2022 AFL Round 5: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 2022 between Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney during round 5 of the 2022 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Greater Western Sydney at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

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

Greater Western Sydney
Back: L. Keeffe, S. Taylor, F. Callaghan
Half-back: L. Whitfield, N. Haynes, H. Perryman
Centre: A. Kennedy, C. Ward, L. Ash
Half-forward: T. Taranto, H. Himmelberg, S. Coniglio
Forward: B. Hill, J. Hogan, J. Stein
Follower: M. Flynn, J. Kelly, T. Green
Int.: T. Bruhn, M. de Boer, C. Idun, X. O'Halloran
Sub.: J. Riccardi

Melbourne (19.6.120) defeated Greater Western Sydney (7.11.53).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (4), K. Pickett (3), M. Gawn (2), C. Petracca (2), J. Bowey, L. Jackson, J. Jordon, T. McDonald, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Spargo, J. Viney, S. Weideman
Greater Western Sydney: B. Hill (2), F. Callaghan, S. Coniglio, M. Flynn, H. Himmelberg, J. Hogan

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder and Greater Western Sydney were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 16 April 2022
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 20,791

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 19.6.120 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 0 6 . 2 16 . 4 19 . 6 19 . 6 (120)
Greater Western Sydney 0 . 5 3 . 6 5 . 8 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin MELB by 19 MELB by 14 MELB by 62 MELB by 67 MELB by 67
Duration 28:54 30:17 35:10 29:21 2:03:42

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: E. Glouftsis (#34), B. Hosking (#16), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Steven May MELB 1 10 2 0 0 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 8 0 2 0 0 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 6 0 0 2 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 4 0 0 0 2 0
Charlie Spargo MELB 9 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Bedford, Toby SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Bowey, Jake FF 81% 1 0 21 11 10 3 0 1 3 2 2 0 3 3
10 Brayshaw, Angus HFFL 86% 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 83% 4 0 11 10 1 7 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 91% 2 0 21 14 7 5 25 6 4 2 3 1 1 5
4 Harmes, James INT 71% 0 0 23 11 12 11 0 2 1 5 1 4 2 5
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 85% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1
6 Jackson, Luke INT 66% 1 0 14 8 6 4 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
23 Jordon, James HBFL 76% 1 0 20 11 9 2 0 2 3 4 0 0 4 2
15 Langdon, Ed WL 100% 0 1 25 14 11 6 0 2 1 4 1 2 1 3
8 Lever, Jake CHB 84% 0 0 12 5 7 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 0
1 May, Steven FB 91% 0 0 24 15 9 6 0 5 0 1 0 1 11 0
25 McDonald, Tom RO 83% 1 0 10 7 3 5 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 81% 1 1 13 6 7 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 86% 0 0 31 14 17 3 0 6 8 4 2 0 4 4
5 Petracca, Christian C 89% 2 1 30 18 12 7 0 2 7 7 1 2 1 6
35 Petty, Harry BPR 86% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPL 80% 3 1 10 7 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 1
24 Rivers, Trent INT 86% 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 1 0 2 1 2 5 1
9 Spargo, Charlie HBFR 70% 1 0 22 16 6 7 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 8
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 64% 0 0 17 6 11 5 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 3
7 Viney, Jack WR 84% 1 0 27 10 17 3 0 5 2 6 1 1 3 4
26 Weideman, Sam CHF 77% 1 1 8 7 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 19 6 400 226 174 101 34 53 32 58 18 24 46 57

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Ash, Lachie WR 87% 0 0 21 10 11 7 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 3
5 Bruhn, Tanner INT 71% 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 4 5 4 1 1 1 2
17 Callaghan, Finn BPR 70% 1 0 13 6 7 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 1
3 Coniglio, Stephen HFFR 84% 1 1 23 11 12 1 0 8 2 5 2 1 1 3
24 de Boer, Matt INT 79% 0 1 15 6 9 4 0 1 0 5 0 5 1 5
30 Flynn, Matt RU 65% 1 0 11 6 5 3 27 3 7 2 1 1 0 2
12 Green, Tom RO 84% 0 3 34 14 20 4 0 3 6 4 2 3 3 5
19 Haynes, Nick CHB 87% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1
37 Hill, Bobby FPL 76% 2 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHF 91% 1 0 11 5 6 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 81% 1 1 6 3 3 1 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 1
39 Idun, Connor INT 80% 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0
25 Keeffe, Lachie BPL 92% 0 0 7 5 2 2 7 4 2 2 0 1 2 0
22 Kelly, Josh RR 87% 0 0 33 12 21 5 0 1 7 4 1 1 3 6
40 Kennedy, Adam WL 86% 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT 78% 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2
36 Perryman, Harry HBFR 72% 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 6 1 2 2 0 1 0
26 Riccardi, Jake SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Stein, Jake FPR 86% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 3 1
14 Taranto, Tim HFFL 82% 0 0 29 13 16 1 0 4 5 5 2 0 2 6
15 Taylor, Sam FB 100% 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 0
8 Ward, Callan C 79% 0 1 34 15 19 4 0 4 3 3 3 0 3 3
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFL 83% 0 0 25 14 11 7 0 4 1 5 0 0 1 5
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 7 11 388 194 194 75 34 61 41 58 24 16 36 53

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
25 L. Keeffe 15 S. Taylor 17 F. Callaghan 11 M. Gawn (c) 4 J. Harmes
31 B. Fritsch 17 J. Bowey 36 K. Pickett 13 C. Oliver 6 L. Jackson
FORWARD 25 T. McDonald 24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
6 L. Whitfield 19 N. Haynes 36 H. Perryman

12 T. Bedford
30 A. Neal-Bullen 26 S. Weideman 10 A. Brayshaw



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



40 A. Kennedy 8 C. Ward 7 L. Ash



7 J. Viney 5 C. Petracca 15 E. Langdon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 30 M. Flynn 5 T. Bruhn
HALF-FORWARD 22 J. Kelly 24 M. de Boer
14 T. Taranto 27 H. Himmelberg 3 S. Coniglio 12 T. Green 39 C. Idun
9 C. Spargo 8 J. Lever 23 J. Jordon

33 X. O'Halloran
HALF-BACK

26 J. Riccardi
FORWARD



37 B. Hill 23 J. Hogan 42 J. Stein



35 H. Petty 1 S. May 29 J. Hunt



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:17
MELB Christian Petracca goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 03:23
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 06:03
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 10:07
GWSY Rushed behind 2.0.12 - 0.3.3 17:48
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 3.0.18 - 0.3.3 19:39
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 4.0.24 - 0.3.3 21:47
GWSY Tom Green behind 4.0.24 - 0.4.4 23:40
GWSY Rushed behind 4.0.24 - 0.5.5 25:58
Q2 MELB Max Gawn goal 5.0.30 - 0.5.5 02:12
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 5.0.30 - 1.5.11 08:28
MELB Ed Langdon behind 5.1.31 - 1.5.11 10:39
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 5.1.31 - 2.5.17 14:18
GWSY Tom Green behind 5.1.31 - 2.6.18 16:17
MELB Luke Jackson goal 6.1.37 - 2.6.18 22:04
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 6.2.38 - 2.6.18 26:26
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 6.2.38 - 3.6.24 28:03
Q3 MELB James Jordon goal 7.2.44 - 3.6.24 01:01
GWSY Callan Ward behind 7.2.44 - 3.7.25 03:01
MELB Christian Petracca goal 8.2.50 - 3.7.25 07:30
GWSY Bobby Hill goal 8.2.50 - 4.7.31 09:45
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 9.2.56 - 4.7.31 11:26
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 10.2.62 - 4.7.31 12:48
MELB Tom McDonald goal 11.2.68 - 4.7.31 14:18
MELB Max Gawn goal 12.2.74 - 4.7.31 16:22
GWSY Matt Flynn goal 12.2.74 - 5.7.37 18:11
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 13.2.80 - 5.7.37 20:29
MELB Jack Viney goal 14.2.86 - 5.7.37 23:05
MELB Christian Petracca behind 14.3.87 - 5.7.37 28:29
MELB Sam Weideman behind 14.4.88 - 5.7.37 31:36
MELB Jake Bowey goal 15.4.94 - 5.7.37 32:03
GWSY Stephen Coniglio behind 15.4.94 - 5.8.38 33:08
MELB Sam Weideman goal 16.4.100 - 5.8.38 35:09
Q4 GWSY Rushed behind 16.4.100 - 5.9.39 05:43
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 16.5.101 - 5.9.39 07:15
GWSY Tom Green behind 16.5.101 - 5.10.40 09:02
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 17.5.107 - 5.10.40 10:12
GWSY Matt de Boer behind 17.5.107 - 5.11.41 15:14
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 18.5.113 - 5.11.41 18:24
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 19.5.119 - 5.11.41 19:33
GWSY Bobby Hill goal 19.5.119 - 6.11.47 24:12
GWSY Finn Callaghan goal 19.5.119 - 7.11.53 26:41
MELB Rushed behind 19.6.120 - 7.11.53 29:07