2024 AFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v West Coast
This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 2024 between Melbourne and West Coast during round eighteen of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League.
Melbourne hosted West Coast at the MCG.
Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain.
With the presence of multiple West Coast co-captains, namely Oscar Allen and Liam Duggan, 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 Adam Simpson.
Melbourne (17.10.112) defeated West Coast (8.10.58).
Match Details
Season:
2024 AFL Season
Round:
Round 18
Teams:
Melbourne
v
West Coast
Date:
Sunday 7 July 2024
Time:
1:10 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
32,000
Match Results
Outcome:
Melbourne
def.
West Coast
Score:
17.10.112 - 8.10.58
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Melbourne | 7 | . | 3 | 11 | . | 5 | 14 | . | 9 | 17 | . | 10 | 17 | . | 10 | (112) |
| West Coast | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | . | 4 | 6 | . | 8 | 8 | . | 10 | 8 | . | 10 | (58) |
| Margin | MELB by 37 | MELB by 49 | MELB by 49 | MELB by 54 | MELB by 54 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 31:10 | 28:46 | 29:01 | 28:37 | 1:57:34 | |||||||||||
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 (West Coast) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Melbourne
Captain: Max GawnVice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin
West Coast
Captain: unknownCoach: Adam Simpson
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Rivers | MELB | 24 | 3 |
| Ed Langdon | MELB | 15 | 2 |
| Jacob van Rooyen | MELB | 2 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Rivers | MELB | 24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob van Rooyen | MELB | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Windsor | MELB | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Langdon | MELB | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Judd McVee | MELB | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom McDonald | MELB | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kysaiah Pickett | MELB | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Bowey, Jake | INT | 72% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Chandler, Kade | INT | 78% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Fritsch, Bayley | FF | 93% | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Gawn, Max (c) | RU↓ | 64% | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Langdon, Ed | HFFR | 100% | 1 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Lever, Jake | BPL | 91% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | May, Steven | FB | 95% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | CHB | 92% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | McVee, Judd | BPR | 84% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | Melksham, Jake | FPR | 75% | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 | Moniz-Wakefield, Andy | HBFL | 76% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | Neal-Bullen, Alex | C | 85% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Oliver, Clayton | RO | 76% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Pickett, Kysaiah | FPL | 75% | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Rivers, Trent | HBFR | 77% | 0 | 0 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Salem, Christian | WL | 90% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 32 | Sparrow, Tom | INT | 71% | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 39 | Tholstrup, Koltyn | HFFL | 74% | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Turner, Daniel | INT | 76% | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | van Rooyen, Jacob | CHF | 75% | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Viney, Jack (vc) | RR | 79% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Windsor, Caleb | WR | 82% | 1 | 0 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 40 | Woewodin, Taj | SUB↑ | 20% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 17 | 10 | 356 | 237 | 119 | 131 | 28 | 56 | 30 | 54 | 12 | 12 | 41 | 49 | |||
T. Woewodin replaced M. Gawn.
West Coast
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Allen, Oscar | FF | 84% | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Barrass, Tom | FB | 94% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Brockman, Tyler | INT↓ | 49% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Chesser, Campbell | INT | 79% | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Cole, Tom | INT | 84% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Cripps, Jamie | FPL | 89% | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Darling, Jack | FPR | 89% | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Duggan, Liam | HBFR | 88% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Ginbey, Reuben | HFFR | 88% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Hough, Brady | BPL | 76% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Hunt, Jayden | WL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 44 | Hutchinson, Jack | INT | 68% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Jones, Jamaine | WR | 78% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Kelly, Tim | RO | 79% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | McGovern, Jeremy | CHB | 82% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 9 | Reid, Harley | RR | 86% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 35 | Rotham, Josh | HBFL | 88% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Ryan, Liam | HFFL | 77% | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Waterman, Jake | CHF | 94% | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Williams, Bailey | RU | 77% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Williams, Jack | SUB↑ | 19% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Witherden, Alex | BPR | 81% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Yeo, Elliot | C | 67% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 8 | 10 | 280 | 169 | 111 | 82 | 34 | 54 | 35 | 43 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 49 | |||
J. Williams replaced T. Brockman.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Melbourne | Coach: Simon Goodwin | ||||||||||||||
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| 19 | B. Hough | 37 | T. Barrass | 23 | A. Witherden | 11 | M. Gawn (c) | 17 | J. Bowey | ||||||
| 18 | J. Melksham | 31 | B. Fritsch | 36 | K. Pickett | 7 | J. Viney (vc) | 37 | K. Chandler | ||||||
| FORWARD | 13 | C. Oliver | 32 | T. Sparrow | |||||||||||
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| 35 | J. Rotham | 20 | J. McGovern | 14 | L. Duggan |
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| 15 | E. Langdon | 2 | J. van Rooyen | 39 | K. Tholstrup |
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| 5 | J. Hunt | 6 | E. Yeo | 31 | J. Jones |
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| 6 | C. Windsor | 30 | A. Neal-Bullen | 3 | C. Salem | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 32 | B. Williams | 10 | T. Brockman | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 9 | H. Reid | 18 | C. Chesser | |||||||||||
| 1 | L. Ryan | 2 | J. Waterman | 7 | R. Ginbey | 11 | T. Kelly | 28 | T. Cole | ||||||
| 24 | T. Rivers | 25 | T. McDonald | 45 | A. Moniz-Wakefield |
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| 15 | J. Cripps | 12 | O. Allen | 27 | J. Darling |
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| West Coast | Coach: Adam Simpson | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | MELB | Koltyn Tholstrup goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 04:50 |
| MELB | Koltyn Tholstrup goal | 2.0.12 | - | 0.0.0 | 06:18 | |
| MELB | Tom Sparrow behind | 2.1.13 | - | 0.0.0 | 08:16 | |
| WCST | Rushed behind | 2.1.13 | - | 0.1.1 | 12:05 | |
| WCST | Jake Waterman goal | 2.1.13 | - | 1.1.7 | 13:34 | |
| MELB | Jake Melksham behind | 2.2.14 | - | 1.1.7 | 16:03 | |
| MELB | Bayley Fritsch goal | 3.2.20 | - | 1.1.7 | 16:53 | |
| MELB | Jacob van Rooyen goal | 4.2.26 | - | 1.1.7 | 19:42 | |
| MELB | Caleb Windsor goal | 5.2.32 | - | 1.1.7 | 21:32 | |
| MELB | Jacob van Rooyen behind | 5.3.33 | - | 1.1.7 | 23:58 | |
| MELB | Kysaiah Pickett goal | 6.3.39 | - | 1.1.7 | 24:56 | |
| MELB | Kysaiah Pickett goal | 7.3.45 | - | 1.1.7 | 28:13 | |
| WCST | Jamie Cripps behind | 7.3.45 | - | 1.2.8 | 30:05 | |
| Q2 | MELB | Jacob van Rooyen behind | 7.4.46 | - | 1.2.8 | 02:31 |
| WCST | Oscar Allen behind | 7.4.46 | - | 1.3.9 | 03:55 | |
| MELB | Jacob van Rooyen goal | 8.4.52 | - | 1.3.9 | 07:25 | |
| WCST | Oscar Allen goal | 8.4.52 | - | 2.3.15 | 09:32 | |
| WCST | Jake Waterman behind | 8.4.52 | - | 2.4.16 | 11:17 | |
| WCST | Oscar Allen goal | 8.4.52 | - | 3.4.22 | 18:22 | |
| MELB | Jacob van Rooyen goal | 9.4.58 | - | 3.4.22 | 21:06 | |
| MELB | Daniel Turner goal | 10.4.64 | - | 3.4.22 | 23:54 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 10.5.65 | - | 3.4.22 | 25:14 | |
| MELB | Jacob van Rooyen goal | 11.5.71 | - | 3.4.22 | 26:36 | |
| Q3 | WCST | Oscar Allen goal | 11.5.71 | - | 4.4.28 | 00:33 |
| WCST | Oscar Allen behind | 11.5.71 | - | 4.5.29 | 03:59 | |
| WCST | Jake Waterman goal | 11.5.71 | - | 5.5.35 | 05:40 | |
| MELB | Bayley Fritsch goal | 12.5.77 | - | 5.5.35 | 08:37 | |
| WCST | Campbell Chesser behind | 12.5.77 | - | 5.6.36 | 09:52 | |
| MELB | Jacob van Rooyen behind | 12.6.78 | - | 5.6.36 | 11:29 | |
| MELB | Kysaiah Pickett behind | 12.7.79 | - | 5.6.36 | 13:19 | |
| MELB | Jake Melksham goal | 13.7.85 | - | 5.6.36 | 14:19 | |
| MELB | Max Gawn goal | 14.7.91 | - | 5.6.36 | 17:57 | |
| WCST | Rushed behind | 14.7.91 | - | 5.7.37 | 20:29 | |
| MELB | Bayley Fritsch behind | 14.8.92 | - | 5.7.37 | 22:20 | |
| MELB | Jacob van Rooyen behind | 14.9.93 | - | 5.7.37 | 23:34 | |
| WCST | Jack Darling behind | 14.9.93 | - | 5.8.38 | 25:03 | |
| WCST | Jack Darling goal | 14.9.93 | - | 6.8.44 | 26:26 | |
| Q4 | MELB | Jake Melksham goal | 15.9.99 | - | 6.8.44 | 02:57 |
| MELB | Ed Langdon goal | 16.9.105 | - | 6.8.44 | 06:16 | |
| WCST | Oscar Allen goal | 16.9.105 | - | 7.8.50 | 07:59 | |
| WCST | Liam Ryan goal | 16.9.105 | - | 8.8.56 | 12:02 | |
| WCST | Jack Williams behind | 16.9.105 | - | 8.9.57 | 17:45 | |
| MELB | Koltyn Tholstrup behind | 16.10.106 | - | 8.9.57 | 20:22 | |
| MELB | Bayley Fritsch goal | 17.10.112 | - | 8.9.57 | 22:25 | |
| WCST | Oscar Allen behind | 17.10.112 | - | 8.10.58 | 25:14 | |