2008 AFL Season Round 6: Brisbane Lions v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 2008 between the Brisbane Lions and Melbourne during round six of the 2008 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Lions hosted Melbourne at the Gabba. Jonathan Brown captained the hosts. Cameron Bruce captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Leigh Matthews and the visitors were coached by Dean Bailey.

The Brisbane Lions (19.23.137) defeated Melbourne (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 27 April 2008
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 22,878

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Melbourne
Score: 19.23.137 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions	3	.	6	10	.	13	15	.	17	19	.	23	19	.	23	(137)
Melbourne	2	.	1	5	.	2	8	.	3	13	.	7	13	.	7	(85)
Margin	BRIL by 11			BRIL by 41			BRIL by 56			BRIL by 52			BRIL by 52
Duration	28:12			32:26			30:32			33:26			2:04:36

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Brisbane Lions) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions

Captain: Jonathan Brown
Coach: Leigh Matthews

Melbourne

Captain: Cameron Bruce
Coach: Dean Bailey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Armstrong (#26)
M. Head (#16)
M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Simon Black	BRIL	20	3
Anthony Corrie	BRIL	18	2
Daniel Bradshaw	BRIL	36	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Simon Black	BRIL	20	10	2	0	0	0	0
Anthony Corrie	BRIL	18	7	0	1	1	0	0
Rhan Hooper	BRIL	33	7	0	1	1	0	0
Nathan Jones	MELB	2	4	0	0	0	2	0
Daniel Bradshaw	BRIL	36	1	0	0	0	0	1
Luke Power	BRIL	6	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Adcock, Jed	WL	85%	1	0	16	6	10	4	0	2	1	2	3	1	1	2
20	Black, Simon	RR	82%	0	2	36	17	19	4	0	3	5	3	0	2	1	4
36	Bradshaw, Daniel	FF	97%	6	0	14	9	5	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3
17	Brennan, Jared	BPR	75%	0	3	23	10	13	9	2	4	0	1	1	0	2	5
16	Brown, Jonathan (c)	CHF	88%	2	2	11	7	4	6	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	1
19	Charman, Jamie	RU	61%	0	0	10	4	6	1	14	1	0	2	1	2	0	3
30	Copeland, Robert	INT	77%	0	1	13	6	7	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	3
18	Corrie, Anthony	WR	90%	3	2	18	12	6	4	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	4
5	Harding, Scott	INT	59%	0	0	15	12	3	3	0	3	6	3	0	1	0	8
14	Henderson, Lachie	FPR	65%	0	0	7	6	1	3	0	4	0	0	3	0	2	2
33	Hooper, Rhan	HFFL	89%	4	2	15	11	4	2	0	6	0	2	3	0	0	5
4	Johnstone, Travis	C	92%	2	2	15	9	6	4	0	3	4	4	0	2	0	2
23	Leuenberger, Matthew	INT	48%	0	0	6	2	4	0	16	2	2	1	1	1	1	0
26	MacDonald, Joel	HBFL	94%	0	0	24	15	9	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	5
21	Merrett, Daniel	FB	100%	0	0	5	3	2	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	0
8	Notting, Tim	HFFR	89%	0	0	24	13	11	6	0	8	3	2	0	1	1	6
24	Patfull, Joel	CHB	95%	0	0	10	4	6	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	1
31	Polkinghorne, James	BPL	85%	0	2	10	5	5	7	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2
6	Power, Luke	RO	91%	0	0	29	12	17	1	0	2	6	4	1	1	3	7
35	Rischitelli, Michael	INT	64%	1	0	20	12	8	6	0	10	7	2	0	1	3	7
11	Sherman, Justin	FPL	86%	0	2	12	6	6	2	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	4
32	Stiller, Cheynee	HBFR	88%	0	1	18	10	8	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	2
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				19	23	351	191	160	84	33	62	36	43	18	18	27	76

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Bartram, Clint	WR	85%	0	1	19	7	12	4	0	3	2	5	1	2	4	1
21	Bell, Daniel	BPR	81%	0	0	24	10	14	8	0	3	2	5	0	3	4	2
32	Bruce, Cameron (c)	HBFR	88%	0	0	33	13	20	11	0	5	2	4	1	0	5	4
41	Carroll, Nathan	FB	95%	0	0	13	5	8	4	2	4	0	3	1	0	3	0
36	Davey, Aaron	FPL	74%	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	1	1
14	Dunn, Lynden	INT	73%	0	0	13	5	8	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3
8	Frawley, James	BPL	94%	0	0	11	5	6	4	0	3	0	2	1	0	1	1
18	Green, Brad	WL	91%	1	0	25	15	10	9	0	1	2	1	2	0	4	3
40	Jamar, Mark	FF	76%	0	0	12	2	10	2	21	5	7	2	4	1	0	0
2	Jones, Nathan	RO	85%	4	1	24	13	11	4	0	6	5	4	2	2	1	3
23	McDonald, James	RR	78%	0	0	18	8	10	3	0	6	3	2	1	2	2	2
5	McLean, Brock	C	79%	0	0	24	16	8	2	0	1	5	4	0	0	2	2
7	Miller, Brad	HFFL	87%	2	0	9	6	3	5	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	1
22	Moloney, Brent	INT	69%	0	0	30	18	12	9	0	2	3	4	0	2	1	5
10	Morton, Cale	INT	60%	0	1	12	5	7	4	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	0
27	Rivers, Jared	CHB	78%	0	0	18	7	11	5	0	1	1	2	0	1	3	1
24	Robertson, Russell	CHF	93%	1	1	10	8	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
12	Sylvia, Colin	HFFR	80%	2	1	19	13	6	6	0	3	0	2	3	1	6	3
37	Warnock, Matthew	INT	83%	0	0	10	4	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
31	Wheatley, Paul	HBFL	84%	0	0	26	19	7	10	0	2	0	2	0	0	7	4
34	White, Jeff	RU	88%	0	0	23	9	14	8	20	0	3	2	1	1	2	2
39	Wonaeamirri, Austin	FPR	80%	3	1	10	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				13	7	394	202	192	113	43	50	40	54	18	18	53	41

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

Brisbane Lions							Coach: Leigh Matthews
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	8	J. Frawley	41	N. Carroll	21	D. Bell	19	J. Charman	30	R. Copeland
	14	L. Henderson	36	D. Bradshaw	11	J. Sherman	20	S. Black	5	S. Harding
FORWARD							6	L. Power	23	M. Leuenberger
HALF-BACK									35	M. Rischitelli
	31	P. Wheatley	27	J. Rivers	32	C. Bruce (c)
	8	T. Notting	16	J. Brown (c)	33	R. Hooper
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	18	B. Green	5	B. McLean	3	C. Bartram
	18	A. Corrie	4	T. Johnstone	7	J. Adcock	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							34	J. White	14	L. Dunn
HALF-FORWARD							23	J. McDonald	22	B. Moloney
	7	B. Miller	24	R. Robertson	12	C. Sylvia	2	N. Jones	10	C. Morton
	32	C. Stiller	24	J. Patfull	26	J. MacDonald			37	M. Warnock
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	36	A. Davey	40	M. Jamar	39	A. Wonaeamirri
	17	J. Brennan	21	D. Merrett	31	J. Polkinghorne
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Dean Bailey

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRIL	Jared Brennan behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	02:28
	BRIL	Travis Johnstone goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	05:28
	BRIL	Anthony Corrie behind	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	06:52
	BRIL	Simon Black behind	1.3.9	-	0.0.0	07:37
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown goal	2.3.15	-	0.0.0	10:07
	BRIL	Rushed behind	2.4.16	-	0.0.0	11:09
	MELB	Nathan Jones goal	2.4.16	-	1.0.6	12:31
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown goal	3.4.22	-	1.0.6	16:06
	MELB	Nathan Jones goal	3.4.22	-	2.0.12	17:48
	BRIL	Cheynee Stiller behind	3.5.23	-	2.0.12	20:50
	MELB	Nathan Jones behind	3.5.23	-	2.1.13	21:51
	BRIL	Jared Brennan behind	3.6.24	-	2.1.13	23:58
Q2	BRIL	Rhan Hooper goal	4.6.30	-	2.1.13	00:24
	BRIL	Rhan Hooper goal	5.6.36	-	2.1.13	02:13
	BRIL	Anthony Corrie goal	6.6.42	-	2.1.13	03:38
	BRIL	Jed Adcock goal	7.6.48	-	2.1.13	05:38
	BRIL	Travis Johnstone behind	7.7.49	-	2.1.13	07:10
	MELB	Cale Morton behind	7.7.49	-	2.2.14	09:46
	MELB	Brad Green goal	7.7.49	-	3.2.20	11:17
	BRIL	Rhan Hooper goal	8.7.55	-	3.2.20	12:52
	BRIL	Daniel Bradshaw goal	9.7.61	-	3.2.20	16:15
	BRIL	James Polkinghorne behind	9.8.62	-	3.2.20	18:13
	MELB	Austin Wonaeamirri goal	9.8.62	-	4.2.26	21:36
	BRIL	Rhan Hooper behind	9.9.63	-	4.2.26	23:41
	BRIL	Simon Black behind	9.10.64	-	4.2.26	24:05
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown behind	9.11.65	-	4.2.26	24:24
	BRIL	Anthony Corrie behind	9.12.66	-	4.2.26	25:17
	MELB	Austin Wonaeamirri goal	9.12.66	-	5.2.32	26:13
	BRIL	Justin Sherman behind	9.13.67	-	5.2.32	28:29
	BRIL	Anthony Corrie goal	10.13.73	-	5.2.32	29:42
Q3	BRIL	Daniel Bradshaw goal	11.13.79	-	5.2.32	07:38
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown behind	11.14.80	-	5.2.32	10:30
	BRIL	Anthony Corrie goal	12.14.86	-	5.2.32	12:28
	BRIL	Rushed behind	12.15.87	-	5.2.32	14:31
	BRIL	Robert Copeland behind	12.16.88	-	5.2.32	15:46
	BRIL	Jared Brennan behind	12.17.89	-	5.2.32	16:53
	BRIL	Daniel Bradshaw goal	13.17.95	-	5.2.32	18:50
	MELB	Austin Wonaeamirri goal	13.17.95	-	6.2.38	21:10
	BRIL	Daniel Bradshaw goal	14.17.101	-	6.2.38	23:24
	BRIL	Rhan Hooper goal	15.17.107	-	6.2.38	24:44
	MELB	Russell Robertson goal	15.17.107	-	7.2.44	25:52
	MELB	Nathan Jones goal	15.17.107	-	8.2.50	27:46
	MELB	Rushed behind	15.17.107	-	8.3.51	28:55
Q4	MELB	Austin Wonaeamirri behind	15.17.107	-	8.4.52	00:34
	BRIL	Rushed behind	15.18.108	-	8.4.52	01:22
	MELB	Nathan Jones goal	15.18.108	-	9.4.58	02:17
	BRIL	James Polkinghorne behind	15.19.109	-	9.4.58	04:59
	MELB	Russell Robertson behind	15.19.109	-	9.5.59	05:40
	BRIL	Rhan Hooper behind	15.20.110	-	9.5.59	07:33
	MELB	Brad Miller goal	15.20.110	-	10.5.65	08:42
	BRIL	Rushed behind	15.21.111	-	10.5.65	11:15
	BRIL	Daniel Bradshaw goal	16.21.117	-	10.5.65	12:36
	MELB	Colin Sylvia goal	16.21.117	-	11.5.71	14:21
	MELB	Colin Sylvia behind	16.21.117	-	11.6.72	18:14
	BRIL	Michael Rischitelli goal	17.21.123	-	11.6.72	19:36
	MELB	Clint Bartram behind	17.21.123	-	11.7.73	21:27
	MELB	Colin Sylvia goal	17.21.123	-	12.7.79	22:32
	BRIL	Justin Sherman behind	17.22.124	-	12.7.79	23:34
	BRIL	Travis Johnstone behind	17.23.125	-	12.7.79	24:13
	BRIL	Travis Johnstone goal	18.23.131	-	12.7.79	28:53
	MELB	Brad Miller goal	18.23.131	-	13.7.85	30:28
	BRIL	Daniel Bradshaw goal	19.23.137	-	13.7.85	32:23

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