2025 AFL Round 7: Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 2025 between Melbourne and Fremantle during round 7 of the 2025 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Fremantle at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. Alex Pearce captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

Melbourne
Back: J. Bowey, H. Petty, T. McDonald
Half-back: X. Lindsay, B. Howes, T. Rivers
Centre: C. Windsor, J. Viney (vice-capt.), E. Langdon
Half-forward: T. Sparrow, T. Fullarton, K. Pickett
Forward: K. Tholstrup, D. Turner, C. Spargo
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Petracca, H. Langford
Int.: K. Chandler, J. Melksham, C. Oliver, C. Salem
Sub.: H. Sharp

Fremantle
Back: L. Ryan, A. Pearce (capt.), B. Cox
Half-back: J. Aish, J. Draper, J. Clark
Centre: J. Sharp, M. Johnson, J. O'Meara
Half-forward: M. Frederick, S. Switkowski, S. Bolton
Forward: O. McDonald, J. Treacy, J. Amiss
Follower: S. Darcy, C. Serong, A. Brayshaw
Int.: B. Banfield, M. Reid, K. Worner, H. Young
Sub.: I. Dudley

Melbourne (16.11.107) defeated Fremantle (14.13.97).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: K. Pickett (5), H. Petty (4), K. Chandler (2), H. Langford (2), C. Petracca, T. Rivers, J. Viney
Fremantle: J. Amiss (3), S. Bolton (3), S. Darcy (2), A. Brayshaw, I. Dudley, O. McDonald, M. Reid, J. Sharp, J. Treacy

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 17th on the ladder and Fremantle remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 19 April 2025
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,202

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fremantle
Score: 16.11.107 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 1 12 . 2 15 . 5 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Fremantle 4 . 2 8 . 5 11 . 10 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin MELB by 11 MELB by 21 MELB by 19 MELB by 10 MELB by 10
Duration 33:09 34:46 30:23 29:43 2:08:01

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Alex Pearce (Fremantle)
Vice-Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), unknown (Fremantle)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake BPL 85% 0 0 29 21 8 7 0 3 3 1 1 0 6 3
37 Chandler, Kade INT 90% 2 1 9 7 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
33 Fullarton, Tom CHF 60% 0 0 6 3 3 1 6 1 0 2 3 1 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 86% 0 2 28 12 16 7 31 0 10 2 3 0 1 3
22 Howes, Blake CHB 88% 0 0 14 9 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
15 Langdon, Ed WR 75% 0 0 22 12 10 7 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2
19 Langford, Harvey RO 86% 2 0 17 10 7 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 5
20 Lindsay, Xavier HBFL 80% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 2
25 McDonald, Tom BPR 100% 0 0 18 13 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
18 Melksham, Jake INT 65% 0 2 13 8 5 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 3
13 Oliver, Clayton INT 72% 0 0 25 5 20 1 0 6 5 2 2 1 1 3
5 Petracca, Christian RR 83% 1 1 25 13 12 5 0 5 6 6 1 2 0 8
35 Petty, Harry FB 83% 4 0 10 6 4 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFR 88% 5 2 24 16 8 5 0 3 4 5 1 2 1 6
24 Rivers, Trent HBFR 82% 1 0 26 19 7 10 0 4 1 3 2 1 2 1
3 Salem, Christian INT 85% 0 0 23 19 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 5 0
30 Sharp, Harry SUB↑ 40% 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
9 Spargo, Charlie FPR 83% 0 1 19 10 9 3 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 6
32 Sparrow, Tom HFFL 89% 0 1 13 9 4 6 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 0
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn FPL 68% 0 0 6 4 2 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 1
10 Turner, Daniel FF↓ 46% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Viney, Jack (vc) C 87% 1 1 25 10 15 1 0 8 5 5 1 4 3 7
6 Windsor, Caleb WL 79% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 16 11 392 229 163 110 37 59 38 45 21 19 35 56

H. Sharp replaced D. Turner.

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Aish, James HBFL 74% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1
24 Amiss, Jye FPR 90% 3 2 8 7 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1
41 Banfield, Bailey INT↓ 55% 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
15 Bolton, Shai HFFR 86% 3 1 20 15 5 9 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 7
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RO 77% 1 0 33 15 18 3 0 3 8 4 4 2 3 4
6 Clark, Jordan HBFR 82% 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 5 2
36 Cox, Brennan BPR 82% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 0
4 Darcy, Sean RU 73% 2 0 4 2 2 2 20 3 1 2 0 2 0 0
37 Draper, Josh CHB 91% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 0
43 Dudley, Isaiah SUB↑ 28% 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
32 Frederick, Michael HFFL 87% 0 2 8 5 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1
44 Johnson, Matthew C 78% 0 0 13 2 11 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 2
21 McDonald, Oscar FPL 77% 1 0 9 6 3 5 5 4 0 2 0 2 0 1
2 O'Meara, Jaeger WR 55% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 3
25 Pearce, Alex (c) FB 97% 0 0 12 4 8 3 0 1 2 4 2 4 3 0
16 Reid, Murphy INT 71% 1 2 17 14 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6
13 Ryan, Luke BPL 91% 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 3 0 1 2 0 9 0
3 Serong, Caleb RR 82% 0 0 27 9 18 0 0 4 5 2 3 1 3 3
14 Sharp, Jeremy WL 97% 1 3 18 12 6 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
39 Switkowski, Sam CHF 72% 0 0 16 5 11 6 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5
35 Treacy, Josh FF 95% 1 1 6 5 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
23 Worner, Karl INT 83% 0 0 15 12 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
26 Young, Hayden INT 76% 0 0 25 13 12 5 0 4 3 6 2 2 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 14 13 326 185 141 80 25 46 33 35 19 21 39 49

I. Dudley replaced B. Banfield.

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
13 L. Ryan 25 A. Pearce (c) 36 B. Cox 11 M. Gawn (c) 37 K. Chandler
9 C. Spargo 10 D. Turner 12 K. Tholstrup 5 C. Petracca 18 J. Melksham
FORWARD 19 H. Langford 13 C. Oliver
HALF-BACK

3 C. Salem
11 J. Aish 37 J. Draper 6 J. Clark

30 H. Sharp
36 K. Pickett 33 T. Fullarton 32 T. Sparrow



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 J. Sharp 44 M. Johnson 2 J. O'Meara



15 E. Langdon 7 J. Viney (vc) 6 C. Windsor FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 S. Darcy 41 B. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD 3 C. Serong 16 M. Reid
32 M. Frederick 39 S. Switkowski 15 S. Bolton 8 A. Brayshaw 23 K. Worner
24 T. Rivers 22 B. Howes 20 X. Lindsay

26 H. Young
HALF-BACK

43 I. Dudley
FORWARD



21 O. McDonald 35 J. Treacy 24 J. Amiss



25 T. McDonald 35 H. Petty 17 J. Bowey



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:58
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:02
MELB Harry Petty goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 07:04
MELB Trent Rivers goal 3.0.18 - 1.0.6 08:31
FREM Shai Bolton goal 3.0.18 - 2.0.12 11:26
FREM Murphy Reid goal 3.0.18 - 3.0.18 12:45
MELB Harry Petty goal 4.0.24 - 3.0.18 17:16
MELB Jake Melksham behind 4.1.25 - 3.0.18 18:58
FREM Murphy Reid behind 4.1.25 - 3.1.19 22:53
MELB Christian Petracca goal 5.1.31 - 3.1.19 24:54
FREM Michael Frederick behind 5.1.31 - 3.2.20 28:41
FREM Josh Treacy goal 5.1.31 - 4.2.26 30:25
MELB Jack Viney goal 6.1.37 - 4.2.26 31:33
Q2 MELB Kade Chandler goal 7.1.43 - 4.2.26 01:04
FREM Sean Darcy goal 7.1.43 - 5.2.32 04:08
MELB Kade Chandler goal 8.1.49 - 5.2.32 05:37
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 9.1.55 - 5.2.32 07:44
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 10.1.61 - 5.2.32 08:54
FREM Murphy Reid behind 10.1.61 - 5.3.33 10:45
FREM Jye Amiss goal 10.1.61 - 6.3.39 12:17
FREM Jeremy Sharp goal 10.1.61 - 7.3.45 14:03
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 10.2.62 - 7.3.45 17:16
FREM Michael Frederick behind 10.2.62 - 7.4.46 19:03
FREM Shai Bolton goal 10.2.62 - 8.4.52 22:03
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 11.2.68 - 8.4.52 25:16
FREM Jeremy Sharp behind 11.2.68 - 8.5.53 28:22
MELB Harry Petty goal 12.2.74 - 8.5.53 32:30
Q3 MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 12.3.75 - 8.5.53 00:35
FREM Oscar McDonald goal 12.3.75 - 9.5.59 03:26
FREM Jeremy Sharp behind 12.3.75 - 9.6.60 06:27
FREM Jye Amiss behind 12.3.75 - 9.7.61 08:25
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 13.3.81 - 9.7.61 09:55
FREM Shai Bolton goal 13.3.81 - 10.7.67 16:13
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 13.4.82 - 10.7.67 17:36
FREM Jeremy Sharp behind 13.4.82 - 10.8.68 19:14
FREM Rushed behind 13.4.82 - 10.9.69 19:56
MELB Harvey Langford goal 14.4.88 - 10.9.69 21:15
FREM Shai Bolton behind 14.4.88 - 10.10.70 22:34
MELB Christian Petracca behind 14.5.89 - 10.10.70 25:07
FREM Isaiah Dudley goal 14.5.89 - 11.10.76 27:21
MELB Harry Petty goal 15.5.95 - 11.10.76 29:32
Q4 MELB Max Gawn behind 15.6.96 - 11.10.76 02:42
FREM Rushed behind 15.6.96 - 11.11.77 06:01
FREM Josh Treacy behind 15.6.96 - 11.12.78 10:01
MELB Jack Viney behind 15.7.97 - 11.12.78 13:48
FREM Jye Amiss behind 15.7.97 - 11.13.79 14:19
FREM Jye Amiss goal 15.7.97 - 12.13.85 15:58
FREM Jye Amiss goal 15.7.97 - 13.13.91 17:54
MELB Harvey Langford goal 16.7.103 - 13.13.91 20:53
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 16.8.104 - 13.13.91 24:16
MELB Max Gawn behind 16.9.105 - 13.13.91 25:41
MELB Jake Melksham behind 16.10.106 - 13.13.91 26:25
MELB Kade Chandler behind 16.11.107 - 13.13.91 27:19
FREM Sean Darcy goal 16.11.107 - 14.13.97 28:20