2026 AFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 2026 between Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney during round thirteen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Greater Western Sydney at TIO Traeger Park. Max Gawn captained the hosts. Toby Greene captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Steven King and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

Melbourne (9.16.70) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (19.5.119).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Sunday 31 May 2026
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: TIO Traeger Park
Attendance: 6,374

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 9.16.70 - 19.5.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 4 6 . 8 8 . 12 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Greater Western Sydney 4 . 0 9 . 2 14 . 3 19 . 5 19 . 5 (119)
Margin GWSY by 2 GWSY by 12 GWSY by 27 GWSY by 49 GWSY by 49
Duration 29:52 31:14 30:53 29:33 2:01:32

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 (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Steven King

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: Toby Greene
Coach: Adam Kingsley

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Finn Callaghan GWSY 17 3
Clayton Oliver GWSY 10 2
Harvey Thomas GWSY 1 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
17 Bowey, Jake BPL 79% 0 0 23 14 9 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 3
37 Chandler, Kade RO 79% 0 1 14 6 8 2 0 8 3 3 2 2 0 3
41 Cross, Paddy INT 77% 0 1 6 3 3 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 91% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 1
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 82% 0 1 22 11 11 8 30 3 4 5 1 0 2 4
22 Howes, Blake HBFL 80% 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3
21 Jefferson, Matthew CHF 82% 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 1
15 Langdon, Ed WL 87% 0 1 20 11 9 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 3
4 Langford, Harvey C 79% 0 1 16 9 7 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 4
16 Laurie, Bailey INT 65% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 4
28 Mihocek, Brody FPL 79% 3 0 5 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1
45 Moniz-Wakefield, Andy INT 42% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 3
35 Petty, Harry CHB 90% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 83% 1 0 16 15 1 1 0 5 7 6 3 3 0 7
33 Pickett, Latrelle HFFR 53% 1 2 9 8 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent INT 76% 1 0 22 17 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4
30 Sharp, Harry WR 93% 0 3 16 8 8 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2
32 Sparrow, Tom HBFR 76% 1 0 19 11 8 6 0 4 3 5 0 3 3 2
9 Steele, Jack RR 82% 1 0 25 5 20 1 0 2 4 4 2 1 0 4
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn BPR 83% 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 1
10 Turner, Daniel FB 100% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 71% 0 1 11 7 4 3 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 1
6 Windsor, Caleb INT 71% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 3 4 0 1 1 3
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 9 16 329 200 129 85 32 48 35 55 18 21 27 62

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Aleer, Leek INT 55% 0 0 7 3 4 2 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
7 Ash, Lachie CHB 78% 0 0 34 25 9 11 0 1 0 4 1 0 10 4
14 Bedford, Toby RR 80% 2 0 16 4 12 2 0 4 2 1 4 1 0 0
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 70% 1 0 9 4 5 1 18 7 4 1 2 1 1 3
46 Brown, Callum INT 70% 3 0 12 11 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
5 Cadman, Aaron FF 94% 1 0 9 8 1 6 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3
17 Callaghan, Finn RO 82% 2 0 31 20 11 7 0 2 4 2 3 1 3 6
3 Coniglio, Stephen INT 29% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
16 Daniels, Brent HFFL 73% 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 9 4 5 2 3 2 3
37 Fonti, Joe INT 83% 0 0 25 17 8 8 0 0 1 7 1 3 8 1
11 Gothard, Phoenix HFFR 78% 1 2 15 10 5 2 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 2
4 Greene, Toby (c) FPL 85% 3 2 16 13 3 6 0 6 1 2 1 0 0 4
35 Gruzewski, Max FPR 87% 3 0 13 11 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
27 Himmelberg, Harry HBFL 88% 0 0 19 14 5 10 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 0
39 Idun, Connor BPR 100% 0 0 29 18 11 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
25 Laverde, Jayden BPL 96% 0 0 19 14 5 7 0 2 0 2 1 1 7 0
31 McMullin, Toby INT 72% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2
10 Oliver, Clayton C 82% 0 0 28 8 20 3 0 3 7 6 1 3 2 4
18 Stone, Conor WL 88% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2
20 Stringer, Jake CHF 88% 1 1 15 12 3 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4
15 Taylor, Sam FB 70% 0 0 11 9 2 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1 Thomas, Harvey WR 79% 2 0 24 14 10 6 0 4 1 5 1 1 2 2
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFR 74% 0 0 26 20 6 10 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 19 5 408 263 145 138 24 55 27 47 21 18 52 46

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
25 J. Laverde 15 S. Taylor 39 C. Idun 11 M. Gawn (c) 41 P. Cross
31 B. Fritsch 2 J. van Rooyen 28 B. Mihocek 9 J. Steele 16 B. Laurie
FORWARD 37 K. Chandler 45 A. Moniz-Wakefield
HALF-BACK

24 T. Rivers
27 H. Himmelberg 7 L. Ash 6 L. Whitfield

6 C. Windsor
33 L. Pickett 21 M. Jefferson 36 K. Pickett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 C. Stone 10 C. Oliver 1 H. Thomas



30 H. Sharp 4 H. Langford 15 E. Langdon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 K. Briggs 21 L. Aleer
HALF-FORWARD 14 T. Bedford 46 C. Brown
16 B. Daniels 20 J. Stringer 11 P. Gothard 17 F. Callaghan 3 S. Coniglio
32 T. Sparrow 35 H. Petty 22 B. Howes

37 J. Fonti
HALF-BACK

31 T. McMullin
FORWARD



4 T. Greene (c) 5 A. Cadman 35 M. Gruzewski



12 K. Tholstrup 10 D. Turner 17 J. Bowey



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Max Gruzewski goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:07
GWSY Toby Greene goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 03:11
MELB Latrelle Pickett behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 05:27
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 08:55
MELB Max Gawn behind 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 10:38
MELB Kade Chandler behind 1.3.9 - 2.0.12 15:05
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 2.3.15 - 2.0.12 16:50
GWSY Aaron Cadman goal 2.3.15 - 3.0.18 19:30
MELB Latrelle Pickett behind 2.4.16 - 3.0.18 20:39
GWSY Finn Callaghan goal 2.4.16 - 4.0.24 24:53
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 3.4.22 - 4.0.24 26:52
Q2 GWSY Toby Greene behind 3.4.22 - 4.1.25 02:12
MELB Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 4.1.25 03:00
GWSY Toby Bedford goal 3.5.23 - 5.1.31 06:05
MELB Rushed behind 3.6.24 - 5.1.31 08:13
GWSY Harvey Thomas goal 3.6.24 - 6.1.37 11:27
GWSY Toby Greene goal 3.6.24 - 7.1.43 13:04
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 4.6.30 - 7.1.43 15:28
GWSY Phoenix Gothard goal 4.6.30 - 8.1.49 16:35
GWSY Phoenix Gothard behind 4.6.30 - 8.2.50 19:09
MELB Harry Sharp behind 4.7.31 - 8.2.50 20:50
GWSY Jake Stringer goal 4.7.31 - 9.2.56 22:31
MELB Matthew Jefferson goal 5.7.37 - 9.2.56 26:14
MELB Harvey Langford behind 5.8.38 - 9.2.56 27:25
MELB Latrelle Pickett goal 6.8.44 - 9.2.56 31:12
Q3 GWSY Harvey Thomas goal 6.8.44 - 10.2.62 05:58
GWSY Callum Brown goal 6.8.44 - 11.2.68 09:17
MELB Harry Sharp behind 6.9.45 - 11.2.68 11:40
GWSY Jake Stringer behind 6.9.45 - 11.3.69 13:20
GWSY Toby Bedford goal 6.9.45 - 12.3.75 14:26
MELB Harry Sharp behind 6.10.46 - 12.3.75 16:20
GWSY Callum Brown goal 6.10.46 - 13.3.81 19:31
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 6.11.47 - 13.3.81 24:01
MELB Trent Rivers goal 7.11.53 - 13.3.81 24:36
GWSY Kieren Briggs goal 7.11.53 - 14.3.87 26:13
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 8.11.59 - 14.3.87 28:57
MELB Paddy Cross behind 8.12.60 - 14.3.87 30:51
Q4 GWSY Max Gruzewski goal 8.12.60 - 15.3.93 02:56
GWSY Callum Brown goal 8.12.60 - 16.3.99 04:33
GWSY Toby Greene goal 8.12.60 - 17.3.105 06:18
MELB Jack Steele goal 9.12.66 - 17.3.105 08:44
GWSY Phoenix Gothard behind 9.12.66 - 17.4.106 09:52
MELB Rushed behind 9.13.67 - 17.4.106 15:59
GWSY Toby Greene behind 9.13.67 - 17.5.107 16:31
GWSY Max Gruzewski goal 9.13.67 - 18.5.113 19:03
GWSY Finn Callaghan goal 9.13.67 - 19.5.119 22:48
MELB Rushed behind 9.14.68 - 19.5.119 24:22
MELB Rushed behind 9.15.69 - 19.5.119 28:14
MELB Ed Langdon behind 9.16.70 - 19.5.119 29:08