2000 Grand Final: Essendon v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, September 2nd, 2000
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 96,249
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Melbourne
Score: 19.21.135 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 8 10 . 16 16 . 17 19 . 21 19 . 21 (135)
Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 5 8 . 8 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin ESS by 11 ESS by 41 ESS by 57 ESS by 60 ESS by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captain(s): James Hird (Essendon), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Brett Allen (#10), Darren Goldspink (#32), Hayden Kennedy (#7), E: Bryan Sheehan (#9)
Goal Umpire(s): Anthony Black, David Dixon
Boundary Umpire(s): Shane Jansen, Peter McDonald, Darren Wilson
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 3 2 1
James Hird ESS ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics (Basic)

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP
27 Alessio, Steven INT ? 1 1 8 3 5 2 6 2 5 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
16 Barnard, Paul INT ? 4 1 12 12 0 5 0 1 2 11 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0
22 Barnes, John RU ? 0 0 15 10 5 7 9 1 6 9 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
8 Bewick, Darren INT ? 1 0 10 7 3 0 0 0 4 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
32 Blumfield, Justin RR ? 1 2 23 14 9 5 1 2 11 12 3 1 0 0 1 7 1 0 2
33 Caracella, Blake WR ? 3 0 21 13 8 6 0 4 8 12 2 2 1 0 0 5 1 0 0
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 3 10 0 1 1 2 10 1 0 0 3
11 Hardwick, Damien HBFL ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 7 9 0 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 2
26 Heffernan, Chris WL ? 0 1 12 9 3 3 0 8 7 5 1 1 0 1 1 5 0 1 0
5 Hird, James HFFR ? 2 0 29 24 5 7 1 3 13 15 6 1 4 2 1 10 1 2 2
14 Johnson, Jason RO ? 0 1 13 8 5 2 0 6 9 6 2 2 1 1 2 3 0 0 1
1 Johnson, Mark BPL ? 0 0 10 9 1 7 0 2 4 5 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew FF ? 4 1 16 14 2 5 1 1 11 5 0 3 1 3 1 2 3 0 1
13 Long, Michael FPR ? 1 4 11 6 5 4 0 2 6 5 0 3 3 1 1 2 3 2 6
25 Lucas, Scott CHF ? 0 4 11 8 3 3 0 1 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1
2 Mercuri, Mark HFFL ? 1 0 22 11 11 7 0 3 9 14 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 0
24 Misiti, Joe C ? 0 1 26 12 14 4 0 3 14 12 9 2 0 1 0 6 1 0 1
29 Moorcroft, Gary INT ? 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1
9 Ramanauskas, Adam FPL ? 0 1 11 9 2 2 0 2 3 7 2 2 1 2 2 6 0 2 4
7 Solomon, Dean HBFR ? 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 2 10 8 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
21 Wallis, Dean CHB ? 0 0 11 8 3 7 0 1 4 9 1 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 3
6 Wellman, Sean BPR ? 0 0 17 12 5 9 0 1 4 13 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total 19 21 332 226 106 100 18 50 148 185 34 30 21 21 30 72 16 11 32

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP
47 Beams, Ben INT ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Collins, Matthew CHB ? 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 0 4 8 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 2
33 Farmer, Jeff FPR ? 3 0 10 7 3 2 0 3 7 3 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1
21 Febey, Steven HBFL ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 0 6 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 1
18 Green, Brad HFFL ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 Grgic, Brent INT ? 0 1 6 1 5 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
27 Ingerson, Anthony FB ? 0 0 5 1 4 4 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
16 Johnstone, Travis INT ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 0 2 14 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 4 1
36 Leoncelli, Andrew RO ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 6 3 14 6 3 1 2 3 1 0 1 2
35 McDonald, Anthony WL ? 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 4 3 8 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 1
9 Neitz, David FF ? 2 3 13 10 3 7 3 0 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 0 0
44 Nicholson, Alistair BPR ? 0 0 11 2 9 5 4 1 5 6 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
7 Powell, Stephen HFFR ? 3 1 21 15 6 2 0 2 8 11 6 1 0 2 3 7 1 1 1
43 Rigoni, Guy RR ? 0 0 23 13 10 7 0 2 8 14 4 5 1 1 5 4 1 0 0
24 Robertson, Russell FPL ? 2 2 12 7 5 2 0 2 12 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 1
5 Schwarz, David CHF ? 0 1 16 13 3 4 4 1 7 8 2 4 0 3 2 3 1 0 1
46 Simmonds, Troy INT ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Walsh, Peter HBFR ? 0 0 20 7 13 5 0 0 9 11 0 4 2 3 4 3 0 0 1
26 Ward, Daniel BPL ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 3 5 9 2 2 1 0 6 3 0 3 2
34 White, Jeff RU ? 0 0 14 7 7 7 24 1 8 6 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
22 Woewodin, Shane C ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 1 0 5 15 3 0 1 0 3 6 0 0 0
13 Yze, Adem WR ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 6 10 2 2 0 1 4 3 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total 11 9 265 171 94 73 39 30 111 154 36 36 21 21 42 44 10 13 15

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
26 D. Ward 27 A. Ingerson 44 A. Nicholson 22 J. Barnes 27 S. Alessio
13 M. Long 18 M. Lloyd 9 A. Ramanauskas 32 J. Blumfield 16 P. Barnard
FORWARD 14 J. Johnson 8 D. Bewick
HALF-BACK

29 G. Moorcroft
21 S. Febey 28 M. Collins 42 P. Walsh



5 J. Hird (c) 25 S. Lucas 2 M. Mercuri



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



35 A. McDonald 22 S. Woewodin 13 A. Yze



33 B. Caracella 24 J. Misiti 26 C. Heffernan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 47 B. Beams
HALF-FORWARD 43 G. Rigoni 4 B. Grgic
18 B. Green 5 D. Schwarz 7 S. Powell 36 A. Leoncelli 16 T. Johnstone
7 D. Solomon 21 D. Wallis 11 D. Hardwick

46 T. Simmonds
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



24 R. Robertson 9 D. Neitz (c) 33 J. Farmer



6 S. Wellman 31 D. Fletcher 1 M. Johnson



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MEL David Neitz behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 ??:??
ESS James Hird goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 ??:??
ESS Matthew Lloyd behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 ??:??
MEL Stephen Powell goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 ??:??
MEL David Neitz behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 ??:??
ESS Blake Caracella goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 ??:??
MEL Stephen Powell goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 ??:??
ESS Chris Heffernan behind 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 ??:??
ESS Justin Blumfield behind 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 ??:??
ESS Blake Caracella goal 3.3.21 - 2.2.14 ??:??
ESS Michael Long behind 3.4.22 - 2.2.14 ??:??
ESS Adam Ramanauskas behind 3.5.23 - 2.2.14 ??:??
ESS Scott Lucas behind 3.6.24 - 2.2.14 ??:??
MEL Rushed behind 3.6.24 - 2.3.15 ??:??
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 4.6.30 - 2.3.15 ??:??
MEL Brad Green goal 4.6.30 - 3.3.21 ??:??
ESS Jason Johnson behind 4.7.31 - 3.3.21 ??:??
ESS Joe Misiti behind 4.8.32 - 3.3.21 ??:??
Q2 ESS James Hird goal 5.8.38 - 3.3.21 ??:??
MEL Jeff Farmer goal 5.8.38 - 4.3.27 ??:??
ESS Scott Lucas behind 5.9.39 - 4.3.27 ??:??
ESS Scott Lucas behind 5.10.40 - 4.3.27 ??:??
ESS Blake Caracella goal 6.10.46 - 4.3.27 ??:??
MEL Brent Grgic behind 6.10.46 - 4.4.28 ??:??
ESS Scott Lucas behind 6.11.47 - 4.4.28 ??:??
ESS Steven Alessio behind 6.12.48 - 4.4.28 ??:??
ESS Mark Mercuri goal 7.12.54 - 4.4.28 ??:??
MEL David Neitz goal 7.12.54 - 5.4.34 ??:??
ESS Justin Blumfield behind 7.13.55 - 5.4.34 ??:??
ESS Paul Barnard behind 7.14.56 - 5.4.34 ??:??
ESS Paul Barnard goal 8.14.62 - 5.4.34 ??:??
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 9.14.68 - 5.4.34 ??:??
ESS Michael Long behind 9.15.69 - 5.4.34 ??:??
MEL Stephen Powell behind 9.15.69 - 5.5.35 ??:??
ESS Paul Barnard goal 10.15.75 - 5.5.35 ??:??
ESS Michael Long behind 10.16.76 - 5.5.35 ??:??
Q3 MEL Jeff Farmer goal 10.16.76 - 6.5.41 ??:??
ESS Steven Alessio goal 11.16.82 - 6.5.41 ??:??
ESS Paul Barnard goal 12.16.88 - 6.5.41 ??:??
ESS Justin Blumfield goal 13.16.94 - 6.5.41 ??:??
MEL David Neitz goal 13.16.94 - 7.5.47 ??:??
MEL Russell Robertson goal 13.16.94 - 8.5.53 ??:??
ESS Michael Long goal 14.16.100 - 8.5.53 ??:??
MEL Russell Robertson behind 14.16.100 - 8.6.54 ??:??
MEL David Schwarz behind 14.16.100 - 8.7.55 ??:??
ESS Rushed behind 14.17.101 - 8.7.55 ??:??
MEL Russell Robertson behind 14.17.101 - 8.8.56 ??:??
ESS Darren Bewick goal 15.17.107 - 8.8.56 ??:??
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 16.17.113 - 8.8.56 ??:??
Q4 ESS Rushed behind 16.18.114 - 8.8.56 ??:??
ESS Michael Long behind 16.19.115 - 8.8.56 ??:??
ESS Paul Barnard goal 17.19.121 - 8.8.56 ??:??
ESS Rushed behind 17.20.122 - 8.8.56 ??:??
ESS Gary Moorcroft goal 18.20.128 - 8.8.56 ??:??
MEL Russell Robertson goal 18.20.128 - 9.8.62 ??:??
ESS Matthew Lloyd goal 19.20.134 - 9.8.62 ??:??
MEL Stephen Powell goal 19.20.134 - 10.8.68 ??:??
MEL Jeff Farmer goal 19.20.134 - 11.8.74 ??:??
ESS Gary Moorcroft behind 19.21.135 - 11.8.74 ??:??
MEL David Neitz behind 19.21.135 - 11.9.75 ??:??