2016 AFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 2016 between Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney during round one of the 2016 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Greater Western Sydney at the MCG. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

Melbourne (12.8.80) defeated Greater Western Sydney (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 26 March 2016
Time: 1:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,505

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 12.8.80 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 0 5 . 4 6 . 5 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Greater Western Sydney 3 . 4 6 . 8 8 . 14 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin MELB by 8 GWSY by 10 GWSY by 21 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration 29:31 30:03 28:31 29:10 1:57:15

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 (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Nathan Jones
Coach: Paul Roos

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Leon Cameron

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Chamberlain (#18)
C. Donlon (#1)
B. Wallace (#33)
E: J. Edwards (#22)

Goal Umpires

M. Palm
S. Piperno
E: M. Dervan

Boundary Umpires

I. Burrows
R. Haala
J. Morris
L. Rayner

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Viney MELB 7 3
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 2
Phil Davis GWSY 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jack Viney MELB 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom McDonald MELB 25 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Callan Ward GWSY 8 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Phil Davis GWSY 1 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jack Watts MELB 4 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jesse Hogan MELB 1 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
32 Bugg, Tomas HBFL 74% 0 0 13 5 8 0 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 0
17 Frost, Sam INT 66% 0 1 7 4 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2
20 Garland, Colin BPR 88% 0 0 11 8 3 8 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
36 Garlett, Jeff FPR 83% 2 0 12 9 3 3 0 5 0 4 0 2 0 3
11 Gawn, Max RU 88% 0 1 14 6 8 4 26 2 0 2 3 2 0 3
43 Harmes, James INT 64% 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 91% 3 0 17 14 3 6 0 3 0 4 3 0 1 6
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 94% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0
45 Jones, Matt HFFR 86% 0 0 21 7 14 6 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1
2 Jones, Nathan (c) RR 91% 0 1 27 14 13 3 0 4 3 3 0 3 1 8
35 Kennedy, Ben INT 82% 1 1 21 12 9 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 3
16 Kent, Dean FPL 87% 1 0 13 11 2 5 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 4
28 McDonald, Oscar CHB 66% 0 0 11 3 8 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1
25 McDonald, Tom FB 92% 0 0 22 17 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1
13 Oliver, Clayton INT 58% 0 0 22 5 17 2 0 2 6 3 1 1 1 1
21 Pedersen, Cameron CHF 83% 0 0 12 8 4 4 1 4 1 3 1 2 2 2
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 88% 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 2
12 Tyson, Dom RO 76% 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 2 3 3 0 0 4 3
37 vandenBerg, Aaron WR 85% 2 0 17 8 9 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 6
23 Vince, Bernie WL 85% 1 0 21 17 4 3 0 3 3 4 5 2 5 1
7 Viney, Jack C 86% 0 0 32 14 18 5 0 6 4 5 4 2 1 4
4 Watts, Jack HFFL 85% 1 1 18 14 4 10 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 12 8 366 208 158 97 27 54 25 58 24 22 32 56

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Buntine, Matt BPR 85% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1
35 Corr, Aidan FB 82% 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 3
1 Davis, Phil CHB 95% 0 0 15 4 11 6 0 3 0 2 2 1 3 0
4 Greene, Toby INT 79% 1 1 12 9 3 3 0 3 0 6 1 2 0 0
32 Griffen, Ryan RR 83% 0 1 15 4 11 2 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 3
17 Johnson, Steve FPL 85% 2 2 23 11 12 4 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 2
22 Kelly, Josh WR 76% 0 0 18 10 8 3 0 4 3 1 0 0 4 5
40 Kennedy, Adam INT 80% 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 1
37 Lobb, Rory CHF 87% 2 3 15 8 7 7 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0
34 Marchbank, Caleb HBFR 79% 0 1 15 8 7 4 0 4 2 1 2 1 3 2
41 Mumford, Shane RU 88% 0 0 11 1 10 3 25 3 2 7 1 6 2 0
7 Palmer, Rhys HFFL 83% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 3
9 Scully, Tom HFFR 86% 1 1 27 19 8 6 0 1 4 4 1 1 1 5
23 Shaw, Heath BPL 93% 0 0 30 25 5 7 0 2 0 8 1 2 10 3
5 Shiel, Dylan RO 76% 0 0 29 13 16 4 0 2 5 3 0 1 4 4
10 Smith, Devon FPR 75% 1 2 16 9 7 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
11 Steele, Jack WL 70% 1 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 3
36 Stewart, James INT 65% 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
20 Tomlinson, Adam FF 88% 0 1 9 6 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
8 Ward, Callan C 79% 2 2 28 14 14 6 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 3
6 Whitfield, Lachie INT 80% 0 1 22 12 10 5 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 4
16 Wilson, Nathan HBFL 85% 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 1 0 2 3 0 7 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 10 18 371 209 162 95 27 50 31 55 22 24 42 50

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
23 H. Shaw 35 A. Corr 21 M. Buntine 11 M. Gawn 17 S. Frost
36 J. Garlett 1 J. Hogan 16 D. Kent 2 N. Jones (c) 43 J. Harmes
FORWARD 12 D. Tyson 35 B. Kennedy
HALF-BACK

13 C. Oliver
16 N. Wilson 1 P. Davis 34 C. Marchbank



45 M. Jones 21 C. Pedersen 4 J. Watts



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 J. Steele 8 C. Ward 22 J. Kelly



37 A. vandenBerg 7 J. Viney 23 B. Vince FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 41 S. Mumford 4 T. Greene
HALF-FORWARD 32 R. Griffen 40 A. Kennedy
7 R. Palmer 37 R. Lobb 9 T. Scully 5 D. Shiel 36 J. Stewart
3 C. Salem 28 O. McDonald 32 T. Bugg

6 L. Whitfield
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



17 S. Johnson 20 A. Tomlinson 10 D. Smith



20 C. Garland 25 T. McDonald 39 N. Jetta



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Tom Scully goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:49
GWSY Devon Smith goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 07:26
GWSY Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 09:18
MELB Bernie Vince goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 11:46
GWSY Rory Lobb behind 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 14:14
MELB Ben Kennedy goal 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 16:13
GWSY Rory Lobb goal 2.0.12 - 3.2.20 17:51
MELB James Harmes goal 3.0.18 - 3.2.20 19:42
GWSY Ryan Griffen behind 3.0.18 - 3.3.21 22:06
GWSY Steve Johnson behind 3.0.18 - 3.4.22 23:59
MELB Aaron vandenBerg goal 4.0.24 - 3.4.22 25:12
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 5.0.30 - 3.4.22 26:24
Q2 MELB Rushed behind 5.1.31 - 3.4.22 00:32
MELB Nathan Jones behind 5.2.32 - 3.4.22 01:35
GWSY Steve Johnson goal 5.2.32 - 4.4.28 02:36
MELB Jack Watts behind 5.3.33 - 4.4.28 05:10
GWSY Rory Lobb behind 5.3.33 - 4.5.29 09:00
GWSY Callan Ward behind 5.3.33 - 4.6.30 10:44
GWSY Steve Johnson behind 5.3.33 - 4.7.31 11:24
GWSY Rory Lobb behind 5.3.33 - 4.8.32 14:54
GWSY Jack Steele goal 5.3.33 - 5.8.38 16:51
MELB Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 5.8.38 18:21
GWSY Callan Ward goal 5.4.34 - 6.8.44 24:36
Q3 GWSY Devon Smith behind 5.4.34 - 6.9.45 02:53
GWSY Callan Ward behind 5.4.34 - 6.10.46 04:45
GWSY Tom Scully behind 5.4.34 - 6.11.47 09:11
GWSY James Stewart behind 5.4.34 - 6.12.48 11:21
MELB Dean Kent goal 6.4.40 - 6.12.48 14:42
GWSY Callan Ward goal 6.4.40 - 7.12.54 16:53
GWSY Rory Lobb goal 6.4.40 - 8.12.60 18:45
GWSY Devon Smith behind 6.4.40 - 8.13.61 22:33
GWSY Lachie Whitfield behind 6.4.40 - 8.14.62 26:22
MELB Max Gawn behind 6.5.41 - 8.14.62 28:27
Q4 MELB Jack Watts goal 7.5.47 - 8.14.62 00:59
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 8.5.53 - 8.14.62 02:41
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 9.5.59 - 8.14.62 05:01
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 10.5.65 - 8.14.62 07:20
GWSY Adam Tomlinson behind 10.5.65 - 8.15.63 08:56
MELB Sam Frost behind 10.6.66 - 8.15.63 09:55
GWSY Steve Johnson goal 10.6.66 - 9.15.69 11:40
GWSY Rushed behind 10.6.66 - 9.16.70 12:50
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 11.6.72 - 9.16.70 16:03
MELB Ben Kennedy behind 11.7.73 - 9.16.70 17:56
MELB Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 9.16.70 20:07
MELB Aaron vandenBerg goal 12.8.80 - 9.16.70 20:49
GWSY Caleb Marchbank behind 12.8.80 - 9.17.71 23:13
GWSY Toby Greene behind 12.8.80 - 9.18.72 26:27
GWSY Toby Greene goal 12.8.80 - 10.18.78 28:09