2006 AFL Round 20: Kangaroos v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 August 2006 between Kangaroos and Melbourne during round 20 of the 2006 AFL season. Kangaroos "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Brady Rawlings 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: T. Makepeace, S. Watt, L. Brown
Half-back: J. Sinclair, D. Petrie, M. Firrito
Centre: L. Harding, B. Rawlings (capt.), A. Swallow
Half-forward: D. Hale, N. Thompson, B. Harvey
Forward: E. Sansbury, S. Rocca, C. Jones
Follower: B. Schwarze, D. Wells, D. Harris
Int.: K. Green, E. Lower, D. McConnell, H. McIntosh

Melbourne
Back: M. Whelan, N. Carroll, B. Holland
Half-back: C. Bruce, J. Rivers, C. Bartram
Centre: B. Green, B. McLean, D. Ward
Half-forward: T. Johnstone, B. Miller, M. Bate
Forward: M. Jamar, D. Neitz (capt.), A. Davey
Follower: J. White, N. Jones, J. McDonald
Int.: D. Bell, S. Godfrey, R. Robertson, A. Yze

Kangaroos (12.10.82) were defeated by Melbourne (20.12.132).

Goalkickers
Kangaroos: D. Hale (2), S. Rocca (2), N. Thompson (2), M. Firrito, K. Green, L. Harding, E. Lower, E. Sansbury, J. Sinclair
Melbourne: D. Neitz (8), A. Davey (4), R. Robertson (2), A. Yze (2), C. Bruce, S. Godfrey, B. Green, D. Ward

As a result of this match, Kangaroos remained 13th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2006 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Kangaroos v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 20 August 2006
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,457

Match Results

Outcome: Kangaroos def. by Melbourne
Score: 12.10.82 - 20.12.132

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Kangaroos	4	.	3	9	.	6	11	.	8	12	.	10	12	.	10	(82)
Melbourne	2	.	3	6	.	4	14	.	9	20	.	12	20	.	12	(132)
Margin	KANG by 12			KANG by 20			MELB by 19			MELB by 50			MELB by 50
Duration	28:39			30:44			30:02			28:45			1:58:10

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Laidley (Kangaroos), Neale Daniher (Melbourne)
Captains: Brady Rawlings (Kangaroos), David Neitz (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Head (#16), S. McLaren (#11), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
David Neitz	MELB	9	3
Nathan Jones	MELB	2	2
Aaron Davey	MELB	36	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
David Neitz	MELB	9	10	2	0	0	0	0
Brock McLean	MELB	5	8	0	2	0	0	0
Aaron Davey	MELB	36	4	0	0	?	?	?
Nathan Jones	MELB	2	3	0	0	?	?	?
James McDonald	MELB	23	3	0	0	?	?	?
Brent Harvey	KANG	29	2	0	0	0	?	?

Player Statistics

Kangaroos

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
16	Brown, Leigh	BPR	100%	0	0	17	10	7	8	0	2	0	4	1	1	5	2
24	Firrito, Michael	HBFR	100%	1	0	18	11	7	4	0	4	1	1	0	1	3	5
15	Green, Kasey	INT	81%	1	0	9	7	2	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	3
31	Hale, David	HFFL	88%	2	0	13	5	8	4	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
39	Harding, Leigh	WL	71%	1	2	16	11	5	7	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	2
4	Harris, Daniel	RO	81%	0	0	13	6	7	1	0	8	4	0	1	0	0	0
29	Harvey, Brent	HFFR	90%	0	1	33	21	12	4	0	1	3	3	0	1	2	6
21	Jones, Corey	FPR	79%	0	0	16	11	5	8	1	2	0	3	0	1	2	6
25	Lower, Ed	INT	67%	1	1	7	4	3	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	3
35	Makepeace, Troy	BPL	73%	0	0	11	6	5	6	0	1	3	2	1	2	1	1
5	McConnell, Daniel	INT	65%	0	0	17	11	6	5	0	3	2	3	0	0	0	4
1	McIntosh, Hamish	INT	46%	0	0	12	6	6	5	9	0	0	2	1	0	1	2
20	Petrie, Drew	CHB	100%	0	0	17	11	6	4	0	4	0	3	2	0	4	3
3	Rawlings, Brady (c)	C	85%	0	0	22	17	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2
26	Rocca, Sav	FF	98%	2	4	10	10	0	7	5	1	1	1	1	1	0	3
32	Sansbury, Eddie	FPL	74%	1	0	13	7	6	5	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
34	Schwarze, Ben	RU	89%	0	0	11	3	8	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2
9	Sinclair, Jess	HBFL	77%	1	0	24	13	11	9	0	1	3	3	1	1	4	1
19	Swallow, Andrew	WR	72%	0	1	12	9	3	2	0	4	5	2	0	0	0	4
23	Thompson, Nathan	CHF	79%	2	0	6	5	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
36	Watt, Shannon	FB	100%	0	0	14	10	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	0
8	Wells, Daniel	RR	86%	0	0	10	3	7	1	0	4	2	1	0	1	2	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				12	10	321	197	124	101	25	44	27	40	13	11	35	53

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
19	Bartram, Clint	HBFR	76%	0	0	15	6	9	3	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	3
6	Bate, Matthew	HFFR	76%	0	0	19	8	11	8	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	5
21	Bell, Daniel	INT	58%	0	0	12	6	6	4	0	3	1	1	1	1	3	0
32	Bruce, Cameron	HBFL	85%	1	0	18	11	7	4	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	3
41	Carroll, Nathan	FB	95%	0	0	20	6	14	9	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	0
36	Davey, Aaron	FPR	76%	4	1	12	9	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2
30	Godfrey, Simon	INT	66%	1	0	19	15	4	4	1	3	0	3	1	1	2	5
18	Green, Brad	WL	98%	1	0	25	15	10	7	0	4	2	1	0	1	4	6
4	Holland, Ben	BPR	100%	0	0	11	3	8	2	0	4	0	2	2	2	0	1
40	Jamar, Mark	FPL	62%	0	0	6	0	6	4	14	2	1	3	0	1	0	0
16	Johnstone, Travis	HFFL	83%	0	1	20	15	5	4	0	1	2	4	1	0	3	3
2	Jones, Nathan	RR	71%	0	0	25	14	11	9	0	2	1	2	0	1	2	7
23	McDonald, James	RO	91%	0	0	27	13	14	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2
5	McLean, Brock	C	88%	0	1	36	24	12	5	0	7	8	3	1	0	2	8
7	Miller, Brad	CHF	100%	0	2	20	7	13	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
9	Neitz, David (c)	FF	88%	8	4	15	13	2	11	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0
27	Rivers, Jared	CHB	82%	0	0	15	7	8	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	1
24	Robertson, Russell	INT	79%	2	1	9	5	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
10	Ward, Daniel	WR	97%	1	0	25	14	11	8	0	4	2	0	1	0	7	4
45	Whelan, Matthew	BPL	82%	0	0	22	4	18	2	0	4	3	0	0	0	2	0
34	White, Jeff	RU	58%	0	0	16	7	9	4	19	1	4	0	1	0	1	2
13	Yze, Adem	INT	86%	2	0	23	18	5	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	5
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				20	12	410	220	190	120	35	49	35	32	11	13	38	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	41	N. Carroll	4	B. Holland	34	B. Schwarze	15	K. Green
	21	C. Jones	26	S. Rocca	32	E. Sansbury	8	D. Wells	25	E. Lower
FORWARD							4	D. Harris	5	D. McConnell
HALF-BACK									1	H. McIntosh
	32	C. Bruce	27	J. Rivers	19	C. Bartram
	29	B. Harvey	23	N. Thompson	31	D. Hale
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	18	B. Green	5	B. McLean	10	D. Ward
	19	A. Swallow	3	B. Rawlings (c)	39	L. Harding	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							34	J. White	21	D. Bell
HALF-FORWARD							2	N. Jones	30	S. Godfrey
	16	T. Johnstone	7	B. Miller	6	M. Bate	23	J. McDonald	24	R. Robertson
	24	M. Firrito	20	D. Petrie	9	J. Sinclair			13	A. Yze
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	40	M. Jamar	9	D. Neitz (c)	36	A. Davey
	16	L. Brown	36	S. Watt	35	T. Makepeace
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	KANG	Ed Lower behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:40
	MELB	David Neitz behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	02:34
	KANG	Nathan Thompson goal	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	03:58
	KANG	Nathan Thompson goal	2.1.13	-	0.1.1	06:47
	KANG	Ed Lower goal	3.1.19	-	0.1.1	07:41
	MELB	David Neitz goal	3.1.19	-	1.1.7	09:43
	KANG	Andrew Swallow behind	3.2.20	-	1.1.7	11:46
	MELB	Travis Johnstone behind	3.2.20	-	1.2.8	12:46
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	3.2.20	-	2.2.14	16:09
	KANG	David Hale goal	4.2.26	-	2.2.14	17:59
	MELB	Rushed behind	4.2.26	-	2.3.15	23:10
	KANG	Sav Rocca behind	4.3.27	-	2.3.15	28:33
Q2	KANG	Sav Rocca goal	5.3.33	-	2.3.15	00:59
	KANG	Jess Sinclair goal	6.3.39	-	2.3.15	05:30
	MELB	Daniel Ward goal	6.3.39	-	3.3.21	08:06
	KANG	Leigh Harding behind	6.4.40	-	3.3.21	09:15
	MELB	Brad Green goal	6.4.40	-	4.3.27	10:45
	KANG	Brent Harvey behind	6.5.41	-	4.3.27	11:47
	KANG	Michael Firrito goal	7.5.47	-	4.3.27	12:55
	KANG	Leigh Harding goal	8.5.53	-	4.3.27	16:08
	KANG	Leigh Harding behind	8.6.54	-	4.3.27	19:53
	MELB	David Neitz goal	8.6.54	-	5.3.33	21:39
	KANG	Eddie Sansbury goal	9.6.60	-	5.3.33	22:56
	MELB	David Neitz goal	9.6.60	-	6.3.39	24:54
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	9.6.60	-	6.4.40	26:20
Q3	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	9.6.60	-	7.4.46	01:49
	MELB	Rushed behind	9.6.60	-	7.5.47	03:17
	KANG	Sav Rocca behind	9.7.61	-	7.5.47	05:16
	KANG	Kasey Green goal	10.7.67	-	7.5.47	08:17
	MELB	David Neitz behind	10.7.67	-	7.6.48	09:39
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	10.7.67	-	8.6.54	10:29
	MELB	Adem Yze goal	10.7.67	-	9.6.60	11:38
	MELB	David Neitz goal	10.7.67	-	10.6.66	14:28
	MELB	David Neitz behind	10.7.67	-	10.7.67	16:10
	MELB	David Neitz goal	10.7.67	-	11.7.73	18:22
	MELB	David Neitz behind	10.7.67	-	11.8.74	21:39
	KANG	Sav Rocca behind	10.8.68	-	11.8.74	22:50
	MELB	David Neitz goal	10.8.68	-	12.8.80	23:33
	MELB	Brock McLean behind	10.8.68	-	12.9.81	25:07
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	10.8.68	-	13.9.87	25:54
	KANG	David Hale goal	11.8.74	-	13.9.87	28:12
	MELB	David Neitz goal	11.8.74	-	14.9.93	29:58
Q4	MELB	Brad Miller behind	11.8.74	-	14.10.94	02:15
	MELB	Aaron Davey behind	11.8.74	-	14.11.95	03:13
	MELB	Brad Miller behind	11.8.74	-	14.12.96	05:01
	MELB	David Neitz goal	11.8.74	-	15.12.102	06:26
	MELB	Cameron Bruce goal	11.8.74	-	16.12.108	13:50
	KANG	Rushed behind	11.9.75	-	16.12.108	15:43
	MELB	Adem Yze goal	11.9.75	-	17.12.114	16:39
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	11.9.75	-	18.12.120	19:36
	KANG	Sav Rocca goal	12.9.81	-	18.12.120	20:55
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	12.9.81	-	19.12.126	22:29
	KANG	Sav Rocca behind	12.10.82	-	19.12.126	23:31
	MELB	Simon Godfrey goal	12.10.82	-	20.12.132	27:45

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