2007 AFL Round 15: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 2007 between Melbourne and Brisbane Lions during round 15 of the 2007 AFL season. Melbourne "hosted" Brisbane Lions at Gabba. James McDonald captained the hosts. Jamie Charman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Riley and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

Melbourne
Back: D. Ward, N. Carroll, J. Frawley
Half-back: L. Dunn, C. Bizzell, N. Brown
Centre: P. Wheatley, J. McDonald (capt.), A. Davey
Half-forward: S. Godfrey, R. Robertson, M. Bate
Forward: C. Sylvia, B. Miller, P. Johnson
Follower: J. White, B. McLean, N. Jones
Int.: S. Buckley, C. Garland, C. Johnson, M. Newton

Brisbane Lions
Back: R. Copeland, D. Merrett, J. Roe
Half-back: J. Adcock, J. Drummond, J. Brennan
Centre: T. Notting, N. Lappin, C. Stiller
Half-forward: J. MacDonald, J. Brown, T. Selwood
Forward: R. Hooper, J. Patfull, W. Mills
Follower: J. Charman (capt.), S. Black, L. Power
Int.: W. Hamill, M. Leuenberger, A. McGrath, M. Rischitelli

Melbourne (12.10.82) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (18.18.126).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: A. Davey (4), J. White (2), N. Brown, S. Godfrey, N. Jones, B. McLean, R. Robertson, C. Sylvia
Brisbane Lions: J. Brown (6), R. Copeland (3), J. Brennan (2), J. Adcock, J. Drummond, M. Leuenberger, A. McGrath, T. Notting, L. Power, M. Rischitelli

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 15th on the ladder and Brisbane Lions were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 14 July 2007
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 22,708

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 12.10.82 - 18.18.126

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	1	.	0	3	.	4	5	.	8	12	.	10	12	.	10	(82)
Brisbane Lions	6	.	5	7	.	12	14	.	14	18	.	18	18	.	18	(126)
Margin	BRIL by 35			BRIL by 32			BRIL by 60			BRIL by 44			BRIL by 44
Duration	30:26			28:32			29:08			31:10			1:59:16

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Riley (Melbourne), Leigh Matthews (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: James McDonald (Melbourne), Jamie Charman (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ellis (#23), K. Nicholls (#28), T. Pannell (#31)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Simon Black	BRIL	20	3
Jonathan Brown	BRIL	16	2
Jamie Charman	BRIL	19	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Jonathan Brown	BRIL	16	10	2	0	0	0	0
Josh Drummond	BRIL	39	7	0	1	1	0	0
Nigel Lappin	BRIL	44	4	0	?	?	0	?
Joel Patfull	BRIL	24	4	0	?	?	0	?
Jed Adcock	BRIL	7	2	0	0	0	1	0
Luke Power	BRIL	6	2	0	0	0	1	0
Brock McLean	MELB	5	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
6	Bate, Matthew	HFFR	90%	0	1	21	7	14	5	0	5	1	4	1	1	0	3
3	Bizzell, Clint	CHB	94%	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Brown, Nathan	HBFR	79%	1	0	29	18	11	8	0	2	1	1	0	0	6	5
1	Buckley, Simon	INT	49%	0	0	7	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
41	Carroll, Nathan	FB	100%	0	0	7	4	3	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0
36	Davey, Aaron	WR	92%	4	2	14	11	3	4	0	1	2	4	0	2	0	0
14	Dunn, Lynden	HBFL	72%	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	2
8	Frawley, James	BPR	100%	0	0	8	5	3	5	0	1	0	4	0	3	2	0
20	Garland, Colin	INT	77%	0	1	6	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
30	Godfrey, Simon	HFFL	78%	1	0	15	5	10	3	0	5	2	2	1	2	0	2
17	Johnson, Chris	INT	77%	0	1	16	12	4	8	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	3
11	Johnson, Paul	FPR	59%	0	0	10	5	5	5	8	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Jones, Nathan	RO	81%	1	0	22	14	8	9	0	3	1	5	0	3	6	3
23	McDonald, James (c)	C	70%	0	1	26	14	12	4	0	5	3	1	0	1	1	6
5	McLean, Brock	RR	78%	1	1	31	19	12	5	0	3	8	1	4	1	1	5
7	Miller, Brad	FF	100%	0	0	9	5	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0
29	Newton, Michael	INT	69%	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	1
24	Robertson, Russell	CHF	100%	1	3	8	7	1	3	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0
12	Sylvia, Colin	FPL	93%	1	0	14	11	3	6	1	2	2	4	1	2	2	5
10	Ward, Daniel	BPL	91%	0	0	26	14	12	7	0	2	0	1	0	0	7	2
31	Wheatley, Paul	WL	82%	0	0	25	12	13	8	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	5
34	White, Jeff	RU	69%	2	0	19	9	10	9	20	1	2	1	1	0	2	2
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				12	10	334	187	147	107	29	44	26	41	16	22	35	47

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Adcock, Jed	HBFL	72%	1	0	21	10	11	3	0	8	4	5	3	1	1	2
20	Black, Simon	RR	71%	0	0	20	11	9	1	0	4	5	4	0	1	0	5
17	Brennan, Jared	HBFR	94%	2	1	16	12	4	4	0	4	2	0	4	0	0	3
16	Brown, Jonathan	CHF	92%	6	2	20	13	7	13	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	2
19	Charman, Jamie (c)	RU	70%	0	1	12	6	6	3	21	8	2	4	1	1	2	3
30	Copeland, Robert	BPL	86%	3	1	12	7	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
39	Drummond, Josh	CHB	93%	1	1	26	20	6	6	0	1	1	3	0	1	7	7
40	Hamill, Will	INT	55%	0	0	10	5	5	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
33	Hooper, Rhan	FPL	91%	0	0	14	5	9	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	3
44	Lappin, Nigel	C	83%	0	0	25	16	9	5	0	5	5	3	1	1	5	5
23	Leuenberger, Matthew	INT	50%	1	0	8	3	5	2	10	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
26	MacDonald, Joel	HFFL	97%	0	0	16	8	8	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	2
9	McGrath, Ashley	INT	54%	1	0	8	3	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
21	Merrett, Daniel	FB	100%	0	0	9	2	7	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
25	Mills, Wayde	FPR	87%	0	2	12	4	8	5	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	2
8	Notting, Tim	WL	77%	1	0	18	8	10	4	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	7
24	Patfull, Joel	FF	100%	0	0	14	6	8	5	0	2	0	2	2	2	3	1
6	Power, Luke	RO	85%	1	2	27	18	9	7	0	4	3	3	1	1	3	7
35	Rischitelli, Michael	INT	65%	1	0	15	4	11	1	0	7	3	1	3	1	0	1
29	Roe, Jason	BPR	100%	0	0	12	6	6	5	0	3	1	2	0	2	2	0
28	Selwood, Troy	HFFR	100%	0	0	15	9	6	6	0	1	2	2	3	1	0	0
32	Stiller, Cheynee	WR	78%	0	1	21	11	10	6	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	5
Rushed					7
Total (22 players)				18	18	351	187	164	90	31	59	37	40	23	16	32	58

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: Mark Riley
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	30	R. Copeland	21	D. Merrett	29	J. Roe	34	J. White	1	S. Buckley
	11	P. Johnson	7	B. Miller	12	C. Sylvia	5	B. McLean	20	C. Garland
FORWARD							2	N. Jones	17	C. Johnson
HALF-BACK									29	M. Newton
	7	J. Adcock	39	J. Drummond	17	J. Brennan
	6	M. Bate	24	R. Robertson	30	S. Godfrey
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	8	T. Notting	44	N. Lappin	32	C. Stiller
	36	A. Davey	23	J. McDonald (c)	31	P. Wheatley	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							19	J. Charman (c)	40	W. Hamill
HALF-FORWARD							20	S. Black	23	M. Leuenberger
	26	J. MacDonald	16	J. Brown	28	T. Selwood	6	L. Power	9	A. McGrath
	25	N. Brown	3	C. Bizzell	14	L. Dunn			35	M. Rischitelli
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	33	R. Hooper	24	J. Patfull	25	W. Mills
	8	J. Frawley	41	N. Carroll	10	D. Ward
BACK
Brisbane Lions							Coach: Leigh Matthews

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRIL	Jonathan Brown goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	03:01
	BRIL	Josh Drummond behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	06:49
	BRIL	Tim Notting goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	07:40
	BRIL	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	2.2.14	11:05
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown goal	0.0.0	-	3.2.20	15:51
	BRIL	Cheynee Stiller behind	0.0.0	-	3.3.21	17:02
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown behind	0.0.0	-	3.4.22	19:15
	BRIL	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	3.5.23	20:10
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown goal	0.0.0	-	4.5.29	22:08
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown goal	0.0.0	-	5.5.35	25:36
	BRIL	Luke Power goal	0.0.0	-	6.5.41	26:50
	MELB	Nathan Brown goal	1.0.6	-	6.5.41	28:26
Q2	BRIL	Rushed behind	1.0.6	-	6.6.42	02:22
	MELB	Matthew Bate behind	1.1.7	-	6.6.42	04:28
	BRIL	Jared Brennan behind	1.1.7	-	6.7.43	07:12
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	1.2.8	-	6.7.43	09:48
	MELB	Aaron Davey behind	1.3.9	-	6.7.43	11:10
	BRIL	Wayde Mills behind	1.3.9	-	6.8.44	13:31
	BRIL	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	6.9.45	14:44
	BRIL	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	6.10.46	16:09
	BRIL	Jared Brennan goal	1.3.9	-	7.10.52	20:30
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	2.3.15	-	7.10.52	21:53
	BRIL	Luke Power behind	2.3.15	-	7.11.53	22:54
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	2.4.16	-	7.11.53	23:31
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	3.4.22	-	7.11.53	25:03
	BRIL	Jamie Charman behind	3.4.22	-	7.12.54	28:03
Q3	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	3.5.23	-	7.12.54	00:15
	MELB	Aaron Davey behind	3.6.24	-	7.12.54	00:58
	BRIL	Jared Brennan goal	3.6.24	-	8.12.60	02:25
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown goal	3.6.24	-	9.12.66	04:01
	MELB	Chris Johnson behind	3.7.25	-	9.12.66	05:21
	MELB	Jeff White goal	4.7.31	-	9.12.66	07:02
	MELB	Brock McLean behind	4.8.32	-	9.12.66	08:50
	BRIL	Luke Power behind	4.8.32	-	9.13.67	11:34
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	5.8.38	-	9.13.67	15:03
	BRIL	Robert Copeland goal	5.8.38	-	10.13.73	17:59
	BRIL	Robert Copeland behind	5.8.38	-	10.14.74	19:55
	BRIL	Robert Copeland goal	5.8.38	-	11.14.80	23:54
	BRIL	Matthew Leuenberger goal	5.8.38	-	12.14.86	25:24
	BRIL	Ashley McGrath goal	5.8.38	-	13.14.92	27:16
	BRIL	Josh Drummond goal	5.8.38	-	14.14.98	29:02
Q4	BRIL	Jonathan Brown behind	5.8.38	-	14.15.99	01:38
	MELB	James McDonald behind	5.9.39	-	14.15.99	02:53
	MELB	Jeff White goal	6.9.45	-	14.15.99	05:34
	BRIL	Rushed behind	6.9.45	-	14.16.100	07:00
	MELB	Colin Garland behind	6.10.46	-	14.16.100	09:44
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	7.10.52	-	14.16.100	09:57
	BRIL	Rushed behind	7.10.52	-	14.17.101	11:28
	BRIL	Jed Adcock goal	7.10.52	-	15.17.107	13:26
	MELB	Simon Godfrey goal	8.10.58	-	15.17.107	15:34
	BRIL	Robert Copeland goal	8.10.58	-	16.17.113	17:06
	MELB	Nathan Jones goal	9.10.64	-	16.17.113	19:01
	BRIL	Michael Rischitelli goal	9.10.64	-	17.17.119	20:32
	MELB	Colin Sylvia goal	10.10.70	-	17.17.119	21:53
	BRIL	Wayde Mills behind	10.10.70	-	17.18.120	23:35
	MELB	Aaron Davey goal	11.10.76	-	17.18.120	24:39
	MELB	Brock McLean goal	12.10.82	-	17.18.120	27:45
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown goal	12.10.82	-	18.18.126	30:23

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