Melbourne v Newcastle - Round 17 - Saturday 4 July 2009

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Scorecard

Melbourne	v	Newcastle
18	Time: 80.00	14
Greg Inglis 7m Billy Slater 48m Will Chambers 77m	TRIES	Wes Naiqama 30m Akuila Uate 53m
Cameron Smith 3/3 (100%)	CONVERSIONS	Kurt Gidley 2/2 (100%)
	PENALTY GOALS	Kurt Gidley 1/1 (100%)
	FIELD GOALS
	SIN BINS
4	PENALTIES	4
7	SCRUMS	8
25 / 38 (66%)	COMPLETIONS/SETS(%)	35 / 43 (81%)
143 (1072m)	RUNS (m)	180 (1532m)
2	LINE BREAKS	1
360	TACKLES	274
35	MISSED TACKLES	16
4	OFFLOADS	18
16	ERRORS	7

Match Details

Venue: Olympic Park	Start Time: 7:30PM
Weather: Rain	Surface: Slippery
Referee Name: Shayne Hayne, Matt Cecchin Touch Judges: Paul Holland, Ricky McFarlane Video Ref: Paul Simpkins

Melbourne	v	Newcastle
3	TRY ASSISTS	2
4	OFFLOADS	18
2 2	LINE BREAKS Line Break Assists	1 1
360 11 28 35	TACKLES MADE 1 on 1 Tackles Ineffective Missed	274 19 6 16
143 (1072m) 83 (580m) 20 (171m) 21 (161m) 1 (5m) 6 (35m) 9 (91m) 131 (952m)	TOTAL RUNS (m) Hitups (m) Runs (m) Dummy Half Runs (m) 1st Receiver Runs (m) Ruck Runs (m) Kick Return Runs (m) Total Runs in General Play (m)	180 (1532m) 92 (719m) 41 (303m) 19 (150m) 3 (38m) 6 (49m) 10 (143m) 161 (1259m)
21 (695m) 0 6	KICKS (m) 40-20 Kicks Line Dropouts	27 (736m) 0 1
130 14 96 20	PLAY THE BALLS Slow Neutral Fast	160 15 127 18

Stand Out Players

Most Tackles	Most Runs	Most Line Breaks	Most Offloads
Dallas Johnson 43	Kurt Gidley 20	Billy Slater 1	Zeb Taia 3

Player Stats - Attack | Defence

Melbourne	Pos	Mins	Runs (m)	Offl.	T/Br	L/Br	L/Br As	Try As	Kicks (m)
Billy Slater	Fullback	80	9 (99m)	1	6	1	0	1	2 (51m)
Steve Turner	Winger 1	80	9 (97m)	0	1	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Will Chambers	Centre 1	80	8 (52m)	0	2	1	0	0	0 (0m)
Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80	12 (99m)	1	0	0	1	1	1 (8m)
Joseph Tomane	Winger 2	80	9 (50m)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Brett Finch	Five-eighth	25	0 (0m)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	3 (15m)	0	0	0	1	1	14 (529m)
Brett White	Prop 1	49	11 (78m)	0	1	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	7 (65m)	0	1	0	0	0	4 (107m)
Jeff Lima	Prop 2	46	14 (101m)	0	1	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Sika Manu	2nd Row 1	57	11 (74m)	0	4	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80	16 (107m)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Dallas Johnson	Lock	80	11 (80m)	1	0	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Adam Blair	Interchange	39	7 (43m)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Ryan Hinchcliffe	Interchange	55	4 (29m)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Scott Anderson	Interchange	18	5 (32m)	1	0	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Aiden Tolman	Interchange	31	7 (51m)	0	1	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Newcastle	Pos	Mins	Runs (m)	Offl.	T/Br	L/Br	L/Br As	Try As	Kicks (m)
Kurt Gidley	Fullback	80	20 (198m)	1	6	0	0	0	2 (65m)
Keith Lulia	Winger 1	80	10 (62m)	2	1	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Junior Sau	Centre 1	80	17 (124m)	0	1	0	0	0	1 (28m)
Shannon McDonnell	Centre 2	80	11 (96m)	1	4	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Akuila Uate	Winger 2	80	18 (168m)	1	5	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Ben Rogers	Five-eighth	80	5 (44m)	2	1	0	0	0	8 (319m)
Jarrod Mullen	Halfback	80	3 (16m)	1	5	0	0	1	12 (231m)
Mark Taufua	Prop 1	35	11 (116m)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Isaac De Gois	Hooker	67	3 (36m)	1	0	0	0	1	2 (61m)
Chris Houston	Prop 2	48	12 (88m)	0	1	1	0	0	0 (0m)
Marvin Karawana	2nd Row 1	26	7 (49m)	1	2	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Zeb Taia	2nd Row 2	63	13 (109m)	3	3	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Matt Hilder	Lock	69	13 (99m)	2	0	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Wes Naiqama	Interchange	50	7 (49m)	0	2	0	0	0	1 (18m)
Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	27	8 (74m)	3	0	0	1	0	0 (0m)
Danny Wicks	Interchange	47	13 (124m)	0	3	0	0	0	0 (0m)
Cory Paterson	Interchange	48	9 (80m)	0	2	0	0	0	1 (14m)

Melbourne	Pos	Mins	Tackles	Missed	Ineff.	Pen.Conc.	Errors
Billy Slater	Fullback	80	4	3	0	0	3
Steve Turner	Winger 1	80	10	0	1	0	0
Will Chambers	Centre 1	80	28	3	1	0	0
Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80	15	0	2	0	1
Joseph Tomane	Winger 2	80	3	2	1	1	1
Brett Finch	Five-eighth	25	7	2	0	0	0
Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	31	3	2	0	0
Brett White	Prop 1	49	27	2	2	1	1
Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	27	1	2	0	3
Jeff Lima	Prop 2	46	24	3	0	0	0
Sika Manu	2nd Row 1	57	31	3	3	1	2
Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80	28	2	2	0	3
Dallas Johnson	Lock	80	43	2	2	0	0
Adam Blair	Interchange	39	23	4	4	0	0
Ryan Hinchcliffe	Interchange	55	32	3	3	1	0
Scott Anderson	Interchange	18	8	1	0	0	0
Aiden Tolman	Interchange	31	19	1	3	0	1
Newcastle	Pos	Mins	Tackles	Missed	Ineff.	Pen.Conc.	Errors
Kurt Gidley	Fullback	80	3	1	1	0	1
Keith Lulia	Winger 1	80	10	1	0	0	1
Junior Sau	Centre 1	80	7	0	0	0	1
Shannon McDonnell	Centre 2	80	5	1	0	0	0
Akuila Uate	Winger 2	80	1	0	0	0	0
Ben Rogers	Five-eighth	80	14	1	1	1	1
Jarrod Mullen	Halfback	80	22	0	0	0	1
Mark Taufua	Prop 1	35	23	2	1	0	0
Isaac De Gois	Hooker	67	35	3	0	0	0
Chris Houston	Prop 2	48	31	3	0	0	1
Marvin Karawana	2nd Row 1	26	11	0	0	0	0
Zeb Taia	2nd Row 2	63	23	2	0	0	0
Matt Hilder	Lock	69	37	0	1	0	0
Wes Naiqama	Interchange	50	19	0	0	1	0
Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	27	12	0	1	2	0
Danny Wicks	Interchange	47	13	0	1	0	1
Cory Paterson	Interchange	48	8	2	0	0	0

Melbourne	v	Newcastle
45%		55%

Melbourne	v	Newcastle
Complete	Incomplete	Try	Goal		Complete	Incomplete	Try	Goal

Recent Matches - Head to Head

Winner	Score	Venue	Round	Year
Newcastle	17-16	EnergyAustralia Stadium	Round 25	2008
Melbourne	18-4	Olympic Park	Round 9	2008
Melbourne	44-0	Olympic Park	Round 18	2007
Melbourne	22-12	EnergyAustralia Stadium	Round 4	2007
Melbourne	24-16	EnergyAustralia Stadium	Round 19	2006
Melbourne	52-6	Olympic Park	Round 7	2006
Newcastle	37-18	EnergyAustralia Stadium	Round 21	2005
Melbourne	48-10	Olympic Park	Round 1	2005
Melbourne	28-18	EnergyAustralia Stadium	Round 12	2004
Newcastle	36-26	Olympic Park	Round 2	2004

Melbourne

Against Newcastle	Played	Won	Draw	Lost
Total	21	10	0	11
At Olympic Park	9	7	0	2

Melbourne Recent Matches	Opponent @ Venue	Result	Score (Half Time)	First Score Play (First in Match?)	First Try (First in Match?)	Last Try (Last in Match?)
2009 Round 16	Canberra @ Canberra Stadium	Loss	16-26 (4-14)	Try (N)	Cameron Smith (N)	Will Chambers (N)
2009 Round 15	Wests Tigers @ Olympic Park	Win	14-12 (8-6)	Try (Y)	Cooper Cronk (Y)	Matthew Cross (N)
2009 Round 14	South Sydney @ Members Equity Stadium	Win	28-22 (10-All)	Try (N)	Greg Inglis (N)	Joseph Tomane (Y)
2009 Round 13	Brisbane @ Olympic Park	Win	48-4 (20-0)	Try (Y)	Greg Inglis (Y)	Aiden Tolman (Y)
2009 Round 11	Bulldogs @ Bluetongue Stadium	Loss	10-26 (0-14)	Try (N)	Will Chambers (N)	Will Chambers (Y)
2009 Round 10	Canberra @ Olympic Park	Win	46-6 (18-6)	Try (N)	Billy Slater (N)	Ryan Hoffman (Y)
2009 Round 9	Sydney Roosters @ Bluetongue Stadium	Win	28-12 (16-6)	Try (N)	Brett White (N)	Brett Finch (Y)
2009 Round 8	Manly @ Brookvale Oval	Win	22-8 (16-4)	Try (Y)	Greg Inglis (Y)	Billy Slater (N)
2009 Round 7	Warriors @ Olympic Park	Draw	14-All (10-6)	Try (N)	Steve Turner (Y)	Will Chambers (N)
2009 Round 6	Wests Tigers @ Leichhardt Oval	Loss	6-16 (6-10)	Try (Y)	Ryan Hoffman (Y)	Ryan Hoffman (N)

Last 20 Matches	Won	Draw	Lost
Ahead at Half Time	8	1	0
Equal at Half Time	2	0	1
Behind at Half Time	2	0	6

Results by Margin	Win 21+	Win 11-20	Win 1-10	Draw	Loss 1-10	Loss 11-20	Loss 21+
2007	10	5	9	0	2	1	0
2008	9	5	5	0	6	1	2
2009	2	3	4	1	3	2	0

Results by Margin	Win 13+	Win 1-12	Draw	Loss 1-12	Loss 13+
2007	15	9	0	2	1
2008	13	6	0	6	3
2009	5	4	1	4	1

Start Performance	Total with start	Win with start	Loss with start	Total give start	Win give start	Loss give start
2008	4	1	3	24	14	10
2009	3	3	0	12	3	9

First Scoring Trend	Try	Try %	Goal	Goal %
2008	16	57.1%	1	3.6%
2009	6	40.0%	0	0.0%

Newcastle

Against Melbourne	Played	Won	Draw	Lost
Total	21	11	0	10
At Olympic Park	9	2	0	7

Newcastle Recent Matches	Opponent @ Venue	Result	Score (Half Time)	First Score Play (First in Match?)	First Try (First in Match?)	Last Try (Last in Match?)
2009 Round 16	South Sydney @ EnergyAustralia Stadium	Win	25-20 (6-12)	Try (Y)	Akuila Uate (Y)	Steve Simpson (N)
2009 Round 14	Warriors @ Mt Smart Stadium	Loss	0-13 (0-6)	- (N)	- (N)	- (N)
2009 Round 13	Parramatta @ EnergyAustralia Stadium	Loss	18-20 (12-6)	Try (Y)	Keith Lulia (Y)	Jarrod Mullen (Y)
2009 Round 12	Bulldogs @ EnergyAustralia Stadium	Win	22-14 (20-0)	Try (Y)	Richard Fa'aoso (Y)	Constantine Mika (N)
2009 Round 11	North Queensland @ Dairy Farmers Stadium	Loss	10-36 (6-18)	Try (N)	Chris Houston (N)	Akuila Uate (Y)
2009 Round 10	Sydney Roosters @ Sydney Football Stadium	Win	38-6 (22-0)	Try (Y)	Zeb Taia (Y)	Danny Wicks (Y)
2009 Round 9	Gold Coast @ EnergyAustralia Stadium	Win	23-18 (18-16)	Try (N)	Chris Houston (N)	James McManus (Y)
2009 Round 8	Brisbane @ EnergyAustralia Stadium	Win	28-12 (18-6)	Try (N)	Mark Taufua (N)	Jarrod Mullen (N)
2009 Round 7	Wests Tigers @ Campbelltown Sports Stadium	Loss	24-26 (18-6)	Try (N)	Matt Hilder (N)	Jarrod Mullen (N)
2009 Round 6	St George Illawarra @ WIN Jubilee Oval	Win	24-18 (6-14)	Try (N)	Richard Fa'aoso (N)	Adam MacDougall (N)

Last 20 Matches	Won	Draw	Lost
Ahead at Half Time	10	0	3
Equal at Half Time	0	0	0
Behind at Half Time	2	0	5

Results by Margin	Win 21+	Win 11-20	Win 1-10	Draw	Loss 1-10	Loss 11-20	Loss 21+
2007	1	0	8	0	5	4	6
2008	1	7	4	0	6	5	1
2009	1	3	5	0	3	2	1

Results by Margin	Win 13+	Win 1-12	Draw	Loss 1-12	Loss 13+
2007	1	8	0	5	10
2008	6	6	0	8	4
2009	3	6	0	3	3

Start Performance	Total with start	Win with start	Loss with start	Total give start	Win give start	Loss give start
2008	15	8	7	9	6	3
2009	8	5	3	7	2	5

First Scoring Trend	Try	Try %	Goal	Goal %
2008	7	29.2%	1	4.2%
2009	7	46.7%	0	0.0%

Last Updated: 5 Jul 2009 5:50PM