2006 AFL Season Round 2: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 2006 between the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round two of the 2006 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Melbourne at Telstra Dome. Brad Johnson captained the hosts. David Neitz captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Neale Daniher.

The Western Bulldogs (20.17.137) defeated Melbourne (12.18.90).

Match Details

Season: 2006 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 April 2006
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 28,478

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Melbourne
Score: 20.17.137 - 12.18.90

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	2	.	5	6	.	8	15	.	13	20	.	17	20	.	17	(137)
Melbourne	5	.	5	8	.	9	11	.	11	12	.	18	12	.	18	(90)
Margin	MELB by 18			MELB by 13			WBUL by 26			WBUL by 47			WBUL by 47
Duration	30:29			29:53			33:55			30:27			2:04:44

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Brad Johnson
Coach: Rodney Eade

Melbourne

Captain: David Neitz
Coach: Neale Daniher

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Goldspink (#32)
S. Jeffery (#29)
M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Bob Murphy	WBUL	2	3
Brad Johnson	WBUL	6	2
Scott West	WBUL	7	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Bob Murphy	WBUL	2	10	2	0	0	0	0
Scott West	WBUL	7	7	0	1	1	0	0
Brad Johnson	WBUL	6	6	0	1	0	1	0
Daniel Cross	WBUL	4	4	0	0	1	0	1
Mitch Hahn	WBUL	8	2	0	0	0	1	0
Cameron Bruce	MELB	32	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
42	Boyd, Matthew	INT	63%	0	0	17	7	10	3	0	4	6	1	1	0	1	2
17	Cooney, Adam	RO	93%	2	1	10	6	4	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
4	Cross, Daniel	RR	88%	1	0	22	11	11	4	0	7	2	6	2	3	2	4
10	Eagleton, Nathan	WL	82%	0	0	18	13	5	4	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	4
13	Giansiracusa, Daniel	HFFR	85%	0	0	21	14	7	5	0	3	4	3	2	1	0	7
9	Gilbee, Lindsay	HBFL	93%	0	0	14	7	7	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	3
3	Grant, Chris	CHB	85%	1	1	12	6	6	5	0	3	0	3	1	2	1	2
16	Griffen, Ryan	WR	88%	1	0	19	14	5	8	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	3
8	Hahn, Mitch	CHF	86%	1	1	14	10	4	1	1	4	3	1	1	1	1	3
25	Hargrave, Ryan	HBFR	93%	0	0	12	7	5	2	1	1	1	3	1	3	1	3
6	Johnson, Brad (c)	FPR	100%	3	3	27	18	9	10	0	2	2	2	0	1	2	4
36	Lake, Brian	FB	88%	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	0
23	McMahon, Jordan	BPL	97%	0	1	20	17	3	8	0	1	0	2	1	1	5	5
27	Minson, Will	RU	56%	1	1	5	3	2	1	19	1	1	3	0	2	0	1
32	Morgan, Adam	INT	53%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
38	Morris, Dale	BPR	97%	0	0	8	5	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
2	Murphy, Bob	HFFL	90%	4	4	15	15	0	11	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4
15	Power, Sam	INT	55%	0	0	10	3	7	2	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	1
30	Robbins, Matthew	FPL	100%	3	0	8	6	2	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1
34	Skipper, Wayde	FF	54%	1	2	11	7	4	5	7	2	0	2	0	1	0	4
5	Smith, Rohan	INT	72%	1	0	14	9	5	5	0	3	1	2	1	1	2	3
7	West, Scott	C	82%	1	0	26	5	21	2	0	4	8	2	3	0	0	2
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				20	17	313	189	124	91	29	52	31	40	19	19	28	57

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
19	Bartram, Clint	C	94%	0	0	10	8	2	3	0	6	3	0	1	0	1	1
32	Bruce, Cameron	HBFL	100%	1	3	29	21	8	8	0	6	7	3	4	2	2	7
41	Carroll, Nathan	FB	100%	1	0	11	4	7	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
36	Davey, Aaron	HFFR	100%	1	0	9	6	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1
35	Ferguson, Ryan	CHB	11%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
18	Green, Brad	WL	93%	1	1	19	10	9	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	2
40	Jamar, Mark	INT	36%	1	0	4	3	1	3	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
17	Johnson, Chris	INT	76%	0	0	13	10	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1
16	Johnstone, Travis	RO	87%	0	0	19	12	7	3	0	4	5	4	1	1	0	5
23	McDonald, James	INT	84%	0	1	23	12	11	6	1	0	3	1	3	1	2	3
5	McLean, Brock	INT	53%	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	3	5	1	0	1	1	4
7	Miller, Brad	CHF	86%	0	1	10	2	8	1	0	0	2	5	0	3	0	1
22	Moloney, Brent	WR	62%	1	0	8	4	4	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	0	1
9	Neitz, David (c)	FF	100%	1	2	11	9	2	7	1	1	1	4	0	3	0	3
33	Pickett, Byron	FPL	78%	0	0	18	14	4	7	0	3	3	1	1	0	3	6
24	Robertson, Russell	HFFL	90%	3	0	10	8	2	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1
12	Sylvia, Colin	RR	86%	1	2	18	14	4	6	0	3	6	6	2	4	1	5
10	Ward, Daniel	HBFR	100%	0	0	19	15	4	7	0	5	3	2	1	0	3	2
31	Wheatley, Paul	BPL	100%	0	0	12	7	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	1
45	Whelan, Matthew	BPR	100%	0	0	7	7	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	1
34	White, Jeff	RU	64%	1	1	14	6	8	3	24	1	2	0	3	0	1	2
13	Yze, Adem	FPR	100%	0	0	14	10	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
Rushed					7
Total (22 players)				12	18	290	189	101	89	39	46	43	37	19	19	32	49

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

Western Bulldogs							Coach: Rodney Eade
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	31	P. Wheatley	41	N. Carroll	45	M. Whelan	27	W. Minson	42	M. Boyd
	6	B. Johnson (c)	34	W. Skipper	30	M. Robbins	4	D. Cross	32	A. Morgan
FORWARD							17	A. Cooney	15	S. Power
HALF-BACK									5	R. Smith
	32	C. Bruce	35	R. Ferguson	10	D. Ward
	13	D. Giansiracusa	8	M. Hahn	2	B. Murphy
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	18	B. Green	19	C. Bartram	22	B. Moloney
	16	R. Griffen	7	S. West	10	N. Eagleton	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							34	J. White	40	M. Jamar
HALF-FORWARD							12	C. Sylvia	17	C. Johnson
	24	R. Robertson	7	B. Miller	36	A. Davey	16	T. Johnstone	23	J. McDonald
	25	R. Hargrave	3	C. Grant	9	L. Gilbee			5	B. McLean
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	33	B. Pickett	9	D. Neitz (c)	13	A. Yze
	38	D. Morris	36	B. Lake	23	J. McMahon
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Wayde Skipper behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:49
	WBUL	Bob Murphy behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	02:17
	WBUL	Brad Johnson behind	0.3.3	-	0.0.0	04:13
	MELB	Nathan Carroll goal	0.3.3	-	1.0.6	05:16
	MELB	Colin Sylvia goal	0.3.3	-	2.0.12	06:08
	WBUL	Ryan Griffen goal	1.3.9	-	2.0.12	09:47
	MELB	Brad Miller behind	1.3.9	-	2.1.13	10:51
	WBUL	Bob Murphy behind	1.4.10	-	2.1.13	11:27
	MELB	David Neitz behind	1.4.10	-	2.2.14	13:10
	WBUL	Rushed behind	1.5.11	-	2.2.14	14:14
	MELB	David Neitz behind	1.5.11	-	2.3.15	15:35
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	1.5.11	-	3.3.21	16:46
	WBUL	Bob Murphy goal	2.5.17	-	3.3.21	21:53
	MELB	Cameron Bruce goal	2.5.17	-	4.3.27	23:42
	MELB	Jeff White goal	2.5.17	-	5.3.33	25:51
	MELB	Colin Sylvia behind	2.5.17	-	5.4.34	27:27
	MELB	Rushed behind	2.5.17	-	5.5.35	30:21
Q2	MELB	Cameron Bruce behind	2.5.17	-	5.6.36	00:45
	WBUL	Matthew Robbins goal	3.5.23	-	5.6.36	01:20
	MELB	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	5.7.37	05:11
	MELB	Mark Jamar goal	3.5.23	-	6.7.43	07:43
	WBUL	Bob Murphy behind	3.6.24	-	6.7.43	09:16
	MELB	Rushed behind	3.6.24	-	6.8.44	10:43
	WBUL	Wayde Skipper goal	4.6.30	-	6.8.44	12:14
	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	5.6.36	-	6.8.44	14:49
	MELB	Brent Moloney goal	5.6.36	-	7.8.50	16:52
	WBUL	Mitch Hahn goal	6.6.42	-	7.8.50	17:58
	WBUL	Will Minson behind	6.7.43	-	7.8.50	19:09
	MELB	Colin Sylvia behind	6.7.43	-	7.9.51	21:25
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	6.7.43	-	8.9.57	25:26
	WBUL	Mitch Hahn behind	6.8.44	-	8.9.57	29:15
Q3	WBUL	Brad Johnson behind	6.9.45	-	8.9.57	01:41
	WBUL	Bob Murphy behind	6.10.46	-	8.9.57	03:20
	WBUL	Matthew Robbins goal	7.10.52	-	8.9.57	04:51
	WBUL	Scott West goal	8.10.58	-	8.9.57	07:30
	WBUL	Rushed behind	8.11.59	-	8.9.57	08:53
	WBUL	Bob Murphy goal	9.11.65	-	8.9.57	10:52
	WBUL	Brad Johnson behind	9.12.66	-	8.9.57	12:12
	MELB	Brad Green behind	9.12.66	-	8.10.58	13:30
	WBUL	Wayde Skipper behind	9.13.67	-	8.10.58	14:56
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	9.13.67	-	9.10.64	16:14
	MELB	Cameron Bruce behind	9.13.67	-	9.11.65	18:09
	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	10.13.73	-	9.11.65	20:31
	WBUL	Rohan Smith goal	11.13.79	-	9.11.65	21:42
	WBUL	Chris Grant goal	12.13.85	-	9.11.65	24:48
	WBUL	Daniel Cross goal	13.13.91	-	9.11.65	26:23
	MELB	Brad Green goal	13.13.91	-	10.11.71	27:39
	WBUL	Will Minson goal	14.13.97	-	10.11.71	28:54
	WBUL	Adam Cooney goal	15.13.103	-	10.11.71	30:22
	MELB	David Neitz goal	15.13.103	-	11.11.77	33:50
Q4	MELB	James McDonald behind	15.13.103	-	11.12.78	02:54
	WBUL	Chris Grant behind	15.14.104	-	11.12.78	05:03
	WBUL	Matthew Robbins goal	16.14.110	-	11.12.78	05:49
	MELB	Cameron Bruce behind	16.14.110	-	11.13.79	07:09
	WBUL	Rushed behind	16.15.111	-	11.13.79	09:34
	WBUL	Adam Cooney behind	16.16.112	-	11.13.79	13:43
	MELB	Rushed behind	16.16.112	-	11.14.80	14:34
	WBUL	Jordan McMahon behind	16.17.113	-	11.14.80	15:12
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	16.17.113	-	12.14.86	16:26
	MELB	Rushed behind	16.17.113	-	12.15.87	18:06
	WBUL	Adam Cooney goal	17.17.119	-	12.15.87	20:36
	MELB	Rushed behind	17.17.119	-	12.16.88	21:39
	WBUL	Bob Murphy goal	18.17.125	-	12.16.88	22:33
	MELB	Rushed behind	18.17.125	-	12.17.89	25:12
	WBUL	Bob Murphy goal	19.17.131	-	12.17.89	27:07
	WBUL	Brad Johnson goal	20.17.137	-	12.17.89	28:02
	MELB	Jeff White behind	20.17.137	-	12.18.90	30:22

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