0.4.4 22:15
Q2 MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 5.1.31 - 1.4.10 00:27
WCST Jack Petruccelle goal 6.1.37 - 1.4.10 03:38
WCST Liam Ryan behind 6.2.38 - 1.4.10 09:17
WCST Liam Ryan behind 6.3.39 - 1.4.10 11:00
MELB Jack Viney goal 6.3.39 - 2.4.16 12:54
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 6.3.39 - 2.5.17 15:28
MELB Jack Viney behind 6.3.39 - 2.6.18 17:06
WCST Jack Darling goal 7.3.45 - 2.6.18 21:23
MELB Tom McDonald goal 7.3.45 - 3.6.24 23:10
Q3 WCST Brendon Ah Chee behind 7.4.46 - 3.6.24 00:57
WCST Liam Ryan goal 8.4.52 - 3.6.24 02:08
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 8.4.52 - 4.6.30 03:35
WCST Liam Ryan behind 8.5.53 - 4.6.30 06:07
WCST Liam Ryan goal 9.5.59 - 4.6.30 08:32
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 9.5.59 - 4.7.31 10:56
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 9.5.59 - 4.8.32 11:46
WCST Jarrod Brander behind 9.6.60 - 4.8.32 13:10
WCST Dom Sheed goal 10.6.66 - 4.8.32 13:54
WCST Tim Kelly goal 11.6.72 - 4.8.32 16:43
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 11.6.72 - 4.9.33 19:59
MELB Jake Melksham goal 11.6.72 - 5.9.39 22:10
Q4 MELB Tom McDonald goal 11.6.72 - 6.9.45 12:03
WCST Andrew Gaff goal 12.6.78 - 6.9.45 16:47
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 12.6.78 - 7.9.51 18:38