2012 Melbourne Football Club season
2012 season | |||
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President | Jim Stynes (to 2 February) Don McLardy (from 3 February) | ||
Coach | Mark Neeld (1st season) | ||
Captain(s) | Jack Grimes (1st season) Jack Trengove (1st season) | ||
Home ground | MCG (100,018 capacity) | ||
Pre-season | 14th | ||
AFL season | 16th | ||
Finals series | DNQ | ||
Best and fairest | Nathan Jones | ||
Leading goalkicker | Mitch Clark (29 goals) | ||
Highest home attendance | 64,250 (round 11 vs. Collingwood) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 6,714 (round 17 vs. Port Adelaide) | ||
Average home attendance | 28,726 | ||
Club membership | 35,345 ( ![]() ![]() | ||
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The 2012 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 113th year in the VFL/AFL since it began in 1897.
After a horrid ending to 2011 which saw coach Dean Bailey sacked after a near-record 186-point loss to Geelong in Round 19, former Collingwood midfield assistant coach Mark Neeld was appointed as head coach for 2012 and vowed that he would make Melbourne 'the hardest team to play against in the AFL'.[1] in February 2012, Neeld gave the football club's leadership group a major overhaul by replacing Brad Green as the club's captain with Jack Grimes and Jack Trengove, both of whom are young midfielders.[2] On 2 February, Don McLardy was elected the club's new president, replacing Jim Stynes who was continuing his fight against cancer.[3] Melbourne hosted nine of its eleven games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, as well as one game against Fremantle at Etihad Stadium in Round 16 and one sold home-game against Port Adelaide at TIO Stadium in Round 17.
The Melbourne Football Club and its supporters will remember 2012 as being one of the worst seasons in the club's 154-year history. Headlined by the death of club-legend Jim Stynes just before the beginning of the season proper, Melbourne would produce one of its most disastrous seasons as they struggled to adapt to the fitness requirements of Mark Neeld's highly contested game plan implemented. The Demons would win only four games and finish the year in 16th place only above the two expansion teams, Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney, on the ladder. After losing their first nine games of the season, Melbourne would upset second-placed Essendon, who had only lost one game at that stage of the season by a point in Round 10, by six points; their only other wins for the year would come against Greater Western Sydney (twice) and Gold Coast.
2012 list changes
2011 trades
Trade gained | Traded from | Trade lost |
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Mitch Clark | Brisbane Lions | Pick 12 |
Pick 52 | Gold Coast | Matthew Warnock |
Retirements and delistings
Player | New club | League | Reason |
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Addam Maric | Richmond | AFL | Delisted |
Robert Campbell | Unknown | Unknown | Retired |
Cameron Johnston | Unknown | Unknown | Delisted |
Tom McNamara | South Adelaide | SANFL | Delisted |
Austin Wonaeamirri | NT Thunder | NEAFL | Delisted |
Michael Newton | Norwood | SANFL | Delisted |
National draft
Round | Overall pick | Player | State | Position | Team from | League from |
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2 | 36 | Rory Taggert | ![]() |
Midfield | North Ballarat Rebels | TAC Cup |
3 | 52 | Josh Tynan | ![]() |
Defender | Gippsland Power | TAC Cup |
3 | 54 | James Sellar | ![]() |
Utility | Adelaide | AFL |
Rookie draft
Round | Overall pick | Player | State | Position | Team from | League from |
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1 | 6 | Jai Sheahan | ![]() |
Forward | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup |
2 | 19 | Tom Couch | ![]() |
Midfield | Collingwood | VFL |
3 | 42 | James Magner | ![]() |
Midfield | Sandringham | VFL |
4 | 59 | Leigh Williams | ![]() |
Forward | Norwood | EFL |
2012 squad
2012 season
Pre-season
NAB Cup
Week 1
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 25 February (6:10 pm) | Gold Coast 0.4.2 (26) | def. | Melbourne 0.3.5 (23) | Metricon Stadium | Report[dead link] |
Saturday, 25 February (7:15 pm) | Melbourne 0.2.1 (13) | def. | Brisbane Lions 0.1.4 (10) | Metricon Stadium | Report[dead link] |
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Week 2
Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 3 March (7:30 pm) | Collingwood | def. by | Melbourne | Etihad Stadium (crowd: 12,954) | [1] |
0.2.3 (15) 0.4.4 (28) 1.6.5 (50) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
0.2.6 (18) 0.3.9 (28) 0.7.11 (53) |
Field umpires: Stevic, Armstrong, Kronk Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
1.9.7 (70) | Final | 0.11.13 (79) | |||
Shaw | Super goals | ||||
Thomas 2, Rounds 2, Cloke, Maxwell, Paine, Ceglar, Morton, Ball | Goals | Petterd 2, Martin 2, Jones 2, Dunn 2, Howe, Green, Sylvia | |||
Pendlebury, Thomas, Shaw, Yagmoor, Reid | Best | Garland, Petterd, Magner, Jones, Sellar, Green | |||
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Week 3
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 10 March (5:40 pm) | Melbourne | def. by | Hawthorn | Etihad Stadium (crowd: 10,611) | [2][dead link] |
0.2.3 (15) 0.4.6 (30) 0.4.7 (31) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
0.6.2 (38) 0.10.4 (64) 1.12.8 (89) |
Field umpires: Orr, Harris, McInerney Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
0.6.8 (44) | Final | 1.17.12 (123) | |||
Super goals | Franklin | ||||
Clark 3, Watts 2, Dunn | Goals | Hale 6, Franklin 5, Breust 2, Sewell, Hodge, Lewis, Bruce | |||
Clark, Jones, Dunn, Howe | Best | Franklin, Hale, Hodge, Suckling, Whitecross, Bateman | |||
Magner (finger) | Injuries | ||||
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NAB Challenge
Week 4
Week 4 | |||||
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Friday, 16 March (7:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | def. | Melbourne | AAMI Stadium (crowd: 2500 est) | [3][dead link] |
6.3 (39) 8.7 (55) 13.7 (85) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
2.1 (13) 4.4 (28) 7.8 (50) |
Field umpires: Kronk Television broadcast: none | ||
17.10 (112) | Final | 9.10 (64) | |||
Schultz 3, Broadbent 2, Ebert 2, Pfeiffer 2, Young 2, Gray, Logan, McCarthy, Stewart, Thomas, Jonas | Goals | Clark 3, Jones 2, Blease 2, Petterd, Davey | |||
Pearce, Ebert, Cornes, Gray, Boak, Broadbent | Best | Jamar, Jones, Davey, Frawley, Moloney, Rivers | |||
Trengove (finger) | Injuries | Howe (cut head), Sylvia (back) | |||
Butcher (rough conduct) | Reports | Rivers (wrestling), McDonald (wrestling) | |||
Home and away season
Round 1
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 31 March (1:45 pm) | Melbourne | def. by | Brisbane Lions | MCG (crowd: 33,473) | [4][dead link] |
3.3 (21) 7.4 (46) 8.8 (56) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
1.4 (10) 7.8 (50) 13.13 (91) |
Field umpires: Dalgleish, Leppard, Grun Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
11.12 (78) | Final | 17.17 (119) | |||
Magner 2, Howe 2, Clark 2, Martin, Watts, Trengove, Green, Davey | Goals | Rockliff 3, Banfield 3, Polkinghorne 3, Hanley 2, Merrett 2, Leuenberger, Adcock, McGrath, Sheldon | |||
Magner, Trengove, Watts, Frawley | Best | Black, Rich, Hanley, Rockliff, Adcock, McGrath | |||
Magner (wrist) | Injuries | ||||
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Round 2
Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 7 April (2:40 pm) | West Coast | def. | Melbourne | Patersons Stadium (crowd: 35,674) | [5][dead link] |
4.3 (27) 11.8 (74) 19.14 (128) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
1.0 (6) 4.2 (26) 6.2 (38) |
Field umpires: Farmer, Fila, Leppard Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
25.16 (166) | Final | 9.4 (58) | |||
Darling 4, Lynch 4, Selwood 3, Hams 3, Hill 3, Waters 2, Kerr, Naitanui, Shuey, Kennedy, Selwood, Gaff | Goals | Clark 5, Jones 2, Dunn 2 | |||
Selwood, Priddis, Shuey, Darling, Waters, Glass, Lynch, Hurn | Best | Magner, Clark, Frawley, Jones, Rivers, McDonald | |||
Embley (Shoulder) | Injuries | Martin (hip) replaced in selected-side by McDonald | |||
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Round 3
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 14 April (1:45 pm) | Richmond | def. | Melbourne | MCG (crowd: 49,826) | [6] |
4.4 (28) 6.8 (44) 15.11 (101) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
2.3 (15) 5.6 (36) 6.6 (42) |
Field umpires: Schmitt, Armstrong, Mitchell Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
20.13 (133) | Final | 11.8 (74) | |||
Miller 3, Cotchin 3, Deledio 2, Conca 2, Nahas 2, Houli, Jackson, Martin, Maric, Riewoldt, Grigg, Tuck, Vickery | Goals | Howe 2, Trengove 2, Dunn 2, Clark 2, Sellar, Watts, Jones | |||
Grigg, Tuck, Nahas, Conca, Houli, Cotchin, Foley, Deledio | Best | Howe, Frawley, Jones, Watts, McKenzie | |||
Injuries | Grimes (concussion) | ||||
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Round 4
Round 4 | |||||
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Sunday, 22 April (4:40 pm) | Melbourne | def. by | Western Bulldogs | MCG (crowd: 33,565) | [7][dead link] |
1.5 (11) 3.8 (26) 7.10 (52) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
3.2 (20) 6.5 (41) 10.7 (67) |
Field umpires: Wenn, Armstrong, Bannister Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
9.13 (67) | Final | 13.10 (88) | |||
Bate 2, Davey 2, Clark, Bail, Watts, Moloney, Morton | Goals | Cooney 2, Grant 2, Giansiracusa 2, Griffen, Dahlhaus, Sherman, Jones, Djerrkura, Roughead, Wallis | |||
Magner, Bate, Jones, Rivers, Howe | Best | Cross, Murphy, Dahlhaus, Cooney, Djerrkura | |||
Clark (neck) | Injuries | Markovic (hamstring) replaced in selected-side by Austin | |||
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Round 5
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 28 April (7:40 pm) | Melbourne | def. by | St Kilda | MCG (crowd: 24,798) | [8][dead link] |
4.1 (25) 8.3 (51) 10.6 (66) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
5.4 (34) 8.6 (53) 10.9 (69) |
Field umpires: Pannell, Mitchell, Mollison Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
10.6 (66) | Final | 12.12 (84) | |||
Jones 2, Bail 2, Moloney, Bate, Watts, Davey, Dunn, Bartram | Goals | Wilkes 3, Milne 2, Steven 2, Riewoldt 2, Stanley, Montagna, Hayes | |||
Jamar, Jones, Rivers, McKenzie, McDonald, Grimes, Magner | Best | Hayes, Fisher, Dal Santo, Milera, Wilkes, Armitage | |||
Frawley (calf) replaced in selected-side by Tapscott | Injuries | ||||
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Round 6
Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 5 May (1:45 pm) | Geelong | def. | Melbourne | Simonds Stadium (crowd: 18,018) | [9] |
3.5 (23) 9.11 (65) 15.14 (104) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
3.0 (18) 6.1 (37) 10.5 (65) |
Field umpires: Fleer, Wenn, Bannister Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
17.17 (119) | Final | 11.10 (76) | |||
Chapman 3, Podsiadly 3, Johnson 3, Bartel 2, Mackie 2, Stringer, Kelly, Hawkins, Motlop | Goals | Clark 4, Jones 2, Bate 2, Davey, Dunn, Howe | |||
Johnson, Corey, Chapman, Duncan, Motlop, Podsiadly, Enright, Taylor | Best | Clark, Frawley, Jones, Jamar | |||
Selwood (concussion) and Lonergan (soreness) replaced in side by Gillies and Byrnes, Bartel (ankle) | Injuries | ||||
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Round 7
Round 7 | |||||
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Friday, 11 May (7:50 pm) | Melbourne | def. by | Hawthorn | MCG (crowd: 36,430) | [10][dead link] |
3.3 (21) 3.5 (23) 5.11 (41) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
2.6 (18) 8.12 (60) 10.18 (78) |
Field umpires: Rosebury, Findlay, Bannister Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
6.13 (49) | Final | 15.25 (115) | |||
Clark 3, Howe, McKenzie, Magner | Goals | Franklin 3, Puopolo 2, Farmer 2 , Breust, Hale, Rioli, Roughead, Savage, Smith, Lewis, Suckling | |||
Clark, Grimes, McKenzie, Bartram | Best | Shiels, Birchall, Sewell, Hale, Whitecross, Roughead | |||
Injuries | Osborne (knee) | ||||
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Round 8
Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday, 19 May (4:40 pm) | Sydney | def. | Melbourne | SCG (crowd: 20,818) | [11][dead link] |
7.1 (43) 11.4 (70) 16.9 (105) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
0.3 (3) 1.5 (11) 2.7 (19) |
Field umpires: Nicholls, Hosking, Kamolins Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
21.12 (138) | Final | 5.7 (37) | |||
Kennedy 3, Jack 3, Parker 3, Jetta 3, Dennis-Lane 2, Walsh 2, McGlynn 2, O'Keefe, Reid, Mattner | Goals | Jones 2, Bennell, Sylvia, Green | |||
Jack, Jetta, Parker, O'Keefe, Mattner, Grundy, Walsh | Best | Watts, Jones, Howe | |||
Injuries | Rivers, Jurrah (ankle, wrist), Jones (sore) | ||||
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Round 9
Round 9 | |||||
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Sunday, 27 May (3:15 pm) | Carlton | def. | Melbourne | MCG (crowd: 28,371) | [12][dead link] |
3.3 (21) 7.8 (50) 8.14 (62) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
3.4 (22) 5.7 (37) 6.10 (46) |
Field umpires: Nicholls, Ryan, Fleer Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
15.17 (107) | Final | 6.13 (49) | |||
Betts 5, Robinson 3, Hampson 2, Walker 2, Armfield, Kreuzer, Tuohy | Goals | Clark 3, Blease, Howe, Jones | |||
Robinson, Simpson, Gibbs, Jaminson, Walker, McLean | Best | Grimes, McKenzie, Watts, McDonald, Rivers | |||
Henderson (groin) and Yarran (toe) replaced by Lucas and Bower, Collins (knee) | Injuries | Bartram (knee) replaced in the side by Tapscott, Green (lung) | |||
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Round 10
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 June (7:40 pm) | Essendon | def. by | Melbourne | MCG (crowd: 42,987) | [13][dead link] |
1.5 (11) 2.9 (21) 5.13 (43) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
1.2 (8) 4.3 (27) 5.5 (35) |
Field umpires: McBurney, Jennings, Foot Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
6.16 (52) | Final | 8.10 (58) | |||
Watson 2, Davey, Melksham, Hocking, Colyer | Goals | Garland 2, Howe, Morton, Moloney, Jones, Clark, Sylvia | |||
Watson, Dempsey, Stanton, Howlett, Zaharakis | Best | Watts, Jones, Howe, Moloney, Rivers, Grimes, Nicholson | |||
Hooker (soreness) replaced in selected side by Pears | Injuries | Bail (concussion) replaced in selected side by Morton, Blease (groin) | |||
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Round 11
Round 11 | |||||
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Monday, 11 June (3:15 pm) | Melbourne | def. by | Collingwood | MCG (crowd: 64,250) | [14][dead link] |
0.4 (4) 3.4 (22) 7.7 (49) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
6.3 (39) 8.9 (57) 10.15 (75) |
Field umpires: Nicholls, Bannister, Stevic Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
13.9 (87) | Final | 19.15 (129) | |||
Clark 4, Howe 2, Dunn 2, Magner, Sylvia, Rivers, Trengove, Blease | Goals | Sinclair 3, Wellingham 2, Goldsack 2, Cloke 2, Fasolo 2, Blair 2, Swan 2, Jolly 2, Sidebottom, Beams | |||
Clark, Jones, Howe, Grimes, Watts, McKenzie | Best | Swan, Beams, Sidebottom, Blair, Wellingham, Sinclair, Goldsack, Fasolo | |||
Green (groin), Sylvia (suspected broken nose) | Injuries | Didak (groin) | |||
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Round 12
Round 12 | |||||
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Bye Melbourne |
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Round 13
Round 13 | |||||
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Sunday, 24 June (3:15 pm) | Melbourne | def. | Greater Western Sydney | MCG (crowd: 20,070) | [15][dead link] |
6.1 (37) 11.4 (70) 18.8 (116) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
5.1 (31) 6.2 (38) 6.2 (38) |
Field umpires: McBurney, Ryan, Hay Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
20.15 (135) | Final | 9.3 (57) | |||
Clark 4, Rivers 4, Garland 3, Sylvia 2, Davey 2, Howe, Trengove, Jamar, Blease, Bate | Goals | Cameron 3, Wilson 2, Patton, Greene, Adams, Bugg | |||
Jones, Rivers, Clark, Watts, Howe, McDonald, Garland, Jamar | Best | Ward, Greene, Treloar, Davis, Adams, Cameron | |||
Bail (concussion) replaced in selected-side by Blease, Clark (concussion/foot) | Injuries | ||||
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Round 14
Round 14 | |||||
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Sunday, 1 July (3:15 pm) | Brisbane Lions | def. | Melbourne | Gabba (crowd: 22,114) | [16][dead link] |
6.1 (37) 9.6 (60) 13.11 (89) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
3.6 (24) 3.8 (26) 4.11 (35) |
Field umpires: Kamolins, Jennings, Mollison Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
18.14 (122) | Final | 8.13 (61) | |||
Brown 4, McGrath 3, Hanley 3, Green 2, Zorko, Redden, Polec, Merrett, Black, Bewick | Goals | Blease 2, Bail, Bate, Garland, Howe, McKenzie, Sylvia | |||
Black, Redden, Brown, Harwood, Rockliff, Rich, Hanley | Best | Howe, Sylvia, Martin, Trengove, McKenzie, Nicholson | |||
McGrath (hamstring) | Injuries | Jones (calf) and Jamar (calf) replaced in selected-side by Spencer and Blease, McDonald (internal) | |||
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Round 15
Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | def. by | Richmond | MCG (crowd: 46,773) | [17] |
1.0 (6) 4.4 (28) 5.6 (36) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
4.6 (24) 6.12 (48) 9.20 (74) |
Field umpires: Foot, Wenn, Armstrong Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
11.12 (78) | Final | 13.23 (101) | |||
Martin 2, Garland, Sylvia, Bennell, McKenzie, Rivers, Tapscott, Jones, Bail, Blease | Goals | Nahas 4, Deledio 2, McGuane 2, Riewoldt, White, Edwards, Grigg, Tuck | |||
Jones, Frawley, Sylvia, Bail, Martin, Watts | Best | Grigg, Tuck, Houli, Cotchin, Deledio, Nahas | |||
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Round 16
Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday, 15 July (1:45 pm) | Melbourne | def. by | Fremantle | Etihad Stadium (crowd: 13,284) | [18][dead link] |
6.4 (40) 8.6 (54) 12.7 (79) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
3.2 (20) 6.5 (41) 11.6 (72) |
Field umpires: Dalgleish, Wenn, Bannister Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
12.11 (83) | Final | 18.9 (117) | |||
Green 3, Martin 2, Bail 2, Blease 2, Bennell, Bate, Sylvia | Goals | Pavlich 4, Walters 3, Ballantyne 2, Barlow 2, Hill 2, Pearce 2, Mzungu, Bradley, Mayne | |||
Sylvia, McDonald, Nicholson, Frawley, Martin, Macdonald | Best | Mundy, Walters, Ballantyne, McPharlin, Hill, Mayne, Pavlich | |||
Tapscott (groin), Jamar (leg), Bennell (knee) | Injuries | Grover | |||
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Round 17
Round 17 | |||||
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Saturday, 21 July (7:10 pm) | Melbourne | def. by | Port Adelaide | TIO Stadium (crowd: 6,714) | [19][dead link] |
5.0 (30) 5.1 (31) 7.5 (47) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
2.5 (17) 5.10 (40) 8.10 (58) |
Field umpires: Dalgleish, Kamolins, Hosking Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
8.8 (56) | Final | 12.12 (84) | |||
Green 2, Rivers 2, Martin, Sylvia, Blease, Jones | Goals | P. Stewart 5, D. Stewart, Boak, Brett Ebert, Broadbent, Young, Lobbe, Wingard, Westhoff | |||
Grimes, Green, Trengove, Jones, Nicholson | Best | P. Stewart, Boak, Brad Ebert, Cassisi, | |||
Injuries | Pittard (ribs/lungs), McCarthy (blood nose) | ||||
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Round 18
Round 18 | |||||
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Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | def. | Melbourne | Etihad Stadium (crowd: 20,816) | [20][dead link] |
5.4 (34) 9.6 (60) 15.10 (100) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
1.2 (8) 5.5 (35) 7.5 (47) |
Field umpires: McBurney, Armstrong, Harris Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
19.13 (127) | Final | 11.7 (73) | |||
Petrie 4, Tarrant 4, Adams 2, Thomas 2, Harvey 2, Bastinac, Macmillan, Anthony, Swallow, Harper | Goals | Green 3, Sylvia 3, Blease, Howe, Garland, Martin, Jones | |||
Harvey, Gibson, Wells, Cunnington, Swallow, Goldstein, Atley | Best | Jones, Green, Moloney, Howe, Macdonald | |||
Adams (shoulder), McMahon (soreness) | Injuries | ||||
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Round 19
Round 19 | |||||
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Sunday, 5 August (1:10 pm) | Melbourne | def. | Gold Coast | MCG (crowd: 18,097) | [21][dead link] |
6.6 (42) 10.7 (67) 13.8 (86) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
0.2 (2) 4.5 (29) 5.9 (39) |
Field umpires: H. Ryan, B. Ryan, Schmitt Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
16.12 (108) | Final | 9.12 (66) | |||
Green 5, Sylvia 2, Blease 2, Spencer, Trengove, Tapscott, Sellar, Rivers, Bail, Howe | Goals | Bennell 4, Ablett, Rischitelli, Brennan, Russell, Lynch | |||
Sylvia, Jones, Trengove, McDonald, Grimes, Green, Dunn, Howe | Best | Bennell, Ablett, Shaw, Swallow, Patrick | |||
McKenzie (knee), Morton (shoulder) | Injuries | Stanley, Prestia (ankle), Smith (ankle), Hunt (shoulder), Russell (shoulder) | |||
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Round 20
Round 20 | |||||
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Saturday, 11 August (1:45 pm) | St Kilda | def. | Melbourne | MCG (crowd: 23,464) | [22][dead link] |
4.2 (26) 5.5 (35) 12.11 (83) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
0.3 (3) 2.7 (19) 4.9 (33) |
Field umpires: Kamolins, Hosking, Stewart Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
16.11 (107) | Final | 12.10 (82) | |||
Wilkes 5, Milne 2, Koschitzke 2, Cripps 2, Saad 2, Riewoldt, Steven, Goddard | Goals | Blease 5, Sellar 2, Howe, Dunn, Jetta, Green, Sylvia | |||
Wilkes, Dal Santo, Armitage, Dempster, Hayes, Montagna, Geary | Best | Blease, Jones, Grimes, Rivers, Macdonald | |||
Ray (back), Jones, Riewoldt | Injuries | Frawley (quad) | |||
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Round 21
Round 21 | |||||
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Saturday, 18 August (2:10 pm) | Greater Western Sydney | def. by | Melbourne | Manuka Oval (crowd: 7,561) | [23][dead link] |
2.2 (14) 4.4 (28) 4.5 (29) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
3.4 (22) 6.10 (46) 9.13 (67) |
Field umpires: Armstrong, Harris, Ryan Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
9.5 (59) | Final | 11.18 (84) | |||
Greene 2, Giles, Power, Adams, Phillips, McDonald, Smith, Davis | Goals | Howe 3, Sellar 2, Trengove 2, Rivers 2, Green, Grimes | |||
Greene, Giles, Power, Adams, Phillips | Best | Dunn, Grimes, Howe, Trengove, Macdonald | |||
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Round 22
Round 22 | |||||
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Sunday, 26 August (4:40 pm) | Melbourne | def. by | Adelaide | MCG (crowd: 18,450) | [24] |
3.4 (22) 5.7 (37) 8.10 (58) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
5.3 (33) 10.8 (68) 20.12 (132) |
Field umpires: Fleer, Wenn, Leppard Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
11.15 (81) | Final | 22.18 (150) | |||
Green 2, Sellar 2, Rivers 2, Blease, Howe, Jones, Watts, Spencer | Goals | Walker 4, Callinan 4, Dangerfield 3, Tippett 3, Douglas 2, Johncock 2, Petrenko, Reilly, van Berlo, Wright | |||
Sylvia, Bail, Jones, McKenzie, Spencer | Best | Jacobs, Walker, Thompson, Wright, Tippett, Dangerfield, Callinan, Porplyzia, van Berlo | |||
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Round 23
Round 23 | |||||
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Saturday, 1 September (5:40 pm) | Fremantle | def. | Melbourne | Patersons Stadium (crowd: 32,687) | [25] |
3.5 (23) 7.7 (49) 11.14 (80) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
1.3 (9) 2.5 (17) 4.8 (32) |
Field umpires: Farmer, Dalgleish, Leppard Television broadcast: Fox Footy | ||
14.17 (101) | Final | 5.10 (40) | |||
Ballantyne 3, Griffin 2, Mzungu 2, Pavlich 2, Sandilands 2, Walters, Mundy, Mayne | Goals | Fitzpatrick 2, Blease, Jones, Sellar | |||
Mundy, Fyfe, Sandilands, Duffield, Barlow, Mzungu | Best | Grimes, Sylvia, Trengove, Fitzpatrick | |||
McPharlin (hamstring) | Injuries | ||||
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Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
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1 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2679 | 1733 | 154.6 | 68 | Finals series |
2 | Adelaide | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2428 | 1833 | 132.5 | 68 | |
3 | Sydney (P) | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2290 | 1629 | 140.6 | 64 | |
4 | Collingwood | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2123 | 1823 | 116.5 | 64 | |
5 | West Coast | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2244 | 1807 | 124.2 | 60 | |
6 | Geelong | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2209 | 1886 | 117.1 | 60 | |
7 | Fremantle | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1956 | 1691 | 115.7 | 56 | |
8 | North Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2359 | 2097 | 112.5 | 56 | |
9 | St Kilda | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2347 | 1903 | 123.3 | 48 | |
10 | Carlton | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2079 | 1925 | 108.0 | 44 | |
11 | Essendon | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2091 | 2090 | 100.0 | 44 | |
12 | Richmond | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2169 | 1943 | 111.6 | 42 | |
13 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1904 | 2092 | 91.0 | 40 | |
14 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1691 | 2144 | 78.9 | 22 | |
15 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1542 | 2301 | 67.0 | 20 | |
16 | Melbourne | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1580 | 2341 | 67.5 | 16 | |
17 | Gold Coast | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1509 | 2481 | 60.8 | 12 | |
18 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1270 | 2751 | 46.2 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Ladder breakdown by opposition
Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drew | Premiership points | Points for | Points against | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greater Western Sydney | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 219 | 116 | 188.79 |
Gold Coast | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 108 | 66 | 163.64 |
Essendon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 52 | 111.54 |
St Kilda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 191 | 77.49 |
Western Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 88 | 76.14 |
Collingwood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 129 | 67.44 |
Port Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 84 | 66.67 |
Richmond | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 234 | 64.96 |
Geelong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 119 | 63.87 |
Brisbane Lions | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 241 | 57.68 |
North Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 127 | 57.48 |
Fremantle | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 218 | 56.42 |
Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 150 | 54.00 |
Carlton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 107 | 45.79 |
Hawthorn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 115 | 42.61 |
West Coast | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 166 | 34.94 |
Sydney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 138 | 26.81 |
Total | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 1580 | 2341 | 67.49 |
Jeremy Howe's Mark of the Year Nominations
A small highlight for the Melbourne Football Club this year was the fact that second year forward Jeremy Howe took several exciting contested marks throughout the season that would each earn him a Mark of the Year nomination. At 192 cm, Jeremy Howe has an athletic leap that had been shown sporadically in his first year at the club in 2011. In Round 8 against Sydney, Howe would win the 2012 Mark of the Year making him the third Melbourne Footballer to win the award in 6 seasons. Overall, he received 8 nominations:[27]
Round 4: In the first quarter against Western Bulldogs, Cale Morton would kick the ball outside of Melbourne's defensive 50 to a small pack with Justin Sherman a few metres in-front. Jeremy Howe would leap above him and land his right knee on Sherman's left shoulder to. After grabbing the ball he would immediately fall on the ground, before immediately getting back up again to kick the ball off to Jack Watts.
Round 4: Later in the game midway through the final quarter, Nathan Jones would kick the ball long towards Melbourne's attacking 50. As a one-on-one contest was forming between Luke Tapscott and Shaun Higgins, Jeremy Howe would run in from the side of the contest and leap onto Tapscott before reaching up and grabbing the ball.
Round 6: Early in the second quarter against Geelong, James Sellar without any real option would bomb the ball from the centre square to inside Melbourne's attacking 50. Jeremy Howe would run towards the open middle of the pack and leap in mid air with Harry Taylor close to his side.
Round 8: Midway through the third quarter against Sydney, James Frawley would rebound the ball out of Melbourne's defensive 50 towards the boundary line. A one-on-one contest was about to form between Heath Grundy and Jeremy Howe. Jeremy Howe would leap firmly on Heath Grundy's left shoulder. He would balance himself on Grundy's shoulders for a couple of seconds before marking the ball and then fall of Grundy's shoulder's to land on his back.[28]
Round 17: Late in the third quarter against Port Adelaide, Jeremy Howe would run in from behind into a one-on-one contest between Alipate Carlile and Stefan Martin inside Melbourne's forward 50. With Troy Chaplin tagging him from behind, Jeremy Howe would leap onto of Carlile and Martin's shoulders to mark the ball. The forward momentum would then carry him over the top of Carlile and Martin as he would fall flat on his chest.
Round 19: In the dying seconds of the game against Gold Coast, Brad Green would kick the ball long into Melbourne's forward 50. With Campbell Brown tagging him, Jeremy Howe would leap over the top of Brown before colliding with Rohan Bail while falling to the ground. Howe would then take his run up and slot a goal after the siren.
Round 20: In the early stages of the second quarter, Jack Grimes would run around Jason Gram in the midfield, before kicking long towards a one-on-one contest between Brad Green and Tom Simpkin. Jeremy Howe would run in from the boundary-line perpendicular to the flight of the ball. Howe would then leap sideways before colliding with Simpkin to take the mark and then fall on top of him.
Round 21: Midway through the third quarter, Jordie McKenzie would kick the ball long to a pack from the center square into Melbourne's forward 50. Jeremy Howe would sprint forwards before leaping above Matthew Buntine to take the mark. He would then land on top of Chad Cornes whom was trying to spoil the ball after he took the mark.
Off Field Disasters
Throughout 2012, Melbourne was faced with a string of off-field disasters that begun in February and continued to commence throughout the rest of the year.
The off-field issues started on 2 February when club president Jim Stynes chose to resign in order to focus on his fight against cancer after having an operation the same day, Don McLardy would take over acting as full-time president.[3] A month later on 9 March exciting forward Liam Jurrah was charged for assault with a machete at a town camp in Alice Springs and would face Alice Springs Magistrates Court throughout the course of the year.[3]
On 20 March, Jim Stynes would finally lose his long battle with cancer, this ultimately had a major impact on the entire football club and played a major effect on the on-field morale of the team.[29]
On 3 April, former St Kilda coach Grant Thomas would accuse Neeld of treating indigenous players differently from non-indigenous players by lecturing them as a group rather them lecturing them individually, Neeld would angrily deny these comments from Thomas.[30]
2 days later Melbourne cut a 2 million dollar sponsorship deal with Energywatch after CEO Ben Polis made a series of discriminatory remarks and posts against women, Aboriginals and Asians on Facebook, one of which featured an edited picture of Liam Jurrah holding a machete in his hand whilst playing on-field.[31] This left Melbourne without any major sponsors until Webjet signed a one-year deal[32] a week later and Opel followed soon after as Melbourne's second major sponsor in Round 4.[33]
Towards the end of the season, Melbourne's tanking speculations in 2009 were reignited when ex-Melbourne footballer and current Carlton footballer Brock McLean claimed he left Melbourne because they were tanking (i.e. deliberately losing games for better draft picks).[34] This caused an AFL investigation into Melbourne where several key ex-staff revealed that a meeting was held in the Junction Oval's tin-shed known as "The Vault" after Melbourne's round 15 win over Port Adelaide in 2009.[35] The meeting was held by General Manager of Coaching Chris Connolly and 10 other board members to ensure that Melbourne didn't win more than 4 matches for that season and hence ensure that Melbourne would receive a priority pick at the start of the 2009 AFL Draft.[36] On 19 February, Melbourne were found not guilty for tanking. However Chris Connolly was suspended until 1 February 2014 and Dean Bailey was suspended for the first 16 round of the 2013 AFL season. In addition, Melbourne were fined $500,000 for their handling of both Connolly and Bailey during 2009.[37]
Despite Melbourne's horrid year on and off the field they would still record a small operating profit of $77,618.[38] This would be their fourth consecutive operating profit since 2009.
Awards
Brownlow Medal tally
Player | 1 vote games | 2 vote games | 3 vote games | Total votes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nathan Jones | 1 | 5 | 1 | (14) |
Jack Watts | 0 | 0 | 1 | (3) |
Jack Grimes | 1 | 1 | 0 | (3) |
James Magner | 0 | 1 | 0 | (2) |
Colin Sylvia | 2 | 0 | 0 | (2) |
Matthew Bate | 1 | 0 | 0 | (1) |
Daniel Nicholson | 1 | 0 | 0 | (1) |
Sam Blease | 1 | 0 | 0 | (1) |
Total | 7 | 7 | 2 | (27) |
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal tally (top 10)
Position | Player | Votes |
---|---|---|
1st | Nathan Jones | (368) |
2nd | Jack Grimes | (348) |
3rd | Tom McDonald | (314) |
4th | Jordie McKenzie | (312) |
5th | Jared Rivers | (310) |
6th | Colin Garland | (297) |
7th | Jeremy Howe | (293) |
8th | Jack Trengove | (275) |
9th | James Frawley | (266) |
10th | Lynden Dunn | (257) |
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy – Nathan Jones
Sid Anderson Memorial Trophy (Second in the Best and Fairest) – Jack Grimes
Ron Barassi Snr Memorial Trophy (Third in the Best and Fairest) – Tom McDonald
Ivor Warne-Smith Memorial Trophy (Fourth in the Best and Fairest) – Jordie McKenzie
Dick Taylor Memorial Trophy (Fifth in the Best and Fairest) – Jared Rivers
Harold Ball Memorial Trophy (Best Young Player) – Tom McDonald
Troy Broadbridge Trophy (highest polling MFC player in the Casey Best and Fairest) – Tom Couch
Ron Barassi Leadership Award – Jack Grimes and Jack Trengove
Ian Ridley Club Ambassador Award – Max Gawn
Norm Smith Memorial Trophy (Coach's Award) – Jordie McKenzie
Leading Goalkicker Award – Mitch Clark (29)
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