2023 AFL Round 1: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 18 March 2023 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 1 of the 2023 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Melbourne
Back: J. Lever, A. Tomlinson, J. McVee
Half-back: T. Rivers, H. Petty, A. Brayshaw
Centre: L. Hunter, C. Oliver, E. Langdon
Half-forward: K. Chandler, T. McDonald, C. Spargo
Forward: K. Pickett, B. Brown, A. Neal-Bullen
Follower: M. Gawn, J. Harmes, C. Petracca
Int.: J. Bowey, B. Grundy, B. Laurie, T. Sparrow
Sub.: J. Melksham

Western Bulldogs
Back: T. Duryea, L. Jones, J. Bruce
Half-back: B. Dale, A. Keath, E. Richards
Centre: O. Baker, M. Bontempelli, J. Macrae
Half-forward: J. Johannisen, A. Naughton, J. Ugle-Hagan
Forward: A. Scott, M. Hannan, R. Lobb
Follower: T. English, T. Liberatore, A. Treloar
Int.: C. Daniel, S. Darcy, B. Smith, B. Williams
Sub.: T. McLean

Melbourne (17.13.115) defeated Western Bulldogs (9.11.65).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Brown (4), K. Pickett (4), M. Gawn (2), C. Spargo (2), K. Chandler, B. Grundy, J. Melksham, A. Neal-Bullen, T. Sparrow
Western Bulldogs: O. Baker, M. Bontempelli, J. Johannisen, T. Liberatore, J. Macrae, A. Naughton, A. Treloar, J. Ugle-Hagan, B. Williams

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder and Western Bulldogs were then 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), unknown (Western Bulldogs)

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 50s

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
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
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
31 B. Dale 42 A. Keath 20 E. Richards

18 J. Melksham
9 C. Spargo 25 T. McDonald 37 K. Chandler



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 O. Baker 4 M. Bontempelli 11 J. Macrae



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

34 B. Williams
HALF-BACK

16 T. McLean
FORWARD



28 A. Scott 29 M. Hannan 7 R. Lobb



41 J. McVee 20 A. Tomlinson 8 J. Lever



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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