2025 AFL Round 14: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 2025 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round 14 of the 2025 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Darcy Moore captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Craig McRae.

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

Collingwood
Back: B. Frampton, J. Howe, D. Houston
Half-back: H. Perryman, D. Moore (capt.), I. Quaynor
Centre: J. Crisp, S. Pendlebury, S. Sidebottom
Half-forward: B. Hill, T. Membrey, B. McCreery
Forward: J. Elliott, B. Mihocek, L. Sullivan
Follower: D. Cameron, N. Long, N. Daicos
Int.: E. Allan, J. Daicos, W. Hayes, D. McStay
Sub.: W. Hoskin-Elliott

Melbourne (10.11.71) were defeated by Collingwood (11.6.72).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), K. Pickett (3), J. Melksham, H. Petty, T. Sparrow, K. Tholstrup
Collingwood: D. McStay (2), N. Daicos, J. Elliott, W. Hayes, B. Hill, N. Long, B. McCreery, T. Membrey, B. Mihocek, S. Sidebottom

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Monday 9 June 2025
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 77,761

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 10.11.71 - 11.6.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 4 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Collingwood 2 . 2 6 . 2 9 . 3 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Margin level COLL by 8 COLL by 7 COLL by 1 COLL by 1
Duration 31:54 30:55 30:42 31:31 2:05:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Craig McRae (Collingwood)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), Darcy Moore (Collingwood)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Josh Daicos COLL 7 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 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 85% 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 2 3 2 1 0 2 2
37 Chandler, Kade WL 89% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5
31 Fritsch, Bayley HFFR 92% 3 1 17 9 8 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 85% 0 1 20 13 7 6 43 3 6 7 1 2 2 4
22 Howes, Blake INT 72% 0 0 11 3 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
15 Langdon, Ed HFFL 87% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 6 0 4 1 4 0 0
19 Langford, Harvey CHF 84% 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 2
8 Lever, Jake CHB 95% 0 0 9 2 7 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
20 Lindsay, Xavier WR↓ 58% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 0 5 1 2 3 1
1 May, Steven FB 97% 0 0 16 14 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
4 McVee, Judd HBFL 75% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 0
18 Melksham, Jake FPL 81% 1 2 8 7 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 78% 0 0 30 16 14 1 0 7 9 6 2 0 0 6
5 Petracca, Christian C 84% 0 1 27 9 18 2 0 5 5 3 1 0 2 4
35 Petty, Harry FF 74% 1 1 9 6 3 3 0 2 0 6 3 3 0 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 82% 3 1 15 11 4 0 0 3 3 6 1 3 0 4
24 Rivers, Trent INT 73% 0 1 22 13 9 3 0 4 5 3 0 1 1 7
3 Salem, Christian BPR 89% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
32 Sparrow, Tom RO 77% 1 0 15 9 6 5 0 6 2 8 1 5 1 4
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn INT 66% 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 4
10 Turner, Daniel HBFR 87% 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 3 1 2 2 1 3 2
2 van Rooyen, Jacob INT 60% 0 0 8 3 5 3 4 3 2 2 1 2 0 1
6 Windsor, Caleb SUB↑ 29% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 10 11 327 194 133 73 47 59 39 68 20 29 33 54

C. Windsor replaced X. Lindsay.

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Allan, Ed INT↓ 59% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 0
14 Cameron, Darcy RU 82% 0 0 16 10 6 9 19 2 2 4 4 2 1 2
25 Crisp, Jack WL 86% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 7 3 1 0 0 0 4
7 Daicos, Josh INT 78% 0 0 34 25 9 11 0 2 2 5 0 2 5 2
35 Daicos, Nick RO 90% 1 1 19 14 5 3 0 4 8 3 5 2 0 6
5 Elliott, Jamie FPL 82% 1 0 7 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Frampton, Billy BPL 93% 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0
39 Hayes, Will INT 71% 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3
23 Hill, Bobby HFFL 74% 1 2 10 7 3 4 0 4 1 2 2 0 1 1
32 Hoskin-Elliott, Will SUB↑ 25% 0 0 5 5 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
9 Houston, Dan BPR 78% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 5 4 1 0 0 4 4
38 Howe, Jeremy FB 91% 0 0 26 21 5 5 0 5 0 2 3 0 9 1
44 Long, Ned RR 71% 1 1 21 11 10 5 0 7 0 4 1 1 0 3
31 McCreery, Beau HFFR 83% 1 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 2 5 2 2 2 4
11 McStay, Daniel INT 64% 2 0 6 4 2 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
28 Membrey, Tim CHF 82% 1 0 13 8 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
41 Mihocek, Brody FF 83% 1 0 6 4 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 1 0 0
30 Moore, Darcy (c) CHB 98% 0 0 10 4 6 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1
10 Pendlebury, Scott C 81% 0 0 29 13 16 10 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 4
12 Perryman, Harry HBFL 82% 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 1 0 3 4 2 5 3
3 Quaynor, Isaac HBFR 80% 0 0 25 15 10 9 0 4 0 4 1 3 7 3
22 Sidebottom, Steele WR 86% 1 0 25 13 12 8 0 1 2 2 1 1 4 2
33 Sullivan, Lachlan FPR 81% 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 6 367 227 140 116 21 60 29 55 29 20 44 45

W. Hoskin-Elliott replaced E. Allan.

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
17 B. Frampton 38 J. Howe 9 D. Houston 11 M. Gawn (c) 22 B. Howes
36 K. Pickett 35 H. Petty 18 J. Melksham 13 C. Oliver 24 T. Rivers
FORWARD 32 T. Sparrow 12 K. Tholstrup
HALF-BACK

2 J. van Rooyen
12 H. Perryman 30 D. Moore (c) 3 I. Quaynor

6 C. Windsor
31 B. Fritsch 19 H. Langford 15 E. Langdon



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



25 J. Crisp 10 S. Pendlebury 22 S. Sidebottom



20 X. Lindsay 5 C. Petracca 37 K. Chandler FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 D. Cameron 16 E. Allan
HALF-FORWARD 44 N. Long 7 J. Daicos
23 B. Hill 28 T. Membrey 31 B. McCreery 35 N. Daicos 39 W. Hayes
10 D. Turner 8 J. Lever 4 J. McVee

11 D. McStay
HALF-BACK

32 W. Hoskin-Elliott
FORWARD



5 J. Elliott 41 B. Mihocek 33 L. Sullivan



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



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Craig McRae

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:08
COLL Bobby Hill behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:07
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 03:43
COLL Daniel McStay goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 17:59
MELB Trent Rivers behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 19:17
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 24:37
MELB Koltyn Tholstrup goal 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 26:33
COLL Bobby Hill behind 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 30:17
Q2 MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 01:21
COLL Beau McCreery goal 3.2.20 - 3.2.20 02:29
MELB Harry Petty behind 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 05:03
MELB Jake Melksham behind 3.4.22 - 3.2.20 11:59
COLL Steele Sidebottom goal 3.4.22 - 4.2.26 17:39
MELB Christian Petracca behind 3.5.23 - 4.2.26 19:15
MELB Koltyn Tholstrup behind 3.6.24 - 4.2.26 24:10
COLL Will Hayes goal 3.6.24 - 5.2.32 25:40
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 4.6.30 - 5.2.32 27:39
COLL Tim Membrey goal 4.6.30 - 6.2.38 30:53
Q3 COLL Brody Mihocek goal 4.6.30 - 7.2.44 01:45
COLL Ned Long goal 4.6.30 - 8.2.50 08:37
MELB Jake Melksham goal 5.6.36 - 8.2.50 10:26
MELB Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 8.2.50 13:10
COLL Ned Long behind 5.7.37 - 8.3.51 14:40
MELB Jake Melksham behind 5.8.38 - 8.3.51 15:50
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 6.8.44 - 8.3.51 19:00
COLL Bobby Hill goal 6.8.44 - 9.3.57 22:47
MELB Harry Petty goal 7.8.50 - 9.3.57 28:47
Q4 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 8.8.56 - 9.3.57 03:32
COLL Nick Daicos goal 8.8.56 - 10.3.63 06:10
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 9.8.62 - 10.3.63 07:50
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 9.9.63 - 10.3.63 11:21
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 10.9.69 - 10.3.63 12:27
COLL Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 10.4.64 14:13
COLL Daniel McStay goal 10.9.69 - 11.4.70 16:19
COLL Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 11.5.71 18:30
MELB Max Gawn behind 10.10.70 - 11.5.71 20:44
COLL Nick Daicos behind 10.10.70 - 11.6.72 24:15
MELB Rushed behind 10.11.71 - 11.6.72 26:26