2012 AFL 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 21 of the 2012 AFL season. 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
Back: A. Kennedy, P. Davis, M. Buntine
Half-back: C. Hampton, C. Cornes, S. Darley
Centre: T. Scully, L. Power, W. Hoskin-Elliott
Half-forward: T. Golds, N. Haynes, S. Edwards
Forward: D. Smith, I. Folau, T. Adams
Follower: J. Giles, A. Miles, T. Greene
Int.: J. McDonald, A. Phillips, D. Tyson
Sub.: S. Clifton

Melbourne
Back: J. MacDonald, J. Sellar, T. McDonald
Half-back: J. Strauss, J. Frawley, C. Garland
Centre: J. Trengove, J. McKenzie, J. Grimes
Half-forward: L. Dunn, B. Green, R. Bail
Forward: J. Howe, J. Rivers, S. Blease
Follower: J. Spencer, C. Sylvia, N. Jones
Int.: T. Couch, N. Jetta, L. Tapscott
Sub.: J. Watts

Greater Western Sydney (9.5.59) were defeated by Melbourne (11.18.84).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: T. Greene (2), P. Davis, S. Edwards, W. Hoskin-Elliott, J. McDonald, A. Phillips, T. Scully, D. Smith
Melbourne: J. Howe (3), J. Rivers (2), J. Sellar (2), J. Trengove (2), B. Green, J. Grimes

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney remained 18th on the ladder and Melbourne remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Greater Western Sydney), Mark Neeld (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Armstrong (#26), D. Harris (#34), H. Ryan (#14), E: N. Elsworthy (#38)
Goal Umpire: J. Savage, S. Villagra, E: D. Mills
Boundary Umpire: L. Roberts, M. 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
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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Greater Western Sydney Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
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
HALF-BACK

24 S. Clifton
19 J. Strauss 8 J. Frawley 20 C. Garland



22 S. Edwards 19 N. Haynes 15 T. Golds



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 J. Trengove 13 J. McKenzie 16 J. Grimes



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
13 S. Darley 11 C. Cornes 2 C. Hampton

4 J. Watts
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



38 J. Howe 27 J. Rivers 17 S. Blease



21 M. Buntine 1 P. Davis 40 A. Kennedy



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Mark Neeld

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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