2023 AFL Season Round 23: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 2023 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round twenty-three of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Sam Mitchell.

Melbourne (13.9.87) defeated Hawthorn (9.6.60).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Sunday 20 August 2023
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,142

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 13.9.87 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	3	.	2	6	.	5	10	.	6	13	.	9	13	.	9	(87)
Hawthorn	4	.	2	6	.	3	8	.	5	9	.	6	9	.	6	(60)
Margin	HWTH by 6			MELB by 2			MELB by 13			MELB by 27			MELB by 27
Duration	30:02			27:25			30:18			28:35			1:56:20

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 (Hawthorn) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jack Viney	MELB	7	3
Jake Melksham	MELB	18	2
James Worpel	HWTH	5	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Jake Lever	MELB	8	10	2	0	0	0	0
Jake Melksham	MELB	18	8	0	2	0	0	0
Trent Rivers	MELB	24	6	0	0	2	0	0
Jack Viney	MELB	7	2	0	0	0	1	0
James Worpel	HWTH	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
Karl Amon	HWTH	10	1	0	0	0	0	1
Finn Maginness	HWTH	32	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	74%	0	0	15	11	4	5	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	3
10	Brayshaw, Angus	FPR	69%	1	0	20	10	10	3	0	5	4	2	1	0	0	4
37	Chandler, Kade	INT	87%	1	0	6	5	1	3	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	1
11	Gawn, Max	RU	86%	0	1	20	14	6	7	22	1	5	1	1	1	3	3
12	Hunter, Lachie	WL	91%	0	0	18	12	6	6	0	2	0	3	1	1	1	2
15	Langdon, Ed	WR	87%	0	0	18	13	5	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	6
16	Laurie, Bailey	HFFL	64%	0	0	14	7	7	1	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	2
8	Lever, Jake	HBFR	96%	0	0	19	12	7	13	0	3	0	3	0	2	2	2
1	May, Steven	FB	88%	0	0	14	13	1	9	0	1	0	4	1	2	2	2
41	McVee, Judd	HBFL	80%	0	0	14	11	3	8	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	1
18	Melksham, Jake	CHF	84%	3	4	15	14	1	6	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	5
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	HFFR	82%	0	0	15	9	6	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2
13	Oliver, Clayton	RR	78%	1	0	14	5	9	1	0	6	4	2	0	0	1	2
5	Petracca, Christian	RO	87%	1	1	22	7	15	3	0	2	7	1	0	0	0	4
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	FPL	84%	0	0	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0
24	Rivers, Trent	BPR	82%	0	0	27	21	6	10	0	1	1	3	2	1	4	6
3	Salem, Christian	BPL	82%	0	0	20	14	6	8	0	2	0	3	2	1	3	5
19	Schache, Josh	SUB↑	17%	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Smith, Joel	INT	76%	2	0	7	5	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	1
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	75%	1	1	17	11	6	6	0	4	1	4	0	2	0	2
20	Tomlinson, Adam	CHB↓	81%	0	0	12	11	1	6	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	2
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	FF	66%	3	0	7	5	2	4	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	1
7	Viney, Jack	C	84%	0	0	25	9	16	8	0	7	2	3	0	2	0	5
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				13	9	345	225	120	122	26	55	26	50	16	17	29	61

J. Schache replaced A. Tomlinson.

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
10	Amon, Karl	HBFR	82%	0	0	27	24	3	14	0	1	2	3	0	1	7	1
36	Blanck, James	FB	91%	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
22	Breust, Luke	CHF	86%	2	2	11	11	0	4	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	2
12	Day, Will	HFFL	75%	1	0	20	11	9	9	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	2
24	Grainger-Barras, Denver	FPR	70%	1	0	8	5	3	7	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
15	Hardwick, Blake	BPL	87%	0	0	22	15	7	8	0	4	1	4	0	1	5	2
44	Hustwaite, Henry	INT	74%	2	0	15	5	10	2	0	5	2	1	1	0	0	0
4	Impey, Jarman	INT	80%	0	0	23	13	10	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1
23	Koschitzke, Jacob	FF	79%	0	0	12	8	4	4	3	4	0	4	1	1	1	2
27	Long, Ned	WL	69%	0	0	12	5	7	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
31	MacDonald, Connor	WR	82%	2	0	19	14	5	8	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	2
32	Maginness, Finn	RO	91%	0	0	13	8	5	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1
13	Moore, Dylan	FPL	92%	1	2	18	12	6	5	0	2	1	1	3	0	1	3
1	Morrison, Harry	INT	81%	0	0	19	15	4	9	0	4	0	3	1	1	2	1
11	Nash, Conor	RR	79%	0	0	25	11	14	4	0	4	8	2	2	0	2	4
38	Ramsden, Max	INT↓	56%	0	1	8	4	4	3	5	0	0	3	1	1	1	2
7	Reeves, Ned	RU	85%	0	0	13	5	8	4	26	0	3	2	0	1	3	2
14	Scrimshaw, Jack	CHB	87%	0	0	20	10	10	5	0	2	0	7	0	2	4	1
29	Serong, Jai	SUB↑	25%	0	0	6	5	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
6	Sicily, James	HBFL	97%	0	0	23	12	11	7	0	1	1	7	1	2	4	2
25	Ward, Josh	HFFR	75%	0	0	8	5	3	3	0	2	1	1	1	1	3	1
37	Weddle, Josh	BPR	80%	0	0	16	10	6	10	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	1
5	Worpel, James	C	78%	0	0	30	13	17	1	0	1	11	8	0	3	2	4
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				9	6	373	224	149	117	34	42	35	60	17	16	46	38

J. Serong replaced M. Ramsden.

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	B. Hardwick	36	J. Blanck	37	J. Weddle	11	M. Gawn	17	J. Bowey
	10	A. Brayshaw	2	J. van Rooyen	36	K. Pickett	13	C. Oliver	37	K. Chandler
FORWARD							5	C. Petracca	29	J. Smith
HALF-BACK									32	T. Sparrow
	6	J. Sicily	14	J. Scrimshaw	10	K. Amon			19	J. Schache
	30	A. Neal-Bullen	18	J. Melksham	16	B. Laurie
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	27	N. Long	5	J. Worpel	31	C. MacDonald
	15	E. Langdon	7	J. Viney	12	L. Hunter	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							7	N. Reeves	44	H. Hustwaite
HALF-FORWARD							11	C. Nash	4	J. Impey
	12	W. Day	22	L. Breust	25	J. Ward	32	F. Maginness	1	H. Morrison
	8	J. Lever	20	A. Tomlinson	41	J. McVee			38	M. Ramsden
HALF-BACK									29	J. Serong
FORWARD
	13	D. Moore	23	J. Koschitzke	24	D. Grainger-Barras
	24	T. Rivers	1	S. May	3	C. Salem
BACK
Hawthorn							Coach: Sam Mitchell

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:43
	HWTH	Will Day goal	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	03:37
	HWTH	Luke Breust behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	05:11
	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	0.2.2	-	1.1.7	08:16
	HWTH	Luke Breust goal	0.2.2	-	2.1.13	09:14
	MELB	Joel Smith goal	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	15:47
	HWTH	Connor MacDonald goal	1.2.8	-	3.1.19	21:01
	HWTH	Max Ramsden behind	1.2.8	-	3.2.20	24:13
	MELB	Angus Brayshaw goal	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	25:25
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	26:57
	HWTH	Henry Hustwaite goal	3.2.20	-	4.2.26	28:59
Q2	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	3.3.21	-	4.2.26	05:49
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	4.3.27	-	4.2.26	06:37
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	4.4.28	-	4.2.26	08:17
	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	4.5.29	-	4.2.26	09:46
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	5.5.35	-	4.2.26	10:47
	HWTH	Henry Hustwaite goal	5.5.35	-	5.2.32	13:42
	HWTH	Denver Grainger-Barras goal	5.5.35	-	6.2.38	15:27
	HWTH	Dylan Moore behind	5.5.35	-	6.3.39	24:01
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	6.5.41	-	6.3.39	25:17
Q3	MELB	Tom Sparrow goal	7.5.47	-	6.3.39	03:12
	HWTH	Luke Breust goal	7.5.47	-	7.3.45	04:21
	MELB	Joel Smith goal	8.5.53	-	7.3.45	07:51
	MELB	Tom Sparrow behind	8.6.54	-	7.3.45	10:16
	HWTH	Luke Breust behind	8.6.54	-	7.4.46	13:41
	HWTH	Connor MacDonald goal	8.6.54	-	8.4.52	14:37
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	9.6.60	-	8.4.52	16:11
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	10.6.66	-	8.4.52	24:03
	HWTH	Dylan Moore behind	10.6.66	-	8.5.53	25:31
Q4	HWTH	Dylan Moore goal	10.6.66	-	9.5.59	00:17
	HWTH	Rushed behind	10.6.66	-	9.6.60	05:37
	MELB	Max Gawn behind	10.7.67	-	9.6.60	06:49
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	11.7.73	-	9.6.60	08:22
	MELB	Rushed behind	11.8.74	-	9.6.60	11:05
	MELB	Josh Schache behind	11.9.75	-	9.6.60	13:09
	MELB	Clayton Oliver goal	12.9.81	-	9.6.60	14:09
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	13.9.87	-	9.6.60	15:53

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