2022 AFL Round 1: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 16 March 2022 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 1 of the 2022 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Melbourne
Back: J. Smith, S. May, J. Hunt
Half-back: C. Salem, A. Tomlinson, A. Brayshaw
Centre: J. Jordon, C. Oliver, E. Langdon
Half-forward: C. Spargo, T. McDonald, A. Neal-Bullen
Forward: B. Fritsch, B. Brown, K. Pickett
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Petracca, J. Viney
Int.: J. Bowey, J. Harmes, L. Jackson, T. Sparrow
Sub.: T. Bedford

Western Bulldogs
Back: R. Gardner, A. Keath, B. Williams
Half-back: C. Daniel, Z. Cordy, B. Dale
Centre: R. Smith, J. Dunkley, H. Crozier
Half-forward: C. Weightman, M. Hannan, A. Treloar
Forward: L. Vandermeer, A. Naughton, T. Liberatore
Follower: T. English, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Int.: L. Hunter, E. Richards, J. Schache, B. Smith
Sub.: J. Ugle-Hagan

Melbourne (14.13.97) defeated Western Bulldogs (11.5.71).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Brown (3), B. Fritsch (2), C. Petracca (2), J. Bowey, M. Gawn, J. Harmes, L. Jackson, E. Langdon, K. Pickett, J. Viney
Western Bulldogs: A. Naughton (4), A. Treloar (2), M. Bontempelli, H. Crozier, B. Dale, M. Hannan, C. Weightman

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder and Western Bulldogs were then 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Wednesday 16 March 2022
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 58,002

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 14.13.97 - 11.5.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 6 . 6 10 . 8 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Western Bulldogs 2 . 2 8 . 3 8 . 5 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
Margin MELB by 15 WBUL by 9 MELB by 15 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration 29:41 32:04 27:58 31:43 2:01:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay, J. Howorth, J. Mollison

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 2
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Ben Brown MELB 50 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Aaron Naughton WBUL 33 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Bailey Smith WBUL 6 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Ed Langdon MELB 15 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
12 Bedford, Toby SUB↑ 55% 0 1 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 1
17 Bowey, Jake INT 73% 1 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1
10 Brayshaw, Angus HBFR 83% 0 0 23 12 11 6 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 2
50 Brown, Ben FF 86% 3 3 13 9 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 81% 2 2 9 8 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 97% 1 0 14 11 3 4 34 1 4 9 2 6 2 5
4 Harmes, James INT 77% 1 0 17 6 11 1 0 5 2 4 2 1 1 3
29 Hunt, Jayden BPR 86% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0
6 Jackson, Luke INT 86% 1 1 12 3 9 5 10 4 1 1 0 1 1 1
23 Jordon, James WL 70% 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 2 0 2 3 0 1 0
15 Langdon, Ed WR 100% 1 0 22 12 10 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 5
1 May, Steven FB 97% 0 0 14 13 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 83% 0 1 12 10 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 88% 0 1 18 10 8 3 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 6
13 Oliver, Clayton C 81% 0 0 32 19 13 6 0 5 6 12 0 7 3 4
5 Petracca, Christian RR 87% 2 1 38 24 14 8 0 2 9 3 0 1 2 11
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 68% 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 2
3 Salem, Christian HBFL↓ 13% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
44 Smith, Joel BPL 81% 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 2 0 5 0 2 4 0
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFL 63% 0 1 14 8 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 4
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 65% 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 3
20 Tomlinson, Adam CHB 100% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
7 Viney, Jack RO 79% 1 0 23 11 12 5 0 4 4 4 2 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 14 13 350 213 137 96 44 46 30 72 17 30 40 56

T. Bedford replaced C. Salem.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RO 72% 1 0 17 13 4 7 0 7 1 3 1 1 3 4
12 Cordy, Zaine CHB 84% 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 3 1 2 1 2 0 0
9 Crozier, Hayden WR 75% 1 0 19 14 5 12 0 3 0 3 0 2 3 2
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 83% 1 0 25 17 8 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 6 3
35 Daniel, Caleb HBFL 80% 0 0 26 14 12 6 0 2 0 2 0 1 7 2
5 Dunkley, Josh C 84% 0 1 29 14 15 4 0 5 3 3 1 1 2 4
44 English, Tim RU 86% 0 1 20 16 4 6 18 2 8 2 8 1 4 1
43 Gardner, Ryan BPL 100% 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
29 Hannan, Mitch CHF 72% 1 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1
7 Hunter, Lachie INT 88% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
42 Keath, Alex FB 94% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
21 Liberatore, Tom FPR 75% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 3
11 Macrae, Jack RR 84% 0 0 39 19 20 5 0 3 11 4 2 2 2 6
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 89% 4 1 14 12 2 6 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 3
20 Richards, Ed INT 81% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 1
13 Schache, Josh INT 82% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2
6 Smith, Bailey INT 79% 0 1 33 20 13 7 0 11 8 5 5 1 2 5
37 Smith, Roarke WL 74% 0 0 16 7 9 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
1 Treloar, Adam HFFR 81% 2 0 26 16 10 5 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 4
2 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Vandermeer, Laitham FPL 74% 0 0 17 6 11 2 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 3
19 Weightman, Cody HFFL 76% 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
34 Williams, Bailey BPR 87% 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 1 0 10 0 4 5 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 5 376 224 152 92 20 53 40 59 30 17 43 51

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
43 R. Gardner 42 A. Keath 34 B. Williams 11 M. Gawn (c) 17 J. Bowey
36 K. Pickett 50 B. Brown 31 B. Fritsch 5 C. Petracca 4 J. Harmes
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 6 L. Jackson
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
35 C. Daniel 12 Z. Cordy 31 B. Dale

12 T. Bedford
30 A. Neal-Bullen 25 T. McDonald 9 C. Spargo



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 R. Smith 5 J. Dunkley 9 H. Crozier



15 E. Langdon 13 C. Oliver 23 J. Jordon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 7 L. Hunter
HALF-FORWARD 11 J. Macrae 20 E. Richards
19 C. Weightman 29 M. Hannan 1 A. Treloar 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 13 J. Schache
10 A. Brayshaw 20 A. Tomlinson 3 C. Salem

6 B. Smith
HALF-BACK

2 J. Ugle-Hagan
FORWARD



23 L. Vandermeer 33 A. Naughton 21 T. Liberatore



29 J. Hunt 1 S. May 44 J. Smith



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Ed Langdon goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:35
MELB Ben Brown goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:51
MELB Jack Viney goal 3.0.18 - 0.0.0 08:41
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 09:43
MELB Ben Brown behind 3.2.20 - 0.0.0 11:05
WBUL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 15:11
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 3.3.21 - 0.1.1 16:13
WBUL Bailey Smith behind 3.3.21 - 0.2.2 17:24
MELB Ben Brown behind 3.4.22 - 0.2.2 18:27
MELB Tom McDonald behind 3.5.23 - 0.2.2 20:16
MELB Jake Bowey goal 4.5.29 - 0.2.2 21:39
WBUL Hayden Crozier goal 4.5.29 - 1.2.8 26:53
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 4.5.29 - 2.2.14 29:37
Q2 WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 4.5.29 - 3.2.20 00:28
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 4.5.29 - 3.3.21 01:38
WBUL Bailey Dale goal 4.5.29 - 4.3.27 05:04
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 4.5.29 - 5.3.33 06:59
WBUL Adam Treloar goal 4.5.29 - 6.3.39 08:22
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 4.5.29 - 7.3.45 10:01
WBUL Mitch Hannan goal 4.5.29 - 8.3.51 12:24
MELB Ben Brown goal 5.5.35 - 8.3.51 15:46
MELB Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 8.3.51 20:25
MELB Christian Petracca goal 6.6.42 - 8.3.51 25:51
Q3 MELB Ben Brown goal 7.6.48 - 8.3.51 02:13
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 8.6.54 - 8.3.51 06:24
WBUL Tim English behind 8.6.54 - 8.4.52 09:14
WBUL Josh Dunkley behind 8.6.54 - 8.5.53 12:20
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 9.6.60 - 8.5.53 14:58
MELB Luke Jackson goal 10.6.66 - 8.5.53 16:52
MELB Ben Brown behind 10.7.67 - 8.5.53 25:34
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 10.8.68 - 8.5.53 26:38
Q4 MELB Luke Jackson behind 10.9.69 - 8.5.53 01:18
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 10.9.69 - 9.5.59 02:47
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 10.9.69 - 10.5.65 06:25
MELB Max Gawn goal 11.9.75 - 10.5.65 11:09
MELB Christian Petracca behind 11.10.76 - 10.5.65 13:02
MELB Rushed behind 11.11.77 - 10.5.65 16:07
MELB James Harmes goal 12.11.83 - 10.5.65 17:42
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 12.12.84 - 10.5.65 23:06
MELB Toby Bedford behind 12.13.85 - 10.5.65 24:53
MELB Christian Petracca goal 13.13.91 - 10.5.65 26:25
WBUL Adam Treloar goal 13.13.91 - 11.5.71 27:56
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 14.13.97 - 11.5.71 29:54