2017 AFL Round 8: Adelaide v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 2017 between Adelaide and Melbourne during round 8 of the 2017 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. Taylor Walker captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Don Pyke and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Adelaide
Back: J. Kelly, D. Talia, B. Smith
Half-back: R. Laird, K. Hartigan, W. Milera
Centre: R. Sloane, R. Douglas, T. Menzel
Half-forward: T. Lynch, J. Jenkins, C. Cameron
Forward: A. Otten, T. Walker (capt.), E. Betts
Follower: S. Jacobs, R. Atkins, M. Crouch
Int.: L. Brown, B. Crouch, C. Hampton, D. MacKay

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, T. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: J. Hunt, S. Frost, O. McDonald
Centre: N. Jones, J. Viney, C. Salem
Half-forward: C. Petracca, J. Watts, C. Oliver
Forward: J. Garlett, S. Weideman, D. Kent
Follower: C. Pedersen, J. Lewis, B. Vince
Int.: T. Bugg, M. Hannan, D. Tyson, J. Wagner

Adelaide (9.12.66) were defeated by Melbourne (17.5.107).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: E. Betts (2), J. Jenkins (2), T. Walker (2), R. Atkins, R. Laird, B. Smith
Melbourne: C. Pedersen (3), T. Bugg (2), J. Garlett (2), N. Jones (2), D. Kent (2), T. McDonald (2), M. Hannan, C. Oliver, C. Petracca, J. Viney

As a result of this match, Adelaide remained 1st on the ladder and Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Adelaide v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 May 2017
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 47,882

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.12.66 - 17.5.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 1 . 4 6 . 7 7 . 8 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 3 12 . 5 17 . 5 17 . 5 (107)
Margin MELB by 4 ADEL by 10 MELB by 27 MELB by 41 MELB by 41
Duration 31:49 32:25 36:44 30:51 2:11:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: Don Pyke (Adelaide), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Taylor Walker (Adelaide), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Fleer (#26), C. Kamolins (#19), S. Ryan (#25), E: R. Hundertmark (#40)
Umpire Replacement: R. Hundertmark replaced C. Fleer

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Viney MELB 7 3
Tom McDonald MELB 25 2
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jack Viney MELB 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Michael Hibberd MELB 14 8 0 2 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 5 0 0 1 1 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 5 0 0 1 1 0
Bernie Vince MELB 23 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Atkins, Rory RR 81% 1 0 21 15 6 4 0 2 3 4 0 0 3 5
18 Betts, Eddie FPR 84% 2 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 2 4 0 2 1 1
16 Brown, Luke INT 80% 0 0 20 7 13 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 1
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFR 86% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 4 0
2 Crouch, Brad INT 66% 0 0 26 8 18 2 0 3 6 6 0 0 2 2
44 Crouch, Matt RO 75% 0 1 29 15 14 2 0 3 3 3 0 1 2 5
26 Douglas, Richard C 85% 0 2 22 11 11 2 0 9 7 1 1 1 1 3
17 Hampton, Curtly INT 67% 0 0 15 6 9 1 0 4 2 4 3 2 0 3
15 Hartigan, Kyle CHB 79% 0 0 11 3 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
24 Jacobs, Sam RU 87% 0 1 13 8 5 5 74 4 2 3 1 3 0 1
4 Jenkins, Josh CHF 86% 2 1 10 7 3 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
8 Kelly, Jake BPL 91% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
29 Laird, Rory HBFL 85% 1 0 37 11 26 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 0
27 Lynch, Tom HFFL 91% 0 0 16 7 9 5 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 4
14 MacKay, David INT 76% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 3
32 Menzel, Troy WR 61% 0 1 11 7 4 4 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 3
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 84% 0 0 20 9 11 5 0 1 2 3 3 1 2 2
22 Otten, Andy FPL 90% 0 2 15 6 9 3 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 0
9 Sloane, Rory WL 80% 0 1 11 6 5 0 0 11 4 6 1 5 2 5
33 Smith, Brodie BPR 89% 1 0 26 16 10 5 0 1 2 5 1 2 4 4
12 Talia, Daniel FB 90% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2
13 Walker, Taylor (c) FF 88% 2 2 15 10 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 9 12 379 184 195 69 76 70 38 63 16 21 33 49

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bugg, Tomas INT 78% 2 0 11 5 6 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
17 Frost, Sam CHB 94% 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 5 1 5 0 3 5 1
36 Garlett, Jeff FPL 89% 2 1 10 7 3 2 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 1
19 Hannan, Mitch INT 69% 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 1
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 86% 0 0 34 20 14 8 0 0 0 3 1 2 9 3
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFL 44% 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 94% 0 0 17 6 11 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Jones, Nathan WL 85% 2 0 25 12 13 8 0 6 4 0 2 0 3 3
16 Kent, Dean FPR 86% 2 0 19 12 7 4 0 2 0 4 3 0 0 5
6 Lewis, Jordan RR 83% 0 0 27 10 17 3 0 1 6 5 2 1 3 4
28 McDonald, Oscar HBFR 94% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1
25 McDonald, Tom FB 88% 2 1 20 11 9 7 2 2 1 4 0 1 0 3
13 Oliver, Clayton HFFR 74% 1 0 30 9 21 1 0 10 4 2 1 1 1 5
21 Pedersen, Cameron RU 86% 3 0 13 12 1 2 22 3 5 1 1 1 2 3
5 Petracca, Christian HFFL 78% 1 0 24 13 11 5 0 5 7 3 1 0 0 3
3 Salem, Christian WR 82% 0 0 31 21 10 3 0 5 0 3 2 0 9 1
12 Tyson, Dom INT 73% 0 1 20 11 9 2 0 6 0 6 0 2 0 5
23 Vince, Bernie RO 86% 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 6 2 5 1 1 0 2
7 Viney, Jack C 86% 1 1 30 11 19 2 0 12 8 2 3 1 1 3
42 Wagner, Josh INT 81% 0 0 19 8 11 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 2
4 Watts, Jack CHF 83% 0 0 14 3 11 4 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
26 Weideman, Sam FF 81% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 5 1 2 1 2 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 5 420 213 207 73 29 89 49 55 21 16 36 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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Tom McDonald behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:36
ADEL Sam Jacobs behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 06:55
MELB Nathan Jones goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 09:00
MELB Cameron Pedersen goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 10:09
ADEL Matt Crouch behind 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 13:22
ADEL Richard Douglas behind 0.3.3 - 2.1.13 16:15
ADEL Eddie Betts goal 1.3.9 - 2.1.13 19:14
MELB Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 26:19
ADEL Rory Sloane behind 1.4.10 - 2.2.14 29:54
Q2 ADEL Eddie Betts goal 2.4.16 - 2.2.14 01:37
ADEL Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 2.2.14 04:14
ADEL Rory Laird goal 3.5.23 - 2.2.14 06:07
ADEL Troy Menzel behind 3.6.24 - 2.2.14 07:57
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 4.6.30 - 2.2.14 10:05
ADEL Rory Atkins goal 5.6.36 - 2.2.14 15:22
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 6.6.42 - 2.2.14 17:58
MELB Tomas Bugg goal 6.6.42 - 3.2.20 19:38
MELB Nathan Jones goal 6.6.42 - 4.2.26 21:43
MELB Jack Viney behind 6.6.42 - 4.3.27 26:36
MELB Tomas Bugg goal 6.6.42 - 5.3.33 28:58
ADEL Josh Jenkins behind 6.7.43 - 5.3.33 32:22
Q3 MELB Tom McDonald goal 6.7.43 - 6.3.39 03:39
MELB Tom McDonald goal 6.7.43 - 7.3.45 08:02
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 6.8.44 - 7.3.45 10:21
MELB Cameron Pedersen goal 6.8.44 - 8.3.51 13:12
MELB Dom Tyson behind 6.8.44 - 8.4.52 17:12
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 6.8.44 - 9.4.58 18:01
MELB Cameron Pedersen goal 6.8.44 - 10.4.64 22:50
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 6.8.44 - 11.4.70 29:58
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 7.8.50 - 11.4.70 31:59
MELB Jack Viney goal 7.8.50 - 12.4.76 33:11
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 7.8.50 - 12.5.77 36:40
Q4 MELB Jeff Garlett goal 7.8.50 - 13.5.83 05:13
MELB Dean Kent goal 7.8.50 - 14.5.89 06:56
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 8.8.56 - 14.5.89 12:05
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 8.8.56 - 15.5.95 14:20
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 8.9.57 - 15.5.95 17:06
ADEL Brodie Smith goal 9.9.63 - 15.5.95 18:29
MELB Christian Petracca goal 9.9.63 - 16.5.101 20:39
ADEL Andy Otten behind 9.10.64 - 16.5.101 23:32
ADEL Richard Douglas behind 9.11.65 - 16.5.101 25:10
ADEL Andy Otten behind 9.12.66 - 16.5.101 26:23
MELB Dean Kent goal 9.12.66 - 17.5.107 29:19