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| Round: 13 Venue: M.C.G. Date: Sun, 24-06-2012 3:15 pm Crowd: 20,070 | |||||
| Melbourne | 6.1.37 | 11.4.70 | 18.8.116 | 20.15.135 | C: Mark Neeld |
| Greater Western Sydney | 5.1.31 | 6.2.38 | 6.2.38 | 9.3.57 | C: Kevin Sheedy |
| MELB by 6 | MELB by 32 | MELB by 78 | MELB by 78 | ||
| Brownlow Medal | 3 Nathan Jones (MELB) | 2 Jack Grimes (MELB) | 1 Colin Sylvia (MELB) |
Match Report
This game wasn’t Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney; it was Melbourne v Tom Scully. Both parties had been looking forward to this day ever since the former number one draft pick announced he would be leaving the Demons at the end of 2011. Scully left after just two years at the club to take up a multi-million dollar contract in Sydney’s West. A chorus of boos echoed around the MCG every time the 21-year-old went near the ball. But despite a fast start from the Giants, the Demons had the last laugh, rampaging to a rare win. Melbourne kicked 14 goals to four after quarter time with Mitch Clark (four goals), regular defender Jared Rivers (four goals) and Nathan Jones having terrific games. The only downside of the Demons’ second win of the year was a heavy concussion to Clark just before half-time. The key forward was badly hurt in a sickening collision with teammate James Magner’s knee and was subbed out of the contest. The Giants struggled badly in their first ever appearance at the MCG and lacked the competiveness that has largely been their trademark since entering the AFL at the start of 2012.
GOALS
Melbourne: Clark, Rivers 4; Garland 3; Sylvia, Davey 2; Howe, Trengove, Jamar, Blease
GWS: Cameron, Wilson 2; Patton, Greene, Adams, Bugg
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Melbourne: Jones, Rivers, Clark, Watts, Howe, McDonald,Garland, Jamar
GWS: Ward, Greene, Treloar, Davis, Adams, Cameron
BEST - THE AGE
Melbourne: Jones, Watts, Rivers, McDonald, Bate, Sylvia, Jamar
GWS: Ward, Palmer, Greene, Treloar, Cameron, Adams
COACHES COMMENTS
Mark Neeld (Melb): In modern footy the ability to play a number of roles is really important. If we can develop that as a club that is a reasonable thing for us moving forward. We met as a group on Monday and we talked about the manner in which we wanted to play, not just today but there were certain things we wanted to see so I was pleasing for the most part that we got that right today.
Kevin Sheedy (GWS): I think it was very important for us today that our players actually got to play on the MCG. That's a hell of a difference from Skoda Stadium where they played last week. I think they'll understand the extra running and spreading from stoppages, just how super fit you've got to be when you're playing on a ground like the MCG.
Umpires: McBurney, Ryan, Hay
Source
Match report by Oliver CaffreyMatch stats
| Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 6 | Bate, Matthew | 19 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25y 31d | 98 | 96 |
| 17 | Blease, Sam | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21y 126d | 11 | 3 |
| 11 | Clark, Mitch | 10 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24y 249d | 93 | 90 |
| 36 | Davey, Aaron | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 29y 14d | 158 | 159 |
| 14 | Dunn, Lynden | 11 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25y 41d | 90 | 86 |
| 8 | Frawley, James | 13 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23y 278d | 92 | 3 |
| 20 | Garland, Colin | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24y 57d | 70 | 9 |
| 16 | Grimes, Jack | 16 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 23y 44d | 43 | 3 |
| 38 | Howe, Jeremy | 11 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21y 361d | 25 | 29 |
| 40 | Jamar, Mark | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28y 320d | 122 | 45 |
| 2 | Jones, Nathan | 17 | 1 | 16 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24y 156d | 126 | 63 |
| 28 | MacDonald, Joel | 9 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 27y 258d | 113 | 6 |
| 49 | Magner, James | 9 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24y 317d | 12 | 4 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | 6 | 4 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19y 280d | 13 | 0 |
| 13 | McKenzie, Jordie | 11 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22y 3d | 49 | 5 |
| 22 | Moloney, Brent | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28y 148d | 140 | 37 |
| 26 | Nicholson, Daniel | 13 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21y 235d | 13 | 2 |
| 27 | Rivers, Jared | 6 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27y 250d | 140 | 10 |
| 30 | Sellar, James | 6 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23y 92d | 30 | 4 |
| 12 | Sylvia, Colin | 13 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26y 229d | 128 | 110 |
| 9 | Trengove, Jack | 10 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20y 296d | 49 | 26 |
| 4 | Watts, Jack | 15 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 90d | 50 | 37 |
| Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 223 | 92 | 186 | 409 | 20 | 15 | 47 | 65 | 17 | 22 | 24y 126d | 1665 | 827 | |
| Greater Western Sydney | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 30 | Adams, Taylor | 12 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18y 278d | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | Brogan, Dean | 5 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33y 193d | 179 | 50 |
| 14 | Bugg, Tomas | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19y 80d | 11 | 2 |
| 18 | Cameron, Jeremy | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19y 84d | 10 | 21 |
| 13 | Darley, Sam | 13 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19y 130d | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Davis, Phil | 13 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21y 299d | 30 | 4 |
| 22 | Edwards, Shaun | 13 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18y 194d | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | Giles, Jonathan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24y 168d | 11 | 11 |
| 35 | Greene, Toby | 12 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18y 273d | 10 | 3 |
| 36 | Hombsch, Jack | 10 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19y 109d | 7 | 0 |
| 54 | McDonald, James | 10 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 35y 263d | 259 | 59 |
| 39 | Mohr, Tim | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23y 249d | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | Palmer, Rhys | 10 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23y 132d | 62 | 27 |
| 12 | Patton, Jonathon | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19y 35d | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Power, Luke | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32y 168d | 293 | 226 |
| 9 | Scully, Tom | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21y 40d | 42 | 8 |
| 5 | Shiel, Dylan | 12 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19y 107d | 11 | 5 |
| 34 | Smith, Devon | 10 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19y 35d | 11 | 3 |
| 17 | Treloar, Adam | 13 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19y 107d | 9 | 5 |
| 8 | Ward, Callan | 18 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22y 75d | 72 | 38 |
| 42 | Whiley, Mark | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19y 206d | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Wilson, Nathan | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19y 169d | 4 | 4 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 199 | 88 | 158 | 357 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 66 | 22 | 17 | 22y 55d | 1053 | 472 | |