Round 24, 2025
Collingwood vs Melbourne
Friday 22 August
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 60,611
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Collingwood | 2.7 | 6.10 | 7.13 | 11.16.82 |
| Melbourne | 3.0 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 11.10.76 |
Collingwood win by 6 points
Goalkickers: Bayley Fritsch 3, Jake Melksham 2, Kysaiah Pickett 2, Harvey Langford 1, Christian Petracca 1, Harrison Petty 1, Jacob van Rooyen 1
Milestones:
Last game as coach
Troy Chaplin
Brownlow votes
TBD
Coaches votes
TBD
Unable to finish any higher than 14th, Melbourne was playing for pride while Collingwood needed to win, and preferably with a percentage boost, to help their top four chances. The Pies did all the early attack but were unable to capitalise, and were only a point up at quarter time after a late Jacob van Rooyen goal. It looked like they would go on to an easy win after kicking the first goal of the second half to open a three goal lead, before Melbourne's best period of the game carried to a 10 point lead at three quarter time. They were unable to hold on, and spent the last few minutes desperately trying to find a goal to draw the game but were unable to score again and went down to their sixth loss for the season out of six games decided by under 10 points.
Best were Gawn, Oliver, and Bowey.
Harry Sharp replaced Jai Culley in the fourth quarter after Culley landed on his head in a marking contest. Harrison Petty was fined $1000 for striking.
Lists
Tribunal
Links
Demonblog match review
Media
afl.com.au - 22/08/2025