2026 AFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 15 March 2026 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round two of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. With the presence of multiple St Kilda co-captains, namely Jack Sinclair and Callum Wilkie, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Steven King and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

Melbourne (18.12.120) defeated St Kilda (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Sunday 15 March 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,577

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 18.12.120 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 9 . 7 14 . 9 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
St Kilda 4 . 4 9 . 5 13 . 11 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin STKL by 7 MELB by 2 MELB by 4 MELB by 13 MELB by 13
Duration 35:06 33:28 32:34 31:02 2:12:10

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 (St Kilda) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Steven King

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Lyon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Max Hall STKL 40 3
Jacob van Rooyen MELB 2 2
Max Gawn MELB 11 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
37 Chandler, Kade FPR 81% 1 2 15 9 6 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 4
13 Culley, Jai WL 79% 1 1 11 7 4 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 81% 1 1 15 11 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 91% 1 0 22 8 14 4 36 2 5 5 1 2 2 5
22 Howes, Blake BPR 82% 0 0 15 4 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 Jiath, Changkuoth HBFL 70% 0 0 19 11 8 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 2
15 Langdon, Ed WR 89% 0 1 10 9 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
4 Langford, Harvey RO 72% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2
8 Lever, Jake FB 99% 0 0 12 9 3 7 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 0
5 Lindsay, Xavier INT 76% 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 6 1
28 Mihocek, Brody FF 84% 3 0 14 12 2 8 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 3
35 Petty, Harry BPL 86% 0 0 7 5 2 2 5 2 1 2 1 2 0 2
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 82% 1 1 19 14 5 2 0 7 6 6 1 1 1 2
33 Pickett, Latrelle INT 59% 1 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 4
24 Rivers, Trent INT 58% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 4
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 80% 0 0 23 18 5 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 6 1
30 Sharp, Harry INT 51% 1 1 15 8 7 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 1
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 72% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Steele, Jack C 72% 1 0 21 15 6 3 0 3 5 2 1 0 2 5
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn HFFR 82% 0 1 17 10 7 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 4
10 Turner, Daniel CHB 96% 0 1 15 9 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
2 van Rooyen, Jacob CHF 82% 6 1 14 10 4 7 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
6 Windsor, Caleb RR 79% 1 1 21 11 10 1 0 2 1 4 0 2 1 7
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 18 12 341 212 129 82 44 42 36 46 11 18 38 56

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
38 Boxshall, Hugh INT 70% 0 2 15 9 6 5 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1
47 Caminiti, Anthony BPR 94% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
18 Carroll, Jack HBFL 82% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 2
21 De Koning, Tom RU 85% 0 0 15 6 9 6 20 3 3 1 1 1 0 3
9 Flanders, Sam RR 83% 0 0 28 12 16 5 0 3 4 4 1 0 1 3
34 Garcia, Hugo INT 69% 0 1 19 11 8 1 0 6 4 3 0 0 1 3
40 Hall, Max C 86% 4 1 26 16 10 4 0 3 6 2 1 1 0 8
1 Higgins, Jack FPR 82% 2 1 9 6 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Hill, Bradley CHB 79% 0 1 27 18 9 8 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 3
17 Keeler, Isaac INT 49% 1 0 10 6 4 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
6 Macrae, Jack INT 56% 0 0 23 10 13 4 0 3 2 3 0 1 0 4
10 Owens, Mitch HFFR 86% 2 2 17 13 4 6 2 1 1 3 3 0 0 6
25 Phillipou, Mattaes HFFL 43% 0 0 11 3 8 1 0 2 3 3 0 1 1 2
31 Ryan, Liam FPL 74% 1 2 10 7 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
43 Sharman, Cooper FF 83% 0 0 8 2 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
3 Silvagni, Jack BPL 92% 0 0 15 9 6 8 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0
35 Sinclair, Jack RO 84% 0 0 31 23 8 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 3
26 Tauru, Alix INT 66% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 1
7 Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah HBFR 82% 3 1 18 15 3 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 5 1
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 100% 0 0 27 17 10 10 0 4 0 1 0 0 8 1
22 Wilson, Darcy WR 84% 1 0 18 8 10 6 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 3
2 Windhager, Marcus WL 87% 0 0 32 15 17 4 0 0 6 1 2 0 3 4
32 Wood, Mason CHF 83% 1 2 15 11 4 6 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 3
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 15 17 411 241 170 106 25 41 41 44 18 11 38 53

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: Steven King
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
3 J. Silvagni 44 C. Wilkie 47 A. Caminiti 11 M. Gawn (c) 5 X. Lindsay
37 K. Chandler 28 B. Mihocek 31 B. Fritsch 6 C. Windsor 33 L. Pickett
FORWARD 4 H. Langford 24 T. Rivers
HALF-BACK

30 H. Sharp
18 J. Carroll 8 B. Hill 7 N. Wanganeen-Milera

32 T. Sparrow
12 K. Tholstrup 2 J. van Rooyen 36 K. Pickett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 M. Windhager 40 M. Hall 22 D. Wilson



15 E. Langdon 9 J. Steele 13 J. Culley FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 21 T. De Koning 38 H. Boxshall
HALF-FORWARD 9 S. Flanders 34 H. Garcia
25 M. Phillipou 32 M. Wood 10 M. Owens 35 J. Sinclair 17 I. Keeler
3 C. Salem 10 D. Turner 14 C. Jiath

6 J. Macrae
HALF-BACK

26 A. Tauru
FORWARD



31 L. Ryan 43 C. Sharman 1 J. Higgins



22 B. Howes 8 J. Lever 35 H. Petty



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:55
MELB Caleb Windsor goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:13
STKL Liam Ryan goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 06:22
STKL Max Hall goal 1.0.6 - 3.0.18 07:50
STKL Hugo Garcia behind 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 09:27
STKL Liam Ryan behind 1.0.6 - 3.2.20 11:45
STKL Bradley Hill behind 1.0.6 - 3.3.21 16:56
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 2.0.12 - 3.3.21 18:08
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 3.0.18 - 3.3.21 19:38
MELB Harry Sharp behind 3.1.19 - 3.3.21 22:39
STKL Mitch Owens behind 3.1.19 - 3.4.22 25:23
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 3.2.20 - 3.4.22 27:57
MELB Daniel Turner behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 29:56
STKL Jack Higgins goal 3.3.21 - 4.4.28 32:14
Q2 STKL Jack Higgins goal 3.3.21 - 5.4.34 02:04
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 4.3.27 - 5.4.34 03:42
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 5.3.33 - 5.4.34 05:38
MELB Latrelle Pickett goal 6.3.39 - 5.4.34 08:02
STKL Mitch Owens goal 6.3.39 - 6.4.40 10:28
MELB Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 6.4.40 12:21
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 7.4.46 - 6.4.40 14:39
STKL Rushed behind 7.4.46 - 6.5.41 17:43
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 7.4.46 - 7.5.47 19:53
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 8.4.52 - 7.5.47 21:44
STKL Darcy Wilson goal 8.4.52 - 8.5.53 24:12
STKL Max Hall goal 8.4.52 - 9.5.59 25:52
MELB Koltyn Tholstrup behind 8.5.53 - 9.5.59 27:47
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 9.5.59 - 9.5.59 29:04
MELB Caleb Windsor behind 9.6.60 - 9.5.59 30:13
MELB Jai Culley behind 9.7.61 - 9.5.59 32:43
Q3 MELB Kade Chandler behind 9.8.62 - 9.5.59 00:46
STKL Mitch Owens goal 9.8.62 - 10.5.65 01:44
STKL Max Hall goal 9.8.62 - 11.5.71 03:29
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 10.8.68 - 11.5.71 05:04
MELB Jai Culley goal 11.8.74 - 11.5.71 07:45
STKL Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 11.6.72 09:25
STKL Max Hall behind 11.8.74 - 11.7.73 11:18
STKL Hugh Boxshall behind 11.8.74 - 11.8.74 12:14
STKL Hugh Boxshall behind 11.8.74 - 11.9.75 13:11
MELB Kade Chandler goal 12.8.80 - 11.9.75 14:25
MELB Jack Steele goal 13.8.86 - 11.9.75 15:53
STKL Isaac Keeler goal 13.8.86 - 12.9.81 20:14
STKL Mason Wood goal 13.8.86 - 13.9.87 21:47
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 13.9.87 - 13.9.87 25:55
STKL Mason Wood behind 13.9.87 - 13.10.88 28:02
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 14.9.93 - 13.10.88 29:37
STKL Mitch Owens behind 14.9.93 - 13.11.89 31:59
Q4 MELB Max Gawn goal 15.9.99 - 13.11.89 01:21
STKL Mason Wood behind 15.9.99 - 13.12.90 03:11
MELB Kade Chandler behind 15.10.100 - 13.12.90 04:10
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 15.11.101 - 13.12.90 06:54
MELB Ed Langdon behind 15.12.102 - 13.12.90 08:18
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 16.12.108 - 13.12.90 09:39
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 16.12.108 - 14.12.96 12:16
STKL Liam Ryan behind 16.12.108 - 14.13.97 14:15
STKL Rushed behind 16.12.108 - 14.14.98 16:19
STKL Jack Higgins behind 16.12.108 - 14.15.99 19:30
STKL Rushed behind 16.12.108 - 14.16.100 20:45
MELB Harry Sharp goal 17.12.114 - 14.16.100 21:41
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera behind 17.12.114 - 14.17.101 23:06
STKL Max Hall goal 17.12.114 - 15.17.107 24:14
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 18.12.120 - 15.17.107 26:53