2003 AFL Round 10: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 2003 between Melbourne and Brisbane Lions during round 10 of the 2003 AFL season. Melbourne "hosted" Brisbane Lions at Gabba. David Neitz captained the hosts. Michael Voss captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

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

Brisbane Lions
Back: C. Johnson, R. Copeland, C. Scott
Half-back: N. Lappin, J. Leppitsch, M. Ashcroft
Centre: B. Scott, M. Voss (capt.), B. Caracella
Half-forward: S. Hart, M. Pike, J. Akermanis
Forward: C. McRae, A. Lynch, D. Bradshaw
Follower: B. McDonald, S. Black, L. Power
Int.: J. Charman, A. McGrath, A. Shattock, D. White

Melbourne (9.9.63) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (18.15.123).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: R. Robertson (3), C. Bizzell, B. Green, D. Neitz, P. Vardy, D. Ward, A. Yze
Brisbane Lions: A. Lynch (5), B. Caracella (4), C. McRae (2), M. Pike (2), S. Hart, C. Johnson, A. McGrath, L. Power, A. Shattock

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder and Brisbane Lions remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 31 May 2003
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 29,634

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 9.9.63 - 18.15.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 1 4 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Brisbane Lions 6 . 4 13 . 6 15 . 13 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Margin BRIL by 39 BRIL by 57 BRIL by 61 BRIL by 60 BRIL by 60
Duration 27:34 30:22 28:29 28:33 1:54:58

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Leigh Matthews (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Baldwin (#1), D. Goldspink (#32), M. Head (#16)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Power BRIL 6 3
Martin Pike BRIL 13 2
Nigel Lappin BRIL 44 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 40% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
3 Bizzell, Clint BPR 100% 1 0 16 5 11 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 2
25 Brown, Nathan WL 13% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Godfrey, Simon CHF 100% 0 0 29 17 12 4 0 3 5 2 1 1 5 8
18 Green, Brad WR 100% 1 2 18 13 5 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6
1 Heffernan, Chris RR 95% 0 0 22 10 12 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 3
40 Jamar, Mark INT 58% 0 0 8 2 6 2 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
36 Leoncelli, Andrew RO 88% 0 0 30 18 12 7 0 1 6 0 0 0 6 6
23 McDonald, James HFFL 91% 0 0 33 12 21 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 3
37 Miller, Brad CHB 61% 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 1 2 8 5 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2
8 Nicholson, Alistair FB 75% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0
43 Rigoni, Guy INT 60% 0 0 22 5 17 5 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4
24 Robertson, Russell FPR 97% 3 0 19 11 8 8 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
6 Thompson, Scott INT 59% 0 1 14 7 7 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 1
19 Vardy, Peter FPL 100% 1 1 14 7 7 5 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4
10 Ward, Daniel HBFR 100% 1 0 27 18 9 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 6 2
31 Wheatley, Paul HFFR 87% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 1
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 100% 0 0 15 5 10 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1
34 White, Jeff RU 81% 0 0 10 6 4 1 11 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
26 Williams, Luke HBFL 100% 0 1 15 5 10 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0
13 Yze, Adem C 95% 1 0 30 19 11 5 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 9 368 182 186 84 27 28 33 23 9 8 40 46

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Akermanis, Jason HFFR 83% 0 1 19 14 5 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 4 5
10 Ashcroft, Marcus HBFR 100% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1
20 Black, Simon RR 100% 0 2 22 10 12 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 1 4
36 Bradshaw, Daniel FPR 100% 0 0 5 3 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1 Caracella, Blake WR 90% 4 0 18 11 7 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4
19 Charman, Jamie INT 34% 0 0 7 2 5 3 10 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
30 Copeland, Robert FB 100% 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 2
32 Hart, Shaun HFFL 43% 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 2
2 Johnson, Chris BPL 100% 1 0 15 10 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 3
44 Lappin, Nigel HBFL 100% 0 2 26 16 10 3 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 7
23 Leppitsch, Justin CHB 92% 0 0 16 11 5 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 2
11 Lynch, Alastair FF 94% 5 5 16 15 1 8 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0
43 McDonald, Beau RU 74% 0 0 14 6 8 7 22 1 2 0 1 0 1 4
9 McGrath, Ashley INT 44% 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
4 McRae, Craig FPL 72% 2 0 17 12 5 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 4
13 Pike, Martin CHF 88% 2 0 20 19 1 11 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 8
6 Power, Luke RO 100% 1 0 24 14 10 4 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 7
5 Scott, Brad WL 67% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1
22 Scott, Chris BPR 100% 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 1 1 5 1 2 3 1
34 Shattock, Aaron INT 61% 1 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Voss, Michael (c) C 97% 0 1 26 11 15 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 5
33 White, Darryl INT 62% 0 1 10 9 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 18 15 340 207 133 93 37 41 23 25 8 9 33 62

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
2 C. Johnson 30 R. Copeland 22 C. Scott 34 J. White 2 S. Armstrong
24 R. Robertson 9 D. Neitz (c) 19 P. Vardy 1 C. Heffernan 40 M. Jamar
FORWARD 36 A. Leoncelli 43 G. Rigoni
HALF-BACK

6 S. Thompson
44 N. Lappin 23 J. Leppitsch 10 M. Ashcroft



31 P. Wheatley 30 S. Godfrey 23 J. McDonald



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 B. Scott 3 M. Voss (c) 1 B. Caracella



18 B. Green 13 A. Yze 25 N. Brown FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 43 B. McDonald 19 J. Charman
HALF-FORWARD 20 S. Black 9 A. McGrath
32 S. Hart 13 M. Pike 12 J. Akermanis 6 L. Power 34 A. Shattock
10 D. Ward 37 B. Miller 26 L. Williams

33 D. White
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 C. McRae 11 A. Lynch 36 D. Bradshaw



3 C. Bizzell 8 A. Nicholson 45 M. Whelan



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Leigh Matthews

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Martin Pike goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:14
BRIL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:45
BRIL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 06:09
BRIL Blake Caracella goal 0.0.0 - 2.2.14 08:24
BRIL Nigel Lappin behind 0.0.0 - 2.3.15 12:58
BRIL Martin Pike goal 0.0.0 - 3.3.21 16:27
BRIL Blake Caracella goal 0.0.0 - 4.3.27 18:31
BRIL Alastair Lynch goal 0.0.0 - 5.3.33 20:00
BRIL Ashley McGrath goal 0.0.0 - 6.3.39 21:10
MELB Luke Williams behind 0.1.1 - 6.3.39 24:07
BRIL Michael Voss behind 0.1.1 - 6.4.40 25:25
Q2 MELB Brad Green behind 0.2.2 - 6.4.40 01:40
BRIL Shaun Hart goal 0.2.2 - 7.4.46 03:03
BRIL Alastair Lynch goal 0.2.2 - 8.4.52 06:42
BRIL Blake Caracella goal 0.2.2 - 9.4.58 08:40
BRIL Alastair Lynch behind 0.2.2 - 9.5.59 10:26
MELB Clint Bizzell goal 1.2.8 - 9.5.59 11:25
MELB Peter Vardy behind 1.3.9 - 9.5.59 13:20
BRIL Alastair Lynch goal 1.3.9 - 10.5.65 16:31
BRIL Chris Johnson goal 1.3.9 - 11.5.71 18:33
MELB Russell Robertson goal 2.3.15 - 11.5.71 21:56
MELB Daniel Ward goal 3.3.21 - 11.5.71 23:39
MELB Russell Robertson goal 4.3.27 - 11.5.71 24:54
BRIL Alastair Lynch goal 4.3.27 - 12.5.77 26:22
BRIL Jason Akermanis behind 4.3.27 - 12.6.78 28:36
BRIL Blake Caracella goal 4.3.27 - 13.6.84 30:11
Q3 MELB Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 13.6.84 03:52
BRIL Nigel Lappin behind 4.4.28 - 13.7.85 04:40
BRIL Craig McRae goal 4.4.28 - 14.7.91 05:38
BRIL Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 14.8.92 07:57
BRIL Simon Black behind 4.4.28 - 14.9.93 09:33
BRIL Alastair Lynch behind 4.4.28 - 14.10.94 10:24
MELB David Neitz behind 4.5.29 - 14.10.94 11:33
BRIL Alastair Lynch behind 4.5.29 - 14.11.95 13:22
MELB David Neitz behind 4.6.30 - 14.11.95 14:22
BRIL Simon Black behind 4.6.30 - 14.12.96 15:52
BRIL Alastair Lynch behind 4.6.30 - 14.13.97 16:52
MELB Peter Vardy goal 5.6.36 - 14.13.97 19:32
BRIL Luke Power goal 5.6.36 - 15.13.103 21:49
MELB Brad Green goal 6.6.42 - 15.13.103 27:13
Q4 MELB David Neitz goal 7.6.48 - 15.13.103 04:16
MELB Brad Green behind 7.7.49 - 15.13.103 08:39
BRIL Alastair Lynch behind 7.7.49 - 15.14.104 09:45
BRIL Aaron Shattock goal 7.7.49 - 16.14.110 14:59
BRIL Alastair Lynch goal 7.7.49 - 17.14.116 16:23
BRIL Darryl White behind 7.7.49 - 17.15.117 17:22
MELB Russell Robertson goal 8.7.55 - 17.15.117 21:18
MELB Scott Thompson behind 8.8.56 - 17.15.117 22:28
MELB Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 17.15.117 24:19
BRIL Craig McRae goal 8.9.57 - 18.15.123 25:27
MELB Adem Yze goal 9.9.63 - 18.15.123 27:05