Match Summary

Best On Ground

Melbourne

Christian PetraccaC Petracca38 disposals
2 goals

Clayton OliverC Oliver32 disposals

Ben BrownB Brown3 goals

Bulldogs

Jack MacraeJ Macrae39 disposals

Bailey SmithB Smith33 disposals

Aaron NaughtonA Naughton4 goals

Team Stats

Melbourne

Bulldogs

Disposals

350

376

Contested Possessions

146

126

Kicks

213

224

Handballs

137

152

Free Kicks

17

30

Clearances

30

40

Centre Clearances

9

18

Stoppages

21

22

Inside 50

56

51

Marks

96

92

Marks in 50

17

6

Contested Marks

16

6

Tackles

46

53

Hit-Outs

44

20

Player Stats

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Adam Tomlinson	6	2	8	4	0	0	1	1	0	0
Alex Neal-Bullen	10	8	18	3	0	1	0	7	0	1
Angus Brayshaw	12	11	23	6	0	1	1	3	0	0
Bayley Fritsch	8	1	9	4	0	0	1	1	2	2
Ben Brown	9	4	13	8	0	0	1	0	3	3
Charlie Spargo	8	6	14	2	0	2	1	2	0	1
Christian Petracca	24	14	38	8	0	0	1	2	2	1
Christian Salem	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Clayton Oliver	19	13	32	6	0	0	7	5	0	0
Ed Langdon	12	10	22	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jack Viney	11	12	23	5	0	2	0	4	1	0
Jake Bowey	8	1	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
James Harmes	6	11	17	1	0	2	1	5	1	0
James Jordon	10	10	20	4	0	3	0	2	0	0
Jayden Hunt	7	4	11	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
Joel Smith	10	1	11	5	0	0	2	2	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	5	0	5	2	0	1	2	2	1	0
Luke Jackson	3	9	12	5	10	0	1	4	1	1
Max Gawn	11	3	14	4	34	2	6	1	1	0
Steven May	13	1	14	7	0	0	1	0	0	0
Toby Bedford	5	4	9	3	0	2	0	2	0	1
Tom McDonald	10	2	12	5	0	1	1	0	0	1
Tom Sparrow	6	7	13	5	0	0	1	2	0	0

Bulldogs

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Aaron Naughton	12	2	14	6	1	4	0	0	4	1
Adam Treloar	16	10	26	5	0	0	0	0	2	0
Alex Keath	6	3	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bailey Dale	17	8	25	6	0	1	0	0	1	0
Bailey Smith	20	13	33	7	0	5	1	11	0	1
Bailey Williams	11	5	16	4	0	0	4	1	0	0
Caleb Daniel	14	12	26	6	0	0	1	2	0	0
Cody Weightman	3	2	5	1	0	1	1	1	1	0
Ed Richards	6	8	14	2	0	1	0	4	0	0
Hayden Crozier	14	5	19	12	0	0	2	3	1	0
Jack Macrae	19	20	39	5	0	2	2	3	0	0
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Dunkley	14	15	29	4	0	1	1	5	0	1
Josh Schache	3	3	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Lachie Hunter	7	6	13	4	0	1	0	3	0	0
Laitham Vandermeer	6	11	17	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Marcus Bontempelli	13	4	17	7	0	1	1	7	1	0
Mitch Hannan	5	3	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Roarke Smith	7	9	16	5	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ryan Gardner	6	1	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tim English	16	4	20	6	18	8	1	2	0	1
Tom Liberatore	8	6	14	4	0	0	0	4	0	0
Zaine Cordy	1	2	3	0	1	1	2	3	0	0

Team Line-Ups

Melbourne

Bulldogs

IN No change

IN No change

FB 29 Joel Smith 1 Steven May 5 Jayden Hunt FF 23 Laitham Vandermeer 33 Aaron Naughton 21 Tom Liberatore HB 3 Christian Salem 20 Adam Tomlinson 10 Angus Brayshaw HF 3 Cody Weightman 29 Mitch Hannan 1 Adam Treloar C 23 James Jordon 13 Clayton Oliver 15 Ed Langdon C 37 Roarke Smith 5 Josh Dunkley 9 Hayden Crozier HF 9 Charlie Spargo 25 Tom McDonald 30 Alex Neal-Bullen HB 35 Caleb Daniel 21 Zaine Cordy 31 Bailey Dale FF 31 Bayley Fritsch 50 Ben Brown 36 Kysaiah Pickett FB 43 Ryan Gardner 42 Alex Keath 34 Bailey Williams

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
5	Christian Petracca
7	Jack Viney

INTERCHANGE
4	James Harmes
9	Luke Jackson
17	Jake Bowey
32	Tom Sparrow

EMERGENCIES
14	Toby Bedford

FOLLOWERS
44	Tim English
11	Jack Macrae
4	Marcus Bontempelli

INTERCHANGE
6	Bailey Smith
19	Josh Schache
20	Ed Richards
12	Lachie Hunter

EMERGENCIES
2	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan

Melbourne

B J. Smith, S. May, J. Hunt HB C. Salem, A. Tomlinson, A. Brayshaw C J. Jordon, C. Oliver, E. Langdon HF C. Spargo, T. McDonald, A. Neal-Bullen F B. Fritsch, B. Brown, K. Pickett FOL M. Gawn, C. Petracca, J. Viney I/C J. Harmes, L. Jackson, J. Bowey, T. Sparrow EMG T. Bedford, . , .

Bulldogs

B R. Gardner, A. Keath, B. Williams HB C. Daniel, Z. Cordy, B. Dale C R. Smith, J. Dunkley, H. Crozier HF C. Weightman, M. Hannan, A. Treloar F L. Vandermeer, A. Naughton, T. Liberatore FOL T. English, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli I/C B. Smith, J. Schache, E. Richards, L. Hunter EMG J. Ugle-Hagan, . , .

Preview

Previous 5 Games

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
25/9/21	Bulldogs	W 140 - 66
10/9/21	Cats	W 125 - 42
28/8/21	Lions	W 93 - 60
21/8/21	Cats	W 77 - 81
15/8/21	Crows	W 104 - 63

Bulldogs

DATE	OPP	RESULT
25/9/21	Demons	L 140 - 66
11/9/21	Power	W 45 - 116
4/9/21	Lions	W 78 - 79
29/8/21	Bombers	W 85 - 36
20/8/21	Power	L 64 - 66