2000 AFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 March 2000 between Richmond and Melbourne during round one of the 2000 season of the Australian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at the MCG. Matthew Knights captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Danny Frawley and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Richmond (14.10.94) defeated Melbourne (13.14.92).

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Wednesday 8 March 2000
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,648

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 14.10.94 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 7 . 1 11 . 6 14 . 7 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 6 10 . 9 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin RICH by 16 RICH by 30 RICH by 22 RICH by 2 RICH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Matthew Knights
Coach: Danny Frawley

Melbourne

Captain: David Neitz
Coach: Neale Daniher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coates (#6)
G. Dore (#19)
M. McKenzie (#24)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Knights RICH 33 3
Brendon Gale RICH 25 2
Darren Gaspar RICH 2 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Bowden, Joel ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 4
15 Cameron, Leon ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 9 0
9 Campbell, Wayne ? ? 0 0 29 22 7 7 0 1 3 2 3 3 6 4
10 Daffy, Nick ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 3 0 4 10 3 2 1 2 7
7 Dragicevic, Marc ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
25 Gale, Brendon ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 22 3 2 0 2 2 1 2
2 Gaspar, Darren ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 7 1 1 0 2 2 4 6 2
20 Harrison, Ben ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 2
16 Holland, Ben ? ? 3 1 14 11 3 5 1 3 1 1 3 1 0 3
23 James, Aaron ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
39 Kellaway, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 1 3 2 3 2 0
3 Kellaway, Duncan ? ? 1 0 19 10 9 3 0 5 8 1 1 1 1 2
21 King, Clinton ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 1 3
33 Knights, Matthew (c) ? ? 1 0 23 15 8 3 0 2 6 3 3 2 0 3
8 Merenda, Mark ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0
5 Ottens, Brad ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 10 1 2 2 1 1 1 2
12 Richardson, Matthew ? ? 3 0 11 11 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
4 Rogers, Matthew ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 3 0 1 2 1 2 3 1 2
35 Rombotis, John ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
24 Sampson, Clay ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
32 Tivendale, Greg ? ? 0 2 6 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 1
29 Torney, Jason ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 10 275 202 73 62 34 37 39 27 36 27 39 51

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 1 3 13 8 5 2 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 3
19 Chisholm, Scott ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1
8 Cook, James ? ? 2 2 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 2 1 12 7 5 3 0 3 3 2 3 3 0 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 2 1 20 17 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 4
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 4 1
16 Johnstone, Travis ? ? 2 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 7
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 2 5 0 4 2 0 8
23 McDonald, James ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 0 4 0 3 2 4
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1
44 Nicholson, Alistair ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 0
7 Powell, Stephen ? ? 0 1 24 15 9 1 0 2 5 2 1 3 3 7
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 1 3 3 1 1 1 4
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 0 4 14 11 3 3 3 4 2 1 3 4 0 5
46 Simmonds, Troy ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 2 1
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 6 24 5 3 2 5 2 1 2
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 4 2
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 4 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 14 272 183 89 59 33 28 37 39 27 36 31 62

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