2007 AFL Round 9: Melbourne v Kangaroos

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 2007 between Melbourne and Kangaroos during round 9 of the 2007 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Kangaroos at MCG. David Neitz captained the hosts. Adam Simpson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neale Daniher and the visitors were coached by Dean Laidley.

Melbourne
Back: D. Ward, N. Carroll, R. Petterd
Half-back: C. Bizzell, B. Holland, D. Bell
Centre: T. Johnstone, J. McDonald, A. Davey
Half-forward: R. Robertson, B. Miller, C. Bruce
Forward: B. Green, D. Neitz (capt.), L. Dunn
Follower: J. White, S. Godfrey, N. Jones
Int.: N. Brown, J. Frawley, P. Johnson, B. McLean

Kangaroos
Back: D. Pratt, M. Firrito, S. McMahon
Half-back: G. Archer, J. Gibson, J. Sinclair
Centre: A. Simpson (capt.), A. Swallow, B. Rawlings
Half-forward: A. Edwards, D. Hale, C. Jones
Forward: L. Thomas, L. Brown, D. Petrie
Follower: H. McIntosh, D. Harris, B. Harvey
Int.: M. Campbell, S. Grant, B. Grima, J. Smith

Melbourne (11.12.78) were defeated by Kangaroos (10.19.79).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: D. Neitz (4), R. Robertson (3), C. Bruce (2), B. Green, N. Jones
Kangaroos: S. Grant (5), C. Jones (2), M. Campbell, A. Swallow, L. Thomas

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 15th on the ladder and Kangaroos remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Kangaroos
Date: Sunday 27 May 2007
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 30,662

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Kangaroos
Score: 11.12.78 - 10.19.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 8 4 . 10 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Kangaroos 3 . 5 7 . 7 8 . 14 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Margin KANG by 7 KANG by 17 KANG by 28 KANG by 1 KANG by 1
Duration 31:23 29:19 26:06 33:48 2:00:36

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neale Daniher (Melbourne), Dean Laidley (Kangaroos)
Captains: David Neitz (Melbourne), Adam Simpson (Kangaroos)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Kamolins (#19), S. McLaren (#11), T. Pannell (#31)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 3
Adam Simpson KANG 7 2
Shannon Grant KANG 6 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Shannon Grant KANG 6 10 2 0 0 0 0
Cameron Bruce MELB 32 8 0 2 0 0 0
Andrew Swallow KANG 19 5 0 0 1 1 0
Corey Jones KANG 21 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Drew Petrie KANG 20 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Adam Simpson KANG 7 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
21 Bell, Daniel HBFR 80% 0 0 17 9 8 8 0 3 1 3 0 3 1 3
3 Bizzell, Clint HBFL 100% 0 0 21 11 10 7 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0
25 Brown, Nathan INT 83% 0 0 28 17 11 8 0 1 3 3 2 0 4 3
32 Bruce, Cameron HFFR 93% 2 1 35 18 17 10 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 5
41 Carroll, Nathan FB 100% 0 0 15 11 4 8 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 0
36 Davey, Aaron WR 89% 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 9 2 1 0 0 1 1
14 Dunn, Lynden FPR 61% 0 0 10 4 6 2 2 4 1 1 0 1 1 1
8 Frawley, James INT 46% 0 0 7 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 0
30 Godfrey, Simon RR 85% 0 0 17 8 9 6 0 3 2 6 0 3 2 3
18 Green, Brad FPL 100% 1 1 16 9 7 5 0 5 1 4 1 4 3 2
4 Holland, Ben CHB 79% 0 0 7 3 4 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
11 Johnson, Paul INT 48% 0 0 7 1 6 4 9 1 0 2 0 2 1 0
16 Johnstone, Travis WL 86% 0 1 16 11 5 1 0 2 2 4 1 2 1 5
2 Jones, Nathan RO 78% 1 2 23 14 9 2 0 9 2 3 1 0 2 6
23 McDonald, James C 74% 0 0 29 13 16 8 1 10 4 4 1 2 3 3
5 McLean, Brock INT 56% 0 0 22 15 7 5 0 9 4 6 3 3 4 2
7 Miller, Brad CHF 95% 0 0 12 7 5 8 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
9 Neitz, David (c) FF 100% 4 1 11 9 2 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
15 Petterd, Ricky BPR 91% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 2
24 Robertson, Russell HFFL 100% 3 1 6 5 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ward, Daniel BPL 85% 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
34 White, Jeff RU 71% 0 0 20 10 10 10 28 1 1 3 0 2 3 1
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 11 12 369 213 156 126 45 69 25 54 15 26 42 42

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Archer, Glenn HBFL 95% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
16 Brown, Leigh FF 85% 0 1 6 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
43 Campbell, Matt INT 56% 1 1 10 8 2 3 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 2
27 Edwards, Aaron HFFL 77% 0 2 7 7 0 4 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 1
24 Firrito, Michael FB 100% 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 2
38 Gibson, Josh CHB 95% 0 0 15 13 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 3
6 Grant, Shannon INT 94% 5 3 16 12 4 4 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 3
17 Grima, Blake INT 46% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 3
31 Hale, David CHF 73% 0 0 11 4 7 2 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
4 Harris, Daniel RR 61% 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 9 4 4 2 2 0 2
29 Harvey, Brent RO 89% 0 0 24 14 10 4 0 1 3 5 2 0 2 7
21 Jones, Corey HFFR 100% 2 3 11 10 1 5 0 5 2 2 2 1 1 3
1 McIntosh, Hamish RU 77% 0 0 12 9 3 2 22 1 4 1 4 0 1 2
42 McMahon, Scott BPR 89% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0
20 Petrie, Drew FPR 96% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 3 1 3 0 2 2 1
30 Pratt, Daniel BPL 90% 0 0 18 9 9 5 2 5 0 4 1 1 0 3
3 Rawlings, Brady WR 86% 0 1 17 8 9 3 0 5 3 2 2 1 2 0
7 Simpson, Adam (c) WL 81% 0 0 27 10 17 2 3 8 4 2 2 1 0 7
9 Sinclair, Jess HBFR 77% 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 3 4
10 Smith, Jesse INT 86% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 3 1 1 1 1 4 2
19 Swallow, Andrew C 75% 1 0 21 9 12 4 0 6 6 3 2 1 1 3
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPL 71% 1 3 11 9 2 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 6
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 10 19 313 183 130 64 39 74 36 41 26 15 27 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
30 D. Pratt 24 M. Firrito 42 S. McMahon 34 J. White 25 N. Brown
14 L. Dunn 9 D. Neitz (c) 18 B. Green 30 S. Godfrey 8 J. Frawley
FORWARD 2 N. Jones 11 P. Johnson
HALF-BACK

5 B. McLean
11 G. Archer 38 J. Gibson 9 J. Sinclair



32 C. Bruce 7 B. Miller 24 R. Robertson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 A. Simpson (c) 19 A. Swallow 3 B. Rawlings



36 A. Davey 23 J. McDonald 16 T. Johnstone FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 H. McIntosh 43 M. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD 4 D. Harris 6 S. Grant
27 A. Edwards 31 D. Hale 21 C. Jones 29 B. Harvey 17 B. Grima
21 D. Bell 4 B. Holland 3 C. Bizzell

10 J. Smith
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 L. Thomas 16 L. Brown 20 D. Petrie



15 R. Petterd 41 N. Carroll 10 D. Ward



BACK



Kangaroos Coach: Dean Laidley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Travis Johnstone behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 06:23
MELB Russell Robertson goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 08:13
MELB Nathan Jones behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 09:55
KANG Corey Jones goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 12:00
KANG Corey Jones goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 13:16
MELB Cameron Bruce behind 1.3.9 - 2.0.12 15:09
KANG Leigh Brown behind 1.3.9 - 2.1.13 17:48
KANG Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 18:16
MELB David Neitz goal 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 21:54
KANG Aaron Edwards behind 2.3.15 - 2.3.15 25:08
KANG Lindsay Thomas behind 2.3.15 - 2.4.16 26:12
KANG Lindsay Thomas goal 2.3.15 - 3.4.22 27:52
KANG Lindsay Thomas behind 2.3.15 - 3.5.23 29:01
MELB Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 3.5.23 30:44
Q2 MELB Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 3.5.23 01:32
KANG Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 3.6.24 04:55
KANG Shannon Grant goal 2.5.17 - 4.6.30 07:01
MELB David Neitz behind 2.6.18 - 4.6.30 09:20
MELB Nathan Jones behind 2.7.19 - 4.6.30 11:03
KANG Shannon Grant goal 2.7.19 - 5.6.36 18:34
KANG Shannon Grant goal 2.7.19 - 6.6.42 19:52
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 3.7.25 - 6.6.42 21:19
KANG Shannon Grant goal 3.7.25 - 7.6.48 23:44
MELB Brad Green behind 3.8.26 - 7.6.48 27:03
KANG Shannon Grant behind 3.8.26 - 7.7.49 28:07
MELB Russell Robertson goal 4.8.32 - 7.7.49 29:08
Q3 KANG Corey Jones behind 4.8.32 - 7.8.50 04:37
KANG Matt Campbell behind 4.8.32 - 7.9.51 06:22
KANG Shannon Grant goal 4.8.32 - 8.9.57 12:15
MELB Russell Robertson behind 4.9.33 - 8.9.57 17:29
MELB Rushed behind 4.10.34 - 8.9.57 18:36
KANG Rushed behind 4.10.34 - 8.10.58 20:26
KANG Lindsay Thomas behind 4.10.34 - 8.11.59 21:23
KANG Aaron Edwards behind 4.10.34 - 8.12.60 22:45
KANG Michael Firrito behind 4.10.34 - 8.13.61 25:15
KANG Corey Jones behind 4.10.34 - 8.14.62 26:00
Q4 KANG Shannon Grant behind 4.10.34 - 8.15.63 03:47
KANG Matt Campbell goal 4.10.34 - 9.15.69 05:16
MELB Brad Green goal 5.10.40 - 9.15.69 06:59
MELB David Neitz goal 6.10.46 - 9.15.69 08:56
MELB David Neitz goal 7.10.52 - 9.15.69 11:16
KANG Shannon Grant behind 7.10.52 - 9.16.70 12:32
MELB Russell Robertson goal 8.10.58 - 9.16.70 13:31
MELB Rushed behind 8.11.59 - 9.16.70 15:09
MELB Cameron Bruce goal 9.11.65 - 9.16.70 19:28
KANG Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 9.17.71 21:58
MELB David Neitz goal 10.11.71 - 9.17.71 23:14
KANG Brady Rawlings behind 10.11.71 - 9.18.72 24:24
MELB Nathan Jones goal 11.11.77 - 9.18.72 25:28
MELB Rushed behind 11.12.78 - 9.18.72 27:33
KANG Corey Jones behind 11.12.78 - 9.19.73 30:19
KANG Andrew Swallow goal 11.12.78 - 10.19.79 31:20