2000 AFL Round 2: Melbourne v Kangaroos

This is the match report for the match played on 17 March 2000 between Melbourne and Kangaroos during round 2 of the 2000 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Kangaroos at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

Melbourne
D. Neitz (capt.), C. Bruce, J. Cook, J. Farmer, S. Febey, B. Green, B. Grgic, A. Ingerson, A. Leoncelli, A. McDonald, J. McDonald, A. Nicholson, S. Powell, G. Rigoni, R. Robertson, D. Schwarz, M. Seecamp, T. Simmonds, P. Walsh, P. Wheatley, S. Woewodin, A. Yze

Kangaroos
W. Abraham, G. Archer, P. Bell, J. Blakey, M. Burton, D. Calthorpe, M. Capuano, S. Clayton, S. Grant, B. Harvey, E. Hewitt, D. King, A. Lange, M. Martyn, J. McCartney, C. McKernan, S. Motlop, R. Pagan, B. Pickett, M. Pike, C. Sholl, A. Simpson

Melbourne (23.7.145) defeated Kangaroos (17.18.120).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Cook (6), C. Bruce (4), R. Robertson (4), B. Green (2), D. Schwarz (2), J. Farmer, B. Grgic, A. McDonald, G. Rigoni, P. Walsh
Kangaroos: B. Harvey (3), E. Hewitt (3), W. Abraham (2), D. Calthorpe (2), S. Grant (2), C. McKernan (2), S. Motlop (2), G. Archer

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Kangaroos were then 13th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Kangaroos
Date: Friday 17 March 2000
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,348

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Kangaroos
Score: 23.7.145 - 17.18.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 0 13 . 2 18 . 4 23 . 7 23 . 7 (145)
Kangaroos 3 . 8 8 . 13 13 . 15 17 . 18 17 . 18 (120)
Margin MELB by 16 MELB by 19 MELB by 19 MELB by 25 MELB by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Denis Pagan (Kangaroos)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), unknown (Kangaroos)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. McCauley (#31), K. Nicholls (#28), B. Sheehan (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Shane Woewodin MELB 22 3
Andrew Leoncelli MELB 36 2
Guy Rigoni MELB 43 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 4 1 15 11 4 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 3
8 Cook, James ? ? 6 1 12 10 2 5 0 0 0 4 3 5 0 2
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 0 3 7 1 1 1 0 3
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 3 1
18 Green, Brad ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 2
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 0 0 31 21 10 10 0 2 5 5 1 2 2 9
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 3 0 2 1 4 1 1 1 1
23 McDonald, James ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 3
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0
44 Nicholson, Alistair ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 2 7 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
7 Powell, Stephen ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 7 0 0 7 0 0 1 4 3
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 3 0 2 2 2 0 1 4 4
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 4 1 10 9 1 4 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 2 0 18 14 4 4 2 1 4 5 1 2 1 4
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 1 1 1 4 3 2 3
46 Simmonds, Troy ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 16 1 1 1 2 2 3 2
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 8 0 3 1 3 3 0 4 2
31 Wheatley, Paul ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 4
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 7 0 4 0 1 0 1 3 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 23 7 312 221 91 103 25 27 36 44 19 31 40 62

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 2 3 9 7 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 2 0 1 3 1 2 3 1 2
26 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 1 35 21 14 3 0 4 5 1 2 0 3 5
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2
22 Burton, Matthew ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 Calthorpe, David ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 2
16 Capuano, Mathew ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 22 5 3 2 2 1 2 2
23 Clayton, Shane ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 3
6 Grant, Shannon ? ? 2 0 16 10 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 3 1 16 9 7 3 0 3 3 4 0 0 2 1
21 Hewitt, Evan ? ? 3 1 9 8 1 4 0 3 0 1 4 1 0 5
34 King, David ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 5 4
27 Lange, Adam ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
4 Martyn, Mick ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 1 1 3 2 1 0 3 3
5 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 2 5 9 7 2 3 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
44 Motlop, Shannon ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 8
39 Pagan, Ryan ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 3 0 1 3 0 3 3
13 Pike, Martin ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 4 0 2 3 1 4 5
24 Sholl, Craig ? ? 0 3 8 6 2 2 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 3
7 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 4 1 5 7 2 4 1 2 5
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 17 18 282 196 86 55 38 40 33 30 31 19 35 66

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