2003 AFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 14th (W-D-L: 5-0-17, P%: 81.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Cameron Bruce, David Neitz (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): David Neitz (65)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Russell Robertson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): David Neitz

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Steven #2 18 R01-R03, R07-R10, R12-R22 8 0
Bizzell, Clint #3 22 R01-R22 6 2
Brown, Nathan #25 19 R01-R07, R09-R10, R13-R22 6 5
Bruce, Cameron #32 20 R01-R08, R11-R22 25 8
Carroll, Nathan #41 7 R04, R17-R22 0 0
Ferguson, Ryan #35 17 R01-R09, R11, R13-R16, R20-R22 1 0
Godfrey, Simon #30 22 R01-R22 3 0
Green, Brad #18 21 R01-R18, R20-R22 35 0
Heffernan, Chris #1 20 R01-R20 7 3
Hunter, Cameron #33 2 R18-R19 0 0
Jamar, Mark #40 9 R01, R07-R12, R21-R22 2 0
Johnstone, Travis #16 16 R01-R07, R11-R18, R22 10 4
Jolly, Darren #11 19 R02-R09, R12-R22 4 0
Lamb, Chris #29 3 R02, R11-R12 0 0
Leoncelli, Andrew #36 16 R01-R16 4 3
McDonald, James #23 21 R01, R03-R22 4 0
Miller, Brad #37 16 R01, R05-R10, R12-R20 1 0
Moorcroft, Gary #7 3 R02, R05-R06 2 0
Neitz, David #9 22 R01-R22 65 8
Nicholson, Alistair #8 10 R10-R19 0 0
Rigoni, Guy #43 9 R03-R04, R08-R11, R17, R21-R22 3 1
Rivers, Jared #27 3 R19-R21 0 0
Robertson, Russell #24 22 R01-R22 41 2
Smith, Nick #15 3 R03, R21-R22 0 0
Thompson, Scott #6 13 R05-R13, R19-R22 5 0
Vardy, Peter #19 9 R04-R12 5 0
Walsh, Peter #42 16 R01-R04, R06, R12-R22 5 0
Ward, Daniel #10 20 R01-R05, R07-R11, R13-R22 3 0
Wheatley, Paul #31 5 R01-R02, R08-R10 1 0
Whelan, Matthew #45 22 R01-R22 4 1
White, Jeff #34 16 R01-R06, R10-R11, R13-R20 9 0
Williams, Luke #26 21 R01-R12, R14-R22 4 0
Yze, Adem #13 22 R01-R22 17 5

Team Line-Up

Back: Matthew Whelan Alistair Nicholson Clint Bizzell
Half-Back: Luke Williams Ryan Ferguson Peter Walsh
Centre: Travis Johnstone Adem Yze Daniel Ward
Half-Forward: Brad Green Brad Miller Cameron Bruce
Forward: Peter Vardy David Neitz Russell Robertson
Follower: Jeff White Simon Godfrey James McDonald
Interchange: Steven Armstrong Chris Heffernan Darren Jolly
Scott Thompson

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Daniher, Neale 22 5 -0- 17 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/03/2003 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 6 Neale Daniher David Neitz
05/04/2003 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 37 Neale Daniher David Neitz
13/04/2003 Round 3 Western Bulldogs HOME WIN MEL by 32 Neale Daniher David Neitz
19/04/2003 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 46 Neale Daniher David Neitz
25/04/2003 Round 5 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 24 Neale Daniher David Neitz
03/05/2003 Round 6 West Coast HOME LOSS WCE by 33 Neale Daniher David Neitz
11/05/2003 Round 7 Port Adelaide HOME WIN MEL by 27 Neale Daniher David Neitz
17/05/2003 Round 8 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 9 Neale Daniher David Neitz
24/05/2003 Round 9 Fremantle HOME LOSS FRE by 30 Neale Daniher David Neitz
31/05/2003 Round 10 Brisbane Lions HOME LOSS BRI by 60 Neale Daniher David Neitz
09/06/2003 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 56 Neale Daniher David Neitz
15/06/2003 Round 12 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 73 Neale Daniher David Neitz
28/06/2003 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 42 Neale Daniher David Neitz
06/07/2003 Round 14 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 7 Neale Daniher David Neitz
13/07/2003 Round 15 Kangaroos AWAY LOSS KAN by 7 Neale Daniher David Neitz
19/07/2003 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 7 Neale Daniher David Neitz
26/07/2003 Round 17 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 17 Neale Daniher David Neitz
01/08/2003 Round 18 Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 21 Neale Daniher David Neitz
08/08/2003 Round 19 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 39 Neale Daniher David Neitz
16/08/2003 Round 20 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 14 Neale Daniher David Neitz
24/08/2003 Round 21 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 52 Neale Daniher David Neitz
30/08/2003 Round 22 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 34 Neale Daniher David Neitz