2007 AFL Round 1: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 2007 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round 1 of the 2007 AFL season. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

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

St Kilda
Back: S. Baker, S. Fisher, B. Goddard
Half-back: J. Gram, M. Maguire, L. Fisher
Centre: J. Attard, L. Ball, L. Montagna
Half-forward: R. Harvey, J. Koschitzke, J. Blake
Forward: X. Clarke, F. Gehrig, S. Milne
Follower: M. Clarke, A. Fiora, N. Dal Santo
Int.: L. Hayes, A. McQualter, M. Rix, A. Thompson

Melbourne (9.8.62) were defeated by St Kilda (13.15.93).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (3), R. Robertson (3), C. Bruce, B. Green, J. White
St Kilda: F. Gehrig (4), S. Baker (2), J. Koschitzke (2), X. Clarke, A. Fiora, B. Goddard, R. Harvey, A. McQualter

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 15th on the ladder and St Kilda were then 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Friday 30 March 2007
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 49,490

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 9.8.62 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
St Kilda 2 . 7 7 . 7 11 . 12 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin MELB by 8 STKL by 10 STKL by 37 STKL by 31 STKL by 31
Duration 29:36 29:52 26:35 26:46 1:52:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Ross Lyon (St Kilda)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McBurney (#3), S. Meredith (#21), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Leigh Montagna STKL 11 3
Xavier Clarke STKL 3 2
Fraser Gehrig STKL 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Fraser Gehrig STKL 9 9 1 1 0 0 0
Xavier Clarke STKL 3 7 0 1 1 0 0
Sam Fisher STKL 25 5 1 0 0 0 0
Brendon Goddard STKL 18 3 0 0 1 0 0
Brent Moloney MELB 22 2 0 0 0 1 0
Leigh Montagna STKL 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Steven Baker STKL 10 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff White MELB 34 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
19 Bartram, Clint INT 81% 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 0
6 Bate, Matthew INT 78% 0 0 19 5 14 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 2 2
21 Bell, Daniel HBFR 97% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 1 1 4 1 1 5 1
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFL 100% 1 0 18 6 12 5 0 4 2 3 1 0 3 0
41 Carroll, Nathan BPL 100% 0 0 14 7 7 6 0 1 0 4 0 3 4 0
36 Davey, Aaron FPR 77% 0 1 9 4 5 0 0 5 0 2 1 2 0 0
18 Green, Brad RR 95% 1 0 18 9 9 5 0 3 2 1 2 1 3 3
4 Holland, Ben FB 78% 0 0 21 7 14 11 0 0 1 3 1 2 2 1
40 Jamar, Mark INT 48% 0 0 7 2 5 1 9 1 4 3 2 1 0 0
17 Johnson, Chris FPL 85% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 3 0 4 0 2 4 2
16 Johnstone, Travis WL 91% 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 5 0 4 1 1 1 1
2 Jones, Nathan WR 81% 0 0 18 8 10 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
23 McDonald, James C 87% 0 0 21 13 8 6 0 5 0 1 1 0 4 1
5 McLean, Brock RO 43% 0 0 7 4 3 2 1 3 1 3 0 2 0 0
7 Miller, Brad CHB 100% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 0 3 2 2 0 3
22 Moloney, Brent HFFR 90% 0 0 22 12 10 3 0 0 4 5 0 2 0 4
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 3 2 10 9 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1
24 Robertson, Russell CHF 100% 3 1 11 10 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
10 Ward, Daniel HBFL 100% 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 0 2 3 1 1 4 4
45 Whelan, Matthew BPR 11% 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
34 White, Jeff RU 67% 1 0 15 10 5 7 13 1 2 3 1 2 1 5
13 Yze, Adem INT 90% 0 1 19 10 9 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 9 8 312 167 145 80 23 46 21 56 17 28 38 33

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
43 Attard, Jayden WL 91% 0 0 8 1 7 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 Baker, Steven BPL 85% 2 0 17 11 6 4 0 4 0 1 3 1 1 2
14 Ball, Luke C 46% 0 1 14 8 6 3 0 0 3 7 3 2 1 3
27 Blake, Jason HFFR 95% 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 3
28 Clarke, Matthew RU 66% 0 0 15 5 10 4 12 1 3 2 1 2 0 0
3 Clarke, Xavier FPL 77% 1 1 20 15 5 7 0 6 1 3 2 1 1 3
26 Dal Santo, Nick RO 82% 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 6 0 1 2 0 2 2
17 Fiora, Aaron RR 94% 1 1 22 16 6 13 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 9
6 Fisher, Leigh HBFR 100% 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 6 4 1 3 1 1 0
25 Fisher, Sam FB 100% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 2
9 Gehrig, Fraser FF 98% 4 3 19 16 3 10 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4
18 Goddard, Brendon BPR 100% 1 0 22 15 7 13 0 3 1 4 1 3 0 5
1 Gram, Jason HBFL 100% 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 2
35 Harvey, Robert HFFL 80% 1 0 20 14 6 11 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3
7 Hayes, Lenny INT 79% 0 1 17 12 5 6 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 1
23 Koschitzke, Justin CHF 59% 2 0 12 10 2 9 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
31 Maguire, Matt CHB 94% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 2
32 McQualter, Andrew INT 53% 1 1 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
44 Milne, Stephen FPR 98% 0 2 13 10 3 5 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 3
11 Montagna, Leigh WR 80% 0 2 24 17 7 5 0 7 2 4 1 1 1 7
29 Rix, Michael INT 59% 0 0 5 1 4 3 7 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
4 Thompson, Andrew INT 66% 0 0 13 2 11 2 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 13 15 334 217 117 122 20 56 23 45 28 17 24 56

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
10 S. Baker 25 S. Fisher 18 B. Goddard 34 J. White 19 C. Bartram
36 A. Davey 9 D. Neitz (c) 17 C. Johnson 18 B. Green 6 M. Bate
FORWARD 5 B. McLean 40 M. Jamar
HALF-BACK

13 A. Yze
1 J. Gram 31 M. Maguire 6 L. Fisher



22 B. Moloney 24 R. Robertson 32 C. Bruce



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



43 J. Attard 14 L. Ball 11 L. Montagna



2 N. Jones 23 J. McDonald 16 T. Johnstone FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 28 M. Clarke 7 L. Hayes
HALF-FORWARD 17 A. Fiora 32 A. McQualter
35 R. Harvey 23 J. Koschitzke 27 J. Blake 26 N. Dal Santo 29 M. Rix
21 D. Bell 7 B. Miller 10 D. Ward

4 A. Thompson
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 X. Clarke 9 F. Gehrig 44 S. Milne



45 M. Whelan 4 B. Holland 41 N. Carroll



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:30
MELB Aaron Davey behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 01:59
MELB Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 02:26
STKL Fraser Gehrig behind 0.2.2 - 0.2.2 03:50
MELB David Neitz goal 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 07:20
MELB Brad Green goal 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 09:25
STKL Fraser Gehrig behind 2.2.14 - 0.3.3 11:39
MELB Russell Robertson goal 3.2.20 - 0.3.3 15:56
STKL Andrew McQualter behind 3.2.20 - 0.4.4 17:14
STKL Leigh Montagna behind 3.2.20 - 0.5.5 17:51
STKL Lenny Hayes behind 3.2.20 - 0.6.6 18:17
STKL Steven Baker goal 3.2.20 - 1.6.12 19:57
MELB Russell Robertson goal 4.2.26 - 1.6.12 21:29
STKL Brendon Goddard goal 4.2.26 - 2.6.18 23:56
STKL Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 2.7.19 26:19
MELB Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 2.7.19 29:03
Q2 MELB Jeff White goal 5.3.33 - 2.7.19 01:02
STKL Xavier Clarke goal 5.3.33 - 3.7.25 03:51
STKL Justin Koschitzke goal 5.3.33 - 4.7.31 06:48
STKL Andrew McQualter goal 5.3.33 - 5.7.37 11:36
STKL Steven Baker goal 5.3.33 - 6.7.43 14:47
STKL Fraser Gehrig goal 5.3.33 - 7.7.49 26:06
MELB Russell Robertson goal 6.3.39 - 7.7.49 28:12
Q3 STKL Rushed behind 6.3.39 - 7.8.50 01:21
MELB David Neitz behind 6.4.40 - 7.8.50 03:18
STKL Fraser Gehrig goal 6.4.40 - 8.8.56 04:45
STKL Fraser Gehrig behind 6.4.40 - 8.9.57 09:15
STKL Robert Harvey goal 6.4.40 - 9.9.63 10:51
MELB Adem Yze behind 6.5.41 - 9.9.63 12:08
STKL Fraser Gehrig goal 6.5.41 - 10.9.69 13:49
STKL Justin Koschitzke goal 6.5.41 - 11.9.75 16:25
STKL Xavier Clarke behind 6.5.41 - 11.10.76 20:48
STKL Stephen Milne behind 6.5.41 - 11.11.77 24:29
STKL Aaron Fiora behind 6.5.41 - 11.12.78 26:04
Q4 MELB David Neitz goal 7.5.47 - 11.12.78 00:38
STKL Luke Ball behind 7.5.47 - 11.13.79 04:54
MELB Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 11.13.79 06:18
MELB Russell Robertson behind 7.7.49 - 11.13.79 06:50
STKL Fraser Gehrig goal 7.7.49 - 12.13.85 08:56
MELB David Neitz goal 8.7.55 - 12.13.85 12:23
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 9.7.61 - 12.13.85 14:26
STKL Stephen Milne behind 9.7.61 - 12.14.86 16:31
MELB David Neitz behind 9.8.62 - 12.14.86 18:23
STKL Leigh Montagna behind 9.8.62 - 12.15.87 20:47
STKL Aaron Fiora goal 9.8.62 - 13.15.93 25:58