2024 AFL Round 6: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 2024 between Melbourne and Brisbane Lions during round 6 of the 2024 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Brisbane Lions at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. With the presence of multiple Brisbane Lions co-captains, namely Harris Andrews and Lachie Neale, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

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

Brisbane Lions
Back: B. Starcevich, J. Payne, R. Lester
Half-back: D. Wilmot, H. Andrews, D. Gardiner
Centre: J. Fletcher, H. McCluggage, J. Berry
Half-forward: C. Cameron, E. Hipwood, L. McCarthy
Forward: C. Rayner, J. Daniher, D. Zorko
Follower: O. McInerney, J. Dunkley, L. Neale
Int.: C. Ah Chee, N. Answerth, Z. Bailey, K. Lohmann
Sub.: J. Tunstill

Melbourne (8.12.60) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (12.10.82).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (2), B. Brown, K. Chandler, M. Gawn, J. Lever, A. Neal-Bullen, J. van Rooyen
Brisbane Lions: C. Cameron (3), J. Daniher (2), E. Hipwood (2), H. McCluggage (2), Z. Bailey, J. Fletcher, K. Lohmann

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Brisbane Lions were then 10th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Thursday 11 April 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,098

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 8.12.60 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 0 2 . 4 3 . 7 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Brisbane Lions 4 . 2 7 . 4 10 . 8 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin BRIL by 14 BRIL by 30 BRIL by 43 BRIL by 22 BRIL by 22
Duration 33:24 27:57 29:22 32:24 2:03:07

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), unknown (Brisbane Lions)
Vice-Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), unknown (Brisbane Lions)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Josh Dunkley BRIL 5 3
Hugh McCluggage BRIL 6 2
Cam Rayner BRIL 16 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Cam Rayner BRIL 16 10 2 0 0 0 0
Josh Dunkley BRIL 5 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Hugh McCluggage BRIL 6 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Ryan Lester BRIL 35 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Max Gawn MELB 11 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Harris Andrews BRIL 31 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Billings, Jack INT 80% 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 1
50 Brown, Ben INT 79% 1 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
37 Chandler, Kade FPR 85% 1 1 18 11 7 4 0 2 2 3 1 1 0 5
31 Fritsch, Bayley FF 85% 2 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 88% 1 0 23 14 9 5 51 5 8 4 0 1 6 4
22 Howes, Blake INT 70% 0 1 15 8 7 7 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 1
15 Langdon, Ed WL 94% 0 0 17 9 8 7 0 7 1 0 0 0 4 2
8 Lever, Jake CHB 100% 1 0 19 13 6 11 0 0 0 1 2 1 8 2
1 May, Steven FB 99% 0 0 18 16 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 6 1
25 McDonald, Tom BPR 100% 0 0 17 9 8 8 0 3 0 2 0 1 4 2
4 McVee, Judd HBFR 81% 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 81% 1 0 15 11 4 1 0 3 3 4 2 1 0 4
13 Oliver, Clayton INT 78% 0 0 18 5 13 3 0 2 1 3 1 2 1 1
5 Petracca, Christian C 79% 0 2 20 9 11 3 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 7
35 Petty, Harry CHF 77% 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
24 Rivers, Trent BPL 75% 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 4 4 1 0 1 2 3
3 Salem, Christian RO↓ 7% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
32 Sparrow, Tom HFFL 78% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 7 3 2 0 0 4 3
39 Tholstrup, Koltyn HFFR 75% 0 1 7 2 5 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 2
2 van Rooyen, Jacob HBFL 70% 1 1 9 3 6 2 7 0 1 2 1 1 0 0
7 Viney, Jack (vc) RR 72% 0 0 23 12 11 1 0 3 7 5 1 3 1 7
6 Windsor, Caleb WR 78% 0 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 2
40 Woewodin, Taj SUB↑ 69% 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 8 12 313 184 129 88 58 53 35 52 12 20 46 50

T. Woewodin replaced C. Salem.

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum INT 69% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0
31 Andrews, Harris CHB 96% 0 0 14 11 3 11 0 3 0 1 3 1 3 0
43 Answerth, Noah INT 84% 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 7 2 5 0 1 2 2
33 Bailey, Zac INT 75% 1 0 23 15 8 10 0 1 1 6 1 0 1 6
7 Berry, Jarrod WR 83% 0 1 23 13 10 10 0 8 1 3 1 1 4 0
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFL 80% 3 2 17 14 3 9 0 4 1 3 1 2 0 5
3 Daniher, Joe FF 88% 2 3 15 13 2 7 1 2 0 6 1 2 0 3
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 85% 0 0 30 18 12 9 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 5
28 Fletcher, Jaspa WL 79% 1 0 16 8 8 7 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 2
27 Gardiner, Darcy HBFR 78% 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 3 0 4 2 0 0 4
30 Hipwood, Eric CHF 80% 2 0 6 3 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
35 Lester, Ryan BPR 83% 0 0 17 15 2 8 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 1
1 Lohmann, Kai INT 75% 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 6 1 0 2 0 0 1
11 McCarthy, Lincoln HFFR 76% 0 1 13 8 5 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3
6 McCluggage, Hugh C 78% 2 0 23 15 8 5 0 3 6 1 1 0 5 2
46 McInerney, Oscar RU 88% 0 0 10 2 8 0 26 7 5 3 1 0 2 1
9 Neale, Lachie RO 81% 0 0 24 6 18 3 0 6 8 0 0 0 2 3
40 Payne, Jack FB 93% 0 0 11 10 1 8 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 1
16 Rayner, Cam FPL 86% 0 1 25 16 9 5 0 4 9 1 1 0 0 10
37 Starcevich, Brandon BPL 84% 0 0 13 12 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 0
29 Tunstill, James SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Wilmot, Darcy HBFL 77% 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 3 1 4 1 3 1 5
15 Zorko, Dayne FPR 83% 0 0 29 21 8 6 0 5 2 6 0 0 7 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 10 376 247 129 130 27 83 44 49 20 12 40 58

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
37 B. Starcevich 40 J. Payne 35 R. Lester 11 M. Gawn (c) 14 J. Billings
37 K. Chandler 31 B. Fritsch 30 A. Neal-Bullen 7 J. Viney (vc) 50 B. Brown
FORWARD 3 C. Salem 22 B. Howes
HALF-BACK

13 C. Oliver
44 D. Wilmot 31 H. Andrews 27 D. Gardiner

40 T. Woewodin
39 K. Tholstrup 35 H. Petty 32 T. Sparrow



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 J. Fletcher 6 H. McCluggage 7 J. Berry



6 C. Windsor 5 C. Petracca 15 E. Langdon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 46 O. McInerney 4 C. Ah Chee
HALF-FORWARD 5 J. Dunkley 43 N. Answerth
23 C. Cameron 30 E. Hipwood 11 L. McCarthy 9 L. Neale 33 Z. Bailey
4 J. McVee 8 J. Lever 2 J. van Rooyen

1 K. Lohmann
HALF-BACK

29 J. Tunstill
FORWARD



16 C. Rayner 3 J. Daniher 15 D. Zorko



25 T. McDonald 1 S. May 24 T. Rivers



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:53
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:55
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 10:29
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 11:47
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 15:41
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 2.0.12 - 3.1.19 20:35
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 2.0.12 - 4.1.25 24:04
BRIL Jarrod Berry behind 2.0.12 - 4.2.26 28:13
Q2 BRIL Jaspa Fletcher goal 2.0.12 - 5.2.32 01:23
MELB Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 5.2.32 04:34
BRIL Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 5.3.33 08:47
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 2.1.13 - 6.3.39 12:27
MELB Christian Petracca behind 2.2.14 - 6.3.39 14:06
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 2.2.14 - 7.3.45 18:36
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 2.2.14 - 7.4.46 19:45
MELB Kade Chandler behind 2.3.15 - 7.4.46 24:20
MELB Blake Howes behind 2.4.16 - 7.4.46 26:01
Q3 MELB Kade Chandler goal 3.4.22 - 7.4.46 02:11
BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 3.4.22 - 7.5.47 04:38
BRIL Cam Rayner behind 3.4.22 - 7.6.48 05:48
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 3.4.22 - 8.6.54 06:41
BRIL Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 8.7.55 10:36
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 3.4.22 - 9.7.61 12:40
MELB Caleb Windsor behind 3.5.23 - 9.7.61 14:53
MELB Koltyn Tholstrup behind 3.6.24 - 9.7.61 22:37
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 3.6.24 - 9.8.62 23:58
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 3.6.24 - 10.8.68 24:53
MELB Taj Woewodin behind 3.7.25 - 10.8.68 26:56
Q4 MELB Ben Brown goal 4.7.31 - 10.8.68 02:00
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 4.7.31 - 11.8.74 03:16
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 4.7.31 - 12.8.80 10:15
MELB Harry Petty behind 4.8.32 - 12.8.80 12:34
MELB Max Gawn goal 5.8.38 - 12.8.80 14:17
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 6.8.44 - 12.8.80 15:57
MELB Christian Petracca behind 6.9.45 - 12.8.80 17:02
BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 6.9.45 - 12.9.81 21:12
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy behind 6.9.45 - 12.10.82 23:58
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.9.51 - 12.10.82 24:46
MELB Rushed behind 7.10.52 - 12.10.82 26:15
MELB Jake Lever goal 8.10.58 - 12.10.82 28:02
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 8.11.59 - 12.10.82 29:15
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 8.12.60 - 12.10.82 32:19