2016 AFL Round 15: Melbourne v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 3 July 2016 between Melbourne and Adelaide during round 15 of the 2016 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Adelaide at MCG. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. Taylor Walker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Don Pyke.

Melbourne
Back: S. Frost, T. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: J. Hunt, O. McDonald, M. Jones
Centre: C. Petracca, D. Tyson, B. Vince
Half-forward: J. Garlett, C. Dawes, B. Stretch
Forward: J. Watts, J. Hogan, D. Kent
Follower: M. Gawn, N. Jones (capt.), J. Viney
Int.: T. Bugg, J. Harmes, B. Kennedy, A. vandenBerg

Adelaide
Back: J. Lever, D. Talia, K. Cheney
Half-back: B. Smith, K. Hartigan, L. Brown
Centre: D. MacKay, R. Sloane, R. Atkins
Half-forward: C. Cameron, J. Jenkins, R. Douglas
Forward: E. Betts, T. Walker (capt.), T. Lynch
Follower: S. Jacobs, S. Thompson, M. Crouch
Int.: B. Crouch, R. Laird, J. Lyons, M. McGovern

Melbourne (15.8.98) were defeated by Adelaide (18.12.120).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: J. Garlett (4), J. Hogan (3), J. Watts (3), J. Harmes, J. Hunt, N. Jones, B. Kennedy, D. Kent
Adelaide: E. Betts (3), R. Douglas (3), T. Walker (3), C. Cameron (2), J. Jenkins (2), M. McGovern (2), R. Atkins, T. Lynch, J. Lyons

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder and Adelaide were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Adelaide
Date: Sunday 3 July 2016
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 29,133

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Adelaide
Score: 15.8.98 - 18.12.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 10 . 4 14 . 5 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Adelaide 5 . 2 8 . 5 15 . 8 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Margin ADEL by 17 MELB by 11 ADEL by 9 ADEL by 22 ADEL by 22
Duration 29:45 31:50 32:41 29:29 2:03:45

Honour Roll

Coaches: Paul Roos (Melbourne), Don Pyke (Adelaide)
Captains: Nathan Jones (Melbourne), Taylor Walker (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), D. Harris (#24), S. Hay (#20), S. Meredith (#21)
Goal Umpire: M. Palm, A. Wojcik, E: M. Craig
Boundary Umpire: I. Burrows, R. Haala, G. Large, J. Morris

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Rory Laird ADEL 29 3
Nathan Jones MELB 2 2
Rory Sloane ADEL 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Rory Laird ADEL 29 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jack Watts MELB 4 7 0 1 1 0 0
Charlie Cameron ADEL 23 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Taylor Walker ADEL 13 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Rory Sloane ADEL 9 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Nathan Jones MELB 2 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bugg, Tomas INT 75% 0 0 16 5 11 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2
6 Dawes, Chris CHF 85% 0 0 9 4 5 2 2 4 0 4 2 1 1 2
17 Frost, Sam BPL 76% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0
36 Garlett, Jeff HFFL 90% 4 2 16 13 3 3 0 5 0 3 0 1 0 3
11 Gawn, Max RU 85% 0 0 16 6 10 2 40 4 4 2 0 0 2 0
43 Harmes, James INT 81% 1 0 24 16 8 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 91% 3 1 18 11 7 3 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 1
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFL 86% 1 0 14 9 5 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 86% 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
45 Jones, Matt HBFR 74% 0 0 20 7 13 4 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 2
2 Jones, Nathan (c) RR 84% 1 1 33 14 19 3 0 9 5 2 2 1 0 5
35 Kennedy, Ben INT 85% 1 1 17 10 7 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 4
16 Kent, Dean FPR 82% 1 0 18 9 9 4 0 5 1 3 0 1 0 6
28 McDonald, Oscar CHB 92% 0 0 15 5 10 2 0 3 1 2 1 0 4 1
25 McDonald, Tom FB 91% 0 0 23 16 7 11 0 1 0 3 0 1 5 0
5 Petracca, Christian WL 75% 0 0 17 7 10 1 0 3 4 4 1 1 0 3
15 Stretch, Billy HFFR 72% 0 1 18 8 10 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 2 2
12 Tyson, Dom C 69% 0 0 24 6 18 4 1 4 5 2 0 0 1 4
37 vandenBerg, Aaron INT 69% 0 0 17 4 13 2 0 8 2 4 1 2 1 1
23 Vince, Bernie WR 88% 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 1 4 2 1 4 2
7 Viney, Jack RO 80% 0 0 21 8 13 4 0 8 4 0 0 0 1 1
4 Watts, Jack FPL 84% 3 0 23 16 7 8 3 3 3 0 1 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 15 8 404 199 205 77 46 74 36 48 17 13 32 48

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Atkins, Rory WR 79% 1 0 20 10 10 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0
18 Betts, Eddie FPL 86% 3 0 13 11 2 4 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3
16 Brown, Luke HBFR 82% 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFL 76% 2 2 17 10 7 4 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 4
25 Cheney, Kyle BPR 95% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1
2 Crouch, Brad INT 72% 0 0 26 9 17 1 0 9 8 6 1 3 1 1
44 Crouch, Matt RO 68% 0 0 21 7 14 1 0 7 4 2 0 0 1 2
26 Douglas, Richard HFFR 84% 3 1 14 12 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3
15 Hartigan, Kyle CHB 90% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 0 0 5 1 2 2 1
24 Jacobs, Sam RU 82% 0 0 15 9 6 2 29 2 1 1 0 0 2 0
4 Jenkins, Josh CHF 86% 2 1 13 7 6 5 13 3 2 2 1 0 1 3
29 Laird, Rory INT 89% 0 0 25 13 12 10 0 3 0 0 1 0 4 1
6 Lever, Jake BPL 80% 0 1 10 6 4 4 0 0 0 6 0 4 1 0
27 Lynch, Tom FPR 90% 1 0 21 14 7 8 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 6
31 Lyons, Jarryd INT 67% 1 1 23 16 7 3 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 7
14 MacKay, David WL 80% 0 1 20 12 8 5 0 6 4 4 0 2 4 3
41 McGovern, Mitch INT 74% 2 1 11 6 5 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sloane, Rory C 81% 0 0 23 12 11 5 0 13 3 2 0 0 2 4
33 Smith, Brodie HBFL 75% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 8 2 4 1 1 2 4
12 Talia, Daniel FB 95% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 0 4 0 1 3 1
5 Thompson, Scott RR 80% 0 0 18 10 8 0 0 9 5 4 1 1 1 3
13 Walker, Taylor (c) FF 88% 3 0 18 14 4 8 0 4 0 4 2 2 0 5
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 18 12 370 216 154 83 42 101 41 55 13 17 30 53

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
6 J. Lever 12 D. Talia 25 K. Cheney 11 M. Gawn 32 T. Bugg
16 D. Kent 1 J. Hogan 4 J. Watts 2 N. Jones (c) 43 J. Harmes
FORWARD 7 J. Viney 35 B. Kennedy
HALF-BACK

37 A. vandenBerg
33 B. Smith 15 K. Hartigan 16 L. Brown



15 B. Stretch 6 C. Dawes 36 J. Garlett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



14 D. MacKay 9 R. Sloane 21 R. Atkins



23 B. Vince 12 D. Tyson 5 C. Petracca FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 S. Jacobs 2 B. Crouch
HALF-FORWARD 5 S. Thompson 29 R. Laird
23 C. Cameron 4 J. Jenkins 26 R. Douglas 44 M. Crouch 31 J. Lyons
45 M. Jones 28 O. McDonald 29 J. Hunt

41 M. McGovern
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 E. Betts 13 T. Walker (c) 27 T. Lynch



39 N. Jetta 25 T. McDonald 17 S. Frost



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Don Pyke

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Richard Douglas goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:09
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:07
ADEL Mitch McGovern goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 06:09
ADEL Tom Lynch goal 1.0.6 - 3.0.18 10:56
ADEL Charlie Cameron behind 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 13:11
MELB Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 14:20
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 1.1.7 - 4.1.25 14:54
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 2.1.13 - 4.1.25 20:18
MELB Nathan Jones behind 2.2.14 - 4.1.25 22:48
ADEL Richard Douglas goal 2.2.14 - 5.1.31 24:44
ADEL Josh Jenkins behind 2.2.14 - 5.2.32 26:19
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 2.3.15 - 5.2.32 28:38
Q2 MELB Jeff Garlett goal 3.3.21 - 5.2.32 03:34
MELB Jack Watts goal 4.3.27 - 5.2.32 05:19
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 4.4.28 - 5.2.32 08:53
MELB Ben Kennedy goal 5.4.34 - 5.2.32 09:52
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 5.4.34 - 6.2.38 12:46
ADEL Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 6.3.39 14:30
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 6.4.40 - 6.3.39 15:19
ADEL Charlie Cameron behind 6.4.40 - 6.4.40 18:17
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 7.4.46 - 6.4.40 20:42
MELB Jack Watts goal 8.4.52 - 6.4.40 21:42
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 8.4.52 - 7.4.46 23:09
ADEL Eddie Betts goal 8.4.52 - 8.4.52 25:09
ADEL Rushed behind 8.4.52 - 8.5.53 26:46
MELB Dean Kent goal 9.4.58 - 8.5.53 29:08
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 10.4.64 - 8.5.53 30:45
Q3 ADEL Taylor Walker goal 10.4.64 - 9.5.59 01:22
ADEL Rory Atkins goal 10.4.64 - 10.5.65 03:11
ADEL Eddie Betts goal 10.4.64 - 11.5.71 05:08
ADEL Charlie Cameron goal 10.4.64 - 12.5.77 06:21
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 11.4.70 - 12.5.77 08:14
ADEL Richard Douglas goal 11.4.70 - 13.5.83 09:44
ADEL Jake Lever behind 11.4.70 - 13.6.84 11:59
MELB Rushed behind 11.5.71 - 13.6.84 13:56
ADEL Rushed behind 11.5.71 - 13.7.85 14:55
ADEL Richard Douglas behind 11.5.71 - 13.8.86 15:35
MELB Nathan Jones goal 12.5.77 - 13.8.86 18:44
ADEL Eddie Betts goal 12.5.77 - 14.8.92 22:32
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 13.5.83 - 14.8.92 25:00
MELB Jack Watts goal 14.5.89 - 14.8.92 26:14
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 14.5.89 - 15.8.98 30:02
Q4 ADEL Rushed behind 14.5.89 - 15.9.99 03:08
MELB Ben Kennedy behind 14.6.90 - 15.9.99 04:22
MELB Billy Stretch behind 14.7.91 - 15.9.99 06:25
ADEL David MacKay behind 14.7.91 - 15.10.100 07:30
ADEL Charlie Cameron goal 14.7.91 - 16.10.106 11:38
ADEL Mitch McGovern behind 14.7.91 - 16.11.107 14:34
ADEL Jarryd Lyons goal 14.7.91 - 17.11.113 15:29
MELB James Harmes goal 15.7.97 - 17.11.113 22:42
ADEL Mitch McGovern goal 15.7.97 - 18.11.119 25:02
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 15.8.98 - 18.11.119 26:46
ADEL Jarryd Lyons behind 15.8.98 - 18.12.120 28:11