2022 AFL Round 12: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 2022 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 12 of the 2022 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. With the presence of multiple Sydney co-captains, namely Callum Mills, Luke Parker and Dane Rampe, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

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

Sydney
Back: C. O'Riordan, D. Rampe, R. Fox
Half-back: O. Florent, T. McCartin, J. Lloyd
Centre: J. McInerney, L. Parker, N. Blakey
Half-forward: S. Wicks, S. Reid, J. Rowbottom
Forward: T. Papley, L. McDonald, W. Hayward
Follower: P. Ladhams, C. Mills, I. Heeney
Int.: J. Amartey, E. Gulden, P. McCartin, C. Warner
Sub.: B. Ronke

Melbourne (9.7.61) were defeated by Sydney (10.13.73).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), M. Gawn (3), L. Jackson, J. Jordon, E. Langdon
Sydney: L. McDonald (3), S. Reid (3), T. Papley (2), E. Gulden, I. Heeney

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder and Sydney were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 4 June 2022
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,753

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 9.7.61 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 1 7 . 1 8 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Sydney 1 . 5 6 . 9 6 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin MELB by 20 SYDN by 2 MELB by 7 SYDN by 12 SYDN by 12
Duration 30:38 30:21 26:15 28:25 1:55:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Fleer (#26), N. Foot (#2), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Max Gawn MELB 11 3
Callum Mills SYDN 14 2
Sam Reid SYDN 20 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Sam Reid SYDN 20 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Paddy McCartin SYDN 39 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Logan McDonald SYDN 6 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Callum Mills SYDN 14 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jack Viney MELB 7 2 0 0 0 ? ?

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 INT 69% 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 1 2 3 1 2 1
10 Brayshaw, Angus HBFL 79% 0 1 24 19 5 7 0 3 2 1 1 0 5 2
50 Brown, Ben FF 68% 0 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
38 Brown, Mitch CHF 83% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 4
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 88% 3 0 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 97% 3 1 28 18 10 9 30 0 5 5 5 2 1 6
4 Harmes, James INT 69% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 4
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 85% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Jackson, Luke INT 65% 1 1 13 7 6 4 8 4 1 7 1 3 0 1
23 Jordon, James WL 72% 1 1 24 14 10 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 1 5
15 Langdon, Ed WR 100% 1 0 23 13 10 4 0 2 3 2 0 1 3 2
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 83% 0 1 20 8 12 1 0 3 3 1 3 1 1 2
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 91% 0 0 29 9 20 4 0 7 7 4 1 2 3 2
5 Petracca, Christian RO 91% 0 0 25 15 10 4 0 3 3 5 0 0 1 5
35 Petty, Harry CHB 83% 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 76% 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 2 1 4 0 3 1 2
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 84% 0 0 20 17 3 9 0 3 0 2 1 1 9 3
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFL 76% 0 0 10 8 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 60% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 2
20 Tomlinson, Adam FB 100% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 0 6 0 2 7 0
7 Viney, Jack C 82% 0 0 32 15 17 2 0 4 5 9 1 1 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 7 348 205 143 80 39 53 33 64 23 24 41 51

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel INT 64% 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1
22 Blakey, Nick WR 80% 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 3 2 1 2 0 5 1
13 Florent, Oliver HBFL 92% 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 1 2 2 0 0 3 2
42 Fox, Robbie BPR 93% 0 0 8 8 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1
21 Gulden, Errol INT 78% 1 0 17 14 3 4 0 5 1 1 3 0 2 3
9 Hayward, Will FPR 87% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 6 0 6 0 2 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac RO 83% 1 2 19 15 4 8 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 8
19 Ladhams, Peter RU 77% 0 0 13 6 7 1 16 1 5 3 2 3 1 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 88% 0 0 22 15 7 9 0 1 1 4 0 0 7 2
39 McCartin, Paddy INT 73% 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 2 0 3 2 1 5 1
30 McCartin, Tom CHB 86% 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 7 0 3 0 2 4 1
6 McDonald, Logan FF 87% 3 2 16 11 5 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
27 McInerney, Justin WL 91% 0 1 13 11 2 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
14 Mills, Callum RR 88% 0 0 26 15 11 7 0 10 6 4 1 1 2 3
38 O'Riordan, Colin BPL↓ 8% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Papley, Tom FPL 90% 2 1 11 7 4 3 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 3
26 Parker, Luke C 73% 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 9 3 1 3 0 0 3
24 Rampe, Dane FB 91% 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 1
20 Reid, Sam CHF 79% 3 1 16 8 8 5 4 10 1 2 2 2 0 2
25 Ronke, Ben SUB↑ 46% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Rowbottom, James HFFR 83% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 8 6 5 3 3 3 4
1 Warner, Chad INT 77% 0 2 19 16 3 2 0 5 4 3 1 0 2 4
15 Wicks, Sam HFFL 87% 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 10 13 305 218 87 98 20 75 36 54 24 23 41 52

B. Ronke replaced C. O'Riordan during the first quarter.

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
38 C. O'Riordan 24 D. Rampe 42 R. Fox 11 M. Gawn (c) 17 J. Bowey
36 K. Pickett 50 B. Brown 31 B. Fritsch 13 C. Oliver 4 J. Harmes
FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 6 L. Jackson
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
13 O. Florent 30 T. McCartin 44 J. Lloyd

12 T. Bedford
30 A. Neal-Bullen 38 M. Brown 9 C. Spargo



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 J. McInerney 26 L. Parker 22 N. Blakey



15 E. Langdon 7 J. Viney 23 J. Jordon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 P. Ladhams 36 J. Amartey
HALF-FORWARD 14 C. Mills 21 E. Gulden
15 S. Wicks 20 S. Reid 8 J. Rowbottom 5 I. Heeney 39 P. McCartin
3 C. Salem 35 H. Petty 10 A. Brayshaw

1 C. Warner
HALF-BACK

25 B. Ronke
FORWARD



11 T. Papley 6 L. McDonald 9 W. Hayward



8 J. Lever 20 A. Tomlinson 29 J. Hunt



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB James Jordon goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:59
MELB Ed Langdon goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 02:55
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 05:22
SYDN Chad Warner behind 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 10:47
SYDN Justin McInerney behind 2.0.12 - 0.3.3 12:11
MELB Luke Jackson behind 2.1.13 - 0.3.3 14:38
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 2.1.13 - 0.4.4 15:52
MELB Luke Jackson goal 3.1.19 - 0.4.4 17:10
SYDN Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 0.5.5 19:56
MELB Max Gawn goal 4.1.25 - 0.5.5 24:40
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 5.1.31 - 0.5.5 26:31
SYDN Sam Reid goal 5.1.31 - 1.5.11 28:09
Q2 MELB Max Gawn goal 6.1.37 - 1.5.11 00:54
SYDN Sam Reid goal 6.1.37 - 2.5.17 05:22
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 6.1.37 - 3.5.23 08:10
SYDN Sam Reid goal 6.1.37 - 4.5.29 13:04
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 6.1.37 - 4.6.30 15:01
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 6.1.37 - 5.6.36 16:15
SYDN Sam Reid behind 6.1.37 - 5.7.37 22:07
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 6.1.37 - 5.8.38 22:45
SYDN Tom Papley goal 6.1.37 - 6.8.44 24:39
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.1.43 - 6.8.44 27:28
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 7.1.43 - 6.9.45 28:45
Q3 MELB Ben Brown behind 7.2.44 - 6.9.45 01:07
MELB James Jordon behind 7.3.45 - 6.9.45 08:23
SYDN Tom Papley behind 7.3.45 - 6.10.46 12:33
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 8.3.51 - 6.10.46 13:13
SYDN Rushed behind 8.3.51 - 6.11.47 16:07
MELB Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 6.11.47 19:35
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 8.5.53 - 6.11.47 20:13
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 8.6.54 - 6.11.47 23:23
Q4 MELB Max Gawn goal 9.6.60 - 6.11.47 01:07
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 9.6.60 - 7.11.53 03:10
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 9.6.60 - 8.11.59 09:45
MELB Max Gawn behind 9.7.61 - 8.11.59 14:08
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 9.7.61 - 8.12.60 16:31
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 9.7.61 - 9.12.66 20:31
SYDN Tom Papley goal 9.7.61 - 10.12.72 24:05
SYDN Chad Warner behind 9.7.61 - 10.13.73 25:19