2021 AFL Round 16: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 2021 between Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney during round 16 of the 2021 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Greater Western Sydney at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

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

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Buckley, P. Davis, L. Ash
Half-back: H. Perryman, N. Haynes, I. Cumming
Centre: J. Kelly, C. Ward, L. Whitfield
Half-forward: B. Daniels, H. Himmelberg, A. Kennedy
Forward: T. Greene, J. Finlayson, M. Flynn
Follower: S. Mumford, T. Taranto, J. Hopper
Int.: T. Green, B. Hill, C. Idun, D. Lloyd
Sub.: S. Reid

Melbourne (7.13.55) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), A. Neal-Bullen, K. Pickett, C. Salem, T. Sparrow
Greater Western Sydney: T. Greene (3), H. Himmelberg, J. Kelly, S. Reid, T. Taranto, C. Ward, L. Whitfield

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Greater Western Sydney were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 3 July 2021
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,963

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 7.13.55 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 3 . 6 5 . 9 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Greater Western Sydney 2 . 2 6 . 6 8 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin GWSY by 5 GWSY by 18 GWSY by 17 GWSY by 9 GWSY by 9
Duration 26:24 32:46 27:56 27:16 1:54:22

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Deboy (#11), A. Heffernan (#29), D. Margetts (#6), E: M. Pell (#49)
Goal Umpire: D. Benwell, M. Maclure, E: A. Chisholm
Boundary Umpire: P. Dineen, M. Le Fevre, J. Scully, D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Josh Kelly GWSY 22 3
Christian Petracca MELB 5 2
Tim Taranto GWSY 14 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Josh Kelly GWSY 22 10 2 0 0 0 0
Christian Salem MELB 3 6 0 0 2 0 0
Tim Taranto GWSY 14 5 0 1 0 0 1
Tom Green GWSY 12 4 0 1 0 0 0
Steven May MELB 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom McDonald MELB 25 2 0 0 0 1 0
Shane Mumford GWSY 41 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
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 75% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 92% 3 1 12 9 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 92% 0 2 18 12 6 9 17 2 5 3 0 2 1 3
4 Harmes, James HFFR 72% 0 0 18 9 9 6 0 6 2 2 2 1 0 7
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 83% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 5 0 1 1 1 0 0
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 77% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 0 0 6 0 4 1 3
6 Jackson, Luke FF 81% 0 0 11 6 5 4 12 3 1 3 1 1 1 0
23 Jordon, James INT 65% 0 0 20 8 12 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 3
15 Langdon, Ed WR 99% 0 1 25 13 12 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 3
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 19 9 10 7 0 2 0 5 1 2 6 1
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 21 19 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 97% 0 2 22 18 4 10 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 6
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 81% 1 1 16 10 6 2 0 3 1 5 2 3 1 2
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 85% 0 0 28 10 18 4 0 7 5 6 1 1 2 4
5 Petracca, Christian C 92% 0 2 30 18 12 10 0 6 5 4 2 0 2 9
35 Petty, Harry CHB 81% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 3 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah RO 67% 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent INT 73% 0 0 22 15 7 6 0 4 0 3 0 1 6 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 84% 1 0 31 19 12 9 0 3 1 1 0 0 7 1
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 71% 0 0 11 7 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 2
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 55% 1 0 9 6 3 3 0 4 1 2 1 1 1 0
22 vandenBerg, Aaron SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Viney, Jack (vc) HFFL 77% 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 7 2 6 0 1 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 7 13 378 227 151 115 29 63 25 60 19 21 45 56

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Ash, Lachie BPR 81% 0 1 13 11 2 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 3
44 Buckley, Jack BPL↓ 4% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Cumming, Isaac HBFR 82% 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 5 1 1 1 0 7 0
16 Daniels, Brent HFFL 75% 0 1 10 4 6 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1
1 Davis, Phil FB 89% 0 0 12 7 5 7 0 3 0 3 3 1 3 1
31 Finlayson, Jeremy FF 81% 0 1 7 7 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
30 Flynn, Matt FPR 75% 0 0 7 1 6 0 6 1 3 2 1 2 0 0
12 Green, Tom INT 73% 0 0 25 9 16 6 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4
4 Greene, Toby FPL 88% 3 0 7 7 0 2 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2
19 Haynes, Nick CHB 90% 0 0 16 10 6 9 0 1 0 3 0 2 4 1
37 Hill, Bobby INT 77% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHF 91% 1 1 16 9 7 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
2 Hopper, Jacob RO 78% 0 1 21 15 6 3 0 2 7 5 1 2 1 5
39 Idun, Connor INT 89% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 3 0
22 Kelly, Josh WL 82% 1 1 29 18 11 2 0 7 4 4 0 1 3 8
40 Kennedy, Adam HFFR 83% 0 0 18 13 5 9 0 2 2 4 0 1 4 2
38 Lloyd, Daniel INT 82% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 3
41 Mumford, Shane RU 77% 0 0 10 3 7 2 26 5 4 0 3 0 4 1
36 Perryman, Harry HBFL 86% 0 0 23 15 8 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 1
50 Reid, Sam SUB↑ 81% 1 0 9 2 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
14 Taranto, Tim RR 82% 1 0 28 18 10 6 0 4 4 5 1 0 3 10
8 Ward, Callan C 73% 1 1 24 18 6 7 0 4 4 2 2 0 4 2
6 Whitfield, Lachie WR 82% 1 0 20 14 6 6 0 3 3 5 1 2 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 9 10 344 209 135 84 32 60 39 52 21 19 47 55

S. Reid replaced J. Buckley during the first 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
44 J. Buckley 1 P. Davis 7 L. Ash 11 M. Gawn (c) 23 J. Jordon
31 B. Fritsch 6 L. Jackson 30 A. Neal-Bullen 13 C. Oliver 24 T. Rivers
FORWARD 36 K. Pickett 9 C. Spargo
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
36 H. Perryman 19 N. Haynes 13 I. Cumming

22 A. vandenBerg
4 J. Harmes 25 T. McDonald 7 J. Viney (vc)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 J. Kelly 8 C. Ward 6 L. Whitfield



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 41 S. Mumford 12 T. Green
HALF-FORWARD 14 T. Taranto 37 B. Hill
16 B. Daniels 27 H. Himmelberg 40 A. Kennedy 2 J. Hopper 39 C. Idun
3 C. Salem 35 H. Petty 14 M. Hibberd

38 D. Lloyd
HALF-BACK

50 S. Reid
FORWARD



4 T. Greene 31 J. Finlayson 30 M. Flynn



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



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Toby Greene goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:30
GWSY Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 06:37
MELB Max Gawn behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 08:51
GWSY Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 11:05
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 16:55
MELB Jack Viney behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 19:44
MELB Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 1.2.8 20:45
GWSY Toby Greene goal 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 22:54
Q2 GWSY Tim Taranto goal 1.3.9 - 3.2.20 02:04
GWSY Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 3.3.21 03:25
GWSY Brent Daniels behind 1.3.9 - 3.4.22 05:10
GWSY Callan Ward goal 1.3.9 - 4.4.28 08:08
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 1.4.10 - 4.4.28 12:10
MELB Tom McDonald behind 1.5.11 - 4.4.28 14:12
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 2.5.17 - 4.4.28 16:44
GWSY Jacob Hopper behind 2.5.17 - 4.5.29 19:38
GWSY Toby Greene goal 2.5.17 - 5.5.35 21:08
GWSY Harry Himmelberg behind 2.5.17 - 5.6.36 22:31
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 2.5.17 - 6.6.42 24:24
MELB Rushed behind 2.6.18 - 6.6.42 29:00
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 3.6.24 - 6.6.42 30:00
Q3 MELB Christian Petracca behind 3.7.25 - 6.6.42 03:07
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 4.7.31 - 6.6.42 05:41
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 4.8.32 - 6.6.42 10:13
GWSY Sam Reid goal 4.8.32 - 7.6.48 12:34
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 4.8.32 - 8.6.54 15:09
GWSY Lachie Ash behind 4.8.32 - 8.7.55 19:34
MELB Christian Salem goal 5.8.38 - 8.7.55 21:07
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson behind 5.8.38 - 8.8.56 22:47
MELB Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 8.8.56 24:20
Q4 MELB Christian Petracca behind 5.10.40 - 8.8.56 02:59
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 6.10.46 - 8.8.56 06:18
GWSY Lachie Whitfield goal 6.10.46 - 9.8.62 07:51
MELB Tom McDonald behind 6.11.47 - 9.8.62 09:15
MELB Ed Langdon behind 6.12.48 - 9.8.62 10:20
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.12.54 - 9.8.62 11:26
GWSY Josh Kelly behind 7.12.54 - 9.9.63 13:11
GWSY Callan Ward behind 7.12.54 - 9.10.64 20:39
MELB Max Gawn behind 7.13.55 - 9.10.64 24:34