2000 AFL Season Preliminary Final 2: Melbourne v Kangaroos

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 2000 between Melbourne and the Kangaroos in the second preliminary final of the 2000 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Kangaroos at the MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Wayne Carey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

Melbourne (23.18.156) defeated the Kangaroos (17.4.106).

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Second Preliminary Final
Teams: Melbourne v Kangaroos
Date: Friday 25 August 2000
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 63,937

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Kangaroos
Score: 23.18.156 - 17.4.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 5 14 . 10 18 . 14 23 . 18 23 . 18 (156)
Kangaroos 5 . 1 9 . 1 10 . 4 17 . 4 17 . 4 (106)
Margin MELB by 10 MELB by 39 MELB by 58 MELB by 50 MELB by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: David Neitz
Coach: Neale Daniher

Kangaroos

Captain: Wayne Carey
Coach: Denis Pagan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Dore (#19)
H. Kennedy (#7)
B. Sheehan (#9)
E: S. McLaren (#11)

Goal Umpires

D. Dixon
C. Hood

Boundary Umpires

P. McDonald
M. Vitiritti
D. Wilson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
28 Collins, Matthew ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 8 1 16 13 3 4 0 4 3 3 1 1 0 2
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 2 0 3 1 2 3 0 1 4
18 Green, Brad ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 4
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 4 0
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 0 1 18 11 7 3 0 2 4 1 0 0 1 5
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 9 1 5 3 2 0 0 3 4
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 4
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 2 3 19 14 5 7 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 3
44 Nicholson, Alistair ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
7 Powell, Stephen ? ? 4 2 33 24 9 5 0 1 8 5 1 2 2 7
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 3
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 3 2 15 9 6 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 1 10 2 1 2 0 1 0 3
46 Simmonds, Troy ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 7 1 3 0 3 1 0 1
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 4 0 3 1 3 3 2 3 2
26 Ward, Daniel ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 6 0 5 2 2 3 1 3 5
34 White, Jeff ? ? 1 0 13 6 7 4 21 1 0 2 1 1 1 2
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 1 1 29 20 9 6 0 3 8 3 2 3 2 10
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 1 4 16 16 0 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 23 18 334 217 117 80 47 43 44 38 20 22 26 70

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 1 3 4 0 3
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 2
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 2 1 26 18 8 8 0 3 1 2 2 1 3 4
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 8 0 0 5 1 2 1 6 2
22 Burton, Matthew ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
16 Capuano, Mathew ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
18 Carey, Wayne (c) ? ? 3 1 8 7 1 2 1 4 0 2 2 0 1 2
23 Clayton, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1
45 Cochrane, Stuart ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Grant, Shannon ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 3
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 5 3 0 0 2 4
34 King, David ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 3 0 1 2 3 2 1 5 1
35 Makepeace, Troy ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 4 2 2 2 3 0 2
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 6 0
5 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 6 13 1 7 0 3 4 0 6
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 4 1
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 3 2
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 7 0 12 11 1 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
7 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 1 3 3 2 1 0 2 2
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 6 2 4 1 3 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 4 253 189 64 71 30 39 43 35 22 20 39 43

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