2012 AFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 2012 between Melbourne and the Brisbane Lions during round one of the 2012 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Brisbane Lions at the MCG. The hosts were coached by Mark Neeld and the visitors were coached by Michael Voss.

Melbourne (11.12.78) were defeated by the Brisbane Lions (17.17.119).

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 31 March 2012
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 33,473

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 11.12.78 - 17.17.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 4 8 . 8 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Brisbane Lions 1 . 4 7 . 8 13 . 13 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Margin MELB by 11 BRIL by 4 BRIL by 35 BRIL by 41 BRIL by 41
Duration 29:30 32:21 32:32 31:32 2:05:55

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mark Neeld

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Michael Voss

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Dalgleish (#7)
S. Grun (#13)
M. Leppard (#11)
E: B. Hosking (#16)

Goal Umpires

P. Gonis
M. Hammond
E: J. Venkataya

Boundary Umpires

A. Coote
C. Esler
G. Large
C. Morrison

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Simon Black BRIL 20 3
James Magner MELB 49 2
Niall McKeever BRIL 40 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Simon Black BRIL 20 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Rockliff BRIL 38 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jed Adcock BRIL 7 6 0 1 0 1 0
Joel Patfull BRIL 24 3 0 0 1 0 0
Daniel Rich BRIL 10 2 0 0 0 1 0
Pearce Hanley BRIL 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
James Magner MELB 49 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
44 Bail, Rohan HFFL 86% 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 6 0 3 2 1 1 2
3 Bartram, Clint BPR 96% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
6 Bate, Matthew SUB↑ 22% 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 2
17 Blease, Sam INT↓ 60% 0 3 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
11 Clark, Mitch FF 94% 2 1 10 9 1 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 2
36 Davey, Aaron FPL 80% 1 1 11 6 5 0 0 5 2 3 2 2 0 1
8 Frawley, James FB 100% 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 6 2
20 Garland, Colin HBFR 94% 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 3
18 Green, Brad CHF 94% 1 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
16 Grimes, Jack C 90% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 1
38 Howe, Jeremy HFFR 95% 2 1 10 8 2 5 0 2 1 5 1 4 1 0
40 Jamar, Mark RU 79% 0 1 12 6 6 3 27 4 1 2 2 1 0 1
2 Jones, Nathan WR 79% 0 1 20 13 7 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 3
28 MacDonald, Joel BPL 96% 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 2 2 3 1 1 3 4
49 Magner, James INT 62% 2 0 24 14 10 4 0 4 4 4 4 0 2 3
34 Martin, Stefan FPR 77% 1 0 9 6 3 5 11 4 1 1 1 1 0 4
13 McKenzie, Jordie INT 71% 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 6 2 1 4 1 3 4
22 Moloney, Brent RR 82% 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 1 3
27 Rivers, Jared CHB 100% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 0
9 Trengove, Jack RO 80% 1 1 17 11 6 6 0 8 3 1 3 0 3 2
46 Tynan, Josh HBFL 77% 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 4 3 0 1 2 3
4 Watts, Jack WL 86% 1 0 18 12 6 5 0 3 2 1 0 1 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 12 300 200 100 65 38 66 34 46 24 19 34 48

M. Bate replaced S. Blease.

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Adcock, Jed C 86% 1 0 29 18 11 9 0 4 0 2 3 1 2 9
18 Banfield, Todd INT 80% 3 1 10 8 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3
17 Beams, Claye HFFR 77% 0 0 25 12 13 1 0 5 5 4 0 1 2 5
43 Bewick, Rohan WL↓ 58% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3
20 Black, Simon INT 75% 0 0 30 17 13 3 0 10 9 1 2 0 4 4
41 Golby, Mitch HBFL 89% 0 0 20 12 8 8 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 0
11 Hanley, Pearce WR 86% 2 0 23 17 6 9 0 6 2 4 0 2 1 2
22 Hudson, Ben RU 81% 0 0 17 5 12 1 19 3 5 2 1 1 1 0
35 Lester, Ryan FPR 79% 0 2 14 11 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4
23 Leuenberger, Matthew FF 85% 1 0 9 3 6 2 22 3 2 1 0 1 2 1
36 Maguire, Matt CHB 97% 0 0 14 11 3 9 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1
9 McGrath, Ashley BPR 93% 1 1 12 9 3 3 0 3 1 4 0 3 1 6
40 McKeever, Niall BPL 96% 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 0
21 Merrett, Daniel FB 99% 2 1 16 11 5 5 0 4 0 4 2 2 0 4
24 Patfull, Joel CHF 98% 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 2 0 1 3 1 1 0
4 Polec, Jared HFFL 82% 0 0 18 8 10 6 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1
31 Polkinghorne, James FPL 79% 3 1 16 11 5 4 0 7 6 3 1 2 1 2
30 Redden, Jack RO 84% 0 1 18 7 11 4 0 7 5 3 1 1 1 3
10 Rich, Daniel HBFR 79% 0 1 24 13 11 1 0 2 3 4 1 3 2 4
38 Rockliff, Tom RR 86% 3 5 23 16 7 10 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 3
3 Sheldon, Sam SUB↑ 24% 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
32 Stiller, Cheynee INT 85% 0 0 19 11 8 10 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 17 17 387 228 159 107 42 76 46 48 19 24 33 56

S. Sheldon replaced R. Bewick.

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 Neeld
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
40 N. McKeever 21 D. Merrett 9 A. McGrath 40 M. Jamar 17 S. Blease
34 S. Martin 11 M. Clark 36 A. Davey 22 B. Moloney 49 J. Magner
FORWARD 9 J. Trengove 13 J. McKenzie
HALF-BACK

6 M. Bate
41 M. Golby 36 M. Maguire 10 D. Rich



38 J. Howe 18 B. Green 44 R. Bail



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



43 R. Bewick 7 J. Adcock 11 P. Hanley



2 N. Jones 16 J. Grimes 4 J. Watts FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 B. Hudson 18 T. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD 38 T. Rockliff 20 S. Black
4 J. Polec 24 J. Patfull 17 C. Beams 30 J. Redden 32 C. Stiller
20 C. Garland 27 J. Rivers 46 J. Tynan

3 S. Sheldon
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



31 J. Polkinghorne 23 M. Leuenberger 35 R. Lester



3 C. Bartram 8 J. Frawley 28 J. MacDonald



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Michael Voss

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Ryan Lester behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:02
BRIL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 01:30
BRIL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.3.3 02:16
MELB Sam Blease behind 0.1.1 - 0.3.3 06:14
BRIL Tom Rockliff goal 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 10:02
MELB James Magner goal 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 16:48
MELB James Magner goal 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 18:08
MELB Mitch Clark behind 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 19:47
MELB Jeremy Howe behind 2.3.15 - 1.3.9 20:23
MELB Stefan Martin goal 3.3.21 - 1.3.9 21:48
BRIL Tom Rockliff behind 3.3.21 - 1.4.10 24:32
Q2 BRIL Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.5.11 01:48
BRIL Matthew Leuenberger goal 3.3.21 - 2.5.17 02:58
BRIL Ashley McGrath behind 3.3.21 - 2.6.18 04:12
BRIL James Polkinghorne goal 3.3.21 - 3.6.24 05:42
MELB Jeremy Howe goal 4.3.27 - 3.6.24 07:37
MELB Jack Trengove behind 4.4.28 - 3.6.24 10:05
BRIL Jed Adcock goal 4.4.28 - 4.6.30 11:45
BRIL Tom Rockliff goal 4.4.28 - 5.6.36 13:39
BRIL Todd Banfield behind 4.4.28 - 5.7.37 16:08
MELB Jack Watts goal 5.4.34 - 5.7.37 17:41
MELB Jeremy Howe goal 6.4.40 - 5.7.37 19:25
BRIL Pearce Hanley goal 6.4.40 - 6.7.43 22:47
MELB Jack Trengove goal 7.4.46 - 6.7.43 25:12
BRIL Tom Rockliff behind 7.4.46 - 6.8.44 27:29
BRIL Daniel Merrett goal 7.4.46 - 7.8.50 29:46
Q3 BRIL Tom Rockliff goal 7.4.46 - 8.8.56 02:55
BRIL James Polkinghorne behind 7.4.46 - 8.9.57 04:30
BRIL Tom Rockliff behind 7.4.46 - 8.10.58 05:56
BRIL James Polkinghorne goal 7.4.46 - 9.10.64 08:10
MELB Sam Blease behind 7.5.47 - 9.10.64 10:16
BRIL Tom Rockliff behind 7.5.47 - 9.11.65 14:20
BRIL Daniel Merrett behind 7.5.47 - 9.12.66 15:10
MELB Sam Blease behind 7.6.48 - 9.12.66 15:58
BRIL Ashley McGrath goal 7.6.48 - 10.12.72 19:09
MELB Nathan Jones behind 7.7.49 - 10.12.72 20:14
BRIL Todd Banfield goal 7.7.49 - 11.12.78 22:59
BRIL James Polkinghorne goal 7.7.49 - 12.12.84 24:40
BRIL Jack Redden behind 7.7.49 - 12.13.85 27:18
BRIL Pearce Hanley goal 7.7.49 - 13.13.91 28:05
MELB Mark Jamar behind 7.8.50 - 13.13.91 29:34
MELB Brad Green goal 8.8.56 - 13.13.91 30:25
Q4 BRIL Todd Banfield goal 8.8.56 - 14.13.97 01:12
BRIL Sam Sheldon behind 8.8.56 - 14.14.98 04:32
BRIL Daniel Merrett goal 8.8.56 - 15.14.104 08:11
MELB Aaron Davey behind 8.9.57 - 15.14.104 10:51
MELB Mitch Clark goal 9.9.63 - 15.14.104 12:33
BRIL Daniel Rich behind 9.9.63 - 15.15.105 13:50
BRIL Tom Rockliff behind 9.9.63 - 15.16.106 15:21
MELB Matthew Bate behind 9.10.64 - 15.16.106 16:33
MELB Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 15.16.106 17:54
MELB Aaron Davey goal 10.11.71 - 15.16.106 18:47
BRIL Ryan Lester behind 10.11.71 - 15.17.107 19:45
BRIL Todd Banfield goal 10.11.71 - 16.17.113 22:18
MELB Mitch Clark goal 11.11.77 - 16.17.113 25:15
BRIL Sam Sheldon goal 11.11.77 - 17.17.119 28:03
MELB Rushed behind 11.12.78 - 17.17.119 29:07