Melbourne v GWS Giants, Round 1 2025
2025 AFLRound 1
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEL | 2.2 14 | 5.4 34 | 10.6 66 | 11.8 74 |
| GWS | 3.1 19 | 6.5 41 | 8.7 55 | 11.11 77 |
MCG, MelbourneRain, 26°Lead changes 7
Recap
GWS come back to edge Melbourne
GWS 11.11 (77) beat Melbourne 11.8 (74) at MCG in Round 1, a 3-point win. The lead changed 7 times.
GWS trailed by 11 at three-quarter time, then kicked 3.4 to 1.2 in the last quarter.
Toby Greene kicked three goals for GWS and Stephen Coniglio three; Christian Petracca kicked two for Melbourne.
Lachie Whitfield led the way with 34 disposals and 10 intercepts.
GWS won the clearances 48–36, and Melbourne won the contested ball 150–133.
In context
- Milestone: Bayley Fritsch’s 150th game.
- AFL debuts for Xavier Lindsay and Jack Henderson and Matthew Jefferson and Harvey Langford and Aidan Johnson.
- First game for Melbourne: Harry Sharp.
Best on ground
GWS · #6 · 82% game time
- 34
- D
- 0
- G
- 5
- M
- 4
- T
3 clearances · 5 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 111
Brownlow votes2025 count
Score worm
Melbourne aheadGWS aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- 4 goals in a row to MelbourneQ1 23:14 – Q2 18:19
- GWS down by 17Q3 20:48
- L. Keeffe kicks the match-winnerQ4 29:13
MelbourneGoals
- C. Petracca 2.1
- M. Jefferson 2
- A. Johnson 1.2
- H. Sharp 1.1
- T. Sparrow 1.1
- J. Bowey 1
- J. Henderson 1
- J. van Rooyen 1
- C. Windsor 1
- Venue
- MCG, Melbourne
- Field umpires
- Jeff Dalgleish, Matt Stevic, Brent Wallace, Matthew Young
MelbourneFinal team
Interchange
EmergenciesS. May, J. Billings, T. Campbell
Milestones
- Xavier Lindsay · Debut game
- Jack Henderson · Debut game
- Matthew Jefferson · Debut game
- Bayley Fritsch · 150th game
- Harvey Langford · Debut game
- Aidan Johnson · Debut game
First game for the club
- Xavier Lindsay · Inverloch-Kongwak JFC/Gippsland U18
- Jack Henderson · Werribee (VFL)
- Matthew Jefferson · Ashburton (Vic) /Wesley College (Vic)/Oakleigh U18
- Harvey Langford · Mount Martha JFC/Dandenong U18
- Harry Sharp · East Point (Vic)/St Patrick's Coll (Vic)/Caulfield Gram (Vic)/GWV U18/Brisbane Lions
- Aidan Johnson · Lavington Panthers FNC/Werribee (VFL)
GWS GiantsFinal team
Interchange
- 35GruzewskiSub
- 33O'Halloran
- 30Leake
- 18Stone
- 12Green
EmergenciesO. Hannaford, C. Angove, L. Aleer
In
- +Tom Green
Out
- −Kieren Briggs · Injured
How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: Champion Data rating points and AFL Fantasy points together, on a 0–10 scale against every AFL game since 2001 (Fantasy points alone before 2012). 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need 15% game time to be rated.
GWS won the clearances 48–36, and Melbourne won the contested ball 150–133.
MELAttackGWS
- Inside 50s 52
- Scoring shots 11.1122
- Accuracy 50%
56
1911.8
58%
The ball
- Disposals 363
- Contested possessions 133
- Clearances 48
- Marks 56
- Tackles 71
- Free kicks 19
- Biggest lead 12
391
150
36
84
60
26
17
Melbourne11.874
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11M. Gawn | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 127 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 46 | |
| 3C. Salem | 30 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 124 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5C. Petracca | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 95 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 0 | |
| 32T. Sparrow | 21 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 96 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | |
| 8J. Lever | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20X. Lindsay | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 94 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | |
| 17J. Bowey | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 25T. McDonald | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35H. Petty | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 13C. Oliver | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 84 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| 15E. Langdon | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 24T. RiversInt | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7J. Viney | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 82 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| 37K. Chandler | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6C. Windsor | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| 43J. Henderson | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 42A. JohnsonInt | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 31B. Fritsch | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 30H. SharpInt | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2J. van Rooyen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21M. Jefferson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22B. HowesInt | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 19H. LangfordSub | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 391 | 11 | 6 | 84 | 60 | 36 | 1599 | 233 | 158 | 56 | 51 |
GWS Giants11.1177
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6L. Whitfield | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 111 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 0 | |
| 4T. Greene | 23 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 112 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |
| 12T. GreenInt | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 104 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 0 | |
| 17F. Callaghan | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 92 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | |
| 27H. Himmelberg | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22J. Kelly | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 98 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
| 3S. Coniglio | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 71 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7L. Ash | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14T. Bedford | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 44J. Buckley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10J. Wehr | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25L. Keeffe | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 | |
| 46C. Brown | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 12 | |
| 33X. O'HalloranInt | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5A. Cadman | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 39C. Idun | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 8C. Ward | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| 15S. Taylor | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2D. Jones | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| 18C. StoneInt | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16B. Daniels | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30J. LeakeInt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35M. GruzewskiSub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 363 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 71 | 48 | 1412 | 193 | 170 | 52 | 26 |
Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.
First quarterMEL 2.2 (14) · GWS 3.1 (19)
- 0:16GoalM. JeffersonMEL1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
- 2:00BehindT. SparrowMEL1.1 (7) – 0.0 (0)
- 4:19GoalA. CadmanGWS1.1 (7) – 1.0 (6)
- 9:28GoalT. GreeneGWSLead change1.1 (7) – 2.0 (12)
- 12:47BehindT. GreenGWS1.1 (7) – 2.1 (13)
- 16:02GoalJ. WehrGWS1.1 (7) – 3.1 (19)
- 20:41BehindM. GawnMEL1.2 (8) – 3.1 (19)
- 23:14GoalJ. HendersonMEL2.2 (14) – 3.1 (19)
Second quarterMEL 3.2 (20) · GWS 3.4 (22)
- 1:07BehindH. SharpMEL2.3 (15) – 3.1 (19)
- 6:46GoalC. PetraccaMELLead change3.3 (21) – 3.1 (19)
- 8:28RushedGWSGWS3.3 (21) – 3.2 (20)
- 11:41BehindT. GreeneGWSLevel3.3 (21) – 3.3 (21)
- 13:38BehindJ. KellyGWSLead change3.3 (21) – 3.4 (22)
- 16:50GoalH. SharpMELLead change4.3 (27) – 3.4 (22)
- 18:19GoalC. PetraccaMEL5.3 (33) – 3.4 (22)
- 21:50GoalA. CadmanGWS5.3 (33) – 4.4 (28)
- 26:26BehindA. JohnsonMEL5.4 (34) – 4.4 (28)
- 27:44GoalS. ConiglioGWSLevel5.4 (34) – 5.4 (34)
- 29:39GoalT. GreeneGWSLead change5.4 (34) – 6.4 (40)
- 31:17BehindX. O'HalloranGWS5.4 (34) – 6.5 (41)
Third quarterMEL 5.2 (32) · GWS 2.2 (14)
- 0:18GoalC. WindsorMEL6.4 (40) – 6.5 (41)
- 1:31GoalT. SparrowMELLead change7.4 (46) – 6.5 (41)
- 4:01GoalJ. BoweyMEL8.4 (52) – 6.5 (41)
- 8:37GoalS. ConiglioGWS8.4 (52) – 7.5 (47)
- 10:31BehindT. GreeneGWS8.4 (52) – 7.6 (48)
- 13:15RushedMelbourneMEL8.5 (53) – 7.6 (48)
- 13:53GoalJ. van RooyenMEL9.5 (59) – 7.6 (48)
- 20:48GoalA. JohnsonMEL10.5 (65) – 7.6 (48)
- 25:10RushedGWSGWS10.5 (65) – 7.7 (49)
- 26:16GoalS. ConiglioGWS10.5 (65) – 8.7 (55)
- 31:31BehindC. PetraccaMEL10.6 (66) – 8.7 (55)
Last quarterMEL 1.2 (8) · GWS 3.4 (22)
- 1:31GoalT. GreenGWS10.6 (66) – 9.7 (61)
- 6:58GoalM. JeffersonMEL11.6 (72) – 9.7 (61)
- 9:05BehindF. CallaghanGWS11.6 (72) – 9.8 (62)
- 10:16BehindT. GreeneGWS11.6 (72) – 9.9 (63)
- 12:06BehindJ. WehrGWS11.6 (72) – 9.10 (64)
- 15:47GoalT. GreeneGWS11.6 (72) – 10.10 (70)
- 22:01RushedGWSGWS11.6 (72) – 10.11 (71)
- 24:58RushedMelbourneMEL11.7 (73) – 10.11 (71)
- 28:08BehindA. JohnsonMEL11.8 (74) – 10.11 (71)
- 29:13GoalL. KeeffeGWSLead change11.8 (74) – 11.11 (77)