2018 AFL Round 2: Brisbane Lions v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 2018 between Brisbane Lions and Melbourne during round 2 of the 2018 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Melbourne at Gabba. Nathan Jones captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Brisbane Lions
Back: N. Robertson, J. Walker, D. Gardiner
Half-back: L. Hodge, H. Andrews, A. Witherden
Centre: L. Taylor, D. Zorko, S. Mayes
Half-forward: C. Rayner, D. McStay, R. Bewick
Forward: A. Christensen, E. Hipwood, C. Cameron
Follower: S. Martin, J. Berry, D. Beams
Int.: C. Cox, R. Lester, R. Mathieson, H. McCluggage

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, O. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: J. Lewis, J. Lever, B. Vince
Centre: J. Hunt, D. Tyson, N. Jones (capt.)
Half-forward: C. Petracca, C. Pedersen, T. Bugg
Forward: B. Fritsch, J. Hogan, J. Melksham
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Oliver, A. Neal-Bullen
Int.: J. Garlett, J. Harmes, C. Salem, J. Wagner

Brisbane Lions (10.14.74) were defeated by Melbourne (14.16.100).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: C. Cameron (3), A. Christensen (3), R. Bewick, C. Cox, E. Hipwood, D. Zorko
Melbourne: J. Hogan (5), J. Garlett (4), B. Fritsch (2), N. Jones (2), A. Neal-Bullen

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were then 15th on the ladder (down from 13th) and Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 March 2018
Time: 6:25 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 17,141

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.14.74 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 0 . 3 2 . 6 5 . 11 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Melbourne 5 . 4 8 . 7 9 . 11 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin MELB by 31 MELB by 37 MELB by 24 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration 29:34 30:50 32:55 35:18 2:08:37

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), Nathan Jones (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), B. Hosking (#16), B. Rosebury (#8)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jesse Hogan MELB 1 3
Nathan Jones MELB 2 2
Jeff Garlett MELB 36 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jesse Hogan MELB 1 9 1 1 0 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 8 1 0 1 0 0
Charlie Cameron BRIL 23 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Jeff Garlett MELB 36 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Nathan Jones MELB 2 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
31 Andrews, Harris CHB 96% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 2 1 1 2 0 3 0
9 Beams, Dayne RO 81% 0 2 16 9 7 4 0 5 1 1 1 1 0 4
13 Berry, Jarrod RR 89% 0 0 16 5 11 1 0 7 6 1 0 1 1 1
8 Bewick, Rohan HFFR 75% 1 1 20 13 7 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6
23 Cameron, Charlie FPR 87% 3 0 16 11 5 7 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 3
3 Christensen, Allen FPL 79% 3 1 16 9 7 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 2 1
20 Cox, Cedric INT 78% 1 0 15 7 8 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 3 0
27 Gardiner, Darcy BPR 78% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 4 0 4 0 2 5 0
30 Hipwood, Eric FF 76% 1 1 14 7 7 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
2 Hodge, Luke HBFL 85% 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 1 7 0
35 Lester, Ryan INT 60% 0 2 16 8 8 2 0 3 3 4 0 2 0 1
12 Martin, Stefan RU 91% 0 1 9 3 6 0 35 4 2 3 1 2 1 1
36 Mathieson, Rhys INT 76% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 7 5 0 4 0 1 3
32 Mayes, Sam WR 86% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 3
6 McCluggage, Hugh INT 87% 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 5
25 McStay, Daniel CHF 93% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 2
16 Rayner, Cam HFFL 75% 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0
18 Robertson, Nick BPL 75% 0 0 18 6 12 1 0 7 2 1 1 0 3 1
28 Taylor, Lewis WL 91% 0 0 23 13 10 5 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 6
14 Walker, Josh FB 78% 0 2 8 6 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 1 0 0
29 Witherden, Alex HBFR 83% 0 0 24 16 8 5 0 1 1 5 0 2 5 5
15 Zorko, Dayne C 82% 1 2 20 11 9 1 0 11 9 3 3 0 1 6
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 10 14 339 190 149 59 39 83 45 45 24 15 37 52

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bugg, Tomas HFFR 80% 0 2 13 9 4 2 0 4 0 3 2 0 0 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 69% 2 1 9 7 2 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2
36 Garlett, Jeff INT 72% 4 1 17 13 4 5 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 7
11 Gawn, Max RU 87% 0 0 10 2 8 1 48 1 2 0 1 0 2 1
4 Harmes, James INT 79% 0 0 23 12 11 2 0 5 3 1 2 1 1 4
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 91% 0 0 20 10 10 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 1
1 Hogan, Jesse FF 91% 5 1 22 15 7 9 0 4 3 2 3 1 0 2
29 Hunt, Jayden WL 87% 0 1 6 5 1 2 0 4 0 5 0 3 0 2
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 79% 0 1 12 5 7 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 2 1
2 Jones, Nathan (c) WR 82% 2 1 28 12 16 3 0 5 4 2 0 0 0 3
8 Lever, Jake CHB 93% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 0
6 Lewis, Jordan HBFL 91% 0 0 23 11 12 2 0 2 0 5 2 4 1 1
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 98% 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 0
18 Melksham, Jake FPR 76% 0 3 18 9 9 5 0 3 4 3 0 2 1 4
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex RO 77% 1 0 21 16 5 5 0 2 3 4 0 0 2 3
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 81% 0 1 35 11 24 3 0 8 11 0 2 0 0 9
21 Pedersen, Cameron CHF 70% 0 0 6 4 2 2 6 3 1 3 0 2 0 3
5 Petracca, Christian HFFL 88% 0 1 24 14 10 4 0 3 3 7 0 4 2 2
3 Salem, Christian INT 64% 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 3 1 3 0 2 0 1
12 Tyson, Dom C 79% 0 0 22 12 10 7 0 6 2 2 1 1 2 4
23 Vince, Bernie HBFR 82% 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 3 3
42 Wagner, Josh INT 84% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 6 0 1 0 1 5 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 14 16 369 209 160 76 54 75 45 51 15 24 38 56

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

Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 M. Hibberd 28 O. McDonald 39 N. Jetta 12 S. Martin 20 C. Cox
23 C. Cameron 30 E. Hipwood 3 A. Christensen 13 J. Berry 35 R. Lester
FORWARD 9 D. Beams 36 R. Mathieson
HALF-BACK

6 H. McCluggage
6 J. Lewis 8 J. Lever 23 B. Vince



8 R. Bewick 25 D. McStay 16 C. Rayner



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



29 J. Hunt 12 D. Tyson 2 N. Jones (c)



32 S. Mayes 15 D. Zorko 28 L. Taylor FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 36 J. Garlett
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 4 J. Harmes
5 C. Petracca 21 C. Pedersen 32 T. Bugg 30 A. Neal-Bullen 3 C. Salem
29 A. Witherden 31 H. Andrews 2 L. Hodge

42 J. Wagner
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



31 B. Fritsch 1 J. Hogan 18 J. Melksham



27 D. Gardiner 14 J. Walker 18 N. Robertson



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Allen Christensen behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:39
MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:15
MELB Nathan Jones behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 05:42
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 06:46
BRIL Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 1.2.8 10:10
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 0.2.2 - 2.2.14 11:23
BRIL Dayne Beams behind 0.3.3 - 2.2.14 18:46
MELB Jake Melksham behind 0.3.3 - 2.3.15 22:13
MELB Jayden Hunt behind 0.3.3 - 2.4.16 23:42
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 0.3.3 - 3.4.22 24:40
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 0.3.3 - 4.4.28 27:16
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 0.3.3 - 5.4.34 29:28
Q2 BRIL Allen Christensen goal 1.3.9 - 5.4.34 02:12
MELB Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 5.5.35 04:13
BRIL Josh Walker behind 1.4.10 - 5.5.35 05:33
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 1.4.10 - 6.5.41 07:14
BRIL Rohan Bewick goal 2.4.16 - 6.5.41 10:08
MELB Nathan Jones goal 2.4.16 - 7.5.47 14:29
BRIL Cam Rayner behind 2.5.17 - 7.5.47 16:38
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 2.5.17 - 8.5.53 17:44
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 2.5.17 - 8.6.54 22:54
BRIL Josh Walker behind 2.6.18 - 8.6.54 26:16
MELB Tomas Bugg behind 2.6.18 - 8.7.55 29:56
Q3 BRIL Ryan Lester behind 2.7.19 - 8.7.55 01:05
BRIL Ryan Lester behind 2.8.20 - 8.7.55 02:56
MELB Christian Petracca behind 2.8.20 - 8.8.56 06:11
MELB Nathan Jones goal 2.8.20 - 9.8.62 06:47
BRIL Rohan Bewick behind 2.9.21 - 9.8.62 10:28
MELB Tomas Bugg behind 2.9.21 - 9.9.63 11:53
BRIL Allen Christensen goal 3.9.27 - 9.9.63 14:37
BRIL Stefan Martin behind 3.10.28 - 9.9.63 17:24
BRIL Cedric Cox goal 4.10.34 - 9.9.63 19:21
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 4.11.35 - 9.9.63 22:41
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 5.11.41 - 9.9.63 24:06
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 5.11.41 - 9.10.64 29:02
MELB Neville Jetta behind 5.11.41 - 9.11.65 30:32
Q4 BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 6.11.47 - 9.11.65 04:10
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 7.11.53 - 9.11.65 06:10
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 8.11.59 - 9.11.65 08:36
BRIL Allen Christensen goal 9.11.65 - 9.11.65 10:23
MELB Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 9.12.66 16:32
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 9.11.65 - 10.12.72 17:16
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 9.12.66 - 10.12.72 19:50
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 9.12.66 - 11.12.78 20:28
MELB Jake Melksham behind 9.12.66 - 11.13.79 22:00
BRIL Dayne Beams behind 9.13.67 - 11.13.79 22:39
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 10.13.73 - 11.13.79 24:03
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 10.13.73 - 12.13.85 25:12
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 10.13.73 - 12.14.86 27:21
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 10.14.74 - 12.14.86 27:57
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 10.14.74 - 13.14.92 29:10
MELB Jake Melksham behind 10.14.74 - 13.15.93 30:16
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 10.14.74 - 13.16.94 31:58
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 10.14.74 - 14.16.100 35:12