2024 AFL Round 3: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 March 2024 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round 3 of the 2024 AFL season. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at 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
Back: J. Weddle, S. Frost, J. Sicily (capt.)
Half-back: J. Impey, B. Hardwick, M. D'Ambrosio
Centre: K. Amon, D. Moore, J. Ward
Half-forward: J. Ginnivan, M. Lewis, C. Nash
Forward: L. Breust, M. Chol, F. Maginness
Follower: N. Reeves, J. Newcombe, J. Worpel
Int.: C. MacDonald, C. Mackenzie, J. Scrimshaw, N. Watson
Sub.: J. Gunston

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

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

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Breust, M. Lewis, C. MacDonald, N. Watson, J. Weddle
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (5), K. Pickett (3), K. Chandler (2), J. Billings, C. Petracca, T. Sparrow, J. van Rooyen

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 17th on the ladder (down from 13th) and Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: James Sicily (Hawthorn), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

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