2006 AFL Round 2: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 2006 between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round 2 of the 2006 AFL season. 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.

Western Bulldogs
Back: J. McMahon, B. Lake, D. Morris
Half-back: L. Gilbee, C. Grant, R. Hargrave
Centre: N. Eagleton, S. West, R. Griffen
Half-forward: B. Murphy, M. Hahn, D. Giansiracusa
Forward: M. Robbins, W. Skipper, B. Johnson (capt.)
Follower: W. Minson, D. Cross, A. Cooney
Int.: M. Boyd, A. Morgan, S. Power, R. Smith

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

Western Bulldogs (20.17.137) defeated Melbourne (12.18.90).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: B. Murphy (4), B. Johnson (3), M. Robbins (3), A. Cooney (2), D. Cross, C. Grant, R. Griffen, M. Hahn, W. Minson, W. Skipper, R. Smith, S. West
Melbourne: R. Robertson (3), C. Bruce, N. Carroll, A. Davey, B. Green, M. Jamar, B. Moloney, D. Neitz, C. Sylvia, J. White

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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