2021 AFL Season Round 21: West Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 2021 between West Coast and Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted Melbourne at Optus Stadium. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Adam Simpson and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

West Coast (9.9.63) were defeated by Melbourne (10.12.72).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: West Coast v Melbourne
Date: Monday 9 August 2021
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 31,584

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.9.63 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 2 . 0 4 . 5 5 . 6 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Melbourne 4 . 2 5 . 3 10 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 4 MELB by 32 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration 31:53 28:53 32:50 59:28 2:33:04

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (West Coast) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Simpson

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Dalgleish (#7)
J. Howorth (#17)
M. Nicholls (#15)
E: D. Johanson (#30)

Goal Umpires

B. Kenny-Bell
A. McKenzie-Wills
E: A. Chisholm

Boundary Umpires

M. Barlow
B. Dalgleish
D. Field-Read
D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Jackson MELB 6 3
Elliot Yeo WCST 6 2
Christian Petracca MELB 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Elliot Yeo WCST 6 6 0 1 0 1 0
Luke Jackson MELB 6 4 0 1 0 0 0
Ben Brown MELB 50 3 0 0 1 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3 0 0 1 0 0
Alex Neal-Bullen MELB 30 2 0 0 0 1 0
Nic Naitanui WCST 9 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Redden WCST 8 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Allen, Oscar FPR 94% 0 2 14 12 2 6 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 6
28 Cole, Tom INT 66% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFR 89% 2 2 12 7 5 2 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 1
27 Darling, Jack CHF 96% 2 1 13 10 3 5 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 3
42 Edwards, Harry FB 89% 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 4 0 1 0 1 4 0
16 Edwards, Luke HBFL 61% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0
3 Gaff, Andrew WL 89% 0 0 23 14 9 4 0 1 3 7 4 1 3 3
25 Hurn, Shannon BPR↓ 14% 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
34 Hutchings, Mark FPL 82% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 2
11 Kelly, Tim C 89% 0 1 26 11 15 3 0 4 5 3 1 1 2 2
17 Kennedy, Josh FF 79% 2 0 10 7 3 4 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 2
7 Langdon, Zac SUB↑ 67% 0 1 7 3 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 91% 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 0 1 4 2 0 6 2
9 Naitanui, Nic RU 61% 1 0 12 7 5 2 29 3 5 5 1 2 1 2
30 Nelson, Jackson WR 81% 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 1
21 Petruccelle, Jack INT 63% 0 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
8 Redden, Jack INT 92% 1 0 30 19 11 8 0 3 6 4 3 1 2 3
4 Sheed, Dom RO 89% 0 0 27 12 15 4 0 4 2 4 2 0 1 5
5 Sheppard, Brad HBFR 95% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2
19 Vardy, Nathan INT 64% 0 0 3 3 0 2 10 1 0 2 0 2 0 1
36 West, Connor HFFL 73% 1 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2
23 Witherden, Alex BPL 86% 0 0 20 18 2 3 0 1 0 5 1 2 9 1
6 Yeo, Elliot RR 89% 0 0 31 18 13 1 0 7 14 9 4 4 1 8
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 9 340 215 125 83 40 55 40 72 28 17 38 50

Z. Langdon replaced S. Hurn.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake HBFL 70% 0 0 21 10 11 3 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 2
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 77% 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1
50 Brown, Ben FF 72% 3 0 8 8 0 7 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 88% 0 1 8 5 3 5 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 96% 0 1 14 10 4 3 25 3 5 2 1 1 1 5
4 Harmes, James INT 54% 1 1 25 16 9 2 0 4 3 3 2 2 1 5
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL↓ 12% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Jackson, Luke INT 78% 0 1 21 8 13 6 6 2 2 4 3 0 0 0
23 Jordon, James INT 53% 0 1 17 11 6 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 3
15 Langdon, Ed WR 97% 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 3
8 Lever, Jake CHB 98% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 0 4 1 3 4 2
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 21 20 1 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 10 1
18 Melksham, Jake CHF 87% 2 0 8 3 5 2 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 86% 2 1 20 16 4 3 0 8 4 2 4 0 2 7
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 90% 0 0 28 11 17 0 0 3 9 7 0 4 0 1
5 Petracca, Christian C 88% 1 1 28 10 18 1 0 6 6 5 0 0 1 4
35 Petty, Harry BPR 98% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 3 2
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 81% 1 0 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1
24 Rivers, Trent INT 71% 0 1 15 10 5 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 2
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 91% 0 0 23 13 10 6 0 1 1 2 1 1 9 0
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 83% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 2
32 Sparrow, Tom RO 72% 0 1 12 4 8 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 1
22 vandenBerg, Aaron SUB↑ 58% 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 4 2 6 0 2 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 12 350 205 145 68 36 46 41 68 17 28 40 48

A. vandenBerg replaced J. Hunt.

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

West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 J. Hunt 1 S. May 35 H. Petty 9 N. Naitanui 28 T. Cole
12 O. Allen 17 J. Kennedy 34 M. Hutchings 6 E. Yeo 21 J. Petruccelle
FORWARD 4 D. Sheed 8 J. Redden
HALF-BACK

19 N. Vardy
17 J. Bowey 8 J. Lever 3 C. Salem

7 Z. Langdon
15 J. Cripps 27 J. Darling 36 C. West



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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



30 J. Nelson 11 T. Kelly 3 A. Gaff FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 4 J. Harmes
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 6 L. Jackson
36 K. Pickett 18 J. Melksham 9 C. Spargo 32 T. Sparrow 23 J. Jordon
5 B. Sheppard 20 J. McGovern 16 L. Edwards

24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

22 A. vandenBerg
FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 50 B. Brown 31 B. Fritsch



25 S. Hurn 42 H. Edwards 23 A. Witherden



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Ben Brown goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 04:04
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 09:23
MELB Christian Petracca goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 11:08
MELB Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 18:00
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 18:29
MELB Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 3.2.20 20:33
MELB Ben Brown goal 1.0.6 - 4.2.26 23:22
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 2.0.12 - 4.2.26 27:56
Q2 WCST Jack Darling goal 3.0.18 - 4.2.26 01:08
MELB Rushed behind 3.0.18 - 4.3.27 04:25
WCST Jack Petruccelle behind 3.1.19 - 4.3.27 07:24
WCST Tim Kelly behind 3.2.20 - 4.3.27 08:07
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 4.2.26 - 4.3.27 17:56
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 20:05
WCST Zac Langdon behind 4.4.28 - 4.3.27 20:59
WCST Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 4.3.27 23:55
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 4.5.29 - 5.3.33 28:49
Q3 MELB James Harmes behind 4.5.29 - 5.4.34 00:25
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 4.5.29 - 6.4.40 02:51
WCST Jack Redden goal 5.5.35 - 6.4.40 05:39
MELB Max Gawn behind 5.5.35 - 6.5.41 07:38
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 5.6.36 - 6.5.41 13:25
MELB James Jordon behind 5.6.36 - 6.6.42 15:00
MELB James Harmes goal 5.6.36 - 7.6.48 16:15
MELB Trent Rivers behind 5.6.36 - 7.7.49 20:33
MELB Jake Melksham goal 5.6.36 - 8.7.55 21:40
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 5.6.36 - 8.8.56 25:24
MELB Jake Melksham goal 5.6.36 - 9.8.62 26:30
MELB Ben Brown goal 5.6.36 - 10.8.68 28:23
Q4 MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 5.6.36 - 10.9.69 05:46
MELB Christian Petracca behind 5.6.36 - 10.10.70 36:04
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 6.6.42 - 10.10.70 37:25
MELB Luke Jackson behind 6.6.42 - 10.11.71 39:35
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 6.6.42 - 10.12.72 42:44
WCST Nic Naitanui goal 7.6.48 - 10.12.72 44:44
WCST Oscar Allen behind 7.7.49 - 10.12.72 48:19
WCST Connor West goal 8.7.55 - 10.12.72 50:02
WCST Jack Darling behind 8.8.56 - 10.12.72 51:08
WCST Oscar Allen behind 8.9.57 - 10.12.72 54:57
WCST Jack Darling goal 9.9.63 - 10.12.72 56:37