2015 AFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 2015 between Melbourne and Gold Coast during round one of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Gold Coast at the MCG. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. Gary Ablett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Melbourne (17.13.115) defeated Gold Coast (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 4 April 2015
Time: 1:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 27,013

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Gold Coast
Score: 17.13.115 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	2	.	5	7	.	7	12	.	9	17	.	13	17	.	13	(115)
Gold Coast	1	.	2	3	.	6	8	.	8	13	.	11	13	.	11	(89)
Margin	MELB by 9			MELB by 25			MELB by 25			MELB by 26			MELB by 26
Duration	28:40			30:38			32:07			31:28			2:02:53

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 (Gold Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Nathan Jones
Coach: Paul Roos

Gold Coast

Captain: Gary Ablett
Coach: Rodney Eade

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Donlon (#1)
L. Farmer (#4)
B. Hosking (#16)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Nathan Jones	MELB	2	3
Jack Viney	MELB	7	2
Dion Prestia	GCST	10	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Tom McDonald	MELB	25	10	2	0	0	0	0
Jack Watts	MELB	4	6	0	0	2	0	0
Jeff Garlett	MELB	36	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jeremy Howe	MELB	38	4	0	1	0	0	0
Nathan Jones	MELB	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Viney	MELB	7	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dion Prestia	GCST	10	1	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Rischitelli	GCST	35	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
10	Brayshaw, Angus	INT↓	62%	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	9	0	0	2	0	0	4
18	Cross, Daniel	C	89%	0	0	24	15	9	8	0	4	3	4	0	3	3	4
14	Dunn, Lynden	FB	95%	0	0	16	11	5	6	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	2
17	Frost, Sam	FF	82%	0	2	11	3	8	2	4	5	3	2	0	2	0	1
20	Garland, Colin	BPL	90%	1	0	15	9	6	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	0
36	Garlett, Jeff	FPL	91%	2	4	20	14	6	3	0	6	3	2	2	0	0	5
1	Hogan, Jesse	CHF	86%	2	0	15	9	6	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4
38	Howe, Jeremy	HBFR	88%	0	0	21	12	9	6	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	2
40	Jamar, Mark	RU	83%	1	1	5	5	0	2	29	1	1	1	2	0	0	0
39	Jetta, Neville	BPR	91%	0	0	12	7	5	6	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0
2	Jones, Nathan (c)	RR	90%	1	0	25	14	11	3	0	6	2	4	1	0	2	5
24	Kennedy Harris, Jay	HFFR	81%	0	0	13	8	5	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2
16	Kent, Dean	HFFL	66%	0	0	10	8	2	1	0	2	3	2	2	0	1	4
8	Lumumba, Heritier	WL	92%	1	0	12	9	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2
25	McDonald, Tom	CHB	93%	0	1	26	18	8	12	0	4	1	2	2	0	7	1
19	Newton, Ben	INT	70%	2	1	16	11	5	6	0	6	1	2	1	1	2	2
3	Salem, Christian	HBFL	90%	1	0	13	10	3	2	0	2	0	3	1	1	1	1
5	Toumpas, Jimmy	SUB↑	27%	0	0	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
12	Tyson, Dom	RO	83%	2	0	20	11	9	4	0	2	6	2	0	1	2	3
37	vandenBerg, Aaron	INT	83%	1	2	17	11	6	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	2
7	Viney, Jack	WR	85%	0	0	24	16	8	6	1	4	6	6	1	5	1	5
4	Watts, Jack	FPR	86%	3	1	17	11	6	7	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				17	13	347	221	126	98	34	66	35	41	21	16	31	52

J. Toumpas replaced A. Brayshaw during the third quarter.

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
9	Ablett, Gary (c)	RR	94%	2	0	19	12	7	1	0	0	5	4	2	2	2	3
11	Bennell, Harley	FPL	95%	1	0	21	11	10	3	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	4
36	Broughton, Greg	INT	77%	0	0	11	3	8	2	0	3	2	1	0	1	1	0
12	Day, Sam	CHF↓	65%	2	1	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	Garlett, Jarrod	SUB↑	32%	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Gorringe, Daniel	FF	77%	1	0	12	5	7	3	4	5	3	1	2	0	0	1
14	Hallahan, Mitch	INT	70%	0	1	16	9	7	3	0	5	5	5	0	2	2	3
5	Harbrow, Jarrod	BPL	93%	1	0	16	9	7	6	0	4	2	2	1	0	2	3
28	Kolodjashnij, Kade	WL	96%	0	0	13	7	6	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	1
7	Malceski, Nick	HBFR	90%	0	0	18	16	2	6	0	3	0	2	1	1	3	4
4	Martin, Jack	INT	76%	0	1	11	7	4	7	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	3
17	May, Steven	CHB	92%	0	0	17	10	7	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	2
18	McKenzie, Trent	HBFL	82%	0	0	15	9	6	3	0	2	0	7	2	1	3	0
44	Miller, Touk	FPR	73%	1	1	6	5	1	2	0	4	0	2	1	1	0	0
10	Prestia, Dion	C	79%	0	2	29	19	10	3	0	4	8	5	3	2	2	6
35	Rischitelli, Michael	HFFL	81%	2	1	21	16	5	6	1	2	5	1	0	0	1	2
42	Saad, Adam	BPR	85%	1	0	13	8	5	4	0	4	1	4	0	2	4	2
6	Sexton, Alex	WR	90%	1	1	8	8	0	6	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	3
26	Shaw, Matt	HFFR	92%	0	0	16	13	3	5	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	3
2	Smith, Zac	RU	84%	0	0	6	5	1	4	37	1	1	3	1	2	2	0
24	Swallow, David	RO	85%	1	0	16	11	5	1	1	6	5	2	1	1	2	4
16	Thompson, Rory	FB	92%	0	0	8	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				13	11	301	197	104	80	45	53	42	50	16	21	32	47

J. Garlett replaced S. Day during the third quarter.

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: Paul Roos
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	5	J. Harbrow	16	R. Thompson	42	A. Saad	40	M. Jamar	10	A. Brayshaw
	4	J. Watts	17	S. Frost	36	J. Garlett	2	N. Jones (c)	19	B. Newton
FORWARD							12	D. Tyson	37	A. vandenBerg
HALF-BACK									5	J. Toumpas
	18	T. McKenzie	17	S. May	7	N. Malceski
	24	J. Kennedy Harris	1	J. Hogan	16	D. Kent
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	28	K. Kolodjashnij	10	D. Prestia	6	A. Sexton
	7	J. Viney	18	D. Cross	8	H. Lumumba	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	Z. Smith	36	G. Broughton
HALF-FORWARD							9	G. Ablett (c)	14	M. Hallahan
	35	M. Rischitelli	12	S. Day	26	M. Shaw	24	D. Swallow	4	J. Martin
	38	J. Howe	25	T. McDonald	3	C. Salem			41	J. Garlett
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	11	H. Bennell	15	D. Gorringe	44	T. Miller
	39	N. Jetta	14	L. Dunn	20	C. Garland
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GCST	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:31
	GCST	Alex Sexton behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	02:54
	MELB	Dom Tyson goal	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	04:58
	MELB	Sam Frost behind	1.1.7	-	0.2.2	08:11
	MELB	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	08:30
	MELB	Aaron vandenBerg behind	1.3.9	-	0.2.2	10:44
	MELB	Jeff Garlett behind	1.4.10	-	0.2.2	12:18
	GCST	Sam Day goal	1.4.10	-	1.2.8	13:31
	MELB	Mark Jamar goal	2.4.16	-	1.2.8	16:55
	MELB	Aaron vandenBerg behind	2.5.17	-	1.2.8	23:33
Q2	MELB	Colin Garland goal	3.5.23	-	1.2.8	03:28
	MELB	Jack Watts goal	4.5.29	-	1.2.8	04:52
	MELB	Dom Tyson goal	5.5.35	-	1.2.8	09:14
	MELB	Jeff Garlett behind	5.6.36	-	1.2.8	10:39
	GCST	Rushed behind	5.6.36	-	1.3.9	11:29
	GCST	Sam Day goal	5.6.36	-	2.3.15	13:10
	GCST	Mitch Hallahan behind	5.6.36	-	2.4.16	14:57
	GCST	Rushed behind	5.6.36	-	2.5.17	16:43
	GCST	Touk Miller behind	5.6.36	-	2.6.18	20:27
	GCST	Alex Sexton goal	5.6.36	-	3.6.24	23:39
	MELB	Jeff Garlett goal	6.6.42	-	3.6.24	24:43
	MELB	Nathan Jones goal	7.6.48	-	3.6.24	25:58
	MELB	Mark Jamar behind	7.7.49	-	3.6.24	29:24
Q3	GCST	Dion Prestia behind	7.7.49	-	3.7.25	01:16
	MELB	Jesse Hogan goal	8.7.55	-	3.7.25	02:37
	GCST	Michael Rischitelli goal	8.7.55	-	4.7.31	03:47
	GCST	Sam Day behind	8.7.55	-	4.8.32	04:47
	GCST	Michael Rischitelli goal	8.7.55	-	5.8.38	05:33
	GCST	Adam Saad goal	8.7.55	-	6.8.44	07:27
	MELB	Aaron vandenBerg goal	9.7.61	-	6.8.44	11:15
	GCST	David Swallow goal	9.7.61	-	7.8.50	17:19
	MELB	Jack Watts behind	9.8.62	-	7.8.50	19:07
	MELB	Jeff Garlett goal	10.8.68	-	7.8.50	21:51
	MELB	Jack Watts goal	11.8.74	-	7.8.50	24:49
	GCST	Daniel Gorringe goal	11.8.74	-	8.8.56	28:49
	MELB	Sam Frost behind	11.9.75	-	8.8.56	30:14
	MELB	Ben Newton goal	12.9.81	-	8.8.56	30:44
Q4	GCST	Jarrod Harbrow goal	12.9.81	-	9.8.62	00:31
	MELB	Jeff Garlett behind	12.10.82	-	9.8.62	01:31
	MELB	Tom McDonald behind	12.11.83	-	9.8.62	02:52
	GCST	Michael Rischitelli behind	12.11.83	-	9.9.63	03:44
	GCST	Gary Ablett goal	12.11.83	-	10.9.69	05:26
	GCST	Gary Ablett goal	12.11.83	-	11.9.75	06:58
	MELB	Heritier Lumumba goal	13.11.89	-	11.9.75	10:47
	GCST	Dion Prestia behind	13.11.89	-	11.10.76	11:52
	GCST	Jack Martin behind	13.11.89	-	11.11.77	13:05
	MELB	Jack Watts goal	14.11.95	-	11.11.77	14:54
	MELB	Jesse Hogan goal	15.11.101	-	11.11.77	19:18
	MELB	Ben Newton goal	16.11.107	-	11.11.77	20:34
	GCST	Harley Bennell goal	16.11.107	-	12.11.83	22:21
	MELB	Jeff Garlett behind	16.12.108	-	12.11.83	24:04
	MELB	Ben Newton behind	16.13.109	-	12.11.83	25:19
	MELB	Christian Salem goal	17.13.115	-	12.11.83	26:44
	GCST	Touk Miller goal	17.13.115	-	13.11.89	27:58

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