2000 AFL Round 3: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 2000 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 3 of the 2000 AFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Sydney
R. AhMat, B. Allison, L. Barry, D. Cresswell, J. Crouch, A. Dunkley, R. Fitzgerald, A. Goodes, D. Lewis, T. Luff, B. Mathews, S. Maxfield, M. Nicks, C. O'Brien, M. O'Loughlin, J. Saddington, A. Schauble, W. Schwass, B. Seymour, G. Stafford, J. Stevens, R. Warfe

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

Sydney (19.12.126) defeated Melbourne (17.12.114).

Goalkickers
Sydney: R. Fitzgerald (4), B. Allison (3), L. Barry (3), M. O'Loughlin (3), C. O'Brien (2), D. Cresswell, A. Goodes, W. Schwass, J. Stevens
Melbourne: J. Farmer (3), A. Leoncelli (3), D. Schwarz (2), S. Woewodin (2), C. Bruce, M. Collins, S. Powell, R. Robertson, M. Seecamp, T. Simmonds, A. Yze

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 26 March 2000
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 26,920

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 19.12.126 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 6 . 3 12 . 6 18 . 9 19 . 12 19 . 12 (126)
Melbourne 5 . 4 8 . 5 12 . 10 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin SYDN by 5 SYDN by 25 SYDN by 35 SYDN by 12 SYDN by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Sydney), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McBurney (#3), M. McKenzie (#24), V. Sercia (#26), E: T. Burton (#33)
Umpire Replacement: T. Burton replaced M. McKenzie

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael O'Loughlin SYDN 19 3
Shane Woewodin MELB 22 2
Wayne Schwass SYDN 2 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 AhMat, Robbie ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3
15 Allison, Brett ? ? 3 1 15 13 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 3 0 13 9 4 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 3
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 1 0 26 16 10 6 0 2 6 3 0 3 3 6
28 Crouch, Jared ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 2
18 Fitzgerald, Ryan ? ? 4 0 8 8 0 4 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 2
37 Goodes, Adam ? ? 1 4 17 13 4 2 9 5 2 0 1 1 1 5
3 Lewis, Dale ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 8 0 4 0 1 0 0 5 0
36 Mathews, Ben ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 7 0 1 4 2 0 0 5 5
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 4
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 2 2 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 3 1 23 18 5 6 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 5
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 5 0
25 Schauble, Andrew ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 0
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 1 1 29 21 8 3 0 6 10 4 0 0 4 3
7 Seymour, Brad ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 0
1 Stafford, Greg ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 3 23 1 3 3 0 2 1 4
20 Stevens, John ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 19 12 303 213 90 88 32 32 35 29 15 17 48 55

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bruce, Cameron ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
28 Collins, Matthew ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
8 Cook, James ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
33 Farmer, Jeff ? ? 3 2 15 9 6 7 0 0 4 2 0 5 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 2 0 0 2 4 3 0 6 2
18 Green, Brad ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
4 Grgic, Brent ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 3 2 3
27 Ingerson, Anthony ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1
36 Leoncelli, Andrew ? ? 3 0 27 21 6 5 0 2 8 2 0 0 2 7
35 McDonald, Anthony ? ? 0 0 18 8 10 5 0 2 4 1 0 1 3 4
23 McDonald, James ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 4
9 Neitz, David (c) ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0
7 Powell, Stephen ? ? 1 0 23 12 11 4 0 0 5 3 2 1 2 7
43 Rigoni, Guy ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 1 7 0 2 0 0 3
24 Robertson, Russell ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
5 Schwarz, David ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 7 6 2 3 6 0 0 2 3
10 Seecamp, Marcus ? ? 1 0 11 4 7 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
46 Simmonds, Troy ? ? 1 0 5 2 3 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
42 Walsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 2
34 White, Jeff ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 3 25 4 3 2 1 0 1 4
22 Woewodin, Shane ? ? 2 1 31 20 11 2 0 1 9 1 2 0 3 8
13 Yze, Adem ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 6 0 0 5 1 2 0 1 14
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 17 12 310 202 108 79 40 24 56 33 17 15 30 72

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