2005 AFL Round 5: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 April 2005 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 5 of the 2005 AFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

Sydney
Back: J. Crouch, C. Bolton, S. Dempster
Half-back: L. Barry, L. Roberts-Thomson, T. Kennelly
Centre: M. Nicks, J. McVeigh, L. Ablett
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, A. Goodes, N. Davis
Forward: A. Buchanan, B. Hall, M. O'Loughlin
Follower: D. Jolly, B. Kirk, J. Bolton
Int.: P. Bevan, B. Mathews, A. Schneider, D. Spriggs

Melbourne
Back: J. Rivers, R. Ferguson, C. Sylvia
Half-back: N. Brown, C. Bizzell, A. Yze
Centre: G. Rigoni, T. Johnstone, P. Wheatley
Half-forward: R. Robertson, B. Miller, S. Godfrey
Forward: A. Davey, D. Neitz (capt.), B. Green
Follower: J. White, B. McLean, J. McDonald
Int.: S. Armstrong, D. Bell, M. Jamar, S. Motlop

Sydney (7.18.60) were defeated by Melbourne (14.10.94).

Goalkickers
Sydney: B. Hall (2), R. O'Keefe (2), N. Davis, M. O'Loughlin, A. Schneider
Melbourne: D. Neitz (3), R. Robertson (3), B. McLean (2), A. Yze (2), A. Davey, B. Green, M. Jamar, J. White

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 April 2005
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 29,099

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.18.60 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 5 3 . 10 6 . 12 7 . 18 7 . 18 (60)
Melbourne 4 . 5 6 . 6 10 . 10 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin MELB by 12 MELB by 14 MELB by 22 MELB by 34 MELB by 34
Duration 30:58 30:22 28:58 27:51 1:58:09

Honour Roll

Coaches: Paul Roos (Sydney), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), M. Head (#16), J. Schmitt

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brock McLean MELB 5 3
Nathan Brown MELB 25 2
Travis Johnstone MELB 16 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Ablett, Luke WR 96% 0 2 10 5 5 3 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2
21 Barry, Leo HBFL 100% 0 0 19 9 10 8 0 2 0 3 0 1 5 2
42 Bevan, Paul INT 62% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 8 1 2 1 0 2 1
6 Bolton, Craig FB 100% 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1
24 Bolton, Jude RO 88% 0 0 31 19 12 5 0 5 7 0 3 0 1 8
32 Buchanan, Amon FPL 71% 0 1 13 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4
28 Crouch, Jared BPL 100% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 2
2 Davis, Nick HFFR 75% 1 1 9 7 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3
26 Dempster, Sean BPR 100% 0 0 11 3 8 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 2 0
37 Goodes, Adam CHF 89% 0 1 20 9 11 4 6 1 3 1 0 0 2 3
1 Hall, Barry FF 100% 2 4 8 8 0 6 5 0 0 4 0 3 0 1
16 Jolly, Darren RU 72% 0 0 13 6 7 5 27 1 4 3 2 2 1 2
17 Kennelly, Tadhg HBFR 100% 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 4 2
31 Kirk, Brett RR 89% 0 0 22 5 17 2 0 5 5 1 4 1 2 2
4 Mathews, Ben INT 62% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
3 McVeigh, Jarrad C 49% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 3
23 Nicks, Matthew WL 94% 0 0 11 9 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 2 2 4
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 92% 2 1 19 11 8 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
19 O'Loughlin, Michael FPR 89% 1 2 10 8 2 4 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 1
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis CHB 40% 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
13 Schneider, Adam INT 78% 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
8 Spriggs, David INT 55% 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 4 7 0 2 0 1 3
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 7 18 300 158 142 64 40 55 34 30 17 14 32 51

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Armstrong, Steven INT 66% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 6 1 2 0 2 0 2
21 Bell, Daniel INT 46% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
3 Bizzell, Clint CHB 100% 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 4 2 1 0 1 8 0
25 Brown, Nathan HBFL 100% 0 0 18 15 3 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 3
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 95% 1 1 9 7 2 1 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4
35 Ferguson, Ryan FB 100% 0 0 13 8 5 7 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 2
30 Godfrey, Simon HFFR 65% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 2
18 Green, Brad FPR 100% 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 6 0 5 0 3 1 5
40 Jamar, Mark INT 30% 1 0 3 1 2 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Johnstone, Travis C 89% 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 1 4 3 0 0 3 2
23 McDonald, James RO 66% 0 0 9 6 3 0 1 12 4 0 0 0 1 2
5 McLean, Brock RR 80% 2 0 22 12 10 3 0 13 8 3 0 1 1 6
7 Miller, Brad CHF 100% 0 0 12 8 4 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 5 0
44 Motlop, Shannon INT 75% 0 2 12 10 2 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 1
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 3 1 9 9 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2
43 Rigoni, Guy WL 60% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
27 Rivers, Jared BPL 97% 0 0 19 13 6 9 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 1
24 Robertson, Russell HFFL 92% 3 2 9 8 1 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 2
12 Sylvia, Colin BPR 82% 0 0 12 8 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 2
31 Wheatley, Paul WR 87% 0 1 9 7 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 2
34 White, Jeff RU 70% 1 0 12 9 3 1 20 2 9 3 1 2 0 2
13 Yze, Adem HBFR 100% 2 2 16 13 3 2 0 3 3 4 2 3 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 10 254 187 67 74 35 74 45 33 14 17 40 47

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

Sydney Coach: Paul Roos
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 J. Rivers 35 R. Ferguson 12 C. Sylvia 16 D. Jolly 42 P. Bevan
19 M. O'Loughlin 1 B. Hall 32 A. Buchanan 31 B. Kirk 4 B. Mathews
FORWARD 24 J. Bolton 13 A. Schneider
HALF-BACK

8 D. Spriggs
25 N. Brown 3 C. Bizzell 13 A. Yze



2 N. Davis 37 A. Goodes 5 R. O'Keefe



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



43 G. Rigoni 16 T. Johnstone 31 P. Wheatley



20 L. Ablett 3 J. McVeigh 23 M. Nicks FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 2 S. Armstrong
HALF-FORWARD 5 B. McLean 21 D. Bell
24 R. Robertson 7 B. Miller 30 S. Godfrey 23 J. McDonald 40 M. Jamar
17 T. Kennelly 30 L. Roberts-Thomson 21 L. Barry

44 S. Motlop
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



36 A. Davey 9 D. Neitz (c) 18 B. Green



26 S. Dempster 6 C. Bolton 28 J. Crouch



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 04:35
MELB David Neitz goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 05:30
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 06:33
MELB Adem Yze goal 0.2.2 - 2.0.12 07:18
MELB Brad Green goal 0.2.2 - 3.0.18 11:06
SYDN Nick Davis goal 1.2.8 - 3.0.18 14:06
MELB Brock McLean goal 1.2.8 - 4.0.24 15:01
MELB Shannon Motlop behind 1.2.8 - 4.1.25 16:25
SYDN Amon Buchanan behind 1.3.9 - 4.1.25 17:55
MELB Adem Yze behind 1.3.9 - 4.2.26 19:47
MELB Aaron Davey behind 1.3.9 - 4.3.27 20:47
SYDN Barry Hall behind 1.4.10 - 4.3.27 22:00
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 2.4.16 - 4.3.27 23:05
MELB Russell Robertson behind 2.4.16 - 4.4.28 26:56
SYDN Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 4.4.28 27:32
MELB Shannon Motlop behind 2.5.17 - 4.5.29 30:29
Q2 SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 2.6.18 - 4.5.29 01:34
MELB Adem Yze goal 2.6.18 - 5.5.35 05:43
MELB Mark Jamar goal 2.6.18 - 6.5.41 09:24
SYDN Barry Hall goal 3.6.24 - 6.5.41 13:34
SYDN Nick Davis behind 3.7.25 - 6.5.41 17:39
MELB Adem Yze behind 3.7.25 - 6.6.42 20:44
SYDN Rushed behind 3.8.26 - 6.6.42 22:42
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 3.9.27 - 6.6.42 26:27
SYDN Barry Hall behind 3.10.28 - 6.6.42 28:49
Q3 SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 4.10.34 - 6.6.42 03:10
MELB Paul Wheatley behind 4.10.34 - 6.7.43 06:12
MELB David Neitz goal 4.10.34 - 7.7.49 09:36
MELB Russell Robertson behind 4.10.34 - 7.8.50 11:06
MELB Russell Robertson goal 4.10.34 - 8.8.56 11:57
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 5.10.40 - 8.8.56 14:28
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 5.11.41 - 8.8.56 16:52
SYDN Luke Ablett behind 5.12.42 - 8.8.56 17:48
MELB David Neitz behind 5.12.42 - 8.9.57 20:19
MELB David Neitz goal 5.12.42 - 9.9.63 21:09
MELB Jeff White goal 5.12.42 - 10.9.69 23:52
MELB Rushed behind 5.12.42 - 10.10.70 26:16
SYDN Barry Hall goal 6.12.48 - 10.10.70 28:53
Q4 SYDN Barry Hall behind 6.13.49 - 10.10.70 04:05
SYDN Rushed behind 6.14.50 - 10.10.70 05:03
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 7.14.56 - 10.10.70 09:11
SYDN Luke Ablett behind 7.15.57 - 10.10.70 11:33
MELB Russell Robertson goal 7.15.57 - 11.10.76 16:41
MELB Aaron Davey goal 7.15.57 - 12.10.82 19:16
MELB Brock McLean goal 7.15.57 - 13.10.88 20:16
SYDN Rushed behind 7.16.58 - 13.10.88 21:54
SYDN Rushed behind 7.17.59 - 13.10.88 22:51
MELB Russell Robertson goal 7.17.59 - 14.10.94 24:17
SYDN Barry Hall behind 7.18.60 - 14.10.94 27:44