2003 AFL Round 15: Kangaroos v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 2003 between Kangaroos and Melbourne during round 15 of the 2003 AFL season. Kangaroos "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Anthony Stevens captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Laidley and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Kangaroos
Back: G. Archer, S. Watt, J. Baird
Half-back: T. Makepeace, L. Harding, D. King
Centre: J. Sinclair, A. Simpson, D. Motlop
Half-forward: B. Rawlings, D. Petrie, C. Jones
Forward: S. Grant, S. Rocca, D. Teague
Follower: M. Porter, A. Stevens (capt.), B. Robbins
Int.: L. Brown, S. Clayton, D. Harris, D. Wells

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

Kangaroos (15.11.101) defeated Melbourne (14.10.94).

Goalkickers
Kangaroos: S. Rocca (3), L. Harding (2), C. Jones (2), D. Petrie (2), D. Wells (2), S. Grant, D. King, B. Rawlings, B. Robbins
Melbourne: C. Bruce (6), D. Neitz (3), R. Robertson (2), C. Bizzell, B. Green, L. Williams

As a result of this match, Kangaroos remained 8th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Kangaroos v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 13 July 2003
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,618

Match Results

Outcome: Kangaroos def. Melbourne
Score: 15.11.101 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Kangaroos 4 . 3 9 . 3 13 . 7 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Melbourne 3 . 4 7 . 7 9 . 10 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin KANG by 5 KANG by 8 KANG by 21 KANG by 7 KANG by 7
Duration 30:18 29:40 28:49 29:32 1:58:19

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Laidley (Kangaroos), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Anthony Stevens (Kangaroos), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Jeffery (#29), D. Morris (#20), M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 3
Brady Rawlings KANG 3 2
Drew Petrie KANG 20 1

Player Statistics

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Archer, Glenn BPL 89% 0 0 14 13 1 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4
27 Baird, John BPR 100% 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 0 0 6 0 2 3 1
16 Brown, Leigh INT 61% 0 0 7 2 5 3 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 1
23 Clayton, Shane INT 69% 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 3
6 Grant, Shannon FPL 95% 1 1 31 23 8 7 0 4 2 5 2 3 5 6
39 Harding, Leigh CHB 81% 2 3 11 5 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
4 Harris, Daniel INT 13% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 Jones, Corey HFFR 82% 2 1 16 11 5 3 2 3 1 3 1 1 0 4
34 King, David HBFR 92% 1 0 20 16 4 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 4
35 Makepeace, Troy HBFL 95% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 3 4 2 0 0 3 1
19 Motlop, Daniel WR 80% 0 0 9 5 4 1 1 8 0 3 0 1 1 1
20 Petrie, Drew CHF 95% 2 1 17 14 3 7 5 3 3 4 2 1 0 7
17 Porter, Mark RU 56% 0 0 6 2 4 1 17 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
3 Rawlings, Brady HFFL 100% 1 2 32 19 13 10 0 3 2 3 1 0 4 3
30 Robbins, Ben RO 71% 1 0 27 12 15 8 0 2 5 1 1 0 2 2
26 Rocca, Sav FF 79% 3 0 7 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Simpson, Adam C 96% 0 0 22 11 11 3 1 1 6 1 2 0 4 3
9 Sinclair, Jess WL 100% 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Stevens, Anthony (c) RR 78% 0 0 25 13 12 5 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 4
40 Teague, David FPR 100% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 4 0
36 Watt, Shannon FB 100% 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
8 Wells, Daniel INT 69% 2 0 10 7 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 15 11 343 208 135 84 29 36 36 42 17 13 41 49

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Armstrong, Steven INT 45% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Bizzell, Clint BPR 96% 1 1 23 17 6 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1
25 Brown, Nathan HBFL 100% 0 0 27 15 12 5 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 2
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFR 98% 6 1 23 18 5 5 0 3 1 4 0 1 1 10
35 Ferguson, Ryan CHB 27% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Godfrey, Simon RR 76% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 3
18 Green, Brad HFFL 100% 1 0 12 6 6 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 Heffernan, Chris FPL 70% 0 0 14 9 5 4 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 3
16 Johnstone, Travis WL 91% 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 2 3 2 0 2 2 5
11 Jolly, Darren INT 52% 0 0 12 9 3 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
36 Leoncelli, Andrew INT 35% 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 3 3 3 0 2 1 2
23 McDonald, James RO 95% 0 1 25 14 11 8 0 2 3 2 2 1 1 5
37 Miller, Brad CHF 100% 0 0 16 8 8 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 3 0 7 6 1 4 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 2
8 Nicholson, Alistair FB 100% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 0
24 Robertson, Russell FPR 91% 2 1 12 10 2 5 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 4
42 Walsh, Peter HBFR 81% 0 0 19 8 11 7 0 2 1 4 1 1 1 4
10 Ward, Daniel WR 94% 0 3 21 10 11 9 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 4
45 Whelan, Matthew BPL 100% 0 1 19 11 8 6 0 3 0 1 1 0 4 0
34 White, Jeff RU 63% 0 0 10 5 5 3 12 1 1 3 1 2 2 1
26 Williams, Luke INT 85% 1 0 17 11 6 5 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 3
13 Yze, Adem C 100% 0 0 23 17 6 5 0 1 3 5 0 1 4 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 14 10 342 212 130 108 25 37 25 43 13 17 31 59

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

Kangaroos Coach: Dean Laidley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
45 M. Whelan 8 A. Nicholson 3 C. Bizzell 17 M. Porter 16 L. Brown
40 D. Teague 26 S. Rocca 6 S. Grant 10 A. Stevens (c) 23 S. Clayton
FORWARD 30 B. Robbins 4 D. Harris
HALF-BACK

8 D. Wells
25 N. Brown 35 R. Ferguson 42 P. Walsh



21 C. Jones 20 D. Petrie 3 B. Rawlings



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 T. Johnstone 13 A. Yze 10 D. Ward



19 D. Motlop 7 A. Simpson 9 J. Sinclair FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 2 S. Armstrong
HALF-FORWARD 30 S. Godfrey 11 D. Jolly
18 B. Green 37 B. Miller 32 C. Bruce 23 J. McDonald 36 A. Leoncelli
34 D. King 39 L. Harding 35 T. Makepeace

26 L. Williams
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



1 C. Heffernan 9 D. Neitz (c) 24 R. Robertson



27 J. Baird 36 S. Watt 11 G. Archer



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 KANG Shannon Grant behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:25
KANG Leigh Harding behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 01:46
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 03:16
KANG Drew Petrie goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 05:43
KANG Leigh Harding goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 07:56
MELB Daniel Ward behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 10:03
MELB Daniel Ward behind 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 11:29
MELB James McDonald behind 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 12:40
MELB Daniel Ward behind 2.2.14 - 1.4.10 13:43
KANG David King goal 3.2.20 - 1.4.10 17:39
KANG Ben Robbins goal 4.2.26 - 1.4.10 22:57
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 4.2.26 - 2.4.16 23:54
MELB Russell Robertson goal 4.2.26 - 3.4.22 27:23
KANG Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 28:41
Q2 KANG Corey Jones goal 5.3.33 - 3.4.22 01:25
KANG Sav Rocca goal 6.3.39 - 3.4.22 03:05
MELB Rushed behind 6.3.39 - 3.5.23 09:15
KANG Brady Rawlings goal 7.3.45 - 3.5.23 10:48
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 7.3.45 - 4.5.29 11:59
MELB David Neitz goal 7.3.45 - 5.5.35 13:27
MELB Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 5.6.36 14:37
MELB Clint Bizzell goal 7.3.45 - 6.6.42 19:06
KANG Sav Rocca goal 8.3.51 - 6.6.42 20:44
MELB Russell Robertson behind 8.3.51 - 6.7.43 23:05
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 8.3.51 - 7.7.49 26:39
KANG Daniel Wells goal 9.3.57 - 7.7.49 28:18
Q3 KANG Rushed behind 9.4.58 - 7.7.49 01:09
MELB Clint Bizzell behind 9.4.58 - 7.8.50 03:03
KANG Brady Rawlings behind 9.5.59 - 7.8.50 04:48
KANG Corey Jones behind 9.6.60 - 7.8.50 08:23
KANG Corey Jones goal 10.6.66 - 7.8.50 14:07
MELB David Neitz goal 10.6.66 - 8.8.56 16:24
KANG Drew Petrie goal 11.6.72 - 8.8.56 18:09
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 11.6.72 - 8.9.57 20:07
KANG Sav Rocca goal 12.6.78 - 8.9.57 21:27
KANG Rushed behind 12.7.79 - 8.9.57 23:29
MELB Matthew Whelan behind 12.7.79 - 8.10.58 24:37
MELB Luke Williams goal 12.7.79 - 9.10.64 25:42
KANG Leigh Harding goal 13.7.85 - 9.10.64 28:43
Q4 MELB Russell Robertson goal 13.7.85 - 10.10.70 03:16
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 13.7.85 - 11.10.76 05:30
MELB David Neitz goal 13.7.85 - 12.10.82 08:12
KANG Leigh Harding behind 13.8.86 - 12.10.82 11:32
KANG Drew Petrie behind 13.9.87 - 12.10.82 12:47
KANG Leigh Harding behind 13.10.88 - 12.10.82 14:04
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 13.10.88 - 13.10.88 16:33
KANG Shannon Grant goal 14.10.94 - 13.10.88 18:24
KANG Daniel Wells goal 15.10.100 - 13.10.88 22:45
KANG Brady Rawlings behind 15.11.101 - 13.10.88 24:22
MELB Brad Green goal 15.11.101 - 14.10.94 26:27