2016 Melbourne Football Club season

Melbourne Football Club

2016 season

President

Glen Bartlett
^{(3rd season)}

Coach

Paul Roos
^{(3rd season)}

Captain(s)

Nathan Jones
^{(3rd season)}

Home ground

MCG
^{(100,024 capacity)}

Pre-season

3 wins, 0 losses

Highest home attendance

59,968
^{(round 5 vs. Richmond)}

Lowest home attendance

27,260
^{(round 6 vs. St Kilda)}

Average home attendance

38578

Club membership

37,699
^{(as at 5 May 2016)}

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The 2016 Melbourne Football Club season is the club's 117th year in the VFL/AFL since it began in 1897.

Senior personnel

Due to Paul Roos entering his final year as senior coach, there will be a reshuffle in coaching, whereby Roos' role will shift towards a focus on culture, so the transition to coach-in-waiting, Simon Goodwin, is as smooth as possible for 2017.^[1] Goodwin is set to increase his responsibilities for the 2016 season,^[2] including being the senior coach for the three matches against Port Adelaide, Western Bulldogs, and St Kilda during the 2016 NAB Challenge.^[3] In addition there will be increased responsibility for development and strategy coach, Brendan McCartney, as the club increases its focus on development.^[1] After the departure of development coach and game-day runner, Brad Miller,^[4] to Greater Western Sydney to coach their NEAFL side,^[5] 2015 retiree, Daniel Cross filled his position as development and rehabilitation coach, and game-day runner.^[6]

Fixture summary

A fixture that was described by Chief Executive Officer, Peter Jackson, as "pleasing",^[7] Melbourne will play four out of their first five matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with twelve in total at the MCG.^[8] Melbourne will feature in the only Sunday-night match of the AFL season, when they host Richmond in the ANZAC Day eve match at the MCG.^[9] They will again host Collingwood in the annual Queen's Birthday clash in round 12 at the MCG, and due to an ongoing sponsorship deal with Tourism NT, they will again play two home matches in the Northern Territory, the first against Port Adelaide at TIO Traeger Park in round 10 and the second against Fremantle at TIO Stadium in round 16.^[10] Melbourne will play for premiership points in Tasmania for the first time when they play North Melbourne in round 3 at Blundstone Arena, they will also play a match in Queensland for the first time since round 20, 2013 when they play Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium in round 7, meaning they will play in every state and territory in Australia excluding the Australian Capital Territory.^[11]

The teams Melbourne will play twice are Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, Collingwood, St Kilda, and Gold Coast, with Hawthorn the only team that made the final eight the previous season.^[8] Due to finishing in the bottom six in 2015, Melbourne will not play in many prime-time matches with no Thursday and Friday night matches and they will play in only two Saturday night matches, both outside of Victoria.^[10] Based on analysis by AFL Media and The Age, Melbourne's draw difficulty is consistent with their bottom six finish in 2015,^[12]^[13] however, analysis by the Herald Sun estimated they had the fourth most difficult fixture in the league.^[14]

2016 list changes

2015 trades

Trade gained	Date	Traded from	Traded to	Trade lost	Ref
Jake Melksham	15 October	Essendon	Melbourne	Pick 25	^[15]
Ben Kennedy Pick 29 Pick 50	19 October	Collingwood	Melbourne	Jeremy Howe	^[16]
Ben Kennedy Pick 29 Pick 50	19 October	Port Adelaide	Melbourne	Jimmy Toumpas	^[16]
Pick 3 Pick 10 Pick 43	21 October	Gold Coast	Melbourne	Pick 6 Pick 29 1st round pick (2016)	^[17]
Pick 94	21 October	Hawthorn	Melbourne	Jack Fitzpatrick	^[18]
Tomas Bugg Pick 7	21 October	Greater Western Sydney	Melbourne	Pick 10 Pick 43 Pick 64	^[19]

Retirements and delistings

Player	New club	League	Reason	Ref
Daniel Cross	Melbourne	AFL	Retired, but stayed as an assistant coach	^[20]
Viv Michie	Melbourne	AFL	Delisted, but re-drafted as a rookie	^[21]^[22]
Rohan Bail	St Kevins	VAFA	Delisted	^[23]^[24]
Jack Fitzpatrick	Hawthorn	AFL	Delisted	^[18]^[23]
Mark Jamar	Essendon	AFL	Delisted	^[25]^[26]^[27]
Jordie McKenzie	North Adelaide	SANFL	Delisted	^[23]^[28]
Aidan Riley	Sturt	SANFL	Delisted	^[23]^[29]

National draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
1	4	Clayton Oliver	Midfielder	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	^[30]
1	9	Sam Weideman	Forward	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	^[31]
3	42	Mitch King	Ruck	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	^[32]
3	46	Liam Hulett	Forward	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	^[33]

Rookie draft

Round	Overall pick	Player	Position	Team from	League from	Ref
1	6	Josh Wagner	Defender	Aspley	NEAFL	^[34]
2	24	Viv Michie	Midfielder	Melbourne	AFL	^[22]
3	41	Joel Smith	Forward	3-year non-registered player		^[35]

2016 squad

Melbourne Football Club

Senior list

Rookie list

Coaching staff

22 Viv Michie
41 Mitch White
42 Josh Wagner
44 Joel Smith (B)
47 Max King

Head coach

Paul Roos

Assistant coaches

Simon Goodwin (senior assistant)
Brendan McCartney (development and strategy)
Ben Mathews (stoppages)
Jade Rawlings (defence)
Greg Stafford (ruck)
Daniel McPherson (senior development)
Brett Allison (head of development)
Shannon Byrnes (welfare and development coach)
Daniel Cross (rehab and development coach)

Legend:

(c) Captain
(vc) Vice captain
Long-term injury list
Upgraded rookie(s)
(vet) Veterans list
(B) Category B rookie
(*) Suspended for 2016 season

Updated: 5 May 2016
Source(s): Players, Coaches

2016 season

Pre-season

Week 1


	Round 1
Saturday, 27 February (1:35 pm)	Port Adelaide	def. by	Melbourne	Playford Alive Oval (Crowd: 4,981)	Report
	1.3.3 (30) 1.6.5 (50) 1.6.5 (50) 1.10.7 (76)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.2.2 (14) 0.4.3 (27) 0.10.5 (65) 0.15.5 (95)	Television broadcast: Fox Footy

Broadbent (SG), Westhoff 3, Boak 3, Schulz, White, R. Gray, Young		Goals	Garlett 3, Kent 2, vandenBerg 2, Pedersen 2, Salem, Kennedy, M. Jones, Hogan, Harmes, Tyson
Boak, Westhoff, Hartlett, Toumpas, S. Gray, Pittard		Best	Gawn, Viney, vandenBerg, Garlett, Kennedy, Tyson
Nil		Injuries	Brayshaw (knee)
Nil		Reports	Nil

Week 2


	Round 2
Sunday, 6 March (2:05 pm)	Western Bulldogs	def. by	Melbourne	Highgate Recreational Reserve (Crowd: 4,189)	Report
	04.3 (27) 0.4.5 (29) 1.7.8 (59) 1.7.9 (60)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.1.2 (8) 0.4.4 (28) 0.6.5 (35) 0.10.12 (72)	Television broadcast: Fox Footy

Webb (SG), Hrovat, Roughead, Minson, Redpath, Williams, Honeychurch, Jong		Goals	Watts 3, Pedersen, Garlett, vandenBerg, Tyson, Harmes, N. Jones, Frost
Jong, Hrovat, Honeychurch, Liberatore, Daniel		Best	Viney, N. Jones, Watts, Vince, Bugg
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

Week 3


	Round 3
Sunday, 13 March (4:10 pm)	Melbourne	def.	St Kilda	Etihad Stadium (Crowd: 8,621)
	0.4.1 (25) 0.8.5 (53) 0.11.12 (78) 1.14.14 (107)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.4.5 (29) 0.6.7 (43) 9.10.0 (64) 0.12.11 (83)	Umpires: Report Television broadcast: Fox Footy

Salem (SG), Garlett 3, Watts 2, Oliver 2, Kent 2, Hogan 2, Kennedy, Pedersen, Bugg		Goals	Billings 3, Bruce 2, Armitage, Montagna, Hickey, Steven, Newnes, Weller, Dunstan
Bugg, N. Jones, Gawn, T. McDonald, Garlett, Tyson, Salem		Best	Steven, Billings, Armitage, Montagna, Newnes, Fisher, Geary
Jetta (leg), M. Jones (concussion)		Injuries	Riewoldt (calf)
Nil		Reports	Nil

Home and away season

Round 1


	Round 1
Saturday, 26 March (1:40 pm)	Melbourne	def.	Greater Western Sydney	Melbourne Cricket Ground (Crowd: 28,505)	Report
	5.0 (30) 5.4 (34) 6.5 (41) 12.8 (80)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.4 (22) 6.8 (44) 8.14 (62) 10.18 (78)	Television broadcast: Fox Footy

Hogan 3, Garlett 2, vandenBerg 2, Vince, Kennedy, Harmes, Kent, Watts		Goals	Ward 2, Lobb 2, Johnson 2, Scully, Smith, Steele, Greene
Viney, Kennedy, T. McDonald, Oliver, N. Jones, Watts, Hogan		Best	Ward, Scully, Shaw, Davis, Shiel, Lobb
O. McDonald (ankle)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

Debut(s): Clayton Oliver Debut(s) for MFC: Tomas Bugg (Greater Western Sydney), Ben Kennedy (Collingwood) Milestone(s): Jack Viney (50th AFL game), Clayton Oliver (Rising Star nominee) Record: 1 win, 0 losses, 0 draws (102.56%) Ladder position: 9th

Round 2


	Round 2
Saturday, 2 April (2:10 pm)	Essendon	def.	Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground (Crowd: 50,424)	Report
	2.2 (14) 7.7 (49) 8.10 (58) 11.14 (80)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.4 (10) 6.4 (40) 7.7 (49) 10.7 (67)	Television broadcast: Fox Footy

Z. Merrett 2, Brown 2, Daniher 2, Stokes, Hartley, Kommer, Langford, Parish		Goals	Kennedy 3, Garlett 2, Brayshaw, Harmes, Oliver, Watts, Hogan
Z. Merrett, Daniher, Zaharakis, Parish, J. Merrett, Goddard, Kelly, McDonald-Tipungwuti		Best	Kennedy, Vince, N. Jones, M. Jones, Tyson
Fantasia (knee), Dea (nose)		Injuries	Nil
Ambrose (rough conduct)		Reports	Nil

Milestone(s): Clayton Oliver (1st AFL goal) Record: 1 win, 1 loss, 0 draws (93.04%) Ladder position: 11th

Round 3


	Round 3
Sunday, 10 April (1:10 pm)	North Melbourne	def.	Melbourne	Blundstone Arena (Crowd: 12,607)	Report
	8.2 (50) 10.4 (64) 17.7 (109) 21.10 (136)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.2 (14) 11.5 (71) 14.7 (91) 20.11 (131)	Television broadcast: Fox Footy

Harvey 6, Goldstein 5, Waite 4, Petrie 2, Gibson 2, Ziebell, Macmillan		Goals	Kent 4, Watts 3, Hogan 3, Oliver 2, Gawn 2, N. Jones, vandenBerg, Dunn, Tyson, Harmes, Viney
Harvey, Goldstein, Waite, Ziebell, Cunnington		Best	Vince, Viney, Oliver, Gawn, Hogan, Kent
Garner (hamstring)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

Debut(s): Josh Wagner Record: 1 win, 2 losses, 0 draws (94.56%) Ladder position: 10th

Round 4


	Round 4
Sunday, 17 April (3:20 pm)	Collingwood	def. by	Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground (Crowd: 47,558)	Report
	1.2 (8) 6.5 (35) 8.10 (58) 9.13 (67)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	6.2 (38) 11.2 (68) 14.4 (88) 16.6 (102)	Television broadcast: Seven Network

Cloke 2, Sidebottom 2, Varcoe, Treloar, Sinclair, Fasolo, Moore		Goals	Watts 4, Tyson 2, Pedersen 2, Hogan 2, Viney, Frost, Kennedy, Brayshaw, Kent, Gawn
Pendlebury, Treloar, Sidebottom, Adams, Langdon		Best	Gawn, Viney, Watts, Wagner, Tyson, N. Jones, Bugg
Goldsack (illness) replaced in selected side by White, Reid (knee), Sinclair (concussion), Cloke (elbow)		Injuries	Brayshaw (concussion)
Nil		Reports	Nil

Debut(s): Jayden Hunt Record: 2 wins, 2 losses, 0 draws (105.26%) Ladder position: 10th

Round 5


	Round 5
Sunday, 24 April (7:10 pm)	Melbourne	def.	Richmond	Melbourne Cricket Ground (Crowd: 59,968)	Report
	5.1 (31) 11.3 (69) 14.7 (91) 20.9 (129)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.3 (15) 7.5 (47) 11.9 (75) 14.12 (96)	Television broadcast: Seven Network

Garlett 4, Vince 3, Watts 3, Tyson 2, Gawn 2, Brayshaw, Bugg, Salem, Harmes, Frost, Kent		Goals	Riewoldt 3, Lloyd 3, Vickery 3, Edwards, Chaplin, Martin, B. Ellis, Miles
Gawn, Viney, Tyson, Salem, Kent, N. Jones, Garlett		Best	Cotchin, Miles, Riewoldt, Edwards
Nil		Injuries	Deledio (quad) replaced in the side by Townsend, Riewoldt (ankle)
Nil		Reports	Rance (striking)

Record: 3 wins, 2 losses, 0 draws (111.38%) Ladder position: 10th

Round 6


	Round 6
Saturday, 30 April (1:45 pm)	Melbourne	def. by	St Kilda	Etihad Stadium (Crowd: 27,260)	Report
	5.3 (33) 8.3 (51) 11.5 (71) 15.6 (96)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.4 (22) 9.9 (63) 17.11 (113) 20.15 (135)	Television broadcast: Seven Network

Hogan 7, Watts 2, Frost 2, Bugg, Tyson, N. Jones, Kent		Goals	Membrey 5, Riewoldt 3, Bruce 3, Acres 2, Sinclair 2, Dunstan, Newnes, Gresham, Weller, Armitage
Hogan, Viney, N. Jones, Vince		Best	Riewoldt, Acres, Steven, Membrey, Sinclair, Armitage
Harmes (corked thigh), Salem (concussion)		Injuries	Ross (shoulder), Webster (thumb)
Nil		Reports	Nil

Debut(s): Christian Petracca Record: 3 wins, 3 losses, 0 draws (102.20%) Ladder position: 9th

Round 7


	Round 7
Saturday, 7 May (5:10 pm)	Gold Coast	vs.	Melbourne	Metricon Stadium
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Fox Footy






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 8


	Round 8
Sunday, 15 May (3:20 pm)	Melbourne	vs.	Western Bulldogs	Melbourne Cricket Ground
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Seven Network






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 9


	Round 9
Sunday, 22 May (1:10 pm)	Melbourne	vs.	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne Cricket Ground
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Fox Footy






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 10


	Round 10
Saturday, 28 May (1:40 pm)	Melbourne	vs.	Port Adelaide	TIO Traeger Park
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Fox Footy






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 11


	Round 11
Saturday, 4 June (1:45 pm)	Hawthorn	vs.	Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Seven Network






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 12


	Round 12
Monday, 13 June (3:20 pm)	Melbourne	vs.	Collingwood	Melbourne Cricket Ground
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Seven Network






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 13


	Round 13
Sunday, 19 June (1:15 pm)	Sydney	vs.	Melbourne	Sydney Cricket Ground
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Fox Footy






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 14


	Round 14
	Bye: Melbourne

Round 15


	Round 15
Sunday, 3 July (3:20 pm)	Melbourne	vs.	Adelaide	Melbourne Cricket Ground
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Fox Footy






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 16


	Round 16
Saturday, 9 July (7:10 pm)	Melbourne	vs.	Fremantle	TIO Stadium
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Fox Footy






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 17


	Round 17
Sunday, 17 July (3:20 pm)	St Kilda	vs.	Melbourne	Etihad Stadium
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Seven Network






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 18


	Round 18
Saturday, 23 July (2:35 pm)	West Coast	vs.	Melbourne	Domain Stadium
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Fox Footy






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 19


	Round 19
Sunday, 31 July (1:10 pm)	Melbourne	vs.	Gold Coast	Melbourne Cricket Ground
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Fox Footy






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 20


	Round 20
Saturday, 6 August (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	vs.	Hawthorn	Melbourne Cricket Ground
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Fox Footy






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 21


	Round 21
Saturday, 13 August (7:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	vs.	Melbourne	Adelaide Oval
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Fox Footy






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 22


	Round 22
Sunday, 21 August (1:10 pm)	Carlton	vs.	Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final		Television broadcast: Fox Footy






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Round 23


	Round 23
26–28 August	Geelong	vs.	Melbourne	Simonds Stadium
		Q1 Q2 Q3 Final






Debut(s) for MFC: Milestone(s): Brownlow votes: Record: Ladder position:

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	North Melbourne	6	6	0	672	538	124.9	24	2016 finals
2	Geelong	6	5	1	664	380	174.7	20
3	Sydney	6	5	1	645	448	144.0	20
4	Western Bulldogs	6	4	2	536	344	155.8	16
5	Greater Western Sydney	6	4	2	670	476	140.8	16
6	West Coast	6	4	2	609	467	130.4	16
7	Adelaide	6	4	2	688	564	122.0	16
8	Hawthorn	6	4	2	560	610	91.8	16
9	Melbourne	6	3	3	605	592	102.2	12
10	Gold Coast	6	3	3	565	595	95.0	12
11	Port Adelaide	6	3	3	549	612	89.7	12
12	St Kilda	6	2	4	553	625	88.5	8
13	Collingwood	6	2	4	501	637	78.6	8
14	Carlton	6	2	4	388	528	73.5	8
15	Richmond	6	1	5	482	646	74.6	4
16	Brisbane Lions	6	1	5	509	719	70.8	4
17	Essendon	6	1	5	363	586	61.9	4
18	Fremantle	6	0	6	430	622	69.1	0

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Ladder breakdown by opposition

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Premiership points	Points for	Points against	Percentage (%)
Collingwood	1	1	0	4	102	67	152.24%
Richmond	1	1	0	4	129	96	134.38%
Greater Western Sydney	1	1	0	4	80	78	102.56%
North Melbourne	1	0	1	0	131	136	96.32%
Essendon	1	0	1	0	67	80	83.75%
St Kilda	1	0	1	0	96	135	71.11%
Adelaide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Brisbane Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Carlton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Fremantle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Geelong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Gold Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Hawthorn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Port Adelaide	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Sydney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
West Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Western Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Total	6	3	3	12	605	592	102.20%

Tribunal/Match Review Panel cases

Player	Round	Charge category	Verdict	Early plea	Result	Victim	Club	Ref(s)
Clayton Oliver	NAB Challenge	Rough conduct	Guilty	Yes	$1000	Aaron Young	Port Adelaide	^[36]^[37]
Cameron Pedersen	NAB Challenge	Rough conduct	Guilty	Yes	$1000	Nathan Wright	St Kilda	^[38]^[39]
Jeff Garlett	Round 1	Striking	Guilty	Yes	$1000	Phil Davis	Greater Western Sydney	^[40]^[41]
Bernie Vince	Round 3	Striking	Guilty	Yes	1 match	Jamie Macmillan	North Melbourne	^[42]^[43]
Christian Salem	Round 5	involved in a melee (first offence)	Guilty	Yes	$1000	N/A	Richmond	^[44]^[45]
Jack Viney	Round 5	involved in a melee (first offence)	Guilty	Yes	$1000	N/A	Richmond	^[44]^[45]
Lynden Dunn	Round 5	involved in a melee (first offence)	Guilty	Yes	$1000	N/A	Richmond	^[44]^[45]
Jayden Hunt	Round 5	involved in a melee (first offence)	Guilty	Yes	$1000	N/A	Richmond	^[44]^[45]
Nathan Jones	Round 5	wrestling (second offence)	Guilty	Yes	$1500	Anthony Miles	Richmond	^[44]^[45]
Tomas Bugg	Round 5	making contact with an injured player	Guilty	Yes	$1000	Jack Riewoldt	Richmond	^[44]^[45]

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