2024 AFL Season Round 3: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 March 2024 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round three of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at the MCG. James Sicily captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Hawthorn (5.8.38) were defeated by Melbourne (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 March 2024
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,960

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Melbourne
Score: 5.8.38 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Hawthorn	0	.	1	2	.	3	4	.	6	5	.	8	5	.	8	(38)
Melbourne	5	.	3	6	.	5	10	.	7	14	.	9	14	.	9	(93)
Margin	MELB by 32			MELB by 26			MELB by 37			MELB by 55			MELB by 55
Duration	28:37			29:15			30:27			28:45			1:57:04

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Hawthorn) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: James Sicily
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Melbourne

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

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	3
Bayley Fritsch	MELB	31	2
Jack Viney	MELB	7	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	10	2	0	0	0	0
Bayley Fritsch	MELB	31	8	0	2	0	0	0
Alex Neal-Bullen	MELB	30	4	0	0	1	0	1
Kysaiah Pickett	MELB	36	4	0	0	1	0	1
Kade Chandler	MELB	37	2	0	0	0	1	0
Max Gawn	MELB	11	2	0	0	0	1	0

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
10	Amon, Karl	WL	78%	0	0	22	17	5	5	0	1	0	4	1	0	6	2
22	Breust, Luke	FPL↓	44%	1	0	8	4	4	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	3
18	Chol, Mabior	FF	73%	0	0	10	7	3	3	3	5	0	3	2	2	0	4
16	D'Ambrosio, Massimo	HBFR	83%	0	0	23	13	10	8	0	4	2	3	0	1	1	0
8	Frost, Sam	FB	98%	0	0	15	7	8	5	0	2	0	3	1	2	2	0
33	Ginnivan, Jack	HFFL	81%	0	1	17	9	8	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5
19	Gunston, Jack	SUB↑	42%	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Hardwick, Blake	CHB	93%	0	0	17	14	3	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4
4	Impey, Jarman	HBFL	78%	0	0	18	11	7	9	0	2	0	1	1	0	7	1
2	Lewis, Mitch	CHF	90%	1	0	8	6	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
31	MacDonald, Connor	INT	77%	1	1	17	11	6	6	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	2
28	Mackenzie, Cam	INT	83%	0	0	21	10	11	1	0	4	2	3	3	0	0	2
32	Maginness, Finn	FPR	83%	0	0	17	9	8	3	0	2	1	5	0	1	1	2
13	Moore, Dylan	C	75%	0	0	11	4	7	2	0	4	1	3	1	2	0	0
11	Nash, Conor	HFFR	78%	0	0	20	10	10	3	0	2	5	4	0	2	1	4
3	Newcombe, Jai	RR	72%	0	0	17	8	9	4	0	4	2	3	1	1	2	1
7	Reeves, Ned	RU	79%	0	0	10	3	7	1	26	2	3	4	2	3	0	0
14	Scrimshaw, Jack	INT	78%	0	0	26	15	11	9	0	0	0	2	1	1	8	0
6	Sicily, James (c)	BPR	92%	0	0	27	20	7	13	0	1	0	3	2	1	6	0
25	Ward, Josh	WR	84%	0	0	16	11	5	9	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
34	Watson, Nick	INT	77%	1	3	13	7	6	4	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
23	Weddle, Josh	BPL	81%	1	1	21	12	9	10	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	1
5	Worpel, James	RO	82%	0	0	27	14	13	1	0	4	3	3	2	0	2	9
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				5	8	383	223	160	116	30	50	23	53	20	17	40	42

J. Gunston replaced L. Breust.

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
14	Billings, Jack	INT	80%	1	1	20	10	10	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	3
50	Brown, Ben	FF	96%	0	1	7	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
37	Chandler, Kade	FPR	80%	2	0	11	6	5	4	0	4	1	3	0	3	0	5
31	Fritsch, Bayley	CHF	94%	5	1	13	8	5	4	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	1
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	82%	0	0	17	12	5	6	24	6	2	5	4	3	3	6
27	Hore, Marty	SUB↑	42%	0	0	7	6	1	4	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	1
22	Howes, Blake	INT	76%	0	0	16	10	6	6	0	4	0	3	2	0	5	1
15	Langdon, Ed	WL	92%	0	0	26	11	15	3	0	4	2	3	0	1	2	3
8	Lever, Jake	CHB	50%	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	1
1	May, Steven	FB↓	45%	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
25	McDonald, Tom	HFFL	100%	0	0	10	8	2	6	0	2	0	3	0	1	4	2
4	McVee, Judd	BPL	85%	0	0	20	16	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPL	79%	0	0	24	13	11	4	0	6	2	2	1	0	3	4
13	Oliver, Clayton	RO	78%	0	0	23	11	12	3	0	6	5	5	2	2	0	3
5	Petracca, Christian	C	73%	1	1	29	14	15	6	0	3	6	4	0	0	1	8
35	Petty, Harry	BPR	79%	0	1	12	10	2	9	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	0
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	HFFR	88%	3	1	13	10	3	7	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	2
24	Rivers, Trent	HBFL	86%	0	0	17	12	5	8	0	5	1	2	0	0	5	0
3	Salem, Christian	HBFR	86%	0	0	20	15	5	10	0	5	0	1	0	0	2	0
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	70%	1	0	20	10	10	2	0	7	3	3	0	1	0	4
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	INT	75%	1	1	10	7	3	3	5	5	3	1	3	1	0	2
7	Viney, Jack (vc)	RR	81%	0	0	21	8	13	1	0	3	7	2	1	2	1	3
6	Windsor, Caleb	WR	82%	0	0	16	10	6	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				14	9	360	217	143	106	29	73	35	54	17	20	36	55

M. Hore replaced S. May.

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

Hawthorn							Coach: Sam Mitchell
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	4	J. McVee	1	S. May	35	H. Petty	7	N. Reeves	31	C. MacDonald
	32	F. Maginness	18	M. Chol	22	L. Breust	3	J. Newcombe	28	C. Mackenzie
FORWARD							5	J. Worpel	14	J. Scrimshaw
HALF-BACK									34	N. Watson
	24	T. Rivers	8	J. Lever	3	C. Salem			19	J. Gunston
	11	C. Nash	2	M. Lewis	33	J. Ginnivan
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	E. Langdon	5	C. Petracca	6	C. Windsor
	25	J. Ward	13	D. Moore	10	K. Amon	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Gawn (c)	14	J. Billings
HALF-FORWARD							7	J. Viney (vc)	22	B. Howes
	25	T. McDonald	31	B. Fritsch	36	K. Pickett	13	C. Oliver	32	T. Sparrow
	16	M. D'Ambrosio	15	B. Hardwick	4	J. Impey			2	J. van Rooyen
HALF-BACK									27	M. Hore
FORWARD
	30	A. Neal-Bullen	50	B. Brown	37	K. Chandler
	6	J. Sicily (c)	8	S. Frost	23	J. Weddle
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Harry Petty behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	02:33
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	04:02
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	05:34
	HWTH	Nick Watson behind	0.1.1	-	1.2.8	11:14
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	0.1.1	-	2.2.14	12:03
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	0.1.1	-	3.2.20	16:53
	MELB	Jack Billings goal	0.1.1	-	4.2.26	18:12
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	0.1.1	-	5.2.32	21:09
	MELB	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	5.3.33	26:19
Q2	HWTH	Connor MacDonald goal	1.1.7	-	5.3.33	04:59
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	1.1.7	-	6.3.39	06:51
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen behind	1.1.7	-	6.4.40	16:24
	HWTH	Nick Watson behind	1.2.8	-	6.4.40	20:41
	MELB	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	6.5.41	25:25
	HWTH	Luke Breust goal	2.2.14	-	6.5.41	26:29
	HWTH	Nick Watson behind	2.3.15	-	6.5.41	28:44
Q3	HWTH	Rushed behind	2.4.16	-	6.5.41	03:58
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	2.4.16	-	7.5.47	07:08
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	2.4.16	-	8.5.53	10:16
	HWTH	Josh Weddle behind	2.5.17	-	8.5.53	13:05
	HWTH	Josh Weddle goal	3.5.23	-	8.5.53	15:33
	MELB	Ben Brown behind	3.5.23	-	8.6.54	16:41
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	3.5.23	-	9.6.60	21:28
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	3.5.23	-	10.6.66	22:43
	MELB	Jack Billings behind	3.5.23	-	10.7.67	24:07
	HWTH	Nick Watson goal	4.5.29	-	10.7.67	25:26
	HWTH	Jack Ginnivan behind	4.6.30	-	10.7.67	28:55
Q4	HWTH	Mitch Lewis goal	5.6.36	-	10.7.67	02:02
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	5.6.36	-	11.7.73	03:44
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	5.6.36	-	12.7.79	07:58
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	5.6.36	-	13.7.85	09:45
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	5.6.36	-	13.8.86	11:40
	HWTH	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	13.8.86	18:27
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	5.7.37	-	13.9.87	21:11
	MELB	Tom Sparrow goal	5.7.37	-	14.9.93	24:11
	HWTH	Connor MacDonald behind	5.8.38	-	14.9.93	25:44

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