2020 AFL Round 17: Greater Western Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 2020 between Greater Western Sydney and Melbourne during round 17 of the 2020 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Melbourne at Gabba. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Leon Cameron and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: C. Idun, L. Keeffe, H. Shaw
Half-back: A. Kennedy, N. Haynes, Z. Williams
Centre: L. Whitfield, J. Hopper, H. Perryman
Half-forward: J. Cameron, H. Himmelberg, M. de Boer
Forward: T. Greene, J. Finlayson, B. Daniels
Follower: S. Mumford, J. Kelly, T. Taranto
Int.: J. Buckley, T. Green, D. Lloyd, S. Reid

Melbourne
Back: J. Smith, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: O. Baker, T. Rivers, C. Salem
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Petracca, A. Tomlinson
Half-forward: K. Pickett, S. Weideman, B. Fritsch
Forward: M. Brown, J. Melksham, C. Spargo
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), J. Viney, C. Oliver
Int.: J. Hunt, N. Jetta, A. Neal-Bullen, A. vandenBerg

Greater Western Sydney (11.8.74) were defeated by Melbourne (12.7.79).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: B. Daniels (3), D. Lloyd (2), Z. Williams (2), J. Cameron, M. de Boer, J. Finlayson, H. Perryman
Melbourne: O. Baker (2), T. Rivers (2), C. Spargo (2), B. Fritsch, J. Hunt, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Petracca, K. Pickett, C. Salem

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 September 2020
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 1,204

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.8.74 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 2 . 3 7 . 5 10 . 7 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Melbourne 5 . 2 7 . 5 9 . 6 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
Margin MELB by 17 level GWSY by 7 MELB by 5 MELB by 5
Duration 29:43 29:07 25:41 25:27 1:49:58

Honour Roll

Coaches: Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), Max Gawn (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. O'Gorman (#10), M. Stevic (#9), N. Williamson (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
Brent Daniels GWSY 16 2
Jack Viney MELB 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brent Daniels GWSY 16 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Steven May MELB 1 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Christian Petracca MELB 5 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Josh Kelly GWSY 22 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Ed Langdon MELB 15 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Tom Green GWSY 12 2 0 0 0 1 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
44 Buckley, Jack INT 79% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 2
18 Cameron, Jeremy HFFL 82% 1 0 12 5 7 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 2
16 Daniels, Brent FPR 89% 3 0 16 12 4 3 0 3 1 6 0 3 0 4
24 de Boer, Matt HFFR 86% 1 0 9 6 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 1
31 Finlayson, Jeremy FF 77% 1 2 13 9 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Green, Tom INT 67% 0 0 30 8 22 2 0 3 4 3 0 0 0 2
4 Greene, Toby FPL 91% 0 3 15 11 4 3 0 5 1 4 1 2 1 4
19 Haynes, Nick CHB 88% 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 2
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHF 88% 0 0 5 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
2 Hopper, Jacob C 80% 0 1 21 13 8 4 0 5 5 1 1 0 3 4
39 Idun, Connor BPL 78% 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
25 Keeffe, Lachie FB 91% 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 5 0 3 0 1 2 2
22 Kelly, Josh RR 89% 0 1 24 20 4 2 0 5 4 2 1 0 2 10
40 Kennedy, Adam HBFL 83% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 0
38 Lloyd, Daniel INT 64% 2 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 0 3 2 1 1 1
41 Mumford, Shane RU 87% 0 0 7 4 3 3 19 7 3 5 2 4 1 3
36 Perryman, Harry WR 81% 1 0 18 10 8 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 2 3
50 Reid, Sam INT 80% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
23 Shaw, Heath BPR 91% 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 Taranto, Tim RO 75% 0 0 15 7 8 0 0 3 3 3 1 2 0 3
6 Whitfield, Lachie WL 91% 0 0 22 10 12 3 0 1 3 3 1 0 5 2
29 Williams, Zac HBFR 61% 2 0 17 12 5 4 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 11 8 287 168 119 49 21 67 32 51 15 16 27 52

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
33 Baker, Oskar HBFL 69% 2 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 3
38 Brown, Mitch FPL 82% 0 0 13 11 2 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley HFFR 89% 1 1 8 7 1 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 96% 0 0 15 11 4 1 43 4 8 3 2 1 1 2
29 Hunt, Jayden INT 71% 1 1 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
39 Jetta, Neville INT 60% 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1
15 Langdon, Ed WL 93% 0 1 23 19 4 9 0 0 4 5 0 2 4 3
8 Lever, Jake BPR 85% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 5 0 2 0 0 5 0
1 May, Steven FB 96% 0 0 19 18 1 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 2
18 Melksham, Jake FF 74% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 5 2 5 0 1 0 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex INT 64% 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 85% 0 0 23 11 12 2 0 7 7 4 1 1 0 4
5 Petracca, Christian C 94% 1 1 22 13 9 1 0 4 6 3 2 1 0 2
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 69% 1 3 15 8 7 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
24 Rivers, Trent CHB 82% 2 0 16 10 6 2 0 4 2 3 4 0 2 2
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 93% 1 0 19 13 6 4 0 5 1 2 1 0 5 3
44 Smith, Joel BPL 89% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 0
9 Spargo, Charlie FPR 64% 2 0 13 7 6 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
20 Tomlinson, Adam WR 95% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 4 0
22 vandenBerg, Aaron INT 73% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 2
7 Viney, Jack RR 83% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 3 1 4 0 3 3 3
26 Weideman, Sam CHF 92% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 12 7 289 192 97 78 44 55 36 48 16 15 39 39

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

Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
44 J. Smith 1 S. May 8 J. Lever 41 S. Mumford 44 J. Buckley
16 B. Daniels 31 J. Finlayson 4 T. Greene 22 J. Kelly 12 T. Green
FORWARD 14 T. Taranto 38 D. Lloyd
HALF-BACK

50 S. Reid
33 O. Baker 24 T. Rivers 3 C. Salem



24 M. de Boer 27 H. Himmelberg 18 J. Cameron



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 20 A. Tomlinson



36 H. Perryman 2 J. Hopper 6 L. Whitfield FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 29 J. Hunt
HALF-FORWARD 7 J. Viney 39 N. Jetta
36 K. Pickett 26 S. Weideman 31 B. Fritsch 13 C. Oliver 30 A. Neal-Bullen
29 Z. Williams 19 N. Haynes 40 A. Kennedy

22 A. vandenBerg
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



38 M. Brown 18 J. Melksham 9 C. Spargo



23 H. Shaw 25 L. Keeffe 39 C. Idun



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Ed Langdon behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:05
MELB Oskar Baker goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:40
MELB Jayden Hunt behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 05:41
GWSY Jacob Hopper behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 07:24
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 10:16
GWSY Toby Greene behind 0.2.2 - 2.2.14 12:48
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 0.2.2 - 3.2.20 13:47
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 19:38
GWSY Harry Perryman goal 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 21:50
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 2.2.14 - 4.2.26 24:46
MELB Christian Petracca goal 2.2.14 - 5.2.32 27:22
GWSY Toby Greene behind 2.3.15 - 5.2.32 29:37
Q2 GWSY Josh Kelly behind 2.4.16 - 5.2.32 00:18
GWSY Brent Daniels goal 3.4.22 - 5.2.32 02:05
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 3.4.22 - 5.3.33 05:40
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 3.4.22 - 5.4.34 06:25
MELB Oskar Baker goal 3.4.22 - 6.4.40 09:59
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson behind 3.5.23 - 6.4.40 11:37
GWSY Zac Williams goal 4.5.29 - 6.4.40 15:58
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 4.5.29 - 7.4.46 18:32
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 5.5.35 - 7.4.46 20:10
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson goal 6.5.41 - 7.4.46 22:14
GWSY Matt de Boer goal 7.5.47 - 7.4.46 25:09
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 7.5.47 - 7.5.47 27:38
Q3 GWSY Toby Greene behind 7.6.48 - 7.5.47 01:25
MELB Trent Rivers goal 7.6.48 - 8.5.53 03:22
GWSY Brent Daniels goal 8.6.54 - 8.5.53 07:46
MELB Christian Petracca behind 8.6.54 - 8.6.54 14:38
GWSY Zac Williams goal 9.6.60 - 8.6.54 15:13
GWSY Jeremy Cameron goal 10.6.66 - 8.6.54 17:21
MELB Christian Salem goal 10.6.66 - 9.6.60 20:49
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson behind 10.7.67 - 9.6.60 22:32
Q4 MELB Charlie Spargo goal 10.7.67 - 10.6.66 04:19
GWSY Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 10.6.66 07:19
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 10.8.68 - 11.6.72 10:49
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 10.8.68 - 11.7.73 16:37
MELB Trent Rivers goal 10.8.68 - 12.7.79 19:04
GWSY Brent Daniels goal 11.8.74 - 12.7.79 23:22