2023 AFL Qualifying Final 1: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 2023 between Collingwood and Melbourne in the first qualifying final of the 2023 AFL season. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at MCG. Darcy Moore captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Craig McRae and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Collingwood
Back: N. Murphy, D. Moore (capt.), I. Quaynor
Half-back: B. Maynard, W. Hoskin-Elliott, S. Pendlebury
Centre: S. Sidebottom, T. Adams, J. Daicos
Half-forward: B. Hill, B. Mihocek, J. Howe
Forward: J. Elliott, D. McStay, J. De Goey
Follower: M. Cox, B. McCreery, J. Crisp
Int.: D. Cameron, P. Lipinski, O. Markov, T. Mitchell
Sub.: J. Ginnivan

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, S. May, J. Smith
Half-back: J. McVee, J. Lever, C. Salem
Centre: T. Rivers, J. Viney, E. Langdon
Half-forward: L. Hunter, B. Fritsch, A. Neal-Bullen
Forward: K. Pickett, J. van Rooyen, A. Brayshaw
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Oliver, C. Petracca
Int.: J. Bowey, K. Chandler, T. McDonald, T. Sparrow
Sub.: B. Laurie

Collingwood (9.6.60) defeated Melbourne (7.11.53).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: B. Hill (3), D. McStay (2), D. Cameron, J. Crisp, J. De Goey, B. Mihocek
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (2), T. McDonald, A. Neal-Bullen, K. Pickett, J. Smith, T. Sparrow

As a result of this match, Collingwood faced Greater Western Sydney in the first preliminary final and Melbourne faced Carlton in the first semi final.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final 1
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Thursday 7 September 2023
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 92,636

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 9.6.60 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 2 5 . 3 9 . 4 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Melbourne 1 . 0 2 . 4 4 . 9 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin COLL by 20 COLL by 17 COLL by 25 COLL by 7 COLL by 7
Duration 34:54 27:51 33:26 29:25 2:05:36

Honour Roll

Coaches: Craig McRae (Collingwood), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Darcy Moore (Collingwood), unknown (Melbourne)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Jack Crisp COLL 25 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Isaac Quaynor COLL 3 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Bobby Hill COLL 23 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Steele Sidebottom COLL 22 2 0 0 0 1 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Adams, Taylor C 73% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 4 3 5 0 2 0 2
14 Cameron, Darcy INT↓ 52% 1 0 8 7 1 3 14 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
46 Cox, Mason RU 67% 0 0 9 5 4 2 34 0 6 5 2 1 1 2
25 Crisp, Jack RO 79% 1 0 23 14 9 3 0 2 5 6 0 1 3 4
7 Daicos, Josh WR 84% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 6 2
2 De Goey, Jordan FPR 82% 1 0 19 13 6 0 0 0 4 6 1 2 2 1
5 Elliott, Jamie FPL 91% 0 2 6 5 1 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
33 Ginnivan, Jack SUB↑ 13% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 0
23 Hill, Bobby HFFL 78% 3 1 13 11 2 5 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 1
32 Hoskin-Elliott, Will CHB 84% 0 0 20 19 1 5 0 5 0 3 0 0 10 2
38 Howe, Jeremy HFFR 90% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 1
1 Lipinski, Patrick INT 80% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 3 3 4 0 1 0 2
37 Markov, Oleg INT 76% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1
4 Maynard, Brayden HBFL 87% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 0 7 0 2 5 2
31 McCreery, Beau RR 81% 0 1 10 9 1 3 0 4 1 5 1 2 0 4
11 McStay, Daniel FF 88% 2 0 7 4 3 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 1
41 Mihocek, Brody CHF 88% 1 1 15 10 5 6 0 4 1 3 2 2 0 4
6 Mitchell, Tom INT 67% 0 0 21 8 13 2 0 4 4 4 1 0 4 2
30 Moore, Darcy (c) FB 96% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 8 0
28 Murphy, Nathan BPL 100% 0 0 6 3 3 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 0
10 Pendlebury, Scott HBFR 70% 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 0
3 Quaynor, Isaac BPR 80% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 2
22 Sidebottom, Steele WL 95% 0 0 22 18 4 5 0 6 4 1 0 0 6 4
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 6 319 212 107 77 48 62 40 72 14 20 60 37

J. Ginnivan replaced D. Cameron.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake INT 76% 0 0 19 15 4 8 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 2
10 Brayshaw, Angus FPR↓ 7% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1
37 Chandler, Kade INT 70% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 85% 2 2 7 6 1 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 90% 0 0 27 17 10 7 31 3 10 10 0 3 2 10
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 93% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1
12 Hunter, Lachie HFFL 91% 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2
15 Langdon, Ed WR 92% 0 1 16 7 9 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3
16 Laurie, Bailey SUB↑ 54% 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
8 Lever, Jake CHB 100% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 4
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 0 3 2 0 5 4
25 McDonald, Tom INT 76% 1 1 7 3 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
41 McVee, Judd HBFL 77% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 82% 1 0 17 11 6 1 0 5 3 5 2 0 2 2
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 84% 0 0 31 21 10 5 0 10 11 5 3 3 2 10
5 Petracca, Christian RO 82% 0 1 29 13 16 2 0 4 6 6 3 1 2 6
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPL 94% 1 3 13 10 3 3 0 4 0 6 0 2 1 3
24 Rivers, Trent WL 75% 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 0 4 1 1 3 3
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 79% 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 5 1 1 0 1 2 4
29 Smith, Joel BPR 75% 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 69% 1 0 14 10 4 1 0 5 6 3 0 1 1 2
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 71% 0 0 6 4 2 2 1 3 0 3 2 0 0 1
7 Viney, Jack C 79% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 6
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 7 11 325 205 120 68 33 61 44 67 20 14 28 69

B. Laurie replaced A. Brayshaw.

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

Collingwood Coach: Craig McRae
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 M. Hibberd 1 S. May 29 J. Smith 46 M. Cox 14 D. Cameron
2 J. De Goey 11 D. McStay 5 J. Elliott 31 B. McCreery 1 P. Lipinski
FORWARD 25 J. Crisp 37 O. Markov
HALF-BACK

6 T. Mitchell
41 J. McVee 8 J. Lever 3 C. Salem

33 J. Ginnivan
38 J. Howe 41 B. Mihocek 23 B. Hill



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



24 T. Rivers 7 J. Viney 15 E. Langdon



7 J. Daicos 13 T. Adams 22 S. Sidebottom FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 17 J. Bowey
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 37 K. Chandler
12 L. Hunter 31 B. Fritsch 30 A. Neal-Bullen 5 C. Petracca 25 T. McDonald
10 S. Pendlebury 32 W. Hoskin-Elliott 4 B. Maynard

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

16 B. Laurie
FORWARD



36 K. Pickett 2 J. van Rooyen 10 A. Brayshaw



3 I. Quaynor 30 D. Moore (c) 28 N. Murphy



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 COLL Bobby Hill goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:08
COLL Bobby Hill goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 05:18
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 07:02
COLL Jamie Elliott behind 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 14:34
COLL Jamie Elliott behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 22:44
COLL Jack Crisp goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 29:23
COLL Darcy Cameron goal 4.2.26 - 1.0.6 32:57
Q2 COLL Brody Mihocek behind 4.3.27 - 1.0.6 03:34
COLL Brody Mihocek goal 5.3.33 - 1.0.6 06:54
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 5.3.33 - 1.1.7 10:38
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 5.3.33 - 1.2.8 14:11
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 5.3.33 - 2.2.14 15:09
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 5.3.33 - 2.3.15 23:43
MELB Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 2.4.16 25:45
Q3 MELB Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 2.5.17 00:49
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 5.3.33 - 2.6.18 06:48
COLL Bobby Hill goal 6.3.39 - 2.6.18 10:50
COLL Daniel McStay goal 7.3.45 - 2.6.18 13:30
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 7.3.45 - 3.6.24 17:44
COLL Daniel McStay goal 8.3.51 - 3.6.24 19:38
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 8.3.51 - 4.6.30 21:18
COLL Jordan De Goey goal 9.3.57 - 4.6.30 22:27
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 9.3.57 - 4.7.31 24:18
COLL Rushed behind 9.4.58 - 4.7.31 27:01
MELB Ed Langdon behind 9.4.58 - 4.8.32 27:51
MELB Christian Petracca behind 9.4.58 - 4.9.33 32:25
Q4 MELB Tom McDonald goal 9.4.58 - 5.9.39 02:51
MELB Joel Smith goal 9.4.58 - 6.9.45 05:10
COLL Beau McCreery behind 9.5.59 - 6.9.45 07:08
COLL Bobby Hill behind 9.6.60 - 6.9.45 07:50
MELB Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 6.10.46 09:37
MELB Tom McDonald behind 9.6.60 - 6.11.47 11:01
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 9.6.60 - 7.11.53 24:54