2021 AFL 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 21 of the 2021 AFL season.
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
Back:
A. Witherden, H. Edwards, S. Hurn
Half-back:
L. Edwards, J. McGovern, B. Sheppard
Centre:
A. Gaff, T. Kelly, J. Nelson
Half-forward:
C. West, J. Darling, J. Cripps
Forward:
M. Hutchings, J. Kennedy, O. Allen
Follower:
N. Naitanui, E. Yeo, D. Sheed
Int.:
T. Cole, J. Petruccelle, J. Redden, N. Vardy
Sub.:
Z. Langdon
Melbourne
Back:
J. Hunt, S. May, H. Petty
Half-back:
J. Bowey, J. Lever, C. Salem
Centre:
A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward:
K. Pickett, J. Melksham, C. Spargo
Forward:
A. Neal-Bullen, B. Brown, B. Fritsch
Follower:
M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, T. Sparrow
Int.:
J. Harmes, L. Jackson, J. Jordon, T. Rivers
Sub.:
A. vandenBerg
West Coast (9.9.63) were defeated by Melbourne (10.12.72).
Goalkickers
West Coast: J. Cripps (2), J. Darling (2), J. Kennedy (2), N. Naitanui, J. Redden, C. West
Melbourne: B. Brown (3), J. Melksham (2), A. Neal-Bullen (2), J. Harmes, C. Petracca, K. Pickett
As a result of this match, West Coast remained 7th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 1st on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Adam Simpson
(West Coast),
Simon Goodwin
(Melbourne)
Captains:
unknown
(West Coast),
Max Gawn
(Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
J. Dalgleish
(#7),
J. Howorth
(#17),
M. Nicholls
(#15), E:
D. Johanson
(#30)
Goal Umpire:
B. Kenny-Bell,
A. McKenzie-Wills,
E:
A. Chisholm
Boundary Umpire:
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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| West Coast | Coach: Adam Simpson | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 17 | J. Bowey | 8 | J. Lever | 3 | C. Salem |
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| 15 | J. Cripps | 27 | J. Darling | 36 | C. West |
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| 10 | A. Brayshaw | 5 | C. Petracca | 15 | E. Langdon |
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| 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 |
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| 30 | A. Neal-Bullen | 50 | B. Brown | 31 | B. Fritsch |
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| 25 | S. Hurn | 42 | H. Edwards | 23 | A. Witherden |
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| Melbourne | Coach: Simon Goodwin | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |