2012 AFL Round 19: Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 2012 between Melbourne and Gold Coast during round 19 of the 2012 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Gold Coast at MCG. Jack Trengove captained the hosts. Gary Ablett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Neeld and the visitors were coached by Guy McKenna.

Melbourne
Back: J. MacDonald, J. Sellar, T. McDonald
Half-back: L. Tapscott, J. Frawley, C. Garland
Centre: C. Morton, J. Trengove (capt.), R. Bail
Half-forward: J. Strauss, J. Rivers, L. Dunn
Forward: J. Howe, C. Sylvia, B. Green
Follower: J. Spencer, J. Grimes, N. Jones
Int.: S. Blease, J. Gysberts, B. Moloney
Sub.: J. Magner

Gold Coast
Back: T. Hine, C. Dixon, T. McKenzie
Half-back: M. Weller, M. Warnock, J. Harbrow
Centre: D. Swallow, G. Ablett (capt.), M. Rischitelli
Half-forward: J. Brennan, T. Lynch, D. Prestia
Forward: B. Matera, S. Day, C. Brown
Follower: Z. Smith, K. Hunt, H. Bennell
Int.: J. Caddy, L. Russell, M. Shaw
Sub.: L. Patrick

Melbourne (16.12.108) defeated Gold Coast (9.12.66).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Green (5), S. Blease (2), C. Sylvia (2), R. Bail, J. Howe, J. Rivers, J. Sellar, J. Spencer, L. Tapscott, J. Trengove
Gold Coast: H. Bennell (4), G. Ablett, J. Brennan, T. Lynch, M. Rischitelli, L. Russell

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder and Gold Coast were then 18th on the ladder (down from 17th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 5 August 2012
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,097

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Gold Coast
Score: 16.12.108 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 6 10 . 7 13 . 8 16 . 12 16 . 12 (108)
Gold Coast 0 . 2 4 . 5 5 . 9 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin MELB by 40 MELB by 38 MELB by 47 MELB by 42 MELB by 42
Duration 28:29 30:49 26:37 28:50 1:54:45

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Neeld (Melbourne), Guy McKenna (Gold Coast)
Captains: Jack Trengove (Melbourne), Gary Ablett (Gold Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Harley Bennell GCST 11 3
Nathan Jones MELB 2 2
Gary Ablett GCST 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Harley Bennell GCST 11 9 1 1 0 0 0
Brad Green MELB 18 6 0 1 0 1 0
Jack Grimes MELB 16 5 1 0 0 0 0
Lynden Dunn MELB 14 3 0 0 1 0 0
Colin Sylvia MELB 12 3 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Ablett GCST 9 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jeremy Howe MELB 38 1 0 0 0 0 1
Nathan Jones MELB 2 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 WR 90% 1 3 15 7 8 5 1 6 1 3 3 2 0 2
17 Blease, Sam INT 78% 2 2 15 11 4 6 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1
14 Dunn, Lynden HFFR 93% 0 0 22 13 9 6 0 4 0 2 1 1 5 2
8 Frawley, James CHB 90% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 0 2 1 2 3 0
20 Garland, Colin HBFR 91% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 5 0 2 0 2 1 0
18 Green, Brad FPR 95% 5 2 14 11 3 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
16 Grimes, Jack RR 88% 0 0 23 10 13 8 0 6 1 2 2 1 3 1
5 Gysberts, Jordan INT 74% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 4 1 2 0 0 1 1
38 Howe, Jeremy FPL 79% 1 0 23 14 9 8 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 7
2 Jones, Nathan RO 83% 0 0 29 12 17 2 0 5 7 2 3 2 0 4
28 MacDonald, Joel BPL 91% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2
49 Magner, James SUB↑ 50% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 4 3 2 0 1 0 0
25 McDonald, Tom BPR 95% 0 0 24 16 8 5 0 5 0 2 0 0 4 2
22 Moloney, Brent INT 80% 0 1 25 14 11 3 0 1 5 1 1 1 1 1
10 Morton, Cale WL↓ 32% 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
27 Rivers, Jared CHF 97% 1 1 8 4 4 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
30 Sellar, James FB 91% 1 1 11 8 3 5 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
42 Spencer, Jake RU 80% 1 0 9 3 6 5 21 3 1 1 0 0 0 1
19 Strauss, James HFFL 82% 0 1 13 6 7 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 5 2
12 Sylvia, Colin FF 81% 2 0 24 12 12 6 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 3
35 Tapscott, Luke HBFL 74% 1 0 18 14 4 9 0 3 0 4 3 0 1 5
9 Trengove, Jack (c) C 86% 1 0 17 9 8 7 1 5 1 1 0 1 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 16 12 361 203 158 107 32 66 26 37 19 18 32 46

J. Magner replaced C. Morton during the second quarter.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ablett, Gary (c) C 94% 1 1 33 21 12 3 0 7 10 3 2 1 3 5
11 Bennell, Harley RO 82% 4 0 38 21 17 7 1 4 4 2 0 1 2 5
3 Brennan, Jared HFFL 87% 1 1 22 11 11 3 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 3
30 Brown, Campbell FPR 94% 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2
28 Caddy, Josh INT 72% 0 1 11 8 3 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
12 Day, Sam FF 90% 0 0 11 4 7 3 1 2 0 4 2 1 0 2
23 Dixon, Charlie FB 80% 0 1 10 5 5 2 18 2 0 5 1 2 2 2
5 Harbrow, Jarrod HBFR 96% 0 0 22 14 8 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 6
29 Hine, Taylor BPL 100% 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 1 0
7 Hunt, Karmichael RR 82% 0 0 12 2 10 1 0 8 3 2 1 2 0 2
19 Lynch, Tom CHF 96% 1 0 18 12 6 8 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
32 Matera, Brandon FPL 81% 0 4 16 11 5 4 0 5 3 1 2 0 0 3
18 McKenzie, Trent BPR 98% 0 0 14 6 8 8 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 0
43 Patrick, Liam SUB↑ 73% 0 1 13 8 5 5 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 2
41 Prestia, Dion HFFR↓ 19% 0 0 6 1 5 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0
35 Rischitelli, Michael WR 88% 1 1 11 7 4 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
8 Russell, Luke INT 76% 1 0 16 8 8 2 0 2 3 2 1 1 0 3
26 Shaw, Matt INT 82% 0 1 20 14 6 9 0 1 0 1 2 1 4 3
2 Smith, Zac RU 39% 0 0 7 1 6 1 7 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
24 Swallow, David WL 73% 0 0 24 13 11 1 0 4 6 2 1 1 0 5
14 Warnock, Matthew CHB 100% 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Weller, Maverick HBFL 100% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 9 12 340 186 154 79 35 51 38 43 18 19 24 48

L. Patrick replaced D. Prestia.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB James Sellar goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:32
GCST Brandon Matera behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 05:22
MELB Rohan Bail behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 07:53
MELB Brad Green behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 08:57
MELB Brad Green goal 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 11:24
MELB Jared Rivers behind 2.3.15 - 0.1.1 12:48
MELB James Strauss behind 2.4.16 - 0.1.1 13:16
MELB James Sellar behind 2.5.17 - 0.1.1 14:37
MELB Jake Spencer goal 3.5.23 - 0.1.1 16:16
MELB Sam Blease goal 4.5.29 - 0.1.1 19:53
MELB Sam Blease goal 5.5.35 - 0.1.1 22:15
MELB Colin Sylvia goal 6.5.41 - 0.1.1 25:15
MELB Brent Moloney behind 6.6.42 - 0.1.1 26:34
GCST Jared Brennan behind 6.6.42 - 0.2.2 28:22
Q2 MELB Colin Sylvia goal 7.6.48 - 0.2.2 00:46
GCST Gary Ablett goal 7.6.48 - 1.2.8 03:20
GCST Josh Caddy behind 7.6.48 - 1.3.9 08:27
MELB Brad Green goal 8.6.54 - 1.3.9 10:39
GCST Charlie Dixon behind 8.6.54 - 1.4.10 11:50
GCST Jared Brennan goal 8.6.54 - 2.4.16 14:32
GCST Michael Rischitelli goal 8.6.54 - 3.4.22 16:03
GCST Harley Bennell goal 8.6.54 - 4.4.28 17:27
MELB Sam Blease behind 8.7.55 - 4.4.28 19:16
MELB Luke Tapscott goal 9.7.61 - 4.4.28 20:34
MELB Jack Trengove goal 10.7.67 - 4.4.28 24:07
GCST Matt Shaw behind 10.7.67 - 4.5.29 26:11
Q3 GCST Brandon Matera behind 10.7.67 - 4.6.30 01:36
MELB Rohan Bail goal 11.7.73 - 4.6.30 02:43
GCST Brandon Matera behind 11.7.73 - 4.7.31 04:51
GCST Brandon Matera behind 11.7.73 - 4.8.32 05:42
MELB Brad Green goal 12.7.79 - 4.8.32 11:04
MELB Brad Green goal 13.7.85 - 4.8.32 14:50
MELB Sam Blease behind 13.8.86 - 4.8.32 17:51
GCST Michael Rischitelli behind 13.8.86 - 4.9.33 18:55
GCST Harley Bennell goal 13.8.86 - 5.9.39 23:17
Q4 MELB Jared Rivers goal 14.8.92 - 5.9.39 00:54
GCST Luke Russell goal 14.8.92 - 6.9.45 03:27
GCST Tom Lynch goal 14.8.92 - 7.9.51 05:52
MELB Brad Green behind 14.9.93 - 7.9.51 08:16
GCST Harley Bennell goal 14.9.93 - 8.9.57 09:24
GCST Gary Ablett behind 14.9.93 - 8.10.58 10:56
GCST Rushed behind 14.9.93 - 8.11.59 11:36
GCST Liam Patrick behind 14.9.93 - 8.12.60 14:17
MELB Rushed behind 14.10.94 - 8.12.60 15:34
MELB Brad Green goal 15.10.100 - 8.12.60 17:26
MELB Rohan Bail behind 15.11.101 - 8.12.60 20:06
MELB Rohan Bail behind 15.12.102 - 8.12.60 20:48
GCST Harley Bennell goal 15.12.102 - 9.12.66 24:10
MELB Jeremy Howe goal 16.12.108 - 9.12.66 28:44