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It's the points we concede on average. I did include a note under the chain start region subheading to that effect but it may not be clear enough.

It's the player's predicted rating, which is probably clearer than "estimated" so I could rename it! The predicted rating for a player is a weighted average of the player's player rating in previous matches (maximum of last 75 matches, and maximum of last four seasons) weighted towards more recent matches and more recent seasons. A match 75 matches ago or four seasons ago will not contribute much to the predicted rating - it is weighted much more towards matches in the current season. I'd say the main issue with it is how I deal with subs (players previously subbed off or subbed on, thereby reducing game time, and the named sub in the current game who would be expected to have a lower player rating). I do take into account time on ground in the weighting of past matches, but I could probably improve the way I do it.

Melbourne v Collingwood (Finals Week 1, 2023) https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20232501 Key Team Stats Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Stat For Against Diff Disposal Efficiency 66.2 65.2 +1.0 Kicking Efficiency 59.0 63.2 -4.2 Metres Gained 6106 5704 +402 Inside 50s 69 37 +32 Shots At Goal 23 15 +8 Shots Per Inside 50 33.3 40.5 -7.2 Contested Possessions 153 139 +14 Ground Ball Gets 101 96 +5 Intercepts 80 84 -4 Intercept Marks 17 19 -2 Centre Clearances 12 7 +5 Stoppage Clearances 32 33 -1 Contested Marks 15 9 +6 Marks Inside 50 9 8 +1 Hitouts 33 48 -15 Hitouts To Advantage 11 11 +0 Tackles 61 62 -1 Tackles Inside 50 13 9 +4 Def One On One Loss % 15.8 42.9 -27.1 Pressure Team pressure Quarter For Against 1 180 194 2 172 177 3 182 205 4 176 192 Match 178 192 Source: Herald Sun Most Pressure Points Note: pressure points are the weighed sum of pressure acts. Physical pressure acts are worth 3.75 points, closing acts are worth 2.25 points, chasing acts are 1.5 points and corralling are 1.2. ( https://www.championdata.com/glossary/afl/ ) Player Pressure Acts Pressure Points Season Average* Clayton Oliver 26 61 59.8 Kysaiah Pickett 26 54 42.3 Alex Neal-Bullen 24 48 45.8 Christian Petracca 25 45 45.9 Tom Sparrow 16 38 43.6 Max Gawn 14 32 22.1 Jack Viney 16 31 55.5 Christian Salem 10 30 31.1 Bailey Laurie 13 27 16.6 Bayley Fritsch 9 22 19.0 Steven May 9 21 14.7 Trent Rivers 9 20 23.1 Jacob van Rooyen 8 20 22.1 Jake Bowey 9 20 22.0 Tom McDonald 11 19 24.8 Joel Smith 9 18 19.3 Ed Langdon 8 17 27.9 Judd McVee 10 16 18.0 Lachie Hunter 6 10 23.1 Jake Lever 5 10 14.9 Michael Hibberd 4 10 10.5 Kade Chandler 4 8 30.3 Angus Brayshaw 2 5 34.2 * Pressure points for rounds 4 and 6 have not been able to be sourced from the Herald Sun. Pressure points for these matches have been estimated from the number of pressure acts for each player. Source: Herald Sun Time in Forward Half Quarter For Against 1 45% 55% 2 63% 37% 3 67% 33% 4 75% 25% Match 61% 39% Source: Match total sourced from the Herald Sun; quarter values are my own calculations. Score Sources Summary Score sources highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Category For Against Diff G B T G B T Kick-in 0 1 1 0 0 0 +1 Centre Bounce 2 1 13 3 0 18 -5 Stoppage (Other) 2 2 14 0 2 2 +12 Turnover 3 7 25 6 4 40 -15 Category For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in 1 2.4 0 2.3 Centre Bounce 13 11.1 18 8.7 Stoppage (Other) 14 23.4 2 19.7 Turnover 25 51.8 40 41.0 Chain start region Note: region is from the scoring team's perspective. Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by Collingwood. Category Region For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in D50 1 2.4 0 2.3 Centre Bounce Centre 13 11.1 18 8.7 Stoppage (Other) D50 0 0.5 0 1.9 Stoppage (Other) Centre 1 2.6 0 1.1 Stoppage (Other) Wing 7 12.2 1 6.4 Stoppage (Other) F50 6 8.0 1 10.3 Turnover D50 2 11.5 13 6.5 Turnover Centre 0 7.5 13 6.5 Turnover Wing 22 26.4 13 20.6 Turnover F50 1 6.5 1 7.5 Region For Against Match Season Match Season D50 3 14.5 13 10.7 Centre 14 21.2 31 16.2 Wing 29 38.6 14 27.0 F50 7 14.5 2 17.8 Points from defensive half For Against Match Season Match Season 16 33.1 26 24.2 Shots at goal Team Shots G B T Acc. General Play Melbourne 9 3 3 21 33.3 Collingwood 4 2 2 14 50.0 Set Position Melbourne 14 4 5 29 28.6 Collingwood 11 7 3 45 63.6 Centre Bounce Attendances CBAs CBA % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 19 95 63.9 65.5 Clayton Oliver 18 90 80.5 86.5 Jack Viney 15 75 71.7 74.6 Christian Petracca 15 75 61.4 74.6 Tom Sparrow 9 45 44.9 32.2 Angus Brayshaw 2 10 35.3 16.0 Kysaiah Pickett 1 5 11.3 1.3 Jacob van Rooyen 1 5 7.6 Tom McDonald 0 0 4.8 0.0 Trent Rivers 0 0 3.1 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 2.2 3.5 Lachie Hunter 0 0 0.2 0.0 Brodie Grundy 54.4 83.7 James Jordon 27.6 0.2 James Harmes 26.7 14.6 Harrison Petty 0.7 0.0 Josh Schache 0.0 13.8 Ruck Contests and Hitouts Ruck Contests Ruck Contests RC % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 79 77 56.5 57.8 Jacob van Rooyen 15 15 13.1 Tom McDonald 9 9 8.9 7.0 Joel Smith 0 0 0.9 0.0 Christian Petracca 0 0 0.2 0.1 Clayton Oliver 0 0 0.1 0.0 Steven May 0 0 0.1 0.0 Tom Sparrow 0 0 0.1 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0.0 0.0 Brodie Grundy 47.7 77.4 Josh Schache 6.2 13.4 Ben Brown 2.3 3.6 Harrison Petty 2.0 0.0 Hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. To Adv. % (2023) To Adv. % (2022) Max Gawn 79 31 11 31.0 33.6 Jacob van Rooyen 15 1 0 31.1 Tom McDonald 9 1 0 22.2 33.3 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0 0.0 Joel Smith 0 0 0 0.0 Brodie Grundy 30.4 30.2 Harrison Petty 25.0 Ben Brown 0.0 14.3 Josh Schache 0.0 33.3 Opposition hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. Mason Cox 66 34 6 Darcy Cameron 34 14 5 Daniel McStay 3 0 0 Expected Scores (Champion Data) 70 - 55

Coaches Votes for Melbourne players, 2023 https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_stats.html Votes Matches Polled Matches Christian Petracca 98 18 23 Jack Viney 65 12 22 Max Gawn 42 8 20 Clayton Oliver 40 9 13 Jake Lever 27 5 22 Steven May 26 4 21 Angus Brayshaw 24 6 23 Kysaiah Pickett 23 4 21 Brodie Grundy 12 2 17 Trent Rivers 12 2 23 Jake Melksham 11 2 13 Ed Langdon 10 2 23 Harrison Petty 8 1 14 Bayley Fritsch 7 2 15 Kade Chandler 6 2 21 Lachie Hunter 5 3 22 Christian Salem 4 1 14 Michael Hibberd 4 1 11 Tom McDonald 2 1 6 Alex Neal-Bullen 1 1 23 Jake Bowey 1 1 21 Round-by-round votes Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Christian Petracca 98 5 • 7 9 1 1 10 • 10 • 8 10 1 5 2 7 8 • 2 3 1 • 8 Jack Viney 65 • • • • 6 • • 7 • • • 10 3 9 • 1 4 6 9 3 2 5 Max Gawn 42 5 • 3 • 3 • • 2 • 2 • • • 10 7 10 • • • • Clayton Oliver 40 2 1 9 8 • 2 7 7 2 2 • • • Jake Lever 27 9 2 • • • • • • • • 5 • 1 • • • • • • • 10 • Steven May 26 • • • • • • 1 • • 8 7 • • 10 • • • • • • • Angus Brayshaw 24 • • • • • • 5 • • • 2 • • • • 1 • 5 • 9 2 • • Kysaiah Pickett 23 9 • • • 3 • • • • • • • • • • 7 • 4 • • • Brodie Grundy 12 • • 6 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • • Trent Rivers 12 • • • • • • • • 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • 6 • Jake Melksham 11 • • • • • • 3 • • • • 8 • Ed Langdon 10 • • 6 • • • • • • • • 4 • • • • • • • • • • • Harrison Petty 8 • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 • Bayley Fritsch 7 • • • • • • • • • • • 2 • • 5 Kade Chandler 6 • • 1 • • • 5 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lachie Hunter 5 • • 1 • • • • • • 2 • • • 2 • • • • • • • • Christian Salem 4 • • • 4 • • • • • • • • • • Michael Hibberd 4 • • 4 • • • • • • • • Tom McDonald 2 • • 2 • • • Alex Neal-Bullen 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • Jake Bowey 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • • • • • •

Viney is 4th on the Coaches Votes since round 13 and clearly number 1 for Melbourne during this time. He has polled in 10 of a possible 11 games which is more than any other player in the AFL (Bontempelli, Serong, Rozee and Petracca have all polled in 9 games during this time). Here are the most votes for rounds 13-24: 69 Errol Gulden 58 Marcus Bontempelli 53 Caleb Serong 52 Jack Viney 50 Lachie Neale --- 37 Christian Petracca 29 Max Gawn 17 Angus Brayshaw 17 Steven May

I have to ask, was @binman's comment on the pod "...as a backman, Turner goes into overdrive..." a reference to Bachman–Turner Overdrive? 😂

Melbourne v Sydney (Round 24, 2023) https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20232408 Key Team Stats Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Stat For Against Diff Disposal Efficiency 63.9 71.2 -7.3 Kicking Efficiency 58.9 67.0 -8.1 Metres Gained 6145 5729 +416 Inside 50s 58 51 +7 Shots At Goal 30 27 +3 Shots Per Inside 50 51.7 52.9 -1.2 Contested Possessions 160 157 +3 Ground Ball Gets 112 121 -9 Intercepts 79 73 +6 Intercept Marks 15 7 +8 Centre Clearances 10 10 +0 Stoppage Clearances 27 24 +3 Contested Marks 11 13 -2 Marks Inside 50 12 12 +0 Hitouts 40 22 +18 Hitouts To Advantage 8 6 +2 Tackles 79 76 +3 Tackles Inside 50 19 16 +3 Def One On One Loss % 12.5 36.4 -23.9 Pressure Team pressure Quarter For Against 1 172 182 2 185 199 3 198 214 4 192 193 Match 187 197 Source: Herald Sun Most Pressure Points Note: pressure points are the weighed sum of pressure acts. Physical pressure acts are worth 3.75 points, closing acts are worth 2.25 points, chasing acts are 1.5 points and corralling are 1.2. ( https://www.championdata.com/glossary/afl/ ) Player Pressure Acts Pressure Points Season Average* Clayton Oliver 37 86 59.7 Jack Viney 25 69 56.6 Alex Neal-Bullen 26 63 45.7 Angus Brayshaw 21 48 35.5 Christian Salem 21 44 31.1 Ed Langdon 17 38 28.3 Kysaiah Pickett 16 37 41.7 Tom Sparrow 20 34 43.8 Kade Chandler 16 32 31.4 Joel Smith 12 32 19.4 Christian Petracca 15 28 46.0 Trent Rivers 13 26 23.2 Jacob van Rooyen 10 24 22.2 Daniel Turner 7 21 18.0 Judd McVee 7 20 18.1 Jake Melksham 8 17 16.5 Bayley Fritsch 7 16 18.8 Bailey Laurie 8 16 14.0 Lachie Hunter 8 15 23.7 Max Gawn 8 14 21.6 Jake Bowey 6 11 22.1 Steven May 6 9 14.4 Jake Lever 6 8 15.1 * Pressure points for rounds 4 and 6 have not been able to be sourced from the Herald Sun. Pressure points for these matches have been estimated from the number of pressure acts for each player. Source: Herald Sun Time in Forward Half Quarter For Against 1 55% 45% 2 61% 39% 3 43% 57% 4 56% 44% Match 53% 47% Source: Match total sourced from the Herald Sun; quarter values are my own calculations. Score Sources Summary Score sources highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Category For Against Diff G B T G B T Kick-in 0 1 1 0 2 2 -1 Centre Bounce 0 1 1 3 2 20 -19 Stoppage (Other) 3 5 23 1 2 8 +15 Turnover 8 4 52 3 8 26 +26 Category For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in 1 2.5 2 2.4 Centre Bounce 1 11.0 20 8.3 Stoppage (Other) 23 23.8 8 20.4 Turnover 52 53.0 26 41.1 Chain start region Note: region is from the scoring team's perspective. Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by Sydney. Category Region For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in D50 1 2.5 2 2.4 Centre Bounce Centre 1 11.0 20 8.3 Stoppage (Other) D50 0 0.6 1 2.0 Stoppage (Other) Centre 0 2.7 0 1.2 Stoppage (Other) Wing 8 12.4 1 6.6 Stoppage (Other) F50 15 8.1 6 10.7 Turnover D50 12 11.9 7 6.2 Turnover Centre 12 7.8 7 6.2 Turnover Wing 20 26.6 11 20.9 Turnover F50 8 6.7 1 7.8 Region For Against Match Season Match Season D50 13 15.0 10 10.6 Centre 13 21.6 27 15.6 Wing 28 39.0 12 27.5 F50 23 14.8 7 18.5 Points from defensive half For Against Match Season Match Season 19 33.9 14 24.1 Shots at goal Team Shots G B T Acc. General Play Melbourne 17 4 7 31 23.5 Sydney 14 4 4 28 28.6 Set Position Melbourne 13 7 3 45 53.8 Sydney 13 3 7 25 23.1 Centre Bounce Attendances CBAs CBA % 2023 % 2022 % Jack Viney 18 82 71.6 74.6 Max Gawn 18 82 62.7 65.5 Clayton Oliver 17 77 79.9 86.5 Angus Brayshaw 13 59 36.1 16.0 Christian Petracca 8 36 61.0 74.6 Tom Sparrow 6 27 44.9 32.2 Jacob van Rooyen 4 18 7.7 Kysaiah Pickett 2 9 11.6 1.3 Trent Rivers 1 5 3.2 0.0 Lachie Hunter 1 5 0.2 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 2.3 3.5 Brodie Grundy 54.4 83.7 James Jordon 27.6 0.2 James Harmes 26.7 14.6 Tom McDonald 5.4 0.0 Harrison Petty 0.7 0.0 Josh Schache 0.0 13.8 Ruck Contests and Hitouts Ruck Contests Ruck Contests RC % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 50 60 55.3 57.8 Jacob van Rooyen 25 30 13.0 Joel Smith 8 10 1.0 0.0 Christian Petracca 0 0 0.2 0.1 Clayton Oliver 0 0 0.1 0.0 Steven May 0 0 0.1 0.0 Tom Sparrow 0 0 0.1 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0.0 0.0 Brodie Grundy 47.7 77.4 Tom McDonald 8.9 7.0 Josh Schache 6.2 13.4 Ben Brown 2.3 3.6 Harrison Petty 2.0 0.0 Hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. To Adv. % (2023) To Adv. % (2022) Max Gawn 50 24 3 30.7 33.6 Jacob van Rooyen 25 15 5 31.5 Joel Smith 8 1 0 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0 0.0 Brodie Grundy 30.4 30.2 Harrison Petty 25.0 Tom McDonald 25.0 33.3 Ben Brown 0.0 14.3 Josh Schache 0.0 33.3 Opposition hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. Tom Hickey 57 17 5 Hayden McLean 21 4 1 Joel Amartey 5 1 0 Expected scores (Champion Data) 85 - 81

We have lost both CPs and clearances four times this year, against Western Bulldogs (R1), Brisbane (R2), Gold Coast (R8) and Hawthorn (R23), and are 3-1. RoundName Opposition Clearances CPs Margin Round 1 Western Bulldogs -7 -15 50 Round 2 Brisbane -28 -15 -11 Round 8 Gold Coast -7 -27 5 Round 23 Hawthorn -9 -8 27 Here is our record since 2018 when losing both: Season M Win Loss Draw 2018 2 1 1 0 2019 4 0 4 0 2020 2 1 1 0 2021 3 2 1 0 2022 4 2 2 0 2023 4 3 1 0 We are 9-3 when we win both this year: Clearances CPs M Win Loss Draw Won Won 12 9 3 0 Won Lost 2 1 1 0 Lost Won 3 1 2 0 Lost Lost 4 3 1 0 Drew Lost 1 1 0 0

Yes, we scored 58 points to 23 from turnovers today Category For Against Diff G B T G B T Kick-in 1 0 6 1 0 6 +0 Centre Bounce 1 0 6 2 0 12 -6 Stoppage (Other) 2 5 17 3 1 19 -2 Turnover 9 4 58 3 5 23 +35 Category For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in 6 2.5 6 2.4 Centre Bounce 6 11.5 12 7.7 Stoppage (Other) 17 23.9 19 21.0 Turnover 58 53.0 23 41.8

Melbourne v Hawthorn (Round 23, 2023) https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20232306 Key Team Stats Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Stat For Against Diff Disposal Efficiency 74.5 75.3 -0.8 Kicking Efficiency 70.2 70.5 -0.3 Metres Gained 5369 5045 +324 Inside 50s 61 38 +23 Shots At Goal 29 17 +12 Shots Per Inside 50 47.5 44.7 +2.8 Contested Possessions 116 124 -8 Ground Ball Gets 80 82 -2 Intercepts 69 63 +6 Intercept Marks 20 14 +6 Centre Clearances 11 13 -2 Stoppage Clearances 15 22 -7 Contested Marks 14 9 +5 Marks Inside 50 14 10 +4 Hitouts 26 34 -8 Hitouts To Advantage 5 9 -4 Tackles 55 42 +13 Tackles Inside 50 9 7 +2 Def One On One Loss % 28.6 42.9 -14.3 Pressure Team pressure Quarter For Against 1 172 173 2 192 155 3 180 159 4 179 167 Match 180 163 Source: Herald Sun Most Pressure Points Note: pressure points are the weighed sum of pressure acts. Physical pressure acts are worth 3.75 points, closing acts are worth 2.25 points, chasing acts are 1.5 points and corralling are 1.2. ( https://www.championdata.com/glossary/afl/ ) Player Pressure Acts Pressure Points Season Average* Jack Viney 28 60 56.0 Tom Sparrow 23 52 44.3 Clayton Oliver 18 49 57.5 Kade Chandler 24 49 31.4 Kysaiah Pickett 22 48 42.0 Angus Brayshaw 13 32 34.9 Christian Salem 14 32 30.2 Christian Petracca 17 31 46.8 Lachie Hunter 14 31 24.1 Bailey Laurie 16 31 13.4 Jake Melksham 13 28 16.4 Steven May 10 26 14.7 Alex Neal-Bullen 13 22 44.9 Jake Bowey 9 22 22.7 Ed Langdon 11 20 27.9 Trent Rivers 9 19 23.1 Max Gawn 7 18 22.0 Joel Smith 8 18 18.3 Jake Lever 6 17 15.4 Adam Tomlinson 7 16 14.1 Jacob van Rooyen 8 13 22.1 Judd McVee 3 11 18.0 Josh Schache 3 5 13.0 * Pressure points for rounds 4 and 6 have not been able to be sourced from the Herald Sun. Pressure points for these matches have been estimated from the number of pressure acts for each player. Source: Herald Sun Time in Forward Half Quarter For Against 1 50% 50% 2 62% 38% 3 70% 30% 4 69% 31% Match 63% 37% Source: Match total sourced from the Herald Sun; quarter values are my own calculations. Score Sources Summary Score sources highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Category For Against Diff G B T G B T Kick-in 1 0 6 1 0 6 +0 Centre Bounce 1 0 6 2 0 12 -6 Stoppage (Other) 2 5 17 3 1 19 -2 Turnover 9 4 58 3 5 23 +35 Category For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in 6 2.5 6 2.4 Centre Bounce 6 11.5 12 7.7 Stoppage (Other) 17 23.9 19 21.0 Turnover 58 53.0 23 41.8 Chain start region Note: region is from the scoring team's perspective. Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by Hawthorn. Category Region For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in D50 6 2.5 6 2.4 Centre Bounce Centre 6 11.5 12 7.7 Stoppage (Other) D50 0 0.6 0 2.0 Stoppage (Other) Centre 0 2.8 0 1.2 Stoppage (Other) Wing 2 12.6 6 6.9 Stoppage (Other) F50 15 7.8 13 10.9 Turnover D50 25 11.9 3 6.2 Turnover Centre 6 7.6 0 6.1 Turnover Wing 21 26.9 13 21.4 Turnover F50 6 6.6 7 8.1 Region For Against Match Season Match Season D50 31 15.0 9 10.6 Centre 12 22.0 12 15.1 Wing 23 39.5 19 28.2 F50 21 14.5 20 19.0 Points from defensive half For Against Match Season Match Season 33 34.5 22 24.6 Shots at goal Team Shots G B T Acc. General Play Melbourne 12 7 4 46 58.3 Hawthorn 6 3 3 21 50.0 Set Position Melbourne 17 6 4 40 35.3 Hawthorn 11 6 2 38 54.5 Centre Bounce Attendances CBAs CBA % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 23 88 61.8 65.5 Jack Viney 19 73 71.2 74.6 Clayton Oliver 16 62 80.1 86.5 Angus Brayshaw 16 62 35.3 16.0 Tom Sparrow 13 50 45.6 32.2 Christian Petracca 11 42 61.9 74.6 Kysaiah Pickett 3 12 11.7 1.3 Jacob van Rooyen 3 12 7.2 Trent Rivers 0 0 3.2 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 2.3 3.5 Josh Schache 0 0 0.0 13.8 Brodie Grundy 54.4 83.7 James Jordon 27.6 0.2 James Harmes 26.7 14.6 Tom McDonald 5.4 0.0 Harrison Petty 0.7 0.0 Ruck Contests and Hitouts Ruck Contests Ruck Contests RC % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 52 71 55.1 57.8 Jacob van Rooyen 11 15 12.1 Josh Schache 4 5 6.2 13.4 Joel Smith 2 3 0.3 0.0 Christian Petracca 2 3 0.3 0.1 Clayton Oliver 1 1 0.1 0.0 Tom Sparrow 1 1 0.1 0.0 Steven May 0 0 0.1 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0.1 0.0 Brodie Grundy 47.7 77.4 Tom McDonald 8.9 7.0 Ben Brown 2.3 3.6 Harrison Petty 2.0 0.0 Hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. To Adv. % (2023) To Adv. % (2022) Max Gawn 52 22 5 31.6 33.6 Jacob van Rooyen 11 3 0 31.0 Josh Schache 4 1 0 0.0 33.3 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0 0.0 Brodie Grundy 30.4 30.2 Harrison Petty 25.0 Tom McDonald 25.0 33.3 Ben Brown 0.0 14.3 Opposition hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. Ned Reeves 55 26 7 Max Ramsden 11 5 2 Jacob Koschitzke 7 3 0 Expected scores (Champion Data) 91 - 54 Premiership metrics Melbourne is currently ranked in the top 6 in all 19 of the "premiership metrics" and ranked number 1 in seven. A reminder that these are the metrics where at least nine of the last eleven premiers ranked in the top 6 in home and away matches of their premiership year. Although not one of the 19 metrics as I don't have data pre-2021, "time in forward half" is another important stat and I have Melbourne ranked second this year to Port Adelaide. Interestingly, here are the best quarters (average across all matches) for time in forward half this year: 58.7% Melbourne Q4 56.1% Melbourne Q3 55.7% Port Adelaide Q3 55.5% Port Adelaide Q2

Coaches Votes for Melbourne players, 2023 https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_stats.html Votes Matches Polled Matches Christian Petracca 90 17 21 Jack Viney 58 10 20 Max Gawn 42 8 18 Clayton Oliver 40 9 11 Steven May 26 4 19 Angus Brayshaw 24 6 21 Kysaiah Pickett 23 4 19 Jake Lever 17 4 20 Brodie Grundy 12 2 17 Ed Langdon 10 2 21 Harrison Petty 8 1 14 Kade Chandler 6 2 19 Trent Rivers 6 1 21 Lachie Hunter 5 3 20 Christian Salem 4 1 12 Michael Hibberd 4 1 11 Jake Melksham 3 1 11 Bayley Fritsch 2 1 14 Tom McDonald 2 1 6 Alex Neal-Bullen 1 1 21 Jake Bowey 1 1 19 Round-by-round votes Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Christian Petracca 90 5 • 7 9 1 1 10 • 10 • 8 10 1 5 2 7 8 • 2 3 1 Jack Viney 58 • • • • 6 • • 7 • • • 10 3 9 • 1 4 6 9 3 Max Gawn 42 5 • 3 • 3 • • 2 • 2 • • • 10 7 10 • • Clayton Oliver 40 2 1 9 8 • 2 7 7 2 2 • Steven May 26 • • • • • • 1 • • 8 7 • • 10 • • • • • Angus Brayshaw 24 • • • • • • 5 • • • 2 • • • • 1 • 5 • 9 2 Kysaiah Pickett 23 9 • • • 3 • • • • • • • • • • 7 • 4 • Jake Lever 17 9 2 • • • • • • • • 5 • 1 • • • • • • • Brodie Grundy 12 • • 6 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ed Langdon 10 • • 6 • • • • • • • • 4 • • • • • • • • • Harrison Petty 8 • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 • Kade Chandler 6 • • 1 • • • 5 • • • • • • • • • • • • Trent Rivers 6 • • • • • • • • 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • Lachie Hunter 5 • • 1 • • • • • • 2 • • • 2 • • • • • • Christian Salem 4 • • • 4 • • • • • • • • Michael Hibberd 4 • • 4 • • • • • • • • Jake Melksham 3 • • • • • • 3 • • • • Bayley Fritsch 2 • • • • • • • • • • • 2 • • Tom McDonald 2 • • 2 • • • Alex Neal-Bullen 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • Jake Bowey 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • • • •

Slight delay with the stats update this week as I headed over to Melbourne to see the game. Melbourne's pressure of 200 was our highest for the year and Carlton's 206 was the highest against Melbourne. The pressure in the last game between Melbourne and Carlton was 170-170. The pressure points from Oliver (106) and Viney (98) were well above any other Melbourne player this season with the previous high being Oliver's last match with 85 pressure points. Melbourne v Carlton (Round 22, 2023) https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20232201 Key Team Stats Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Stat For Against Diff Disposal Efficiency 66.2 72.3 -6.1 Kicking Efficiency 59.6 64.8 -5.2 Metres Gained 5638 5758 -120 Inside 50s 48 53 -5 Shots At Goal 19 15 +4 Shots Per Inside 50 39.6 28.3 +11.3 Contested Possessions 156 148 +8 Ground Ball Gets 118 119 -1 Intercepts 77 80 -3 Intercept Marks 15 17 -2 Centre Clearances 8 11 -3 Stoppage Clearances 37 32 +5 Contested Marks 8 6 +2 Marks Inside 50 7 10 -3 Hitouts 59 29 +30 Hitouts To Advantage 13 5 +8 Tackles 88 87 +1 Tackles Inside 50 8 21 -13 Def One On One Loss % 21.4 9.1 +12.3 Pressure Team pressure Quarter For Against 1 196 224 2 185 201 3 207 197 4 214 202 Match 200 206 Source: Herald Sun Most Pressure Points Note: pressure points are the weighed sum of pressure acts. Physical pressure acts are worth 3.75 points, closing acts are worth 2.25 points, chasing acts are 1.5 points and corralling are 1.2. ( https://www.championdata.com/glossary/afl/ ) Player Pressure Acts Pressure Points Season Average* Clayton Oliver 42 106 58.1 Jack Viney 40 98 55.8 Angus Brayshaw 30 70 35.0 Tom Sparrow 29 65 43.9 Christian Petracca 24 51 47.6 Kysaiah Pickett 22 50 41.7 Christian Salem 17 44 30.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 22 42 46.0 Ed Langdon 24 41 28.2 Lachie Hunter 15 35 23.7 Joel Smith 11 27 18.3 Kade Chandler 10 26 30.5 Jake Bowey 10 26 22.7 Jake Melksham 11 26 15.4 Jacob van Rooyen 12 24 22.6 Max Gawn 11 23 22.3 Judd McVee 9 21 18.3 Brodie Grundy 9 20 26.1 James Jordon 8 20 24.0 Trent Rivers 8 19 23.3 Jake Lever 5 8 15.3 Steven May 4 8 14.1 Michael Hibberd 0 0 10.5 * Pressure points for rounds 4 and 6 have not been able to be sourced from the Herald Sun. Pressure points for these matches have been estimated from the number of pressure acts for each player. Source: Herald Sun Time in Forward Half Quarter For Against 1 24% 76% 2 52% 48% 3 61% 39% 4 57% 43% Match 50% 50% Source: Match total sourced from the Herald Sun; quarter values are my own calculations. Score Sources Summary Score sources highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Category For Against Diff G B T G B T Kick-in 0 0 0 1 0 6 -6 Centre Bounce 1 1 7 2 1 13 -6 Stoppage (Other) 2 2 14 1 2 8 +6 Turnover 5 5 35 5 3 33 +2 Category For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in 0 2.4 6 2.2 Centre Bounce 7 11.8 13 7.5 Stoppage (Other) 14 24.2 8 21.1 Turnover 35 52.8 33 42.7 Chain start region Note: region is from the scoring team's perspective. Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by Carlton. Category Region For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in D50 0 2.4 6 2.2 Centre Bounce Centre 7 11.8 13 7.5 Stoppage (Other) D50 0 0.6 0 2.1 Stoppage (Other) Centre 0 3.0 0 1.3 Stoppage (Other) Wing 13 13.1 7 6.9 Stoppage (Other) F50 1 7.5 1 10.8 Turnover D50 13 11.3 13 6.3 Turnover Centre 6 7.7 6 6.4 Turnover Wing 16 27.1 14 21.8 Turnover F50 0 6.7 0 8.1 Region For Against Match Season Match Season D50 13 14.3 19 10.7 Centre 13 22.4 19 15.2 Wing 29 40.3 21 28.7 F50 1 14.1 1 19.0 Points from defensive half For Against Match Season Match Season 33 34.6 38 24.7 Shots at goal Team Shots G B T Acc. Set Position Melbourne 10 4 5 29 40.0 Carlton 11 7 2 44 63.6 General Play Melbourne 9 4 2 26 44.4 Carlton 4 2 2 14 50.0 Centre Bounce Attendances CBAs CBA % 2023 % 2022 % Angus Brayshaw 16 76 34.1 16.0 Jack Viney 15 71 71.1 74.6 Max Gawn 15 71 60.4 65.5 Clayton Oliver 14 67 81.7 86.5 Christian Petracca 13 62 62.8 74.6 Brodie Grundy 6 29 54.4 83.7 Tom Sparrow 3 14 45.4 32.2 Kysaiah Pickett 2 10 11.7 1.3 James Jordon 0 0 27.6 0.2 Jacob van Rooyen 0 0 7.0 Trent Rivers 0 0 3.3 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 2.4 3.5 James Harmes 26.7 14.6 Tom McDonald 5.4 0.0 Harrison Petty 0.7 0.0 Josh Schache 0.0 13.8 Ruck Contests and Hitouts Ruck Contests Ruck Contests RC % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 80 73 54.4 57.8 Brodie Grundy 26 24 47.7 77.4 Jacob van Rooyen 2 2 12.0 Christian Petracca 1 1 0.2 0.1 Joel Smith 0 0 0.1 0.0 Steven May 0 0 0.1 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0.1 0.0 Clayton Oliver 0 0 0.0 0.0 Tom McDonald 8.9 7.0 Josh Schache 6.7 13.4 Ben Brown 2.3 3.6 Harrison Petty 2.0 0.0 Hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. To Adv. % (2023) To Adv. % (2022) Max Gawn 80 47 11 32.1 33.6 Brodie Grundy 26 11 2 30.4 30.2 Jacob van Rooyen 2 1 0 32.7 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0 0.0 Harrison Petty 25.0 Tom McDonald 25.0 33.3 Ben Brown 0.0 14.3 Josh Schache 33.3 Opposition hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. Tom De Koning 45 15 1 Marc Pittonet 63 14 4 Patrick Cripps 1 0 0 Expected score (Champion Data) 57 - 55

I've got a Brownlow predictor as well, and I've got Daicos first, Petracca second and Bont third. https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_brownlow.html

Petracca has now polled in 16 games, three more than any other player (Daicos, Butters and Rozee all with 13). Coaches Votes for Melbourne players, 2023 https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_stats.html Votes Matches Polled Matches Christian Petracca 89 16 20 Jack Viney 55 9 19 Max Gawn 42 8 17 Clayton Oliver 40 9 10 Steven May 26 4 18 Kysaiah Pickett 23 4 18 Angus Brayshaw 22 5 20 Jake Lever 17 4 19 Brodie Grundy 12 2 16 Ed Langdon 10 2 20 Harrison Petty 8 1 14 Kade Chandler 6 2 18 Trent Rivers 6 1 20 Lachie Hunter 5 3 19 Christian Salem 4 1 11 Michael Hibberd 4 1 10 Jake Melksham 3 1 10 Bayley Fritsch 2 1 14 Tom McDonald 2 1 6 Alex Neal-Bullen 1 1 20 Jake Bowey 1 1 18 Round-by-round votes Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Christian Petracca 89 5 • 7 9 1 1 10 • 10 • 8 10 1 5 2 7 8 • 2 3 Jack Viney 55 • • • • 6 • • 7 • • • 10 3 9 • 1 4 6 9 Max Gawn 42 5 • 3 • 3 • • 2 • 2 • • • 10 7 10 • Clayton Oliver 40 2 1 9 8 • 2 7 7 2 2 Steven May 26 • • • • • • 1 • • 8 7 • • 10 • • • • Kysaiah Pickett 23 9 • • • 3 • • • • • • • • • • 7 • 4 Angus Brayshaw 22 • • • • • • 5 • • • 2 • • • • 1 • 5 • 9 Jake Lever 17 9 2 • • • • • • • • 5 • 1 • • • • • • Brodie Grundy 12 • • 6 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • Ed Langdon 10 • • 6 • • • • • • • • 4 • • • • • • • • Harrison Petty 8 • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 • Kade Chandler 6 • • 1 • • • 5 • • • • • • • • • • • Trent Rivers 6 • • • • • • • • 6 • • • • • • • • • • • Lachie Hunter 5 • • 1 • • • • • • 2 • • • 2 • • • • • Christian Salem 4 • • • 4 • • • • • • • Michael Hibberd 4 • • 4 • • • • • • • Jake Melksham 3 • • • • • • 3 • • • Bayley Fritsch 2 • • • • • • • • • • • 2 • • Tom McDonald 2 • • 2 • • • Alex Neal-Bullen 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 Jake Bowey 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • • •

You can access the top 5 players in a given match in the Tracker section of the AFL app, but I think that's all.

No I don't believe that information is publicly available, unfortunately. Telstra own that data but they don't make it readily accessible.

Melbourne v North Melbourne (Round 21, 2023) https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20232107 Key Team Stats Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Stat For Against Diff Disposal Efficiency 72.0 75.6 -3.5 Kicking Efficiency 61.5 65.6 -4.1 Metres Gained 6223 5789 +434 Inside 50s 69 45 +24 Shots At Goal 29 22 +7 Shots Per Inside 50 42.0 48.9 -6.9 Contested Possessions 148 118 +30 Ground Ball Gets 98 78 +20 Intercepts 74 68 +6 Intercept Marks 16 20 -4 Centre Clearances 14 11 +3 Stoppage Clearances 26 29 -3 Contested Marks 8 7 +1 Marks Inside 50 17 5 +12 Hitouts 37 47 -10 Hitouts To Advantage 19 19 +0 Tackles 54 64 -10 Tackles Inside 50 12 10 +2 Def One On One Loss % 6.7 21.4 -14.8 Pressure Team pressure Quarter For Against 1 174 203 2 175 163 3 160 184 4 189 182 Match 175 182 Source: Herald Sun Most Pressure Points Note: pressure points are the weighed sum of pressure acts. Physical pressure acts are worth 3.75 points, closing acts are worth 2.25 points, chasing acts are 1.5 points and corralling are 1.2. ( https://www.championdata.com/glossary/afl/ ) Player Pressure Acts Pressure Points Season Average* Tom Sparrow 29 55 42.7 James Harmes 24 50 37.6 Alex Neal-Bullen 20 44 46.3 Jack Viney 20 38 53.6 Jake Bowey 15 38 22.5 Angus Brayshaw 19 36 33.2 Lachie Hunter 16 34 23.1 Christian Petracca 16 33 47.5 James Jordon 16 30 24.2 Christian Salem 13 29 28.7 Jacob van Rooyen 12 29 22.6 Joel Smith 9 24 17.3 Trent Rivers 10 23 23.5 Kysaiah Pickett 12 22 41.2 Kade Chandler 10 22 30.7 Jake Melksham 7 22 14.3 Max Gawn 10 20 22.2 Harrison Petty 11 19 19.7 Ed Langdon 12 17 27.6 Jake Lever 9 17 15.7 Judd McVee 9 13 18.2 Steven May 4 10 14.4 Michael Hibberd 2 6 11.6 * Pressure points for rounds 4 and 6 have not been able to be sourced from the Herald Sun. Pressure points for these matches have been estimated from the number of pressure acts for each player. Source: Herald Sun Time in Forward Half Quarter For Against 1 54% 46% 2 49% 51% 3 77% 23% 4 67% 33% Match 63% 37% Source: Match total sourced from the Herald Sun; quarter values are my own calculations. Score Sources Summary Score sources highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Category For Against Diff G B T G B T Kick-in 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 Centre Bounce 3 2 20 1 2 8 +12 Stoppage (Other) 5 4 34 1 3 9 +25 Turnover 7 6 48 8 6 54 -6 Category For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in 0 2.5 0 2.0 Centre Bounce 20 12.0 8 7.2 Stoppage (Other) 34 24.7 9 21.8 Turnover 48 53.7 54 43.1 Chain start region Note: region is from the scoring team's perspective. Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by North Melbourne. Category Region For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in D50 0 2.5 0 2.0 Centre Bounce Centre 20 12.0 8 7.2 Stoppage (Other) D50 0 0.6 0 2.2 Stoppage (Other) Centre 6 3.1 0 1.4 Stoppage (Other) Wing 25 13.2 6 6.9 Stoppage (Other) F50 3 7.8 3 11.3 Turnover D50 12 11.2 6 6.0 Turnover Centre 8 7.8 2 6.4 Turnover Wing 22 27.7 26 22.1 Turnover F50 6 7.0 20 8.6 Region For Against Match Season Match Season D50 12 14.3 6 10.2 Centre 34 22.9 10 15.1 Wing 47 40.9 32 29.0 F50 9 14.8 23 19.9 Points from defensive half For Against Match Season Match Season 33 34.7 19 24.1 Shots at goal Team Shots G B T Acc. General Play Melbourne 11 6 3 39 54.5 North Melbourne 14 4 8 32 28.6 Set Position Melbourne 18 9 5 59 50.0 North Melbourne 8 6 2 38 75.0 Centre Bounce Attendances CBAs CBA % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 22 79 59.9 65.5 Jack Viney 19 68 71.1 74.6 Christian Petracca 17 61 62.8 74.6 Angus Brayshaw 15 54 32.5 16.0 James Jordon 12 43 28.9 0.2 Tom Sparrow 11 39 46.7 32.2 James Harmes 7 25 26.7 14.6 Jacob van Rooyen 6 21 7.3 Kysaiah Pickett 3 11 11.8 1.3 Trent Rivers 0 0 3.4 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 2.5 3.5 Harrison Petty 0 0 0.7 0.0 Clayton Oliver 82.8 86.5 Brodie Grundy 55.7 83.7 Tom McDonald 5.4 0.0 Josh Schache 0.0 13.8 Ruck Contests and Hitouts Ruck Contests Ruck Contests RC % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 63 62 53.1 57.8 Jacob van Rooyen 38 38 12.7 Harrison Petty 0 0 2.0 0.0 Joel Smith 0 0 0.1 0.0 Christian Petracca 0 0 0.1 0.1 Steven May 0 0 0.1 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0.1 0.0 Brodie Grundy 49.5 77.4 Tom McDonald 8.9 7.0 Josh Schache 6.7 13.4 Ben Brown 2.3 3.6 Clayton Oliver 0.0 0.0 Hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. To Adv. % (2023) To Adv. % (2022) Max Gawn 63 30 15 33.1 33.6 Jacob van Rooyen 38 7 4 33.3 Harrison Petty 0 0 0 25.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0 0.0 Brodie Grundy 30.8 30.2 Tom McDonald 25.0 33.3 Ben Brown 0.0 14.3 Josh Schache 33.3 Opposition hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. Todd Goldstein 53 24 10 Tristan Xerri 44 21 8 Nick Larkey 4 2 1 Expected Scores (Champion Data) 93 - 75

The ground is looking good from here! I'm looking forward to the walk down to the ground shortly.

@Rab D Nesbitt There's information and crossing times on the Derwent Ferries website: https://derwentferries.com.au/timetable/

SESSION DETAILS Saturday 5 August, From 3:30pm Blundstone Arena, Bellerive TAS Gates open at 3:30pm, Enter from the Western Gate FREE ENTRY As the players are on a tight schedule preparing for the game, unfortunately there will be no player signing at the session Please note the training is now from 3:30pm not the original 3:00pm time.

Apparently 3:30 at Blundstone Arena, entry via western gates, according to a post on Facebook. No player signing as they are on a tight schedule.

Marks inside 50 rate is "marks inside forward 50" divided by "inside 50s". Melbourne is ranked a bit lower on that metric than marks inside 50 because of the high number of inside 50s. I have descriptions of many of the fields further down that page, if you're not sure about any of the other fields.

Coaches Votes for Melbourne players, 2023 https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_stats.html Votes Matches Polled Matches Christian Petracca 86 15 19 Jack Viney 46 8 18 Max Gawn 42 8 16 Clayton Oliver 40 9 10 Steven May 26 4 17 Kysaiah Pickett 19 3 17 Jake Lever 17 4 18 Angus Brayshaw 13 4 19 Brodie Grundy 12 2 16 Ed Langdon 10 2 19 Harrison Petty 8 1 13 Kade Chandler 6 2 17 Trent Rivers 6 1 19 Lachie Hunter 5 3 18 Christian Salem 4 1 10 Michael Hibberd 4 1 9 Jake Melksham 3 1 9 Bayley Fritsch 2 1 14 Tom McDonald 2 1 6 Jake Bowey 1 1 17 Round-by-round votes Votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 Christian Petracca 86 5 • 7 9 1 1 10 • 10 • 8 10 1 5 2 7 8 • 2 Jack Viney 46 • • • • 6 • • 7 • • • 10 3 9 • 1 4 6 Max Gawn 42 5 • 3 • 3 • • 2 • 2 • • • 10 7 10 Clayton Oliver 40 2 1 9 8 • 2 7 7 2 2 Steven May 26 • • • • • • 1 • • 8 7 • • 10 • • • Kysaiah Pickett 19 9 • • • 3 • • • • • • • • • • 7 • Jake Lever 17 9 2 • • • • • • • • 5 • 1 • • • • • Angus Brayshaw 13 • • • • • • 5 • • • 2 • • • • 1 • 5 • Brodie Grundy 12 • • 6 6 • • • • • • • • • • • • Ed Langdon 10 • • 6 • • • • • • • • 4 • • • • • • • Harrison Petty 8 • • • • • • • • • • • • 8 Kade Chandler 6 • • 1 • • • 5 • • • • • • • • • • Trent Rivers 6 • • • • • • • • 6 • • • • • • • • • • Lachie Hunter 5 • • 1 • • • • • • 2 • • • 2 • • • • Christian Salem 4 • • • 4 • • • • • • Michael Hibberd 4 • • 4 • • • • • • Jake Melksham 3 • • • • • • 3 • • Bayley Fritsch 2 • • • • • • • • • • • 2 • • Tom McDonald 2 • • 2 • • • Jake Bowey 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • •

Melbourne v Richmond (Round 20, 2023) https://www.wheeloratings.com/afl_match_stats.html?ID=20232007 Key Team Stats Stats highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Stat For Against Diff Disposal Efficiency 71.1 67.4 +3.7 Kicking Efficiency 65.2 60.8 +4.4 Metres Gained 6300 5870 +430 Inside 50s 73 45 +28 Shots At Goal 33 24 +9 Shots Per Inside 50 45.2 53.3 -8.1 Contested Possessions 144 139 +5 Ground Ball Gets 93 96 -3 Intercepts 70 68 +2 Intercept Marks 18 20 -2 Centre Clearances 18 15 +3 Stoppage Clearances 31 25 +6 Contested Marks 13 6 +7 Marks Inside 50 20 10 +10 Hitouts 48 34 +14 Hitouts To Advantage 17 19 -2 Tackles 62 63 -1 Tackles Inside 50 14 10 +4 Def One On One Loss % 20.0 11.8 +8.2 Pressure Team pressure Quarter For Against 1 183 151 2 170 206 3 188 190 4 187 176 Match 181 183 Source: Herald Sun Most Pressure Points Note: pressure points are the weighed sum of pressure acts. Physical pressure acts are worth 3.75 points, closing acts are worth 2.25 points, chasing acts are 1.5 points and corralling are 1.2. ( https://www.championdata.com/glossary/afl/ ) Player Pressure Acts Pressure Points Season Average* Jack Viney 28 62 54.5 Angus Brayshaw 29 52 33.1 Alex Neal-Bullen 16 42 46.4 Jake Bowey 13 39 21.6 Ed Langdon 15 37 28.2 Christian Petracca 15 35 48.2 James Jordon 18 35 23.8 James Harmes 17 34 36.0 Kysaiah Pickett 16 30 42.3 Trent Rivers 13 29 23.5 Harrison Petty 12 26 19.9 Kade Chandler 12 25 31.2 Jake Lever 13 25 15.7 Christian Salem 12 22 28.7 Taj Woewodin 14 22 23.0 Max Gawn 10 20 22.4 Judd McVee 9 19 18.5 Lachie Hunter 11 17 22.5 Steven May 7 13 14.7 Jake Melksham 6 11 13.4 Adam Tomlinson 4 10 13.9 Joel Smith 2 6 16.5 Jacob van Rooyen 2 5 22.1 * Pressure points for rounds 4 and 6 have not been able to be sourced from the Herald Sun. Pressure points for these matches have been estimated from the number of pressure acts for each player. Source: Herald Sun Time in Forward Half Quarter For Against 1 57% 43% 2 44% 56% 3 62% 38% 4 76% 24% Match 61% 39% Source: Match total sourced from the Herald Sun; quarter values are my own calculations. Score Sources Summary Score sources highlighted purple were won by Melbourne. Category For Against Diff G B T G B T Kick-in 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 Centre Bounce 4 1 25 2 3 15 +10 Stoppage (Other) 8 3 51 7 1 43 +8 Turnover 8 6 54 6 4 40 +14 Category For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in 0 2.6 0 2.2 Centre Bounce 25 11.6 15 7.2 Stoppage (Other) 51 24.2 43 22.4 Turnover 54 54.0 40 42.6 Chain start region Note: region is from the scoring team's perspective. Against season average represents average points conceded by Melbourne across the season, not average points scored by Richmond. Category Region For Against Match Season Match Season Kick-in D50 0 2.6 0 2.2 Centre Bounce Centre 25 11.6 15 7.2 Stoppage (Other) D50 0 0.7 0 2.3 Stoppage (Other) Centre 6 2.9 6 1.4 Stoppage (Other) Wing 32 12.5 12 6.9 Stoppage (Other) F50 13 8.1 25 11.7 Turnover D50 7 11.2 2 6.0 Turnover Centre 12 7.8 6 6.7 Turnover Wing 16 28.0 24 21.9 Turnover F50 19 7.1 8 7.9 Region For Against Match Season Match Season D50 7 14.5 2 10.5 Centre 43 22.3 27 15.3 Wing 48 40.5 36 28.9 F50 32 15.1 33 19.7 Points from defensive half For Against Match Season Match Season 13 34.8 8 24.3 Shots at goal Team Shots G B T Acc. General Play Melbourne 12 5 4 34 41.7 Richmond 15 8 6 54 53.3 Set Position Melbourne 21 15 4 94 71.4 Richmond 9 7 0 42 77.8 Centre Bounce Attendances CBAs CBA % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 36 92 58.6 65.5 Jack Viney 32 82 71.3 74.6 Angus Brayshaw 29 74 31.4 16.0 Christian Petracca 27 69 62.9 74.6 James Jordon 15 38 28.0 0.2 James Harmes 9 23 26.9 14.6 Kysaiah Pickett 5 13 11.8 1.3 Jacob van Rooyen 3 8 6.4 Trent Rivers 0 0 3.6 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 2.7 3.5 Harrison Petty 0 0 0.8 0.0 Clayton Oliver 82.8 86.5 Brodie Grundy 55.7 83.7 Tom Sparrow 47.2 32.2 Tom McDonald 5.4 0.0 Josh Schache 0.0 13.8 Ruck Contests and Hitouts Ruck Contests Ruck Contests RC % 2023 % 2022 % Max Gawn 92 82 52.4 57.8 Jacob van Rooyen 15 13 10.9 Harrison Petty 4 4 2.2 0.0 Christian Petracca 1 1 0.1 0.1 Joel Smith 0 0 0.1 0.0 Steven May 0 0 0.1 0.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0.1 0.0 Brodie Grundy 49.5 77.4 Tom McDonald 8.9 7.0 Josh Schache 6.7 13.4 Ben Brown 2.3 3.6 Clayton Oliver 0.0 0.0 Hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. To Adv. % (2023) To Adv. % (2022) Max Gawn 92 40 12 31.7 33.6 Jacob van Rooyen 15 5 4 29.8 Harrison Petty 4 3 1 25.0 Alex Neal-Bullen 0 0 0 0.0 Brodie Grundy 30.8 30.2 Tom McDonald 25.0 33.3 Ben Brown 0.0 14.3 Josh Schache 33.3 Opposition hitouts Ruck Contests Hitouts To Adv. Ivan Soldo 87 26 15 Ben Miller 11 5 2 Noah Balta 7 2 2 Marlion Pickett 6 1 0 Dustin Martin 1 0 0 Expected scores (Champion Data) 119 - 83