Melbourne v Western Bulldogs – Round 1 2024 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2024 AFLRound 1Sun, 17 Mar, 1:00 pm AEDT

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16.139.10

Melbourne by 45

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
MEL	4.4 28	8.5 53	10.8 68	16.13 109
WBD	4.3 27	6.5 41	7.7 49	9.10 64

MCG, MelbourneMostly sunny, 29°Lead changes 1

Recap

Melbourne 16.13 (109) beat the Western Bulldogs 9.10 (64) at MCG in Round 1, a 45-point win.

Melbourne led at every change.

Kade Chandler kicked three goals for Melbourne and Jacob van Rooyen three; Jamarra Ugle-Hagan kicked two for Bulldogs.

Max Gawn led the way with 26 disposals, 8 clearances and 35 hitouts.

A run of five straight goals across the first and second quarters turned a 11-point deficit into a 19-point lead.

Melbourne took 141 marks to 99.

AFL debuts for Harvey Gallagher and Ryley Sanders.
First game for the Western Bulldogs: Lachlan Bramble, James Harmes, Nick Coffield.
A career-high 15 marks for Jack Billings (previous best 13).

Best on ground

More from Round 1

Melbourne16.13109

Western Bulldogs9.1064

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

1:08GoalA. NaughtonWBD0.0 (0) – 1.0 (6)
3:14BehindR. WestWBD0.0 (0) – 1.1 (7)
4:14GoalJ. Ugle-HaganWBD0.0 (0) – 2.1 (13)
5:23GoalJ. VineyMEL1.0 (6) – 2.1 (13)
8:04BehindC. OliverMEL1.1 (7) – 2.1 (13)
9:43BehindC. WeightmanWBD1.1 (7) – 2.2 (14)
10:47GoalR. LobbWBD1.1 (7) – 3.2 (20)
14:45BehindJ. BillingsMEL1.2 (8) – 3.2 (20)
15:59BehindB. BrownMEL1.3 (9) – 3.2 (20)
17:43GoalK. PickettMEL2.3 (15) – 3.2 (20)
19:27BehindC. WeightmanWBD2.3 (15) – 3.3 (21)
20:43RushedMelbourneMEL2.4 (16) – 3.3 (21)
25:19GoalH. GallagherWBD2.4 (16) – 4.3 (27)
29:19GoalK. ChandlerMEL3.4 (22) – 4.3 (27)
32:22GoalJ. van RooyenMELLead change4.4 (28) – 4.3 (27)

1:53GoalA. Neal-BullenMEL5.4 (34) – 4.3 (27)
3:09GoalK. ChandlerMEL6.4 (40) – 4.3 (27)
6:17GoalB. BrownMEL7.4 (46) – 4.3 (27)
8:54GoalM. BontempelliWBD7.4 (46) – 5.3 (33)
12:18GoalB. BrownMEL8.4 (52) – 5.3 (33)
15:09RushedBulldogsWBD8.4 (52) – 5.4 (34)
17:00BehindJ. Ugle-HaganWBD8.4 (52) – 5.5 (35)
19:14BehindJ. VineyMEL8.5 (53) – 5.5 (35)
28:54GoalC. WeightmanWBD8.5 (53) – 6.5 (41)

1:34GoalA. Neal-BullenMEL9.5 (59) – 6.5 (41)
3:46BehindT. EnglishWBD9.5 (59) – 6.6 (42)
4:59BehindT. EnglishWBD9.5 (59) – 6.7 (43)
7:40BehindC. PetraccaMEL9.6 (60) – 6.7 (43)
9:26GoalJ. Ugle-HaganWBD9.6 (60) – 7.7 (49)
16:34BehindB. FritschMEL9.7 (61) – 7.7 (49)
18:46GoalK. ChandlerMEL10.7 (67) – 7.7 (49)
23:46BehindB. FritschMEL10.8 (68) – 7.7 (49)