Melbourne v Newcastle

Round 26 - Sunday 5 September 2010

Full Time

Scorecard | Team Stats | Player Stats | Possession Flow | Head to Head

The Score

Melbourne	Full Time	Newcastle
34	Time: 80.00	4

Match Details

Date: 5-09-2010	Start Time: 2:00PM	Round: Round 26	Game: 6
Venue: AAMI Park (Melbourne)		Weather: Fine	Surface: Good
Referee: Ashley Klein, Gavin Morris	Touch Judges: Daniel Eastwood, Gavin Atkins		Video Ref: Phil Cooley
Notes: -
Cautions: -
Injuries: -
Crowd: 20517
Tab Start: MELB -20.5

Game Stats

Total 1st Half 2nd Half

Melbourne	v	Newcastle
34	SCORE	4
6 Greg Inglis 7m Ryan Hinchcliffe 10m Ryan Hoffman 52m Brett White 69m Aiden Tolman 73m Greg Inglis 77m	TRIES Try Scorers	1 Zeb Taia 46m
5/6 (83%) Jeff Lima 1/1 (100%) Cameron Smith 4/4 (100%) Ryan Hoffman 0/1 (0%)	CONVERSIONS Scorers	0/1 (0%) Wes Naiqama 0/1 (0%)
0	PENALTY GOALS	0
0	FIELD GOALS	0
	SIN BINS
	SEND OFFS
9	PENALTIES	7
8	SCRUMS	14
27/41 (66%)	COMPLETIONS/SETS	26/38 (68%)
149 (1316m)	ALL RUNS (m)	131 (1163m)
9	LINE BREAKS	6
247	TACKLES	260
40	MISSED TACKLES	38
13	OFFLOADS	14
20	ERRORS	14

Melbourne	v	Newcastle
12	SCORE	0
2 Greg Inglis 7m Ryan Hinchcliffe 10m	TRIES Try Scorers	0
2/2 (100%) Cameron Smith 2/2 (100%)	CONVERSIONS Scorers	0
0	PENALTY GOALS	0
0	FIELD GOALS	0
	SIN BINS
	SEND OFFS
4	PENALTIES	6
5	SCRUMS	14
14/21 (67%)	COMPLETIONS/SETS	19/25 (76%)
68 (671m)	ALL RUNS (m)	83 (692m)
5	LINE BREAKS	2
158	TACKLES	117
20	MISSED TACKLES	14
7	OFFLOADS	8
12	ERRORS	7

Melbourne	v	Newcastle
22	SCORE	4
4 Ryan Hoffman 52m Brett White 69m Aiden Tolman 73m Greg Inglis 77m	TRIES Try Scorers	1 Zeb Taia 46m
3/4 (75%) Jeff Lima 1/1 (100%) Cameron Smith 2/2 (100%) Ryan Hoffman 0/1 (0%)	CONVERSIONS Scorers	0/1 (0%) Wes Naiqama 0/1 (0%)
0	PENALTY GOALS	0
0	FIELD GOALS	0
	SIN BINS
	SEND OFFS
5	PENALTIES	1
3	SCRUMS	14
13/20 (65%)	COMPLETIONS/SETS	7/13 (54%)
81 (645m)	ALL RUNS (m)	48 (471m)
4	LINE BREAKS	4
89	TACKLES	143
20	MISSED TACKLES	24
6	OFFLOADS	6
8	ERRORS	7

Melbourne	V	Newcastle
4	TRY ASSISTS	1
13	OFFLOADS	14
9 4	LINE BREAKS Line Break Assists	6 3
347	RECEIVES	350
247 11 23 40	TACKLES MADE 1 on 1 Tackles Ineffective Missed	260 20 22 38
40	TACKLE BREAKS	40
149 (1316m) 70 (525m) 52 (482m) 9 (117m) 2 (12m) 1 (7m) 7 (75m) 134 (1143m)	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)	131 (1163m) 61 (487m) 44 (400m) 11 (73m) 2 (15m) 1 (6m) 7 (76m) 119 (981m)
12 (400m) 0 3	KICKS (m) 40-20 Kicks Line Dropouts	16 (444m) 0 3
107 1 104 2	PLAY THE BALLS Slow Neutral Fast	104 2 102 0
51% 136 52 72%	POSSESSION Used Plays Unused Plays Possession Efficiency	49% 127 48 73%
20	ERRORS	14
7	PENALTIES CONCEDED	9

Melbourne	V	Newcastle
1	TRY ASSISTS	0
7	OFFLOADS	8
5 2	LINE BREAKS Line Break Assists	2 1
145	RECEIVES	220
158 7 12 20	TACKLES MADE 1 on 1 Tackles Ineffective Missed	117 6 10 14
14	TACKLE BREAKS	20
68 (671m) 32 (244m) 23 (239m) 4 (60m) 1 (9m) 1 (7m) 4 (72m) 61 (559m)	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)	83 (692m) 38 (273m) 27 (222m) 7 (48m) 2 (15m) 1 (6m) 5 (59m) 75 (564m)
7 (220m) 0 2	KICKS (m) 40-20 Kicks Line Dropouts	10 (213m) 0 2
47 1 45 1	PLAY THE BALLS Slow Neutral Fast	65 1 64 0
42% 63 31 67%	POSSESSION Used Plays Unused Plays Possession Efficiency	58% 82 26 76%
12	ERRORS	7
6	PENALTIES CONCEDED	4

Melbourne	V	Newcastle
3	TRY ASSISTS	1
6	OFFLOADS	6
4 2	LINE BREAKS Line Break Assists	4 2
202	RECEIVES	130
89 4 11 20	TACKLES MADE 1 on 1 Tackles Ineffective Missed	143 14 12 24
26	TACKLE BREAKS	20
81 (645m) 38 (281m) 29 (243m) 5 (57m) 1 (3m) 0 (0m) 3 (3m) 73 (584m)	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)	48 (471m) 23 (214m) 17 (178m) 4 (25m) 0 (0m) 0 (0m) 2 (17m) 44 (417m)
5 (180m) 0 1	KICKS (m) 40-20 Kicks Line Dropouts	6 (231m) 0 1
60 0 59 1	PLAY THE BALLS Slow Neutral Fast	39 1 38 0
61% 73 21 78%	POSSESSION Used Plays Unused Plays Possession Efficiency	39% 45 22 67%
8	ERRORS	7
1	PENALTIES CONCEDED	5

Stand Out Players

Most Tackles	Most Runs	Most Line Breaks	Most Offloads
Matt Hilder 29	Brett White 14	Billy Slater 3	Cameron Ciraldo 4

Player Stats - Summary | Points | Runs | Tackles | Kicks

Total 1st Half 2nd Half

MELBOURNE	Pos	Mins	Receives	Runs (m)	Try Ass.	T.Brks	Tackles	Offloads	L.Brks	Errors	Pen Conc.
1. Billy Slater	Fullback	80	20	10 (156m)		4	10	2	3	5	1
2. Dane Nielson	Winger 1	80	8	6 (17m)		2	6				1
3. Sika Manu	Centre 1	70	15	12 (104m)		2	19	3		1	1
4. Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80	18	11 (110m)		7	7	1	2	2
5. Justin O'Neill	Winger 2	80	14	13 (101m)		4	5	2		2
18. Luke Kelly	Five-eighth	80	27	5 (28m)	1		17			1
7. Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	53	6 (32m)			9			1
8. Jeff Lima	Prop 1	48	14	12 (114m)		3	16	1
9. Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	91	6 (89m)	1	2	28		1	1	1
10. Brett White	Prop 2	52	17	14 (112m)		3	13		1	2	1
11. Adam Blair	2nd Row 1	80	16	10 (71m)	2	3	18	2	1
12. Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80	17	13 (96m)		4	21	1	1	1
13. Ryan Hinchcliffe	Lock	16	4	3 (54m)			5
14. Kevin Proctor	Interchange	38	6	4 (37m)		3	24			1	1
15. Todd Lowrie	Interchange	26	5	4 (25m)		2	12	1			1
16. Aiden Tolman	Interchange	42	16	14 (124m)		1	22			1
17. Bryan Norrie	Interchange	28	6	6 (46m)			15			2
NEWCASTLE	Pos	Mins	Receives	Runs (m)	Try Ass.	T.Brks	Tackles	Offloads	L.Brks	Errors	Pen Conc.
1. Wes Naiqama	Fullback	80	28	11 (111m)	1	2
2. Akuila Uate	Winger 1	80	14	14 (151m)		7	7		2	3
5. Cooper Vuna	Centre 1	6	1	1 (5m)			3	1
4. Adam MacDougall	Centre 2	80	12	10 (88m)		4	11	1		1	1
19. Kevin Naiqama	Winger 2	80	12	8 (58m)		1	6
6. Jarrod Mullen	Five-eighth	80	46	1 (9m)		1	20	1		1
7. Scott Dureau	Halfback	80	44	2 (7m)			6			1	2
8. Ben Cross	Prop 1	45	10	10 (78m)			27	1			1
9. Isaac De Gois	Hooker	80	88	9 (51m)		1	24	1			1
10. Antonio Kaufusi	Prop 2	49	7	6 (75m)		2	22				1
11. Zeb Taia	2nd Row 1	80	19	14 (126m)		8	13	2	1	1
12. Constantine Mika	2nd Row 2	49	5	1 (8m)		1	16			1	1
13. Matt Hilder	Lock	74	25	12 (84m)		2	29			1
14. Cameron Ciraldo	Interchange	74	13	9 (56m)		5	24	4	1	2	2
15. Daniel Tolar	Interchange	31	10	10 (70m)		2	20			1
16. Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	37	9	7 (86m)		3	15	2	1
17. Mark Taufua	Interchange	35	7	6 (100m)		1	17	1	1	2

MELBOURNE	Pos	Mins	All (m)	Hitups (m)	Runs (m)	D/Half (m)	1st Rec. (m)	Ruck Run (m)	Kick Ret. (m)
1. Billy Slater	Fullback	80	10 (156m)		7 (84m)				3 (72m)
2. Dane Nielson	Winger 1	80	6 (17m)		3 (14m)				3 (3m)
3. Sika Manu	Centre 1	70	12 (104m)	6 (38m)	6 (66m)
4. Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80	11 (110m)	1 (16m)	10 (94m)
5. Justin O'Neill	Winger 2	80	13 (101m)		9 (73m)	3 (28m)			1 (0m)
18. Luke Kelly	Five-eighth	80	5 (28m)		5 (28m)
7. Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	6 (32m)		4 (20m)		2 (12m)
8. Jeff Lima	Prop 1	48	12 (114m)	10 (80m)	1 (15m)
9. Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	6 (89m)			6 (89m)
10. Brett White	Prop 2	52	14 (112m)	10 (70m)
11. Adam Blair	2nd Row 1	80	10 (71m)	9 (67m)	1 (4m)
12. Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80	13 (96m)	12 (91m)	1 (5m)
13. Ryan Hinchcliffe	Lock	16	3 (54m)	1 (5m)	1 (42m)			1 (7m)
14. Kevin Proctor	Interchange	38	4 (37m)	2 (18m)	2 (19m)
15. Todd Lowrie	Interchange	26	4 (25m)	4 (25m)
16. Aiden Tolman	Interchange	42	14 (124m)	9 (69m)	2 (18m)
17. Bryan Norrie	Interchange	28	6 (46m)	6 (46m)
NEWCASTLE	Pos	Mins	All (m)	Hitups (m)	Runs (m)	D/Half (m)	1st Rec. (m)	Ruck Run (m)	Kick Ret. (m)
1. Wes Naiqama	Fullback	80	11 (111m)		7 (46m)				4 (65m)
2. Akuila Uate	Winger 1	80	14 (151m)	5 (58m)	7 (91m)				2 (2m)
5. Cooper Vuna	Centre 1	6	1 (5m)		1 (5m)
4. Adam MacDougall	Centre 2	80	10 (88m)		10 (88m)
19. Kevin Naiqama	Winger 2	80	8 (58m)		6 (43m)	1 (6m)			1 (9m)
6. Jarrod Mullen	Five-eighth	80	1 (9m)				1 (9m)
7. Scott Dureau	Halfback	80	2 (7m)		1 (1m)		1 (6m)
8. Ben Cross	Prop 1	45	10 (78m)	9 (72m)				1 (6m)
9. Isaac De Gois	Hooker	80	9 (51m)		2 (7m)	7 (44m)
10. Antonio Kaufusi	Prop 2	49	6 (75m)	4 (31m)
11. Zeb Taia	2nd Row 1	80	14 (126m)	6 (48m)	5 (55m)	3 (23m)
12. Constantine Mika	2nd Row 2	49	1 (8m)	1 (8m)
13. Matt Hilder	Lock	74	12 (84m)	11 (80m)	1 (4m)
14. Cameron Ciraldo	Interchange	74	9 (56m)	7 (39m)	2 (17m)
15. Daniel Tolar	Interchange	31	10 (70m)	8 (51m)	1 (4m)
16. Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	37	7 (86m)	6 (61m)
17. Mark Taufua	Interchange	35	6 (100m)	4 (39m)	1 (39m)

MELBOURNE	Pos	Mins	Tackles	1 On 1	Ineffective	Missed
1. Billy Slater	Fullback	80	10	1	1	2
2. Dane Nielson	Winger 1	80	6	2
3. Sika Manu	Centre 1	70	19	1	2	4
4. Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80	7	2	1	2
5. Justin O'Neill	Winger 2	80	5	3		2
18. Luke Kelly	Five-eighth	80	17		1	3
7. Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	9		4	7
8. Jeff Lima	Prop 1	48	16			3
9. Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	28		5	3
10. Brett White	Prop 2	52	13		2	2
11. Adam Blair	2nd Row 1	80	18		1	3
12. Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80	21	1	1	2
13. Ryan Hinchcliffe	Lock	16	5
14. Kevin Proctor	Interchange	38	24	1		1
15. Todd Lowrie	Interchange	26	12			3
16. Aiden Tolman	Interchange	42	22		5	1
17. Bryan Norrie	Interchange	28	15			2
NEWCASTLE	Pos	Mins	Tackles	1 On 1	Ineffective	Missed
1. Wes Naiqama	Fullback	80				2
2. Akuila Uate	Winger 1	80	7	3	1	1
5. Cooper Vuna	Centre 1	6	3	2
4. Adam MacDougall	Centre 2	80	11	2	2	4
19. Kevin Naiqama	Winger 2	80	6	2	1	2
6. Jarrod Mullen	Five-eighth	80	20	2	1	3
7. Scott Dureau	Halfback	80	6		2	5
8. Ben Cross	Prop 1	45	27	1		3
9. Isaac De Gois	Hooker	80	24		1	6
10. Antonio Kaufusi	Prop 2	49	22	2		1
11. Zeb Taia	2nd Row 1	80	13	1	3	1
12. Constantine Mika	2nd Row 2	49	16	1	2	3
13. Matt Hilder	Lock	74	29	2	2	3
14. Cameron Ciraldo	Interchange	74	24	1	3	1
15. Daniel Tolar	Interchange	31	20		3	1
16. Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	37	15		1	2
17. Mark Taufua	Interchange	35	17	1

MELBOURNE	Pos	Mins	Kicks	Kick Metres	40-20 Kicks
1. Billy Slater	Fullback	80	3	38m
2. Dane Nielson	Winger 1	80
3. Sika Manu	Centre 1	70
4. Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80
5. Justin O'Neill	Winger 2	80
18. Luke Kelly	Five-eighth	80
7. Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	5	191m
8. Jeff Lima	Prop 1	48
9. Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	4	171m
10. Brett White	Prop 2	52
11. Adam Blair	2nd Row 1	80
12. Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80
13. Ryan Hinchcliffe	Lock	16
14. Kevin Proctor	Interchange	38	1
15. Todd Lowrie	Interchange	26
16. Aiden Tolman	Interchange	42
17. Bryan Norrie	Interchange	28
NEWCASTLE	Pos	Mins	Kicks	Kick Metres	40-20 Kicks
1. Wes Naiqama	Fullback	80
2. Akuila Uate	Winger 1	80
5. Cooper Vuna	Centre 1	6
4. Adam MacDougall	Centre 2	80
19. Kevin Naiqama	Winger 2	80
6. Jarrod Mullen	Five-eighth	80	7	174m
7. Scott Dureau	Halfback	80	6	197m
8. Ben Cross	Prop 1	45
9. Isaac De Gois	Hooker	80
10. Antonio Kaufusi	Prop 2	49
11. Zeb Taia	2nd Row 1	80	2	64m
12. Constantine Mika	2nd Row 2	49
13. Matt Hilder	Lock	74	1	9m
14. Cameron Ciraldo	Interchange	74
15. Daniel Tolar	Interchange	31
16. Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	37
17. Mark Taufua	Interchange	35

MELBOURNE	Pos	Mins	Receives	Runs (m)	Try Ass.	T.Brks	Tackles	Offloads	L.Brks	Errors	Pen Conc.
1. Billy Slater	Fullback	80	10	8 (148m)		4	6	2	3	5	1
2. Dane Nielson	Winger 1	80	3	2 (14m)			5				1
3. Sika Manu	Centre 1	70	8	7 (60m)		1	15	2		1	1
4. Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80	7	6 (48m)		4	5		1
5. Justin O'Neill	Winger 2	80	6	5 (28m)			2	1		1
18. Luke Kelly	Five-eighth	80	9	1 (3m)			12			1
7. Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	22	2 (16m)			7
8. Jeff Lima	Prop 1	48	5	5 (51m)			9
9. Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	40	2 (39m)	1		17		1		1
10. Brett White	Prop 2	52	7	6 (49m)		2	8			1
11. Adam Blair	2nd Row 1	80	5	4 (24m)			11	1
12. Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80	9	8 (59m)		1	13	1		1
13. Ryan Hinchcliffe	Lock	16	4	3 (54m)			5
14. Kevin Proctor	Interchange	38	1	1 (7m)		1	19				1
15. Todd Lowrie	Interchange	26	1	1 (9m)			3				1
16. Aiden Tolman	Interchange	42	5	4 (39m)		1	12			1
17. Bryan Norrie	Interchange	28	3	3 (23m)			9			1
NEWCASTLE	Pos	Mins	Receives	Runs (m)	Try Ass.	T.Brks	Tackles	Offloads	L.Brks	Errors	Pen Conc.
1. Wes Naiqama	Fullback	80	17	7 (80m)		2
2. Akuila Uate	Winger 1	80	8	8 (83m)		2	2		1	2
5. Cooper Vuna	Centre 1	6	1	1 (5m)			3	1
4. Adam MacDougall	Centre 2	80	9	7 (66m)		4	5	1		1	1
19. Kevin Naiqama	Winger 2	80	6	3 (25m)		1	3
6. Jarrod Mullen	Five-eighth	80	32	1 (9m)		1	11	1		1
7. Scott Dureau	Halfback	80	26	2 (7m)			3				1
8. Ben Cross	Prop 1	45	6	6 (48m)			10				1
9. Isaac De Gois	Hooker	80	53	6 (33m)			12				1
10. Antonio Kaufusi	Prop 2	49	4	3 (52m)		1	10
11. Zeb Taia	2nd Row 1	80	12	9 (58m)		1	5	2		1
12. Constantine Mika	2nd Row 2	49	4	1 (8m)		1	11
13. Matt Hilder	Lock	74	19	9 (60m)		1	15			1
14. Cameron Ciraldo	Interchange	74	8	7 (48m)		5	9	2	1
15. Daniel Tolar	Interchange	31	6	6 (35m)		1	7
16. Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	37	6	5 (57m)			7	1
17. Mark Taufua	Interchange	35	3	2 (18m)			4			1

MELBOURNE	Pos	Mins	All (m)	Hitups (m)	Runs (m)	D/Half (m)	1st Rec. (m)	Ruck Run (m)	Kick Ret. (m)
1. Billy Slater	Fullback	80	8 (148m)		5 (76m)				3 (72m)
2. Dane Nielson	Winger 1	80	2 (14m)		2 (14m)
3. Sika Manu	Centre 1	70	7 (60m)	4 (26m)	3 (34m)
4. Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80	6 (48m)	1 (16m)	5 (32m)
5. Justin O'Neill	Winger 2	80	5 (28m)		2 (7m)	2 (21m)			1 (0m)
18. Luke Kelly	Five-eighth	80	1 (3m)		1 (3m)
7. Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	2 (16m)		1 (7m)		1 (9m)
8. Jeff Lima	Prop 1	48	5 (51m)	4 (36m)	1 (15m)
9. Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	2 (39m)			2 (39m)
10. Brett White	Prop 2	52	6 (49m)	4 (26m)
11. Adam Blair	2nd Row 1	80	4 (24m)	3 (20m)	1 (4m)
12. Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80	8 (59m)	7 (54m)	1 (5m)
13. Ryan Hinchcliffe	Lock	16	3 (54m)	1 (5m)	1 (42m)			1 (7m)
14. Kevin Proctor	Interchange	38	1 (7m)	1 (7m)
15. Todd Lowrie	Interchange	26	1 (9m)	1 (9m)
16. Aiden Tolman	Interchange	42	4 (39m)	3 (22m)
17. Bryan Norrie	Interchange	28	3 (23m)	3 (23m)
NEWCASTLE	Pos	Mins	All (m)	Hitups (m)	Runs (m)	D/Half (m)	1st Rec. (m)	Ruck Run (m)	Kick Ret. (m)
1. Wes Naiqama	Fullback	80	7 (80m)		4 (30m)				3 (50m)
2. Akuila Uate	Winger 1	80	8 (83m)	2 (17m)	5 (66m)				1 (0m)
5. Cooper Vuna	Centre 1	6	1 (5m)		1 (5m)
4. Adam MacDougall	Centre 2	80	7 (66m)		7 (66m)
19. Kevin Naiqama	Winger 2	80	3 (25m)		2 (16m)				1 (9m)
6. Jarrod Mullen	Five-eighth	80	1 (9m)				1 (9m)
7. Scott Dureau	Halfback	80	2 (7m)		1 (1m)		1 (6m)
8. Ben Cross	Prop 1	45	6 (48m)	5 (42m)				1 (6m)
9. Isaac De Gois	Hooker	80	6 (33m)		1 (1m)	5 (32m)
10. Antonio Kaufusi	Prop 2	49	3 (52m)	1 (8m)
11. Zeb Taia	2nd Row 1	80	9 (58m)	4 (28m)	3 (14m)	2 (16m)
12. Constantine Mika	2nd Row 2	49	1 (8m)	1 (8m)
13. Matt Hilder	Lock	74	9 (60m)	8 (56m)	1 (4m)
14. Cameron Ciraldo	Interchange	74	7 (48m)	6 (33m)	1 (15m)
15. Daniel Tolar	Interchange	31	6 (35m)	5 (31m)	1 (4m)
16. Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	37	5 (57m)	4 (32m)
17. Mark Taufua	Interchange	35	2 (18m)	2 (18m)

MELBOURNE	Pos	Mins	Tackles	1 On 1	Ineffective	Missed
1. Billy Slater	Fullback	80	6			1
2. Dane Nielson	Winger 1	80	5	1
3. Sika Manu	Centre 1	70	15	1	1	2
4. Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80	5	1		1
5. Justin O'Neill	Winger 2	80	2	2		2
18. Luke Kelly	Five-eighth	80	12		1	2
7. Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	7		2	1
8. Jeff Lima	Prop 1	48	9			2
9. Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	17		4	3
10. Brett White	Prop 2	52	8		1	1
11. Adam Blair	2nd Row 1	80	11			1
12. Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80	13	1		1
13. Ryan Hinchcliffe	Lock	16	5
14. Kevin Proctor	Interchange	38	19	1		1
15. Todd Lowrie	Interchange	26	3
16. Aiden Tolman	Interchange	42	12		3
17. Bryan Norrie	Interchange	28	9			2
NEWCASTLE	Pos	Mins	Tackles	1 On 1	Ineffective	Missed
1. Wes Naiqama	Fullback	80				1
2. Akuila Uate	Winger 1	80	2		1
5. Cooper Vuna	Centre 1	6	3	2
4. Adam MacDougall	Centre 2	80	5	1	1	1
19. Kevin Naiqama	Winger 2	80	3	1	1
6. Jarrod Mullen	Five-eighth	80	11		1	1
7. Scott Dureau	Halfback	80	3			2
8. Ben Cross	Prop 1	45	10			1
9. Isaac De Gois	Hooker	80	12			1
10. Antonio Kaufusi	Prop 2	49	10			1
11. Zeb Taia	2nd Row 1	80	5
12. Constantine Mika	2nd Row 2	49	11	1	2	2
13. Matt Hilder	Lock	74	15		1	2
14. Cameron Ciraldo	Interchange	74	9			1
15. Daniel Tolar	Interchange	31	7		2
16. Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	37	7		1	1
17. Mark Taufua	Interchange	35	4	1

MELBOURNE	Pos	Mins	Kicks	Kick Metres	40-20 Kicks
1. Billy Slater	Fullback	80	3	38m
2. Dane Nielson	Winger 1	80
3. Sika Manu	Centre 1	70
4. Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80
5. Justin O'Neill	Winger 2	80
18. Luke Kelly	Five-eighth	80
7. Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	2	81m
8. Jeff Lima	Prop 1	48
9. Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	2	101m
10. Brett White	Prop 2	52
11. Adam Blair	2nd Row 1	80
12. Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80
13. Ryan Hinchcliffe	Lock	16
14. Kevin Proctor	Interchange	38
15. Todd Lowrie	Interchange	26
16. Aiden Tolman	Interchange	42
17. Bryan Norrie	Interchange	28
NEWCASTLE	Pos	Mins	Kicks	Kick Metres	40-20 Kicks
1. Wes Naiqama	Fullback	80
2. Akuila Uate	Winger 1	80
5. Cooper Vuna	Centre 1	6
4. Adam MacDougall	Centre 2	80
19. Kevin Naiqama	Winger 2	80
6. Jarrod Mullen	Five-eighth	80	5	112m
7. Scott Dureau	Halfback	80	3	63m
8. Ben Cross	Prop 1	45
9. Isaac De Gois	Hooker	80
10. Antonio Kaufusi	Prop 2	49
11. Zeb Taia	2nd Row 1	80	1	29m
12. Constantine Mika	2nd Row 2	49
13. Matt Hilder	Lock	74	1	9m
14. Cameron Ciraldo	Interchange	74
15. Daniel Tolar	Interchange	31
16. Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	37
17. Mark Taufua	Interchange	35

MELBOURNE	Pos	Mins	Receives	Runs (m)	Try Ass.	T.Brks	Tackles	Offloads	L.Brks	Errors	Pen Conc.
1. Billy Slater	Fullback	80	10	2 (8m)			4
2. Dane Nielson	Winger 1	80	5	4 (3m)		2	1
3. Sika Manu	Centre 1	70	7	5 (44m)		1	4	1
4. Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80	11	5 (62m)		3	2	1	1	2
5. Justin O'Neill	Winger 2	80	8	8 (73m)		4	3	1		1
18. Luke Kelly	Five-eighth	80	18	4 (25m)	1		5
7. Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	31	4 (16m)			2			1
8. Jeff Lima	Prop 1	48	9	7 (63m)		3	7	1
9. Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	51	4 (50m)		2	11			1
10. Brett White	Prop 2	52	10	8 (63m)		1	5		1	1	1
11. Adam Blair	2nd Row 1	80	11	6 (47m)	2	3	7	1	1
12. Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80	8	5 (37m)		3	8		1
13. Ryan Hinchcliffe	Lock	16
14. Kevin Proctor	Interchange	38	5	3 (30m)		2	5			1
15. Todd Lowrie	Interchange	26	4	3 (16m)		2	9	1
16. Aiden Tolman	Interchange	42	11	10 (85m)			10
17. Bryan Norrie	Interchange	28	3	3 (23m)			6			1
NEWCASTLE	Pos	Mins	Receives	Runs (m)	Try Ass.	T.Brks	Tackles	Offloads	L.Brks	Errors	Pen Conc.
1. Wes Naiqama	Fullback	80	11	4 (31m)	1
2. Akuila Uate	Winger 1	80	6	6 (68m)		5	5		1	1
5. Cooper Vuna	Centre 1	6
4. Adam MacDougall	Centre 2	80	3	3 (22m)			6
19. Kevin Naiqama	Winger 2	80	6	5 (33m)			3
6. Jarrod Mullen	Five-eighth	80	14				9
7. Scott Dureau	Halfback	80	18				3			1	1
8. Ben Cross	Prop 1	45	4	4 (30m)			17	1
9. Isaac De Gois	Hooker	80	35	3 (18m)		1	12	1
10. Antonio Kaufusi	Prop 2	49	3	3 (23m)		1	12				1
11. Zeb Taia	2nd Row 1	80	7	5 (68m)		7	8		1
12. Constantine Mika	2nd Row 2	49	1				5			1	1
13. Matt Hilder	Lock	74	6	3 (24m)		1	14
14. Cameron Ciraldo	Interchange	74	5	2 (8m)			15	2		2	2
15. Daniel Tolar	Interchange	31	4	4 (35m)		1	13			1
16. Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	37	3	2 (29m)		3	8	1	1
17. Mark Taufua	Interchange	35	4	4 (82m)		1	13	1	1	1

MELBOURNE	Pos	Mins	All (m)	Hitups (m)	Runs (m)	D/Half (m)	1st Rec. (m)	Ruck Run (m)	Kick Ret. (m)
1. Billy Slater	Fullback	80	2 (8m)		2 (8m)
2. Dane Nielson	Winger 1	80	4 (3m)		1 (0m)				3 (3m)
3. Sika Manu	Centre 1	70	5 (44m)	2 (12m)	3 (32m)
4. Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80	5 (62m)		5 (62m)
5. Justin O'Neill	Winger 2	80	8 (73m)		7 (66m)	1 (7m)
18. Luke Kelly	Five-eighth	80	4 (25m)		4 (25m)
7. Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	4 (16m)		3 (13m)		1 (3m)
8. Jeff Lima	Prop 1	48	7 (63m)	6 (44m)
9. Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	4 (50m)			4 (50m)
10. Brett White	Prop 2	52	8 (63m)	6 (44m)
11. Adam Blair	2nd Row 1	80	6 (47m)	6 (47m)
12. Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80	5 (37m)	5 (37m)
13. Ryan Hinchcliffe	Lock	16
14. Kevin Proctor	Interchange	38	3 (30m)	1 (11m)	2 (19m)
15. Todd Lowrie	Interchange	26	3 (16m)	3 (16m)
16. Aiden Tolman	Interchange	42	10 (85m)	6 (47m)	2 (18m)
17. Bryan Norrie	Interchange	28	3 (23m)	3 (23m)
NEWCASTLE	Pos	Mins	All (m)	Hitups (m)	Runs (m)	D/Half (m)	1st Rec. (m)	Ruck Run (m)	Kick Ret. (m)
1. Wes Naiqama	Fullback	80	4 (31m)		3 (16m)				1 (15m)
2. Akuila Uate	Winger 1	80	6 (68m)	3 (41m)	2 (25m)				1 (2m)
5. Cooper Vuna	Centre 1	6
4. Adam MacDougall	Centre 2	80	3 (22m)		3 (22m)
19. Kevin Naiqama	Winger 2	80	5 (33m)		4 (27m)	1 (6m)
6. Jarrod Mullen	Five-eighth	80
7. Scott Dureau	Halfback	80
8. Ben Cross	Prop 1	45	4 (30m)	4 (30m)
9. Isaac De Gois	Hooker	80	3 (18m)		1 (6m)	2 (12m)
10. Antonio Kaufusi	Prop 2	49	3 (23m)	3 (23m)
11. Zeb Taia	2nd Row 1	80	5 (68m)	2 (20m)	2 (41m)	1 (7m)
12. Constantine Mika	2nd Row 2	49
13. Matt Hilder	Lock	74	3 (24m)	3 (24m)
14. Cameron Ciraldo	Interchange	74	2 (8m)	1 (6m)	1 (2m)
15. Daniel Tolar	Interchange	31	4 (35m)	3 (20m)
16. Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	37	2 (29m)	2 (29m)
17. Mark Taufua	Interchange	35	4 (82m)	2 (21m)	1 (39m)

MELBOURNE	Pos	Mins	Tackles	1 On 1	Ineffective	Missed
1. Billy Slater	Fullback	80	4	1	1	1
2. Dane Nielson	Winger 1	80	1	1
3. Sika Manu	Centre 1	70	4		1	2
4. Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80	2	1	1	1
5. Justin O'Neill	Winger 2	80	3	1
18. Luke Kelly	Five-eighth	80	5			1
7. Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	2		2	6
8. Jeff Lima	Prop 1	48	7			1
9. Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	11		1
10. Brett White	Prop 2	52	5		1	1
11. Adam Blair	2nd Row 1	80	7		1	2
12. Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80	8		1	1
13. Ryan Hinchcliffe	Lock	16
14. Kevin Proctor	Interchange	38	5
15. Todd Lowrie	Interchange	26	9			3
16. Aiden Tolman	Interchange	42	10		2	1
17. Bryan Norrie	Interchange	28	6
NEWCASTLE	Pos	Mins	Tackles	1 On 1	Ineffective	Missed
1. Wes Naiqama	Fullback	80				1
2. Akuila Uate	Winger 1	80	5	3		1
5. Cooper Vuna	Centre 1	6
4. Adam MacDougall	Centre 2	80	6	1	1	3
19. Kevin Naiqama	Winger 2	80	3	1		2
6. Jarrod Mullen	Five-eighth	80	9	2		2
7. Scott Dureau	Halfback	80	3		2	3
8. Ben Cross	Prop 1	45	17	1		2
9. Isaac De Gois	Hooker	80	12		1	5
10. Antonio Kaufusi	Prop 2	49	12	2
11. Zeb Taia	2nd Row 1	80	8	1	3	1
12. Constantine Mika	2nd Row 2	49	5			1
13. Matt Hilder	Lock	74	14	2	1	1
14. Cameron Ciraldo	Interchange	74	15	1	3
15. Daniel Tolar	Interchange	31	13		1	1
16. Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	37	8			1
17. Mark Taufua	Interchange	35	13

MELBOURNE	Pos	Mins	Kicks	Kick Metres	40-20 Kicks
1. Billy Slater	Fullback	80
2. Dane Nielson	Winger 1	80
3. Sika Manu	Centre 1	70
4. Greg Inglis	Centre 2	80
5. Justin O'Neill	Winger 2	80
18. Luke Kelly	Five-eighth	80
7. Cooper Cronk	Halfback	80	3	110m
8. Jeff Lima	Prop 1	48
9. Cameron Smith	Hooker	80	2	70m
10. Brett White	Prop 2	52
11. Adam Blair	2nd Row 1	80
12. Ryan Hoffman	2nd Row 2	80
13. Ryan Hinchcliffe	Lock	16
14. Kevin Proctor	Interchange	38	1
15. Todd Lowrie	Interchange	26
16. Aiden Tolman	Interchange	42
17. Bryan Norrie	Interchange	28
NEWCASTLE	Pos	Mins	Kicks	Kick Metres	40-20 Kicks
1. Wes Naiqama	Fullback	80
2. Akuila Uate	Winger 1	80
5. Cooper Vuna	Centre 1	6
4. Adam MacDougall	Centre 2	80
19. Kevin Naiqama	Winger 2	80
6. Jarrod Mullen	Five-eighth	80	2	62m
7. Scott Dureau	Halfback	80	3	134m
8. Ben Cross	Prop 1	45
9. Isaac De Gois	Hooker	80
10. Antonio Kaufusi	Prop 2	49
11. Zeb Taia	2nd Row 1	80	1	35m
12. Constantine Mika	2nd Row 2	49
13. Matt Hilder	Lock	74
14. Cameron Ciraldo	Interchange	74
15. Daniel Tolar	Interchange	31
16. Richard Fa'aoso	Interchange	37
17. Mark Taufua	Interchange	35

Melbourne	v	Newcastle
51%		49%

Melbourne	v	Newcastle
Complete	Incomplete	Try	Goal		Complete	Incomplete	Try	Goal

Winner	Score	Venue	Round	Year
Melbourne	20-14	EnergyAustralia Stadium	Round 2	2010
Newcastle	26-14	EnergyAustralia Stadium	Round 23	2009
Melbourne	18-14	Olympic Park	Round 17	2009
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

Call Type: Final
Last Updated: 5 Sep 2010 11:10PM

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?)
2010 Round 25	Wests Tigers @ Leichhardt Oval	Loss	14-26 (8-10)	Try (Y)	Justin O'Neill (Y)	Ryan Hoffman (N)
2010 Round 24	Cronulla @ AAMI Park (Melbourne)	Win	24-4 (6-0)	Try (Y)	Cameron Smith (Y)	Ryan Hinchcliffe (Y)
2010 Round 23	South Sydney @ AAMI Park (Melbourne)	Win	18-16 (12-4)	Try (N)	Billy Slater (N)	Ryan Hinchcliffe (N)
2010 Round 22	Manly @ Brookvale Oval	Loss	6-26 (6-18)	Try (N)	Ryan Hoffman (N)	Ryan Hoffman (N)
2010 Round 21	Canberra @ AAMI Park (Melbourne)	Win	36-12 (12-6)	Try (Y)	Dane Nielson (Y)	Todd Lowrie (Y)
2010 Round 20	Penrith @ AAMI Park (Melbourne)	Win	18-10 (6-4)	Try (Y)	Dane Nielson (Y)	Matthew Duffie (Y)
2010 Round 19	Warriors @ Mt Smart Stadium	Loss	6-13 (0-12)	Try (N)	Billy Slater (N)	Billy Slater (Y)
2010 Round 18	Canterbury-Bankstown @ Adelaide Oval	Loss	18-20 (12-All)	Try (Y)	Brett Finch (Y)	Sika Manu (Y)
2010 Round 16	South Sydney @ Members Equity Stadium	Loss	14-16 (4-All)	Try (N)	Justin O'Neill (N)	Justin O'Neill (Y)
2010 Round 15	North Queensland @ AAMI Park (Melbourne)	Win	58-12 (24-6)	Try (Y)	Matthew Duffie (Y)	Billy Slater (Y)

Last 20 Matches	Won	Draw	Lost
Ahead at Half Time	10	0	1
Equal at Half Time	0	0	2
Behind at Half Time	0	0	7

Results by Margin	Win 21+	Win 11-20	Win 1-10	Draw	Loss 1-10	Loss 11-20	Loss 21+
2008	9	5	5	0	6	1	2
2009	6	5	6	1	5	4	0
2010	4	4	5	0	5	3	2

Start Performance	Total with start	Win with start	Loss with start	Total give start	Win give start	Loss give start
2009	6	4	2	20	8	12
2010	4	0	4	17	10	7

First Scoring Trend	Try	Try %	Goal	Goal %
2009	15	55.6%	0	0.0%
2010	14	60.9%	1	4.3%

Against Newcastle	Played	Won	Draw	Lost
Total	24	12	0	12
At AAMI Park (Melbourne)	0	0	0	0

Results by Margin	Win 13+	Win 1-12	Draw	Loss 1-12	Loss 13+
2008	13	6	0	6	3
2009	10	7	1	7	2
2010	6	7	0	6	4

Against Melbourne	Played	Won	Draw	Lost
Total	24	12	0	12
At AAMI Park (Melbourne)	0	0	0	0

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?)
2010 Round 25	St George Illawarra @ EnergyAustralia Stadium	Loss	18-26 (0-16)	Try (N)	Adam MacDougall (N)	Cooper Vuna (N)
2010 Round 24	Brisbane @ EnergyAustralia Stadium	Win	44-18 (24-12)	Try (Y)	Kurt Gidley (Y)	Isaac De Gois (Y)
2010 Round 23	Warriors @ Mt Smart Stadium	Loss	10-22 (4-10)	Try (N)	Cooper Vuna (N)	Daniel Tolar (N)
2010 Round 22	Canterbury-Bankstown @ EnergyAustralia Stadium	Win	30-6 (18-0)	Try (Y)	Kurt Gidley (Y)	Adam MacDougall (N)
2010 Round 21	Manly @ EnergyAustralia Stadium	Win	32-14 (24-4)	Try (Y)	Junior Sau (Y)	Jarrod Mullen (Y)
2010 Round 20	North Queensland @ Dairy Farmers Stadium	Loss	24-28 (12-14)	Try (Y)	Ben Rogers (Y)	Cooper Vuna (N)
2010 Round 19	Canberra @ Canberra Stadium	Loss	18-52 (0-40)	Try (N)	Akuila Uate (N)	Adam MacDougall (Y)
2010 Round 18	Cronulla @ EnergyAustralia Stadium	Win	21-10 (12-6)	Try (N)	Ben Rogers (N)	Junior Sau (N)
2010 Round 16	Gold Coast @ Skilled Park	Win	24-16 (18-12)	Try (Y)	Zeb Taia (Y)	Wes Naiqama (Y)
2010 Round 15	Parramatta @ EnergyAustralia Stadium	Win	6-4 (0-All)	Try (N)	Junior Sau (N)	Junior Sau (Y)