2023 AFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
This is the match report for the match played on 18 March 2023 between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs during round one of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League.
Melbourne hosted the Western Bulldogs at the MCG.
The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.
Melbourne (17.13.115) defeated the Western Bulldogs (9.11.65).
Match Details
Season:
2023 AFL Season
Round:
Round 1
Teams:
Melbourne
v
Western Bulldogs
Date:
Saturday 18 March 2023
Time:
7:25 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
48,103
Match Results
Outcome:
Melbourne
def.
Western Bulldogs
Score:
17.13.115 - 9.11.65
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Melbourne | 3 | . | 3 | 9 | . | 4 | 13 | . | 8 | 17 | . | 13 | 17 | . | 13 | (115) |
| Western Bulldogs | 2 | . | 4 | 5 | . | 9 | 8 | . | 10 | 9 | . | 11 | 9 | . | 11 | (65) |
| Margin | MELB by 5 | MELB by 19 | MELB by 28 | MELB by 50 | MELB by 50 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 29:18 | 34:45 | 31:39 | 28:10 | 2:03:52 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Melbourne
Captain: unknownCoach: Simon Goodwin
Western Bulldogs
Captain: unknownCoach: Luke Beveridge
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Petracca | MELB | 5 | 3 |
| Kysaiah Pickett | MELB | 36 | 2 |
| Ben Brown | MELB | 50 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Lever | MELB | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kysaiah Pickett | MELB | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Gawn | MELB | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Petracca | MELB | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Clayton Oliver | MELB | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Player Statistics
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Bowey, Jake | INT | 73% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Brayshaw, Angus | HBFR | 86% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 50 | Brown, Ben | FF | 81% | 4 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 | Chandler, Kade | HFFL | 81% | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Gawn, Max | RU | 87% | 2 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Grundy, Brodie | INT | 69% | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Harmes, James | RR | 74% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Hunter, Lachie | WL | 87% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Langdon, Ed | WR | 89% | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Laurie, Bailey | INT↓ | 47% | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lever, Jake | BPL | 100% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | CHF | 80% | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 | McVee, Judd | BPR | 73% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Melksham, Jake | SUB↑ | 17% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Neal-Bullen, Alex | FPR | 85% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Oliver, Clayton | C | 84% | 0 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Petracca, Christian | RO | 84% | 0 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 35 | Petty, Harry | CHB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | Pickett, Kysaiah | FPL | 79% | 4 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Rivers, Trent | HBFL | 75% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Spargo, Charlie | HFFR | 72% | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 32 | Sparrow, Tom | INT | 76% | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Tomlinson, Adam | FB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 17 | 13 | 386 | 251 | 135 | 117 | 36 | 65 | 30 | 55 | 22 | 13 | 41 | 60 | |||
J. Melksham replaced B. Laurie.
Western Bulldogs
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Baker, Oskar | WL | 76% | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Bontempelli, Marcus | C | 83% | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | Bruce, Josh | BPR | 96% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Dale, Bailey | HBFL | 84% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 35 | Daniel, Caleb | INT | 78% | 0 | 0 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | Darcy, Sam | INT | 58% | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Duryea, Taylor | BPL | 78% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 44 | English, Tim | RU | 85% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 29 | Hannan, Mitch | FF | 81% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Johannisen, Jason | HFFL | 75% | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Jones, Liam | FB↓ | 40% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Keath, Alex | CHB | 95% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Liberatore, Tom | RR | 81% | 1 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Lobb, Rory | FPR | 95% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Macrae, Jack | WR | 78% | 1 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | McLean, Toby | SUB↑ | 38% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Naughton, Aaron | CHF | 85% | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Richards, Ed | HBFR | 87% | 0 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 28 | Scott, Anthony | FPL | 84% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Smith, Bailey | INT | 84% | 0 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 | Treloar, Adam | RO | 76% | 1 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra | HFFR | 83% | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Williams, Bailey | INT | 80% | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 9 | 11 | 374 | 208 | 166 | 77 | 27 | 53 | 37 | 76 | 13 | 23 | 41 | 50 | |||
T. McLean replaced L. Jones.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Melbourne | Coach: Simon Goodwin | ||||||||||||||
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| 15 | T. Duryea | 19 | L. Jones | 17 | J. Bruce | 11 | M. Gawn | 17 | J. Bowey | ||||||
| 30 | A. Neal-Bullen | 50 | B. Brown | 36 | K. Pickett | 4 | J. Harmes | 6 | B. Grundy | ||||||
| FORWARD | 5 | C. Petracca | 16 | B. Laurie | |||||||||||
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| 31 | B. Dale | 42 | A. Keath | 20 | E. Richards |
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| 13 | O. Baker | 4 | M. Bontempelli | 11 | J. Macrae |
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| 15 | E. Langdon | 13 | C. Oliver | 12 | L. Hunter | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 44 | T. English | 35 | C. Daniel | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 21 | T. Liberatore | 10 | S. Darcy | |||||||||||
| 39 | J. Johannisen | 33 | A. Naughton | 2 | J. Ugle-Hagan | 1 | A. Treloar | 6 | B. Smith | ||||||
| 10 | A. Brayshaw | 35 | H. Petty | 24 | T. Rivers |
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| 28 | A. Scott | 29 | M. Hannan | 7 | R. Lobb |
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| 41 | J. McVee | 20 | A. Tomlinson | 8 | J. Lever |
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| Western Bulldogs | Coach: Luke Beveridge | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | MELB | Christian Petracca behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 02:19 |
| MELB | Kysaiah Pickett goal | 1.1.7 | - | 0.0.0 | 06:01 | |
| WBUL | Tom Liberatore behind | 1.1.7 | - | 0.1.1 | 08:27 | |
| MELB | Max Gawn goal | 2.1.13 | - | 0.1.1 | 10:00 | |
| MELB | Kysaiah Pickett behind | 2.2.14 | - | 0.1.1 | 12:40 | |
| WBUL | Sam Darcy behind | 2.2.14 | - | 0.2.2 | 14:26 | |
| WBUL | Marcus Bontempelli goal | 2.2.14 | - | 1.2.8 | 19:35 | |
| WBUL | Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind | 2.2.14 | - | 1.3.9 | 23:04 | |
| WBUL | Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal | 2.2.14 | - | 2.3.15 | 24:19 | |
| MELB | Christian Petracca behind | 2.3.15 | - | 2.3.15 | 25:37 | |
| MELB | Tom Sparrow goal | 3.3.21 | - | 2.3.15 | 26:35 | |
| WBUL | Aaron Naughton behind | 3.3.21 | - | 2.4.16 | 28:08 | |
| Q2 | WBUL | Bailey Williams goal | 3.3.21 | - | 3.4.22 | 01:14 |
| WBUL | Aaron Naughton goal | 3.3.21 | - | 4.4.28 | 04:12 | |
| WBUL | Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind | 3.3.21 | - | 4.5.29 | 05:33 | |
| MELB | Ben Brown goal | 4.3.27 | - | 4.5.29 | 08:29 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 4.4.28 | - | 4.5.29 | 10:31 | |
| WBUL | Jason Johannisen goal | 4.4.28 | - | 5.5.35 | 11:15 | |
| WBUL | Marcus Bontempelli behind | 4.4.28 | - | 5.6.36 | 13:33 | |
| WBUL | Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind | 4.4.28 | - | 5.7.37 | 16:58 | |
| WBUL | Bailey Smith behind | 4.4.28 | - | 5.8.38 | 19:40 | |
| WBUL | Rushed behind | 4.4.28 | - | 5.9.39 | 20:14 | |
| MELB | Charlie Spargo goal | 5.4.34 | - | 5.9.39 | 20:54 | |
| MELB | Kysaiah Pickett goal | 6.4.40 | - | 5.9.39 | 23:02 | |
| MELB | Charlie Spargo goal | 7.4.46 | - | 5.9.39 | 25:40 | |
| MELB | Ben Brown goal | 8.4.52 | - | 5.9.39 | 28:01 | |
| MELB | Max Gawn goal | 9.4.58 | - | 5.9.39 | 29:43 | |
| Q3 | MELB | Brodie Grundy behind | 9.5.59 | - | 5.9.39 | 01:55 |
| MELB | Kysaiah Pickett goal | 10.5.65 | - | 5.9.39 | 06:35 | |
| WBUL | Oskar Baker goal | 10.5.65 | - | 6.9.45 | 08:25 | |
| MELB | Kade Chandler behind | 10.6.66 | - | 6.9.45 | 10:58 | |
| WBUL | Aaron Naughton behind | 10.6.66 | - | 6.10.46 | 14:06 | |
| WBUL | Adam Treloar goal | 10.6.66 | - | 7.10.52 | 18:13 | |
| MELB | Ben Brown goal | 11.6.72 | - | 7.10.52 | 19:20 | |
| MELB | Ed Langdon behind | 11.7.73 | - | 7.10.52 | 22:20 | |
| WBUL | Jack Macrae goal | 11.7.73 | - | 8.10.58 | 25:09 | |
| MELB | Kade Chandler goal | 12.7.79 | - | 8.10.58 | 27:30 | |
| MELB | Kysaiah Pickett goal | 13.7.85 | - | 8.10.58 | 29:43 | |
| MELB | Kade Chandler behind | 13.8.86 | - | 8.10.58 | 31:36 | |
| Q4 | MELB | Jake Melksham goal | 14.8.92 | - | 8.10.58 | 01:58 |
| MELB | Ben Brown behind | 14.9.93 | - | 8.10.58 | 04:29 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 14.10.94 | - | 8.10.58 | 08:34 | |
| WBUL | Tom Liberatore goal | 14.10.94 | - | 9.10.64 | 10:22 | |
| MELB | Jake Melksham behind | 14.11.95 | - | 9.10.64 | 12:51 | |
| MELB | Brodie Grundy goal | 15.11.101 | - | 9.10.64 | 15:16 | |
| MELB | Ben Brown goal | 16.11.107 | - | 9.10.64 | 18:56 | |
| WBUL | Rushed behind | 16.11.107 | - | 9.11.65 | 22:22 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 16.12.108 | - | 9.11.65 | 23:33 | |
| MELB | Alex Neal-Bullen goal | 17.12.114 | - | 9.11.65 | 25:11 | |
| MELB | Tom McDonald behind | 17.13.115 | - | 9.11.65 | 28:06 | |