2021 AFL Round 3: Greater Western Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 2021 between Greater Western Sydney and Melbourne during round 3 of the 2021 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Melbourne at Manuka Oval. Stephen Coniglio captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Leon Cameron and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: S. Taylor, L. Keeffe, M. Buntine
Half-back: I. Cumming, N. Haynes, P. Davis
Centre: J. Kelly, S. Coniglio (capt.), L. Ash
Half-forward: T. Taranto, T. Greene, M. de Boer
Forward: B. Hill, H. Himmelberg, B. Daniels
Follower: M. Flynn, J. Hopper, C. Ward
Int.: J. Buckley, T. Green, C. Idun, X. O'Halloran
Sub.: N. Shipley

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: J. Viney (vice-capt.), T. McDonald, C. Spargo
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, L. Jackson, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, K. Pickett
Int.: N. Jones, J. Jordon, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow
Sub.: J. Melksham

Greater Western Sydney (11.2.68) were defeated by Melbourne (15.12.102).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: T. Greene (5), J. Kelly (2), T. Green, H. Himmelberg, J. Hopper, X. O'Halloran
Melbourne: K. Pickett (4), B. Fritsch (3), M. Gawn (2), A. Brayshaw, L. Jackson, J. Jordon, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Petracca, C. Spargo

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 17th on the ladder (down from 16th) and Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 4 April 2021
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 9,563

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.2.68 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 5 . 1 7 . 1 8 . 1 11 . 2 11 . 2 (68)
Melbourne 2 . 3 6 . 5 10 . 7 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin GWSY by 16 GWSY by 2 MELB by 18 MELB by 34 MELB by 34
Duration 33:06 32:06 31:13 32:50 2:09:15

Honour Roll

Coaches: Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Stephen Coniglio (Greater Western Sydney), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), R. O'Gorman (#10), N. Williamson (#22), E: M. Baigent (#37)
Goal Umpire: A. Chisholm, B. Kenny-Bell, E: A. McKenzie-Wills
Boundary Umpire: M. Baker, M. Barlow, D. Field-Read, D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Max Gawn MELB 11 3
Christian Petracca MELB 5 2
Toby Greene GWSY 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Toby Greene GWSY 4 8 0 2 0 0 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jack Viney MELB 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jake Lever MELB 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ed Langdon MELB 15 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
7 Ash, Lachie WR 86% 0 0 24 17 7 6 0 2 1 4 0 0 5 2
44 Buckley, Jack INT 84% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 4 0 3 0 2 3 1
21 Buntine, Matt BPR 82% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 0
3 Coniglio, Stephen (c) C 31% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 2
13 Cumming, Isaac HBFL 83% 0 0 29 17 12 5 0 0 1 5 1 0 7 2
16 Daniels, Brent FPR 80% 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 1 2 5 0 1 0 4
1 Davis, Phil HBFR↓ 18% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 de Boer, Matt HFFR 50% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 3 3 3 2 2 3 2
30 Flynn, Matt RU 77% 0 0 13 4 9 4 23 3 0 2 0 0 2 1
12 Green, Tom INT 78% 1 0 15 3 12 2 0 3 4 3 1 2 1 1
4 Greene, Toby CHF 95% 5 2 17 13 4 4 0 3 1 6 4 2 0 3
19 Haynes, Nick CHB 91% 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 3 2
37 Hill, Bobby FPL 75% 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 2
27 Himmelberg, Harry FF 91% 1 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 2
2 Hopper, Jacob RR 88% 1 0 25 12 13 0 0 6 6 7 2 5 2 4
39 Idun, Connor INT 90% 0 0 16 9 7 8 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 2
25 Keeffe, Lachie FB 95% 0 0 5 2 3 2 8 3 0 1 1 1 0 0
22 Kelly, Josh WL 91% 2 0 23 10 13 3 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 3
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT 87% 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1
34 Shipley, Nick SUB↑ 66% 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
14 Taranto, Tim HFFL 82% 0 0 32 23 9 5 0 5 2 6 1 0 5 10
15 Taylor, Sam BPL 94% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 4 1 4 1 1 4 1
8 Ward, Callan RO 84% 0 0 20 7 13 3 0 1 7 2 2 1 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 11 2 359 208 151 80 31 53 37 71 20 21 49 49

N. Shipley replaced P. Davis.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 79% 1 0 23 17 6 4 0 4 1 4 1 2 2 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 94% 3 1 6 6 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 95% 2 2 24 17 7 9 29 0 7 3 1 0 3 4
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 81% 0 0 25 18 7 5 0 3 1 2 1 1 4 7
6 Jackson, Luke FF 91% 1 0 15 4 11 3 10 3 2 3 0 1 0 2
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 67% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2
2 Jones, Nathan INT 74% 0 1 15 7 8 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 2
23 Jordon, James INT 66% 1 0 16 11 5 6 0 3 2 4 0 1 1 1
15 Langdon, Ed WR 92% 0 0 27 20 7 9 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 10
8 Lever, Jake CHB 100% 0 0 22 17 5 8 0 2 0 2 1 0 6 1
1 May, Steven FB 92% 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 1 0 4 1 3 6 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 82% 0 1 8 7 1 3 2 5 1 5 1 3 0 1
18 Melksham, Jake SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 68% 1 1 11 10 1 2 0 6 1 6 2 2 1 4
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 89% 0 2 23 11 12 4 0 3 6 4 3 2 0 3
5 Petracca, Christian C 89% 1 0 29 14 15 8 0 2 6 6 2 2 0 8
36 Pickett, Kysaiah RO 70% 4 1 13 10 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3
24 Rivers, Trent INT 72% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 91% 0 0 22 12 10 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 3
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 74% 1 1 12 7 5 1 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 1
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 66% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
20 Tomlinson, Adam BPR 96% 0 0 13 12 1 8 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0
7 Viney, Jack (vc) HFFL 73% 0 1 24 12 12 3 0 8 8 3 2 0 1 7
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 15 12 377 241 136 97 41 62 45 62 21 20 38 67

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
39 N. Jetta 1 S. May 20 A. Tomlinson 30 M. Flynn 44 J. Buckley
16 B. Daniels 27 H. Himmelberg 37 B. Hill 2 J. Hopper 12 T. Green
FORWARD 8 C. Ward 39 C. Idun
HALF-BACK

33 X. O'Halloran
3 C. Salem 8 J. Lever 29 J. Hunt

34 N. Shipley
24 M. de Boer 4 T. Greene 14 T. Taranto



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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



7 L. Ash 3 S. Coniglio (c) 22 J. Kelly 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 9 C. Spargo 36 K. Pickett 24 T. Rivers
1 P. Davis 19 N. Haynes 13 I. Cumming

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

18 J. Melksham
FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 6 L. Jackson 31 B. Fritsch



21 M. Buntine 25 L. Keeffe 15 S. Taylor



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:06
GWSY Toby Greene goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:45
GWSY Jacob Hopper goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 05:03
GWSY Toby Greene goal 3.0.18 - 1.0.6 09:52
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 4.0.24 - 1.0.6 14:16
MELB Max Gawn behind 4.0.24 - 1.1.7 16:20
MELB Christian Petracca goal 4.0.24 - 2.1.13 17:51
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 4.0.24 - 2.2.14 24:40
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 5.0.30 - 2.2.14 25:50
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 5.0.30 - 2.3.15 29:32
GWSY Toby Greene behind 5.1.31 - 2.3.15 31:02
Q2 MELB Luke Jackson goal 5.1.31 - 3.3.21 00:45
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 5.1.31 - 4.3.27 05:17
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 6.1.37 - 4.3.27 12:00
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 6.1.37 - 4.4.28 16:33
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 6.1.37 - 5.4.34 21:27
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 6.1.37 - 6.4.40 23:41
GWSY Xavier O'Halloran goal 7.1.43 - 6.4.40 26:06
MELB Rushed behind 7.1.43 - 6.5.41 32:03
Q3 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.1.43 - 7.5.47 00:18
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 7.1.43 - 8.5.53 05:03
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 7.1.43 - 8.6.54 07:13
GWSY Toby Greene goal 8.1.49 - 8.6.54 10:27
MELB Max Gawn goal 8.1.49 - 9.6.60 14:40
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 8.1.49 - 10.6.66 22:18
MELB Jack Viney behind 8.1.49 - 10.7.67 24:33
Q4 GWSY Toby Greene goal 9.1.55 - 10.7.67 00:18
GWSY Toby Greene goal 10.1.61 - 10.7.67 02:01
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 10.1.61 - 10.8.68 04:30
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 10.1.61 - 11.8.74 06:44
MELB Max Gawn goal 10.1.61 - 12.8.80 10:13
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 10.1.61 - 13.8.86 13:19
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 10.1.61 - 14.8.92 17:00
MELB Tom McDonald behind 10.1.61 - 14.9.93 22:06
MELB Nathan Jones behind 10.1.61 - 14.10.94 24:10
MELB James Jordon goal 10.1.61 - 15.10.100 25:16
GWSY Toby Greene behind 10.2.62 - 15.10.100 27:06
GWSY Tom Green goal 11.2.68 - 15.10.100 28:08
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 11.2.68 - 15.11.101 30:25
MELB Max Gawn behind 11.2.68 - 15.12.102 31:39