2022 AFL Semi Final 2: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 2022 between Melbourne and Brisbane Lions in the second semi final of the 2022 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Brisbane Lions at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Dayne Zorko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

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

Brisbane Lions
Back: D. Gardiner, D. McStay, D. Rich
Half-back: B. Starcevich, H. Andrews, K. Coleman
Centre: Z. Bailey, J. Berry, C. Rayner
Half-forward: D. Zorko (capt.), E. Hipwood, D. Robertson
Forward: J. Payne, N. Answerth, C. Cameron
Follower: D. Fort, L. Neale, H. McCluggage
Int.: C. Ah Chee, T. Fullarton, L. McCarthy, D. Wilmot
Sub.: R. Mathieson

Melbourne (11.13.79) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (14.8.92).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (2), E. Langdon (2), A. Neal-Bullen (2), K. Pickett (2), A. Brayshaw, J. Melksham, H. Petty
Brisbane Lions: E. Hipwood (4), C. Cameron (3), Z. Bailey (2), D. McStay (2), C. Ah Chee, D. Fort, H. McCluggage

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions faced Geelong in the first preliminary final and Melbourne were eliminated (finishing 5th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Friday 9 September 2022
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 62,162

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 11.13.79 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 6 6 . 8 8 . 11 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Brisbane Lions 1 . 3 3 . 4 9 . 5 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin MELB by 15 MELB by 22 level BRIL by 13 BRIL by 13
Duration 31:31 28:53 34:18 33:40 2:08:22

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Gavine, B. Hosking, S. Meredith, E: J. Mollison
Goal Umpire: P. Challen, M. Craig, E: M. Dervan
Boundary Umpire: M. Barlow, B. MacDonald, D. Main, J. Mather

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jarrod Berry BRIL 7 9 1 1 0 0 0
Eric Hipwood BRIL 30 9 1 1 0 0 0
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 5 0 0 1 1 0
Daniel Rich BRIL 10 3 0 0 1 0 0
Harry Petty MELB 35 2 0 0 0 1 0
Hugh McCluggage BRIL 6 1 0 0 0 0 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 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
10 Brayshaw, Angus RO 79% 1 0 18 14 4 5 0 4 6 1 1 0 4 4
50 Brown, Ben FF 78% 0 0 10 7 3 5 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 83% 2 0 7 7 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 82% 0 0 15 12 3 4 36 3 5 6 2 2 2 3
4 Harmes, James WL 87% 0 1 20 12 8 4 0 5 5 1 0 0 1 3
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 82% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 79% 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4
6 Jackson, Luke FPR 77% 0 1 9 6 3 1 9 6 4 1 1 0 0 4
15 Langdon, Ed WR 100% 2 1 24 16 8 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 3 2
8 Lever, Jake CHB 98% 0 0 9 8 1 6 0 4 0 2 1 1 3 0
1 May, Steven FB 93% 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 1 0 4 1 3 7 3
18 Melksham, Jake INT 69% 1 0 10 6 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 74% 2 1 13 11 2 6 0 6 0 2 0 1 0 4
13 Oliver, Clayton C 84% 0 0 21 10 11 2 0 12 9 4 2 0 2 6
5 Petracca, Christian CHF 82% 0 1 27 13 14 3 0 1 5 5 0 0 1 3
35 Petty, Harry BPR 97% 1 0 18 9 9 8 0 3 0 1 1 1 7 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 78% 2 1 10 7 3 0 0 5 0 5 1 2 0 1
24 Rivers, Trent INT 76% 0 0 7 6 1 5 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 85% 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 2
44 Smith, Joel SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 63% 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 5 1 4 1 0
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 69% 0 2 17 12 5 3 0 0 3 5 1 3 1 3
7 Viney, Jack RR 84% 0 1 20 14 6 1 0 9 7 4 4 0 2 6
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 11 13 316 213 103 78 48 73 51 58 19 22 39 55

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum INT 69% 1 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2
31 Andrews, Harris CHB 98% 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 6 0 2 0 2 5 0
43 Answerth, Noah FF 72% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 1
33 Bailey, Zac WL 82% 2 0 16 10 6 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0
7 Berry, Jarrod C 84% 0 1 26 13 13 8 0 2 4 2 0 0 3 2
23 Cameron, Charlie FPR 81% 3 1 5 4 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
18 Coleman, Keidean HBFR 77% 0 0 19 18 1 9 0 4 0 2 3 1 5 3
32 Fort, Darcy RU 85% 1 0 12 12 0 0 29 5 4 8 3 5 3 2
21 Fullarton, Tom INT 63% 0 0 10 8 2 2 4 1 2 2 1 0 4 2
27 Gardiner, Darcy BPL 91% 0 0 11 7 4 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 Hipwood, Eric CHF 87% 4 1 17 11 6 6 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 5
36 Mathieson, Rhys SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 McCarthy, Lincoln INT 79% 0 1 11 5 6 2 0 2 0 4 2 2 0 3
6 McCluggage, Hugh RO 77% 1 1 25 15 10 5 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 7
25 McStay, Daniel FB 96% 2 1 12 10 2 6 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 3
9 Neale, Lachie RR 89% 0 0 27 11 16 2 0 7 10 1 2 0 0 4
40 Payne, Jack FPL 90% 0 0 13 12 1 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 0
16 Rayner, Cam WR 75% 0 1 12 6 6 1 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 0
10 Rich, Daniel BPR 86% 0 0 30 25 5 3 0 4 5 4 1 1 9 2
2 Robertson, Deven HFFR 82% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 7 2 2 0 1 1 3
37 Starcevich, Brandon HBFL 83% 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 3
44 Wilmot, Darcy INT 75% 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 2
15 Zorko, Dayne (c) HFFL 79% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 3 4 1 1 0 2 7
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 8 340 229 111 92 33 74 37 55 22 19 44 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
27 D. Gardiner 25 D. McStay 10 D. Rich 11 M. Gawn (c) 18 J. Melksham
6 L. Jackson 50 B. Brown 31 B. Fritsch 7 J. Viney 24 T. Rivers
FORWARD 10 A. Brayshaw 9 C. Spargo
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
37 B. Starcevich 31 H. Andrews 18 K. Coleman

44 J. Smith
30 A. Neal-Bullen 5 C. Petracca 36 K. Pickett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 Z. Bailey 7 J. Berry 16 C. Rayner



15 E. Langdon 13 C. Oliver 4 J. Harmes FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 D. Fort 4 C. Ah Chee
HALF-FORWARD 9 L. Neale 21 T. Fullarton
15 D. Zorko (c) 30 E. Hipwood 2 D. Robertson 6 H. McCluggage 11 L. McCarthy
3 C. Salem 8 J. Lever 14 M. Hibberd

44 D. Wilmot
HALF-BACK

36 R. Mathieson
FORWARD



40 J. Payne 43 N. Answerth 23 C. Cameron



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



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Luke Jackson behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:34
MELB Ed Langdon goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 05:27
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 09:47
BRIL Hugh McCluggage behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 11:51
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 13:01
MELB Jake Melksham goal 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 15:26
MELB Ed Langdon behind 3.3.21 - 0.1.1 18:14
MELB Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 0.1.1 19:34
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 3.5.23 - 0.1.1 22:04
MELB James Harmes behind 3.6.24 - 0.1.1 23:20
BRIL Daniel McStay behind 3.6.24 - 0.2.2 24:33
BRIL Cam Rayner behind 3.6.24 - 0.3.3 27:34
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 3.6.24 - 1.3.9 29:45
Q2 MELB Rushed behind 3.7.25 - 1.3.9 00:41
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 4.7.31 - 1.3.9 09:49
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 4.7.31 - 2.3.15 12:42
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 4.7.31 - 2.4.16 14:31
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 5.7.37 - 2.4.16 21:50
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 5.8.38 - 2.4.16 26:39
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 6.8.44 - 2.4.16 27:28
BRIL Callum Ah Chee goal 6.8.44 - 3.4.22 28:48
Q3 BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 6.8.44 - 4.4.28 01:30
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 6.8.44 - 5.4.34 05:52
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 6.9.45 - 5.4.34 13:52
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 6.9.45 - 6.4.40 15:27
MELB Jack Viney behind 6.10.46 - 6.4.40 16:41
MELB Rushed behind 6.11.47 - 6.4.40 18:15
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 6.11.47 - 7.4.46 23:49
BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 6.11.47 - 7.5.47 26:24
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.11.53 - 7.5.47 28:54
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 8.11.59 - 7.5.47 30:23
BRIL Darcy Fort goal 8.11.59 - 8.5.53 32:46
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 8.11.59 - 9.5.59 34:16
Q4 BRIL Daniel McStay goal 8.11.59 - 10.5.65 03:07
BRIL Rushed behind 8.11.59 - 10.6.66 04:19
BRIL Jarrod Berry behind 8.11.59 - 10.7.67 04:49
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 9.11.65 - 10.7.67 06:14
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy behind 9.11.65 - 10.8.68 09:36
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 9.11.65 - 11.8.74 14:29
MELB Christian Petracca behind 9.12.66 - 11.8.74 18:40
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 9.12.66 - 12.8.80 21:57
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 9.12.66 - 13.8.86 24:45
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 9.13.67 - 13.8.86 26:06
MELB Harry Petty goal 10.13.73 - 13.8.86 27:28
MELB Ed Langdon goal 11.13.79 - 13.8.86 29:19
BRIL Daniel McStay goal 11.13.79 - 14.8.92 31:56