2003 AFL Round 1: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 2003 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 1 of the 2003 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Shane Crawford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Peter Schwab.

Melbourne
Back: L. Williams, B. Miller, P. Walsh
Half-back: C. Bizzell, R. Ferguson, D. Ward
Centre: A. Yze, A. Leoncelli, S. Godfrey
Half-forward: S. Armstrong, R. Robertson, C. Heffernan
Forward: C. Bruce, D. Neitz (capt.), P. Wheatley
Follower: J. White, M. Whelan, B. Green
Int.: N. Brown, M. Jamar, T. Johnstone, J. McDonald

Hawthorn
Back: C. Bateman, J. Hay, J. Smith
Half-back: N. Lonie, J. Rawlings, R. Tallis
Centre: S. Cox, S. Crawford (capt.), M. Williams
Half-forward: L. Hodge, K. Barlow, B. Dixon
Forward: L. Picioane, A. Cox, C. Brown
Follower: P. Everitt, A. Lekkas, N. Ries
Int.: M. Graham, D. Loats, L. McCabe, S. Mitchell

Melbourne (16.10.106) defeated Hawthorn (15.10.100).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (5), B. Green (4), C. Bruce (2), R. Robertson (2), S. Armstrong, T. Johnstone, A. Yze
Hawthorn: P. Everitt (3), J. Rawlings (3), A. Lekkas (2), A. Cox, S. Crawford, L. Hodge, D. Loats, N. Lonie, L. Picioane, R. Tallis

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Sunday 30 March 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,888

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 16.10.106 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 9 . 5 12 . 9 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Hawthorn 4 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 7 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin HWTH by 12 MELB by 18 MELB by 20 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration 30:16 30:06 29:30 35:36 2:05:28

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Peter Schwab (Hawthorn)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Shane Crawford (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McLaren (#11), D. Morris (#20), C. Rowe (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 3
David Neitz MELB 9 2
Jade Rawlings HWTH 20 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Armstrong, Steven HFFL 89% 1 0 21 12 9 8 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4
3 Bizzell, Clint HBFL 94% 0 0 16 7 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 Brown, Nathan INT 76% 0 1 15 11 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 3
32 Bruce, Cameron FPL 100% 2 2 23 11 12 10 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 6
35 Ferguson, Ryan CHB 80% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 0
30 Godfrey, Simon WR 100% 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 0
18 Green, Brad RO 88% 4 4 11 9 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 Heffernan, Chris HFFR 70% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 2 5 1 4 0 4
40 Jamar, Mark INT 14% 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
16 Johnstone, Travis INT 63% 1 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 5
36 Leoncelli, Andrew C 75% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 3 2 2 1 1 3 1
23 McDonald, James INT 80% 0 1 15 11 4 5 1 2 2 1 3 0 2 3
37 Miller, Brad FB 33% 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 5 1 14 10 4 6 1 0 0 6 2 4 0 1
24 Robertson, Russell CHF 100% 2 0 17 10 7 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 3
42 Walsh, Peter BPR 100% 0 0 21 9 12 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 6 0
10 Ward, Daniel HBFR 85% 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3
31 Wheatley, Paul FPR 76% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3
45 Whelan, Matthew RR 94% 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 4 6 2 1 1 1 4
34 White, Jeff RU 98% 0 0 18 12 6 11 17 2 2 2 0 1 1 4
26 Williams, Luke BPL 100% 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 3
13 Yze, Adem WL 85% 1 0 17 14 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 16 10 311 198 113 92 21 29 26 38 19 19 38 51

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
33 Barlow, Kris CHF 100% 0 2 10 9 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
10 Bateman, Chance BPL 100% 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 5 1 4 0 3 2 1
30 Brown, Campbell FPR 22% 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
35 Cox, Adrian FF 84% 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 2
24 Cox, Simon WL 62% 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 3
9 Crawford, Shane (c) C 100% 1 0 17 12 5 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 3
19 Dixon, Ben HFFR 100% 0 0 9 8 1 5 1 2 0 2 2 1 3 0
1 Everitt, Peter RU 89% 3 2 18 15 3 8 17 1 3 1 2 0 3 2
34 Graham, Mark INT 100% 0 0 6 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 Hay, Jonathan FB 100% 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 3 1 0
15 Hodge, Luke HFFL 67% 1 0 9 5 4 4 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 4
37 Lekkas, Angelo RR 100% 2 0 22 16 6 5 0 3 4 1 1 1 2 5
26 Loats, David INT 70% 1 1 9 7 2 4 23 3 1 0 1 0 0 5
12 Lonie, Nathan HBFL 86% 1 2 22 16 6 3 0 2 4 4 1 1 2 8
7 McCabe, Luke INT 81% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 1 2
28 Mitchell, Sam INT 63% 0 0 17 14 3 2 1 4 5 0 2 0 2 3
13 Picioane, Lance FPL 81% 1 0 19 9 10 5 0 5 4 2 2 0 1 3
20 Rawlings, Jade CHB 100% 3 2 17 14 3 13 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3
16 Ries, Nick RO 79% 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 3 5 3 0 2 2 5
11 Smith, Joel BPR 68% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 2
4 Tallis, Rayden HBFR 86% 1 0 12 8 4 6 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 3
6 Williams, Mark WR 63% 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 10 269 190 79 80 44 43 42 38 19 19 32 58

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
10 C. Bateman 3 J. Hay 11 J. Smith 34 J. White 25 N. Brown
31 P. Wheatley 9 D. Neitz (c) 32 C. Bruce 45 M. Whelan 40 M. Jamar
FORWARD 18 B. Green 16 T. Johnstone
HALF-BACK

23 J. McDonald
12 N. Lonie 20 J. Rawlings 4 R. Tallis



1 C. Heffernan 24 R. Robertson 2 S. Armstrong



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



24 S. Cox 9 S. Crawford (c) 6 M. Williams



30 S. Godfrey 36 A. Leoncelli 13 A. Yze FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 P. Everitt 34 M. Graham
HALF-FORWARD 37 A. Lekkas 26 D. Loats
15 L. Hodge 33 K. Barlow 19 B. Dixon 16 N. Ries 7 L. McCabe
10 D. Ward 35 R. Ferguson 3 C. Bizzell

28 S. Mitchell
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



13 L. Picioane 35 A. Cox 30 C. Brown



42 P. Walsh 37 B. Miller 26 L. Williams



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Peter Schwab

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 HWTH Jade Rawlings goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:18
MELB Adem Yze goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 07:34
HWTH Nathan Lonie behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 08:30
MELB David Neitz goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 09:44
HWTH Peter Everitt behind 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 11:00
MELB Brad Green behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 16:36
HWTH Rayden Tallis goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 17:32
HWTH Angelo Lekkas goal 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 20:38
HWTH Jade Rawlings goal 2.1.13 - 4.2.26 23:31
MELB David Neitz behind 2.2.14 - 4.2.26 25:45
Q2 MELB Russell Robertson goal 3.2.20 - 4.2.26 00:39
HWTH Jade Rawlings behind 3.2.20 - 4.3.27 03:49
MELB David Neitz goal 4.2.26 - 4.3.27 05:59
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 5.2.32 - 4.3.27 07:17
MELB Russell Robertson goal 6.2.38 - 4.3.27 11:54
MELB David Neitz goal 7.2.44 - 4.3.27 15:11
MELB James McDonald behind 7.3.45 - 4.3.27 16:07
HWTH Lance Picioane goal 7.3.45 - 5.3.33 18:03
MELB Brad Green behind 7.4.46 - 5.3.33 19:43
HWTH Kris Barlow behind 7.4.46 - 5.4.34 21:12
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 8.4.52 - 5.4.34 22:58
HWTH Peter Everitt goal 8.4.52 - 6.4.40 25:09
HWTH Jade Rawlings behind 8.4.52 - 6.5.41 27:10
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 8.5.53 - 6.5.41 28:15
MELB Brad Green goal 9.5.59 - 6.5.41 29:53
Q3 HWTH Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 6.6.42 00:21
HWTH Peter Everitt goal 9.5.59 - 7.6.48 02:42
HWTH Adrian Cox goal 9.5.59 - 8.6.54 04:09
MELB Nathan Brown behind 9.6.60 - 8.6.54 06:37
MELB Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 8.6.54 07:30
MELB Brad Green behind 9.8.62 - 8.6.54 14:57
MELB Steven Armstrong goal 10.8.68 - 8.6.54 15:58
HWTH Shane Crawford goal 10.8.68 - 9.6.60 18:13
MELB Brad Green goal 11.8.74 - 9.6.60 20:43
HWTH Peter Everitt behind 11.8.74 - 9.7.61 25:17
MELB Brad Green behind 11.9.75 - 9.7.61 26:40
MELB David Neitz goal 12.9.81 - 9.7.61 27:57
Q4 MELB David Neitz goal 13.9.87 - 9.7.61 02:08
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 14.9.93 - 9.7.61 04:34
MELB Brad Green goal 15.9.99 - 9.7.61 10:40
HWTH Jade Rawlings goal 15.9.99 - 10.7.67 12:17
HWTH David Loats goal 15.9.99 - 11.7.73 14:18
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 15.10.100 - 11.7.73 16:13
HWTH Luke Hodge goal 15.10.100 - 12.7.79 17:32
HWTH Angelo Lekkas goal 15.10.100 - 13.7.85 18:48
HWTH Nathan Lonie goal 15.10.100 - 14.7.91 21:16
HWTH Kris Barlow behind 15.10.100 - 14.8.92 22:26
HWTH David Loats behind 15.10.100 - 14.9.93 23:49
HWTH Peter Everitt goal 15.10.100 - 15.9.99 24:49
HWTH Nathan Lonie behind 15.10.100 - 15.10.100 26:56
MELB Brad Green goal 16.10.106 - 15.10.100 33:10