2016 AFL Round 8: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 2016 between Melbourne and Western Bulldogs during round 8 of the 2016 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. In the absence of Bob Murphy, vice-captain Easton Wood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Melbourne
Back: N. Jetta, T. McDonald, T. Bugg
Half-back: J. Wagner, C. Garland, J. Hunt
Centre: B. Vince, D. Tyson, C. Salem
Half-forward: J. Watts, C. Pedersen, J. Garlett
Forward: J. Harmes, J. Hogan, B. Kennedy
Follower: M. Gawn, N. Jones (capt.), J. Viney
Int.: V. Michie, C. Oliver, C. Petracca, B. Stretch

Western Bulldogs
Back: M. Boyd, F. Roberts, D. Morris
Half-back: S. Biggs, E. Wood (capt.), J. Adcock
Centre: L. Hunter, T. Liberatore, T. Dickson
Half-forward: L. Picken, T. Campbell, J. Stringer
Forward: L. Dahlhaus, J. Redpath, T. McLean
Follower: J. Roughead, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli
Int.: B. Dale, C. Daniel, M. Wallis, B. Williams

Melbourne (12.10.82) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (17.12.114).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Watts (3), J. Garlett (2), B. Kennedy (2), J. Hogan, T. McDonald, C. Oliver, C. Petracca, J. Viney
Western Bulldogs: J. Stringer (5), J. Redpath (3), T. Dickson (2), L. Picken (2), B. Dale, L. Hunter, T. Liberatore, T. McLean, M. Wallis

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder and Western Bulldogs were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 15 May 2016
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 39,921

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 12.10.82 - 17.12.114

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 5 7 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Western Bulldogs 5 . 5 8 . 9 12 . 10 17 . 12 17 . 12 (114)
Margin WBUL by 21 WBUL by 22 WBUL by 31 WBUL by 32 WBUL by 32
Duration 30:20 29:56 30:52 32:12 2:03:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Paul Roos (Melbourne), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Nathan Jones (Melbourne), Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), J. Schmitt (#17), B. Wallace (#33), E: A. Mitchell (#31)
Goal Umpire: D. Dixon, C. Roffey, E: S. Piperno
Boundary Umpire: J. Scully, D. Tee, S. Thiele, M. Tomkins

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 2
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 8 0 2 0 0 0
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 3 0 0 1 0 0
Liam Picken WBUL 42 3 0 0 1 0 0
Luke Dahlhaus WBUL 6 2 0 0 0 1 0
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dom Tyson MELB 12 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Viney MELB 7 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 BPR 76% 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 9 2 2 1 1 0 2
20 Garland, Colin CHB 93% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 5 0 3 0 2 3 0
36 Garlett, Jeff HFFR 92% 2 1 9 5 4 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 82% 0 1 6 3 3 2 42 1 2 6 0 3 1 0
43 Harmes, James FPL 79% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 3
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 98% 1 3 17 10 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFR 82% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 3
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 89% 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 3 0 1 2 0 5 0
2 Jones, Nathan (c) RR 79% 0 0 21 9 12 2 0 8 4 2 1 2 1 5
35 Kennedy, Ben FPR 83% 2 1 18 8 10 5 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 3
25 McDonald, Tom FB 98% 1 0 25 13 12 11 1 2 0 2 0 0 10 0
22 Michie, Viv INT 78% 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
13 Oliver, Clayton INT 63% 1 0 15 3 12 2 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0
21 Pedersen, Cameron CHF 79% 0 2 15 6 9 6 6 1 0 3 0 1 1 4
5 Petracca, Christian INT 75% 1 0 20 10 10 4 0 2 4 4 2 0 2 7
3 Salem, Christian WR 73% 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 6 3 1 0 0 4 0
15 Stretch, Billy INT 73% 0 0 25 10 15 6 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 2
12 Tyson, Dom C 74% 0 0 32 8 24 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 2
23 Vince, Bernie WL 85% 0 0 24 18 6 5 0 7 5 3 0 1 8 3
7 Viney, Jack RO 80% 1 0 25 10 15 4 0 16 6 4 2 3 0 2
42 Wagner, Josh HBFL 86% 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 1
4 Watts, Jack HFFL 84% 3 0 14 12 2 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 10 373 186 187 93 50 87 35 46 12 16 43 48

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
44 Adcock, Jed HBFR 88% 0 0 17 8 9 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 1
24 Biggs, Shane HBFL 80% 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 2
4 Bontempelli, Marcus RO 78% 0 0 33 13 20 5 5 2 8 3 1 1 2 6
5 Boyd, Matthew BPL 86% 0 0 31 23 8 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 10 2
15 Campbell, Tom CHF 84% 0 0 7 2 5 3 34 5 1 2 1 0 0 1
6 Dahlhaus, Luke FPL 76% 0 0 29 11 18 4 0 7 3 5 0 2 1 5
31 Dale, Bailey INT 71% 1 0 15 6 9 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2
35 Daniel, Caleb INT 79% 0 1 20 11 9 4 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 2
29 Dickson, Tory WR 85% 2 0 10 5 5 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 1
7 Hunter, Lachie WL 86% 1 0 34 14 20 4 0 3 4 1 1 0 3 3
21 Liberatore, Tom C 78% 1 0 25 12 13 2 0 19 7 5 1 3 0 5
11 Macrae, Jack RR 87% 0 0 27 15 12 5 0 5 1 3 2 0 4 2
16 McLean, Toby FPR 69% 1 2 18 11 7 5 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 3
38 Morris, Dale BPR 95% 0 0 13 5 8 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1
42 Picken, Liam HFFL 84% 2 1 30 19 11 5 0 5 1 3 0 0 1 6
43 Redpath, Jack FF 82% 3 1 14 11 3 11 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 1
18 Roberts, Fletcher FB 85% 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
23 Roughead, Jordan RU 81% 0 1 9 6 3 1 2 3 3 1 3 0 1 2
9 Stringer, Jake HFFR 85% 5 0 16 13 3 7 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 4
3 Wallis, Mitch INT 79% 1 0 25 11 14 3 1 6 2 4 1 0 1 4
34 Williams, Bailey INT 77% 0 1 14 7 7 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 5
10 Wood, Easton (ac) CHB 87% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 5 1 4 0 2 1 3
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 17 12 426 222 204 87 42 84 39 52 16 12 35 61

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 M. Boyd 18 F. Roberts 38 D. Morris 11 M. Gawn 22 V. Michie
35 B. Kennedy 1 J. Hogan 43 J. Harmes 2 N. Jones (c) 13 C. Oliver
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 5 C. Petracca
HALF-BACK

15 B. Stretch
24 S. Biggs 10 E. Wood (ac) 44 J. Adcock



36 J. Garlett 21 C. Pedersen 4 J. Watts



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 L. Hunter 21 T. Liberatore 29 T. Dickson



3 C. Salem 12 D. Tyson 23 B. Vince FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 J. Roughead 31 B. Dale
HALF-FORWARD 11 J. Macrae 35 C. Daniel
42 L. Picken 15 T. Campbell 9 J. Stringer 4 M. Bontempelli 3 M. Wallis
29 J. Hunt 20 C. Garland 42 J. Wagner

34 B. Williams
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 L. Dahlhaus 43 J. Redpath 16 T. McLean



32 T. Bugg 25 T. McDonald 39 N. Jetta



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Jack Viney goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:28
WBUL Jack Redpath goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:47
WBUL Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 06:29
WBUL Liam Picken goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 06:56
WBUL Jordan Roughead behind 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 09:13
WBUL Jack Redpath goal 1.0.6 - 3.2.20 10:20
WBUL Bailey Williams behind 1.0.6 - 3.3.21 12:30
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 13:44
MELB Christian Petracca goal 2.1.13 - 3.3.21 15:38
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 2.1.13 - 4.3.27 19:46
MELB Ben Kennedy behind 2.2.14 - 4.3.27 23:15
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 2.2.14 - 5.3.33 23:52
WBUL Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 5.4.34 27:43
WBUL Jack Redpath behind 2.2.14 - 5.5.35 30:13
Q2 WBUL Jake Stringer goal 2.2.14 - 6.5.41 01:34
WBUL Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 6.6.42 02:49
MELB Ben Kennedy goal 3.2.20 - 6.6.42 04:55
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 4.2.26 - 6.6.42 07:33
WBUL Toby McLean goal 4.2.26 - 7.6.48 09:47
WBUL Toby McLean behind 4.2.26 - 7.7.49 12:05
MELB Cameron Pedersen behind 4.3.27 - 7.7.49 15:32
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 4.4.28 - 7.7.49 18:07
MELB Ben Kennedy goal 5.4.34 - 7.7.49 19:17
WBUL Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 7.8.50 20:41
WBUL Jack Redpath goal 5.4.34 - 8.8.56 23:02
MELB Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 8.8.56 24:47
WBUL Liam Picken behind 5.5.35 - 8.9.57 27:35
Q3 MELB Max Gawn behind 5.6.36 - 8.9.57 03:39
MELB Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 8.9.57 04:16
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 5.7.37 - 9.9.63 05:00
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 5.7.37 - 10.9.69 07:43
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 5.8.38 - 10.9.69 15:04
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 5.9.39 - 10.9.69 21:00
WBUL Bailey Dale goal 5.9.39 - 11.9.75 21:45
MELB Jack Watts goal 6.9.45 - 11.9.75 23:47
WBUL Lachie Hunter goal 6.9.45 - 12.9.81 25:16
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 7.9.51 - 12.9.81 26:43
WBUL Toby McLean behind 7.9.51 - 12.10.82 30:16
Q4 WBUL Jake Stringer goal 7.9.51 - 13.10.88 01:13
WBUL Caleb Daniel behind 7.9.51 - 13.11.89 02:50
WBUL Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 13.12.90 07:07
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 7.9.51 - 14.12.96 09:39
MELB Jack Watts goal 8.9.57 - 14.12.96 11:58
MELB Tom McDonald goal 9.9.63 - 14.12.96 15:11
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 10.9.69 - 14.12.96 17:02
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 10.9.69 - 15.12.102 18:05
MELB Jack Watts goal 11.9.75 - 15.12.102 21:04
MELB Cameron Pedersen behind 11.10.76 - 15.12.102 23:50
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 11.10.76 - 16.12.108 24:38
WBUL Liam Picken goal 11.10.76 - 17.12.114 29:05
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 12.10.82 - 17.12.114 31:18