2002 AFL Elimination Final 2: Melbourne v Kangaroos

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 2002 between Melbourne and Kangaroos in the second elimination final of the 2002 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
Back: P. Wheatley, C. Lamb, C. Bruce
Half-back: N. Brown, C. Bizzell, P. Walsh
Centre: S. Armstrong, S. Woewodin, T. Johnstone
Half-forward: P. Vardy, D. Jolly, S. Powell
Forward: R. Robertson, D. Neitz (capt.), B. Green
Follower: J. White, A. Yze, S. Godfrey
Int.: A. Leoncelli, J. McDonald, D. Ward, L. Williams

Kangaroos
Back: T. Makepeace, M. Martyn, J. Blakey
Half-back: J. Sinclair, L. Colbert, D. Teague
Centre: S. Grant, B. Harvey, D. King
Half-forward: C. Jones, D. Morrell, B. Pickett
Forward: L. Harding, S. Rocca, G. Archer
Follower: M. Burton, B. Robbins, A. Simpson
Int.: S. Cochrane, D. Petrie, M. Porter, B. Rawlings

Melbourne (18.14.122) defeated Kangaroos (11.18.84).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: P. Vardy (5), R. Robertson (3), B. Green (2), D. Neitz (2), A. Yze (2), S. Armstrong, C. Bruce, T. Johnstone, S. Woewodin
Kangaroos: L. Harding (2), B. Pickett (2), S. Cochrane, B. Harvey, T. Makepeace, D. Morrell, D. Petrie, B. Robbins, S. Rocca

As a result of this match, Melbourne faced Adelaide in the second semi final and Kangaroos were eliminated (finishing 7th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 2
Teams: Melbourne v Kangaroos
Date: Sunday 8 September 2002
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 53,967

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Kangaroos
Score: 18.14.122 - 11.18.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 9 . 5 11 . 10 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Kangaroos 3 . 4 5 . 8 7 . 11 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Margin KANG by 8 MELB by 21 MELB by 23 MELB by 38 MELB by 38
Duration 27:15 31:23 28:48 34:32 2:01:58

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ellis, S. McBurney, S. McLaren (#11)

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Armstrong, Steven WL ? 1 1 19 8 11 6 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 4
3 Bizzell, Clint CHB ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 3 2 3 2 0 5 3
25 Brown, Nathan HBFL ? 0 0 25 14 11 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 2
32 Bruce, Cameron BPR ? 1 0 19 14 5 6 0 3 2 3 2 1 3 1
30 Godfrey, Simon RO ? 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 4
18 Green, Brad FPR ? 2 0 16 11 5 6 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 4
16 Johnstone, Travis WR ? 1 1 18 14 4 3 0 2 3 2 2 1 1 5
11 Jolly, Darren CHF ? 0 0 9 4 5 3 8 1 2 0 1 0 2 1
29 Lamb, Chris FB ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
36 Leoncelli, Andrew INT ? 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 0 4 5 1 2 0 0
23 McDonald, James INT ? 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 2
9 Neitz, David (c) FF ? 2 3 9 5 4 4 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 0
7 Powell, Stephen HFFR ? 0 1 10 5 5 4 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 5
24 Robertson, Russell FPL ? 3 1 11 6 5 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1
19 Vardy, Peter HFFL ? 5 1 11 10 1 3 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2
42 Walsh, Peter HBFR ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 2
10 Ward, Daniel INT ? 0 1 15 7 8 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 3
31 Wheatley, Paul BPL ? 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2
34 White, Jeff RU ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 25 1 3 1 2 0 3 1
26 Williams, Luke INT ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2
22 Woewodin, Shane C ? 1 1 20 11 9 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 2 4
13 Yze, Adem RR ? 2 2 31 27 4 7 0 3 4 2 0 1 3 10
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 18 14 315 188 127 78 40 51 40 34 13 13 32 59

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Archer, Glenn FPR ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0
12 Blakey, John BPR ? 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 4 3 3 0 1 6 0
22 Burton, Matthew RU ? 0 1 17 8 9 6 24 1 2 1 0 1 3 2
45 Cochrane, Stuart INT ? 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2 Colbert, Leigh CHB ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 3 1 2 1 1 5 0
6 Grant, Shannon WL ? 0 2 18 10 8 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 5
39 Harding, Leigh FPL ? 2 3 9 8 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2
29 Harvey, Brent C ? 1 0 18 13 5 1 0 0 5 2 0 1 3 3
21 Jones, Corey HFFL ? 0 1 7 4 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
34 King, David WR ? 0 2 16 9 7 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 5
35 Makepeace, Troy BPL ? 1 1 24 19 5 7 0 1 1 2 3 0 6 7
4 Martyn, Mick FB ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0
32 Morrell, Digby CHF ? 1 2 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
20 Petrie, Drew INT ? 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3
28 Pickett, Byron HFFR ? 2 2 10 8 2 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4
17 Porter, Mark INT ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 7 1 3 1 1 0 1 3
3 Rawlings, Brady INT ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 3
30 Robbins, Ben RR ? 1 0 14 6 8 1 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 2
26 Rocca, Sav FF ? 1 1 11 8 3 7 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 5
7 Simpson, Adam RO ? 0 0 26 16 10 6 1 4 6 5 0 1 4 4
9 Sinclair, Jess HBFL ? 0 0 21 14 7 1 0 3 5 2 1 0 2 1
40 Teague, David HBFR ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 11 18 283 183 100 59 34 38 42 39 13 13 38 53

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

Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
35 T. Makepeace 4 M. Martyn 12 J. Blakey 34 J. White 36 A. Leoncelli
18 B. Green 9 D. Neitz (c) 24 R. Robertson 13 A. Yze 23 J. McDonald
FORWARD 30 S. Godfrey 10 D. Ward
HALF-BACK

26 L. Williams
9 J. Sinclair 2 L. Colbert 40 D. Teague



7 S. Powell 11 D. Jolly 19 P. Vardy



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 S. Grant 29 B. Harvey 34 D. King



16 T. Johnstone 22 S. Woewodin 2 S. Armstrong FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 M. Burton 45 S. Cochrane
HALF-FORWARD 30 B. Robbins 20 D. Petrie
21 C. Jones 32 D. Morrell 28 B. Pickett 7 A. Simpson 17 M. Porter
42 P. Walsh 3 C. Bizzell 25 N. Brown

3 B. Rawlings
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



39 L. Harding 26 S. Rocca 11 G. Archer



32 C. Bruce 29 C. Lamb 31 P. Wheatley



BACK



Kangaroos Coach: Denis Pagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Shane Woewodin goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:18
KANG Digby Morrell behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 02:36
KANG Drew Petrie goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 03:57
KANG Digby Morrell behind 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 05:11
KANG Shannon Grant behind 1.0.6 - 1.3.9 06:05
MELB Russell Robertson behind 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 09:17
KANG Sav Rocca goal 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 10:29
MELB Steven Armstrong goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 16:29
MELB Daniel Ward behind 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 17:47
KANG Shannon Grant behind 2.2.14 - 2.4.16 18:37
KANG Brent Harvey goal 2.2.14 - 3.4.22 21:08
Q2 KANG Sav Rocca behind 2.2.14 - 3.5.23 01:20
MELB Peter Vardy goal 3.2.20 - 3.5.23 02:18
KANG Troy Makepeace behind 3.2.20 - 3.6.24 04:17
KANG Digby Morrell goal 3.2.20 - 4.6.30 06:33
KANG Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 4.7.31 09:46
MELB David Neitz goal 4.2.26 - 4.7.31 10:41
KANG Troy Makepeace goal 4.2.26 - 5.7.37 13:51
MELB Adem Yze goal 5.2.32 - 5.7.37 17:32
MELB Brad Green goal 6.2.38 - 5.7.37 19:10
MELB David Neitz goal 7.2.44 - 5.7.37 21:14
MELB David Neitz behind 7.3.45 - 5.7.37 23:14
KANG Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 5.8.38 23:53
MELB Adem Yze goal 8.3.51 - 5.8.38 25:06
MELB Peter Vardy goal 9.3.57 - 5.8.38 26:09
MELB Travis Johnstone behind 9.4.58 - 5.8.38 28:49
MELB Peter Vardy behind 9.5.59 - 5.8.38 31:05
Q3 MELB Adem Yze behind 9.6.60 - 5.8.38 02:33
KANG Byron Pickett goal 9.6.60 - 6.8.44 09:35
KANG Byron Pickett behind 9.6.60 - 6.9.45 12:39
KANG Byron Pickett behind 9.6.60 - 6.10.46 13:43
KANG David King behind 9.6.60 - 6.11.47 17:51
MELB David Neitz behind 9.7.61 - 6.11.47 19:05
MELB Peter Vardy goal 10.7.67 - 6.11.47 20:32
MELB Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 6.11.47 22:34
MELB David Neitz behind 10.9.69 - 6.11.47 24:13
MELB Peter Vardy goal 11.9.75 - 6.11.47 25:51
MELB Shane Woewodin behind 11.10.76 - 6.11.47 27:04
KANG Ben Robbins goal 11.10.76 - 7.11.53 28:39
Q4 KANG Corey Jones behind 11.10.76 - 7.12.54 01:21
KANG Leigh Harding behind 11.10.76 - 7.13.55 03:41
MELB Stephen Powell behind 11.11.77 - 7.13.55 04:39
MELB Brad Green goal 12.11.83 - 7.13.55 07:50
KANG Leigh Harding behind 12.11.83 - 7.14.56 09:00
KANG Rushed behind 12.11.83 - 7.15.57 09:40
KANG Leigh Harding goal 12.11.83 - 8.15.63 12:37
MELB Peter Vardy goal 13.11.89 - 8.15.63 15:30
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 14.11.95 - 8.15.63 16:32
KANG Leigh Harding goal 14.11.95 - 9.15.69 17:42
MELB Steven Armstrong behind 14.12.96 - 9.15.69 18:42
MELB Rushed behind 14.13.97 - 9.15.69 19:25
KANG Stuart Cochrane goal 14.13.97 - 10.15.75 20:06
KANG David King behind 14.13.97 - 10.16.76 21:06
KANG Byron Pickett goal 14.13.97 - 11.16.82 21:50
MELB Russell Robertson goal 15.13.103 - 11.16.82 24:52
KANG Matthew Burton behind 15.13.103 - 11.17.83 26:27
KANG Leigh Harding behind 15.13.103 - 11.18.84 27:30
MELB Russell Robertson goal 16.13.109 - 11.18.84 28:16
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 17.13.115 - 11.18.84 31:31
MELB Russell Robertson goal 18.13.121 - 11.18.84 33:02
MELB Adem Yze behind 18.14.122 - 11.18.84 34:11