Geelong vs Melbourne AFLW 2023 Round 5

Thu 28 Sep 2023 · 18:15 AEST

Final AFLW 2023 · Round 5

Geelong Cats Coach: Daniel Lowther

25 4.1

74 11.8

Melbourne Coach: Mick Stinear

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Geelong Cats

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

16 Alyssa Bannan FF 29 Eden Zanker FPR

Half forwards

18 Casey Sherriff HFFL 2 Olivia Purcell CHF 30 Shelley Heath-Barker HFFR

Followers

15 Lauren Pearce RK 14 Lily Mithen RR 10 Kate Hore ROV

Centre

31 Blaithin Mackin WL 5 Tyla Hanks C 22 Eliza McNamara WR

Half backs

23 Sinead Goldrick HBFL 3 Maddison Gay CHB 32 Gabrielle Colvin HBFR

Backs

9 Libby Birch BPL 17 Tahlia Gillard FB

Interchange 5

1 Georgia Campbell INT 4 Paxy Paxman INT 8 Sarah Lampard INT 11 Eliza West INT 21 Aimee Mackin INT

2Q3Q4Q

Rushed behind1Q - 2:20 - Rushed behind - 0–1

Paxy Paxman1Q - 12:40 - Goal - 0–7 Kate Hore1Q - 13:51 - Goal - 0–13 Aishling Moloney1Q - 18:08 - Goal - 6–13 Kate Hore2Q - 5:16 - Goal - 6–19 Eden Zanker2Q - 9:07 - Goal - 6–25 Nina Morrison2Q - 11:58 - Goal - 12–25 Kate Hore2Q - 14:31 - Behind - 12–26 Casey Sherriff2Q - 15:59 - Behind - 12–27 Kate Hore2Q - 17:23 - Goal - 12–33

Rushed behind2Q - 20:00 - Rushed behind - 12–34

Nina Morrison3Q - 0:35 - Behind - 13–34 Aishling Moloney3Q - 1:32 - Goal - 19–34 Tyla Hanks3Q - 3:22 - Goal - 19–40 Aishling Moloney3Q - 6:19 - Goal - 25–40 Lily Mithen3Q - 12:26 - Behind - 25–41 Eden Zanker3Q - 13:35 - Goal - 25–47 Maddison Gay4Q - 2:57 - Goal - 25–53 Kate Hore4Q - 7:10 - Goal - 25–59

Rushed behind4Q - 10:57 - Rushed behind - 25–60

Paxy Paxman4Q - 11:57 - Goal - 25–66 Eliza West4Q - 15:13 - Behind - 25–67 Lily Mithen4Q - 16:44 - Goal - 25–73 Kate Hore4Q - 20:47 - Behind - 25–74

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Kate HoreBehind
4Q 20:4725–74
Lily MithenGoal
4Q 16:4425–73
Eliza WestBehind
4Q 15:1325–67
Paxy PaxmanGoal
4Q 11:5725–66
Rushed behindRushed behind
4Q 10:5725–60
Kate HoreGoal
4Q 7:1025–59
Maddison GayGoal
4Q 2:5725–53
Eden ZankerGoal
3Q 13:3525–47
Lily MithenBehind
3Q 12:2625–41
Aishling MoloneyGoal
3Q 6:1925–40
Tyla HanksGoal
3Q 3:2219–40
Aishling MoloneyGoal
3Q 1:3219–34
Nina MorrisonBehind
3Q 0:3513–34
Rushed behindRushed behind
2Q 20:0012–34
Kate HoreGoal
2Q 17:2312–33
Casey SherriffBehind
2Q 15:5912–27
Kate HoreBehind
2Q 14:3112–26
Nina MorrisonGoal
2Q 11:5812–25
Eden ZankerGoal
2Q 9:076–25
Kate HoreGoal
2Q 5:166–19
Aishling MoloneyGoal
1Q 18:086–13
Kate HoreGoal
1Q 13:510–13
Paxy PaxmanGoal
1Q 12:400–7
Rushed behindRushed behind
1Q 2:200–1

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
GEE	6	12	25	25	25
MEL	13	34	47	74	74

Match Leaders

Goals

Behinds

Disposals

Tackles

Team Stats

GEEMEL

Scoring / Attack

4Goals11

1Behinds8

6Shots at goal19

66.7Goal accuracy %57.9

31Inside 50s35

3Goal assists8

6Marks inside 5010

Possession

240Disposals276

127Kicks133

113Handballs143

112Contested possessions122

127Uncontested possessions149

Clearance / Contest

29Total clearances27

7Centre clearances6

22Stoppage clearances21

69Tackles74

33Hitouts34

7Contested marks7

Other

40Marks31

64.2Disposal efficiency %65.9

1Bounces1

64Turnovers50

55Clangers37

239Total possessions271

50Intercepts64

23Rebound 50s25

19Tackles inside 5015

25One-percenters26

8Frees for16

16Frees against8

1,021AFL Fantasy1,171

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: MEL 49 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: MEL 34 pts
Lead Changes: 0
Score Ties: 0

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Geelong by 49 points, 74–25.

This match record does not include quarter scores.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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