2025 AFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 2025 between Melbourne and Fremantle during round seven of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fremantle at the 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 (16.11.107) defeated Fremantle (14.13.97).

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

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 (Fremantle) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Vice-Captain: Jack Viney
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Brownlow Votes

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

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	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

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