2000 AFL Grand Final: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 2000 between Essendon and Melbourne in the grand final of the 2000 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Essendon
Back: M. Johnson, D. Fletcher, S. Wellman
Half-back: D. Hardwick, D. Wallis, D. Solomon
Centre: C. Heffernan, J. Misiti, B. Caracella
Half-forward: M. Mercuri, S. Lucas, J. Hird (capt.)
Forward: A. Ramanauskas, M. Lloyd, M. Long
Follower: J. Barnes, J. Blumfield, J. Johnson
Int.: S. Alessio, P. Barnard, D. Bewick, G. Moorcroft

Melbourne
Back: D. Ward, A. Ingerson, A. Nicholson
Half-back: S. Febey, M. Collins, P. Walsh
Centre: A. McDonald, S. Woewodin, A. Yze
Half-forward: B. Green, D. Schwarz, S. Powell
Forward: R. Robertson, D. Neitz (capt.), J. Farmer
Follower: J. White, G. Rigoni, A. Leoncelli
Int.: B. Beams, B. Grgic, T. Johnstone, T. Simmonds

Essendon (19.21.135) defeated Melbourne (11.9.75).

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Barnard (4), M. Lloyd (4), B. Caracella (3), J. Hird (2), S. Alessio, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, M. Long, M. Mercuri, G. Moorcroft
Melbourne: J. Farmer (3), S. Powell (3), D. Neitz (2), R. Robertson (2), B. Green

As a result of this match, Essendon were the premiers and Melbourne were the runners-up.

Match Details

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

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 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 57 ESSE by 60 ESSE by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), D. Goldspink (#32), H. Kennedy (#7), E: B. Sheehan (#9)
Goal Umpire: A. Black, D. Dixon
Boundary Umpire: S. Jansen, P. McDonald, D. Wilson

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
James Hird ESSE 5 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

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

Melbourne

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

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

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