2021 AFL Round 1: Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 20 March 2021 between Melbourne and Fremantle during round 1 of the 2021 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Fremantle at MCG. 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: N. Jetta, S. May, A. Tomlinson
Half-back: C. Salem, J. Lever, J. Hunt
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: T. Sparrow, T. McDonald, K. Pickett
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, L. Jackson, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, J. Harmes
Int.: N. Jones, J. Jordon, T. Rivers, C. Spargo
Sub.: K. Chandler

Fremantle
Back: H. Young, J. Hamling, A. Pearce
Half-back: R. Conca, B. Cox, L. Ryan
Centre: J. Aish, N. Fyfe (capt.), B. Acres
Half-forward: E. Hughes, A. Cerra, T. Colyer
Forward: S. Switkowski, M. Taberner, L. Schultz
Follower: L. Meek, A. Brayshaw, D. Mundy
Int.: C. Blakely, L. Henry, C. Serong, T. Watson
Sub.: S. Giro

Melbourne (11.14.80) defeated Fremantle (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (2), T. McDonald (2), C. Petracca (2), J. Harmes, J. Jordon, E. Langdon, K. Pickett, C. Spargo
Fremantle: M. Taberner (3), C. Blakely, A. Brayshaw, L. Henry, L. Schultz, S. Switkowski

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder and Fremantle were then 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 20 March 2021
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,365

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fremantle
Score: 11.14.80 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 7 . 6 9 . 8 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Fremantle 0 . 4 3 . 8 6 . 9 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin MELB by 24 MELB by 22 MELB by 17 MELB by 22 MELB by 22
Duration 30:09 29:55 31:53 29:10 2:01:07

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Deboy (#11), D. Harris (#24), A. Stephens (#12), E: P. Rebeschini (#31)
Goal Umpire: M. Maclure, A. Wojcik, E: S. Walsh
Boundary Umpire: M. Jenkinson, T. Lougoon, L. Rayner, S. Stagg

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
Tom McDonald MELB 25 2
Steven May MELB 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Steven May MELB 1 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jake Lever MELB 8 7 0 1 1 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 7 0 1 1 0 0
Tom McDonald MELB 25 4 0 0 0 2 0
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 71% 0 1 18 9 9 4 0 4 0 5 2 1 0 3
37 Chandler, Kade SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 96% 2 1 10 9 1 6 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 92% 0 0 12 6 6 4 30 1 3 4 0 2 4 1
4 Harmes, James RO 76% 1 1 20 11 9 6 0 2 1 6 2 0 2 3
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 88% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 3
6 Jackson, Luke FF 74% 0 1 10 6 4 4 5 2 2 3 3 1 0 2
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 82% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 Jones, Nathan INT 72% 0 1 18 9 9 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4
23 Jordon, James INT 73% 1 1 15 10 5 5 0 6 1 3 1 1 0 3
15 Langdon, Ed WR 94% 1 1 22 13 9 5 0 4 1 3 0 0 4 2
8 Lever, Jake CHB 98% 0 1 18 15 3 7 0 3 0 2 2 0 5 3
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 24 21 3 8 0 0 1 4 2 1 8 3
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 91% 2 2 18 12 6 9 5 5 0 5 2 2 0 6
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 74% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 0 5 3 2 0 1 5
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 88% 0 0 35 10 25 6 0 3 7 5 0 1 3 3
5 Petracca, Christian C 90% 2 1 24 13 11 2 0 3 1 7 1 1 1 5
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFR 74% 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 4 0 6 1 3 1 3
24 Rivers, Trent INT 55% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 81% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 1 1 3 0 1 4 1
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 69% 1 0 16 8 8 2 0 4 0 2 2 1 1 3
32 Sparrow, Tom HFFL 65% 0 1 10 5 5 3 0 6 2 2 0 0 1 2
20 Tomlinson, Adam BPR 96% 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 2 0 3 0 1 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 14 365 218 147 104 40 55 27 75 21 20 49 61

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Acres, Blake WR 81% 0 0 12 6 6 2 1 2 1 6 0 2 2 2
11 Aish, James WL 78% 0 1 17 14 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 4 5
19 Blakely, Connor INT 65% 1 0 14 5 9 2 0 2 3 2 1 1 0 2
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RR 79% 1 0 29 13 16 5 0 4 0 2 0 1 3 5
5 Cerra, Adam CHF 78% 0 1 24 14 10 7 0 5 3 2 1 1 1 8
33 Colyer, Travis HFFR 84% 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 3
6 Conca, Reece HBFL 83% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 0 1 6 1 2 5 1
36 Cox, Brennan CHB 87% 0 0 10 4 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
7 Fyfe, Nat (c) C 89% 0 0 27 10 17 5 0 5 9 8 1 4 2 4
42 Giro, Stefan SUB↑ 53% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1
21 Hamling, Joel FB 77% 0 0 10 3 7 0 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 0
23 Henry, Liam INT 75% 1 1 8 7 1 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 1
15 Hughes, Ethan HFFL 82% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 2 1 5 2 1 5 1
22 Meek, Lloyd RU 93% 0 0 6 0 6 0 13 1 1 3 1 1 0 0
16 Mundy, David RO 77% 0 1 19 9 10 5 0 3 3 2 0 1 3 2
25 Pearce, Alex BPR↓ 26% 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
13 Ryan, Luke HBFR 88% 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 5 0 6 0 2 9 0
28 Schultz, Lachie FPR 83% 1 0 10 9 1 0 0 5 0 5 4 1 0 5
3 Serong, Caleb INT 73% 0 1 26 13 13 2 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 6
39 Switkowski, Sam FPL 75% 1 1 15 5 10 3 0 5 3 1 0 0 1 3
20 Taberner, Matt FF 100% 3 1 13 10 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
38 Watson, Tobe INT 89% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1
26 Young, Hayden BPL 86% 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 0 0 4 1 2 8 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 8 10 343 188 155 69 17 49 35 73 20 21 49 57

S. Giro replaced A. Pearce during the second quarter.

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
26 H. Young 21 J. Hamling 25 A. Pearce 11 M. Gawn (c) 2 N. Jones
31 B. Fritsch 6 L. Jackson 30 A. Neal-Bullen 13 C. Oliver 23 J. Jordon
FORWARD 4 J. Harmes 24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

9 C. Spargo
6 R. Conca 36 B. Cox 13 L. Ryan

37 K. Chandler
36 K. Pickett 25 T. McDonald 32 T. Sparrow



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 J. Aish 7 N. Fyfe (c) 9 B. Acres



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 L. Meek 19 C. Blakely
HALF-FORWARD 8 A. Brayshaw 23 L. Henry
15 E. Hughes 5 A. Cerra 33 T. Colyer 16 D. Mundy 3 C. Serong
29 J. Hunt 8 J. Lever 3 C. Salem

38 T. Watson
HALF-BACK

42 S. Giro
FORWARD



39 S. Switkowski 20 M. Taberner 28 L. Schultz



20 A. Tomlinson 1 S. May 39 N. Jetta



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Adam Cerra behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:39
FREM David Mundy behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 04:59
MELB Christian Petracca behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 06:20
FREM Alex Pearce behind 0.1.1 - 0.3.3 11:01
MELB Tom McDonald behind 0.2.2 - 0.3.3 12:03
MELB Ed Langdon behind 0.3.3 - 0.3.3 13:15
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 1.3.9 - 0.3.3 14:45
MELB Ed Langdon goal 2.3.15 - 0.3.3 16:01
FREM Caleb Serong behind 2.3.15 - 0.4.4 18:57
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.3.21 - 0.4.4 20:49
MELB James Harmes behind 3.4.22 - 0.4.4 22:39
MELB Christian Petracca goal 4.4.28 - 0.4.4 25:23
Q2 FREM Matt Taberner behind 4.4.28 - 0.5.5 00:33
MELB James Jordon goal 5.4.34 - 0.5.5 01:56
FREM Liam Henry behind 5.4.34 - 0.6.6 04:40
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 5.4.34 - 1.6.12 07:45
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 5.5.35 - 1.6.12 10:22
MELB James Jordon behind 5.6.36 - 1.6.12 11:49
FREM Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 1.7.13 12:21
FREM Liam Henry goal 5.6.36 - 2.7.19 14:11
MELB Tom McDonald goal 6.6.42 - 2.7.19 17:05
FREM Sam Switkowski behind 6.6.42 - 2.8.20 18:16
FREM Lachie Schultz goal 6.6.42 - 3.8.26 19:07
MELB James Harmes goal 7.6.48 - 3.8.26 21:08
Q3 MELB Tom McDonald behind 7.7.49 - 3.8.26 02:42
FREM Matt Taberner goal 7.7.49 - 4.8.32 07:02
FREM Connor Blakely goal 7.7.49 - 5.8.38 09:10
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 8.7.55 - 5.8.38 13:07
FREM Travis Colyer behind 8.7.55 - 5.9.39 21:44
MELB Jake Lever behind 8.8.56 - 5.9.39 26:58
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 9.8.62 - 5.9.39 28:56
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 9.8.62 - 6.9.45 30:06
Q4 FREM James Aish behind 9.8.62 - 6.10.46 04:02
MELB Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 6.10.46 10:53
MELB Christian Petracca goal 10.9.69 - 6.10.46 11:27
MELB Tom McDonald goal 11.9.75 - 6.10.46 13:38
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 11.10.76 - 6.10.46 15:59
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 11.11.77 - 6.10.46 19:28
FREM Matt Taberner goal 11.11.77 - 7.10.52 20:40
MELB Nathan Jones behind 11.12.78 - 7.10.52 23:13
MELB Rushed behind 11.13.79 - 7.10.52 24:17
FREM Matt Taberner goal 11.13.79 - 8.10.58 24:38
MELB Luke Jackson behind 11.14.80 - 8.10.58 26:33