Match Summary

Best On Ground

Melbourne

Jack VineyJ Viney34 disposals

Christian PetraccaC Petracca32 disposals
1 goal

Max GawnM Gawn5 goals

Geelong

Patrick DangerfieldP Dangerfield30 disposals

Isaac SmithI Smith26 disposals
1 goal

Jeremy CameronJ Cameron2 goals

Team Stats

Melbourne

Geelong

Disposals

374

341

Contested Possessions

160

130

Kicks

227

180

Handballs

147

161

Free Kicks

15

12

Clearances

41

45

Centre Clearances

11

16

Stoppages

30

29

Inside 50

55

42

Marks

88

57

Marks in 50

16

5

Contested Marks

13

8

Tackles

63

60

Hit-Outs

46

43

Player Stats

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Alex Neal-Bullen	9	6	15	2	0	0	0	4	1	0
Angus Brayshaw	11	7	18	2	0	1	0	5	0	0
Bayley Fritsch	13	0	13	8	0	2	0	2	2	1
Ben Brown	7	1	8	7	0	1	0	1	2	2
Charlie Spargo	13	5	18	8	0	1	0	0	2	0
Christian Petracca	16	16	32	4	0	0	2	3	1	2
Christian Salem	23	6	29	6	0	0	0	3	0	0
Clayton Oliver	14	13	27	4	0	0	0	7	0	0
Ed Langdon	8	13	21	5	0	1	0	3	0	0
Harrison Petty	4	5	9	2	0	0	1	2	0	0
Jack Viney	17	17	34	4	0	5	1	5	0	0
Jake Bowey	12	7	19	3	0	0	1	2	0	0
Jake Lever	9	3	12	5	0	1	1	1	0	0
James Harmes	7	8	15	2	0	0	0	6	1	1
James Jordon	7	2	9	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	9	4	13	3	0	0	2	1	3	0
Luke Jackson	3	9	12	2	12	1	0	1	0	0
Max Gawn	13	6	19	5	33	1	3	6	5	0
Michael Hibberd	5	4	9	2	0	0	0	3	0	0
Steven May	4	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom McDonald	9	5	14	5	1	0	0	2	1	0
Tom Sparrow	8	3	11	2	0	1	0	3	1	1
Trent Rivers	6	6	12	4	0	0	1	1	0	0

Geelong

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Bradley Close	3	12	15	2	0	0	1	4	0	0
Cameron Guthrie	13	13	26	4	0	0	0	4	0	0
Esava Ratugolea	1	4	5	1	4	1	1	3	0	0
Gary Rohan	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Gryan Miers	5	7	12	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Isaac Smith	13	13	26	5	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Henry	5	7	12	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jake Kolodjashnij	4	4	8	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jed Bews	5	3	8	1	0	0	0	6	0	0
Jeremy Cameron	3	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Joel Selwood	8	16	24	5	0	1	0	8	0	0
Lachie Henderson	4	4	8	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Blicavs	8	8	16	2	9	1	2	1	0	0
Max Holmes	3	7	10	2	0	0	2	3	0	0
Mitch Duncan	14	9	23	5	0	1	1	3	0	0
Patrick Dangerfield	19	11	30	3	0	2	1	4	0	0
Rhys Stanley	4	7	11	3	26	1	1	3	1	0
Sam Menegola	12	8	20	2	0	0	2	5	0	0
Shaun Higgins	6	8	14	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tom Atkins	9	6	15	1	0	0	2	3	0	0
Tom Hawkins	9	6	15	2	4	1	1	4	1	2
Zach Guthrie	15	2	17	3	0	2	0	4	0	0
Zach Tuohy	16	5	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team Line-Ups

Melbourne

Geelong

IN Michael Hibberd OUT Joel Smith (Injured)

IN Shaun Higgins OUT Brandan Parfitt

FB 14 Michael Hibberd 1 Steven May 8 Jake Lever FF 39 Zach Guthrie 26 Tom Hawkins 32 Gryan Miers HB 17 Jake Bowey 35 Harrison Petty 3 Christian Salem HF 17 Esava Ratugolea 5 Jeremy Cameron 23 Gary Rohan C 10 Angus Brayshaw 5 Christian Petracca 15 Ed Langdon C 22 Mitch Duncan 29 Cameron Guthrie 7 Isaac Smith HF 36 Kysaiah Pickett 25 Tom McDonald 4 James Harmes HB 8 Jake Kolodjashnij 46 Mark Blicavs 30 Tom Atkins FF 30 Alex Neal-Bullen 50 Ben Brown 31 Bayley Fritsch FB 38 Jack Henry 25 Lachie Henderson 2 Zach Tuohy

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

FOLLOWERS
1	Rhys Stanley
14	Joel Selwood
35	P. Dangerfield

INTERCHANGE
9	Max Holmes
24	Jed Bews
27	Sam Menegola
45	Bradley Close

EMERGENCIES
4	Shaun Higgins

Melbourne
IN	M. Hibberd
OUT	J. Smith
B M. Hibberd, S. May, J. Lever HB J. Bowey, H. Petty, C. Salem C A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon HF K. Pickett, T. McDonald, J. Harmes 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, . , .
Geelong
IN	S. Higgins
OUT	B. Parfitt (Injured)
B J. Henry, L. Henderson, Z. Tuohy HB J. Kolodjashnij, M. Blicavs, T. Atkins C M. Duncan, C. Guthrie, I. Smith HF E. Ratugolea, J. Cameron, G. Rohan F Z. Guthrie, T. Hawkins, G. Miers FOL R. Stanley, J. Selwood, P. Dangerfield I/C M. Holmes, J. Bews, S. Menegola, B. Close EMG S. Higgins, . , .

Preview

Previous 5 Games

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
28/8/21	Lions	W 93 - 60
21/8/21	Cats	W 77 - 81
15/8/21	Crows	W 104 - 63
9/8/21	Eagles	W 63 - 72
1/8/21	Suns	W 30 - 128

Geelong

DATE	OPP	RESULT
3/9/21	Giants	W 103 - 68
27/8/21	Power	L 86 - 43
21/8/21	Demons	L 77 - 81
14/8/21	Saints	W 85 - 71
6/8/21	Giants	L 65 - 84