2026 AFL Season Round 12: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 2026 between the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round twelve of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Melbourne at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Steven King.

The Western Bulldogs (14.9.93) defeated Melbourne (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 24 May 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 29,708

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Melbourne
Score: 14.9.93 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 1 8 . 3 12 . 6 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Melbourne 1 . 3 6 . 7 11 . 10 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin WBUL by 10 WBUL by 8 WBUL by 2 WBUL by 3 WBUL by 3
Duration 30:57 35:00 32:41 30:16 2:08:54

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Steven King

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ed Richards WBUL 20 3
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 2
Kysaiah Pickett MELB 36 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) C 84% 2 0 29 11 18 6 0 2 6 5 0 0 3 3
29 Bramble, Lachie WL 77% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 2
19 Budarick, Connor HBFL 79% 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 4 2 1 0 1 3 0
36 Cleary, Luke INT 31% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Coffield, Nick BPL 92% 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2
16 Croft, Jordan CHF 80% 1 0 7 4 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 1
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 83% 0 1 31 19 12 5 0 2 0 3 1 0 4 3
27 Freijah, Joel INT 77% 1 0 18 10 8 4 0 3 1 4 0 2 3 1
6 Hynes, Cooper FPL 78% 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
11 Jaques, Lachie INT 78% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 3 0 4 0 2 1 2
32 Jones, Arthur HFFR 74% 2 2 12 9 3 4 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 1
8 Kennedy, Matthew RR 78% 0 0 23 14 9 5 0 8 4 3 1 0 4 6
24 Khamis, Buku FB 100% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0
28 Lewis, Will INT 80% 1 1 11 9 2 3 0 3 0 2 6 0 0 1
7 Lobb, Rory RU 83% 0 0 13 8 5 1 24 10 6 4 4 1 1 3
30 McNeil, Lachlan INT 60% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 87% 2 1 18 9 9 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 4
18 O'Donnell, James CHB 86% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
20 Richards, Ed RO 81% 3 0 30 22 8 4 0 3 10 5 0 0 4 10
9 Sanders, Ryley HFFL 84% 0 1 30 14 16 6 0 3 4 1 2 0 2 5
37 Sellwood, Michael BPR 93% 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 3 0 6 0 2 2 1
1 Treloar, Adam WR 59% 0 1 17 6 11 3 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 3
14 West, Rhylee FPR 80% 2 0 12 9 3 5 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 14 9 366 212 154 80 25 62 45 59 23 17 34 57

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake BPL 87% 0 1 27 19 8 5 0 2 1 2 0 1 7 1
37 Chandler, Kade FPL 90% 1 0 19 11 8 3 0 4 9 5 0 1 1 6
41 Cross, Paddy INT 75% 1 0 9 7 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 84% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 82% 1 0 18 8 10 2 42 0 2 1 1 0 2 2
27 Heath, Max INT 24% 0 0 5 2 3 2 8 0 0 3 0 2 1 1
22 Howes, Blake HBFL 80% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 0
21 Jefferson, Matthew CHF 74% 0 2 9 5 4 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2
14 Jiath, Changkuoth INT 77% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 2 0 2 2 1 4 1
15 Langdon, Ed WL 86% 1 1 22 11 11 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2
4 Langford, Harvey C 80% 2 1 16 7 9 3 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 2
16 Laurie, Bailey INT 61% 1 1 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1
8 Lever, Jake BPR 85% 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 3 2 0
35 Petty, Harry CHB 81% 1 1 12 3 9 3 0 8 0 2 2 2 0 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 88% 0 2 25 16 9 2 0 9 6 8 2 2 3 5
24 Rivers, Trent HBFR 81% 1 0 16 10 6 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 3
30 Sharp, Harry HFFR 82% 2 0 12 9 3 0 0 6 0 6 2 1 1 2
32 Sparrow, Tom RO 70% 0 0 23 14 9 1 0 6 7 2 2 1 2 5
9 Steele, Jack RR 82% 0 0 21 9 12 1 0 10 4 2 0 1 3 4
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn WR 84% 1 0 12 9 3 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2
10 Turner, Daniel FB 97% 1 0 13 10 3 6 0 1 0 6 1 4 2 1
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 88% 0 1 12 7 5 5 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 3
6 Windsor, Caleb INT 60% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 12 336 198 138 78 50 72 36 59 17 23 43 47

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

Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 J. Bowey 10 D. Turner 8 J. Lever 7 R. Lobb 36 L. Cleary
14 R. West 33 A. Naughton 6 C. Hynes 8 M. Kennedy 27 J. Freijah
FORWARD 20 E. Richards 11 L. Jaques
HALF-BACK

28 W. Lewis
22 B. Howes 35 H. Petty 24 T. Rivers

30 L. McNeil
32 A. Jones 16 J. Croft 9 R. Sanders



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 E. Langdon 4 H. Langford 12 K. Tholstrup



1 A. Treloar 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 29 L. Bramble FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 41 P. Cross
HALF-FORWARD 9 J. Steele 27 M. Heath
36 K. Pickett 21 M. Jefferson 30 H. Sharp 32 T. Sparrow 14 C. Jiath
31 B. Dale 18 J. O'Donnell 19 C. Budarick

16 B. Laurie
HALF-BACK

6 C. Windsor
FORWARD



37 K. Chandler 2 J. van Rooyen 31 B. Fritsch



37 M. Sellwood 24 B. Khamis 17 N. Coffield



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Steven King

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Harry Petty behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:47
WBUL Rhylee West goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 08:00
WBUL Ed Richards goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 10:58
WBUL Will Lewis goal 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 14:28
MELB Bailey Laurie goal 3.0.18 - 1.1.7 15:51
WBUL Adam Treloar behind 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 18:44
MELB Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 1.2.8 26:39
MELB Harvey Langford behind 3.1.19 - 1.3.9 29:26
Q2 WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 4.1.25 - 1.3.9 02:18
MELB Matthew Jefferson behind 4.1.25 - 1.4.10 04:26
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 4.1.25 - 1.5.11 05:47
MELB Koltyn Tholstrup goal 4.1.25 - 2.5.17 06:53
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 5.1.31 - 2.5.17 09:01
WBUL Arthur Jones goal 6.1.37 - 2.5.17 10:49
WBUL Rushed behind 6.2.38 - 2.5.17 13:26
WBUL Arthur Jones goal 7.2.44 - 2.5.17 14:33
WBUL Ed Richards goal 8.2.50 - 2.5.17 16:28
MELB Harry Petty goal 8.2.50 - 3.5.23 18:45
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 8.2.50 - 3.6.24 22:02
WBUL Rushed behind 8.3.51 - 3.6.24 26:39
MELB Jake Bowey behind 8.3.51 - 3.7.25 28:03
MELB Max Gawn goal 8.3.51 - 4.7.31 31:05
MELB Harvey Langford goal 8.3.51 - 5.7.37 32:20
MELB Trent Rivers goal 8.3.51 - 6.7.43 34:09
Q3 WBUL Jordan Croft goal 9.3.57 - 6.7.43 02:24
WBUL Arthur Jones behind 9.4.58 - 6.7.43 03:32
MELB Harvey Langford goal 9.4.58 - 7.7.49 04:24
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 10.4.64 - 7.7.49 05:55
WBUL Rhylee West goal 11.4.70 - 7.7.49 08:28
MELB Matthew Jefferson behind 11.4.70 - 7.8.50 10:42
WBUL Will Lewis behind 11.5.71 - 7.8.50 11:54
MELB Daniel Turner goal 11.5.71 - 8.8.56 13:01
MELB Harry Sharp goal 11.5.71 - 9.8.62 14:06
MELB Bailey Laurie behind 11.5.71 - 9.9.63 23:54
MELB Rushed behind 11.5.71 - 9.10.64 24:45
MELB Kade Chandler goal 11.5.71 - 10.10.70 27:05
WBUL Ryley Sanders behind 11.6.72 - 10.10.70 28:26
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 12.6.78 - 10.10.70 30:00
MELB Paddy Cross goal 12.6.78 - 11.10.76 31:10
Q4 MELB Harry Sharp goal 12.6.78 - 12.10.82 04:17
WBUL Bailey Dale behind 12.7.79 - 12.10.82 06:25
MELB Ed Langdon behind 12.7.79 - 12.11.83 07:10
WBUL Ed Richards goal 13.7.85 - 12.11.83 08:10
WBUL Arthur Jones behind 13.8.86 - 12.11.83 10:59
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 13.8.86 - 12.12.84 13:39
MELB Ed Langdon goal 13.8.86 - 13.12.90 21:53
WBUL Joel Freijah goal 14.8.92 - 13.12.90 24:44
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 14.9.93 - 13.12.90 27:20