2025 AFL Round 25: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 2025 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round 25 of the 2025 AFL season. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at MCG. Darcy Moore captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Craig McRae and the visitors were coached by Troy Chaplin.

Collingwood
Back: B. Frampton, D. Moore (capt.), J. Howe
Half-back: H. Perryman, J. Daicos, B. Maynard
Centre: D. Houston, N. Long, S. Sidebottom
Half-forward: N. Daicos, T. Membrey, P. Lipinski
Forward: J. Elliott, B. Mihocek, L. Schultz
Follower: D. Cameron, S. Pendlebury, J. De Goey
Int.: J. Crisp, B. McCreery, D. McStay, I. Quaynor
Sub.: R. Steele

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

Collingwood (11.16.82) defeated Melbourne (11.10.76).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: J. Elliott (2), L. Schultz (2), J. Crisp, J. De Goey, N. Long, B. Maynard, D. McStay, B. Mihocek, S. Sidebottom
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), J. Melksham (2), K. Pickett (2), H. Langford, C. Petracca, H. Petty, J. van Rooyen

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Melbourne remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 25
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Friday 22 August 2025
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 60,611

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 11.16.82 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Collingwood	2	.	7	6	.	10	7	.	13	11	.	16	11	.	16	(82)
Melbourne	3	.	0	5	.	3	10	.	5	11	.	10	11	.	10	(76)
Margin	COLL by 1			COLL by 13			MELB by 10			COLL by 6			COLL by 6
Duration	29:55			31:48			29:54			32:09			2:03:46

Honour Roll

Coaches: Craig McRae (Collingwood), Troy Chaplin (Melbourne)
Captains: Darcy Moore (Collingwood), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Collingwood), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Max Gawn	MELB	11	3
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	2
Jordan De Goey	COLL	2	1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
14	Cameron, Darcy	RU	82%	0	0	14	11	3	4	26	4	3	7	1	3	3	1
25	Crisp, Jack	INT	84%	1	1	18	9	9	6	0	7	3	4	1	3	3	1
7	Daicos, Josh	CHB	84%	0	1	19	18	1	7	0	4	0	6	0	2	6	2
35	Daicos, Nick	HFFL	87%	0	0	27	14	13	6	0	5	5	6	3	2	2	6
2	De Goey, Jordan	RO	77%	1	0	26	17	9	6	0	1	6	7	0	3	1	6
5	Elliott, Jamie	FPL	89%	2	2	15	11	4	9	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4
17	Frampton, Billy	BPL	94%	0	0	12	8	4	9	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	0
9	Houston, Dan	WL	88%	0	1	22	17	5	7	0	2	1	2	1	1	4	0
38	Howe, Jeremy	BPR↓	31%	0	0	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
1	Lipinski, Patrick	HFFR	84%	0	2	15	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
44	Long, Ned	C	71%	1	0	17	10	7	6	0	5	3	3	0	2	1	3
4	Maynard, Brayden	HBFR	84%	1	0	16	11	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1
31	McCreery, Beau	INT	66%	0	1	18	9	9	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	4
11	McStay, Daniel	INT	79%	1	1	9	4	5	3	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
28	Membrey, Tim	CHF	75%	0	1	8	2	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
41	Mihocek, Brody	FF	82%	1	1	8	7	1	4	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	4
30	Moore, Darcy (c)	FB	90%	0	0	7	5	2	5	0	3	0	2	1	2	3	1
10	Pendlebury, Scott	RR	75%	0	0	21	14	7	3	0	4	2	0	2	0	1	2
12	Perryman, Harry	HBFL	82%	0	0	16	14	2	7	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	2
3	Quaynor, Isaac	INT	84%	0	0	15	10	5	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
8	Schultz, Lachie	FPR	84%	2	3	16	11	5	6	0	4	0	6	3	2	0	3
22	Sidebottom, Steele	WR	84%	1	0	16	11	5	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	3
45	Steele, Roan	SUB↑	43%	0	0	7	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				11	16	347	232	115	123	29	49	26	56	22	23	43	52

R. Steele replaced J. Howe.

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Bowey, Jake	HBFR	77%	0	0	24	20	4	8	0	1	2	3	0	1	5	1
37	Chandler, Kade	HFFR	87%	0	0	15	7	8	3	0	3	1	1	2	0	3	4
46	Culley, Jai	WR↓	65%	0	0	10	3	7	1	0	4	2	2	1	1	0	1
31	Fritsch, Bayley	CHF	89%	3	0	17	12	5	10	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	3
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	84%	0	0	23	10	13	7	25	2	3	3	5	0	1	4
22	Howes, Blake	INT	72%	0	0	12	5	7	3	0	3	0	5	1	2	0	1
15	Langdon, Ed	WL	84%	0	0	14	8	6	0	0	2	2	4	1	2	0	6
19	Langford, Harvey	RR	74%	1	0	26	14	12	7	0	1	2	2	1	1	3	3
1	May, Steven	FB	92%	0	0	23	20	3	12	0	1	0	3	0	0	10	0
25	McDonald, Tom	CHB	100%	0	0	12	9	3	5	0	2	0	4	1	2	2	0
4	McVee, Judd	FPR	75%	0	0	17	12	5	3	0	0	5	6	0	1	2	5
18	Melksham, Jake	HFFL	80%	2	2	12	8	4	5	0	1	0	5	1	3	0	3
13	Oliver, Clayton	INT	82%	0	1	30	11	19	7	0	2	2	2	3	1	2	1
5	Petracca, Christian	C	86%	1	1	28	14	14	6	0	2	6	3	1	0	2	8
35	Petty, Harry	INT	77%	1	0	5	3	2	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	FPL	83%	2	1	16	12	4	3	0	1	3	3	0	1	1	1
24	Rivers, Trent	HBFL	72%	0	2	22	13	9	2	0	2	5	2	2	0	1	3
3	Salem, Christian	BPR	85%	0	0	27	17	10	8	0	2	0	1	0	1	4	3
30	Sharp, Harry	SUB↑	13%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	78%	0	0	15	8	7	3	0	1	2	6	0	2	0	1
10	Turner, Daniel	BPL	94%	0	0	13	7	6	6	0	2	0	2	1	0	3	2
2	van Rooyen, Jacob	FF	70%	1	1	12	5	7	6	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0
7	Viney, Jack (vc)	RO	81%	0	0	22	10	12	1	0	5	1	3	3	1	0	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				11	10	396	228	168	110	27	40	38	67	23	22	39	55

H. Sharp replaced J. Culley.

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

Collingwood							Coach: Craig McRae
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	10	D. Turner	1	S. May	3	C. Salem	14	D. Cameron	25	J. Crisp
	8	L. Schultz	41	B. Mihocek	5	J. Elliott	10	S. Pendlebury	31	B. McCreery
FORWARD							2	J. De Goey	11	D. McStay
HALF-BACK									3	I. Quaynor
	24	T. Rivers	25	T. McDonald	17	J. Bowey			45	R. Steele
	1	P. Lipinski	28	T. Membrey	35	N. Daicos
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	E. Langdon	5	C. Petracca	46	J. Culley
	22	S. Sidebottom	44	N. Long	9	D. Houston	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Gawn (c)	22	B. Howes
HALF-FORWARD							19	H. Langford	13	C. Oliver
	18	J. Melksham	31	B. Fritsch	37	K. Chandler	7	J. Viney (vc)	35	H. Petty
	4	B. Maynard	7	J. Daicos	12	H. Perryman			32	T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK									30	H. Sharp
FORWARD
	36	K. Pickett	2	J. van Rooyen	4	J. McVee
	38	J. Howe	30	D. Moore (c)	17	B. Frampton
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Troy Chaplin

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	COLL	Josh Daicos behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:30
	COLL	Lachie Schultz goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	04:40
	COLL	Brayden Maynard goal	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	06:16
	MELB	Harry Petty goal	2.1.13	-	1.0.6	08:07
	COLL	Jack Crisp behind	2.2.14	-	1.0.6	11:23
	COLL	Patrick Lipinski behind	2.3.15	-	1.0.6	15:18
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	2.3.15	-	2.0.12	16:46
	COLL	Jamie Elliott behind	2.4.16	-	2.0.12	20:07
	COLL	Lachie Schultz behind	2.5.17	-	2.0.12	23:18
	COLL	Dan Houston behind	2.6.18	-	2.0.12	26:15
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen goal	2.6.18	-	3.0.18	27:59
	COLL	Lachie Schultz behind	2.7.19	-	3.0.18	29:52
Q2	COLL	Brody Mihocek goal	3.7.25	-	3.0.18	03:30
	MELB	Rushed behind	3.7.25	-	3.1.19	05:36
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	3.7.25	-	4.1.25	07:29
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	3.7.25	-	5.1.31	11:38
	COLL	Daniel McStay behind	3.8.26	-	5.1.31	12:49
	COLL	Jamie Elliott goal	4.8.32	-	5.1.31	14:44
	COLL	Brody Mihocek behind	4.9.33	-	5.1.31	16:21
	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	4.9.33	-	5.2.32	16:52
	COLL	Jordan De Goey goal	5.9.39	-	5.2.32	18:13
	COLL	Jamie Elliott behind	5.10.40	-	5.2.32	22:03
	COLL	Steele Sidebottom goal	6.10.46	-	5.2.32	24:21
	MELB	Clayton Oliver behind	6.10.46	-	5.3.33	31:44
Q3	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	6.10.46	-	5.4.34	08:29
	COLL	Tim Membrey behind	6.11.47	-	5.4.34	09:58
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	6.11.47	-	6.4.40	11:24
	MELB	Harvey Langford goal	6.11.47	-	7.4.46	12:58
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	6.11.47	-	8.4.52	15:12
	MELB	Trent Rivers behind	6.11.47	-	8.5.53	16:25
	COLL	Rushed behind	6.12.48	-	8.5.53	18:22
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	6.12.48	-	9.5.59	19:52
	COLL	Jack Crisp goal	7.12.54	-	9.5.59	24:34
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	7.12.54	-	10.5.65	27:07
	COLL	Patrick Lipinski behind	7.13.55	-	10.5.65	29:51
Q4	COLL	Rushed behind	7.14.56	-	10.5.65	02:21
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	7.14.56	-	11.5.71	03:40
	COLL	Lachie Schultz behind	7.15.57	-	11.5.71	07:57
	COLL	Ned Long goal	8.15.63	-	11.5.71	12:29
	MELB	Rushed behind	8.15.63	-	11.6.72	14:04
	MELB	Trent Rivers behind	8.15.63	-	11.7.73	14:52
	COLL	Jamie Elliott goal	9.15.69	-	11.7.73	15:43
	MELB	Jacob van Rooyen behind	9.15.69	-	11.8.74	17:19
	COLL	Lachie Schultz goal	10.15.75	-	11.8.74	19:30
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	10.15.75	-	11.9.75	21:15
	COLL	Beau McCreery behind	10.16.76	-	11.9.75	22:06
	COLL	Daniel McStay goal	11.16.82	-	11.9.75	23:16
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	11.16.82	-	11.10.76	26:52

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