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Melbourne vs Sydney Match Centre

Saturday 8-May-2021 Final Round 8
Melbourne logo
MEL
67 10.7
Coach: Simon Goodwin
58 8.10
SYD
Sydney logo
Coach: John Longmire
M.C.G. Melbourne by 9 MEL by 9
Summary Lineups Player Statistics
The team sheet

Who takes the field

↑ Attacking this way

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Scoring timeline

2Q3Q4Q
Justin McInerneyQ1 - 0:46 - Goal - 0-6
RushedQ1 - 2:21 - Behind - 0-7
Will HaywardQ1 - 5:05 - Goal - 0-13 Tom McDonaldQ1 - 7:15 - Goal - 6-13
RushedQ1 - 9:02 - Behind - 6-14
Tom PapleyQ1 - 11:14 - Behind - 6-15 Jake MelkshamQ1 - 15:09 - Goal - 12-15 Ben BrownQ1 - 18:59 - Goal - 18-15
RushedQ1 - 21:18 - Behind - 19-15
Tom HickeyQ1 - 27:39 - Goal - 19-21
RushedQ2 - 2:47 - Behind - 20-21
Ben BrownQ2 - 4:42 - Goal - 26-21 Will HaywardQ2 - 6:38 - Behind - 26-22 Christian PetraccaQ2 - 7:42 - Goal - 32-22
RushedQ2 - 9:24 - Behind - 32-23
Max GawnQ2 - 10:38 - Behind - 33-23 Christian PetraccaQ2 - 11:11 - Behind - 34-23 Tom PapleyQ2 - 16:44 - Behind - 34-24 Kysaiah PickettQ2 - 20:21 - Behind - 35-24
RushedQ2 - 22:41 - Behind - 35-25
RushedQ2 - 23:28 - Behind - 36-25
Tom PapleyQ3 - 2:58 - Behind - 36-26 Will HaywardQ3 - 4:42 - Goal - 36-32 Ben BrownQ3 - 6:51 - Goal - 42-32 Tom McDonaldQ3 - 8:46 - Goal - 48-32 Tom McDonaldQ3 - 21:14 - Goal - 54-32 Jake LloydQ3 - 23:38 - Goal - 54-38 Tom PapleyQ3 - 28:10 - Goal - 54-44 Callum SinclairQ4 - 0:19 - Goal - 54-50
RushedQ4 - 3:32 - Behind - 54-51
Charlie SpargoQ4 - 9:57 - Goal - 60-51 Callum MillsQ4 - 14:51 - Goal - 60-57 Bayley FritschQ4 - 18:13 - Behind - 61-57 Tom McDonaldQ4 - 21:39 - Goal - 67-57 Sam WicksQ4 - 31:41 - Behind - 67-58

Scoring Events

Most recent first
  • Sam WicksBehind
    4Q 31:4167-58
  • Tom McDonaldGoal
    4Q 21:3967-57
  • Bayley FritschBehind
    4Q 18:1361-57
  • Callum MillsGoal
    4Q 14:5160-57
  • Charlie SpargoGoal
    4Q 9:5760-51
  • RushedBehind
    4Q 3:3254-51
  • Callum SinclairGoal
    4Q 0:1954-50
  • Tom PapleyGoal
    3Q 28:1054-44
  • Jake LloydGoal
    3Q 23:3854-38
  • Tom McDonaldGoal
    3Q 21:1454-32
  • Tom McDonaldGoal
    3Q 8:4648-32
  • Ben BrownGoal
    3Q 6:5142-32
  • Will HaywardGoal
    3Q 4:4236-32
  • Tom PapleyBehind
    3Q 2:5836-26
  • RushedBehind
    2Q 23:2836-25
  • RushedBehind
    2Q 22:4135-25
  • Kysaiah PickettBehind
    2Q 20:2135-24
  • Tom PapleyBehind
    2Q 16:4434-24
  • Christian PetraccaBehind
    2Q 11:1134-23
  • Max GawnBehind
    2Q 10:3833-23
  • RushedBehind
    2Q 9:2432-23
  • Christian PetraccaGoal
    2Q 7:4232-22
  • Will HaywardBehind
    2Q 6:3826-22
  • Ben BrownGoal
    2Q 4:4226-21
  • RushedBehind
    2Q 2:4720-21
  • Tom HickeyGoal
    1Q 27:3919-21
  • RushedBehind
    1Q 21:1819-15
  • Ben BrownGoal
    1Q 18:5918-15
  • Jake MelkshamGoal
    1Q 15:0912-15
  • Tom PapleyBehind
    1Q 11:146-15
  • RushedBehind
    1Q 9:026-14
  • Tom McDonaldGoal
    1Q 7:156-13
  • Will HaywardGoal
    1Q 5:050-13
  • RushedBehind
    1Q 2:210-7
  • Justin McInerneyGoal
    1Q 0:460-6

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL3.12.53.02.167
SYD3.30.43.12.258

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Tom McDonaldMEL
Behinds
3
Tom PapleySYD
SuperCoach
145
Callum MillsSYD
Tackles
12
James RowbottomSYD

Team Stats

MELSYD

Scoring / Attack

10Goals8
4Behinds5
18Shots At Goal21
46Inside 50s58
7Goal Assists6
53Score Involvements58
9Marks Inside 506
5Behinds Rushed5

Possession

372Disposals380
193Kicks234
179Handballs146
159Contested Possessions165
205Uncontested Possessions211
5,421Metres Gained6,016
124Ground Ball Gets112

Clearance / Contest

37Clearances39
4Centre Clearances17
33Stoppage Clearances22
76Tackles92
53Hitouts28
14Hitouts To Advantage9
316Pressure Acts339
4Contested Marks11

Other

56Marks87
15Frees For17
17Frees Against15
49Rebound 50s36
63Clangers60
48One Percenters56
3Bounces6
1,578Supercoach Points1,722
1,490Dream Team Points1,676
82Turnovers81
14Hitout To Advantage Rate32
36Spoils33
82Intercepts82
12Intercept Marks13

Match Summary

Biggest Lead
MEL 22 pts
Longest Unanswered Run
SYD 19 pts
Lead Changes
3
Score Ties
0

Player Statistics

Every player, every statistic

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#13
Clayton Oliver MEL Ruck Rover
125 35 15 20 1 0 0 5 0 4 5 10 19 17 0 0 0 4 534 6 1 22 12 1 9 8 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 2 6 3 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 102 87% 109
#4
James Harmes MEL Interchange
132 31 7 24 3 0 0 7 0 3 6 5 21 11 0 0 1 5 125 7 1 29 18 0 5 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 0 2 6 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 100 75% 94
#5
Christian Petracca MEL Centre
87 28 16 12 0 1 1 8 0 6 1 5 17 12 0 0 0 3 370 3 0 24 13 2 3 11 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 5 10 0 1 0 4 50.0% 25.0% — — — 0% — 96 89% 111
#3
Christian Salem MEL Half Back Flank Left
102 27 19 8 4 0 0 3 0 5 9 1 10 11 0 0 2 4 605 10 1 12 10 0 1 7 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 91 96% 120
#15
Ed Langdon MEL Wing Right
92 24 15 9 5 0 0 5 0 3 3 0 4 21 0 0 0 2 420 5 2 16 3 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 96 98% 122
#23
James Jordon MEL Half Forward Flank Left
85 23 10 13 2 0 0 8 0 3 1 2 13 11 0 0 0 3 338 4 0 28 12 0 2 6 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 6 0 0 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 95 71% 89
#25
Tom McDonald MEL Centre Half Forward
94 18 13 5 5 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 13 1 2 2 7 228 2 0 11 3 0 0 5 0 33.3% 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 7 14.3% 1 1 3 2 2 0 4 100.0% 100.0% — — — 0% — 91 83% 104
#24
Trent Rivers MEL Interchange
61 17 8 9 3 0 0 3 0 1 3 1 6 10 0 0 0 0 262 4 1 9 5 0 1 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 60 69% 86
#30
Alex Neal-Bullen MEL Forward Pocket Left
79 16 9 7 2 0 0 8 0 4 2 2 3 13 0 1 1 2 288 2 0 23 2 0 2 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 80 74% 92
#11
Max Gawn MEL Ruck
112 16 8 8 3 0 1 3 44 0 1 3 6 10 1 1 0 3 180 1 0 9 3 0 3 2 12 77.2% 27.3% 5 1 0.0% 2 0.0% 3 0 1 0 5 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 109 84% 105
#14
Michael Hibberd MEL Half Back Flank Right
65 16 7 9 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 7 9 0 0 0 1 255 5 1 11 4 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 2 100.0% 0 0.0% 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 55 76% 95
#1
Steven May MEL Full Back
77 15 9 6 3 0 0 2 0 1 6 3 6 6 0 0 0 2 318 5 1 9 6 0 3 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 8 8 12.5% 0 0.0% 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 56 100% 12
#10
Angus Brayshaw MEL Wing Left
45 14 7 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 9 5 0 0 0 1 71 7 1 12 9 0 2 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 48 83% 104
#9
Charlie Spargo MEL Half Forward Flank Right
58 13 6 7 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 11 0 0 1 2 154 2 0 13 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — 0% — 51 69% 86
#18
Jake Melksham MEL Interchange
52 12 4 8 3 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 9 0 1 0 5 221 0 0 14 3 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — 0% — 52 71% 89
#6
Luke Jackson MEL Interchange
53 11 4 7 1 0 0 4 7 2 0 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 162 2 0 8 5 1 0 4 2 20.0% 28.6% 1 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 53 70% 87
#35
Harry Petty MEL Centre Half Back
50 10 6 4 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 7 0 0 0 2 31 6 2 4 3 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 4 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 43 83% 104
#29
Jayden Hunt MEL Back Pocket Left
26 10 5 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 1 3 5 0 0 0 1 194 4 0 10 2 0 1 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 38 76% 95
#50
Ben Brown MEL Full Forward
67 9 7 2 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 5 2 4 0 4 207 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 100.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 4 0.0% 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 75.0% 75.0% — — — 0% — 62 81% 101
#8
Jake Lever MEL Back Pocket Right
35 9 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 175 7 1 5 3 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 8 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 3 0 8 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 26 100% 12
#36
Kysaiah Pickett MEL Rover
51 9 6 3 2 0 1 6 0 3 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 1 213 0 0 24 3 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 56 83% 104
#31
Bayley Fritsch MEL Forward Pocket Right
30 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 1 70 0 0 17 2 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 30 82% 102
#37
Kade Chandler MEL Interchange
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 0 0% 0
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Team totals MEL
1578 372 193 179 56 10 4 76 53 46 49 37 159 205 4 9 7 53 5421 82 12 316 124 4 33 82 14 57.6% 14.0% 36 16 212.5% 19 114.3% 15 17 63 5 48 3 18 77.8% 55.6% — — — 0% — 1490 78% 2024

#14
Callum Mills SYD Ruck Rover
145 33 14 19 2 1 0 10 0 1 2 6 18 16 0 1 0 5 297 4 0 27 14 2 4 7 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 5 1 3 0 2 50.0% 50.0% — — — 0% — 133 83% 104
#26
Luke Parker SYD Interchange
116 32 16 16 4 0 0 5 0 7 1 7 16 15 1 0 1 4 278 4 1 26 11 4 3 7 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 113 81% 101
#44
Jake Lloyd SYD Half Back Flank Right
111 28 20 8 7 1 0 3 0 4 7 1 3 19 0 0 0 2 577 3 1 24 3 1 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — 0% — 115 84% 105
#7
Harry Cunningham SYD Half Back Flank Left
96 22 15 7 7 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 8 15 0 0 1 2 245 8 2 12 6 0 1 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 89 84% 105
#12
Josh Kennedy SYD Centre
86 22 13 9 4 0 0 7 0 4 2 5 8 14 0 2 1 3 369 3 0 20 6 2 3 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 97 70% 87
#8
James Rowbottom SYD Interchange
107 22 12 10 4 0 0 12 0 2 2 0 9 15 0 0 0 3 388 4 0 16 6 0 0 7 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 1 6 0 2 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 115 63% 79
#34
Jordan Dawson SYD Back Pocket Right
104 21 19 2 9 0 0 3 0 3 5 0 4 16 1 0 0 3 481 8 3 13 2 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 5 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 2 2 0 8 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 94 88% 110
#24
Dane Rampe SYD Back Pocket Left
94 21 12 9 7 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 7 13 1 0 0 1 367 10 2 4 4 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 3 5 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 81 87% 109
#42
Robbie Fox SYD Centre Half Back
81 19 10 9 6 0 0 2 0 2 6 2 7 13 0 0 0 0 345 4 1 8 7 0 2 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 6 4 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 2 0 6 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 71 92% 115
#11
Tom Papley SYD Half Forward Flank Right
69 17 14 3 5 1 3 3 0 7 0 2 8 9 1 1 0 4 413 0 0 22 6 1 1 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 1 2 5 0 2 2 5 80.0% 20.0% — — — 0% — 79 95% 119
#13
Oliver Florent SYD Wing Right
66 17 10 7 3 0 0 6 0 2 0 3 7 8 0 0 0 2 209 5 0 12 3 1 2 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 79 74% 92
#31
Tom Hickey SYD Ruck
102 16 9 7 0 1 0 4 16 5 0 6 14 3 0 0 0 3 249 4 0 11 10 3 3 3 5 21.3% 31.3% 4 3 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 2 3 0 6 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — 0% — 73 80% 100
#27
Justin McInerney SYD Wing Left
65 15 10 5 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 11 0 0 0 3 321 3 0 17 3 1 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — 0% — 68 72% 90
#1
Chad Warner SYD Rover
61 15 9 6 3 0 0 4 0 4 1 1 7 8 1 0 1 3 338 3 1 29 5 1 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 64 83% 104
#9
Will Hayward SYD Forward Pocket Left
71 15 8 7 4 2 1 4 0 2 0 0 5 9 0 1 0 6 255 0 0 11 4 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 4 0 1 0 3 100.0% 66.7% — — — 0% — 77 94% 117
#30
Tom McCartin SYD Full Back
57 14 10 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 8 5 1 0 0 2 120 8 1 8 4 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 5 5 20.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 52 95% 119
#45
Sam Wicks SYD Forward Pocket Right
57 13 7 6 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 1 8 5 0 0 0 3 146 1 0 27 7 1 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 2 3 0 1 0 3 33.3% 0.0% — — — 0% — 53 80% 100
#38
Colin ORiordan SYD Interchange
44 9 6 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 3 107 4 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 42 71% 89
#21
Errol Gulden SYD Half Forward Flank Left
51 9 6 3 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 1 7 3 0 0 2 3 225 4 0 21 6 0 1 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 44 76% 95
#18
Callum Sinclair SYD Interchange
66 8 4 4 2 1 0 3 12 0 0 1 5 6 0 0 0 2 74 1 1 7 1 0 1 3 4 57.1% 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 0 1 5 0 5 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — 0% — 53 76% 95
#41
Hayden McLean SYD Centre Half Forward
30 6 5 1 5 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 1 87 0 0 7 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 37 93% 116
#23
Lance Franklin SYD Full Forward
43 6 5 1 3 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 125 1 0 10 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 8 12.5% 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 47 80% 100
#22
Nick Blakey SYD Interchange
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 0 0% 0
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Team totals SYD
1722 380 234 146 87 8 5 92 28 58 36 39 165 211 11 6 6 58 6016 82 13 339 112 17 22 81 9 39.2% 32.3% 33 19 120.0% 16 212.5% 17 15 60 5 56 6 21 61.9% 38.1% — — — 0% — 1676 78% 2250
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