Melbourne vs Essendon

This 'magical' first AFL goal - and his dad's reaction - will tug at your heartstrings.

The 18-year-old pre-game was presented with his first Bombers jumper by his dad — who won a Brownlow and played 127 of his 327 games for Essendon — in front of his family. They got that excited,” four-time premiership Hawk Luke Hodge told Channel 7. AFL great Gavin Wanganeen could hardly contain his excitement in the MCG grandstand on Friday night after his son Tex kicked his first goal.

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In fact, it’s the first time since 1967 Essendon has started a VFL/AFL season with three straight losses. “There’s no movement from the Essendon forwards or mids. The Bombers somewhat found their rhythm in the third term, kicking 5.0. But you sensed the Dees, who had more of the footy and more scoring opportunities, were always on top – and a five-goal to two final term sealed a third straight loss for Rutten’s side. The Bombers conceded the first three goals of the game to the Dees while struggling to convert opportunities themselves. It took until 11 minutes into the final term for the first goal to come, with Charlie Spargo finishing on the run to put the Dees out to a 17-point lead. A moment of controversy came late in the term when a kick from Christian Petracca appeared to be touched, with Petracca himself seemingly admitting as much to teammates. Wright kicked his second goal shortly after to put the Bombers in front and then kicked his third to make it three goals in four minutes. Weideman was dominant early and used his second set shot to kick the Dees’ first goal of the night, while the Bombers had to deal with a strong wind at the other end. There were no late changes for either side. A free kick to Tom McDonald resulted in the Dees’ second goal of the night, while a classy bit of play from Petracca freed up Jack Viney for Melbourne’s third goal of the night. “Last week we had a bit of trouble with Neale so we’ll go into the game with a plan and depending what happens we can go to (plan) ’B’, ’C’ or ‘D’. “We go into the game with a plan for Petracca and (Clayton) Oliver and (Max) Gawn and all these type of players,” he said.

Follow along for all the major moments and post-game reactions as Melbourne faces Essendon in Friday night football.

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There were heartwarming scenes in the clash between Essendon and Melbourne on Friday night when Bombers rookie Tex Wanganeen kicked the first goal of his ...

An AFL legend’s beautiful reaction to his son’s first ever goal in the big leagues has melted the hearts of footy fans everywhere. AFL fans couldn’t get enough of Gavin’s wholesome reaction to his son kicking his first goal in the big leagues. An AFL legend’s beautiful reaction to his son’s first ever goal in the big leagues has melted the hearts of footy fans everywhere.

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I expect the Bombers to get on a run through the middle of the year to get themselves right back into contention. In terms of players, Wright is playing some excellent footy but the delivery to him needs to be out in front and not on top of his head. You don’t want to be The Joker standing in front of the hospital, pushing the button over and over, hoping for the explosions to start. And it must be noted, this Melbourne team is starting in a very similar fashion to the way they kicked off 2021. At the end of the day, you have a reigning premiership team moving to 3-0 and setting up their season, and their premiership defence, perfectly. His tackle on the oblivious Mason Redman in the last quarter demonstrated what he can bring to the table, but if that is all he’s bringing, is that enough? Peter Wright was playing on one of the best key defenders in the caper, in Steven May, and still managed to snag four goals and make a real difference whenever he was given even remotely good delivery inside 50. His ability to extract the footy and find someone in space, almost instinctively (and sometimes with a throw – this is optimistic… The thing with Langdon is that he runs his guts out, up and back the wings of the MCG, and then you see a shot of him as everyone else around him is gasping for breath and the bloke isn’t even breathing hard enough to blow a candle out. Clayton Oliver continued to make his case for having the best hands in the game, continually finding the footy in close when it looked as though a stoppage was imminent. It is an aspect of the Demons we saw develop in 2021 and it is now second nature to them. you have to love that) and James Harmes ups the ante, nailing a couple of goals and picking up 21 touches of his own.