2021 AFL Qualifying Final 1: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 2021 between Melbourne and Brisbane Lions in the first qualifying final of the 2021 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Brisbane Lions at Adelaide Oval. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. Dayne Zorko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Melbourne
Back: J. Smith, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: J. Bowey, H. Petty, C. Salem
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: K. Pickett, T. McDonald, J. Harmes
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Brown, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, J. Viney (vice-capt.)
Int.: L. Jackson, T. Rivers, C. Spargo, T. Sparrow
Sub.: J. Jordon

Brisbane Lions
Back: D. Gardiner, H. Andrews, B. Starcevich
Half-back: T. Fullarton, M. Adams, D. Rich
Centre: H. McCluggage, Z. Bailey, M. Robinson
Half-forward: L. McCarthy, D. McStay, D. Zorko (capt.)
Forward: K. Coleman, J. Daniher, C. Cameron
Follower: O. McInerney, J. Lyons, L. Neale
Int.: J. Berry, G. Birchall, N. Cockatoo, J. Prior
Sub.: R. Mathieson

Melbourne (13.15.93) defeated Brisbane Lions (9.6.60).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (4), C. Petracca (2), K. Pickett (2), B. Brown, E. Langdon, C. Oliver, C. Spargo, T. Sparrow
Brisbane Lions: C. Cameron (5), Z. Bailey, J. Berry, L. McCarthy, H. McCluggage

As a result of this match, Melbourne faced Geelong in the first preliminary final and Brisbane Lions faced Western Bulldogs in the first semi final.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final 1
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 28 August 2021
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 13,784

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 13.15.93 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	5	.	4	9	.	10	9	.	12	13	.	15	13	.	15	(93)
Brisbane Lions	4	.	2	5	.	4	7	.	5	9	.	6	9	.	6	(60)
Margin	MELB by 8			MELB by 30			MELB by 19			MELB by 33			MELB by 33
Duration	35:38			31:27			28:40			32:32			2:08:17

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions)
Vice-Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), unknown (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), C. Donlon (#1), C. Fleer (#26), E: R. O'Gorman (#10)
Goal Umpire: S. Axon, M. Craig, E: M. Ensbey
Boundary Umpire: C. Bull, C. Esler, J. Furman, D. Main

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Clayton Oliver	MELB	13	10	2	0	0	0	0
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	7	0	1	1	0	0
Charlie Cameron	BRIL	23	4	0	?	0	?	0
Lachie Neale	BRIL	9	4	0	?	0	?	0
Jake Lever	MELB	8	3	0	0	1	0	0
Max Gawn	MELB	11	1	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Neal-Bullen	MELB	30	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	Bowey, Jake	HBFL	75%	0	0	15	8	7	0	0	0	2	5	0	2	1	2
10	Brayshaw, Angus	WL	86%	0	1	26	16	10	5	0	4	3	3	1	0	0	6
50	Brown, Ben	FF	84%	1	1	15	12	3	9	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	6
31	Fritsch, Bayley	FPR	85%	4	1	7	7	0	5	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	1
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	89%	0	1	19	17	2	6	37	7	5	8	2	2	2	4
4	Harmes, James	HFFR	80%	0	0	20	9	11	2	0	4	3	1	1	1	2	4
6	Jackson, Luke	INT	68%	0	2	9	4	5	3	12	1	2	1	1	1	0	1
23	Jordon, James	SUB	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Langdon, Ed	WR	100%	1	1	19	14	5	7	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	2
8	Lever, Jake	BPR	100%	0	0	18	7	11	5	0	1	0	4	2	0	3	1
1	May, Steven	FB	95%	0	0	13	11	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	1
25	McDonald, Tom	CHF	74%	0	1	4	4	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPL	84%	0	1	27	14	13	6	0	5	1	1	1	0	1	6
13	Oliver, Clayton	RR	84%	1	0	33	17	16	1	0	3	7	5	1	2	1	7
5	Petracca, Christian	C	90%	2	2	30	17	13	3	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	8
35	Petty, Harry	CHB	100%	0	0	8	5	3	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	HFFL	65%	2	1	7	6	1	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
24	Rivers, Trent	INT	64%	0	0	17	10	7	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	3
3	Salem, Christian	HBFR	87%	0	0	23	13	10	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	6	1
44	Smith, Joel	BPL	79%	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	1	1	3	0	1	2	0
9	Spargo, Charlie	INT	67%	1	1	9	6	3	2	0	4	0	2	1	0	1	2
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	67%	1	0	21	12	9	4	0	2	3	4	1	1	1	4
7	Viney, Jack (vc)	RO	77%	0	0	28	17	11	3	0	6	7	2	5	0	3	7
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				13	15	373	229	144	81	50	54	44	58	18	14	36	68

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Adams, Marcus	CHB	100%	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	3	0	8	1	2	1	1
31	Andrews, Harris	FB	100%	0	0	10	5	5	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0
33	Bailey, Zac	C	86%	1	1	14	10	4	1	0	5	1	4	3	1	0	6
7	Berry, Jarrod	INT	68%	1	0	11	7	4	5	0	6	0	4	1	0	2	3
14	Birchall, Grant	INT	64%	0	0	15	13	2	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	6	0
23	Cameron, Charlie	FPR	94%	5	1	13	12	1	4	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	3
12	Cockatoo, Nakia	INT	68%	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Coleman, Keidean	FPL	75%	0	0	18	10	8	6	0	2	1	3	2	0	4	3
3	Daniher, Joe	FF	100%	0	1	15	10	5	5	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	2
21	Fullarton, Tom	HBFL	80%	0	0	6	3	3	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
27	Gardiner, Darcy	BPL	83%	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
17	Lyons, Jarryd	RR	74%	0	1	27	18	9	3	0	6	10	4	1	1	1	6
36	Mathieson, Rhys	SUB↑	51%	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	5	1	4	0	2	1	3
11	McCarthy, Lincoln	HFFL	77%	1	0	6	3	3	1	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	2
6	McCluggage, Hugh	WL	83%	1	0	24	15	9	3	0	5	4	6	1	3	3	1
46	McInerney, Oscar	RU	97%	0	0	17	8	9	0	30	5	9	3	2	1	6	3
25	McStay, Daniel	CHF↓	8%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	89%	0	0	46	22	24	5	0	3	13	6	2	1	4	4
20	Prior, Jaxon	INT	68%	0	1	8	5	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
10	Rich, Daniel	HBFR	82%	0	0	27	20	7	7	0	2	0	4	0	1	13	1
5	Robinson, Mitch	WR	83%	0	0	25	15	10	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	6	2
37	Starcevich, Brandon	BPR	87%	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0
15	Zorko, Dayne (c)	HFFR	82%	0	0	20	14	6	3	0	4	2	5	0	0	1	3
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				9	6	341	212	129	68	31	57	44	71	14	18	53	45

R. Mathieson replaced D. McStay.

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
	27	D. Gardiner	31	H. Andrews	37	B. Starcevich	11	M. Gawn (c)	6	L. Jackson
	31	B. Fritsch	50	B. Brown	30	A. Neal-Bullen	13	C. Oliver	24	T. Rivers
FORWARD							7	J. Viney (vc)	9	C. Spargo
HALF-BACK									32	T. Sparrow
	21	T. Fullarton	24	M. Adams	10	D. Rich			23	J. Jordon
	4	J. Harmes	25	T. McDonald	36	K. Pickett
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	6	H. McCluggage	33	Z. Bailey	5	M. Robinson
	15	E. Langdon	5	C. Petracca	10	A. Brayshaw	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							46	O. McInerney	7	J. Berry
HALF-FORWARD							17	J. Lyons	14	G. Birchall
	11	L. McCarthy	25	D. McStay	15	D. Zorko (c)	9	L. Neale	12	N. Cockatoo
	3	C. Salem	35	H. Petty	17	J. Bowey			20	J. Prior
HALF-BACK									36	R. Mathieson
FORWARD
	18	K. Coleman	3	J. Daniher	23	C. Cameron
	8	J. Lever	1	S. May	44	J. Smith
BACK
Brisbane Lions							Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Ben Brown goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:37
	BRIL	Rushed behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	02:20
	MELB	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	03:04
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	04:48
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	08:49
	MELB	Tom Sparrow goal	2.1.13	-	2.1.13	10:14
	BRIL	Joe Daniher behind	2.1.13	-	2.2.14	12:55
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	2.2.14	-	2.2.14	15:12
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	3.2.20	-	2.2.14	16:39
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	19:14
	MELB	Charlie Spargo behind	3.3.21	-	3.2.20	23:22
	MELB	Clayton Oliver goal	4.3.27	-	3.2.20	24:37
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	4.3.27	-	4.2.26	26:00
	MELB	Ed Langdon goal	5.3.33	-	4.2.26	29:04
	MELB	Rushed behind	5.4.34	-	4.2.26	33:01
Q2	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	6.4.40	-	4.2.26	03:47
	BRIL	Jarrod Berry goal	6.4.40	-	5.2.32	06:40
	MELB	Luke Jackson behind	6.5.41	-	5.2.32	09:56
	MELB	Luke Jackson behind	6.6.42	-	5.2.32	11:00
	MELB	Ed Langdon behind	6.7.43	-	5.2.32	12:33
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	7.7.49	-	5.2.32	14:34
	MELB	Charlie Spargo goal	8.7.55	-	5.2.32	18:51
	BRIL	Jarryd Lyons behind	8.7.55	-	5.3.33	20:29
	MELB	Tom McDonald behind	8.8.56	-	5.3.33	22:01
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	8.9.57	-	5.3.33	23:09
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	8.10.58	-	5.3.33	24:02
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	9.10.64	-	5.3.33	25:04
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	9.10.64	-	5.4.34	30:57
Q3	MELB	Ben Brown behind	9.11.65	-	5.4.34	02:08
	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	9.12.66	-	5.4.34	03:03
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	9.12.66	-	5.5.35	06:39
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	9.12.66	-	6.5.41	14:59
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	9.12.66	-	7.5.47	19:34
Q4	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	10.12.72	-	7.5.47	01:50
	BRIL	Lincoln McCarthy goal	10.12.72	-	8.5.53	04:36
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	11.12.78	-	8.5.53	06:55
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	11.12.78	-	9.5.59	10:19
	MELB	Angus Brayshaw behind	11.13.79	-	9.5.59	13:32
	MELB	Max Gawn behind	11.14.80	-	9.5.59	15:23
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	12.14.86	-	9.5.59	18:42
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	13.14.92	-	9.5.59	20:51
	BRIL	Jaxon Prior behind	13.14.92	-	9.6.60	25:06
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	13.15.93	-	9.6.60	31:57

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