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Melbourne vs Greater Western Sydney

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Round: 1   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Sun, 16-03-2025 3:20 pm   Crowd: 23,278  
Melbourne 2.2.145.4.3410.6.6611.8.74 C:  Simon Goodwin
Greater Western Sydney 3.1.196.5.418.7.5511.11.77 C:  Adam Kingsley
  GWS by 5GWS by 7MELB by 11GWS by 3  
Weather
min temp  14.7°C      max temp  21.4°C
rainfall  15.4mm    humidity  77%    air pressure  1011.0mb
wind speed 13km/h      wind direction  W

Match Report

GOALS
Melbourne: Petracca, Jefferson 2; Henderson, Sharp, Windsor, Sparrow, Bowey, van Rooyen, Johnson
Greater Western Sydney: Coniglio, Greene 3; Cadman 2; Wehr, Green, Keeffe

BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Phoebe McWilliams)
Melbourne: Gawn, Petracca, Viney, Salem, Oliver, Langdon
Greater Western Sydney: Coniglio, Whitfield, Greene, Green, Callaghan

INJURIES
Melbourne: Nil
Greater Western Sydney: Daniels (hip)

LATE CHANGES
Melbourne: Steven May replaced in the selected side by Tom McDonald.
Greater Western Sydney: Nil

SUBSTITUTES
Melbourne: Harvey Langford (replaced Blake Howes in the fourth quarter)
Greater Western Sydney: Max Gruzewski (replaced Brent Daniels in the third quarter)

SEVEN NETWORK COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, Alister Nicholson, Joel Selwood, Nick Riewoldt, Abbey Holmes

FOX FOOTY COMMENTATORS: Dwayne Russell, Jonathan Brown, Nick Dal Santo, Sarah Jones

Match stats

Melbourne
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
17 Bowey, Jake 16 3 3 19 1 0 0 4 2 0 22y 185d 62 7
37 Chandler, Kade 7 4 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 1 25y 62d 57 42
31 Fritsch, Bayley 7 2 5 12 0 0 0 3 1 0 28y 100d 150 252
11 Gawn, Max 12 3 12 24 0 1 46 2 6 1 33y 76d 225 109
43 Henderson, Jack 6 1 7 13 1 0 0 3 1 2 25y 166d 1 1
22 Howes, Blake 4 1 8 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 21y 343d 17 0
21 Jefferson, Matthew 3 1 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 21y 8d 1 2
42 Johnson, Aidan 5 1 2 7 1 2 5 5 0 4 25y 7d 1 1
15 Langdon, Ed 13 8 6 19 0 0 0 2 0 0 29y 43d 180 76
19 Langford, Harvey 3 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 19y 1d 1 0
8 Lever, Jake 13 9 9 22 0 0 0 3 0 1 29y 11d 179 5
20 Lindsay, Xavier 12 3 10 22 0 0 0 6 5 0 18y 225d 1 0
25 McDonald, Tom 10 5 8 18 0 0 0 1 2 0 32y 179d 233 169
13 Oliver, Clayton 10 5 15 25 0 0 0 5 1 4 27y 237d 184 54
5 Petracca, Christian 13 2 14 27 2 1 0 3 0 1 29y 71d 190 186
35 Petty, Harrison 12 8 4 16 0 0 0 3 2 2 25y 124d 83 28
24 Rivers, Trent 14 7 11 25 0 0 0 1 0 1 23y 229d 101 9
3 Salem, Christian 27 8 3 30 0 0 0 3 1 0 29y 244d 177 26
30 Sharp, Harry 7 1 2 9 1 1 0 2 2 0 22y 89d 17 5
32 Sparrow, Tom 14 4 7 21 1 1 0 5 1 0 24y 289d 96 35
2 van Rooyen, Jacob 2 0 4 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 21y 334d 42 59
7 Viney, Jack 15 4 12 27 0 0 0 1 0 1 30y 337d 220 66
6 Windsor, Caleb 8 3 8 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 19y 280d 20 9
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 233 84 158 391 11 8 51 60 26 19 25y 174d 2238 1141
Greater Western Sydney
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
7 Ash, Lachie 10 6 9 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 23y 268d 103 7
14 Bedford, Toby 4 1 4 8 0 0 0 9 0 1 24y 293d 62 31
46 Brown, Callum 6 0 8 14 0 0 12 5 3 1 24y 213d 44 44
44 Buckley, Jack 6 4 4 10 0 0 0 3 1 1 27y 89d 68 1
5 Cadman, Aaron 5 4 4 9 2 0 0 1 0 2 21y 13d 37 38
17 Callaghan, Finn 12 1 19 31 0 1 0 3 2 0 21y 324d 52 9
3 Coniglio, Stephen 8 2 5 13 3 0 0 3 1 0 31y 91d 219 123
16 Daniels, Brent 3 1 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 26y 7d 108 72
12 Green, Tom 14 1 21 35 1 1 0 4 0 2 24y 52d 93 37
4 Greene, Toby 16 5 7 23 3 3 0 4 1 1 31y 172d 241 379
35 Gruzewski, Max 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 20y 238d 6 5
27 Himmelberg, Harry 15 9 7 22 0 0 0 2 2 0 28y 312d 179 161
39 Idun, Connor 7 4 5 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 24y 230d 95 0
2 Jones, Darcy 6 1 6 12 0 0 0 4 1 2 20y 347d 16 14
25 Keeffe, Lachie 10 1 3 13 1 0 14 6 1 6 34y 336d 118 20
22 Kelly, Josh 11 0 12 23 0 1 0 10 0 0 30y 32d 217 139
30 Leake, James 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 19y 165d 2 1
33 O'Halloran, Xavier 11 2 5 16 0 1 0 2 0 1 24y 248d 69 27
18 Stone, Conor 4 2 7 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 22y 328d 15 4
15 Taylor, Sam 8 4 7 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 25y 315d 113 2
8 Ward, Callan 6 2 10 16 0 0 0 1 1 1 34y 340d 317 158
10 Wehr, Jacob 9 1 7 16 1 1 0 4 2 2 26y 254d 27 5
6 Whitfield, Lachie 19 5 15 34 0 0 0 4 2 3 30y 241d 236 71
  Rushed   3  
  Totals 193 56 170 363 11 11 26 71 19 26 26y 55d 2437 1348

Match highlights

Christian Salem had 27 kicks for Melbourne vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Tom Green had 21 handballs for Greater Western Sydney vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Max Gawn had 46 hitouts for Melbourne vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Josh Kelly had 10 tackles for Greater Western Sydney vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Bayley Fritsch played his 150th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.