2021 AFL Round 12: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 2021 between Melbourne and Brisbane Lions during round 12 of the 2021 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Brisbane Lions at GIANTS Stadium. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Dayne Zorko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Melbourne
Back: J. Hunt, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: M. Hibberd, H. Petty, C. Salem
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, J. Jordon
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. Melksham, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow
Sub.: O. Baker

Brisbane Lions
Back: R. Lester, H. Andrews, B. Starcevich
Half-back: D. Rich, M. Adams, D. Robertson
Centre: D. Zorko (capt.), Z. Bailey, H. McCluggage
Half-forward: C. Ah Chee, J. Daniher, L. McCarthy
Forward: D. McStay, E. Hipwood, C. Cameron
Follower: O. McInerney, J. Lyons, M. Robinson
Int.: G. Birchall, K. Coleman, L. Neale, J. Prior
Sub.: R. Mathieson

Melbourne (14.13.97) defeated Brisbane Lions (11.9.75).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: T. McDonald (3), K. Pickett (3), B. Fritsch (2), C. Petracca (2), M. Gawn, L. Jackson, A. Neal-Bullen, T. Sparrow
Brisbane Lions: Z. Bailey (4), C. Cameron (2), K. Coleman, J. Daniher, E. Hipwood, L. McCarthy, D. Zorko

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder and Brisbane Lions were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Friday 4 June 2021
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: GIANTS Stadium
Attendance: 3,772

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 14.13.97 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 4 10 . 9 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Brisbane Lions 4 . 4 8 . 6 10 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin BRIL by 13 BRIL by 20 MELB by 1 MELB by 22 MELB by 22
Duration 29:22 31:01 32:13 28:44 2:01:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), J. Howorth (#17), B. Rosebury (#8), E: L. Haussen (#5)
Goal Umpire: M. Ensbey, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: C. Roffey
Boundary Umpire: M. Barlow, C. Esler, J. Furman, M. Marantelli

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Zac Bailey BRIL 33 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Zac Bailey BRIL 33 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Eric Hipwood BRIL 30 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tom McDonald MELB 25 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
33 Baker, Oskar SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 91% 0 1 19 13 6 6 0 1 1 5 0 1 4 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 80% 2 0 6 6 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 93% 1 0 17 13 4 3 31 4 4 3 2 1 2 3
4 Harmes, James RO 89% 0 0 23 6 17 2 0 3 7 5 1 3 0 3
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 84% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 2 4 2 3 3 0
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 73% 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 3
6 Jackson, Luke INT 59% 1 1 12 5 7 2 5 1 1 3 2 2 2 1
23 Jordon, James WR 86% 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 9 3 6 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 0
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 3 0 2 1 0 7 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 86% 3 2 12 10 2 5 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
18 Melksham, Jake INT 57% 0 0 5 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 72% 1 0 15 9 6 2 0 6 1 3 0 1 0 6
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 93% 0 1 25 12 13 4 0 5 7 6 0 3 1 7
5 Petracca, Christian C 90% 2 1 26 17 9 4 0 6 9 4 4 1 2 7
35 Petty, Harry CHB 88% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 3 0 7 2 4 2 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 80% 3 3 9 8 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 3
24 Rivers, Trent INT 71% 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 84% 0 1 14 11 3 4 0 3 1 2 1 2 4 1
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 84% 0 1 14 13 1 4 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 6
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 58% 1 0 19 8 11 4 0 5 0 3 1 2 2 4
26 Weideman, Sam FF 82% 0 1 8 3 5 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 13 314 192 122 79 37 59 37 59 20 28 38 54

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Adams, Marcus CHB 94% 0 0 9 6 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
4 Ah Chee, Callum HFFL 79% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1
31 Andrews, Harris FB 100% 0 0 21 14 7 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
33 Bailey, Zac C 83% 4 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 6
14 Birchall, Grant INT 78% 0 0 18 16 2 10 0 2 0 3 0 0 6 0
23 Cameron, Charlie FPR 85% 2 0 10 8 2 3 0 4 2 4 2 1 0 4
18 Coleman, Keidean INT 82% 1 0 10 4 6 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0
3 Daniher, Joe CHF 90% 1 0 17 10 7 5 2 3 2 3 1 2 0 4
30 Hipwood, Eric FF 85% 1 4 13 9 4 6 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 1
35 Lester, Ryan BPL↓ 75% 0 0 11 7 4 6 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1
17 Lyons, Jarryd RR 73% 0 0 28 18 10 1 0 8 6 5 4 1 1 6
36 Mathieson, Rhys SUB↑ 5% 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 McCarthy, Lincoln HFFR 77% 1 1 11 9 2 4 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 2
6 McCluggage, Hugh WR 84% 0 0 23 16 7 7 0 3 2 3 1 1 3 3
46 McInerney, Oscar RU 82% 0 1 8 4 4 2 18 0 4 4 1 2 0 1
25 McStay, Daniel FPL 81% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
9 Neale, Lachie INT 82% 0 0 25 11 14 3 0 1 9 3 3 2 0 3
20 Prior, Jaxon INT 70% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 2
10 Rich, Daniel HBFL 81% 0 0 26 21 5 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 2
2 Robertson, Deven HBFR 72% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 8 1 1 2 0 3 1
5 Robinson, Mitch RO 75% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 4 1 2 0 2 3 3
37 Starcevich, Brandon BPR 86% 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 2
15 Zorko, Dayne (c) WL 82% 1 1 22 13 9 6 0 10 4 4 2 2 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 9 346 233 113 105 20 60 35 47 28 20 40 49

R. Mathieson replaced R. Lester.

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
35 R. Lester 31 H. Andrews 37 B. Starcevich 11 M. Gawn (c) 6 L. Jackson
31 B. Fritsch 26 S. Weideman 30 A. Neal-Bullen 13 C. Oliver 18 J. Melksham
FORWARD 4 J. Harmes 24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
10 D. Rich 24 M. Adams 2 D. Robertson

33 O. Baker
9 C. Spargo 25 T. McDonald 36 K. Pickett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 D. Zorko (c) 33 Z. Bailey 6 H. McCluggage



23 J. Jordon 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 46 O. McInerney 14 G. Birchall
HALF-FORWARD 17 J. Lyons 18 K. Coleman
4 C. Ah Chee 3 J. Daniher 11 L. McCarthy 5 M. Robinson 9 L. Neale
3 C. Salem 35 H. Petty 14 M. Hibberd

20 J. Prior
HALF-BACK

36 R. Mathieson
FORWARD



25 D. McStay 30 E. Hipwood 23 C. Cameron



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 29 J. Hunt



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 04:06
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:40
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:44
MELB Max Gawn goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 08:22
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 11:15
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 11:58
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 13:21
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 2.2.14 - 3.1.19 15:22
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy behind 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 16:51
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 2.2.14 - 4.2.26 20:47
BRIL Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 4.3.27 22:56
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 2.3.15 - 4.3.27 24:15
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 2.3.15 - 4.4.28 29:17
Q2 BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 2.3.15 - 5.4.34 01:11
MELB Christian Petracca goal 3.3.21 - 5.4.34 04:06
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 4.3.27 - 5.4.34 09:16
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 4.3.27 - 5.5.35 11:37
BRIL Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 5.6.36 12:27
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 4.3.27 - 6.6.42 18:37
MELB Luke Jackson behind 4.4.28 - 6.6.42 21:14
BRIL Keidean Coleman goal 4.4.28 - 7.6.48 24:04
MELB Luke Jackson goal 5.4.34 - 7.6.48 25:26
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 5.4.34 - 8.6.54 27:07
Q3 MELB Tom McDonald goal 6.4.40 - 8.6.54 02:15
MELB Tom McDonald behind 6.5.41 - 8.6.54 06:04
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 7.5.47 - 8.6.54 07:17
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 7.5.47 - 8.7.55 08:48
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 7.5.47 - 9.7.61 11:06
MELB Christian Petracca goal 8.5.53 - 9.7.61 12:22
MELB Christian Salem behind 8.6.54 - 9.7.61 14:17
MELB Tom McDonald goal 9.6.60 - 9.7.61 15:07
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 9.6.60 - 9.8.62 17:27
MELB Sam Weideman behind 9.7.61 - 9.8.62 19:57
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 9.7.61 - 10.8.68 20:34
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 10.7.67 - 10.8.68 21:47
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 10.8.68 - 10.8.68 25:40
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 10.9.69 - 10.8.68 28:28
Q4 MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 11.9.75 - 10.8.68 00:46
MELB Tom McDonald behind 11.10.76 - 10.8.68 03:25
BRIL Oscar McInerney behind 11.10.76 - 10.9.69 08:19
MELB Tom McDonald goal 12.10.82 - 10.9.69 13:10
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 12.11.83 - 10.9.69 14:32
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 13.11.89 - 10.9.69 15:46
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 13.12.90 - 10.9.69 17:29
MELB Christian Petracca behind 13.13.91 - 10.9.69 18:27
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 14.13.97 - 10.9.69 22:19
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 14.13.97 - 11.9.75 23:50