2023 AFL Round 4: West Coast v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 2023 between West Coast and Melbourne during round 4 of the 2023 AFL season. West Coast hosted Melbourne at Optus Stadium. The hosts were coached by Adam Simpson and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

West Coast
Back: S. Petrevski-Seton, T. Barrass, L. Duggan
Half-back: J. Jones, S. Hurn, J. Hunt
Centre: B. Hough, E. Yeo, A. Gaff
Half-forward: C. West, J. Darling, G. Clark
Forward: L. Edwards, O. Allen, J. Waterman
Follower: B. Williams, R. Ginbey, T. Kelly
Int.: T. Cole, J. Culley, E. Hewett, N. Long
Sub.: J. Rotham

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

West Coast (9.9.63) were defeated by Melbourne (19.12.126).

Goalkickers
West Coast: O. Allen (3), T. Kelly (2), J. Hunt, N. Long, S. Petrevski-Seton, C. West
Melbourne: T. McDonald (4), B. Fritsch (3), C. Petracca (3), K. Pickett (2), C. Spargo (2), J. van Rooyen (2), K. Chandler, A. Neal-Bullen, J. Viney

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 16th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: West Coast v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 9 April 2023
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 42,458

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.9.63 - 19.12.126

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 2 . 2 4 . 4 6 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Melbourne 5 . 1 8 . 4 14 . 9 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Margin MELB by 17 MELB by 24 MELB by 49 MELB by 63 MELB by 63
Duration 32:29 32:11 33:58 31:25 2:10:03

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Simpson (West Coast), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (West Coast), unknown (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Christian Petracca MELB 5 3
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 2
Tim Kelly WCST 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Christian Petracca MELB 5 9 1 1 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 8 1 0 1 0 0
Brodie Grundy MELB 6 6 0 1 0 1 0
Tim Kelly WCST 11 5 0 0 1 1 0
Tom McDonald MELB 25 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Allen, Oscar FF 86% 3 1 14 10 4 7 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 6
37 Barrass, Tom FB 100% 0 0 17 10 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 2
39 Clark, Greg HFFR 89% 0 1 15 4 11 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 0
28 Cole, Tom INT 76% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 3 0 4 0 3 3 0
49 Culley, Jai INT 70% 0 0 12 1 11 0 0 6 1 5 0 1 0 0
27 Darling, Jack CHF 85% 0 2 10 6 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
14 Duggan, Liam BPR 87% 0 0 19 12 7 8 0 5 0 5 1 3 2 0
16 Edwards, Luke FPL 78% 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 0
3 Gaff, Andrew WR 81% 0 0 24 13 11 2 0 9 6 4 2 2 2 3
7 Ginbey, Reuben RR 73% 0 0 14 3 11 0 0 5 3 4 0 1 1 1
8 Hewett, Elijah INT 79% 0 0 8 1 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0
19 Hough, Brady WL 85% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
5 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 85% 1 1 20 15 5 7 0 3 2 5 0 0 4 2
25 Hurn, Shannon CHB 65% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0
31 Jones, Jamaine HBFL 81% 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 5 1 3 0 1 3 1
11 Kelly, Tim RO 80% 2 0 36 19 17 6 0 5 5 4 1 0 4 10
44 Long, Noah INT 80% 1 0 11 3 8 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
10 Petrevski-Seton, Sam BPL 81% 1 0 10 7 3 4 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 2
35 Rotham, Josh SUB↑ 24% 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
2 Waterman, Jake FPR 86% 0 1 13 10 3 4 6 5 0 3 2 2 0 2
36 West, Connor HFFL 93% 1 1 11 5 6 2 0 3 0 5 2 3 0 2
32 Williams, Bailey RU 83% 0 0 17 9 8 2 19 3 4 7 2 1 3 3
6 Yeo, Elliot C↓ 53% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 9 336 179 157 75 26 68 31 63 16 22 38 38

J. Rotham replaced E. Yeo.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake INT 85% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2
10 Brayshaw, Angus HFFR 86% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 1
37 Chandler, Kade HFFL 72% 1 0 15 7 8 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 88% 3 1 17 13 4 7 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 4
6 Grundy, Brodie RU 71% 0 0 22 13 9 3 33 6 7 5 2 2 2 3
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL↓ 72% 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0
12 Hunter, Lachie WR 91% 0 0 27 16 11 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4
23 Jordon, James SUB↑ 24% 0 1 8 4 4 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2
15 Langdon, Ed WL 92% 0 1 22 14 8 4 0 4 1 5 0 0 2 4
8 Lever, Jake CHB 91% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 4 0 6 2 4 0 0
1 May, Steven FB 93% 0 0 19 15 4 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 1
25 McDonald, Tom INT 76% 4 1 16 12 4 6 2 3 0 3 1 1 0 5
41 McVee, Judd BPR 82% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex INT 75% 1 0 15 6 9 1 0 11 0 1 1 1 0 4
13 Oliver, Clayton C 87% 0 0 34 12 22 3 0 10 10 7 3 1 0 4
5 Petracca, Christian RO 76% 3 0 29 12 17 8 0 3 3 3 3 1 2 4
35 Petty, Harry HBFR 85% 0 0 10 5 5 4 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 79% 2 5 15 11 4 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2
24 Rivers, Trent HBFL 80% 0 0 27 15 12 3 0 6 2 5 2 0 5 2
9 Spargo, Charlie FPL 78% 2 1 13 9 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 65% 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 4 3 4 1 2 0 3
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 74% 2 1 9 3 6 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
7 Viney, Jack RR 76% 1 0 22 11 11 4 0 6 7 1 1 0 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 19 12 415 230 185 95 48 79 37 57 22 16 28 58

J. Jordon replaced M. Hibberd.

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

West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 M. Hibberd 1 S. May 41 J. McVee 32 B. Williams 28 T. Cole
2 J. Waterman 12 O. Allen 16 L. Edwards 7 R. Ginbey 49 J. Culley
FORWARD 11 T. Kelly 8 E. Hewett
HALF-BACK

44 N. Long
24 T. Rivers 8 J. Lever 35 H. Petty

35 J. Rotham
39 G. Clark 27 J. Darling 36 C. West



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 E. Langdon 13 C. Oliver 12 L. Hunter



3 A. Gaff 6 E. Yeo 19 B. Hough FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 6 B. Grundy 17 J. Bowey
HALF-FORWARD 7 J. Viney 25 T. McDonald
37 K. Chandler 31 B. Fritsch 10 A. Brayshaw 5 C. Petracca 30 A. Neal-Bullen
5 J. Hunt 25 S. Hurn 31 J. Jones

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

23 J. Jordon
FORWARD



9 C. Spargo 2 J. van Rooyen 36 K. Pickett



14 L. Duggan 37 T. Barrass 10 S. Petrevski-Seton



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:16
MELB Ed Langdon behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 05:49
WCST Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 07:49
MELB Tom McDonald goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 11:14
WCST Noah Long goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 13:52
WCST Oscar Allen goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 17:10
MELB Tom McDonald goal 2.1.13 - 3.1.19 19:36
WCST Jake Waterman behind 2.2.14 - 3.1.19 27:44
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 2.2.14 - 4.1.25 28:52
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.2.14 - 5.1.31 32:26
Q2 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.2.14 - 6.1.37 06:02
WCST Greg Clark behind 2.3.15 - 6.1.37 09:06
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 2.3.15 - 6.2.38 10:28
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 2.3.15 - 6.3.39 12:42
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 2.3.15 - 6.4.40 18:46
WCST Tim Kelly goal 3.3.21 - 6.4.40 20:22
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 3.3.21 - 7.4.46 25:39
WCST Connor West goal 4.3.27 - 7.4.46 28:39
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 4.3.27 - 8.4.52 30:31
WCST Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 8.4.52 31:48
Q3 WCST Connor West behind 4.5.29 - 8.4.52 02:20
WCST Oscar Allen behind 4.6.30 - 8.4.52 04:12
WCST Jack Darling behind 4.7.31 - 8.4.52 05:26
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 4.7.31 - 8.5.53 06:33
MELB Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 8.6.54 09:06
MELB Christian Petracca goal 4.7.31 - 9.6.60 09:36
MELB Jack Viney goal 4.7.31 - 10.6.66 12:24
WCST Oscar Allen goal 5.7.37 - 10.6.66 15:45
MELB Tom McDonald goal 5.7.37 - 11.6.72 18:44
MELB Kade Chandler goal 5.7.37 - 12.6.78 20:06
MELB Tom McDonald goal 5.7.37 - 13.6.84 21:41
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 5.7.37 - 13.7.85 22:57
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 5.7.37 - 13.8.86 23:54
WCST Jayden Hunt behind 5.8.38 - 13.8.86 24:41
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 5.8.38 - 14.8.92 27:33
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 5.8.38 - 14.9.93 30:21
WCST Oscar Allen goal 6.8.44 - 14.9.93 33:55
Q4 MELB Christian Petracca goal 6.8.44 - 15.9.99 05:22
WCST Jayden Hunt goal 7.8.50 - 15.9.99 07:45
MELB James Jordon behind 7.8.50 - 15.10.100 11:12
MELB Tom McDonald behind 7.8.50 - 15.11.101 14:36
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 7.8.50 - 16.11.107 16:59
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 7.8.50 - 17.11.113 19:13
WCST Jack Darling behind 7.9.51 - 17.11.113 20:48
MELB Christian Petracca goal 7.9.51 - 18.11.119 23:17
WCST Sam Petrevski-Seton goal 8.9.57 - 18.11.119 25:51
WCST Tim Kelly goal 9.9.63 - 18.11.119 26:56
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 9.9.63 - 19.11.125 28:43
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 9.9.63 - 19.12.126 31:21