2026 AFL Season Round 3: Fremantle v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 March 2026 between Fremantle and Melbourne during round three of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Fremantle hosted Melbourne at Optus Stadium. Alex Pearce captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Steven King.

Fremantle (17.16.118) defeated Melbourne (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Fremantle v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 March 2026
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 44,736

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Melbourne
Score: 17.16.118 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 7 . 7 9 . 11 16 . 13 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Melbourne 1 . 1 5 . 4 6 . 6 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin FREM by 42 FREM by 31 FREM by 67 FREM by 48 FREM by 48
Duration 31:53 30:33 31:24 29:25 2:03:15

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Fremantle) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Steven King

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Shai Bolton FREM 10 3
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 2
Josh Treacy FREM 35 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Amiss, Jye HFFL 88% 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3
10 Bolton, Shai RR 80% 2 1 32 15 17 3 0 3 9 5 0 1 0 10
8 Brayshaw, Andrew C 76% 1 0 39 16 23 6 0 4 1 4 1 1 2 2
5 Chapman, Heath BPR 89% 0 0 18 14 4 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 4
6 Clark, Jordan HBFL 80% 0 0 25 20 5 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 8 4
4 Darcy, Sean INT 54% 0 1 6 1 5 2 11 2 2 2 0 2 0 0
43 Dudley, Isaiah FPL 80% 3 1 15 9 6 2 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 3
28 Erasmus, Neil WL 77% 0 0 21 8 13 4 0 2 3 4 0 0 1 1
9 Jackson, Luke RU 73% 1 2 17 8 9 2 13 2 5 2 1 2 0 2
44 Johnson, Matthew WR 72% 1 1 19 5 14 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3
21 McDonald, Oscar BPL 89% 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 2 1
17 McVee, Judd INT 78% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1
30 O'Driscoll, Nathan INT 81% 0 1 20 7 13 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 4
25 Pearce, Alex (c) FB 52% 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0
16 Reid, Murphy FPR 80% 2 0 24 12 12 2 0 2 3 4 0 1 2 3
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 86% 0 0 24 21 3 11 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 1
45 Scerri, Chris INT 75% 0 1 20 4 16 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4
3 Serong, Caleb RO 79% 1 0 16 8 8 2 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 2
39 Switkowski, Sam HFFR 66% 1 1 7 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
35 Treacy, Josh FF 90% 4 1 17 12 5 10 0 2 0 6 4 1 0 4
20 Voss, Patrick CHF 90% 1 2 12 8 4 1 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 1
34 Wagner, Corey INT 79% 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 3
23 Worner, Karl HBFR 82% 0 0 20 15 5 9 0 4 1 4 1 2 8 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 17 16 417 224 193 93 24 45 33 62 13 14 45 58

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Chandler, Kade WL 83% 1 1 15 9 6 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 2 4
13 Culley, Jai C 82% 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 90% 2 1 12 9 3 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 84% 0 1 23 15 8 11 28 0 7 1 4 0 1 3
22 Howes, Blake INT 76% 0 0 11 10 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1
14 Jiath, Changkuoth BPR 75% 0 0 14 12 2 7 0 1 0 4 0 2 3 3
15 Langdon, Ed HFFR 89% 2 1 23 9 14 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5
4 Langford, Harvey WR 73% 0 1 14 6 8 1 0 3 3 3 0 1 3 2
8 Lever, Jake FB 93% 0 0 16 12 4 8 0 3 0 3 2 1 2 0
5 Lindsay, Xavier INT 68% 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 6 0 2 0 1 2 0
28 Mihocek, Brody FF 82% 1 1 8 8 0 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3
35 Petty, Harry CHB 100% 0 0 10 7 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 2 3 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 88% 1 1 16 10 6 3 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 2
33 Pickett, Latrelle INT 70% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 2
24 Rivers, Trent RO 82% 0 1 21 15 6 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 3
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 84% 0 0 26 24 2 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 4
30 Sharp, Harry INT 74% 2 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
32 Sparrow, Tom HBFL 71% 1 1 12 6 6 1 0 9 1 1 1 0 2 1
9 Steele, Jack INT 72% 0 0 31 20 11 6 0 9 9 9 2 0 1 7
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn HFFL 80% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 5 0 4 0 0 1 4
10 Turner, Daniel BPL 30% 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
2 van Rooyen, Jacob CHF 84% 0 0 10 4 6 4 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
6 Windsor, Caleb RR 67% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 10 333 222 111 99 34 55 30 59 14 13 40 56

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

Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
10 D. Turner 8 J. Lever 14 C. Jiath 9 L. Jackson 4 S. Darcy
16 M. Reid 35 J. Treacy 43 I. Dudley 10 S. Bolton 17 J. McVee
FORWARD 3 C. Serong 30 N. O'Driscoll
HALF-BACK

45 C. Scerri
32 T. Sparrow 35 H. Petty 3 C. Salem

34 C. Wagner
39 S. Switkowski 20 P. Voss 24 J. Amiss



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 K. Chandler 13 J. Culley 4 H. Langford



44 M. Johnson 8 A. Brayshaw 28 N. Erasmus FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 22 B. Howes
HALF-FORWARD 6 C. Windsor 5 X. Lindsay
12 K. Tholstrup 2 J. van Rooyen 15 E. Langdon 24 T. Rivers 33 L. Pickett
23 K. Worner 13 L. Ryan 6 J. Clark

30 H. Sharp
HALF-BACK

9 J. Steele
FORWARD



31 B. Fritsch 28 B. Mihocek 36 K. Pickett



5 H. Chapman 25 A. Pearce (c) 21 O. McDonald



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Steven King

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Isaiah Dudley behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:50
FREM Shai Bolton behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 02:41
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 04:49
MELB Ed Langdon goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 08:32
FREM Matthew Johnson goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 11:07
FREM Murphy Reid goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 12:27
FREM Patrick Voss goal 4.2.26 - 1.0.6 14:56
FREM Josh Treacy goal 5.2.32 - 1.0.6 17:03
FREM Jye Amiss behind 5.3.33 - 1.0.6 19:31
FREM Shai Bolton goal 6.3.39 - 1.0.6 20:48
FREM Chris Scerri behind 6.4.40 - 1.0.6 22:45
MELB Trent Rivers behind 6.4.40 - 1.1.7 23:56
FREM Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 1.1.7 24:39
FREM Luke Jackson behind 6.6.42 - 1.1.7 26:10
FREM Matthew Johnson behind 6.7.43 - 1.1.7 26:33
FREM Josh Treacy goal 7.7.49 - 1.1.7 27:53
Q2 MELB Harry Sharp goal 7.7.49 - 2.1.13 05:11
MELB Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 2.2.14 09:43
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 7.7.49 - 3.2.20 11:23
FREM Luke Jackson behind 7.8.50 - 3.2.20 15:14
FREM Nathan O'Driscoll behind 7.9.51 - 3.2.20 17:19
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.9.51 - 4.2.26 18:31
FREM Sean Darcy behind 7.10.52 - 4.2.26 20:23
MELB Ed Langdon behind 7.10.52 - 4.3.27 23:10
FREM Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 4.3.27 23:56
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 7.11.53 - 5.3.33 24:42
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 8.11.59 - 5.3.33 26:22
MELB Harvey Langford behind 8.11.59 - 5.4.34 27:57
FREM Josh Treacy goal 9.11.65 - 5.4.34 29:30
Q3 FREM Murphy Reid goal 10.11.71 - 5.4.34 01:39
FREM Isaiah Dudley goal 11.11.77 - 5.4.34 05:06
FREM Patrick Voss behind 11.12.78 - 5.4.34 07:07
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 11.12.78 - 5.5.35 10:20
FREM Shai Bolton goal 12.12.84 - 5.5.35 11:44
FREM Josh Treacy goal 13.12.90 - 5.5.35 14:33
MELB Brody Mihocek behind 13.12.90 - 5.6.36 17:01
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 13.12.90 - 6.6.42 19:58
FREM Caleb Serong goal 14.12.96 - 6.6.42 23:36
FREM Isaiah Dudley goal 15.12.102 - 6.6.42 27:50
FREM Isaiah Dudley goal 16.12.108 - 6.6.42 29:00
FREM Rushed behind 16.13.109 - 6.6.42 30:12
Q4 FREM Patrick Voss behind 16.14.110 - 6.6.42 01:16
MELB Harry Sharp goal 16.14.110 - 7.6.48 01:51
MELB Kade Chandler goal 16.14.110 - 8.6.54 03:51
MELB Max Gawn behind 16.14.110 - 8.7.55 07:15
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 16.14.110 - 8.8.56 10:18
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 16.14.110 - 9.8.62 13:05
FREM Luke Jackson goal 17.14.116 - 9.8.62 17:55
FREM Sam Switkowski behind 17.15.117 - 9.8.62 20:30
MELB Kade Chandler behind 17.15.117 - 9.9.63 22:57
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 17.15.117 - 9.10.64 24:14
MELB Ed Langdon goal 17.15.117 - 10.10.70 26:35
FREM Josh Treacy behind 17.16.118 - 10.10.70 28:22