GWS Giants vs Melbourne Demons: AFL live scores

By The Roar / Editor

12th September, 2020

GWS Giants

Match Complete

Melbourne

Fourth Quarter
B. Daniels		23:22
		19:04	T. Rivers
		16:37	K. Pickett
		10:49	B. Fritsch
Rushed		7:19
		4:19	C. Spargo
10.7 (67)	Third Quarter [+]		9.6 (60)
J. Finlayson		22:32
		20:49	C. Salem
J. Cameron		17:21
Z. Williams		15:13
		14:38	C. Petracca
B. Daniels		7:46
		3:22	T. Rivers
T. Greene		1:25
7.5 (47)	Second Quarter [+]		7.5 (47)
		27:38	B. Fritsch
M. D. Boer		25:09
J. Finlayson		22:14
D. Lloyd		20:10
		18:32	K. Pickett
Z. Williams		15:58
J. Finlayson		11:37
		9:59	O. Baker
		6:25	K. Pickett
		5:40	K. Pickett
B. Daniels		2:05
J. Kelly		0:18
2.3 (15)	First Quarter [+]		5.2 (32)
T. Greene		29:37
		27:22	C. Petracca
		24:46	J. Hunt
H. Perryman		21:50
D. Lloyd		19:38
		13:47	C. Spargo
T. Greene		12:48
		10:16	A. Neal-Bullen
J. Hopper		7:24
		5:41	J. Hunt
		2:40	O. Baker
		1:05	E. Langdon

It’s a virtual elimination final for both the GWS Giants and Melbourne Demons as they do battle at The Gabba. Join The Roar for live scores from 7:40pm (AEST).

After looking like they were on their merry way to a finals return, disaster struck for Greater Western Sydney last week with an unfathomable loss to the last-placed Adelaide Crows. They still hold onto eighth place by 0.9 percentage points, but they’ve got a tricky fortnight to navigate and need to win.

Melbourne have just about thrown their finals chances out the window over the last fortnight too, dropping very winnable matches against Sydney and Fremantle to fall four points outside the top eight. A better percentage means two wins should see them get back in, but that’s far from a guarantee.

The Giants got up by 26 points when these sides played last in 2019, although the Demons had won three of the four previous matches. This will be the fifth different venue to host a GWS-Melbourne clash in just 13 all-time meetings between the sides.

Game information

Opening bounce: 7:40pm (AEST)
Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane
TV: Fox Sports, Seven (except WA)
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel, AFL Live Pass

Teams

GWS Giants
B: Sam Reid, Lachlan Keeffe, Heath Shaw
HB: Adam Kennedy, Nick Haynes, Zac Williams
C: Lachie Whitfield, Jacob Hopper, Harry Perryman
HF: Jeremy Cameron, Harrison Himmelberg, Matt de Boer
F: Toby Greene, Jeremy Finlayson, Brent Daniels
FOL: Shane Mumford, Josh Kelly, Tim Taranto
I/C: Tom Green, Daniel Lloyd, Connor Idun, Jack Buckley

Melbourne
B: Joel Smith, Steven May, Jake Lever
HB: Jayden Hunt, Trent Rivers, Christian Salem
C: Ed Langdon, Christian Petracca, Adam Tomlinson
HF: Aaron vandenBerg, Sam Weideman, Bayley Fritsch
F: Mitch Brown, Jake Melksham, Charlie Spargo
FOL: Max Gawn, Jack Viney, Clayton Oliver
I/C: Alex Neal-Bullen, Oskar Baker, Kysaiah Pickett, Neville Jetta

Comments:

2020-09-12T15:17:14+00:00

Griffo 09

Roar Rookie

Not entirely out of the realms of possibility. Collingwood should beat Gold Coast, WB should beat Hawthorn and Fremantle. Melbourne should beat Essendon and the way Essendon has been playing it could be a large margin. GWS could beat St. Kilda. Nothing assured as yet.

2020-09-12T12:59:13+00:00

Brian

Guest

Apart from anything else Carlton would need GC to beat Collingwood or Essendon to beat Melbourne - neither are happening

2020-09-12T12:46:51+00:00

Don Freo

Roar Rookie

Didn't really care. I actually like both teams. Found myself barracking for the Dees because GWS deserve to lose after treating their captain that way. Why don't they just coach him?

2020-09-12T12:44:10+00:00

Yattuzzi

Roar Rookie

I thought May was BOG.

2020-09-12T12:17:18+00:00

CloudRunner

Roar Rookie

:happy: ...for now.

2020-09-12T12:14:51+00:00

big four sticks

Guest

Langdon best on ground.