2023 AFL Season Round 16: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 2023 between Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney during round sixteen of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Greater Western Sydney at TIO Traeger Park. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

Melbourne (5.15.45) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (7.5.47).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Sunday 2 July 2023
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: TIO Traeger Park
Attendance: 3,413

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 5.15.45 - 7.5.47

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	1	.	5	2	.	9	4	.	12	5	.	15	5	.	15	(45)
Greater Western Sydney	1	.	0	3	.	3	6	.	4	7	.	5	7	.	5	(47)
Margin	MELB by 5			level			GWSY by 4			GWSY by 2			GWSY by 2
Duration	26:22			29:53			29:36			27:58			1:53:49

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 (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Kingsley

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jack Viney	MELB	7	3
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	2
Josh Kelly	GWSY	22	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Josh Kelly	GWSY	22	9	1	1	0	0	0
Jack Viney	MELB	7	9	1	1	0	0	0
Nick Haynes	GWSY	19	6	0	0	2	0	0
Lachie Hunter	MELB	12	2	0	0	0	1	0
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jake Bowey	MELB	17	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Green	GWSY	12	1	0	0	0	0	1

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%	1	0	19	12	7	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1
10	Brayshaw, Angus	INT	67%	0	0	24	15	9	3	0	4	7	2	2	0	2	1
50	Brown, Ben	FF	88%	0	1	12	4	8	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
37	Chandler, Kade	INT	75%	0	0	12	4	8	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2
31	Fritsch, Bayley	CHF↓	7%	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Gawn, Max	RU	82%	0	0	20	13	7	2	17	2	8	2	1	0	1	5
6	Grundy, Brodie	INT	62%	1	0	15	5	10	3	16	0	5	1	0	1	0	1
4	Harmes, James	RO	71%	0	0	19	10	9	2	0	4	2	6	1	1	1	3
12	Hunter, Lachie	WL	91%	0	2	30	21	9	2	0	3	3	7	1	1	3	7
15	Langdon, Ed	WR	90%	1	0	24	13	11	4	0	2	3	4	2	0	1	3
8	Lever, Jake	CHB	100%	0	0	19	9	10	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1
1	May, Steven	FB	95%	0	0	22	18	4	8	0	2	0	3	1	1	7	1
41	McVee, Judd	BPL	85%	0	0	14	9	5	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1
18	Melksham, Jake	SUB↑	69%	1	0	6	5	1	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	3
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPL	81%	0	1	19	13	6	1	0	3	2	8	1	1	0	5
5	Petracca, Christian	HFFL	84%	0	4	34	17	17	5	0	3	5	2	1	0	3	7
35	Petty, Harry	BPR	92%	0	0	17	8	9	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	1
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	RR	93%	1	2	19	15	4	2	0	5	2	9	2	3	0	6
24	Rivers, Trent	HBFR	77%	0	0	17	10	7	3	0	3	1	3	2	0	3	4
3	Salem, Christian	HBFL	83%	0	0	24	16	8	6	0	4	0	3	0	0	4	2
29	Smith, Joel	FPR	80%	0	0	5	2	3	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	2
32	Sparrow, Tom	HFFR	76%	0	2	26	18	8	1	0	2	1	4	2	0	2	5
7	Viney, Jack	C	79%	0	1	41	20	21	5	0	7	7	11	5	1	2	10
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				5	15	439	258	181	68	34	57	48	74	25	10	37	73

J. Melksham replaced B. Fritsch.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
9	Angwin, Ryan	SUB↑	11%	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFL	74%	0	0	20	17	3	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	9	0
14	Bedford, Toby	HFFR	83%	0	0	9	2	7	1	0	7	2	3	0	2	0	1
32	Briggs, Kieren	RU	75%	0	0	8	4	4	1	20	6	4	3	1	3	5	0
46	Brown, Callum	INT	76%	1	1	12	9	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4
44	Buckley, Jack	BPL	94%	0	0	12	5	7	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	3	0
17	Callaghan, Finn	WR	78%	0	1	23	13	10	4	0	4	2	3	0	2	3	5
3	Coniglio, Stephen	RO	82%	0	0	30	21	9	6	0	3	3	5	0	2	3	4
13	Cumming, Isaac	BPR	86%	1	0	14	10	4	5	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	2
12	Green, Tom	RR	83%	0	0	38	10	28	3	0	4	3	5	0	1	2	2
4	Greene, Toby	FPR	91%	2	1	20	16	4	4	0	3	1	7	0	2	0	7
19	Haynes, Nick	HBFR	81%	0	0	21	16	5	8	0	2	0	1	0	0	7	1
27	Himmelberg, Harry	CHB	86%	0	0	28	20	8	5	0	2	2	8	1	2	11	2
23	Hogan, Jesse	FF	86%	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	3	1	2	1	0	2	1
39	Idun, Connor	INT	88%	0	0	13	6	7	3	0	3	0	2	1	0	6	0
25	Keeffe, Lachie	INT	64%	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	Kelly, Josh	WL	84%	2	0	26	12	14	3	0	4	4	8	1	2	1	6
38	Lloyd, Daniel	HFFL↓	72%	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	2
33	O'Halloran, Xavier	FPL	80%	1	0	16	8	8	2	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	3
36	Perryman, Harry	C	82%	0	0	19	15	4	2	0	2	0	6	1	1	5	0
26	Riccardi, Jake	CHF	75%	0	1	8	6	2	2	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	3
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	96%	0	0	13	4	9	1	0	8	0	5	0	2	6	0
8	Ward, Callan	INT	74%	0	0	19	13	6	3	0	0	3	9	0	2	3	3
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				7	5	372	220	152	65	24	72	28	85	10	25	67	46

R. Angwin replaced D. Lloyd.

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
	44	J. Buckley	15	S. Taylor	13	I. Cumming	11	M. Gawn	17	J. Bowey
	29	J. Smith	50	B. Brown	30	A. Neal-Bullen	36	K. Pickett	10	A. Brayshaw
FORWARD							4	J. Harmes	37	K. Chandler
HALF-BACK									6	B. Grundy
	7	L. Ash	27	H. Himmelberg	19	N. Haynes			18	J. Melksham
	32	T. Sparrow	31	B. Fritsch	5	C. Petracca
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	22	J. Kelly	36	H. Perryman	17	F. Callaghan
	15	E. Langdon	7	J. Viney	12	L. Hunter	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							32	K. Briggs	46	C. Brown
HALF-FORWARD							12	T. Green	39	C. Idun
	38	D. Lloyd	26	J. Riccardi	14	T. Bedford	3	S. Coniglio	25	L. Keeffe
	24	T. Rivers	8	J. Lever	3	C. Salem			8	C. Ward
HALF-BACK									9	R. Angwin
FORWARD
	33	X. O'Halloran	23	J. Hogan	4	T. Greene
	35	H. Petty	1	S. May	41	J. McVee
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:21
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	03:44
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	0.3.3	-	0.0.0	05:40
	GWSY	Callum Brown goal	0.3.3	-	1.0.6	09:45
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	1.3.9	-	1.0.6	19:40
	MELB	Lachie Hunter behind	1.4.10	-	1.0.6	24:02
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	1.5.11	-	1.0.6	25:44
Q2	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	1.5.11	-	2.0.12	03:10
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	1.6.12	-	2.0.12	04:31
	MELB	Jake Bowey goal	2.6.18	-	2.0.12	07:05
	GWSY	Rushed behind	2.6.18	-	2.1.13	09:08
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	2.7.19	-	2.1.13	15:48
	MELB	Lachie Hunter behind	2.8.20	-	2.1.13	18:00
	MELB	Tom Sparrow behind	2.9.21	-	2.1.13	20:53
	GWSY	Callum Brown behind	2.9.21	-	2.2.14	21:35
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	2.9.21	-	3.2.20	24:31
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	2.9.21	-	3.3.21	29:49
Q3	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	2.10.22	-	3.3.21	01:35
	GWSY	Finn Callaghan behind	2.10.22	-	3.4.22	04:36
	GWSY	Xavier O'Halloran goal	2.10.22	-	4.4.28	06:33
	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	2.10.22	-	5.4.34	08:07
	GWSY	Isaac Cumming goal	2.10.22	-	6.4.40	12:28
	MELB	Brodie Grundy goal	3.10.28	-	6.4.40	14:59
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	4.10.34	-	6.4.40	16:40
	MELB	Rushed behind	4.11.35	-	6.4.40	21:16
	MELB	Ben Brown behind	4.12.36	-	6.4.40	23:30
Q4	MELB	Ed Langdon goal	5.12.42	-	6.4.40	03:41
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	5.12.42	-	6.5.41	07:28
	MELB	Jack Viney behind	5.13.43	-	6.5.41	15:49
	MELB	Tom Sparrow behind	5.14.44	-	6.5.41	21:45
	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	5.14.44	-	7.5.47	23:02
	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	5.15.45	-	7.5.47	25:01

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