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Collingwood vs Melbourne Match Centre

Thursday 7-Sep-2023
Final Qualifying Final
Collingwood logo
Collingwood Coach: Craig McRae
60 9.6
53 7.11
Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
Melbourne logo
M.C.G. Collingwood by 7 COL by 7
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

↑ Attacking this way
Home team

Collingwood

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

5 Jamie Elliott FPL · Left forward pocket 11 Daniel McStay FF · Full forward 2 Jordan de Goey FPR · Right forward pocket

Half forwards

23 Bobby Hill HFFL · Left half forward 41 Brody Mihocek CHF · Centre half forward 38 Jeremy Howe HFFR · Right half forward

Followers

46 Mason Cox RK · Ruck 31 Beau McCreery RR · Ruck rover 25 Jack Crisp ROV · Rover

Centre

22 Steele Sidebottom WL · Left wing 13 Taylor Adams C · Centre 7 Josh Daicos WR · Right wing

Half backs

4 Brayden Maynard HBFL · Left half back 32 Will Hoskin-Elliott CHB · Centre half back 10 Scott Pendlebury HBFR · Right half back

Backs

28 Nathan Murphy BPL · Left back pocket 30 Darcy Moore FB · Full back 3 Isaac Quaynor BPR · Right back pocket

Interchange 4

6 Tom Mitchell INT · Interchange 37 Oleg Markov INT · Interchange 1 Patrick Lipinski INT · Interchange 14 Darcy Cameron INT · Interchange

Substitutes 1

33 Jack Ginnivan SUB · Substitute
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

36 Kysaiah Pickett FPL · Left forward pocket 2 Jacob van Rooyen FF · Full forward 10 Angus Brayshaw FPR · Right forward pocket

Half forwards

12 Lachie Hunter HFFL · Left half forward 31 Bayley Fritsch CHF · Centre half forward 30 Alex Neal-Bullen HFFR · Right half forward

Followers

11 Max Gawn RK · Ruck 13 Clayton Oliver RR · Ruck rover 5 Christian Petracca ROV · Rover

Centre

24 Trent Rivers WL · Left wing 7 Jack Viney C · Centre 15 Ed Langdon WR · Right wing

Half backs

41 Judd McVee HBFL · Left half back 8 Jake Lever CHB · Centre half back 3 Christian Salem HBFR · Right half back

Backs

14 Michael Hibberd BPL · Left back pocket 1 Steven May FB · Full back 29 Joel Smith BPR · Right back pocket

Interchange 4

17 Jake Bowey INT · Interchange 32 Tom Sparrow INT · Interchange 37 Kade Chandler INT · Interchange 25 Tom McDonald INT · Interchange

Substitutes 1

16 Bailey Laurie SUB · Substitute

Scoring timeline

2Q3Q4Q
Bobby HillQ1 - 4:08 - Goal - 6-0 Bobby HillQ1 - 5:18 - Goal - 12-0 Bayley FritschQ1 - 7:02 - Goal - 12-6 Jamie ElliottQ1 - 14:34 - Behind - 13-6 Jamie ElliottQ1 - 22:44 - Behind - 14-6 Jack CrispQ1 - 29:23 - Goal - 20-6 Darcy CameronQ1 - 32:57 - Goal - 26-6 Brody MihocekQ2 - 3:34 - Behind - 27-6 Brody MihocekQ2 - 6:54 - Goal - 33-6 Kysaiah PickettQ2 - 10:38 - Behind - 33-7 Bayley FritschQ2 - 14:11 - Behind - 33-8 Kysaiah PickettQ2 - 15:09 - Goal - 33-14 Kysaiah PickettQ2 - 23:43 - Behind - 33-15
RushedQ2 - 25:45 - Behind - 33-16
RushedQ3 - 0:49 - Behind - 33-17
Bayley FritschQ3 - 6:48 - Behind - 33-18 Bobby HillQ3 - 10:50 - Goal - 39-18 Daniel McStayQ3 - 13:30 - Goal - 45-18 Tom SparrowQ3 - 17:44 - Goal - 45-24 Daniel McStayQ3 - 19:38 - Goal - 51-24 Alex Neal-BullenQ3 - 21:18 - Goal - 51-30 Jordan de GoeyQ3 - 22:27 - Goal - 57-30 Kysaiah PickettQ3 - 24:18 - Behind - 57-31
RushedQ3 - 27:01 - Behind - 58-31
Ed LangdonQ3 - 27:51 - Behind - 58-32 Christian PetraccaQ3 - 32:25 - Behind - 58-33 Tom McDonaldQ4 - 2:51 - Goal - 58-39 Joel SmithQ4 - 5:10 - Goal - 58-45 Beau McCreeryQ4 - 7:08 - Behind - 59-45 Bobby HillQ4 - 7:50 - Behind - 60-45
RushedQ4 - 9:37 - Behind - 60-46
Tom McDonaldQ4 - 11:01 - Behind - 60-47 Bayley FritschQ4 - 24:54 - Goal - 60-53

Scoring Events

Most recent first
  • Bayley FritschGoal
    4Q 24:5460-53
  • Tom McDonaldBehind
    4Q 11:0160-47
  • RushedBehind
    4Q 9:3760-46
  • Bobby HillBehind
    4Q 7:5060-45
  • Beau McCreeryBehind
    4Q 7:0859-45
  • Joel SmithGoal
    4Q 5:1058-45
  • Tom McDonaldGoal
    4Q 2:5158-39
  • Christian PetraccaBehind
    3Q 32:2558-33
  • Ed LangdonBehind
    3Q 27:5158-32
  • RushedBehind
    3Q 27:0158-31
  • Kysaiah PickettBehind
    3Q 24:1857-31
  • Jordan de GoeyGoal
    3Q 22:2757-30
  • Alex Neal-BullenGoal
    3Q 21:1851-30
  • Daniel McStayGoal
    3Q 19:3851-24
  • Tom SparrowGoal
    3Q 17:4445-24
  • Daniel McStayGoal
    3Q 13:3045-18
  • Bobby HillGoal
    3Q 10:5039-18
  • Bayley FritschBehind
    3Q 6:4833-18
  • RushedBehind
    3Q 0:4933-17
  • RushedBehind
    2Q 25:4533-16
  • Kysaiah PickettBehind
    2Q 23:4333-15
  • Kysaiah PickettGoal
    2Q 15:0933-14
  • Bayley FritschBehind
    2Q 14:1133-8
  • Kysaiah PickettBehind
    2Q 10:3833-7
  • Brody MihocekGoal
    2Q 6:5433-6
  • Brody MihocekBehind
    2Q 3:3427-6
  • Darcy CameronGoal
    1Q 32:5726-6
  • Jack CrispGoal
    1Q 29:2320-6
  • Jamie ElliottBehind
    1Q 22:4414-6
  • Jamie ElliottBehind
    1Q 14:3413-6
  • Bayley FritschGoal
    1Q 7:0212-6
  • Bobby HillGoal
    1Q 5:1812-0
  • Bobby HillGoal
    1Q 4:086-0

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
COL4.21.14.10.260
MEL1.01.42.53.253

Where the shots came from

Recorded ground view

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CollingwoodMelbourne

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Match Leaders

Goals
3
Bobby HillCOL
Behinds
3
Kysaiah PickettMEL
SuperCoach
166
Max GawnMEL
Tackles
10
Clayton OliverMEL

Team Stats

COLMEL

Scoring / Attack

9Goals7
5Behinds8
15Shots At Goal23
37Inside 50s69
5Goal Assists4
57Score Involvements64
8Marks Inside 509
1Behinds Rushed3

Possession

319Disposals325
212Kicks205
107Handballs120
139Contested Possessions153
163Uncontested Possessions164
5,704Metres Gained6,106
96Ground Ball Gets101

Clearance / Contest

40Clearances44
7Centre Clearances12
33Stoppage Clearances32
62Tackles61
48Hitouts33
11Hitouts To Advantage11
283Pressure Acts273
9Contested Marks15

Other

134Effective Kicks121
3Marks on the Lead3
9Tackles Inside 5013
179AFL Player Rating Points182
11Kick-ins Played On6
70Defensive 50 Possessions38
124Defensive Midfield Possessions101
83Attacking Midfield Possessions131
25Attacking 50 Possessions47
77Marks68
14Frees For20
20Frees Against14
60Rebound 50s28
72Clangers67
63One Percenters51
3Bounces2
1,684Supercoach Points1,617
1,390Dream Team Points1,364
80Turnovers84
27Hitout To Advantage Rate12
43Spoils40
84Intercepts80
19Intercept Marks17

Match Summary

Biggest Lead
COL 27 pts
Longest Unanswered Run
COL 21 pts
Lead Changes
0
Score Ties
0

How the match finished

Collingwood beat Melbourne by 7 points, 60–53.

Collingwood took a 25-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 7 by the final siren, scoring 20 points to 2 in the final term.

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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