2023 AFL Round 15: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 June 2023 between Geelong and Melbourne during round 15 of the 2023 AFL season. Geelong hosted Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Geelong
Back: J. Bews, S. De Koning, Z. Tuohy
Half-back: J. Henry, T. Stewart, T. Atkins
Centre: I. Smith, M. Duncan, M. Holmes
Half-forward: J. Kolodjashnij, J. Cameron, T. Stengle
Forward: G. Rohan, T. Hawkins, B. Close
Follower: R. Stanley, M. Blicavs, M. O'Connor
Int.: T. Bruhn, Z. Guthrie, O. Henry, G. Miers
Sub.: J. Bowes

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

Geelong (11.12.78) defeated Melbourne (8.15.63).

Goalkickers
Geelong: G. Rohan (3), T. Bruhn (2), M. Blicavs, M. Duncan, Z. Guthrie, T. Hawkins, O. Henry, T. Stengle
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (2), K. Pickett (2), J. Smith (2), C. Petracca, J. van Rooyen

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Thursday 22 June 2023
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 19,617

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 11.12.78 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 4 4 . 7 5 . 10 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 8 6 . 11 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin GEEL by 9 MELB by 1 MELB by 7 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 15
Duration 37:26 30:49 28:25 33:31 2:10:11

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), unknown (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 3
Jack Viney MELB 7 2
Gary Rohan GEEL 23 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Gary Rohan GEEL 23 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Brad Close GEEL 45 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Christian Petracca MELB 5 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Jack Viney MELB 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jake Lever MELB 8 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom HBFR 76% 0 0 19 11 8 0 0 9 4 4 0 0 3 2
24 Bews, Jed BPL 78% 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 4 0 4 1 0 2 1
46 Blicavs, Mark RR 82% 1 0 19 15 4 6 3 5 5 6 0 3 2 4
12 Bowes, Jack SUB↑ 49% 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 5 4 6 2 2 1 6
4 Bruhn, Tanner INT 62% 2 1 19 13 6 4 0 2 6 2 1 1 1 3
5 Cameron, Jeremy CHF↓ 12% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
45 Close, Brad FPR 84% 0 0 24 11 13 1 0 4 3 2 4 0 2 2
16 De Koning, Sam FB 87% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 1 2 2 1 4 1
22 Duncan, Mitch C 86% 1 1 22 19 3 6 0 8 1 5 0 0 5 5
39 Guthrie, Zach INT 71% 1 0 12 9 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 97% 1 1 13 8 5 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 2
38 Henry, Jack HBFL 100% 0 0 16 12 4 7 0 1 0 5 3 2 3 0
36 Henry, Ollie INT 83% 1 2 7 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
9 Holmes, Max WR 78% 0 0 17 12 5 0 0 6 2 3 0 0 1 5
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake HFFL 88% 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2
32 Miers, Gryan INT 82% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 2 4 3 0 2 0 1
42 O'Connor, Mark RO 73% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 5 1 5 2 0 2 1
23 Rohan, Gary FPL 86% 3 2 16 12 4 7 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 4
7 Smith, Isaac WL 85% 0 1 17 13 4 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 3 3
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 76% 0 1 9 6 3 1 26 1 2 4 1 4 1 1
18 Stengle, Tyson HFFR 84% 1 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 92% 0 0 22 20 2 9 0 2 0 3 1 0 8 2
2 Tuohy, Zach BPR 89% 0 1 18 12 6 2 0 0 1 7 0 2 2 5
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 12 342 237 105 71 31 70 35 75 21 22 44 53

J. Bowes replaced J. Cameron.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus INT 78% 0 0 25 15 10 4 0 2 6 4 0 0 4 3
37 Chandler, Kade INT 66% 0 2 12 3 9 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 88% 2 1 9 5 4 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 79% 0 0 15 10 5 1 23 4 5 3 2 0 2 1
6 Grundy, Brodie INT 63% 0 0 13 6 7 5 19 1 2 2 3 2 0 4
14 Hibberd, Michael BPR 91% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 1
12 Hunter, Lachie RO 94% 0 0 23 11 12 3 0 4 3 5 0 0 3 5
23 Jordon, James HBFL↓ 51% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 1
15 Langdon, Ed WR 91% 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 3 1 3 1 0 2 3
8 Lever, Jake CHB 100% 0 0 15 6 9 5 0 0 1 4 1 2 2 1
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 16 15 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 10 2
41 McVee, Judd INT 84% 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex WL 75% 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 4 1 4 1 2 0 4
5 Petracca, Christian RR 83% 1 2 33 18 15 3 0 6 10 6 3 1 3 5
35 Petty, Harry CHF 84% 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 89% 2 2 12 8 4 1 0 5 3 3 0 0 0 1
24 Rivers, Trent BPL 74% 0 1 25 12 13 6 0 3 0 2 2 0 2 3
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 81% 0 0 22 15 7 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 3 4
29 Smith, Joel FPL 85% 2 1 11 6 5 3 0 5 0 2 1 2 0 0
9 Spargo, Charlie SUB↑ 21% 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
32 Sparrow, Tom HFFR 69% 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 4 4 5 1 1 2 3
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 79% 1 0 7 3 4 3 5 3 0 2 2 2 0 1
7 Viney, Jack C 75% 0 0 25 13 12 1 0 8 6 6 0 1 0 5
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 8 15 365 207 158 63 47 75 47 67 22 21 41 52

C. Spargo replaced J. Jordon.

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
24 T. Rivers 1 S. May 14 M. Hibberd 1 R. Stanley 4 T. Bruhn
45 B. Close 26 T. Hawkins 23 G. Rohan 46 M. Blicavs 39 Z. Guthrie
FORWARD 42 M. O'Connor 36 O. Henry
HALF-BACK

32 G. Miers
23 J. Jordon 8 J. Lever 3 C. Salem

12 J. Bowes
18 T. Stengle 5 J. Cameron 8 J. Kolodjashnij



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 A. Neal-Bullen 7 J. Viney 15 E. Langdon



9 M. Holmes 22 M. Duncan 7 I. Smith FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 10 A. Brayshaw
HALF-FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 37 K. Chandler
36 K. Pickett 35 H. Petty 32 T. Sparrow 12 L. Hunter 6 B. Grundy
30 T. Atkins 44 T. Stewart 38 J. Henry

41 J. McVee
HALF-BACK

9 C. Spargo
FORWARD



29 J. Smith 2 J. van Rooyen 31 B. Fritsch



2 Z. Tuohy 16 S. De Koning 24 J. Bews



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:05
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:01
MELB Joel Smith behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 03:26
GEEL Tanner Bruhn goal 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 09:17
GEEL Mitch Duncan behind 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 12:13
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 23:28
GEEL Isaac Smith behind 2.3.15 - 1.1.7 24:39
GEEL Zach Tuohy behind 2.4.16 - 1.1.7 27:16
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 3.4.22 - 1.1.7 32:06
MELB Joel Smith goal 3.4.22 - 2.1.13 35:38
Q2 MELB Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 2.2.14 01:52
MELB Kade Chandler behind 3.4.22 - 2.3.15 05:08
MELB Trent Rivers behind 3.4.22 - 2.4.16 06:08
MELB Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 2.5.17 07:17
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 3.5.23 - 2.5.17 09:24
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 3.6.24 - 2.5.17 09:41
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 3.7.25 - 2.5.17 11:28
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 4.7.31 - 2.5.17 12:34
MELB Joel Smith goal 4.7.31 - 3.5.23 15:20
MELB Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 3.6.24 19:10
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 4.7.31 - 4.6.30 20:39
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 4.7.31 - 4.7.31 29:17
MELB Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 4.8.32 29:50
Q3 MELB Kade Chandler behind 4.7.31 - 4.9.33 01:55
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 5.7.37 - 4.9.33 03:26
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 5.8.38 - 4.9.33 05:39
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 5.8.38 - 4.10.34 11:58
GEEL Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 4.10.34 13:15
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 5.9.39 - 5.10.40 16:49
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 5.9.39 - 6.10.46 20:34
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 5.10.40 - 6.10.46 22:47
MELB Christian Petracca behind 5.10.40 - 6.11.47 26:43
Q4 GEEL Tanner Bruhn behind 5.11.41 - 6.11.47 00:16
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 6.11.47 - 6.11.47 02:17
GEEL Zach Guthrie goal 7.11.53 - 6.11.47 03:58
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 7.11.53 - 6.12.48 05:44
GEEL Rushed behind 7.12.54 - 6.12.48 09:55
GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 8.12.60 - 6.12.48 12:11
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 9.12.66 - 6.12.48 14:01
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 10.12.72 - 6.12.48 15:47
MELB Rushed behind 10.12.72 - 6.13.49 17:22
MELB Christian Petracca behind 10.12.72 - 6.14.50 18:53
GEEL Tanner Bruhn goal 11.12.78 - 6.14.50 21:16
MELB Christian Petracca goal 11.12.78 - 7.14.56 23:23
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 11.12.78 - 7.15.57 28:41
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 11.12.78 - 8.15.63 31:08