2025 AFL Round 12: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 2025 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 12 of the 2025 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Callum Mills captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

Melbourne
Back: J. Bowey, S. May, C. Salem
Half-back: J. McVee, J. Lever, T. Rivers
Centre: X. Lindsay, C. Petracca, T. Sparrow
Half-forward: C. Spargo, B. Fritsch, D. Turner
Forward: J. Melksham, H. Petty, K. Pickett
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, H. Langford
Int.: K. Chandler, A. Johnson, E. Langdon, C. Windsor
Sub.: H. Sharp

Sydney
Back: S. Wicks, T. McCartin, D. Rampe
Half-back: M. Roberts, N. Blakey, R. Bice
Centre: C. Mills (capt.), I. Heeney, J. Lloyd
Half-forward: Corey Warner, J. Hamling, B. Campbell
Forward: J. Jordon, W. Hayward, A. Sheldrick
Follower: B. Grundy, Chad Warner, J. Rowbottom
Int.: C. Cleary, O. Florent, P. Ladhams, H. McLean
Sub.: T. Adams

Melbourne (19.17.131) defeated Sydney (12.6.78).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: K. Pickett (5), J. Melksham (3), B. Fritsch (2), H. Sharp (2), T. Sparrow (2), M. Gawn, C. Oliver, C. Petracca, H. Petty, C. Salem
Sydney: I. Heeney (3), P. Ladhams (2), N. Blakey, B. Campbell, J. Hamling, W. Hayward, H. McLean, C. Mills, C. Warner

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder (up from 14th) and Sydney were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Sunday 25 May 2025
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 38,520

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 19.17.131 - 12.6.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 11 11 . 15 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Sydney 2 . 1 4 . 1 7 . 3 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Margin MELB by 8 MELB by 22 MELB by 36 MELB by 53 MELB by 53
Duration 32:57 31:04 35:32 39:58 2:19:31

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Dean Cox (Sydney)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Callum Mills (Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 3
Christian Salem MELB 3 2
Christian Petracca MELB 5 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 77% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 3 1 5 1 2 2 3
37 Chandler, Kade INT 83% 0 1 16 10 6 6 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley CHF 90% 2 1 13 9 4 6 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 4
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 84% 1 1 21 10 11 3 35 9 7 4 4 1 3 4
42 Johnson, Aidan INT 63% 0 0 6 1 5 0 1 2 1 7 0 3 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed INT 78% 0 0 31 12 19 5 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 5
19 Langford, Harvey RO 85% 0 1 21 11 10 3 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 4
8 Lever, Jake CHB 97% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0
20 Lindsay, Xavier WL 80% 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 2
1 May, Steven FB 95% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
4 McVee, Judd HBFL 83% 0 0 21 14 7 8 0 1 2 4 2 1 4 3
18 Melksham, Jake FPL 80% 3 2 10 6 4 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 0
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 80% 1 0 31 13 18 2 0 12 3 6 1 2 1 5
5 Petracca, Christian C 86% 1 2 28 14 14 3 0 4 2 4 1 0 2 5
35 Petty, Harry FF 74% 1 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 76% 5 4 24 18 6 4 0 4 6 4 1 1 0 3
24 Rivers, Trent HBFR 77% 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 9 4 3 0 1 1 3
3 Salem, Christian BPR 87% 1 1 31 20 11 11 0 4 6 3 1 0 1 4
30 Sharp, Harry SUB↑ 33% 2 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFL↓ 51% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2
32 Sparrow, Tom WR 77% 2 1 11 7 4 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0
10 Turner, Daniel HFFR 90% 0 0 16 11 5 8 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 2
6 Windsor, Caleb INT 75% 0 0 24 15 9 3 0 3 2 2 1 0 3 8
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 19 17 402 226 176 83 36 89 43 63 22 14 32 64

H. Sharp replaced C. Spargo.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Adams, Taylor SUB↑ 32% 0 0 12 3 9 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 1
26 Bice, Riley HBFR 87% 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 4 1 4 1 0 6 0
22 Blakey, Nick CHB 83% 1 0 19 15 4 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 8 1
16 Campbell, Braeden HFFR 83% 1 1 9 6 3 3 0 7 2 2 0 1 0 2
33 Cleary, Caiden INT 72% 0 3 13 4 9 4 0 3 2 4 0 2 1 1
13 Florent, Oliver INT 83% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 4 0 3 0 2 2 1
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 85% 0 0 23 7 16 2 41 9 8 11 4 2 1 1
29 Hamling, Joel CHF 100% 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1
9 Hayward, Will FF 83% 1 1 12 7 5 3 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 3
5 Heeney, Isaac C 76% 3 0 22 8 14 4 0 6 4 3 0 0 0 0
17 Jordon, James FPL 86% 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 5
19 Ladhams, Peter INT 62% 2 0 9 5 4 2 10 3 1 3 1 1 1 2
44 Lloyd, Jake WR 89% 0 0 17 10 7 8 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 2
30 McCartin, Tom FB 100% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 0 4 1 1 2 2
2 McLean, Hayden INT 73% 1 0 7 2 5 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1
14 Mills, Callum (c) WL 64% 1 0 17 9 8 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 0
24 Rampe, Dane BPR 71% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 3 1
34 Roberts, Matt HBFL 87% 0 0 23 16 7 8 0 2 0 3 0 0 4 0
8 Rowbottom, James RO 82% 0 0 12 4 8 0 0 9 4 2 0 1 2 1
12 Sheldrick, Angus FPR 71% 0 0 26 19 7 0 0 5 5 5 1 2 1 9
1 Warner, Chad RR 86% 1 0 27 18 9 4 0 5 6 5 2 0 3 7
37 Warner, Corey HFFL 91% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 4 3 1 0 0 3 2
15 Wicks, Sam BPL↓ 53% 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 4 1 3 0 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 12 6 335 189 146 72 51 82 42 76 14 22 44 44

T. Adams replaced S. Wicks.

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
15 S. Wicks 30 T. McCartin 24 D. Rampe 11 M. Gawn (c) 37 K. Chandler
36 K. Pickett 35 H. Petty 18 J. Melksham 13 C. Oliver 42 A. Johnson
FORWARD 19 H. Langford 15 E. Langdon
HALF-BACK

6 C. Windsor
34 M. Roberts 22 N. Blakey 26 R. Bice

30 H. Sharp
10 D. Turner 31 B. Fritsch 9 C. Spargo



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 C. Mills (c) 5 I. Heeney 44 J. Lloyd



32 T. Sparrow 5 C. Petracca 20 X. Lindsay FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 B. Grundy 33 C. Cleary
HALF-FORWARD 1 C. Warner 13 O. Florent
37 C. Warner 29 J. Hamling 16 B. Campbell 8 J. Rowbottom 19 P. Ladhams
24 T. Rivers 8 J. Lever 4 J. McVee

2 H. McLean
HALF-BACK

3 T. Adams
FORWARD



17 J. Jordon 9 W. Hayward 12 A. Sheldrick



3 C. Salem 1 S. May 17 J. Bowey



BACK



Sydney Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Max Gawn goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:42
MELB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 09:17
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 14:59
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 15:46
SYDN Peter Ladhams goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 18:23
MELB Jake Melksham goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 20:44
SYDN Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 22:31
MELB Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 24:49
SYDN Peter Ladhams goal 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 27:29
Q2 MELB Harvey Langford behind 3.4.22 - 2.1.13 00:37
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 3.4.22 - 3.1.19 02:31
MELB Christian Petracca goal 4.4.28 - 3.1.19 04:28
MELB Christian Petracca behind 4.5.29 - 3.1.19 06:43
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 5.5.35 - 3.1.19 07:50
SYDN Joel Hamling goal 5.5.35 - 4.1.25 10:34
MELB Christian Salem behind 5.6.36 - 4.1.25 13:51
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 6.6.42 - 4.1.25 17:25
MELB Kade Chandler behind 6.7.43 - 4.1.25 19:17
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 6.8.44 - 4.1.25 19:55
MELB Jake Melksham behind 6.9.45 - 4.1.25 22:08
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 6.10.46 - 4.1.25 23:36
MELB Jake Melksham behind 6.11.47 - 4.1.25 28:22
Q3 MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 7.11.53 - 4.1.25 00:29
SYDN Nick Blakey goal 7.11.53 - 5.1.31 02:25
MELB Max Gawn behind 7.12.54 - 5.1.31 06:24
MELB Rushed behind 7.13.55 - 5.1.31 07:41
SYDN Will Hayward goal 7.13.55 - 6.1.37 09:44
SYDN Caiden Cleary behind 7.13.55 - 6.2.38 11:27
SYDN Will Hayward behind 7.13.55 - 6.3.39 15:35
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 8.13.61 - 6.3.39 17:32
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 9.13.67 - 6.3.39 20:40
MELB Christian Salem goal 10.13.73 - 6.3.39 22:31
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 10.14.74 - 6.3.39 24:54
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 11.14.80 - 6.3.39 26:52
MELB Christian Petracca behind 11.15.81 - 6.3.39 28:24
SYDN Braeden Campbell goal 11.15.81 - 7.3.45 30:33
Q4 SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 11.15.81 - 8.3.51 00:55
MELB Harry Petty goal 12.15.87 - 8.3.51 02:44
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 12.16.88 - 8.3.51 04:35
SYDN Callum Mills goal 12.16.88 - 9.3.57 05:36
SYDN Caiden Cleary behind 12.16.88 - 9.4.58 08:25
MELB Harry Sharp goal 13.16.94 - 9.4.58 09:13
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 14.16.100 - 9.4.58 11:33
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 14.16.100 - 10.4.64 16:02
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 14.17.101 - 10.4.64 17:12
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 15.17.107 - 10.4.64 17:38
MELB Harry Sharp goal 16.17.113 - 10.4.64 21:05
MELB Jake Melksham goal 17.17.119 - 10.4.64 23:44
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 18.17.125 - 10.4.64 26:46
SYDN Caiden Cleary behind 18.17.125 - 10.5.65 28:23
SYDN Chad Warner goal 18.17.125 - 11.5.71 32:24
MELB Jake Melksham goal 19.17.131 - 11.5.71 34:54
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 19.17.131 - 12.5.77 36:28
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 19.17.131 - 12.6.78 38:49