2021 AFL Season Qualifying Final 1: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 2021 between Melbourne and the Brisbane Lions in the first qualifying final of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League.
Melbourne hosted the 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 (13.15.93) defeated the Brisbane Lions (9.6.60).
Match Details
Season:
2021 AFL Season
Round:
First Qualifying Final
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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 (Brisbane Lions) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Melbourne
Captain: Max GawnVice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin
Brisbane Lions
Captain: Dayne ZorkoCoach: Chris Fagan
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
R. Chamberlain (#18)C. Donlon (#1)
C. Fleer (#26)
E: R. O'Gorman (#10)
Goal Umpires
S. AxonM. Craig
E: M. Ensbey
Boundary Umpires
C. BullC. 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Melbourne | Coach: Simon Goodwin | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 21 | T. Fullarton | 24 | M. Adams | 10 | D. Rich |
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| 6 | H. McCluggage | 33 | Z. Bailey | 5 | M. Robinson |
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| 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 |
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| 18 | K. Coleman | 3 | J. Daniher | 23 | C. Cameron |
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| 8 | J. Lever | 1 | S. May | 44 | J. Smith |
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| Brisbane Lions | Coach: Chris Fagan | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |