Melbourne v GWS Giants – Round 1 2025 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2025 AFLRound 1Sun, 16 Mar, 3:20 pm AEDT

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7477

11.811.11

GWS by 3

Away

Scores at each change
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 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.

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

More from Round 1

Melbourne11.874

GWS Giants11.1177

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

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)

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)

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)