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Brownlow Medal | 3 Brad Sewell (HAW) | 2 Matt Suckling (HAW) | 1 Lance 'Buddy' Franklin (HAW) |
Melbourne sunk to a new low after another morale sapping loss. The 66-point loss to the Hawks left the Demons winless after seven rounds. If that wasn’t bad enough, Melbourne found themselves on the bottom of the ladder – even below expansion teams Greater Western Sydney and Gold Coast. Mark Neeld’s side were competitive early and only found themselves three points down at quarter time. But the longer the night went, the further behind the Demons fell. The margin could have been far more embarrassing for the Demons if Hawthorn had kicked straighter at goal. The Hawks finished with 15.25, with Lance Franklin the main culprit, his 3.7 taking his tally to 9.22 over the past four weeks. The Demons' main problem was that they just couldn’t find the football. Hawthorn dominated in contested and uncontested possessions, reflected by the 424-259 overall disposal count. The Hawks' big win was soured after it was revealed forward Michael Osborne would be on the sidelines for a year with a knee injury following a incident late in the match.
GOALS
Melbourne: Clark 3, Howe, McKenzie, Magner
Hawthorn: Franklin 3, Puopolo, Young 2, Breust, Hale, Rioli, Roughead, Savage, Smith, Lewis, Suckling
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Melbourne: Clark, Grimes, McKenzie, Bartram
Hawthorn: Shiels, Birchall, Sewell, Hale, Whitecross, Roughead
BEST - THE AGE
Melbourne: Magner, Clark, Howe, Frawley, Jones, Moloney
Hawthorn: Lewis, Burgoyne, Shiels, Birchall, Savage, Sewell, Whitecross, Suckling
COACHES COMMENTS
Mark Neeld (Melb): It was near even in the first quarter and it was even in the third. We split that and people ask me 'what about the uncontested possession?' Well I'm concerned by that but a little bit less. When you are coming in new and you are starting from scratch, you want to make sure the effort and contested possession is there so we took a little step backwards with that tonight I reckon.
Alastair Clarkson (Haw): We tended to go a little bit too wide inside our 50, but having said that we missed some sodas from dead in front. What can you do? It's frustrating, but the players aren't trying to miss them.
Umpires: Rosebury, Findlay, Bannister
Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
44 | Bail, Rohan | 8 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23y 320d | 25 | 8 |
3 | Bartram, Clint | 13 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 24y 85d | 102 | 17 |
6 | Bate, Matthew | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 353d | 97 | 95 |
7 | Bennell, Jamie | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21y 339d | 53 | 20 |
11 | Clark, Mitch | 11 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24y 205d | 88 | 78 |
36 | Davey, Aaron | 11 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28y 336d | 156 | 157 |
48 | Fitzpatrick, Jack | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20y 320d | 2 | 1 |
8 | Frawley, James | 13 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23y 234d | 88 | 3 |
20 | Garland, Colin | 9 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24y 13d | 65 | 4 |
16 | Grimes, Jack | 15 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23y 0d | 38 | 3 |
38 | Howe, Jeremy | 11 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21y 317d | 20 | 24 |
40 | Jamar, Mark | 10 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28y 276d | 117 | 44 |
2 | Jones, Nathan | 11 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24y 112d | 121 | 59 |
49 | Magner, James | 11 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 24y 273d | 7 | 3 |
25 | McDonald, Tom | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19y 236d | 8 | 0 |
13 | McKenzie, Jordie | 10 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21y 325d | 44 | 5 |
22 | Moloney, Brent | 9 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28y 104d | 135 | 36 |
10 | Morton, Cale | 11 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 114d | 69 | 32 |
15 | Petterd, Ricky | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23y 292d | 52 | 55 |
27 | Rivers, Jared | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27y 206d | 135 | 5 |
12 | Sylvia, Colin | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26y 185d | 124 | 105 |
9 | Trengove, Jack | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20y 252d | 44 | 24 |
Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 182 | 96 | 77 | 259 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 67 | 20 | 21 | 24y 39d | 1590 | 778 |
Hawthorn | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
14 | Birchall, Grant | 12 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24y 104d | 134 | 16 |
22 | Breust, Luke | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21y 182d | 23 | 35 |
9 | Burgoyne, Shaun | 12 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29y 203d | 204 | 196 |
23 | Franklin, Lance 'Buddy' | 15 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25y 102d | 149 | 470 |
27 | Gilham, Stephen | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27y 252d | 94 | 3 |
18 | Guerra, Brent | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29y 348d | 224 | 103 |
20 | Hale, David | 11 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27y 355d | 156 | 145 |
3 | Lewis, Jordan | 6 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26y 17d | 154 | 74 |
5 | Mitchell, Sam | 15 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29y 212d | 204 | 48 |
7 | Osborne, Michael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29y 287d | 163 | 107 |
28 | Puopolo, Paul | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24y 161d | 23 | 11 |
33 | Rioli, Cyril | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22y 302d | 90 | 117 |
2 | Roughead, Jarryd | 14 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25y 109d | 142 | 262 |
21 | Savage, Shane | 10 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21y 127d | 27 | 19 |
25 | Schoenmakers, Ryan | 14 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21y 185d | 42 | 1 |
12 | Sewell, Brad | 13 | 2 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 28y 99d | 152 | 22 |
26 | Shiels, Liam | 12 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21y 12d | 47 | 13 |
16 | Smith, Isaac | 8 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23y 133d | 20 | 24 |
24 | Stratton, Ben | 8 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23y 71d | 34 | 1 |
4 | Suckling, Matt | 23 | 13 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23y 291d | 36 | 12 |
37 | Whitecross, Brendan | 14 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22y 107d | 57 | 32 |
11 | Young, Clinton | 11 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26y 85d | 99 | 49 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 230 | 110 | 194 | 424 | 15 | 25 | 26 | 50 | 21 | 20 | 25y 87d | 2274 | 1760 |