2022 AFL Round 15: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 2022 between Melbourne and Brisbane Lions during round 15 of the 2022 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Brisbane Lions at MCG. Jack Viney captained the hosts. Harris Andrews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

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

Brisbane Lions
Back: J. Payne, H. Andrews (capt.), M. Adams
Half-back: B. Starcevich, D. Rich, N. Answerth
Centre: J. Berry, J. Tunstill, H. McCluggage
Half-forward: C. Rayner, E. Hipwood, L. McCarthy
Forward: D. McStay, J. Daniher, C. Cameron
Follower: O. McInerney, J. Lyons, L. Neale
Int.: T. Berry, K. Coleman, D. Robertson, M. Robinson
Sub.: C. Ah Chee

Melbourne (16.21.117) defeated Brisbane Lions (7.11.53).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), T. Bedford (2), J. Harmes (2), J. Jordon (2), K. Pickett (2), B. Brown, L. Jackson, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Spargo, T. Sparrow
Brisbane Lions: E. Hipwood (2), M. Robinson (2), J. Daniher, L. McCarthy, C. Rayner

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and Brisbane Lions were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Thursday 23 June 2022
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 37,728

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 16.21.117 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 8 . 10 11 . 17 16 . 21 16 . 21 (117)
Brisbane Lions 3 . 4 4 . 4 6 . 7 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin BRIL by 6 MELB by 30 MELB by 40 MELB by 64 MELB by 64
Duration 29:43 33:51 31:04 31:11 2:05:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), Harris Andrews (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Foot (#2), B. Hosking (#16), S. Meredith (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Viney MELB 7 3
Luke Jackson MELB 6 2
Jake Lever MELB 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jack Viney MELB 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jake Lever MELB 8 8 0 2 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 5 0 0 1 1 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 5 0 0 1 1 0
Luke Jackson MELB 6 1 0 0 0 0 1
James Jordon MELB 23 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 FPR 75% 2 0 11 5 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1
17 Bowey, Jake INT 69% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Brayshaw, Angus HBFL 85% 0 0 29 17 12 8 0 2 1 3 1 1 5 1
50 Brown, Ben FF 75% 1 3 11 10 1 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 90% 3 2 10 8 2 4 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 1
4 Harmes, James C 82% 2 0 16 8 8 2 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 4
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 85% 0 0 14 5 9 6 0 5 0 3 0 0 2 1
29 Hunt, Jayden SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Jackson, Luke RU 78% 1 0 21 9 12 4 18 9 3 3 2 0 1 6
23 Jordon, James WL 79% 2 1 24 13 11 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 4
15 Langdon, Ed WR 100% 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 2
8 Lever, Jake BPR 89% 0 0 20 10 10 8 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 2
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 1 0 4 1 3 7 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 79% 1 2 17 8 9 3 0 8 1 2 1 0 0 6
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 87% 0 1 35 14 21 3 0 2 12 4 0 0 4 3
5 Petracca, Christian CHF 86% 0 2 31 20 11 6 0 2 8 5 0 1 2 9
35 Petty, Harry CHB 91% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 78% 2 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 81% 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 3
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 67% 1 1 13 9 4 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 3
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 71% 1 1 17 7 10 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2
7 Viney, Jack (c) RO 81% 0 0 34 17 17 1 0 7 8 6 2 0 0 10
26 Weideman, Sam INT 71% 0 1 11 4 7 1 10 3 1 1 0 0 1 2
Rushed 7
Total (23 players) 16 21 399 223 176 84 28 68 46 53 13 11 35 62

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Adams, Marcus BPR 96% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0
4 Ah Chee, Callum SUB↑ 18% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
31 Andrews, Harris (c) FB 89% 0 0 18 15 3 12 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 1
43 Answerth, Noah HBFR 86% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 0
7 Berry, Jarrod WL 86% 0 0 18 13 5 8 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 3
13 Berry, Tom INT 65% 0 0 8 1 7 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 2
23 Cameron, Charlie FPR 91% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 1
18 Coleman, Keidean INT 78% 0 0 19 14 5 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 0
3 Daniher, Joe FF 97% 1 3 9 6 3 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2
30 Hipwood, Eric CHF 83% 2 1 8 6 2 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 2
17 Lyons, Jarryd RR↓ 47% 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 2
11 McCarthy, Lincoln HFFR 82% 1 1 10 9 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
6 McCluggage, Hugh WR 90% 0 1 27 19 8 6 0 11 3 6 0 0 1 6
46 McInerney, Oscar RU 83% 0 2 23 14 9 5 29 3 12 3 1 1 6 3
25 McStay, Daniel FPL 76% 0 1 13 5 8 5 10 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
9 Neale, Lachie RO 90% 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 3 7 2 0 0 2 3
40 Payne, Jack BPL 76% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 5 0 3 1 1 5 1
16 Rayner, Cam HFFL 77% 1 1 14 8 6 2 0 8 4 3 0 1 0 4
10 Rich, Daniel CHB 85% 0 0 33 25 8 8 0 0 1 2 0 1 7 6
2 Robertson, Deven INT 83% 0 0 8 1 7 1 0 6 1 3 0 1 0 1
5 Robinson, Mitch INT 74% 2 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 1
37 Starcevich, Brandon HBFL 89% 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 0 7 2 2 5 1
29 Tunstill, James C 58% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 7 11 332 211 121 100 39 68 35 59 11 13 42 43

C. Ah Chee replaced J. Lyons during the fourth 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
40 J. Payne 31 H. Andrews (c) 24 M. Adams 6 L. Jackson 17 J. Bowey
12 T. Bedford 50 B. Brown 31 B. Fritsch 13 C. Oliver 9 C. Spargo
FORWARD 7 J. Viney (c) 32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

26 S. Weideman
37 B. Starcevich 10 D. Rich 43 N. Answerth

29 J. Hunt
30 A. Neal-Bullen 5 C. Petracca 36 K. Pickett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 J. Berry 29 J. Tunstill 6 H. McCluggage



15 E. Langdon 4 J. Harmes 23 J. Jordon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 46 O. McInerney 13 T. Berry
HALF-FORWARD 17 J. Lyons 18 K. Coleman
16 C. Rayner 30 E. Hipwood 11 L. McCarthy 9 L. Neale 2 D. Robertson
3 C. Salem 35 H. Petty 10 A. Brayshaw

5 M. Robinson
HALF-BACK

4 C. Ah Chee
FORWARD



25 D. McStay 3 J. Daniher 23 C. Cameron



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:29
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 03:39
BRIL Oscar McInerney behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 06:22
MELB Ben Brown behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 07:33
MELB Ben Brown behind 0.2.2 - 1.2.8 09:10
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 0.2.2 - 1.3.9 11:25
BRIL Cam Rayner behind 0.2.2 - 1.4.10 13:43
MELB Rushed behind 0.3.3 - 1.4.10 14:48
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 1.3.9 - 1.4.10 16:09
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 1.3.9 - 2.4.16 17:59
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 1.3.9 - 3.4.22 19:17
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 1.4.10 - 3.4.22 25:25
MELB James Harmes goal 2.4.16 - 3.4.22 27:34
Q2 MELB James Jordon goal 3.4.22 - 3.4.22 06:29
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 3.5.23 - 3.4.22 09:07
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 4.5.29 - 3.4.22 12:23
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 4.6.30 - 3.4.22 14:13
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 4.7.31 - 3.4.22 14:33
MELB Ben Brown behind 4.8.32 - 3.4.22 16:20
MELB Toby Bedford goal 5.8.38 - 3.4.22 16:58
MELB James Jordon goal 6.8.44 - 3.4.22 20:59
MELB Christian Petracca behind 6.9.45 - 3.4.22 23:09
MELB Rushed behind 6.10.46 - 3.4.22 25:00
BRIL Mitch Robinson goal 6.10.46 - 4.4.28 26:09
MELB James Harmes goal 7.10.52 - 4.4.28 27:40
MELB Ben Brown goal 8.10.58 - 4.4.28 32:42
Q3 BRIL Rushed behind 8.10.58 - 4.5.29 01:55
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 8.11.59 - 4.5.29 07:56
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 9.11.65 - 4.5.29 10:16
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 10.11.71 - 4.5.29 13:46
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 10.12.72 - 4.5.29 15:40
MELB Sam Weideman behind 10.13.73 - 4.5.29 18:33
MELB Rushed behind 10.14.74 - 4.5.29 19:24
BRIL Mitch Robinson goal 10.14.74 - 5.5.35 20:45
BRIL Hugh McCluggage behind 10.14.74 - 5.6.36 21:59
BRIL Oscar McInerney behind 10.14.74 - 5.7.37 23:50
MELB Rushed behind 10.15.75 - 5.7.37 25:24
MELB Rushed behind 10.16.76 - 5.7.37 26:31
BRIL Cam Rayner goal 10.16.76 - 6.7.43 27:25
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 11.16.82 - 6.7.43 29:09
MELB Christian Petracca behind 11.17.83 - 6.7.43 31:01
Q4 BRIL Lincoln McCarthy behind 11.17.83 - 6.8.44 01:44
MELB Rushed behind 11.18.84 - 6.8.44 05:35
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 11.19.85 - 6.8.44 06:32
MELB James Jordon behind 11.20.86 - 6.8.44 07:51
MELB Luke Jackson goal 12.20.92 - 6.8.44 09:02
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 13.20.98 - 6.8.44 11:23
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 13.20.98 - 6.9.45 13:11
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 14.20.104 - 6.9.45 15:47
MELB Toby Bedford goal 15.20.110 - 6.9.45 18:38
BRIL Daniel McStay behind 15.20.110 - 6.10.46 22:32
MELB Rushed behind 15.21.111 - 6.10.46 23:11
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 15.21.111 - 7.10.52 24:24
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 16.21.117 - 7.10.52 27:47
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 16.21.117 - 7.11.53 30:33