2020 AFL Round 16: Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 2020 between Melbourne and Fremantle during round 16 of the 2020 AFL season. 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
Back: M. Hibberd, S. May, O. Baker
Half-back: T. Rivers, J. Lever, C. Salem
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Petracca, A. Tomlinson
Half-forward: B. Preuss, S. Weideman, T. Bedford
Forward: K. Pickett, B. Fritsch, J. Melksham
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), J. Viney, C. Oliver
Int.: J. Hunt, A. Neal-Bullen, J. Smith, A. vandenBerg

Fremantle
Back: B. Cox, R. Conca, N. Wilson
Half-back: S. Hill, L. Ryan, E. Hughes
Centre: B. Acres, N. Fyfe (capt.), J. Aish
Half-forward: M. Walters, M. Taberner, M. Frederick
Forward: L. Schultz, R. Lobb, J. Hogan
Follower: S. Darcy, C. Serong, A. Brayshaw
Int.: A. Cerra, M. Crowden, T. Duman, D. Mundy

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

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch, J. Hunt, A. vandenBerg, S. Weideman
Fremantle: M. Walters (3), A. Cerra, S. Darcy, M. Frederick

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) and Fremantle were then 13th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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