2012 Round 1: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday, March 31st, 2012
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,473
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 11.12.78 - 17.17.119
Best on Ground: S. Black, J. Adcock, P. Hanley, J. Polkinghorne

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 4 8 . 8 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Brisbane Lions 1 . 4 7 . 8 13 . 13 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Margin MEL by 11 BRI by 4 BRI by 35 BRI by 41 BRI by 41
Duration 29:30 32:21 32:32 31:32 2:05:55

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Mark Neeld (Melbourne), Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions)
Captain(s): unknown (Melbourne), unknown (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jeff Dalgleish (#7), Stefan Grun (#13), Matthew Leppard (#11), E: Brendan Hosking (#16)
Goal Umpire(s): Peter Gonis, Michael Hammond, E: Jason Venkataya
Boundary Umpire(s): Adam Coote, Chris Esler, Gerard Large, Chris Morrison
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Simon Black (BRI #20) 2 - James Magner (MEL #49) 1 - Niall McKeever (BRI #40)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Simon Black BRI 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Rockliff BRI 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jed Adcock BRI 6 0 1 0 1 0
Joel Patfull BRI 3 0 0 1 0 0
Daniel Rich BRI 2 0 0 0 1 0
James Magner MEL 1 0 0 0 0 1
Pearce Hanley BRI 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
44 Bail, Rohan HFFL 86% 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 6 9 4 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1
3 Bartram, Clint BPR 96% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 1 4 11 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
6 Bate, Matthew SUB↑ 22% 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 0 5 5 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
17 Blease, Sam INT↓ 60% 0 3 5 3 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
11 Clark, Mitch FF 94% 2 1 10 9 1 4 0 2 6 4 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 3 0
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 80% 1 1 11 6 5 0 0 5 8 3 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
8 Frawley, James FB 100% 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 6 6 0 3 1 1 6 2 0 1 6 0
20 Garland, Colin HBFR 94% 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 0
18 Green, Brad CHF 94% 1 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0
16 Grimes, Jack C 90% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 4 5 6 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
38 Howe, Jeremy HFFR 95% 2 1 10 8 2 5 0 2 4 6 1 5 1 4 1 0 2 0 1 0
40 Jamar, Mark RU 79% 0 1 12 6 6 3 27 4 9 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
2 Jones, Nathan WR 79% 0 1 20 13 7 4 0 4 9 11 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0
28 MacDonald, Joel BPL 96% 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 2 9 9 2 3 1 1 3 4 0 1 3 1
49 Magner, James INT 62% 2 0 24 14 10 4 0 4 10 12 4 4 4 0 2 3 0 0 3 0
34 Martin, Stefan FPR 77% 1 0 9 6 3 5 11 4 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 1 0 2 0
13 McKenzie, Jordie INT 71% 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 6 10 6 2 1 4 1 3 4 0 0 0 0
22 Moloney, Brent RR 82% 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 2 9 4 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 0
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 100% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 3 7 1 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 0
9 Trengove, Jack RO 80% 1 1 17 11 6 6 0 8 9 8 3 1 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 1
46 Tynan, Josh HBFL 77% 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 8 7 4 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 0
4 Watts, Jack WL 86% 1 0 18 12 6 5 0 3 4 13 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total 11 12 300 200 100 65 38 66 152 136 34 46 24 19 34 48 5 8 40 5

Sam Blease was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Matthew Bate.

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
7 Adcock, Jed C 86% 1 0 29 18 11 9 0 4 7 22 0 2 3 1 2 9 1 0 6 1
18 Banfield, Todd INT 80% 3 1 10 8 2 2 0 2 5 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 0
17 Beams, Claye HFFR 77% 0 0 25 12 13 1 0 5 9 16 5 4 0 1 2 5 0 0 2 0
43 Bewick, Rohan WL↓ 58% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 2 4 7 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 1
20 Black, Simon INT 75% 0 0 30 17 13 3 0 10 13 18 9 1 2 0 4 4 0 2 2 2
41 Golby, Mitch HBFL 89% 0 0 20 12 8 8 0 1 6 15 1 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 6 0
11 Hanley, Pearce WR 86% 2 0 23 17 6 9 0 6 4 17 2 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 0
22 Hudson, Ben RU 81% 0 0 17 5 12 1 19 3 15 2 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 0
35 Lester, Ryan FPR 79% 0 2 14 11 3 3 0 2 3 7 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0
23 Leuenberger, Matthew FF 85% 1 0 9 3 6 2 22 3 6 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 3
36 Maguire, Matt CHB 97% 0 0 14 11 3 9 0 2 2 12 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 11 0
9 McGrath, Ashley BPR 93% 1 1 12 9 3 3 0 3 2 10 1 4 0 3 1 6 0 2 0 0
40 McKeever, Niall BPL 96% 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 0 6 11 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 9 0
21 Merrett, Daniel FB 99% 2 1 16 11 5 5 0 4 7 9 0 4 2 2 0 4 2 0 5 0
24 Patfull, Joel CHF 98% 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 2 11 7 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 13 0
4 Polec, Jared HFFL 82% 0 0 18 8 10 6 1 0 6 13 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
31 Polkinghorne, James FPL 79% 3 1 16 11 5 4 0 7 10 7 6 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 1
30 Redden, Jack RO 84% 0 1 18 7 11 4 0 7 7 11 5 3 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0
10 Rich, Daniel HBFR 79% 0 1 24 13 11 1 0 2 9 17 3 4 1 3 2 4 0 0 1 1
38 Rockliff, Tom RR 86% 3 5 23 16 7 10 0 5 12 12 2 3 1 2 0 3 6 0 4 1
3 Sheldon, Sam SUB↑ 24% 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
32 Stiller, Cheynee INT 85% 0 0 19 11 8 10 0 4 4 15 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0
Rushed 3
Total 17 17 387 228 159 107 42 76 150 240 46 48 19 24 33 56 15 7 78 10

Rohan Bewick was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Sam Sheldon.

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: Mark Neeld
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
40 N. McKeever 21 D. Merrett 9 A. McGrath 40 M. Jamar 17 S. Blease
34 S. Martin 11 M. Clark 36 A. Davey 22 B. Moloney 49 J. Magner
FORWARD 9 J. Trengove 13 J. McKenzie
HALF-BACK

6 M. Bate
41 M. Golby 36 M. Maguire 10 D. Rich



38 J. Howe 18 B. Green 44 R. Bail



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



43 R. Bewick 7 J. Adcock 11 P. Hanley



2 N. Jones 16 J. Grimes 4 J. Watts FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 B. Hudson 18 T. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD 38 T. Rockliff 20 S. Black
4 J. Polec 24 J. Patfull 17 C. Beams 30 J. Redden 32 C. Stiller
20 C. Garland 27 J. Rivers 46 J. Tynan

3 S. Sheldon
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



31 J. Polkinghorne 23 M. Leuenberger 35 R. Lester



3 C. Bartram 8 J. Frawley 28 J. MacDonald



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Michael Voss

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRI Ryan Lester behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:02
BRI Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 01:30
BRI Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.3.3 02:16
MEL Sam Blease behind 0.1.1 - 0.3.3 06:14
BRI Tom Rockliff goal 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 10:02
MEL James Magner goal 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 16:48
MEL James Magner goal 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 18:08
MEL Mitch Clark behind 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 19:47
MEL Jeremy Howe behind 2.3.15 - 1.3.9 20:23
MEL Stefan Martin goal 3.3.21 - 1.3.9 21:48
BRI Tom Rockliff behind 3.3.21 - 1.4.10 24:32
Q2 BRI Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.5.11 01:48
BRI Matthew Leuenberger goal 3.3.21 - 2.5.17 02:58
BRI Ashley McGrath behind 3.3.21 - 2.6.18 04:12
BRI James Polkinghorne goal 3.3.21 - 3.6.24 05:42
MEL Jeremy Howe goal 4.3.27 - 3.6.24 07:37
MEL Jack Trengove behind 4.4.28 - 3.6.24 10:05
BRI Jed Adcock goal 4.4.28 - 4.6.30 11:45
BRI Tom Rockliff goal 4.4.28 - 5.6.36 13:39
BRI Todd Banfield behind 4.4.28 - 5.7.37 16:08
MEL Jack Watts goal 5.4.34 - 5.7.37 17:41
MEL Jeremy Howe goal 6.4.40 - 5.7.37 19:25
BRI Pearce Hanley goal 6.4.40 - 6.7.43 22:47
MEL Jack Trengove goal 7.4.46 - 6.7.43 25:12
BRI Tom Rockliff behind 7.4.46 - 6.8.44 27:29
BRI Daniel Merrett goal 7.4.46 - 7.8.50 29:46
Q3 BRI Tom Rockliff goal 7.4.46 - 8.8.56 02:55
BRI James Polkinghorne behind 7.4.46 - 8.9.57 04:30
BRI Tom Rockliff behind 7.4.46 - 8.10.58 05:56
BRI James Polkinghorne goal 7.4.46 - 9.10.64 08:10
MEL Sam Blease behind 7.5.47 - 9.10.64 10:16
BRI Tom Rockliff behind 7.5.47 - 9.11.65 14:20
BRI Daniel Merrett behind 7.5.47 - 9.12.66 15:10
MEL Sam Blease behind 7.6.48 - 9.12.66 15:58
BRI Ashley McGrath goal 7.6.48 - 10.12.72 19:09
MEL Nathan Jones behind 7.7.49 - 10.12.72 20:14
BRI Todd Banfield goal 7.7.49 - 11.12.78 22:59
BRI James Polkinghorne goal 7.7.49 - 12.12.84 24:40
BRI Jack Redden behind 7.7.49 - 12.13.85 27:18
BRI Pearce Hanley goal 7.7.49 - 13.13.91 28:05
MEL Mark Jamar behind 7.8.50 - 13.13.91 29:34
MEL Brad Green goal 8.8.56 - 13.13.91 30:25
Q4 BRI Todd Banfield goal 8.8.56 - 14.13.97 01:12
BRI Sam Sheldon behind 8.8.56 - 14.14.98 04:32
BRI Daniel Merrett goal 8.8.56 - 15.14.104 08:11
MEL Aaron Davey behind 8.9.57 - 15.14.104 10:51
MEL Mitch Clark goal 9.9.63 - 15.14.104 12:33
BRI Daniel Rich behind 9.9.63 - 15.15.105 13:50
BRI Tom Rockliff behind 9.9.63 - 15.16.106 15:21
MEL Matthew Bate behind 9.10.64 - 15.16.106 16:33
MEL Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 15.16.106 17:54
MEL Aaron Davey goal 10.11.71 - 15.16.106 18:47
BRI Ryan Lester behind 10.11.71 - 15.17.107 19:45
BRI Todd Banfield goal 10.11.71 - 16.17.113 22:18
MEL Mitch Clark goal 11.11.77 - 16.17.113 25:15
BRI Sam Sheldon goal 11.11.77 - 17.17.119 28:03
MEL Rushed behind 11.12.78 - 17.17.119 29:07