2024 AFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 17 March 2024 between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs during round two of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Western Bulldogs at the 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 (16.13.109) defeated the Western Bulldogs (9.10.64).

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

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 (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Vice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Vice-Captain: Tom Liberatore
Coach: Luke Beveridge

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

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