2020 AFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 2020 between Melbourne and Fremantle during round sixteen of the 2020 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fremantle at Cazalys Stadium. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Nat Fyfe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

Melbourne (4.9.33) were defeated by Fremantle (6.11.47).

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Monday 7 September 2020
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Cazalys Stadium
Attendance: 3,279

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fremantle
Score: 4.9.33 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	0	.	1	1	.	3	2	.	4	4	.	9	4	.	9	(33)
Fremantle	1	.	6	1	.	9	4	.	9	6	.	11	6	.	11	(47)
Margin	FREM by 11			FREM by 6			FREM by 17			FREM by 14			FREM by 14
Duration	23:50			22:44			26:31			26:19			1:39:24

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 (Fremantle) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Fremantle

Captain: Nat Fyfe
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Gianfagna (#27)
D. Harris (#24)
S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Adam Cerra	FREM	5	3
Jack Viney	MELB	7	2
Michael Walters	FREM	10	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Adam Cerra	FREM	5	10	2	0	0	0	0
Michael Walters	FREM	10	8	0	2	0	0	0
David Mundy	FREM	16	6	0	0	2	0	0
Blake Acres	FREM	9	2	0	0	0	1	0
Nat Fyfe	FREM	7	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Viney	MELB	7	1	0	0	0	0	1
Nathan Wilson	FREM	14	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
33	Baker, Oskar	BPR	68%	0	0	12	7	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	2
12	Bedford, Toby	HFFR	63%	0	1	8	4	4	2	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	0
31	Fritsch, Bayley	FF	89%	1	1	17	10	7	4	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	3
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	98%	0	0	14	11	3	5	35	1	4	3	2	0	3	4
14	Hibberd, Michael	BPL	77%	0	0	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1
29	Hunt, Jayden	INT	73%	1	1	7	6	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0
15	Langdon, Ed	WL	92%	0	0	14	10	4	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	2	3
8	Lever, Jake	CHB	92%	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	May, Steven	FB	95%	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	5	0
18	Melksham, Jake	FPR	85%	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	2	2	3	0	1	1	0
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	INT	68%	0	0	6	6	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	0
13	Oliver, Clayton	RO	86%	0	0	26	16	10	0	0	4	8	10	1	1	4	2
5	Petracca, Christian	C	95%	0	2	25	16	9	1	0	4	5	4	2	0	4	4
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	FPL	76%	0	1	6	2	4	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
21	Preuss, Braydon	HFFL	61%	0	0	3	2	1	1	9	1	0	3	1	0	0	1
24	Rivers, Trent	HBFL	82%	0	2	15	13	2	2	0	1	1	3	1	2	8	1
3	Salem, Christian	HBFR	91%	0	0	13	11	2	1	0	4	2	3	0	1	3	2
44	Smith, Joel	INT	76%	0	0	5	2	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
20	Tomlinson, Adam	WR	91%	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1
22	vandenBerg, Aaron	INT	75%	1	0	14	5	9	2	0	5	5	4	1	2	2	1
7	Viney, Jack	RR	87%	0	0	27	14	13	1	0	5	7	6	0	2	1	8
26	Weideman, Sam	CHF	81%	1	0	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				4	9	255	162	93	32	44	46	37	66	13	18	39	35

Fremantle

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
9	Acres, Blake	WL	85%	0	0	23	12	11	4	0	3	3	4	0	1	1	4
11	Aish, James	WR	86%	0	0	22	10	12	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
8	Brayshaw, Andrew	RO	74%	0	0	21	8	13	1	0	7	4	2	2	0	2	1
5	Cerra, Adam	INT	74%	1	1	30	13	17	3	0	2	1	1	3	1	0	3
6	Conca, Reece	FB	84%	0	0	15	13	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
36	Cox, Brennan	BPL	96%	0	0	16	10	6	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	3
12	Crowden, Mitch	INT	77%	0	0	6	3	3	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	2
4	Darcy, Sean	RU	71%	1	1	11	5	6	2	17	4	4	5	0	2	0	1
44	Duman, Taylin	INT	60%	0	0	14	10	4	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
43	Frederick, Michael	HFFR	71%	1	1	6	2	4	0	0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0
7	Fyfe, Nat (c)	C	79%	0	1	21	8	13	4	0	4	5	7	2	3	0	2
32	Hill, Stephen	HBFL	84%	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	5	1	1	2	0	3	2
1	Hogan, Jesse	FPR	93%	0	0	8	2	6	3	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
15	Hughes, Ethan	HBFR	90%	0	0	20	10	10	6	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1
37	Lobb, Rory	FF	96%	0	1	8	5	3	2	7	3	0	1	0	0	1	2
16	Mundy, David	INT	73%	0	0	20	10	10	2	0	7	7	2	0	0	2	4
13	Ryan, Luke	CHB	96%	0	0	21	15	6	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	8	2
28	Schultz, Lachie	FPL	83%	0	0	12	9	3	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5
22	Serong, Caleb	RR	66%	0	0	18	11	7	5	0	5	2	3	1	0	2	4
20	Taberner, Matt	CHF	95%	0	3	12	9	3	6	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	3
10	Walters, Michael	HFFL	91%	3	1	11	7	4	0	0	4	0	4	1	3	0	1
14	Wilson, Nathan	BPR	77%	0	1	16	13	3	5	0	1	1	4	1	1	3	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				6	11	340	190	150	73	24	65	32	51	18	13	30	46

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
	36	B. Cox	6	R. Conca	14	N. Wilson	11	M. Gawn (c)	29	J. Hunt
	18	J. Melksham	31	B. Fritsch	36	K. Pickett	7	J. Viney	30	A. Neal-Bullen
FORWARD							13	C. Oliver	44	J. Smith
HALF-BACK									22	A. vandenBerg
	32	S. Hill	13	L. Ryan	15	E. Hughes
	12	T. Bedford	26	S. Weideman	21	B. Preuss
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	9	B. Acres	7	N. Fyfe (c)	11	J. Aish
	20	A. Tomlinson	5	C. Petracca	15	E. Langdon	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							4	S. Darcy	5	A. Cerra
HALF-FORWARD							22	C. Serong	12	M. Crowden
	10	M. Walters	20	M. Taberner	43	M. Frederick	8	A. Brayshaw	44	T. Duman
	3	C. Salem	8	J. Lever	24	T. Rivers			16	D. Mundy
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	28	L. Schultz	37	R. Lobb	1	J. Hogan
	33	O. Baker	1	S. May	14	M. Hibberd
BACK
Fremantle							Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	FREM	Rory Lobb behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	04:23
	FREM	Michael Walters behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	08:44
	FREM	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.3.3	09:15
	FREM	Adam Cerra behind	0.0.0	-	0.4.4	12:21
	FREM	Sean Darcy behind	0.0.0	-	0.5.5	14:46
	FREM	Nat Fyfe behind	0.0.0	-	0.6.6	17:49
	FREM	Michael Walters goal	0.0.0	-	1.6.12	20:07
	MELB	Jayden Hunt behind	0.1.1	-	1.6.12	22:39
Q2	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	0.2.2	-	1.6.12	02:18
	FREM	Matt Taberner behind	0.2.2	-	1.7.13	09:51
	FREM	Michael Frederick behind	0.2.2	-	1.8.14	15:20
	MELB	Jayden Hunt goal	1.2.8	-	1.8.14	16:57
	FREM	Matt Taberner behind	1.2.8	-	1.9.15	20:05
	MELB	Trent Rivers behind	1.3.9	-	1.9.15	22:37
Q3	FREM	Sean Darcy goal	1.3.9	-	2.9.21	04:46
	MELB	Sam Weideman goal	2.3.15	-	2.9.21	06:41
	FREM	Michael Walters goal	2.3.15	-	3.9.27	16:46
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	2.4.16	-	3.9.27	19:44
	FREM	Michael Walters goal	2.4.16	-	4.9.33	23:45
Q4	FREM	Nathan Wilson behind	2.4.16	-	4.10.34	02:17
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	2.5.17	-	4.10.34	06:41
	MELB	Trent Rivers behind	2.6.18	-	4.10.34	07:54
	FREM	Adam Cerra goal	2.6.18	-	5.10.40	09:02
	MELB	Aaron vandenBerg goal	3.6.24	-	5.10.40	10:57
	MELB	Toby Bedford behind	3.7.25	-	5.10.40	13:00
	FREM	Matt Taberner behind	3.7.25	-	5.11.41	16:00
	MELB	Rushed behind	3.8.26	-	5.11.41	17:18
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	4.8.32	-	5.11.41	18:24
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	4.9.33	-	5.11.41	20:24
	FREM	Michael Frederick goal	4.9.33	-	6.11.47	26:12

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