2020 AFL Round 8: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 2020 between Melbourne and Brisbane Lions during round 8 of the 2020 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Brisbane Lions at Metricon Stadium. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Dayne Zorko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, S. May, N. Jetta
Half-back: C. Salem, J. Lever, O. McDonald
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Oliver, B. Fritsch
Half-forward: J. Melksham, S. Weideman, L. Jackson
Forward: K. Pickett, A. Brayshaw, H. Bennell
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Petracca, J. Viney
Int.: M. Hannan, J. Harmes, N. Jones, J. Lockhart

Brisbane Lions
Back: R. Lester, H. Andrews, D. Gardiner
Half-back: D. Rich, G. Birchall, B. Starcevich
Centre: M. Robinson, D. Zorko (capt.), H. McCluggage
Half-forward: J. Berry, E. Hipwood, C. Rayner
Forward: L. McCarthy, D. McStay, C. Cameron
Follower: O. McInerney, J. Lyons, L. Neale
Int.: C. Ah Chee, Z. Bailey, T. Berry, A. Smith

Melbourne (7.7.49) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (7.11.53).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Melksham (3), B. Fritsch (2), N. Jones, J. Viney
Brisbane Lions: C. Cameron (2), Z. Bailey, E. Hipwood, L. McCarthy, C. Rayner, D. Zorko

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Brisbane Lions remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Sunday 26 July 2020
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 3,011

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 7.7.49 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 3 . 3 4 . 6 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Brisbane Lions 2 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin level BRIL by 14 BRIL by 18 BRIL by 4 BRIL by 4
Duration 25:39 24:59 25:04 24:23 1:40:05

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Deboy (#11), L. Fisher (#3), S. Meredith (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 3
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 2
Jarryd Lyons BRIL 17 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 10 2 0 0 0 0
Zac Bailey BRIL 33 7 0 1 1 0 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jack Viney MELB 7 4 0 0 0 2 0
Jarryd Lyons BRIL 17 1 0 0 0 0 1
Hugh McCluggage BRIL 6 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
17 Bennell, Harley FPR 72% 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 2
10 Brayshaw, Angus FF 65% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley WR 77% 2 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 96% 0 0 13 8 5 3 41 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
19 Hannan, Mitch INT 74% 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 4
4 Harmes, James INT 65% 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 2 3 5 3 3 0 2
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 89% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 3
6 Jackson, Luke HFFR 75% 0 0 8 2 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 64% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0
2 Jones, Nathan INT 81% 1 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 5
15 Langdon, Ed WL 90% 0 1 17 11 6 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 2
8 Lever, Jake CHB 100% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0
41 Lockhart, Jay INT 67% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1 May, Steven FB 95% 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 0
28 McDonald, Oscar HBFR 97% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 6 0 3 2 1
18 Melksham, Jake HFFL 84% 3 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2
13 Oliver, Clayton C 88% 0 0 28 12 16 5 0 10 5 4 2 0 2 4
5 Petracca, Christian RR 95% 0 0 24 11 13 1 0 8 4 1 1 1 1 5
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPL 77% 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 3 0 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 86% 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 4 1 2 0 0 4 2
7 Viney, Jack RO 82% 1 0 24 13 11 1 0 3 3 4 3 0 1 5
26 Weideman, Sam CHF 81% 0 2 6 3 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 7 7 263 154 109 51 44 52 22 51 21 19 33 41

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum INT 86% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 2 2
31 Andrews, Harris FB 100% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0
33 Bailey, Zac INT 84% 1 1 21 16 5 8 0 1 1 4 1 3 7 4
7 Berry, Jarrod HFFL 85% 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 6 4 8 1 7 0 3
13 Berry, Tom INT 83% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
14 Birchall, Grant CHB 68% 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 2
23 Cameron, Charlie FPR 89% 2 2 9 6 3 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1
27 Gardiner, Darcy BPR 98% 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1
30 Hipwood, Eric CHF 96% 1 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
35 Lester, Ryan BPL 91% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 Lyons, Jarryd RR 83% 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 9 2 2 3 0 0 4
11 McCarthy, Lincoln FPL 80% 1 0 9 3 6 2 0 4 2 3 1 2 1 1
6 McCluggage, Hugh WR 82% 0 1 22 13 9 3 0 2 3 3 0 0 2 3
46 McInerney, Oscar RU 76% 0 0 13 8 5 2 8 1 4 3 1 0 0 3
25 McStay, Daniel FF 97% 0 2 9 5 4 3 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 0
9 Neale, Lachie RO 89% 0 0 33 16 17 6 0 1 7 2 1 1 1 7
16 Rayner, Cam HFFR 81% 1 0 14 6 8 4 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 3
10 Rich, Daniel HBFL 44% 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
5 Robinson, Mitch WL 79% 0 1 15 13 2 7 0 1 1 4 1 1 3 3
44 Smith, Archie INT 43% 0 0 4 2 2 0 10 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
37 Starcevich, Brandon HBFR 82% 0 1 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
15 Zorko, Dayne (c) C 85% 1 1 17 16 1 2 0 6 3 3 1 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 7 11 291 188 103 79 18 57 35 49 19 21 31 42

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
35 R. Lester 31 H. Andrews 27 D. Gardiner 11 M. Gawn (c) 19 M. Hannan
17 H. Bennell 10 A. Brayshaw 36 K. Pickett 5 C. Petracca 4 J. Harmes
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 2 N. Jones
HALF-BACK

41 J. Lockhart
10 D. Rich 14 G. Birchall 37 B. Starcevich



6 L. Jackson 26 S. Weideman 18 J. Melksham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 M. Robinson 15 D. Zorko (c) 6 H. McCluggage



31 B. Fritsch 13 C. Oliver 15 E. Langdon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 46 O. McInerney 4 C. Ah Chee
HALF-FORWARD 17 J. Lyons 33 Z. Bailey
7 J. Berry 30 E. Hipwood 16 C. Rayner 9 L. Neale 13 T. Berry
28 O. McDonald 8 J. Lever 3 C. Salem

44 A. Smith
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 L. McCarthy 25 D. McStay 23 C. Cameron



39 N. Jetta 1 S. May 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:03
BRIL Cam Rayner goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 03:07
MELB Jake Melksham goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 06:52
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 08:24
MELB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 11:09
BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 12:07
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 15:13
MELB Sam Weideman behind 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 21:23
Q2 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 01:20
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 3.2.20 - 3.2.20 05:47
BRIL Daniel McStay behind 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 07:42
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 3.2.20 - 3.4.22 08:16
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 3.2.20 - 4.4.28 09:35
MELB Ed Langdon behind 3.3.21 - 4.4.28 15:51
BRIL Mitch Robinson behind 3.3.21 - 4.5.29 20:05
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 3.3.21 - 5.5.35 22:36
Q3 BRIL Zac Bailey behind 3.3.21 - 5.6.36 01:57
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 3.3.21 - 6.6.42 08:27
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 3.4.22 - 6.6.42 11:30
MELB Jake Melksham goal 4.4.28 - 6.6.42 13:55
MELB Harley Bennell behind 4.5.29 - 6.6.42 18:32
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 4.5.29 - 7.6.48 19:24
MELB Sam Weideman behind 4.6.30 - 7.6.48 22:37
Q4 MELB James Harmes behind 4.7.31 - 7.6.48 02:35
MELB Jack Viney goal 5.7.37 - 7.6.48 03:50
BRIL Brandon Starcevich behind 5.7.37 - 7.7.49 09:03
BRIL Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 7.8.50 10:33
BRIL Hugh McCluggage behind 5.7.37 - 7.9.51 11:29
MELB Nathan Jones goal 6.7.43 - 7.9.51 13:09
MELB Jake Melksham goal 7.7.49 - 7.9.51 15:46
BRIL Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 7.10.52 19:43
BRIL Daniel McStay behind 7.7.49 - 7.11.53 24:20