2024 AFL Round 20: Fremantle v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 2024 between Fremantle and Melbourne during round 20 of the 2024 AFL season. Fremantle hosted Melbourne at Optus Stadium. Alex Pearce captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Fremantle
Back: L. Ryan, A. Pearce (capt.), B. Cox
Half-back: B. Walker, H. Chapman, J. Clark
Centre: J. O'Meara, N. Fyfe, J. Sharp
Half-forward: S. Sturt, S. Switkowski, M. Frederick
Forward: J. Treacy, J. Amiss, L. Jackson
Follower: S. Darcy, C. Serong, A. Brayshaw
Int.: B. Banfield, C. Wagner, M. Walters, H. Young
Sub.: J. Aish

Melbourne
Back: T. McDonald, S. May, J. McVee
Half-back: C. Salem, J. Lever, A. Moniz-Wakefield
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Oliver, C. Windsor
Half-forward: K. Pickett, J. van Rooyen, K. Tholstrup
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Fritsch, J. Melksham
Follower: H. Petty, J. Viney, T. Rivers
Int.: J. Bowey, K. Chandler, T. Sparrow, D. Turner
Sub.: J. Billings

Fremantle (17.14.116) defeated Melbourne (10.6.66).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: J. Amiss (4), M. Walters (4), S. Sturt (3), J. Treacy (3), J. Clark, L. Jackson, C. Serong
Melbourne: K. Chandler (2), J. van Rooyen (2), J. Billings, E. Langdon, J. Melksham, H. Petty, D. Turner, C. Windsor

As a result of this match, Fremantle were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Fremantle v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 21 July 2024
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 42,215

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Melbourne
Score: 17.14.116 - 10.6.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 3 . 5 7 . 9 11 . 11 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Melbourne 0 . 2 3 . 3 6 . 5 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Margin FREM by 21 FREM by 30 FREM by 36 FREM by 50 FREM by 50
Duration 27:13 29:14 31:17 32:56 2:00:40

Honour Roll

Coaches: Justin Longmuir (Fremantle), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Alex Pearce (Fremantle), unknown (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Caleb Serong FREM 3 3
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 2
Hayden Young FREM 26 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 9 1 1 0 0 0
Caleb Serong FREM 3 9 1 1 0 0 0
Josh Treacy FREM 35 6 0 0 2 0 0
Hayden Young FREM 26 4 0 0 0 2 0
Brandon Walker FREM 31 1 0 0 0 0 1
Michael Walters FREM 10 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Aish, James SUB↑ 32% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
24 Amiss, Jye FF 92% 4 0 8 6 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
41 Banfield, Bailey INT 76% 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 3
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RO 81% 0 0 41 17 24 3 0 3 4 7 3 1 2 6
5 Chapman, Heath CHB 75% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0
6 Clark, Jordan HBFR 86% 1 0 23 16 7 5 0 1 3 1 2 1 3 2
36 Cox, Brennan BPR 85% 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0
4 Darcy, Sean RU 83% 0 0 16 8 8 3 34 0 7 7 3 4 0 2
32 Frederick, Michael HFFR 72% 0 3 15 12 3 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 4
7 Fyfe, Nat C 75% 0 0 17 3 14 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1
9 Jackson, Luke FPR 69% 1 2 13 7 6 4 13 3 1 5 3 3 0 3
2 O'Meara, Jaeger WL 80% 0 0 21 15 6 7 0 2 4 0 2 0 5 3
25 Pearce, Alex (c) FB↓ 61% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
13 Ryan, Luke BPL 93% 0 0 24 16 8 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1
3 Serong, Caleb RR 86% 1 0 36 14 22 4 0 5 7 2 2 1 1 4
14 Sharp, Jeremy WR 93% 0 1 14 9 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4
1 Sturt, Sam HFFL 78% 3 1 11 6 5 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
39 Switkowski, Sam CHF 75% 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 4
35 Treacy, Josh FPL 93% 3 2 18 12 6 12 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 6
34 Wagner, Corey INT 81% 0 0 17 8 9 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 2 2
31 Walker, Brandon HBFL 83% 0 0 18 7 11 2 0 1 3 6 0 2 2 0
10 Walters, Michael INT 81% 4 1 16 8 8 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2
26 Young, Hayden INT 71% 0 2 28 16 12 3 0 1 8 3 2 0 1 11
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 17 14 395 208 187 88 47 32 47 54 22 14 35 60

J. Aish replaced A. Pearce.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Billings, Jack SUB↑ 41% 1 0 18 12 6 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
17 Bowey, Jake INT 75% 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 3 0 1 1 1 4 0
37 Chandler, Kade INT 81% 2 1 10 7 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley FF 86% 0 1 10 7 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4
15 Langdon, Ed WL 98% 1 0 17 10 7 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1
8 Lever, Jake CHB 96% 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 1 0 6 0 3 4 1
1 May, Steven FB 95% 0 0 26 23 3 9 0 1 0 6 1 1 10 0
25 McDonald, Tom BPL 96% 0 0 18 11 7 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
4 McVee, Judd BPR 78% 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0
18 Melksham, Jake FPR 84% 1 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
45 Moniz-Wakefield, Andy HBFR 75% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 77% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 4 3 6 1 2 0 2
13 Oliver, Clayton C 81% 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 5 3 4 1 3 0 4
35 Petty, Harry RU 84% 1 0 15 6 9 6 6 5 2 0 1 0 1 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 87% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 5 0 3 1 3 1 4
24 Rivers, Trent RO 76% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 4 0 3 1 1 3 5
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 54% 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 4
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 78% 0 1 15 8 7 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 2
39 Tholstrup, Koltyn HFFR↓ 43% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0
42 Turner, Daniel INT 74% 1 0 7 6 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
2 van Rooyen, Jacob CHF 75% 2 2 17 12 5 8 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 2
7 Viney, Jack RR 83% 0 0 23 10 13 2 0 2 2 3 2 2 0 4
6 Windsor, Caleb WR 84% 1 0 15 7 8 5 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 6 338 211 127 105 9 50 16 52 14 21 43 47

J. Billings replaced K. Tholstrup.

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

Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
25 T. McDonald 1 S. May 4 J. McVee 4 S. Darcy 41 B. Banfield
9 L. Jackson 24 J. Amiss 35 J. Treacy 3 C. Serong 34 C. Wagner
FORWARD 8 A. Brayshaw 10 M. Walters
HALF-BACK

26 H. Young
3 C. Salem 8 J. Lever 45 A. Moniz-Wakefield

11 J. Aish
32 M. Frederick 39 S. Switkowski 1 S. Sturt



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 E. Langdon 13 C. Oliver 6 C. Windsor



14 J. Sharp 7 N. Fyfe 2 J. O'Meara FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 35 H. Petty 17 J. Bowey
HALF-FORWARD 7 J. Viney 37 K. Chandler
36 K. Pickett 2 J. van Rooyen 39 K. Tholstrup 24 T. Rivers 32 T. Sparrow
6 J. Clark 5 H. Chapman 31 B. Walker

42 D. Turner
HALF-BACK

14 J. Billings
FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 31 B. Fritsch 18 J. Melksham



36 B. Cox 25 A. Pearce (c) 13 L. Ryan



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Sam Sturt goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:56
FREM Jye Amiss goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 05:20
FREM Jeremy Sharp behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 07:32
MELB Kade Chandler behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 12:01
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 14:23
FREM Hayden Young behind 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 15:25
FREM Josh Treacy goal 3.2.20 - 0.2.2 19:12
FREM Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 0.2.2 20:56
FREM Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 0.2.2 22:59
FREM Josh Treacy behind 3.5.23 - 0.2.2 24:39
Q2 MELB Caleb Windsor goal 3.5.23 - 1.2.8 02:40
FREM Josh Treacy behind 3.6.24 - 1.2.8 06:10
FREM Josh Treacy goal 4.6.30 - 1.2.8 07:16
FREM Luke Jackson goal 5.6.36 - 1.2.8 08:57
FREM Luke Jackson behind 5.7.37 - 1.2.8 11:18
FREM Michael Walters goal 6.7.43 - 1.2.8 13:11
FREM Sam Sturt behind 6.8.44 - 1.2.8 17:07
FREM Michael Walters behind 6.9.45 - 1.2.8 20:13
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 6.9.45 - 1.3.9 21:22
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 6.9.45 - 2.3.15 23:24
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 6.9.45 - 3.3.21 26:13
FREM Michael Walters goal 7.9.51 - 3.3.21 29:12
Q3 FREM Jye Amiss goal 8.9.57 - 3.3.21 02:14
FREM Jye Amiss goal 9.9.63 - 3.3.21 04:38
FREM Jordan Clark goal 10.9.69 - 3.3.21 09:12
MELB Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 3.4.22 12:43
FREM Michael Walters goal 11.9.75 - 3.4.22 13:41
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 11.9.75 - 3.5.23 17:05
MELB Kade Chandler goal 11.9.75 - 4.5.29 19:28
MELB Kade Chandler goal 11.9.75 - 5.5.35 22:33
FREM Luke Jackson behind 11.10.76 - 5.5.35 24:39
FREM Michael Frederick behind 11.11.77 - 5.5.35 26:22
MELB Harry Petty goal 11.11.77 - 6.5.41 28:37
Q4 MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 11.11.77 - 6.6.42 01:43
FREM Josh Treacy goal 12.11.83 - 6.6.42 06:06
FREM Michael Walters goal 13.11.89 - 6.6.42 08:11
FREM Jye Amiss goal 14.11.95 - 6.6.42 12:18
FREM Caleb Serong goal 15.11.101 - 6.6.42 15:59
FREM Michael Frederick behind 15.12.102 - 6.6.42 17:21
MELB Jack Billings goal 15.12.102 - 7.6.48 18:33
FREM Michael Frederick behind 15.13.103 - 7.6.48 20:29
FREM Sam Sturt goal 16.13.109 - 7.6.48 22:00
FREM Sam Sturt goal 17.13.115 - 7.6.48 23:51
MELB Ed Langdon goal 17.13.115 - 8.6.54 25:09
FREM Hayden Young behind 17.14.116 - 8.6.54 26:23
MELB Daniel Turner goal 17.14.116 - 9.6.60 27:27
MELB Jake Melksham goal 17.14.116 - 10.6.66 30:48