2008 Round 2: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,821
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 9.12.66 - 24.17.161

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 8 7 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Western Bulldogs 2 . 5 9 . 9 18 . 13 24 . 17 24 . 17 (161)
Margin BUL by 1 BUL by 25 BUL by 70 BUL by 95 BUL by 95
Duration 27:24 29:53 30:49 28:42 1:56:48

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Dean Bailey (Melbourne), Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs)
Captain(s): David Neitz (Melbourne), Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Luke Farmer (#4), Chris Kamolins (#19), Shaun Ryan (#25)
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Scott West (BUL #7) 2 - Daniel Cross (BUL #4) 1 - Matthew Boyd (BUL #5)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Daniel Cross BUL 9 1 1 0 0 0
Bob Murphy BUL 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Matthew Boyd BUL 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Lindsay Gilbee BUL 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Nathan Carroll MEL 1 0 0 0 0 1
Scott West BUL 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
3 Bartram, Clint HBFL 71% 0 0 8 3 5 5 0 2 3 6 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 4 0
21 Bell, Daniel CHB 91% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 3 6 9 1 3 2 1 4 1 0 4 3 1
43 Bode, Jace INT 68% 0 1 10 6 4 5 0 2 2 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFL 95% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 4 8 1 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1
1 Buckley, Simon BPR 66% 0 0 14 4 10 2 0 0 6 9 0 4 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0
41 Carroll, Nathan FB 98% 0 0 19 12 7 13 0 0 4 14 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 8 0
36 Davey, Aaron WR 58% 1 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0
14 Dunn, Lynden HFFR 88% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 2 5 3 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
20 Garland, Colin INT 68% 0 0 5 1 4 2 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 Green, Brad WL 89% 1 1 20 12 8 4 0 4 4 16 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0
11 Johnson, Paul FPL 83% 0 2 14 8 6 5 10 2 7 7 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
2 Jones, Nathan RO 87% 1 0 20 8 12 5 0 1 9 10 4 4 1 2 2 4 1 0 1 1
23 McDonald, James RR 77% 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 10 9 11 4 2 2 1 3 6 0 1 2 0
5 McLean, Brock C 87% 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 7 11 9 4 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0
7 Miller, Brad CHF 96% 0 0 14 8 6 5 1 2 1 13 0 3 1 2 2 3 0 0 4 1
10 Morton, Cale INT 68% 0 1 17 7 10 2 0 1 6 11 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1
9 Neitz, David FF 92% 2 1 12 10 2 8 1 1 6 6 1 3 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 0
24 Robertson, Russell FPR 92% 2 1 11 8 3 7 0 2 3 9 1 2 1 2 0 2 4 0 1 0
12 Sylvia, Colin HBFR 76% 0 0 13 6 7 3 2 4 6 7 2 5 1 2 0 4 0 1 2 1
28 Weetra, Isaac INT 82% 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 Wheatley, Paul BPL 85% 0 1 25 17 8 8 0 1 5 16 1 1 1 1 5 1 0 3 2 0
34 White, Jeff RU 83% 2 0 20 11 9 7 15 1 6 14 4 3 3 1 3 2 2 3 0 0
Rushed 4
Total 9 12 305 170 135 99 29 49 108 194 29 51 24 23 37 39 16 16 35 6

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
22 Addison, Dylan INT 79% 0 0 21 9 12 7 0 4 5 16 1 2 1 1 2 3 0 1 5 0
21 Akermanis, Jason FPL 73% 3 3 17 14 3 9 0 0 4 13 0 4 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 0
5 Boyd, Matthew RR 84% 0 1 30 16 14 5 1 4 10 19 4 5 1 2 3 3 1 2 2 0
33 Callan, Tim WL 92% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 2 4 13 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 0
17 Cooney, Adam RO 84% 0 1 24 10 14 3 0 3 15 9 3 7 2 5 2 2 1 0 2 1
4 Cross, Daniel WR 87% 3 0 31 15 16 11 0 3 6 26 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 0
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel INT 64% 1 3 20 13 7 5 0 0 8 12 5 2 4 0 0 5 2 0 2 1
9 Gilbee, Lindsay BPR 91% 1 1 24 17 7 9 0 1 2 21 0 2 1 0 2 7 0 0 0 2
16 Griffen, Ryan HBFL 66% 1 0 21 12 9 2 0 1 6 14 1 1 1 0 1 6 0 1 1 0
8 Hahn, Mitch INT 82% 1 2 21 11 10 6 0 5 11 10 4 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 1
25 Hargrave, Ryan HBFR 97% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 0 4 13 1 3 0 1 3 5 0 4 5 1
19 Higgins, Shaun INT 48% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 3 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
20 Hill, Josh HFFL 83% 3 1 17 10 7 4 0 4 8 9 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 0
15 Hudson, Ben RU 65% 0 0 13 4 9 5 17 1 3 10 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
6 Johnson, Brad HFFR 91% 3 2 15 12 3 7 0 0 5 9 0 5 1 3 0 1 5 0 0 1
36 Lake, Brian FB 95% 0 0 12 9 3 9 0 1 2 11 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 3 4 0
27 Minson, Will FF 72% 0 0 8 4 4 2 5 6 4 4 1 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0
38 Morris, Dale BPL 91% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 1 6 5 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 6 0
2 Murphy, Bob CHF 91% 4 1 19 16 3 11 0 2 6 12 0 1 1 0 3 4 4 4 1 1
28 Welsh, Scott FPR 90% 3 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 2
7 West, Scott C 83% 0 0 26 12 14 4 0 4 11 15 3 4 2 1 1 5 0 0 3 3
37 Wight, Cameron CHB 94% 1 0 7 1 6 0 1 4 3 4 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 5 0
Rushed 2
Total 24 17 389 220 169 118 24 47 131 254 27 55 23 24 27 66 23 16 47 13

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

Melbourne Coach: Dean Bailey
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
38 D. Morris 36 B. Lake 9 L. Gilbee 34 J. White 43 J. Bode
24 R. Robertson 9 D. Neitz (c) 11 P. Johnson 23 J. McDonald 20 C. Garland
FORWARD 2 N. Jones 10 C. Morton
HALF-BACK

28 I. Weetra
16 R. Griffen 37 C. Wight 25 R. Hargrave



14 L. Dunn 7 B. Miller 32 C. Bruce



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 T. Callan 7 S. West 4 D. Cross



36 A. Davey 5 B. McLean 18 B. Green FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 15 B. Hudson 22 D. Addison
HALF-FORWARD 5 M. Boyd 13 D. Giansiracusa
20 J. Hill 2 B. Murphy 6 B. Johnson (c) 17 A. Cooney 8 M. Hahn
12 C. Sylvia 21 D. Bell 3 C. Bartram

19 S. Higgins
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 J. Akermanis 27 W. Minson 28 S. Welsh



1 S. Buckley 41 N. Carroll 31 P. Wheatley



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MEL Aaron Davey goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:51
MEL Paul Johnson behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:32
MEL Paul Johnson behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 05:17
BUL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 06:57
BUL Matthew Boyd behind 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 07:24
BUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 10:43
MEL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 1.2.8 13:03
MEL Brad Green goal 2.3.15 - 1.2.8 14:00
BUL Bob Murphy goal 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 17:39
BUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 2.3.15 - 2.3.15 19:16
BUL Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 2.4.16 20:16
MEL Russell Robertson behind 2.4.16 - 2.4.16 23:00
BUL Bob Murphy behind 2.4.16 - 2.5.17 25:01
Q2 BUL Josh Hill behind 2.4.16 - 2.6.18 00:26
MEL Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 2.6.18 01:13
BUL Josh Hill goal 2.5.17 - 3.6.24 02:25
BUL Jason Akermanis behind 2.5.17 - 3.7.25 04:09
MEL David Neitz behind 2.6.18 - 3.7.25 06:07
BUL Scott Welsh goal 2.6.18 - 4.7.31 07:24
BUL Bob Murphy goal 2.6.18 - 5.7.37 09:52
MEL Jace Bode behind 2.7.19 - 5.7.37 11:43
MEL Rushed behind 2.8.20 - 5.7.37 12:09
BUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 2.8.20 - 5.8.38 13:33
BUL Brad Johnson goal 2.8.20 - 6.8.44 14:54
MEL Jeff White goal 3.8.26 - 6.8.44 17:25
BUL Josh Hill goal 3.8.26 - 7.8.50 20:07
MEL Nathan Jones goal 4.8.32 - 7.8.50 21:44
BUL Adam Cooney behind 4.8.32 - 7.9.51 23:56
BUL Scott Welsh goal 4.8.32 - 8.9.57 25:27
BUL Cameron Wight goal 4.8.32 - 9.9.63 27:14
MEL Russell Robertson goal 5.8.38 - 9.9.63 29:00
Q3 BUL Mitch Hahn goal 5.8.38 - 10.9.69 05:00
BUL Brad Johnson goal 5.8.38 - 11.9.75 06:34
MEL David Neitz goal 6.8.44 - 11.9.75 08:27
BUL Lindsay Gilbee behind 6.8.44 - 11.10.76 09:58
BUL Jason Akermanis goal 6.8.44 - 12.10.82 10:55
BUL Josh Hill goal 6.8.44 - 13.10.88 13:38
BUL Jason Akermanis goal 6.8.44 - 14.10.94 15:10
BUL Jason Akermanis behind 6.8.44 - 14.11.95 16:31
BUL Scott Welsh goal 6.8.44 - 15.11.101 18:48
BUL Jason Akermanis behind 6.8.44 - 15.12.102 19:50
BUL Brad Johnson behind 6.8.44 - 15.13.103 20:26
MEL Russell Robertson goal 7.8.50 - 15.13.103 22:52
BUL Jason Akermanis goal 7.8.50 - 16.13.109 24:33
MEL Paul Wheatley behind 7.9.51 - 16.13.109 25:53
BUL Ryan Griffen goal 7.9.51 - 17.13.115 26:36
BUL Bob Murphy goal 7.9.51 - 18.13.121 30:45
Q4 BUL Mitch Hahn behind 7.9.51 - 18.14.122 01:24
BUL Brad Johnson goal 7.9.51 - 19.14.128 04:05
BUL Mitch Hahn behind 7.9.51 - 19.15.129 06:13
BUL Brad Johnson behind 7.9.51 - 19.16.130 06:50
MEL Rushed behind 7.10.52 - 19.16.130 07:43
BUL Bob Murphy goal 7.10.52 - 20.16.136 09:01
BUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 7.10.52 - 21.16.142 13:03
MEL Jeff White goal 8.10.58 - 21.16.142 14:19
BUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 8.10.58 - 21.17.143 15:56
MEL Brad Green behind 8.11.59 - 21.17.143 16:43
MEL David Neitz goal 9.11.65 - 21.17.143 19:41
BUL Daniel Cross goal 9.11.65 - 22.17.149 21:52
BUL Daniel Cross goal 9.11.65 - 23.17.155 24:01
MEL Cale Morton behind 9.12.66 - 23.17.155 25:42
BUL Daniel Cross goal 9.12.66 - 24.17.161 27:28