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Melbourne vs Essendon
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NNE| Brownlow Medal | 3 Dylan Shiel (ESS) | 2 David Zaharakis (ESS) | 1 Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (ESS) |
Match Report
GOALS
Melbourne: Hunt, Harmes 3; Lockhart, Weideman, Melksham 2; Neal-Bullen, C. Wagner, Petracca, Gawn, Kolodjashnij, Brayshaw
Essendon: McDonald-Tipungwuti, McKernan, Stringer 4; Smith, Fantasia 2; Baguley, Zaharakis, McGrath, Parish
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Melbourne: Brayshaw, Gawn, Oliver, Petracca, Jetta
Essendon: Heppell, Shiel, McDonald-Tipungwuti, Zaharakis, Stringer, Fantasia
BEST - THE SATURDAY AGE
Melbourne: Gawn, Brayshaw, Hunt, Oliver, Harmes, Lockhart
Essendon: McDonald-Tipungwuti, Zaharakis, Stringer, Heppell, McKernan, Shiel, Hurleya
INJURIES
Melbourne: McDonald (ankle)
Essendon: Mutch (hamstring), Francis (corked quad)
UMPIRES: Stevic, Harris, Haussen
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, James Brayshaw, Wayne Carey, Cameron Ling
Match stats
| Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 10 | Brayshaw, Angus | 22 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23y 86d | 61 | 31 |
| 31 | Fritsch, Bayley | 16 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22y 120d | 26 | 18 |
| 17 | Frost, Sam | 10 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25y 220d | 72 | 8 |
| 11 | Gawn, Max | 12 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27y 96d | 102 | 52 |
| 4 | Harmes, James | 12 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23y 182d | 72 | 47 |
| 14 | Hibberd, Michael | 11 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 29y 92d | 126 | 13 |
| 29 | Hunt, Jayden | 12 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24y 2d | 50 | 13 |
| 39 | Jetta, Neville | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 29y 52d | 144 | 24 |
| 2 | Jones, Nathan | 8 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31y 75d | 267 | 131 |
| 16 | Kolodjashnij, Kade | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23y 239d | 80 | 14 |
| 41 | Lockhart, Jay | 9 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23y 61d | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | McDonald, Oscar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23y 18d | 65 | 0 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26y 199d | 149 | 85 |
| 18 | Melksham, Jake | 7 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 27y 219d | 159 | 116 |
| 30 | Neal-Bullen, Alex | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23y 86d | 62 | 51 |
| 13 | Oliver, Clayton | 10 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21y 257d | 63 | 22 |
| 5 | Petracca, Christian | 8 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23y 91d | 66 | 59 |
| 3 | Salem, Christian | 15 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23y 264d | 73 | 19 |
| 7 | Viney, Jack | 11 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24y 357d | 101 | 28 |
| 40 | Wagner, Corey | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 22y 13d | 10 | 1 |
| 42 | Wagner, Josh | 7 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24y 285d | 29 | 2 |
| 26 | Weideman, Sam | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21y 283d | 23 | 20 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 203 | 61 | 149 | 352 | 18 | 4 | 45 | 59 | 23 | 28 | 24y 282d | 1802 | 757 | |
| Essendon | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 29 | Ambrose, Patrick | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27y 216d | 70 | 22 |
| 12 | Baguley, Mark | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31y 319d | 127 | 26 |
| 2 | Bellchambers, Tom | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 29y 270d | 116 | 71 |
| 20 | Clarke, Zac | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29y 8d | 102 | 46 |
| 13 | Fantasia, Orazio | 17 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23y 203d | 63 | 92 |
| 10 | Francis, Aaron | 8 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 238d | 13 | 4 |
| 35 | Guelfi, Matt | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21y 234d | 18 | 5 |
| 21 | Heppell, Dyson | 13 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26y 326d | 154 | 57 |
| 18 | Hurley, Michael | 16 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28y 308d | 163 | 108 |
| 43 | McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony | 9 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25y 348d | 69 | 72 |
| 1 | McGrath, Andrew | 10 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20y 307d | 44 | 7 |
| 45 | McKenna, Conor | 17 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23y 8d | 54 | 17 |
| 44 | McKernan, Shaun | 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 28y 216d | 65 | 55 |
| 7 | Merrett, Zach | 12 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23y 184d | 106 | 36 |
| 19 | Mutch, Kobe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21y 18d | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Parish, Darcy | 16 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21y 254d | 57 | 19 |
| 14 | Ridley, Jordan | 9 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 167d | 5 | 0 |
| 42 | Saad, Adam | 7 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24y 256d | 73 | 3 |
| 9 | Shiel, Dylan | 16 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26y 27d | 138 | 64 |
| 5 | Smith, Devon | 12 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25y 320d | 134 | 120 |
| 25 | Stringer, Jake | 9 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 24y 345d | 112 | 196 |
| 11 | Zaharakis, David | 19 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 29y 43d | 190 | 120 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 222 | 84 | 147 | 369 | 20 | 10 | 34 | 69 | 28 | 23 | 25y 110d | 1877 | 1141 | |