2024 AFL Round 2: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 17 March 2024 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 2 of the 2024 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Melbourne
Back: T. Rivers, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: J. McVee, B. Howes, C. Salem
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Petracca, C. Windsor
Half-forward: T. McDonald, J. van Rooyen, K. Pickett
Forward: B. Brown, B. Fritsch, K. Chandler
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), J. Viney (vice-capt.), T. Sparrow
Int.: J. Billings, M. Hore, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Oliver
Sub.: T. Woewodin

Western Bulldogs
Back: L. Bramble, L. Jones, N. Coffield
Half-back: E. Richards, B. Khamis, J. Johannisen
Centre: L. McNeil, A. Treloar, H. Gallagher
Half-forward: R. Sanders, R. Lobb, L. Vandermeer
Forward: R. West, A. Naughton, J. Ugle-Hagan
Follower: T. English, M. Bontempelli (capt.), T. Liberatore (vice-capt.)
Int.: B. Dale, J. Harmes, C. Weightman, B. Williams
Sub.: C. Daniel

Melbourne (16.13.109) defeated Western Bulldogs (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: K. Chandler (3), J. van Rooyen (3), B. Brown (2), A. Neal-Bullen (2), K. Pickett (2), J. Billings, C. Petracca, C. Salem, J. Viney
Western Bulldogs: J. Ugle-Hagan (2), M. Bontempelli, L. Bramble, H. Gallagher, R. Lobb, A. Naughton, C. Weightman, R. West

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (up from 16th) and Western Bulldogs were then 17th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 17 March 2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,100

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 16.13.109 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 8 . 5 10 . 8 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Western Bulldogs 4 . 3 6 . 5 7 . 7 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 12 MELB by 19 MELB by 45 MELB by 45
Duration 35:32 31:29 28:04 32:34 2:07:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
Vice-Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Christian Petracca MELB 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 9 1 1 0 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Steven May MELB 1 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Jack Billings MELB 14 1 0 0 0 0 1
Lachie Bramble WBUL 29 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
14 Billings, Jack INT 78% 1 1 23 20 3 15 0 5 1 2 2 0 3 5
50 Brown, Ben FPL 78% 2 2 9 7 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
37 Chandler, Kade FPR 81% 3 1 11 9 2 5 0 4 1 2 0 2 1 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley FF 96% 0 3 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 82% 0 1 26 16 10 9 35 1 8 4 2 0 4 3
27 Hore, Marty INT 81% 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 2 1 2 0 1 6 0
22 Howes, Blake CHB 73% 0 0 16 8 8 7 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2
15 Langdon, Ed WL 93% 0 0 18 9 9 6 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 1
8 Lever, Jake BPR 91% 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 3 0 6 3 5 3 1
1 May, Steven FB 87% 0 0 25 21 4 13 0 3 0 4 0 1 6 1
25 McDonald, Tom HFFL 97% 0 0 18 15 3 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 8 0
4 McVee, Judd HBFL 81% 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex INT 72% 2 0 13 6 7 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1
13 Oliver, Clayton INT 71% 0 1 35 21 14 5 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 7
5 Petracca, Christian C 81% 1 1 29 17 12 10 0 2 5 3 1 0 0 7
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFR 90% 2 0 11 6 5 4 0 5 2 3 0 1 0 1
24 Rivers, Trent BPL 90% 0 0 21 11 10 8 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 74% 1 0 20 13 7 5 0 5 0 3 0 2 1 3
32 Sparrow, Tom RO 77% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
2 van Rooyen, Jacob CHF 76% 3 0 6 5 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Viney, Jack (vc) RR 74% 1 1 23 9 14 5 0 5 4 3 3 0 0 7
6 Windsor, Caleb WR↓ 63% 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 3 4 1 2 0 1 2
40 Woewodin, Taj SUB↑ 14% 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 16 13 392 250 142 141 38 47 36 56 19 15 44 53

T. Woewodin replaced C. Windsor.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RR 88% 1 0 25 12 13 4 0 4 6 4 0 2 0 6
29 Bramble, Lachie BPL 83% 1 0 22 14 8 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 4 3
17 Coffield, Nick BPR 74% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0
31 Dale, Bailey INT 80% 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 0 1 2 1 0 5 1
35 Daniel, Caleb SUB↑ 29% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
44 English, Tim RU 84% 0 2 23 14 9 5 21 4 4 7 2 1 0 6
12 Gallagher, Harvey WR 71% 1 0 9 8 1 3 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 4
22 Harmes, James INT 70% 0 0 11 3 8 2 0 5 1 5 0 3 1 0
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFR 78% 0 0 26 19 7 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 3
19 Jones, Liam FB 100% 0 0 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
24 Khamis, Buku CHB 96% 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
21 Liberatore, Tom (vc) RO 82% 0 0 32 17 15 2 0 1 9 7 2 1 2 7
7 Lobb, Rory CHF 80% 1 0 7 3 4 2 6 0 0 4 0 2 0 2
30 McNeil, Lachlan WL 81% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 1 2 7 0 3 0 3
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 85% 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
20 Richards, Ed HBFL 88% 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 1 0 4 0 2 6 1
9 Sanders, Ryley HFFL↓ 55% 0 0 15 9 6 7 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2
1 Treloar, Adam C 77% 0 0 31 9 22 4 0 1 4 3 0 0 2 1
2 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra FPR 80% 2 3 14 12 2 6 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4
23 Vandermeer, Laitham HFFR 82% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1
3 Weightman, Cody INT 77% 1 2 13 9 4 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
14 West, Rhylee FPL 79% 1 1 12 10 2 6 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 4
34 Williams, Bailey INT 80% 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 10 362 214 148 99 27 37 34 63 15 19 35 53

C. Daniel replaced R. Sanders.

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
29 L. Bramble 19 L. Jones 17 N. Coffield 11 M. Gawn (c) 14 J. Billings
37 K. Chandler 31 B. Fritsch 50 B. Brown 7 J. Viney (vc) 27 M. Hore
FORWARD 32 T. Sparrow 30 A. Neal-Bullen
HALF-BACK

13 C. Oliver
20 E. Richards 24 B. Khamis 39 J. Johannisen

40 T. Woewodin
36 K. Pickett 2 J. van Rooyen 25 T. McDonald



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 L. McNeil 1 A. Treloar 12 H. Gallagher



6 C. Windsor 5 C. Petracca 15 E. Langdon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 31 B. Dale
HALF-FORWARD 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 22 J. Harmes
9 R. Sanders 7 R. Lobb 23 L. Vandermeer 21 T. Liberatore (vc) 3 C. Weightman
3 C. Salem 22 B. Howes 4 J. McVee

34 B. Williams
HALF-BACK

35 C. Daniel
FORWARD



14 R. West 33 A. Naughton 2 J. Ugle-Hagan



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 24 T. Rivers



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:08
WBUL Rhylee West behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 03:14
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 04:14
MELB Jack Viney goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 05:23
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 08:04
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 09:43
WBUL Rory Lobb goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 10:47
MELB Jack Billings behind 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 14:45
MELB Ben Brown behind 1.3.9 - 3.2.20 15:59
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 17:43
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 2.3.15 - 3.3.21 19:27
MELB Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 3.3.21 20:43
WBUL Harvey Gallagher goal 2.4.16 - 4.3.27 25:19
MELB Kade Chandler goal 3.4.22 - 4.3.27 29:19
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 4.4.28 - 4.3.27 32:22
Q2 MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 5.4.34 - 4.3.27 01:53
MELB Kade Chandler goal 6.4.40 - 4.3.27 03:09
MELB Ben Brown goal 7.4.46 - 4.3.27 06:17
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 7.4.46 - 5.3.33 08:54
MELB Ben Brown goal 8.4.52 - 5.3.33 12:18
WBUL Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 5.4.34 15:09
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 8.4.52 - 5.5.35 17:00
MELB Jack Viney behind 8.5.53 - 5.5.35 19:14
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 8.5.53 - 6.5.41 28:54
Q3 MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 9.5.59 - 6.5.41 01:34
WBUL Tim English behind 9.5.59 - 6.6.42 03:46
WBUL Tim English behind 9.5.59 - 6.7.43 04:59
MELB Christian Petracca behind 9.6.60 - 6.7.43 07:40
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 9.6.60 - 7.7.49 09:26
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 9.7.61 - 7.7.49 16:34
MELB Kade Chandler goal 10.7.67 - 7.7.49 18:46
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 10.8.68 - 7.7.49 23:46
Q4 WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 10.8.68 - 7.8.50 00:49
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 10.8.68 - 7.9.51 01:34
MELB Max Gawn behind 10.9.69 - 7.9.51 03:21
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 10.9.69 - 7.10.52 04:20
MELB Christian Petracca goal 11.9.75 - 7.10.52 07:15
WBUL Lachie Bramble goal 11.9.75 - 8.10.58 09:55
MELB Rushed behind 11.10.76 - 8.10.58 12:53
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 12.10.82 - 8.10.58 14:09
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 13.10.88 - 8.10.58 17:01
WBUL Rhylee West goal 13.10.88 - 9.10.64 20:41
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 13.11.89 - 9.10.64 23:24
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 14.11.95 - 9.10.64 24:50
MELB Jack Billings goal 15.11.101 - 9.10.64 27:41
MELB Kade Chandler behind 15.12.102 - 9.10.64 29:53
MELB Christian Salem goal 16.12.108 - 9.10.64 30:18
MELB Ben Brown behind 16.13.109 - 9.10.64 32:30