2006 AFL Round 1: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 2 April 2006 between Melbourne and Carlton during round 1 of the 2006 AFL season. Melbourne "hosted" Carlton at Telstra Dome. David Neitz captained the hosts. Anthony Koutoufides captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

Melbourne
Back: N. Brown, N. Carroll, M. Whelan
Half-back: A. Yze, R. Ferguson, D. Ward
Centre: B. Green, C. Bartram, B. Moloney
Half-forward: B. Pickett, B. Miller, A. Davey
Forward: P. Johnson, D. Neitz (capt.), R. Robertson
Follower: J. White, C. Sylvia, T. Johnstone
Int.: C. Bruce, M. Jamar, J. McDonald, S. Motlop

Carlton
Back: A. Bentick, L. Livingston, A. Walker
Half-back: B. Thornton, L. Whitnall, M. Lappin
Centre: K. Simpson, H. Scotland, N. Stevens
Half-forward: R. Houlihan, J. Waite, B. Fisher
Forward: A. Deluca, B. Fevola, E. Betts
Follower: B. French, A. Koutoufides (capt.), M. Murphy
Int.: A. Carrazzo, C. McGrath, D. McLaren, T. Sporn

Melbourne (10.12.72) were defeated by Carlton (13.15.93).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: A. Davey (3), D. Neitz (2), R. Robertson (2), C. Bartram, C. Bruce, C. Sylvia
Carlton: B. Fevola (5), J. Waite (3), A. Carrazzo, D. McLaren, M. Murphy, K. Simpson, T. Sporn

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 11th on the ladder and Carlton were then 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2006 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Sunday 2 April 2006
Time: 5:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 31,139

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 10.12.72 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 9 6 . 10 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Carlton 3 . 3 6 . 7 10 . 9 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin level CARL by 10 CARL by 23 CARL by 21 CARL by 21
Duration 28:41 26:40 30:39 27:26 1:53:26

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Denis Pagan (Carlton)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Anthony Koutoufides (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Kennedy (#7), D. Margetts (#6), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nick Stevens CARL 24 3
Heath Scotland CARL 29 2
Jarrad Waite CARL 30 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Matthew Lappin CARL 12 9 1 1 0 0 0
Brendan Fevola CARL 25 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Jarrad Waite CARL 30 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Heath Scotland CARL 29 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Brad Green MELB 18 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Lance Whitnall CARL 8 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
19 Bartram, Clint C 65% 1 0 10 6 4 3 0 7 2 2 1 0 0 2
25 Brown, Nathan BPL 77% 0 0 17 10 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
32 Bruce, Cameron INT 94% 1 0 25 13 12 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 5
41 Carroll, Nathan FB 77% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 2 1 4 0 2 4 2
36 Davey, Aaron HFFR 90% 3 1 19 14 5 5 0 3 2 5 1 2 0 2
35 Ferguson, Ryan CHB 100% 0 0 14 6 8 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0
18 Green, Brad WL 100% 0 0 28 12 16 4 0 3 4 2 0 0 1 3
40 Jamar, Mark INT 34% 0 0 4 2 2 3 11 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
11 Johnson, Paul FPL 42% 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 1 0
16 Johnstone, Travis RO 100% 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 3 2 6 1 2 1 4
23 McDonald, James INT 67% 0 1 23 11 12 7 0 3 3 1 0 0 3 2
7 Miller, Brad CHF 100% 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 5 0
22 Moloney, Brent WR 76% 0 1 23 17 6 5 0 3 3 1 0 0 3 9
44 Motlop, Shannon INT 79% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 5
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 2 2 9 7 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
33 Pickett, Byron HFFL 65% 0 0 13 9 4 8 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1
24 Robertson, Russell FPR 94% 2 3 11 9 2 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1
12 Sylvia, Colin RR 91% 1 0 21 12 9 8 0 5 3 3 1 2 1 5
10 Ward, Daniel HBFR 84% 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1
45 Whelan, Matthew BPR 100% 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 0
34 White, Jeff RU 66% 0 0 15 10 5 5 18 2 1 3 0 1 4 1
13 Yze, Adem HBFL 97% 0 0 24 14 10 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 10 12 354 203 151 105 30 48 27 48 9 18 41 49

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
40 Bentick, Adam BPL 66% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1
19 Betts, Eddie FPR 94% 0 1 15 11 4 2 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 1
44 Carrazzo, Andrew INT 83% 1 0 20 10 10 8 0 3 4 0 2 0 1 3
26 Deluca, Adrian FPL 53% 0 0 7 4 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
25 Fevola, Brendan FF 92% 5 3 17 12 5 9 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 4
14 Fisher, Brad HFFR 22% 0 0 6 3 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
11 French, Barnaby RU 70% 0 0 8 6 2 4 18 4 3 0 1 0 3 0
33 Houlihan, Ryan HFFL 92% 0 0 25 17 8 6 0 1 4 3 0 1 2 4
43 Koutoufides, Anthony (c) RR 90% 0 1 15 8 7 4 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 3
12 Lappin, Matthew HBFR 100% 0 1 30 24 6 13 0 3 0 2 1 0 4 2
4 Livingston, Luke FB 100% 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 McGrath, Cory INT 87% 0 0 19 17 2 10 0 1 0 2 2 0 5 3
10 McLaren, Dylan INT 33% 1 0 5 2 3 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
3 Murphy, Marc RO 82% 1 1 17 11 6 5 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 5
29 Scotland, Heath C 98% 0 0 32 23 9 11 0 3 3 5 1 0 2 4
6 Simpson, Kade WL 95% 1 0 22 19 3 8 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 4
36 Sporn, Trent INT 51% 1 0 8 5 3 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1
24 Stevens, Nick WR 96% 0 1 26 21 5 7 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 6
32 Thornton, Bret HBFL 100% 0 0 17 14 3 10 0 0 1 3 1 2 3 1
30 Waite, Jarrad CHF 96% 3 4 22 18 4 10 1 1 1 7 0 4 0 10
1 Walker, Andrew BPR 100% 0 0 17 14 3 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 4
8 Whitnall, Lance CHB 100% 0 0 15 10 5 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 13 15 361 259 102 142 26 43 31 39 18 9 36 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
40 A. Bentick 4 L. Livingston 1 A. Walker 34 J. White 32 C. Bruce
24 R. Robertson 9 D. Neitz (c) 11 P. Johnson 12 C. Sylvia 40 M. Jamar
FORWARD 16 T. Johnstone 23 J. McDonald
HALF-BACK

44 S. Motlop
32 B. Thornton 8 L. Whitnall 12 M. Lappin



36 A. Davey 7 B. Miller 33 B. Pickett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 K. Simpson 29 H. Scotland 24 N. Stevens



22 B. Moloney 19 C. Bartram 18 B. Green FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 B. French 44 A. Carrazzo
HALF-FORWARD 43 A. Koutoufides (c) 20 C. McGrath
33 R. Houlihan 30 J. Waite 14 B. Fisher 3 M. Murphy 10 D. McLaren
10 D. Ward 35 R. Ferguson 13 A. Yze

36 T. Sporn
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



26 A. Deluca 25 B. Fevola 19 E. Betts



45 M. Whelan 41 N. Carroll 25 N. Brown



BACK



Carlton Coach: Denis Pagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Brent Moloney behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 05:48
MELB Aaron Davey goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 06:27
MELB Aaron Davey goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 09:41
CARL Matthew Lappin behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 11:44
CARL Kade Simpson goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 12:19
MELB Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 13:54
CARL Jarrad Waite goal 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 15:56
CARL Marc Murphy goal 2.2.14 - 3.1.19 20:00
MELB Russell Robertson behind 2.3.15 - 3.1.19 22:43
CARL Eddie Betts behind 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 23:47
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 26:54
CARL Jarrad Waite behind 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 27:54
Q2 CARL Brendan Fevola behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 01:20
MELB Russell Robertson behind 3.4.22 - 3.4.22 02:49
CARL Brendan Fevola goal 3.4.22 - 4.4.28 03:35
CARL Jarrad Waite goal 3.4.22 - 5.4.34 05:30
CARL Brendan Fevola goal 3.4.22 - 6.4.40 07:12
CARL Marc Murphy behind 3.4.22 - 6.5.41 08:05
MELB James McDonald behind 3.5.23 - 6.5.41 09:33
CARL Brendan Fevola behind 3.5.23 - 6.6.42 11:20
MELB Clint Bartram goal 4.5.29 - 6.6.42 12:16
MELB David Neitz behind 4.6.30 - 6.6.42 13:57
MELB Aaron Davey behind 4.7.31 - 6.6.42 17:18
MELB David Neitz behind 4.8.32 - 6.6.42 18:28
MELB Rushed behind 4.9.33 - 6.6.42 24:09
CARL Jarrad Waite behind 4.9.33 - 6.7.43 25:24
Q3 CARL Brendan Fevola behind 4.9.33 - 6.8.44 01:40
CARL Jarrad Waite goal 4.9.33 - 7.8.50 06:00
MELB David Neitz goal 5.9.39 - 7.8.50 08:46
MELB Aaron Davey goal 6.9.45 - 7.8.50 11:13
MELB Russell Robertson behind 6.10.46 - 7.8.50 12:42
CARL Rushed behind 6.10.46 - 7.9.51 16:57
CARL Dylan McLaren goal 6.10.46 - 8.9.57 21:43
CARL Brendan Fevola goal 6.10.46 - 9.9.63 27:17
CARL Brendan Fevola goal 6.10.46 - 10.9.69 29:22
Q4 MELB Colin Sylvia goal 7.10.52 - 10.9.69 01:13
CARL Jarrad Waite behind 7.10.52 - 10.10.70 02:48
MELB Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 10.10.70 03:18
CARL Nick Stevens behind 7.11.53 - 10.11.71 04:09
CARL Jarrad Waite behind 7.11.53 - 10.12.72 05:16
MELB David Neitz goal 8.11.59 - 10.12.72 07:41
CARL Brendan Fevola goal 8.11.59 - 11.12.78 09:22
CARL Trent Sporn goal 8.11.59 - 12.12.84 11:27
CARL Rushed behind 8.11.59 - 12.13.85 13:40
MELB Russell Robertson goal 9.11.65 - 12.13.85 14:13
CARL Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 12.14.86 15:28
MELB Russell Robertson goal 10.11.71 - 12.14.86 16:33
CARL Andrew Carrazzo goal 10.11.71 - 13.14.92 17:45
MELB Rushed behind 10.12.72 - 13.14.92 19:53
CARL Anthony Koutoufides behind 10.12.72 - 13.15.93 21:50