Round 7 2004

Melbourne v West Coast
Round 7, 2004

Sampi goes for Mark of the Year. Photo: aflphotos.com.au

Date

Sun, 9 May 2004 (2:10 PM EST)

Venue

MCG

Attendance

21,145

Result

Lost by 49

Score

MEL 18.14.122 - 11.7.73 WCE

Brownlow

3 A.Yze (MEL)
2 R.Robertson (MEL)
1 N.Brown (MEL)

Ladder

14th

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Melbourne easily accounted for an out-of-sorts West Coast, with the sole highlight for the visitors being Ashley Sampi's Mark of the Century contender in the second quarter. The lively goalsneak stood on the heads of teammate Andrew Embley and Demon Paul Wheatley to take a stunning grab. Michael Braun led West Coast with 28 touches and Darren Glass kept Dees skipper David Neitz quiet.

Summary

		1/4 time		1/2 time		3/4 time		Final
Melbourne		4.6.30		8.9.57		12.12.84		18.14.122
West Coast		2.2.14		7.4.46		8.6.54		11.7.73

Goals: Staker 3, Matera, Sampi 2, Chambers, Embley, McDougall, Wirrpanda

Best: Braun, Glass, Staker, Kerr, B.Jones

Injuries: Nil

Reports: Green for kicking C.Bruce

Milestones: B.Jones AFL debut, Sampi Mark of the Year, Staker Rising Star nomination

Named sides

	West Coast				Melbourne
B:	Wirrpanda	Glass	Hunter	B:	Ward	Nicholson	Brown
HB:	Green	Jakovich	Embley	HB:	Bruce	Rivers	Whelan
C:	Nicoski	Cousins	Chambers	C:	Green	Thompson	Wheatley
HF:	Sampi	Gaspar	Braun	HF:	Robertson	Miller	Yze
F:	Matera	Staker	Judd	F:	Davey	Neitz	Holland
R:	Cox	Fletcher	Kerr	R:	White	Johnstone	Heffernan
I:	Humm	Selwood	B.Jones	I:	Carroll	Armstrong	Read
	McDougall				Godfrey
E:	Seaby	Adkins	Butler	E:	Williams	Vardy	McLean

In: Selwood, B.Jones, Staker, McDougall, Humm

Out: Morrison (knee), R.Jones (groin), Lynch (internal susp), Seaby, Adkins

Late change: Adkins for Fletcher (shoulder)

New: Brett Jones (Claremont/Wembley Downs JFC)

From the papers

The Age

"In a broader context, though, the most unforgettable was still to come: Ashley Sampi's scoreboard reward for a leap on to Paul Wheatley's shoulders and a mark as spectacular as any seen for many years. The conversion came seconds before the main break to cut the deficit to seven points, but Sampi's rarefied air was, in many respects, the Eagles' last gasp.

Melbourne re-emerged to kick four of the next five goals, and 10 of the remaining 14.

West Coast had horrible problems in its forward line and Ben Cousins and Chris Judd - the latter having received a heavy knock and registering almost half as many chunders as possessions to quarter-time - relatively subdued by Simon Godfrey and Chris Heffernan respectively."

Players in the WAFL

Round 8 (7-8 May)

East Perth (McConnell, Beeck) vs Subiaco (Wooden)

Peel vs Claremont (Carroll, Waters, Rudeforth)

Bye: West Perth, South Fremantle, East Fremantle, Swan Districts, Perth

Injury list

In the lead-up to the round the following players were listed as injured:

Player		Injury		Expected duration
Gardiner		Knee		Season
Banfield		Knee		3 weeks		(On LTI list, replaced by B.Jones)
Chick		Thigh		1-2 weeks
Lynch		Internal suspension		1 week

Links

http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2004/111820040509.html

Linda Pearce and Melissa Ryan, The Age (10 May 2004), "Demons happy to play the percentages": http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=matera+and+sampi+and+robertson&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=AGE0405100AD7014VRGU

Dan Oakes, The Age (4 May 2004), "Your club - news on every club": http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=drew+banfield+knee&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=AGE0405045EP6B1NR3HJ