2021 AFL Round 2: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 2021 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round 2 of the 2021 AFL season. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Jack Steele captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brett Ratten and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

St Kilda
Back: J. Webster, D. Howard, C. Wilkie
Half-back: B. Long, T. Highmore, J. Sinclair
Centre: J. Billings, S. Ross, J. Battle
Half-forward: D. Butler, B. Hill, J. Higgins
Forward: T. Membrey, S. McKernan, M. King
Follower: P. Hunter, J. Steele (capt.), J. Gresham
Int.: H. Clark, N. Coffield, Z. Jones, J. Lonie
Sub.: J. Bytel

Melbourne
Back: N. Jetta, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: C. Salem, A. Tomlinson, J. Hunt
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: J. Viney (vice-capt.), T. McDonald, A. Neal-Bullen
Forward: C. Spargo, L. Jackson, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, K. Pickett
Int.: N. Jones, J. Jordon, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow
Sub.: O. Baker

St Kilda (11.7.73) were defeated by Melbourne (12.19.91).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: J. Steele (3), M. King (2), J. Battle, J. Billings, J. Gresham, J. Higgins, S. McKernan, T. Membrey
Melbourne: T. McDonald (2), K. Pickett (2), J. Viney (2), B. Fritsch, N. Jones, E. Langdon, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Spargo, T. Sparrow

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 March 2021
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 25,903

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.7.73 - 12.19.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 2 6 . 3 8 . 4 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 7 9 . 13 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Margin MELB by 2 MELB by 4 MELB by 15 MELB by 18 MELB by 18
Duration 30:11 30:36 29:54 31:12 2:01:53

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brett Ratten (St Kilda), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Jack Steele (St Kilda), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Fleer (#26), N. Foot (#2), J. Mollison (#32), E: A. Whetton (#19)
Goal Umpire: M. Ensbey, S. Plumridge, E: L. Edwards
Boundary Umpire: A. Coote, J. Furman, T. Lougoon, B. MacDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
Christian Petracca MELB 5 2
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 9 1 1 0 0 0
Christian Salem MELB 3 9 1 1 0 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 5 0 0 1 1 0
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 3 0 0 1 0 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Steele STKL 9 1 0 0 0 0 1
Adam Tomlinson MELB 20 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Battle, Josh WR 82% 1 1 13 10 3 6 0 3 2 2 1 0 3 2
15 Billings, Jack WL 87% 1 1 23 18 5 13 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 3
16 Butler, Dan HFFL 85% 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
23 Bytel, Jack SUB↑ 20% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
11 Clark, Hunter INT 72% 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 1 3 4 0 2 3 3
1 Coffield, Nick INT 78% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 3
4 Gresham, Jade RO 75% 1 0 29 17 12 6 0 2 9 3 0 0 0 10
22 Higgins, Jack HFFR 76% 1 0 9 3 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
34 Highmore, Tom CHB 70% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 2 1
8 Hill, Bradley CHF 85% 0 0 21 16 5 6 0 4 1 7 0 0 6 3
20 Howard, Dougal FB 96% 0 0 29 23 6 8 0 2 1 3 1 1 9 1
41 Hunter, Paul RU 75% 0 0 10 4 6 0 13 5 4 4 0 1 0 3
3 Jones, Zak INT 66% 0 1 12 6 6 3 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 4
12 King, Max FPR 82% 2 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 3
21 Long, Ben HBFL 89% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0
13 Lonie, Jack INT 88% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 2
27 McKernan, Shaun FF 85% 1 0 7 5 2 2 4 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
28 Membrey, Tim FPL 91% 1 3 16 10 6 8 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 3
6 Ross, Sebastian C 82% 0 0 28 13 15 5 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 4
35 Sinclair, Jack HBFR 89% 0 0 21 9 12 6 0 2 4 4 1 0 0 1
9 Steele, Jack (c) RR 81% 3 1 25 13 12 4 0 6 4 6 0 2 0 4
29 Webster, Jimmy BPL↓ 50% 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 0
44 Wilkie, Callum BPR 96% 0 0 20 16 4 6 0 7 0 3 2 0 4 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 11 7 365 225 140 104 17 56 34 63 15 14 42 53

J. Bytel replaced J. Webster.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
33 Baker, Oskar SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 70% 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 89% 1 3 10 6 4 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 94% 0 0 17 10 7 5 40 2 3 1 1 0 3 2
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 78% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 6 0 3 0 1 4 3
6 Jackson, Luke FF 80% 0 1 11 3 8 4 10 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 65% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
2 Jones, Nathan INT 70% 1 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 3
23 Jordon, James INT 65% 0 1 20 10 10 6 0 9 0 2 0 0 2 2
15 Langdon, Ed WR 100% 1 0 22 11 11 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
8 Lever, Jake BPR 96% 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 23 20 3 8 0 1 0 5 0 2 8 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 93% 2 3 19 10 9 6 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 4
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 76% 1 0 22 11 11 3 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 3
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 91% 0 0 37 17 20 5 0 6 11 8 3 1 2 6
5 Petracca, Christian C 88% 0 3 30 22 8 9 0 5 6 9 1 3 1 7
36 Pickett, Kysaiah RO 77% 2 2 17 8 9 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 4
24 Rivers, Trent INT 75% 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 86% 0 1 30 22 8 10 0 3 0 3 0 2 6 5
9 Spargo, Charlie FPL 75% 1 1 11 7 4 5 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 65% 1 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3
20 Tomlinson, Adam CHB 100% 0 0 17 10 7 11 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 0
7 Viney, Jack (vc) HFFL 66% 2 0 13 5 8 0 0 5 4 1 3 1 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 12 19 395 232 163 115 52 57 34 53 14 15 41 54

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

St Kilda Coach: Brett Ratten
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
39 N. Jetta 1 S. May 8 J. Lever 41 P. Hunter 11 H. Clark
12 M. King 27 S. McKernan 28 T. Membrey 9 J. Steele (c) 1 N. Coffield
FORWARD 4 J. Gresham 3 Z. Jones
HALF-BACK

13 J. Lonie
3 C. Salem 20 A. Tomlinson 29 J. Hunt

23 J. Bytel
22 J. Higgins 8 B. Hill 16 D. Butler



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 A. Brayshaw 5 C. Petracca 15 E. Langdon



26 J. Battle 6 S. Ross 15 J. Billings FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 2 N. Jones
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 23 J. Jordon
7 J. Viney (vc) 25 T. McDonald 30 A. Neal-Bullen 36 K. Pickett 24 T. Rivers
35 J. Sinclair 34 T. Highmore 21 B. Long

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

33 O. Baker
FORWARD



9 C. Spargo 6 L. Jackson 31 B. Fritsch



44 C. Wilkie 20 D. Howard 29 J. Webster



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Jack Viney goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:29
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:31
STKL Tim Membrey goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 03:58
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 07:03
MELB Nathan Jones goal 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 12:32
MELB Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 2.3.15 15:01
STKL Jack Steele behind 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 16:39
STKL Jack Billings behind 1.2.8 - 2.3.15 18:51
MELB Jack Viney goal 1.2.8 - 3.3.21 21:58
STKL Jack Steele goal 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 25:06
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 2.2.14 - 3.4.22 27:08
STKL Max King goal 3.2.20 - 3.4.22 30:04
Q2 STKL Max King goal 4.2.26 - 3.4.22 01:23
STKL Tim Membrey behind 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 04:30
MELB Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 3.5.23 06:03
STKL Jack Billings goal 5.3.33 - 3.5.23 08:40
STKL Josh Battle goal 6.3.39 - 3.5.23 11:16
MELB Tom McDonald behind 6.3.39 - 3.6.24 18:41
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 6.3.39 - 4.6.30 19:40
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 6.3.39 - 5.6.36 21:19
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 6.3.39 - 6.6.42 24:45
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 6.3.39 - 6.7.43 26:47
Q3 MELB Christian Petracca behind 6.3.39 - 6.8.44 00:23
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 6.3.39 - 6.9.45 03:57
MELB Ed Langdon goal 6.3.39 - 7.9.51 04:44
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 6.3.39 - 8.9.57 06:07
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 6.3.39 - 8.10.58 08:14
MELB Rushed behind 6.3.39 - 8.11.59 11:40
STKL Tim Membrey behind 6.4.40 - 8.11.59 12:45
MELB Tom McDonald behind 6.4.40 - 8.12.60 14:00
MELB Christian Salem behind 6.4.40 - 8.13.61 15:23
STKL Jack Steele goal 7.4.46 - 8.13.61 16:45
STKL Jack Steele goal 8.4.52 - 8.13.61 23:15
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 8.4.52 - 9.13.67 28:31
Q4 MELB Tom McDonald goal 8.4.52 - 10.13.73 00:55
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 8.4.52 - 11.13.79 02:39
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 8.4.52 - 11.14.80 05:19
MELB Christian Petracca behind 8.4.52 - 11.15.81 07:35
STKL Josh Battle behind 8.5.53 - 11.15.81 08:58
MELB Christian Petracca behind 8.5.53 - 11.16.82 09:53
MELB James Jordon behind 8.5.53 - 11.17.83 11:09
STKL Shaun McKernan goal 9.5.59 - 11.17.83 12:16
STKL Jade Gresham goal 10.5.65 - 11.17.83 13:28
MELB Tom McDonald behind 10.5.65 - 11.18.84 15:20
MELB Tom McDonald goal 10.5.65 - 12.18.90 17:35
STKL Jack Higgins goal 11.5.71 - 12.18.90 19:20
MELB Luke Jackson behind 11.5.71 - 12.19.91 22:12
STKL Zak Jones behind 11.6.72 - 12.19.91 24:23
STKL Tim Membrey behind 11.7.73 - 12.19.91 30:24