2022 AFL Round 9: West Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 2022 between West Coast and Melbourne during round 9 of the 2022 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: J. Rotham, T. Barrass, J. Nelson
Half-back: J. Jones, J. McGovern, A. Witherden
Centre: G. Clark, T. Kelly, L. Duggan
Half-forward: J. Cripps, J. Darling, S. Petrevski-Seton
Forward: J. Waterman, H. Dixon, L. Ryan
Follower: C. Jamieson, L. Foley, J. Redden
Int.: H. Edwards, C. West, B. Williams, I. Winder
Sub.: P. Naish

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

West Coast (5.8.38) were defeated by Melbourne (16.16.112).

Goalkickers
West Coast: J. Cripps, J. Darling, J. McGovern, J. Waterman, B. Williams
Melbourne: T. McDonald (4), B. Fritsch (3), K. Pickett (3), B. Brown (2), C. Petracca (2), A. Neal-Bullen, C. Spargo

As a result of this match, West Coast remained 18th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: West Coast v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 15 May 2022
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 27,488

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Melbourne
Score: 5.8.38 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 1 . 0 1 . 3 3 . 4 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Melbourne 6 . 5 7 . 9 9 . 12 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Margin MELB by 35 MELB by 42 MELB by 44 MELB by 74 MELB by 74
Duration 29:53 26:22 28:56 33:43 1:58:54

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Simpson (West Coast), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (West Coast), Max Gawn (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), C. Dore (#28), A. Heffernan (#29)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Tom McDonald MELB 25 2
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 9 1 1 0 0 0
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 6 0 0 2 0 0
Jack Viney MELB 7 5 1 0 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 4 0 1 0 0 0
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 2 0 0 0 1 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tim Kelly WCST 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tom McDonald MELB 25 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
37 Barrass, Tom FB 87% 0 0 19 15 4 10 4 0 1 1 4 0 5 0
39 Clark, Greg WL 72% 0 1 13 7 6 4 0 5 2 4 1 2 1 2
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFL 86% 1 0 13 6 7 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 3
27 Darling, Jack CHF 100% 1 1 11 5 6 4 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1
41 Dixon, Hugh FF 89% 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
14 Duggan, Liam WR 83% 0 0 26 14 12 7 0 1 1 7 0 0 4 1
42 Edwards, Harry INT 86% 0 0 15 12 3 10 0 2 0 3 1 1 3 0
29 Foley, Luke RR 74% 0 1 13 9 4 6 0 1 0 4 2 1 2 3
40 Jamieson, Callum RU 68% 0 0 8 4 4 2 6 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
31 Jones, Jamaine HBFL 78% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 5 2 4 2 4 1 0
11 Kelly, Tim C 80% 0 1 32 16 16 3 0 2 5 5 0 1 3 4
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 89% 1 0 23 13 10 6 2 4 0 4 1 2 4 1
43 Naish, Patrick SUB↑ 11% 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
30 Nelson, Jackson BPR 83% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 0
10 Petrevski-Seton, Sam HFFR 82% 0 1 14 6 8 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1
8 Redden, Jack RO 81% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 7 5 4 1 0 1 1
35 Rotham, Josh BPL 92% 0 0 19 15 4 10 0 5 0 2 2 0 4 0
1 Ryan, Liam FPR↓ 70% 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 4
2 Waterman, Jake FPL 86% 1 0 9 7 2 6 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0
36 West, Connor INT 66% 0 0 29 16 13 3 0 7 5 0 3 0 3 8
32 Williams, Bailey INT 74% 1 0 8 4 4 2 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
22 Winder, Isiah INT 75% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
23 Witherden, Alex HBFR 86% 0 0 24 20 4 12 0 2 1 2 3 1 7 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 5 8 349 208 141 102 19 61 27 57 25 18 42 35

P. Naish replaced L. Ryan.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake HBFR 83% 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 5 3
10 Brayshaw, Angus HBFL 85% 0 0 24 16 8 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3
50 Brown, Ben FF 76% 2 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
37 Chandler, Kade SUB↑ 13% 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 81% 3 1 11 7 4 5 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 86% 0 1 17 10 7 5 26 0 3 4 1 0 1 4
4 Harmes, James INT↓ 53% 0 1 17 10 7 2 0 1 0 5 1 3 0 3
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 82% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 3
6 Jackson, Luke INT 69% 0 1 19 5 14 2 16 2 4 5 3 3 0 2
23 Jordon, James WL 84% 0 0 27 15 12 6 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 6
15 Langdon, Ed WR 100% 0 0 24 15 9 5 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 3
8 Lever, Jake BPR 92% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 87% 4 1 14 8 6 5 5 2 1 5 0 2 1 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 73% 1 0 17 7 10 6 0 5 0 2 2 1 0 4
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 79% 0 1 29 10 19 2 0 4 7 4 0 0 0 4
5 Petracca, Christian C 86% 2 4 28 18 10 6 0 8 3 5 2 1 0 4
35 Petty, Harry CHB 79% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 85% 3 2 20 13 7 4 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 6
24 Rivers, Trent INT 80% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFL 77% 1 1 15 9 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 72% 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 4 4 4 0 3 2 2
7 Viney, Jack RO 78% 0 0 27 10 17 3 0 12 7 3 0 1 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 16 16 403 222 181 86 47 52 37 61 18 25 29 59

K. Chandler replaced J. Harmes.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WCST Jake Waterman goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:19
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 05:30
MELB Tom McDonald goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 06:35
MELB James Harmes behind 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 07:53
MELB Christian Petracca goal 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 09:40
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 1.0.6 - 3.2.20 11:46
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.0.6 - 4.2.26 14:08
MELB Luke Jackson behind 1.0.6 - 4.3.27 16:47
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 1.0.6 - 5.3.33 19:06
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 1.0.6 - 5.4.34 23:38
MELB Ben Brown goal 1.0.6 - 6.4.40 25:09
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 1.0.6 - 6.5.41 26:23
Q2 WCST Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 6.5.41 02:56
WCST Greg Clark behind 1.2.8 - 6.5.41 04:10
MELB Ben Brown goal 1.2.8 - 7.5.47 08:05
WCST Luke Foley behind 1.3.9 - 7.5.47 12:09
MELB Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 7.6.48 14:02
MELB Tom McDonald behind 1.3.9 - 7.7.49 20:05
MELB Christian Petracca behind 1.3.9 - 7.8.50 21:35
MELB Christian Petracca behind 1.3.9 - 7.9.51 24:53
Q3 WCST Jamie Cripps goal 2.3.15 - 7.9.51 05:05
WCST Jack Darling behind 2.4.16 - 7.9.51 06:58
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 2.4.16 - 7.10.52 08:30
MELB Christian Petracca goal 2.4.16 - 8.10.58 12:46
WCST Bailey Williams goal 3.4.22 - 8.10.58 17:30
MELB Christian Petracca behind 3.4.22 - 8.11.59 23:10
MELB Christian Petracca behind 3.4.22 - 8.12.60 25:12
MELB Tom McDonald goal 3.4.22 - 9.12.66 26:58
Q4 MELB Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 9.13.67 00:19
WCST Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 9.13.67 01:04
WCST Tim Kelly behind 3.6.24 - 9.13.67 03:43
MELB Tom McDonald goal 3.6.24 - 10.13.73 07:02
WCST Jack Darling goal 4.6.30 - 10.13.73 08:53
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 4.6.30 - 11.13.79 10:52
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 4.6.30 - 12.13.85 12:36
MELB Max Gawn behind 4.6.30 - 12.14.86 15:06
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 4.6.30 - 13.14.92 17:14
WCST Sam Petrevski-Seton behind 4.7.31 - 13.14.92 19:04
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 4.7.31 - 14.14.98 20:16
WCST Jeremy McGovern goal 5.7.37 - 14.14.98 24:22
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 5.7.37 - 15.14.104 25:59
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 5.7.37 - 15.15.105 28:22
MELB Tom McDonald goal 5.7.37 - 16.15.111 29:54
MELB Kade Chandler behind 5.7.37 - 16.16.112 30:57
WCST Patrick Naish behind 5.8.38 - 16.16.112 33:03