2025 AFL Round 22: Melbourne v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 2025 between Melbourne and West Coast during round 22 of the 2025 AFL season. Melbourne hosted West Coast at Marvel Stadium. Max Gawn captained the hosts with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by Andrew McQualter.

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

West Coast
Back: R. Ginbey, H. Edwards, C. Chesser
Half-back: L. Duggan, R. Bazzo, T. McCarthy
Centre: R. Maric, B. Hough, C. Hall
Half-forward: J. Cripps, J. Shanahan, T. Gross
Forward: M. Owies, A. Reid, L. Ryan
Follower: B. Williams, T. Kelly, L. Baker
Int.: T. Brockman, T. Cole, T. Dewar, E. Hewett
Sub.: H. Davis

Melbourne (21.13.139) defeated West Coast (8.8.56).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (4), H. Langford (3), H. Petty (3), J. Culley (2), J. van Rooyen (2), K. Chandler, M. Gawn, E. Langdon, J. Melksham, C. Petracca, T. Rivers, J. Viney
West Coast: J. Cripps (2), T. Brockman, C. Chesser, R. Maric, A. Reid, L. Ryan, J. Shanahan

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) and West Coast remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Melbourne v West Coast
Date: Saturday 2 August 2025
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 16,394

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. West Coast
Score: 21.13.139 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	3	.	5	6	.	7	16	.	9	21	.	13	21	.	13	(139)
West Coast	1	.	2	3	.	3	6	.	6	8	.	8	8	.	8	(56)
Margin	MELB by 15			MELB by 22			MELB by 63			MELB by 83			MELB by 83
Duration	29:54			32:25			36:53			32:42			2:11:54

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), Andrew McQualter (West Coast)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), unknown (West Coast)
Vice-Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), unknown (West Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Max Gawn	MELB	11	3
Jack Viney	MELB	7	2
Christian Salem	MELB	3	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	25	19	6	7	0	2	1	1	0	1	6	3
37	Chandler, Kade	HFFR	86%	1	0	18	8	10	5	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	5
46	Culley, Jai	WL	76%	2	0	13	9	4	7	0	2	2	1	2	0	1	5
31	Fritsch, Bayley	CHF	82%	4	0	17	9	8	6	0	2	1	5	1	2	0	2
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	85%	1	0	21	8	13	8	29	1	2	4	3	1	3	3
22	Howes, Blake	HBFR	77%	0	0	12	4	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Langdon, Ed	RO	76%	1	1	11	7	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
19	Langford, Harvey	WR	86%	3	0	16	10	6	2	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	5
25	McDonald, Tom	FB	97%	0	0	12	7	5	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	4	1
4	McVee, Judd	BPR	84%	0	0	11	5	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0
18	Melksham, Jake	FPL↓	64%	1	0	10	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
13	Oliver, Clayton	INT	76%	0	0	28	13	15	4	0	5	5	4	0	2	0	6
5	Petracca, Christian	C	82%	1	1	23	6	17	2	0	4	4	2	0	1	1	1
35	Petty, Harry	INT	76%	3	2	11	9	2	8	4	4	1	2	1	1	0	1
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	FPR	85%	0	1	26	20	6	3	0	5	2	4	1	0	2	7
24	Rivers, Trent	RR	81%	1	0	18	12	6	10	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0
3	Salem, Christian	INT	82%	0	0	30	18	12	9	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	4
30	Sharp, Harry	SUB↑	18%	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	79%	0	0	14	9	5	4	0	5	1	3	0	0	0	3
10	Turner, Daniel	CHB	94%	0	0	12	8	4	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	1
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	FF	77%	2	1	15	8	7	3	3	4	1	2	1	1	0	1
7	Viney, Jack (vc)	HFFL	76%	1	2	25	14	11	0	0	8	13	5	0	3	1	3
6	Windsor, Caleb	HBFL	77%	0	1	16	11	5	1	0	5	3	2	1	0	2	4
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				21	13	386	222	164	103	36	57	40	46	15	13	36	58

H. Sharp replaced J. Melksham.

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Baker, Liam	RO	84%	0	1	18	10	8	4	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	4
33	Bazzo, Rhett	CHB	91%	0	0	10	6	4	2	3	4	0	4	0	2	2	0
10	Brockman, Tyler	INT	79%	1	1	8	5	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2
18	Chesser, Campbell	BPR	84%	1	0	17	13	4	4	0	2	1	3	0	1	1	6
28	Cole, Tom	INT	80%	0	1	24	12	12	4	0	3	1	3	1	1	0	3
15	Cripps, Jamie	HFFL	88%	2	0	8	5	3	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	2
38	Davis, Hamish	SUB↑	22%	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
43	Dewar, Tyrell	INT↓	55%	0	0	5	4	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
14	Duggan, Liam	HBFL	83%	0	0	21	15	6	8	0	3	1	3	0	0	5	2
42	Edwards, Harry	FB	92%	0	0	6	4	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0
7	Ginbey, Reuben	BPL	90%	0	0	15	9	6	1	0	4	1	2	5	1	6	1
27	Gross, Tom	HFFR	69%	0	0	13	5	8	6	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1
29	Hall, Clay	WR	76%	0	0	15	6	9	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
8	Hewett, Elijah	INT	83%	0	0	23	8	15	3	0	4	3	4	0	0	1	4
19	Hough, Brady	C	82%	0	0	11	3	8	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	1	1
11	Kelly, Tim	RR	87%	0	0	26	13	13	3	0	5	7	3	2	1	5	2
23	Maric, Ryan	WL	87%	1	0	29	20	9	4	0	4	2	3	0	0	7	3
45	McCarthy, Tom	HBFR	76%	0	0	26	16	10	7	0	1	5	2	1	1	5	3
16	Owies, Matthew	FPL	79%	0	0	9	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
22	Reid, Archer	FF	72%	1	1	8	6	2	4	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	1
1	Ryan, Liam	FPR	76%	1	2	6	5	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2
35	Shanahan, Jobe	CHF	84%	1	0	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Williams, Bailey	RU	81%	0	0	6	2	4	1	26	2	2	3	1	3	0	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				8	8	312	177	135	84	37	48	30	46	13	15	37	45

H. Davis replaced T. Dewar.

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
	7	R. Ginbey	42	H. Edwards	18	C. Chesser	11	M. Gawn (c)	13	C. Oliver
	36	K. Pickett	2	J. van Rooyen	18	J. Melksham	24	T. Rivers	35	H. Petty
FORWARD							15	E. Langdon	3	C. Salem
HALF-BACK									32	T. Sparrow
	14	L. Duggan	33	R. Bazzo	45	T. McCarthy			30	H. Sharp
	37	K. Chandler	31	B. Fritsch	7	J. Viney (vc)
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	23	R. Maric	19	B. Hough	29	C. Hall
	19	H. Langford	5	C. Petracca	46	J. Culley	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							32	B. Williams	10	T. Brockman
HALF-FORWARD							11	T. Kelly	28	T. Cole
	15	J. Cripps	35	J. Shanahan	27	T. Gross	3	L. Baker	43	T. Dewar
	22	B. Howes	10	D. Turner	6	C. Windsor			8	E. Hewett
HALF-BACK									38	H. Davis
FORWARD
	16	M. Owies	22	A. Reid	1	L. Ryan
	4	J. McVee	25	T. McDonald	17	J. Bowey
BACK
West Coast							Coach: Andrew McQualter

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Jack Viney behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:37
	WCST	Liam Ryan behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	02:39
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	03:38
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	04:58
	MELB	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	0.1.1	06:54
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	2.3.15	-	0.1.1	08:54
	MELB	Rushed behind	2.4.16	-	0.1.1	12:55
	MELB	Harry Petty behind	2.5.17	-	0.1.1	13:57
	WCST	Rushed behind	2.5.17	-	0.2.2	19:15
	MELB	Harvey Langford goal	3.5.23	-	0.2.2	24:13
	WCST	Ryan Maric goal	3.5.23	-	1.2.8	28:04
Q2	MELB	Trent Rivers goal	4.5.29	-	1.2.8	02:39
	MELB	Harry Petty goal	5.5.35	-	1.2.8	04:44
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	6.5.41	-	1.2.8	12:17
	WCST	Tyler Brockman goal	6.5.41	-	2.2.14	18:44
	WCST	Archer Reid goal	6.5.41	-	3.2.20	22:32
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen behind	6.6.42	-	3.2.20	26:22
	MELB	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	3.2.20	27:03
	WCST	Archer Reid behind	6.7.43	-	3.3.21	28:30
Q3	WCST	Liam Baker behind	6.7.43	-	3.4.22	02:58
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	7.7.49	-	3.4.22	03:58
	MELB	Jack Viney behind	7.8.50	-	3.4.22	05:54
	WCST	Liam Ryan goal	7.8.50	-	4.4.28	07:57
	WCST	Rushed behind	7.8.50	-	4.5.29	09:48
	MELB	Jai Culley goal	8.8.56	-	4.5.29	11:00
	WCST	Campbell Chesser goal	8.8.56	-	5.5.35	13:34
	MELB	Harry Petty goal	9.8.62	-	5.5.35	15:31
	WCST	Tom Cole behind	9.8.62	-	5.6.36	17:59
	MELB	Harvey Langford goal	10.8.68	-	5.6.36	18:57
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	11.8.74	-	5.6.36	20:58
	MELB	Jack Viney goal	12.8.80	-	5.6.36	24:00
	MELB	Max Gawn goal	13.8.86	-	5.6.36	26:45
	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	13.8.86	-	6.6.42	29:33
	MELB	Harry Petty behind	13.9.87	-	6.6.42	31:32
	MELB	Harry Petty goal	14.9.93	-	6.6.42	32:52
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	15.9.99	-	6.6.42	34:03
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	16.9.105	-	6.6.42	35:31
Q4	MELB	Caleb Windsor behind	16.10.106	-	6.6.42	01:00
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	17.10.112	-	6.6.42	03:29
	MELB	Ed Langdon behind	17.11.113	-	6.6.42	09:08
	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	17.11.113	-	7.6.48	10:47
	MELB	Ed Langdon goal	18.11.119	-	7.6.48	12:56
	WCST	Jobe Shanahan goal	18.11.119	-	8.6.54	17:33
	MELB	Jai Culley goal	19.11.125	-	8.6.54	19:20
	MELB	Rushed behind	19.12.126	-	8.6.54	22:30
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	20.12.132	-	8.6.54	23:33
	WCST	Tyler Brockman behind	20.12.132	-	8.7.55	25:22
	WCST	Liam Ryan behind	20.12.132	-	8.8.56	27:12
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	20.13.133	-	8.8.56	28:32
	MELB	Harvey Langford goal	21.13.139	-	8.8.56	31:36

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