2007 AFL Round 7: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 2007 between Western Bulldogs and Melbourne during round 7 of the 2007 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, R. Hargrave, R. Griffen
Centre: N. Eagleton, S. West, F. Ray
Half-forward: D. Giansiracusa, B. Johnson (capt.), M. Boyd
Forward: M. Hahn, L. Darcy, J. Akermanis
Follower: P. Street, D. Cross, A. Cooney
Int.: D. Addison, J. Harbrow, S. Higgins, C. Wight

Melbourne
Back: D. Ward, N. Carroll, A. Yze
Half-back: N. Brown, B. Miller, D. Bell
Centre: M. Bate, J. McDonald, A. Davey
Half-forward: B. Green, L. Dunn, C. Bruce
Forward: C. Sylvia, D. Neitz (capt.), B. Holland
Follower: J. White, S. Godfrey, T. Johnstone
Int.: P. Johnson, N. Jones, B. Moloney, M. Warnock

Western Bulldogs (16.16.112) defeated Melbourne (16.10.106).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: B. Johnson (4), M. Hahn (2), S. Higgins (2), J. Akermanis, A. Cooney, D. Cross, L. Darcy, N. Eagleton, D. Giansiracusa, L. Gilbee, R. Hargrave
Melbourne: A. Davey (3), C. Sylvia (3), B. Green (2), A. Yze (2), M. Bate, D. Bell, L. Dunn, T. Johnstone, D. Neitz, J. White

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 10th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Melbourne remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 13 May 2007
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 24,584

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Melbourne
Score: 16.16.112 - 16.10.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 4 . 1 10 . 5 12 . 12 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Melbourne 6 . 1 7 . 6 10 . 9 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Margin MELB by 12 WBUL by 17 WBUL by 15 WBUL by 6 WBUL by 6
Duration 31:37 30:37 31:07 32:21 2:05:42

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Head (#16), S. McLaren (#11), D. Sully (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brad Johnson WBUL 6 3
Aaron Davey MELB 36 2
Daniel Cross WBUL 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Aaron Davey MELB 36 10 2 0 0 0 0
Brad Johnson WBUL 6 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Colin Sylvia MELB 12 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Daniel Cross WBUL 4 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Travis Johnstone MELB 16 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Brian Lake WBUL 36 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Addison, Dylan INT 65% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 2 1 2
21 Akermanis, Jason FPR 81% 1 2 16 13 3 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 4
5 Boyd, Matthew HFFR 87% 0 1 22 12 10 4 0 3 8 1 0 0 1 2
17 Cooney, Adam RO 91% 1 0 18 9 9 4 0 8 4 2 1 1 2 2
4 Cross, Daniel RR 89% 1 0 26 10 16 8 0 5 2 2 3 1 1 8
14 Darcy, Luke FF 55% 1 0 12 8 4 4 16 3 2 1 0 0 0 3
10 Eagleton, Nathan WL 92% 1 1 16 13 3 3 0 2 4 3 0 0 1 4
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel HFFL 91% 1 2 21 10 11 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HBFL 99% 1 0 18 12 6 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 2
16 Griffen, Ryan HBFR 67% 0 2 12 7 5 2 0 5 0 3 0 2 1 4
8 Hahn, Mitch FPL 77% 2 2 12 8 4 4 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 3
40 Harbrow, Jarrod INT 58% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 4
25 Hargrave, Ryan CHB 100% 1 0 14 8 6 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 4 2
19 Higgins, Shaun INT 75% 2 2 11 9 2 2 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 3
6 Johnson, Brad (c) CHF 100% 4 1 21 12 9 4 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 3
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 4 0 1 2 1 3 0
23 McMahon, Jordan BPL 86% 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 2
38 Morris, Dale BPR 100% 0 0 6 1 5 1 0 7 3 1 1 1 1 0
1 Ray, Farren WR 83% 0 1 17 9 8 8 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 6
11 Street, Peter RU 53% 0 0 10 5 5 2 22 1 2 2 1 0 3 0
7 West, Scott C 90% 0 0 20 7 13 1 0 6 3 0 2 0 0 1
37 Wight, Cameron INT 61% 0 0 5 2 3 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 16 16 317 182 135 70 40 69 37 42 17 16 31 58

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Bate, Matthew WL 96% 1 0 19 8 11 5 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 4
21 Bell, Daniel HBFR 100% 1 0 12 7 5 4 0 7 0 1 0 1 2 3
25 Brown, Nathan HBFL 87% 0 0 19 10 9 7 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 1
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFR 100% 0 1 24 17 7 5 0 6 2 3 1 2 5 4
41 Carroll, Nathan FB 90% 0 0 11 7 4 8 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
36 Davey, Aaron WR 94% 3 0 29 23 6 10 0 2 3 1 2 0 6 2
14 Dunn, Lynden CHF 83% 1 1 15 9 6 5 2 2 2 1 1 0 2 5
30 Godfrey, Simon RR 89% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 4 2 4 0 2 0 2
18 Green, Brad HFFL 94% 2 0 19 9 10 5 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 1
4 Holland, Ben FPR 95% 0 0 17 7 10 5 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 1
11 Johnson, Paul INT 30% 0 0 8 4 4 3 16 0 2 2 0 0 2 1
16 Johnstone, Travis RO 77% 1 1 25 17 8 6 0 6 4 1 1 1 4 3
2 Jones, Nathan INT 68% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 0
23 McDonald, James C 80% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 3 1 4 0 1 0 4
7 Miller, Brad CHB 67% 0 0 10 4 6 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2
22 Moloney, Brent INT 32% 0 0 11 6 5 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 2
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 81% 1 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0
12 Sylvia, Colin FPL 94% 3 1 20 15 5 9 2 3 4 4 0 1 0 5
10 Ward, Daniel BPL 100% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 2
37 Warnock, Matthew INT 73% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 2 0
34 White, Jeff RU 70% 1 0 22 11 11 10 15 1 2 2 0 1 1 3
13 Yze, Adem BPR 100% 2 1 20 16 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 16 10 344 205 139 108 38 56 35 43 16 17 34 53

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
10 D. Ward 41 N. Carroll 13 A. Yze 11 P. Street 22 D. Addison
21 J. Akermanis 14 L. Darcy 8 M. Hahn 4 D. Cross 40 J. Harbrow
FORWARD 17 A. Cooney 19 S. Higgins
HALF-BACK

37 C. Wight
25 N. Brown 7 B. Miller 21 D. Bell



5 M. Boyd 6 B. Johnson (c) 13 D. Giansiracusa



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 M. Bate 23 J. McDonald 36 A. Davey



1 F. Ray 7 S. West 10 N. Eagleton FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 J. White 11 P. Johnson
HALF-FORWARD 30 S. Godfrey 2 N. Jones
18 B. Green 14 L. Dunn 32 C. Bruce 16 T. Johnstone 22 B. Moloney
16 R. Griffen 25 R. Hargrave 9 L. Gilbee

37 M. Warnock
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 C. Sylvia 9 D. Neitz (c) 4 B. Holland



38 D. Morris 36 B. Lake 23 J. McMahon



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:39
MELB Aaron Davey goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 02:49
WBUL Luke Darcy goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:39
MELB Aaron Davey goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 07:08
MELB Adem Yze goal 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 10:13
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 2.1.13 - 3.0.18 12:19
WBUL Shaun Higgins goal 3.1.19 - 3.0.18 16:49
MELB Lynden Dunn goal 3.1.19 - 4.0.24 17:51
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 4.1.25 - 4.0.24 20:28
MELB Rushed behind 4.1.25 - 4.1.25 23:10
MELB Brad Green goal 4.1.25 - 5.1.31 24:27
MELB Colin Sylvia goal 4.1.25 - 6.1.37 31:32
Q2 MELB Rushed behind 4.1.25 - 6.2.38 00:22
WBUL Shaun Higgins behind 4.2.26 - 6.2.38 03:58
MELB Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 6.3.39 06:08
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 5.2.32 - 6.3.39 06:56
MELB Matthew Bate goal 5.2.32 - 7.3.45 10:08
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 6.2.38 - 7.3.45 13:14
WBUL Daniel Cross goal 7.2.44 - 7.3.45 15:05
WBUL Shaun Higgins goal 8.2.50 - 7.3.45 16:07
MELB David Neitz behind 8.2.50 - 7.4.46 17:51
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 8.3.51 - 7.4.46 19:03
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 9.3.57 - 7.4.46 20:04
WBUL Farren Ray behind 9.4.58 - 7.4.46 21:21
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 10.4.64 - 7.4.46 26:40
MELB Travis Johnstone behind 10.4.64 - 7.5.47 27:46
WBUL Shaun Higgins behind 10.5.65 - 7.5.47 28:15
MELB Rushed behind 10.5.65 - 7.6.48 29:41
Q3 MELB Brad Green goal 10.5.65 - 8.6.54 00:51
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 10.6.66 - 8.6.54 02:26
MELB Daniel Bell goal 10.6.66 - 9.6.60 04:10
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 10.7.67 - 9.6.60 08:02
MELB Adem Yze goal 10.7.67 - 10.6.66 10:12
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 10.8.68 - 10.6.66 13:45
MELB Colin Sylvia behind 10.8.68 - 10.7.67 14:55
WBUL Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 10.7.67 15:28
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 11.9.75 - 10.7.67 17:41
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 11.9.75 - 10.8.68 18:55
MELB Adem Yze behind 11.9.75 - 10.9.69 20:10
WBUL Matthew Boyd behind 11.10.76 - 10.9.69 21:52
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 12.10.82 - 10.9.69 24:23
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 12.11.83 - 10.9.69 27:55
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 12.12.84 - 10.9.69 29:33
Q4 MELB Colin Sylvia goal 12.12.84 - 11.9.75 03:49
MELB Jeff White goal 12.12.84 - 12.9.81 05:38
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 13.12.90 - 12.9.81 07:13
MELB Travis Johnstone goal 13.12.90 - 13.9.87 08:42
MELB Aaron Davey goal 13.12.90 - 14.9.93 09:56
WBUL Ryan Griffen behind 13.13.91 - 14.9.93 12:14
WBUL Rushed behind 13.14.92 - 14.9.93 13:36
WBUL Ryan Griffen behind 13.15.93 - 14.9.93 15:39
MELB Lynden Dunn behind 13.15.93 - 14.10.94 16:23
WBUL Ryan Hargrave goal 14.15.99 - 14.10.94 16:59
MELB David Neitz goal 14.15.99 - 15.10.100 20:51
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 15.15.105 - 15.10.100 22:38
MELB Colin Sylvia goal 15.15.105 - 16.10.106 27:33
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 16.15.111 - 16.10.106 28:44
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 16.16.112 - 16.10.106 30:48