2012 AFL Season Round 21: Greater Western Sydney v Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 2012 between Greater Western Sydney and Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 2012 season of the Australian Football League.
Greater Western Sydney hosted Melbourne at Manuka Oval.
The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Mark Neeld.
Greater Western Sydney (9.5.59) were defeated by Melbourne (11.18.84).
Match Details
Season:
2012 AFL Season
Round:
Round 21
Teams:
Greater Western Sydney
v
Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 18 August 2012
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Manuka Oval
Attendance:
7,561
Match Results
Outcome:
Greater Western Sydney
def. by
Melbourne
Score:
9.5.59 - 11.18.84
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Greater Western Sydney | 2 | . | 2 | 4 | . | 4 | 4 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 5 | (59) |
| Melbourne | 3 | . | 4 | 6 | . | 10 | 9 | . | 13 | 11 | . | 18 | 11 | . | 18 | (84) |
| Margin | MELB by 8 | MELB by 18 | MELB by 38 | MELB by 25 | MELB by 25 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 31:37 | 30:55 | 29:12 | 33:07 | 2:04:51 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Melbourne) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Greater Western Sydney
Captain: unknownCoach: Kevin Sheedy
Melbourne
Captain: unknownCoach: Mark Neeld
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
J. Armstrong (#26)D. Harris (#34)
H. Ryan (#14)
E: N. Elsworthy (#38)
Goal Umpires
J. SavageS. Villagra
E: D. Mills
Boundary Umpires
L. RobertsM. Saunders
C. Simms
R. Taylor
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Greene | GWSY | 35 | 3 |
| Nathan Jones | MELB | 2 | 2 |
| Jonathan Giles | GWSY | 26 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Greene | GWSY | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynden Dunn | MELB | 14 | 7 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 |
| Jeremy Howe | MELB | 38 | 7 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 |
| Jonathan Giles | GWSY | 26 | 5 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Jack Trengove | MELB | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? |
Player Statistics
Greater Western Sydney
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 30 | Adams, Taylor | FPR | 75% | 0 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 21 | Buntine, Matt | BPR | 86% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Clifton, Steve | SUB↑ | 25% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Cornes, Chad | CHB | 76% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | Darley, Sam | HBFR | 88% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Davis, Phil | FB | 96% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Edwards, Shaun | HFFR | 84% | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Folau, Israel | FF | 83% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Giles, Jonathan | RU | 89% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Golds, Tim | HFFL | 85% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | Greene, Toby | RO | 88% | 2 | 1 | 38 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Hampton, Curtly | HBFL | 95% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Haynes, Nick | CHF | 87% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Hoskin-Elliott, Will | WR↓ | 68% | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 40 | Kennedy, Adam | BPL | 88% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | McDonald, James | INT | 79% | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Miles, Anthony | RR | 85% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Phillips, Andrew | INT | 75% | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Power, Luke | C | 92% | 0 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | Scully, Tom | WL | 84% | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Smith, Devon | FPL | 85% | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | Tyson, Dom | INT | 86% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 9 | 5 | 310 | 180 | 130 | 67 | 43 | 57 | 37 | 49 | 30 | 26 | 33 | 35 | |||
S. Clifton replaced W. Hoskin-Elliott.
Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 44 | Bail, Rohan | HFFR | 84% | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Blease, Sam | FPR | 78% | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 47 | Couch, Tom | INT↓ | 43% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Dunn, Lynden | HFFL | 99% | 0 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Frawley, James | CHB | 94% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Garland, Colin | HBFR | 100% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Green, Brad | CHF | 93% | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Grimes, Jack | WR | 78% | 1 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 38 | Howe, Jeremy | FPL | 87% | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Jetta, Neville | INT | 78% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Jones, Nathan | RO | 81% | 0 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | MacDonald, Joel | BPL | 91% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | BPR | 97% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | McKenzie, Jordie | C | 76% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | Rivers, Jared | FF | 98% | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Sellar, James | FB | 87% | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Spencer, Jake | RU | 78% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Strauss, James | HBFL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Sylvia, Colin | RR | 77% | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 35 | Tapscott, Luke | INT | 78% | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Trengove, Jack | WL | 84% | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Watts, Jack | SUB↑ | 36% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 11 | 18 | 361 | 191 | 170 | 87 | 33 | 73 | 35 | 51 | 27 | 29 | 21 | 50 | |||
J. Watts replaced T. Couch.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Greater Western Sydney | Coach: Kevin Sheedy | ||||||||||||||
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| 28 | J. MacDonald | 30 | J. Sellar | 25 | T. McDonald | 26 | J. Giles | 38 | J. McDonald | ||||||
| 30 | T. Adams | 4 | I. Folau | 34 | D. Smith | 25 | A. Miles | 27 | A. Phillips | ||||||
| FORWARD | 35 | T. Greene | 29 | D. Tyson | |||||||||||
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| 33 | W. Hoskin-Elliott | 6 | L. Power | 9 | T. Scully | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 42 | J. Spencer | 47 | T. Couch | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 12 | C. Sylvia | 39 | N. Jetta | |||||||||||
| 14 | L. Dunn | 18 | B. Green | 44 | R. Bail | 2 | N. Jones | 35 | L. Tapscott | ||||||
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| Melbourne | Coach: Mark Neeld | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | GWSY | Rushed behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 00:55 |
| MELB | James Sellar goal | 0.1.1 | - | 1.0.6 | 02:54 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 0.1.1 | - | 1.1.7 | 04:40 | |
| GWSY | Toby Greene behind | 0.2.2 | - | 1.1.7 | 05:19 | |
| MELB | Nathan Jones behind | 0.2.2 | - | 1.2.8 | 08:06 | |
| GWSY | Will Hoskin-Elliott goal | 1.2.8 | - | 1.2.8 | 09:02 | |
| GWSY | Shaun Edwards goal | 2.2.14 | - | 1.2.8 | 14:57 | |
| MELB | Brad Green behind | 2.2.14 | - | 1.3.9 | 18:14 | |
| MELB | Jack Trengove goal | 2.2.14 | - | 2.3.15 | 20:58 | |
| MELB | Brad Green goal | 2.2.14 | - | 3.3.21 | 23:03 | |
| MELB | Rohan Bail behind | 2.2.14 | - | 3.4.22 | 25:30 | |
| Q2 | MELB | Jared Rivers goal | 2.2.14 | - | 4.4.28 | 00:49 |
| GWSY | Tom Scully goal | 3.2.20 | - | 4.4.28 | 02:52 | |
| GWSY | Toby Greene goal | 4.2.26 | - | 4.4.28 | 04:36 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 4.2.26 | - | 4.5.29 | 06:32 | |
| GWSY | Andrew Phillips behind | 4.3.27 | - | 4.5.29 | 07:57 | |
| MELB | Jeremy Howe goal | 4.3.27 | - | 5.5.35 | 12:32 | |
| MELB | Jeremy Howe behind | 4.3.27 | - | 5.6.36 | 14:05 | |
| MELB | Jeremy Howe behind | 4.3.27 | - | 5.7.37 | 16:17 | |
| MELB | Jack Trengove goal | 4.3.27 | - | 6.7.43 | 18:26 | |
| MELB | Jack Trengove behind | 4.3.27 | - | 6.8.44 | 19:51 | |
| GWSY | Devon Smith behind | 4.4.28 | - | 6.8.44 | 21:26 | |
| MELB | Jared Rivers behind | 4.4.28 | - | 6.9.45 | 22:57 | |
| MELB | Luke Tapscott behind | 4.4.28 | - | 6.10.46 | 29:17 | |
| Q3 | MELB | Jeremy Howe goal | 4.4.28 | - | 7.10.52 | 02:39 |
| MELB | Jeremy Howe goal | 4.4.28 | - | 8.10.58 | 12:38 | |
| MELB | Brad Green behind | 4.4.28 | - | 8.11.59 | 15:17 | |
| MELB | Jeremy Howe behind | 4.4.28 | - | 8.12.60 | 17:56 | |
| MELB | Jared Rivers goal | 4.4.28 | - | 9.12.66 | 19:10 | |
| GWSY | Rushed behind | 4.5.29 | - | 9.12.66 | 21:47 | |
| MELB | Rushed behind | 4.5.29 | - | 9.13.67 | 25:29 | |
| Q4 | MELB | James Sellar goal | 4.5.29 | - | 10.13.73 | 02:22 |
| MELB | Sam Blease behind | 4.5.29 | - | 10.14.74 | 04:00 | |
| GWSY | Phil Davis goal | 5.5.35 | - | 10.14.74 | 05:55 | |
| GWSY | Andrew Phillips goal | 6.5.41 | - | 10.14.74 | 08:47 | |
| MELB | Colin Sylvia behind | 6.5.41 | - | 10.15.75 | 11:43 | |
| MELB | Rohan Bail behind | 6.5.41 | - | 10.16.76 | 15:24 | |
| MELB | Brad Green behind | 6.5.41 | - | 10.17.77 | 17:36 | |
| MELB | Nathan Jones behind | 6.5.41 | - | 10.18.78 | 25:16 | |
| MELB | Jack Grimes goal | 6.5.41 | - | 11.18.84 | 26:19 | |
| GWSY | James McDonald goal | 7.5.47 | - | 11.18.84 | 27:54 | |
| GWSY | Devon Smith goal | 8.5.53 | - | 11.18.84 | 29:32 | |
| GWSY | Toby Greene goal | 9.5.59 | - | 11.18.84 | 31:37 | |