2015 Round 1: Melbourne v Gold Coast

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday, April 4th, 2015
Time: 1:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,013
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Gold Coast
Score: 17.13.115 - 13.11.89
Best on Ground: T. McDonald, G. Ablett, M. Rischitelli, J. Garlett

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 5 7 . 7 12 . 9 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Gold Coast 1 . 2 3 . 6 8 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin MEL by 9 MEL by 25 MEL by 25 MEL by 26 MEL by 26
Duration 28:40 30:38 32:07 31:28 2:02:53

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Paul Roos (Melbourne), Rodney Eade (Gold Coast)
Captain(s): Nathan Jones (Melbourne), Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Chris Donlon (#1), Luke Farmer (#4), Brendan Hosking (#16)
Goal Umpire(s):
Boundary Umpire(s):
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Nathan Jones (MEL #2) 2 - Jack Viney (MEL #7) 1 - Dion Prestia (GCS #10)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Tom McDonald MEL 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jack Watts MEL 6 0 0 2 0 0
Jeff Garlett MEL 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jeremy Howe MEL 4 0 1 0 0 0
Nathan Jones MEL 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Viney MEL 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dion Prestia GCS 1 0 0 0 0 1
Michael Rischitelli GCS 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
10 Brayshaw, Angus INT↓ 62% 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 9 4 7 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 1
18 Cross, Daniel C 89% 0 0 24 15 9 8 0 4 11 14 3 4 0 3 3 4 0 0 2 1
14 Dunn, Lynden FB 95% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 3 5 11 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 1
17 Frost, Sam FF 82% 0 2 11 3 8 2 4 5 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
20 Garland, Colin BPL 90% 1 0 15 9 6 4 0 3 6 10 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
36 Garlett, Jeff FPL 91% 2 4 20 14 6 3 0 6 12 7 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1
1 Hogan, Jesse CHF 86% 2 0 15 9 6 7 0 0 9 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0
38 Howe, Jeremy HBFR 88% 0 0 21 12 9 6 0 3 8 13 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 2 0
40 Jamar, Mark RU 83% 1 1 5 5 0 2 29 1 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 91% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 3 3 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
2 Jones, Nathan RR 90% 1 0 25 14 11 3 0 6 8 16 2 4 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay HFFR 81% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 1 5 7 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
16 Kent, Dean HFFL 66% 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 5 6 3 2 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
8 Lumumba, Heritier WL 92% 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 0 4 9 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHB 93% 0 1 26 18 8 12 0 4 9 16 1 2 2 0 7 1 0 0 6 0
19 Newton, Ben INT 70% 2 1 16 11 5 6 0 6 6 10 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 90% 1 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 5 8 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 0
5 Toumpas, Jimmy SUB↑ 27% 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
12 Tyson, Dom RO 83% 2 0 20 11 9 4 0 2 11 8 6 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0
37 vandenBerg, Aaron INT 83% 1 2 17 11 6 4 0 1 9 8 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 2 1
7 Viney, Jack WR 85% 0 0 24 16 8 6 1 4 8 16 6 6 1 5 1 5 0 0 1 1
4 Watts, Jack FPR 86% 3 1 17 11 6 7 0 1 6 11 0 4 1 1 0 2 3 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total 17 13 347 221 126 98 34 66 150 198 35 41 21 16 31 52 11 3 37 10

Angus Brayshaw was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Jimmy Toumpas in the third quarter.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
9 Ablett, Gary RR 94% 2 0 19 12 7 1 0 0 16 4 5 4 2 2 2 3 0 0 1 2
11 Bennell, Harley FPL 95% 1 0 21 11 10 3 1 1 10 9 4 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 2 0
36 Broughton, Greg INT 77% 0 0 11 3 8 2 0 3 7 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
12 Day, Sam CHF↓ 65% 2 1 4 4 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
41 Garlett, Jarrod SUB↑ 32% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
15 Gorringe, Daniel FF 77% 1 0 12 5 7 3 4 5 5 8 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
14 Hallahan, Mitch INT 70% 0 1 16 9 7 3 0 5 9 8 5 5 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0
5 Harbrow, Jarrod BPL 93% 1 0 16 9 7 6 0 4 6 10 2 2 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 0
28 Kolodjashnij, Kade WL 96% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 0 4 9 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0
7 Malceski, Nick HBFR 90% 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 3 2 13 0 2 1 1 3 4 0 1 2 0
4 Martin, Jack INT 76% 0 1 11 7 4 7 1 4 6 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1
17 May, Steven CHB 92% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 6 10 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 10 1
18 McKenzie, Trent HBFL 82% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 9 7 0 7 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0
44 Miller, Touk FPR 73% 1 1 6 5 1 2 0 4 2 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
10 Prestia, Dion C 79% 0 2 29 19 10 3 0 4 16 12 8 5 3 2 2 6 2 0 5 0
35 Rischitelli, Michael HFFL 81% 2 1 21 16 5 6 1 2 8 13 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0
42 Saad, Adam BPR 85% 1 0 13 8 5 4 0 4 6 9 1 4 0 2 4 2 1 2 4 1
6 Sexton, Alex WR 90% 1 1 8 8 0 6 0 3 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 1
26 Shaw, Matt HFFR 92% 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 0 5 11 0 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
2 Smith, Zac RU 84% 0 0 6 5 1 4 37 1 4 3 1 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
24 Swallow, David RO 85% 1 0 16 11 5 1 1 6 9 7 5 2 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0
16 Thompson, Rory FB 92% 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 9 0
Rushed 3
Total 13 11 301 197 104 80 45 53 136 165 42 50 16 21 32 47 16 6 45 7

Sam Day was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Jarrod Garlett in the third quarter.

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: Paul Roos
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
5 J. Harbrow 16 R. Thompson 42 A. Saad 40 M. Jamar 10 A. Brayshaw
4 J. Watts 17 S. Frost 36 J. Garlett 2 N. Jones (c) 19 B. Newton
FORWARD 12 D. Tyson 37 A. vandenBerg
HALF-BACK

5 J. Toumpas
18 T. McKenzie 17 S. May 7 N. Malceski



24 J. Kennedy Harris 1 J. Hogan 16 D. Kent



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 K. Kolodjashnij 10 D. Prestia 6 A. Sexton



7 J. Viney 18 D. Cross 8 H. Lumumba FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 Z. Smith 36 G. Broughton
HALF-FORWARD 9 G. Ablett (c) 14 M. Hallahan
35 M. Rischitelli 12 S. Day 26 M. Shaw 24 D. Swallow 4 J. Martin
38 J. Howe 25 T. McDonald 3 C. Salem

41 J. Garlett
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 H. Bennell 15 D. Gorringe 44 T. Miller



39 N. Jetta 14 L. Dunn 20 C. Garland



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCS Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:31
GCS Alex Sexton behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 02:54
MEL Dom Tyson goal 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 04:58
MEL Sam Frost behind 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 08:11
MEL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 08:30
MEL Aaron vandenBerg behind 1.3.9 - 0.2.2 10:44
MEL Jeff Garlett behind 1.4.10 - 0.2.2 12:18
GCS Sam Day goal 1.4.10 - 1.2.8 13:31
MEL Mark Jamar goal 2.4.16 - 1.2.8 16:55
MEL Aaron vandenBerg behind 2.5.17 - 1.2.8 23:33
Q2 MEL Colin Garland goal 3.5.23 - 1.2.8 03:28
MEL Jack Watts goal 4.5.29 - 1.2.8 04:52
MEL Dom Tyson goal 5.5.35 - 1.2.8 09:14
MEL Jeff Garlett behind 5.6.36 - 1.2.8 10:39
GCS Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 1.3.9 11:29
GCS Sam Day goal 5.6.36 - 2.3.15 13:10
GCS Mitch Hallahan behind 5.6.36 - 2.4.16 14:57
GCS Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 2.5.17 16:43
GCS Touk Miller behind 5.6.36 - 2.6.18 20:27
GCS Alex Sexton goal 5.6.36 - 3.6.24 23:39
MEL Jeff Garlett goal 6.6.42 - 3.6.24 24:43
MEL Nathan Jones goal 7.6.48 - 3.6.24 25:58
MEL Mark Jamar behind 7.7.49 - 3.6.24 29:24
Q3 GCS Dion Prestia behind 7.7.49 - 3.7.25 01:16
MEL Jesse Hogan goal 8.7.55 - 3.7.25 02:37
GCS Michael Rischitelli goal 8.7.55 - 4.7.31 03:47
GCS Sam Day behind 8.7.55 - 4.8.32 04:47
GCS Michael Rischitelli goal 8.7.55 - 5.8.38 05:33
GCS Adam Saad goal 8.7.55 - 6.8.44 07:27
MEL Aaron vandenBerg goal 9.7.61 - 6.8.44 11:15
GCS David Swallow goal 9.7.61 - 7.8.50 17:19
MEL Jack Watts behind 9.8.62 - 7.8.50 19:07
MEL Jeff Garlett goal 10.8.68 - 7.8.50 21:51
MEL Jack Watts goal 11.8.74 - 7.8.50 24:49
GCS Daniel Gorringe goal 11.8.74 - 8.8.56 28:49
MEL Sam Frost behind 11.9.75 - 8.8.56 30:14
MEL Ben Newton goal 12.9.81 - 8.8.56 30:44
Q4 GCS Jarrod Harbrow goal 12.9.81 - 9.8.62 00:31
MEL Jeff Garlett behind 12.10.82 - 9.8.62 01:31
MEL Tom McDonald behind 12.11.83 - 9.8.62 02:52
GCS Michael Rischitelli behind 12.11.83 - 9.9.63 03:44
GCS Gary Ablett goal 12.11.83 - 10.9.69 05:26
GCS Gary Ablett goal 12.11.83 - 11.9.75 06:58
MEL Heritier Lumumba goal 13.11.89 - 11.9.75 10:47
GCS Dion Prestia behind 13.11.89 - 11.10.76 11:52
GCS Jack Martin behind 13.11.89 - 11.11.77 13:05
MEL Jack Watts goal 14.11.95 - 11.11.77 14:54
MEL Jesse Hogan goal 15.11.101 - 11.11.77 19:18
MEL Ben Newton goal 16.11.107 - 11.11.77 20:34
GCS Harley Bennell goal 16.11.107 - 12.11.83 22:21
MEL Jeff Garlett behind 16.12.108 - 12.11.83 24:04
MEL Ben Newton behind 16.13.109 - 12.11.83 25:19
MEL Christian Salem goal 17.13.115 - 12.11.83 26:44
GCS Touk Miller goal 17.13.115 - 13.11.89 27:58