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| Round: 19 Venue: M.C.G. Date: Sun, 05-08-2012 1:10 pm Crowd: 18,097 | |||||
| Melbourne | 6.6.42 | 10.7.67 | 13.8.86 | 16.12.108 | C: Mark Neeld |
| Gold Coast | 0.2.2 | 4.5.29 | 5.9.39 | 9.12.66 | C: Guy McKenna |
| MELB by 40 | MELB by 38 | MELB by 47 | MELB by 42 | ||
| Brownlow Medal | 3 Harley Bennell (SUNS) | 2 Nathan Jones (MELB) | 1 Gary Ablett (SUNS) |
Match Report
Melbourne provided its fans with some all-too-rare joy with a comfortable seven-goal win over the cellar-dwelling Gold Coast Suns at the MCG. The Demons set up the win with a six goal to one opening term and defended their leaded over a scrappy ensuing three quarters. Brad Green, who two days later announced that the 2012 season would be his last at AFL level, played his best game for Melbourne in a long-time, booting five goals and Nathan Jones continued his wonderful season. Jeremy Howe was also very good for the season, and his match included the obligatory weekly screamer. For the Suns, Ablett did what he does best, amassing 33 touches and Harley Bennell provided glimpses of a sunnier Gold Coast future with 38 touches and four goals. David Swallow played his best game since returning from injury in round 16. Demon coach Mark Neeld showed a willingness to try players in different positions, and was rewarded by good performances from Jamar up forward, Dunn in the back-line and Spencer in the ruck. The Suns, who matched it with Melbourne for the best part of the remaining three quarters, were left to rue their tardy start. Gold Coast face the Giants in round 20, a match it must win to avoid the near-certainty of gaining a second wooden spoon.
GOALS
Melbourne: Green 5; Sylvia, Blease 2; Spencer, Trengove, Tapscott, Sellar, Rivers, Bail, Howe
Gold Coast: Bennell 4; Ablett, Rischitelli, Brennan, Russell, Lynch
BEST - HERALD SUN
Melbourne: Grimes, Green, Howe, Sylvia, Jones, Frawley, Dunn
Gold Coast: Bennell, Ablett, Shaw, Swallow, Patrick
BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Melbourne: Sylvia, Jones, Trengove, McDonald, Grimes, Spencer, Green, Dunn, Howe
Gold Coast: Bennell, Ablett, Lynch, Harbrow
COACHES COMMENTS
Mark Neeld (Melb): The pressure stats were really good in the first quarter and we finished off some work with the footy well.
Guy McKenna (GC): We were just second to the ball, probably wanting too much of the easy footy.
Umpires: H.Ryan, Schmitt, B.Ryan
Source
Match report by Andrew GigaczMatch stats
| Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 44 | Bail, Rohan | 7 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24y 40d | 32 | 13 |
| 17 | Blease, Sam | 11 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21y 168d | 17 | 12 |
| 14 | Dunn, Lynden | 13 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25y 83d | 95 | 86 |
| 8 | Frawley, James | 10 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23y 320d | 98 | 3 |
| 20 | Garland, Colin | 8 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24y 99d | 76 | 12 |
| 18 | Green, Brad | 11 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31y 145d | 251 | 346 |
| 16 | Grimes, Jack | 10 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23y 86d | 49 | 3 |
| 5 | Gysberts, Jordan | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21y 55d | 19 | 3 |
| 38 | Howe, Jeremy | 14 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22y 37d | 31 | 32 |
| 2 | Jones, Nathan | 12 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24y 198d | 131 | 66 |
| 28 | MacDonald, Joel | 9 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27y 300d | 119 | 6 |
| 49 | Magner, James | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24y 359d | 16 | 4 |
| 25 | McDonald, Tom | 15 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19y 322d | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | Moloney, Brent | 13 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28y 190d | 144 | 37 |
| 10 | Morton, Cale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22y 200d | 73 | 33 |
| 27 | Rivers, Jared | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27y 292d | 146 | 14 |
| 30 | Sellar, James | 8 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23y 134d | 33 | 5 |
| 42 | Spencer, Jake | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22y 301d | 13 | 1 |
| 19 | Strauss, James | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22y 52d | 15 | 0 |
| 12 | Sylvia, Colin | 12 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26y 271d | 134 | 119 |
| 35 | Tapscott, Luke | 14 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21y 38d | 25 | 4 |
| 9 | Trengove, Jack | 9 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20y 338d | 55 | 27 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 201 | 107 | 158 | 359 | 16 | 12 | 32 | 66 | 19 | 18 | 24y 33d | 1590 | 826 | |
| Gold Coast | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 9 | Ablett, Gary | 21 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28y 83d | 228 | 298 |
| 11 | Bennell, Harley | 21 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19y 308d | 32 | 38 |
| 3 | Brennan, Jared | 11 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28y 8d | 156 | 93 |
| 30 | Brown, Campbell | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28y 343d | 188 | 78 |
| 28 | Caddy, Josh | 8 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 312d | 20 | 13 |
| 12 | Day, Sam | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19y 334d | 22 | 12 |
| 23 | Dixon, Charlie | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21y 317d | 19 | 9 |
| 5 | Harbrow, Jarrod | 14 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24y 18d | 101 | 26 |
| 29 | Hine, Taylor | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20y 194d | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Hunt, Karmichael | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25y 262d | 34 | 4 |
| 19 | Lynch, Tom | 12 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 279d | 26 | 21 |
| 32 | Matera, Brandon | 10 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20y 147d | 25 | 23 |
| 18 | McKenzie, Trent | 6 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20y 124d | 36 | 16 |
| 43 | Patrick, Liam | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24y 154d | 10 | 4 |
| 41 | Prestia, Dion | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19y 298d | 31 | 3 |
| 35 | Rischitelli, Michael | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26y 210d | 146 | 63 |
| 8 | Russell, Luke | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20y 194d | 25 | 11 |
| 26 | Shaw, Matt | 14 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20y 182d | 30 | 11 |
| 2 | Smith, Zac | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22y 165d | 36 | 19 |
| 24 | Swallow, David | 12 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19y 260d | 32 | 19 |
| 14 | Warnock, Matthew | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28y 124d | 73 | 1 |
| 4 | Weller, Maverick | 7 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20y 174d | 24 | 2 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 183 | 79 | 154 | 337 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 51 | 18 | 19 | 22y 270d | 1299 | 765 | |