2023 AFL 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 16 of the 2023 AFL season. 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
Back: J. McVee, S. May, H. Petty
Half-back: C. Salem, J. Lever, T. Rivers
Centre: L. Hunter, J. Viney, E. Langdon
Half-forward: C. Petracca, B. Fritsch, T. Sparrow
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Brown, J. Smith
Follower: M. Gawn, K. Pickett, J. Harmes
Int.: J. Bowey, A. Brayshaw, K. Chandler, B. Grundy
Sub.: J. Melksham

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Buckley, S. Taylor, I. Cumming
Half-back: L. Ash, H. Himmelberg, N. Haynes
Centre: J. Kelly, H. Perryman, F. Callaghan
Half-forward: D. Lloyd, J. Riccardi, T. Bedford
Forward: X. O'Halloran, J. Hogan, T. Greene
Follower: K. Briggs, T. Green, S. Coniglio
Int.: C. Brown, C. Idun, L. Keeffe, C. Ward
Sub.: R. Angwin

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

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Bowey, B. Grundy, E. Langdon, J. Melksham, K. Pickett
Greater Western Sydney: T. Greene (2), J. Kelly (2), C. Brown, I. Cumming, X. O'Halloran

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder and Greater Western Sydney were then 10th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Melbourne), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

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