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Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs

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Round: 1   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Wed, 16-03-2022 7:10 pm   Crowd: 58,002  
Melbourne 4.5.296.6.4210.8.6814.13.97 C:  Simon Goodwin
Western Bulldogs 2.2.148.3.518.5.5311.5.71 C:  Luke Beveridge
  MELB by 15WBULL by 9MELB by 15MELB by 26  
Weather
min temp  18.9°C      max temp  23.2°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  66%    air pressure  1016.0mb
wind speed 9km/h      wind direction  N
Brownlow Medal 3 Christian Petracca (MELB)2 Jack Macrae (WBULL)1 Clayton Oliver (MELB)

Match Report

GOALS
Melbourne: Brown 3; Fritsch, Petracca 2; Langdon, Viney, Bowey, Jackson, Gawn, Harmes, Pickett
Western Bulldogs: Naughton 4; Treloar 2; Crozier, Weightman, Dale, Hannan, Bontempelli

BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Riley Beveridge)
Melbourne: Petracca, Brown, Oliver, Fritsch, Viney, Langdon, Jordon
Western Bulldogs: Macrae, Naughton, Smith, Dunkley, Dale, Treloar

BEST - THE AGE (Andrew Wu)
Melbourne: Petracca, Oliver, Brown, Langdon, Brayshaw, May
Western Bulldogs: Naughton, Macrae, Smith, Dunkley, Treloar

INJURIES
Melbourne: Lever (foot) replaced in selected side by Tomlinson, Salem (knee)
Western Bulldogs: Martin (omitted) replaced in selected side by Gardner, Johannisen (leg soreness) replaced in selected side by Crozier

SUBSTITUTES
Melbourne: Bedford (replaced Salem)
Western Bulldogs: Ugle-Hagan (unused)

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, James Brayshaw, Luke Hodge, Daisy Pearce, Matthew Richardson

Match stats

Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
12 Bedford, Toby 5 3 4 9 0 1 0 2 2 0 21y 293d 3 0
17 Bowey, Jake 8 2 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 19y 185d 8 1
10 Brayshaw, Angus 12 6 11 23 0 0 0 3 1 1 26y 66d 120 45
50 Brown, Ben 9 8 4 13 3 3 0 0 0 1 29y 116d 144 315
31 Fritsch, Bayley 8 4 1 9 2 2 0 1 0 1 25y 100d 86 120
11 Gawn, Max 11 4 3 14 1 0 34 1 2 6 30y 76d 160 76
4 Harmes, James 6 1 11 17 1 0 0 5 2 1 26y 162d 123 66
29 Hunt, Jayden 7 4 4 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 26y 347d 95 43
6 Jackson, Luke 3 5 9 12 1 1 10 4 0 1 20y 168d 31 20
23 Jordon, James 10 4 10 20 0 0 0 2 3 0 21y 86d 26 6
15 Langdon, Ed 12 3 10 22 1 0 0 0 0 1 26y 43d 110 49
1 May, Steven 13 7 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 30y 65d 172 23
25 McDonald, Tom 10 5 2 12 0 1 0 0 1 1 29y 179d 194 142
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex 10 3 8 18 0 1 0 7 1 0 26y 66d 106 79
13 Oliver, Clayton 19 6 13 32 0 0 0 5 0 7 24y 237d 125 40
5 Petracca, Christian 24 8 14 38 2 1 0 2 0 1 26y 71d 128 125
36 Pickett, Kysaiah 5 2 0 5 1 0 0 2 1 2 20y 287d 40 48
3 Salem, Christian 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 26y 244d 131 24
44 Smith, Joel 10 5 1 11 0 0 0 2 0 2 26y 19d 22 1
9 Spargo, Charlie 8 2 6 14 0 1 0 2 2 1 22y 111d 60 42
32 Sparrow, Tom 6 5 7 13 0 0 0 2 0 1 21y 289d 29 10
20 Tomlinson, Adam 6 4 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 28y 218d 161 35
7 Viney, Jack 11 5 12 23 1 0 0 4 2 0 27y 337d 151 41
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 213 96 137 350 14 13 44 46 17 30 25y 148d 2225 1351
Western Bulldogs Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
4 Bontempelli, Marcus 13 7 4 17 1 0 0 7 1 1 26y 112d 172 158
12 Cordy, Zaine 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 3 1 2 25y 140d 105 10
9 Crozier, Hayden 14 12 5 19 1 0 0 3 0 2 28y 82d 134 48
31 Dale, Bailey 17 6 8 25 1 0 0 0 1 0 25y 237d 86 70
35 Daniel, Caleb 14 6 12 26 0 0 0 2 0 1 25y 252d 135 37
5 Dunkley, Josh 14 4 15 29 0 1 0 5 1 1 25y 66d 94 47
44 English, Tim 16 6 4 20 0 1 18 2 8 1 24y 218d 70 36
43 Gardner, Ryan 6 3 1 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 24y 288d 22 2
29 Hannan, Mitch 5 0 3 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 28y 7d 68 70
7 Hunter, Lachie 7 4 6 13 0 0 0 3 1 0 27y 93d 164 71
42 Keath, Alex 6 1 3 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 30y 55d 72 2
21 Liberatore, Tom 8 4 6 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 29y 304d 174 64
11 Macrae, Jack 19 5 20 39 0 0 0 3 2 2 27y 225d 186 43
33 Naughton, Aaron 12 6 2 14 4 1 1 0 4 0 22y 106d 79 100
20 Richards, Ed 6 2 8 14 0 0 0 4 1 0 22y 256d 64 24
13 Schache, Josh 3 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 24y 207d 66 73
6 Smith, Bailey 20 7 13 33 0 1 0 11 5 1 21y 99d 68 34
37 Smith, Roarke 7 5 9 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 25y 186d 38 9
1 Treloar, Adam 16 5 10 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 29y 7d 191 112
2 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19y 346d 6 7
23 Vandermeer, Laitham 6 2 11 17 0 0 0 2 0 0 23y 41d 24 15
19 Weightman, Cody 3 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 21y 60d 20 30
34 Williams, Bailey 11 4 5 16 0 0 0 1 0 4 24y 157d 83 11
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 224 92 152 376 11 5 20 53 30 17 25y 122d 2121 1073

Match highlights

Jack Macrae had 20 handballs for Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Bailey Smith had 11 tackles for Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Tim English received 8 frees for Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Clayton Oliver gave away 7 frees for Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
58,002 attended Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Aaron Naughton kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)

Footnotes

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