Match Summary

Best On Ground

Geelong

Cameron GuthrieC Guthrie30 disposals

Joel SelwoodJ Selwood28 disposals
1 goal

Tom HawkinsT Hawkins4 goals

Melbourne

Clayton OliverC Oliver37 disposals
2 goals

Christian SalemC Salem27 disposals

Kysaiah PickettK Pickett3 goals

Team Stats

Geelong

Melbourne

Disposals

377

358

Contested Possessions

140

140

Kicks

229

207

Handballs

148

151

Free Kicks

23

17

Clearances

40

47

Centre Clearances

13

14

Stoppages

27

33

Inside 50

49

56

Marks

106

87

Marks in 50

8

8

Contested Marks

2

12

Tackles

61

70

Hit-Outs

39

49

Player Stats

Geelong

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Bradley Close	7	6	13	5	0	0	0	2	1	0
Brandan Parfitt	12	10	22	0	0	3	3	8	0	0
Cameron Guthrie	16	14	30	8	0	2	0	2	0	0
Gary Rohan	3	5	8	2	0	0	2	3	2	1
Gryan Miers	8	5	13	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
Isaac Smith	20	4	24	11	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jack Henry	8	6	14	6	0	1	0	4	0	0
Jake Kolodjashnij	12	3	15	7	0	1	0	0	0	0
Jed Bews	8	7	15	6	0	0	1	2	0	0
Jeremy Cameron	7	3	10	4	0	1	2	0	2	2
Joel Selwood	17	11	28	4	0	5	2	6	1	0
Lachie Henderson	21	3	24	15	0	1	1	1	0	0
Luke Dahlhaus	6	7	13	3	0	1	0	3	1	2
Mark Blicavs	8	6	14	4	5	4	1	5	0	0
Mark O'Connor	10	5	15	6	0	0	2	0	0	0
Max Holmes	4	14	18	2	0	0	0	7	0	0
Patrick Dangerfield	8	15	23	3	0	0	1	3	1	0
Rhys Stanley	9	4	13	1	33	0	1	3	0	0
Sam Menegola	20	5	25	7	0	0	0	2	0	0
Sam Simpson	8	4	12	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Shaun Higgins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Atkins	8	8	16	4	0	0	1	4	0	0
Tom Hawkins	9	3	12	5	1	1	0	2	4	0

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Alex Neal-Bullen	6	10	16	3	0	0	1	5	0	0
Angus Brayshaw	13	5	18	5	0	1	2	4	0	0
Bayley Fritsch	6	1	7	2	0	1	1	4	1	2
Ben Brown	7	2	9	5	0	1	1	1	2	0
Charlie Spargo	7	3	10	3	0	0	0	3	2	0
Christian Petracca	13	13	26	3	0	1	1	3	0	0
Christian Salem	16	11	27	9	0	0	2	4	0	0
Clayton Oliver	17	20	37	2	0	4	3	7	2	1
Ed Langdon	12	7	19	3	0	0	1	2	0	0
Harrison Petty	4	3	7	1	0	2	2	4	0	0
Jack Viney	8	9	17	2	0	1	0	9	1	1
Jake Bowey	7	9	16	4	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jake Lever	11	11	22	8	0	1	1	1	0	0
James Harmes	10	16	26	2	0	1	0	3	0	0
James Jordon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joel Smith	3	3	6	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	12	2	14	4	0	0	1	3	3	1
Luke Jackson	1	6	7	1	7	0	1	2	0	0
Max Gawn	17	8	25	6	39	0	1	3	1	0
Steven May	18	1	19	9	0	2	1	0	0	0
Tom McDonald	4	2	6	2	3	0	1	2	0	0
Tom Sparrow	10	2	12	6	0	2	0	5	0	0
Trent Rivers	5	7	12	3	0	0	1	3	0	0

Team Line-Ups

Geelong

Melbourne

IN Gary Rohan, Gryan Miers, Tom Atkins OUT Esava Ratugolea (Injured), Quinton Narkle (Medi-Sub), Zach Guthrie (Omitted)

IN Jack Viney, Steven May, Tom McDonald OUT Aaron Vandenberg, Jake Melksham, Michael Hibberd

FB 38 Jack Henry 25 Lachie Henderson 8 Jake Kolodjashnij FF 30 Alex Neal-Bullen 50 Ben Brown 31 Bayley Fritsch HB 42 Mark O'Connor 46 Mark Blicavs 30 Tom Atkins HF 36 Kysaiah Pickett 25 Tom McDonald 10 Angus Brayshaw C 27 Sam Menegola 29 Cameron Guthrie 7 Isaac Smith C 4 James Harmes 5 Christian Petracca 15 Ed Langdon HF 40 Luke Dahlhaus 5 Jeremy Cameron 23 Gary Rohan HB 17 Jake Bowey 8 Jake Lever 3 Christian Salem FF 45 Bradley Close 26 Tom Hawkins 32 Gryan Miers FB 44 Joel Smith 1 Steven May 35 Harrison Petty

FOLLOWERS
1	Rhys Stanley
14	Joel Selwood
35	Patrick Dangerfield

INTERCHANGE
3	Brandan Parfitt
9	Max Holmes
24	Jed Bews
37	Sam Simpson

EMERGENCIES
4	Shaun Higgins

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
13	Clayton Oliver
7	Jack Viney

INTERCHANGE
6	Luke Jackson
9	Charlie Spargo
24	Trent Rivers
32	Tom Sparrow

EMERGENCIES
23	James Jordon

Geelong
IN	G. Rohan, G. Miers, T. Atkins
OUT	E. Ratugolea, Q. Narkle, Z. Guthrie
B J. Henry, L. Henderson, J. Kolodjashnij HB M. O'Connor, M. Blicavs, T. Atkins C S. Menegola, C. Guthrie, I. Smith HF L. Dahlhaus, J. Cameron, G. Rohan F B. Close, T. Hawkins, G. Miers FOL R. Stanley, J. Selwood, P. Dangerfield I/C B. Parfitt, M. Holmes, J. Bews, S. Simpson EMG S. Higgins, . , .
Melbourne
IN	J. Viney, S. May, T. McDonald
OUT	A. Vandenberg (Omitted), J. Melksham (Omitted), M. Hibberd (Omitted)
B J. Smith, S. May, H. Petty HB J. Bowey, J. Lever, C. Salem C J. Harmes, C. Petracca, E. Langdon HF K. Pickett, T. McDonald, A. Brayshaw F A. Neal-Bullen, B. Brown, B. Fritsch FOL M. Gawn, C. Oliver, J. Viney I/C L. Jackson, C. Spargo, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow EMG J. Jordon, . , .

Preview

Previous 5 Games

Geelong

DATE	OPP	RESULT
14/8/21	Saints	W 85 - 71
6/8/21	Giants	L 65 - 84
31/7/21	Kangaroos	W 42 - 62
25/7/21	Tigers	W 95 - 57
15/7/21	Dockers	W 31 - 100

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
15/8/21	Crows	W 104 - 63
9/8/21	Eagles	W 63 - 72
1/8/21	Suns	W 30 - 128
24/7/21	Bulldogs	L 65 - 85
17/7/21	Hawks	L 79 - 79