2024 AFL Round 21: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 2024 between Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney during round 21 of the 2024 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Greater Western Sydney at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. Toby Greene captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

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

Greater Western Sydney
Back: H. Himmelberg, S. Taylor, C. Idun
Half-back: L. Whitfield, J. Buckley, H. Perryman
Centre: C. Ward, T. Green, X. O'Halloran
Half-forward: B. Daniels, J. Riccardi, H. Thomas
Forward: D. Jones, J. Hogan, T. Greene (capt.)
Follower: K. Briggs, F. Callaghan, T. Bedford
Int.: L. Ash, A. Cadman, T. McMullin, J. Peatling
Sub.: J. Fonti

Melbourne (12.11.83) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (13.7.85).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: K. Chandler (2), B. Fritsch (2), M. Gawn, E. Langdon, J. Melksham, A. Neal-Bullen, H. Petty, K. Pickett, J. van Rooyen, J. Viney
Greater Western Sydney: J. Hogan (4), T. Greene (3), B. Daniels (2), T. Bedford, T. Green, T. McMullin, C. Ward

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Greater Western Sydney remained 5th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 27 July 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,246

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 12.11.83 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 5 6 . 7 8 . 9 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Greater Western Sydney 1 . 2 6 . 4 9 . 6 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin MELB by 27 MELB by 3 GWSY by 3 GWSY by 2 GWSY by 2
Duration 31:26 30:17 29:29 32:18 2:03:30

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney)
Vice-Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Finn Callaghan GWSY 17 3
Jesse Hogan GWSY 23 2
James Peatling GWSY 20 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Finn Callaghan GWSY 17 9 1 1 0 0 0
James Peatling GWSY 20 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Tom Green GWSY 12 5 1 0 0 0 0
Brent Daniels GWSY 16 2 0 0 0 1 0
Toby Greene GWSY 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 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
14 Billings, Jack INT↓ 54% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1
17 Bowey, Jake HBFL 78% 0 0 16 13 3 8 0 1 0 4 0 1 3 0
37 Chandler, Kade FPL 84% 2 1 13 10 3 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley INT 78% 2 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 84% 1 0 16 9 7 3 24 0 4 6 2 1 2 0
15 Langdon, Ed HFFR 100% 1 0 21 16 5 6 0 1 1 7 0 1 3 3
16 Laurie, Bailey INT 70% 0 0 19 6 13 4 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 4
8 Lever, Jake CHB 100% 0 0 18 10 8 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 3
1 May, Steven FB 93% 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 7 3
25 McDonald, Tom BPL 94% 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
4 McVee, Judd BPR 88% 0 0 19 16 3 7 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1
18 Melksham, Jake FPR 82% 1 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
45 Moniz-Wakefield, Andy HBFR 71% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 4
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex WL 84% 1 0 15 5 10 2 0 11 3 2 0 1 0 1
13 Oliver, Clayton C 83% 0 0 26 18 8 4 0 5 6 4 1 1 4 8
35 Petty, Harry FF 74% 1 1 10 7 3 6 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah RR 84% 1 2 8 5 3 2 0 8 1 1 2 0 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent RO 72% 0 0 25 16 9 5 0 2 7 2 0 0 2 6
42 Turner, Daniel SUB↑ 26% 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
2 van Rooyen, Jacob CHF 73% 1 1 9 3 6 1 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
7 Viney, Jack (vc) HFFL 78% 1 0 23 9 14 1 0 5 3 4 0 2 0 1
6 Windsor, Caleb WR 80% 0 1 6 6 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1
40 Woewodin, Taj INT 69% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 12 11 330 212 118 89 28 57 36 53 13 15 39 49

D. Turner replaced J. Billings.

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Ash, Lachie INT 74% 0 0 22 12 10 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0
14 Bedford, Toby RO 90% 1 0 17 7 10 3 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 6
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 77% 0 1 17 8 9 3 36 4 6 5 1 2 2 1
44 Buckley, Jack CHB 98% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1
5 Cadman, Aaron INT 64% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
17 Callaghan, Finn RR 86% 0 1 36 17 19 6 0 3 5 1 1 0 2 4
16 Daniels, Brent HFFL 85% 2 0 17 14 3 8 0 8 0 4 0 0 0 5
37 Fonti, Joe SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Green, Tom C 85% 1 0 33 17 16 5 0 1 9 5 0 1 1 5
4 Greene, Toby (c) FPR 88% 3 2 16 14 2 6 0 4 1 1 3 0 0 1
27 Himmelberg, Harry BPL 85% 0 0 21 15 6 7 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 2
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 88% 4 0 11 6 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
39 Idun, Connor BPR 100% 0 0 15 7 8 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 0
2 Jones, Darcy FPL 78% 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2
31 McMullin, Toby INT 73% 1 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
33 O'Halloran, Xavier WR 84% 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 1 1 4 1 2 3 5
20 Peatling, James INT 71% 0 0 28 18 10 5 0 11 8 6 3 1 0 5
36 Perryman, Harry HBFR 73% 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 1 3 3 0 0 5 1
26 Riccardi, Jake CHF 72% 0 1 9 5 4 4 2 2 0 3 0 1 1 1
15 Taylor, Sam FB 94% 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 5 0
28 Thomas, Harvey HFFR 75% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 4
8 Ward, Callan WL 83% 1 0 23 13 10 5 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 3
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFL 76% 0 0 35 25 10 6 0 5 2 4 0 2 4 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 7 396 236 160 93 38 63 38 58 15 13 37 53

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
27 H. Himmelberg 15 S. Taylor 39 C. Idun 11 M. Gawn (c) 14 J. Billings
18 J. Melksham 35 H. Petty 37 K. Chandler 36 K. Pickett 31 B. Fritsch
FORWARD 24 T. Rivers 16 B. Laurie
HALF-BACK

40 T. Woewodin
6 L. Whitfield 44 J. Buckley 36 H. Perryman

42 D. Turner
15 E. Langdon 2 J. van Rooyen 7 J. Viney (vc)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 C. Ward 12 T. Green 33 X. O'Halloran



6 C. Windsor 13 C. Oliver 30 A. Neal-Bullen FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 K. Briggs 7 L. Ash
HALF-FORWARD 17 F. Callaghan 5 A. Cadman
16 B. Daniels 26 J. Riccardi 28 H. Thomas 14 T. Bedford 31 T. McMullin
45 A. Moniz-Wakefield 8 J. Lever 17 J. Bowey

20 J. Peatling
HALF-BACK

37 J. Fonti
FORWARD



2 D. Jones 23 J. Hogan 4 T. Greene (c)



4 J. McVee 1 S. May 25 T. McDonald



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Jake Melksham behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:55
MELB Kade Chandler behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 02:40
MELB Kade Chandler goal 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 04:16
MELB Caleb Windsor behind 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 08:42
GWSY Tom Green goal 1.3.9 - 1.0.6 09:43
MELB Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 1.0.6 13:38
GWSY Toby Greene behind 1.4.10 - 1.1.7 15:00
GWSY Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 1.2.8 15:56
MELB Harry Petty goal 2.4.16 - 1.2.8 17:43
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 3.4.22 - 1.2.8 20:30
MELB Ed Langdon goal 4.4.28 - 1.2.8 23:25
MELB Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 1.2.8 25:45
MELB Jake Melksham goal 5.5.35 - 1.2.8 28:55
Q2 GWSY Toby Bedford goal 5.5.35 - 2.2.14 02:52
GWSY Brent Daniels goal 5.5.35 - 3.2.20 05:26
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 6.5.41 - 3.2.20 08:04
GWSY Toby McMullin goal 6.5.41 - 4.2.26 11:06
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 6.6.42 - 4.2.26 14:32
GWSY Jake Riccardi behind 6.6.42 - 4.3.27 16:36
GWSY Toby Greene goal 6.6.42 - 5.3.33 18:13
GWSY Kieren Briggs behind 6.6.42 - 5.4.34 20:47
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 6.6.42 - 6.4.40 25:33
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 6.7.43 - 6.4.40 29:10
Q3 MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 6.8.44 - 6.4.40 01:27
MELB Max Gawn goal 7.8.50 - 6.4.40 02:31
MELB Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 6.4.40 12:10
GWSY Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 6.5.41 18:20
GWSY Finn Callaghan behind 7.9.51 - 6.6.42 19:24
GWSY Toby Greene goal 7.9.51 - 7.6.48 21:26
GWSY Callan Ward goal 7.9.51 - 8.6.54 23:38
MELB Jack Viney goal 8.9.57 - 8.6.54 25:38
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 8.9.57 - 9.6.60 28:11
Q4 GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 8.9.57 - 10.6.66 02:13
GWSY Brent Daniels goal 8.9.57 - 11.6.72 03:34
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 8.9.57 - 12.6.78 05:22
GWSY Toby Greene goal 8.9.57 - 13.6.84 07:16
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 9.9.63 - 13.6.84 12:12
GWSY Toby Greene behind 9.9.63 - 13.7.85 13:52
MELB Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 13.7.85 16:58
MELB Harry Petty behind 9.11.65 - 13.7.85 18:37
MELB Kade Chandler goal 10.11.71 - 13.7.85 20:24
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 11.11.77 - 13.7.85 24:24
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 12.11.83 - 13.7.85 29:34