2003 AFL Round 3: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 13 April 2003 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 3 of the 2003 AFL season. Melbourne "hosted" Western Bulldogs at Telstra Dome. David Neitz captained the hosts. Scott West captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Peter Rohde.

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

Western Bulldogs
Back: S. Bassett, S. Kretiuk, M. Robbins
Half-back: R. Smith, M. Croft, R. Hargrave
Centre: M. Alvey, S. West (capt.), B. Murphy
Half-forward: P. Bowden, D. Bandy, D. Giansiracusa
Forward: P. Dimattina, N. Brown, S. Garlick
Follower: L. Darcy, M. Hahn, B. Johnson
Int.: N. Eagleton, J. McMahon, S. Power, P. Wiggins

Melbourne (20.7.127) defeated Western Bulldogs (14.11.95).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (7), R. Robertson (3), J. White (3), C. Bruce (2), B. Green (2), C. Bizzell, D. Jolly, A. Yze
Western Bulldogs: N. Brown (4), D. Giansiracusa (4), S. Garlick (2), B. Murphy (2), P. Bowden, B. Johnson

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Western Bulldogs were then 10th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 13 April 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 20,790

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 20.7.127 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	7	.	2	11	.	5	17	.	6	20	.	7	20	.	7	(127)
Western Bulldogs	2	.	3	6	.	6	10	.	8	14	.	11	14	.	11	(95)
Margin	MELB by 29			MELB by 29			MELB by 40			MELB by 32			MELB by 32
Duration	29:28			29:34			28:51			28:27			1:56:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Peter Rohde (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Scott West (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore (#19), M. Nicholls (#15), J. Schmitt

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
David Neitz	MELB	9	3
Clint Bizzell	MELB	3	2
Russell Robertson	MELB	24	1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Armstrong, Steven	INT	12%	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	Bizzell, Clint	FB	100%	1	0	22	13	9	10	0	3	0	0	2	0	6	3
25	Brown, Nathan	BPL	100%	0	0	20	13	7	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	1
32	Bruce, Cameron	HBFL	97%	2	0	15	14	1	8	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	5
35	Ferguson, Ryan	CHB	70%	0	0	5	1	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
30	Godfrey, Simon	RO	100%	0	0	21	8	13	3	0	6	4	2	2	0	0	3
18	Green, Brad	FPL	100%	2	0	18	12	6	5	0	2	2	4	1	3	0	4
1	Heffernan, Chris	WL	79%	0	0	12	8	4	2	1	3	1	3	0	1	3	2
16	Johnstone, Travis	C	72%	0	0	18	15	3	5	0	0	4	2	1	1	5	5
11	Jolly, Darren	INT	63%	1	0	10	7	3	5	13	1	1	2	1	0	1	0
36	Leoncelli, Andrew	INT	61%	0	0	16	11	5	2	0	4	4	2	1	1	0	3
23	McDonald, James	FPR	81%	0	0	16	9	7	6	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	4
9	Neitz, David (c)	FF	100%	7	2	11	9	2	9	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
43	Rigoni, Guy	INT	51%	0	0	13	7	6	5	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	2
24	Robertson, Russell	CHF	100%	3	2	18	14	4	13	0	1	0	2	3	1	1	4
15	Smith, Nick	HFFR	50%	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	Walsh, Peter	WR	100%	0	0	17	9	8	7	0	1	0	4	1	4	4	3
10	Ward, Daniel	HBFR	100%	0	0	7	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2
45	Whelan, Matthew	RR	100%	0	0	17	10	7	3	0	4	3	2	0	1	0	7
34	White, Jeff	RU	76%	3	0	20	14	6	10	14	0	3	2	2	2	2	0
26	Williams, Luke	BPR	97%	0	1	12	5	7	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	0
13	Yze, Adem	HFFL	90%	1	0	17	13	4	3	0	2	5	4	1	1	1	8
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				20	7	310	201	109	110	31	38	34	39	19	19	37	57

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
31	Alvey, Mark	WL	90%	0	0	15	11	4	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	3
11	Bandy, Daniel	CHF	85%	0	0	9	4	5	5	2	1	0	5	0	2	0	3
12	Bassett, Scott	BPL	100%	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	4	1	3	1	2	2	0
20	Bowden, Patrick	HFFL	65%	1	0	12	6	6	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4
17	Brown, Nathan	FF	100%	4	5	16	14	2	8	0	0	1	4	2	2	1	0
16	Croft, Matthew	CHB	92%	0	1	8	5	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2
14	Darcy, Luke	RU	100%	0	0	19	10	9	8	12	3	6	6	3	4	2	4
28	Dimattina, Paul	FPL	76%	0	0	19	9	10	5	0	1	4	1	1	0	2	6
10	Eagleton, Nathan	INT	44%	0	0	7	2	5	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2
4	Garlick, Simon	FPR	79%	2	0	11	6	5	5	0	4	0	2	1	1	1	1
13	Giansiracusa, Daniel	HFFR	87%	4	0	12	7	5	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Hahn, Mitch	RR	60%	0	0	9	2	7	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1
25	Hargrave, Ryan	HBFR	100%	0	0	9	4	5	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	0
6	Johnson, Brad	RO	100%	1	2	28	21	7	10	0	1	3	4	2	1	4	9
35	Kretiuk, Steven	FB	38%	0	0	4	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	McMahon, Jordan	INT	56%	0	2	7	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	4
2	Murphy, Bob	WR	100%	2	0	22	13	9	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	4	3
15	Power, Sam	INT	99%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	0
30	Robbins, Matthew	BPR	100%	0	0	17	12	5	3	0	4	0	3	0	1	5	1
5	Smith, Rohan	HBFL	100%	0	0	27	18	9	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	7
7	West, Scott (c)	C	95%	0	0	23	10	13	3	0	3	6	1	3	1	5	4
21	Wiggins, Patrick	INT	33%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				14	11	291	166	125	86	15	33	27	47	19	19	35	54

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
	12	S. Bassett	35	S. Kretiuk	30	M. Robbins	34	J. White	2	S. Armstrong
	23	J. McDonald	9	D. Neitz (c)	18	B. Green	45	M. Whelan	11	D. Jolly
FORWARD							30	S. Godfrey	36	A. Leoncelli
HALF-BACK									43	G. Rigoni
	5	R. Smith	16	M. Croft	25	R. Hargrave
	15	N. Smith	24	R. Robertson	13	A. Yze
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	31	M. Alvey	7	S. West (c)	2	B. Murphy
	42	P. Walsh	16	T. Johnstone	1	C. Heffernan	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							14	L. Darcy	10	N. Eagleton
HALF-FORWARD							8	M. Hahn	23	J. McMahon
	20	P. Bowden	11	D. Bandy	13	D. Giansiracusa	6	B. Johnson	15	S. Power
	10	D. Ward	35	R. Ferguson	32	C. Bruce			21	P. Wiggins
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	28	P. Dimattina	17	N. Brown	4	S. Garlick
	26	L. Williams	3	C. Bizzell	25	N. Brown
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Peter Rohde

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	03:04
	WBUL	Brad Johnson behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	05:42
	MELB	David Neitz goal	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	06:49
	WBUL	Nathan Brown behind	2.0.12	-	0.2.2	08:30
	MELB	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	09:26
	MELB	David Neitz goal	3.1.19	-	0.2.2	10:36
	WBUL	Nathan Brown goal	3.1.19	-	1.2.8	14:15
	WBUL	Nathan Brown behind	3.1.19	-	1.3.9	15:41
	MELB	Cameron Bruce goal	4.1.25	-	1.3.9	16:34
	MELB	David Neitz goal	5.1.31	-	1.3.9	21:15
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	6.1.37	-	1.3.9	22:48
	MELB	David Neitz goal	7.1.43	-	1.3.9	25:34
	MELB	David Neitz behind	7.2.44	-	1.3.9	28:21
	WBUL	Patrick Bowden goal	7.2.44	-	2.3.15	29:27
Q2	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	7.2.44	-	3.3.21	00:54
	WBUL	Brad Johnson behind	7.2.44	-	3.4.22	07:01
	WBUL	Nathan Brown goal	7.2.44	-	4.4.28	09:35
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	7.3.45	-	4.4.28	11:42
	MELB	Brad Green goal	8.3.51	-	4.4.28	12:41
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	8.4.52	-	4.4.28	14:55
	WBUL	Matthew Croft behind	8.4.52	-	4.5.29	15:53
	MELB	Jeff White goal	9.4.58	-	4.5.29	17:23
	MELB	Jeff White goal	10.4.64	-	4.5.29	18:44
	MELB	Rushed behind	10.5.65	-	4.5.29	20:58
	WBUL	Bob Murphy goal	10.5.65	-	5.5.35	22:11
	WBUL	Nathan Brown goal	10.5.65	-	6.5.41	24:08
	WBUL	Nathan Brown behind	10.5.65	-	6.6.42	27:59
	MELB	Jeff White goal	11.5.71	-	6.6.42	28:27
Q3	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	12.5.77	-	6.6.42	00:48
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	12.5.77	-	7.6.48	03:53
	MELB	David Neitz goal	13.5.83	-	7.6.48	06:11
	WBUL	Nathan Brown behind	13.5.83	-	7.7.49	07:35
	WBUL	Nathan Brown goal	13.5.83	-	8.7.55	10:54
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	13.5.83	-	9.7.61	12:50
	MELB	Clint Bizzell goal	14.5.89	-	9.7.61	15:09
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	14.5.89	-	10.7.67	18:59
	MELB	Adem Yze goal	15.5.95	-	10.7.67	20:26
	MELB	Cameron Bruce goal	16.5.101	-	10.7.67	24:11
	MELB	David Neitz behind	16.6.102	-	10.7.67	25:45
	WBUL	Nathan Brown behind	16.6.102	-	10.8.68	26:48
	MELB	Brad Green goal	17.6.108	-	10.8.68	28:03
Q4	MELB	Darren Jolly goal	18.6.114	-	10.8.68	00:51
	MELB	David Neitz goal	19.6.120	-	10.8.68	04:55
	WBUL	Daniel Giansiracusa goal	19.6.120	-	11.8.74	06:28
	WBUL	Simon Garlick goal	19.6.120	-	12.8.80	07:49
	MELB	David Neitz goal	20.6.126	-	12.8.80	13:10
	WBUL	Simon Garlick goal	20.6.126	-	13.8.86	15:30
	WBUL	Jordan McMahon behind	20.6.126	-	13.9.87	16:29
	WBUL	Bob Murphy goal	20.6.126	-	14.9.93	17:51
	WBUL	Rushed behind	20.6.126	-	14.10.94	22:50
	MELB	Luke Williams behind	20.7.127	-	14.10.94	25:41
	WBUL	Jordan McMahon behind	20.7.127	-	14.11.95	26:57

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