2021 AFL Round 10: Adelaide v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 May 2021 between Adelaide and Melbourne during round 10 of the 2021 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. Rory Sloane captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Adelaide
Back: T. Doedee, J. Butts, N. Murray
Half-back: B. Smith, J. Kelly, L. Brown
Centre: L. Sholl, B. Keays, P. Seedsman
Half-forward: N. McHenry, T. Walker, S. Berry
Forward: J. Rowe, R. Thilthorpe, D. Fogarty
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, R. Sloane (capt.)
Int.: C. Jones, D. MacKay, S. McAdam, H. Schoenberg
Sub.: R. O'Connor

Melbourne
Back: N. Jetta, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: M. Hibberd, H. Petty, J. Hunt
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: K. Pickett, T. McDonald, C. Spargo
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, S. Weideman, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, J. Harmes
Int.: L. Jackson, J. Jordon, J. Melksham, T. Rivers
Sub.: T. Sparrow

Adelaide (15.6.96) defeated Melbourne (14.11.95).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: T. Walker (3), D. Fogarty (2), B. Keays (2), J. Rowe (2), R. Thilthorpe (2), S. Berry, D. MacKay, S. McAdam, P. Seedsman
Melbourne: C. Oliver (3), E. Langdon (2), B. Fritsch, M. Gawn, J. Harmes, T. McDonald, C. Petracca, K. Pickett, T. Rivers, C. Spargo, S. Weideman

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 13th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Adelaide v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 May 2021
Time: 4:05 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 31,373

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Melbourne
Score: 15.6.96 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 4 . 2 8 . 4 11 . 5 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Melbourne 5 . 1 8 . 4 11 . 8 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin MELB by 5 level MELB by 3 ADEL by 1 ADEL by 1
Duration 32:23 30:48 31:50 33:29 2:08:30

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Rory Sloane (Adelaide), Max Gawn (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Deboy (#11), H. Gavine (#14), J. Mollison (#32), E: T. Bryce (#46)
Goal Umpire: S. Axon, D. Hoskin, E: P. Challen
Boundary Umpire: C. Bull, S. Burton, M. Konetschka, M. Thomson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
Jake Lever MELB 8 2
Ben Keays ADEL 2 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 10 2 0 0 0 0
Ben Keays ADEL 2 7 0 1 1 0 0
Paul Seedsman ADEL 11 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jake Lever MELB 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Taylor Walker ADEL 13 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ed Langdon MELB 15 1 0 0 0 0 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Berry, Sam HFFR 78% 1 0 11 3 8 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
16 Brown, Luke HBFR 75% 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 6 2
41 Butts, Jordon FB 87% 0 0 10 9 1 6 0 1 0 2 1 2 4 1
39 Doedee, Tom BPL 87% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 3 0 3 0 1 5 0
32 Fogarty, Darcy FPR 82% 2 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
1 Jones, Chayce INT 75% 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 2 1
2 Keays, Ben C 81% 2 0 34 17 17 3 0 7 3 8 1 3 2 1
8 Kelly, Jake CHB 91% 0 0 15 13 2 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2
29 Laird, Rory RR 74% 0 0 35 14 21 3 0 7 6 6 2 2 2 4
14 MacKay, David INT 80% 1 0 21 12 9 6 0 5 0 3 2 0 4 3
23 McAdam, Shane INT 79% 1 2 9 5 4 3 0 6 0 2 2 2 0 1
25 McHenry, Ned HFFL 78% 0 0 15 7 8 2 0 6 1 3 3 2 0 4
28 Murray, Nick BPR 86% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 87% 0 0 10 0 10 3 24 3 0 2 1 1 1 2
37 O'Connor, Ronin SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Rowe, James FPL 86% 2 0 18 8 10 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1
26 Schoenberg, Harry INT 74% 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 3 0 4 1 1 1 1
11 Seedsman, Paul WR 84% 1 0 35 22 13 7 0 4 4 4 2 1 3 4
38 Sholl, Lachlan WL 86% 0 2 17 14 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 3
9 Sloane, Rory (c) RO 78% 0 0 19 8 11 0 0 5 4 4 0 1 0 2
33 Smith, Brodie HBFL 87% 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 3 6
7 Thilthorpe, Riley FF 77% 2 1 10 6 4 1 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 0
13 Walker, Taylor CHF 89% 3 0 16 8 8 9 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 15 6 370 207 163 87 27 65 22 59 24 24 37 47

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 88% 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 3 6 1 0 1 1 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 92% 1 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 92% 1 1 20 13 7 10 32 2 4 5 2 1 2 2
4 Harmes, James RO 74% 1 0 18 7 11 0 0 8 2 2 2 1 0 2
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 77% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 4 3
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 89% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 1 4 1 3 0 2
6 Jackson, Luke INT 64% 0 0 12 3 9 4 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 65% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
23 Jordon, James INT 59% 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 9 0 5 1 1 1 2
15 Langdon, Ed WR 98% 2 0 27 17 10 4 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 3
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 24 14 10 8 0 1 0 6 2 2 5 2
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 82% 1 1 10 6 4 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 2
18 Melksham, Jake INT 54% 0 2 10 9 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 84% 0 2 17 13 4 4 0 7 3 7 2 2 1 5
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 94% 3 1 38 20 18 1 0 9 14 3 4 1 3 8
5 Petracca, Christian C 93% 1 0 32 19 13 5 0 4 11 7 2 2 2 11
35 Petty, Harry CHB 95% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 81% 1 0 11 7 4 4 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent INT 74% 1 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 75% 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 4 0 4 1 2 0 0
32 Sparrow, Tom SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Weideman, Sam FF 70% 1 1 9 5 4 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 14 11 333 207 126 74 49 78 45 59 24 24 30 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

Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
39 N. Jetta 1 S. May 8 J. Lever 43 R. O'Brien 1 C. Jones
32 D. Fogarty 7 R. Thilthorpe 31 J. Rowe 29 R. Laird 14 D. MacKay
FORWARD 9 R. Sloane (c) 23 S. McAdam
HALF-BACK

26 H. Schoenberg
14 M. Hibberd 35 H. Petty 29 J. Hunt

37 R. O'Connor
21 S. Berry 13 T. Walker 25 N. McHenry



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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



11 P. Seedsman 2 B. Keays 38 L. Sholl FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 6 L. Jackson
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 23 J. Jordon
36 K. Pickett 25 T. McDonald 9 C. Spargo 4 J. Harmes 18 J. Melksham
16 L. Brown 8 J. Kelly 33 B. Smith

24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 26 S. Weideman 31 B. Fritsch



28 N. Murray 41 J. Butts 39 T. Doedee



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Ed Langdon goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:26
MELB Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:34
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 05:39
MELB Max Gawn goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 11:16
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 17:11
ADEL Shane McAdam behind 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 19:15
MELB Tom McDonald goal 2.1.13 - 3.1.19 20:52
MELB Trent Rivers goal 2.1.13 - 4.1.25 22:13
MELB Sam Weideman goal 2.1.13 - 5.1.31 24:05
ADEL James Rowe goal 3.1.19 - 5.1.31 25:46
ADEL James Rowe goal 4.1.25 - 5.1.31 27:49
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 4.2.26 - 5.1.31 32:19
Q2 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 4.2.26 - 6.1.37 01:18
ADEL Lachlan Sholl behind 4.3.27 - 6.1.37 06:05
ADEL David MacKay goal 5.3.33 - 6.1.37 06:45
MELB Jake Melksham behind 5.3.33 - 6.2.38 08:01
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 6.3.39 - 6.2.38 10:20
MELB Tom McDonald behind 6.3.39 - 6.3.39 13:50
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 6.3.39 - 7.3.45 15:04
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 6.3.39 - 7.4.46 16:50
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 7.3.45 - 7.4.46 19:05
ADEL Ben Keays goal 8.3.51 - 7.4.46 23:30
ADEL Lachlan Sholl behind 8.4.52 - 7.4.46 24:50
MELB James Harmes goal 8.4.52 - 8.4.52 28:55
Q3 MELB Max Gawn behind 8.4.52 - 8.5.53 01:35
ADEL Shane McAdam behind 8.5.53 - 8.5.53 03:28
ADEL Ben Keays goal 9.5.59 - 8.5.53 05:05
ADEL Paul Seedsman goal 10.5.65 - 8.5.53 07:40
MELB Sam Weideman behind 10.5.65 - 8.6.54 09:27
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 10.5.65 - 8.7.55 12:55
MELB Christian Petracca goal 10.5.65 - 9.7.61 15:52
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 10.5.65 - 10.7.67 20:05
ADEL Sam Berry goal 11.5.71 - 10.7.67 25:29
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 11.5.71 - 11.7.73 28:29
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 11.5.71 - 11.8.74 30:56
Q4 MELB Jake Melksham behind 11.5.71 - 11.9.75 03:25
MELB Rushed behind 11.5.71 - 11.10.76 04:32
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 11.5.71 - 12.10.82 05:00
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 12.5.77 - 12.10.82 08:36
ADEL Rushed behind 12.6.78 - 12.10.82 13:16
MELB Ed Langdon goal 12.6.78 - 13.10.88 17:47
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 12.6.78 - 14.10.94 19:23
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 13.6.84 - 14.10.94 21:11
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 13.6.84 - 14.11.95 22:55
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 14.6.90 - 14.11.95 26:01
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 15.6.96 - 14.11.95 31:05