Club: | Melbourne Football Club |
Season: | 2015 |
President: | Glen Bartlett (2nd season) |
Coach: | Paul Roos (2nd season) |
Captain: | Nathan Jones (2nd season) |
Home Ground: | MCG (100,024 capacity) |
Preseason Comp: | Pre-season |
Preseason Result: | 1 win, 2 losses |
Regularseason Comp: | AFL season |
Regularseason Result: | 13th |
Finals Series: | Finals series |
Finals Result: | DNQ |
Club B&Amp;F: | Best and fairest |
Best And Fairest: | Bernie Vince |
Leading Goalscorer: | Jesse Hogan (44 goals) |
Highest Attendance: | 66,210 (round 10 vs.) |
Lowest Attendance: | 4,866 (round 9 vs.) |
Club Membership: | 35,953 (42 / 0.12%) |
Prevseason: | 2014 |
Nextseason: | 2016 |
The 2015 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 116th year in the VFL/AFL since it began in 1897.
Despite improvements in 2014, Melbourne still produced a poor season in regards to results, which led to Melbourne receiving a financially and commercially challenging draw. The club played home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against,,,,,, and whom typically do not draw high crowds in Melbourne, and played, Fremantle,, St Kilda and Western Bulldogs twice. Games were broadcast on the Seven Network (free to air) for seven games, down from nine in 2014.
Even with financial and commercial challenges, the club continued to host its annual Queen's Birthday clash against Collingwood in round 10 and played its first Friday night game since round 7, 2012, which was against in round 4 as a lead into ANZAC day. The club also played more traditional time slots, as the AFL aimed to have a more 'fan friendly' fixture,[1] with seventeen day games (up from twelve), two twilight matches (down from five) and three at night (down from five). In addition, the club played 17 matches in Victoria, and traveled to Adelaide, Canberra, and Perth once, and the Northern Territory twice.
Melbourne sold two of its home games to the Northern Territory due to a sponsorship deal made with Tourism NT. One was at TIO Traeger Park in Alice Springs in round 9 against for the second year in a row. The other match was at TIO Stadium in Darwin for the sixth year in a row, which was against in round 14. In addition Melbourne hosted Greater Western Sydney at Etihad Stadium in round 23.
The club finished the season with 7 wins and 15 losses, this was the club's best result since the 2011 season.
Player | Date | Free agent type | Former club | New club | Compensation | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 October 2014 | Unrestricted | 1st round | [2] | ||||
3 November 2014 | Delisted | None | [3] | ||||
5 November 2014 | Delisted | None | [4] |
Date | Trade gained | Traded from | Trade lost | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeff Garlett Pick 83 | 9 October 2014 | Pick 61 Pick 79 | [5] | ||
15 October 2014 | Mitch Clark (involved in a 3-way deal with) | [6] | |||
Sam Frost Pick 40 Pick 53 | 16 October 2014 | Pick 23 | [7] |
Player | New club | League | Reason | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Retired, but stayed as a development coach | [8] [9] | ||||
Delisted | |||||
Delisted | [10] | ||||
Delisted | [11] | ||||
Delisted | [12] | ||||
Delisted | [13] | ||||
Delisted | |||||
Sorrento | Delisted | [14] | |||
[15] [16] | |||||
Maia Westrupp | unknown | unknown | [17] |
Round | Overall pick | Player | State | Position | Team from | League from | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Midfielder | [18] | |||||
1 | 3 | Midfielder | [19] | |||||
2 | 40 | Midfielder | [20] | |||||
3 | 42 (F/S) | Midfielder | [21] | |||||
3 | 53 | Defender | [22] |
Round | Overall pick | Player | State | Position | Team from | League from | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | Midfielder | [23] | |||||
2 | 20 | Defender | [24] |
See also: 2015 NAB Challenge.
Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drew | Premiership points | Points for | Points against | Percentage (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 36 | 166.67% | ||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83 | 51 | 162.75% | ||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 115 | 89 | 129.21% | ||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 89 | 126.97% | ||
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 176 | 164 | 107.32% | ||
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 159 | 178 | 89.33% | ||
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 158 | 217 | 72.81% | ||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 69 | 86.96% | ||
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 168 | 76.79% | ||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 127 | 72.44% | ||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 78 | 70.51% | ||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 80 | 68.75% | ||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 88 | 56.82% | ||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 114 | 52.63% | ||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 115 | 46.96% | ||
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 226 | 46.02% | ||
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 155 | 35.48% | ||
Total | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 28 | 1573 | 2044 | 76.96% |
Player | width=2% | Round | Charge category (Level) | width=6% | Verdict | width=8% | Early Plea | width=6% | Result | width=8% | Victim | width=8% | Club | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Engaging in a Melee (second offence) | Guilty | Yes | $1500 | N/A | N/A | [25] | |||||||
3 | Engaging in a Melee (second offence) | Guilty | Yes | $1500 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
3 | Engaging in a Melee (second offence) | Guilty | Yes | $1500 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
3 | Engaging in a Melee (first offence) | Guilty | Yes | $1000 | N/A | N/A | ||||||||
6 | Kneeing | Guilty | Yes | $1000 | [26] | |||||||||
18 | Wrestling (first offence) | Guilty | Yes | $1000 | [27] | |||||||||
22 | Wrestling (first offence) | Guilty | Yes | $1000 | [28] |
See main article: 2015 Brownlow Medal.
Player | 3 vote games | 2 vote games | 1 vote games | Total votes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernie Vince | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
Nathan Jones | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
Jesse Hogan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Max Gawn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Jeremy Howe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Aaron vandenBerg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Jack Viney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
See main article: Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal.
Position | Player | Votes | |
---|---|---|---|
1st | Bernie Vince | 328 | |
2nd | Jack Viney | 327 | |
3rd | Tom McDonald | 300 | |
4th | Jesse Hogan | 286 | |
5th | Nathan Jones | 270 | |
6th | Daniel Cross | 242 | |
7th | Colin Garland | 218 | |
8th | Jeff Garlett | 216 | |
9th | Jeremy Howe | 151 | |
10th | Lynden Dunn | 148 |
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy – Bernie Vince[29]
Sid Anderson Memorial Trophy (Second in the Best and Fairest) – Jack Viney
Ron Barassi Snr Memorial Trophy (Third in the Best and Fairest) – Tom McDonald
Ivor Warne-Smith Memorial Trophy (Fourth in the Best and Fairest) – Jesse Hogan
Dick Taylor Memorial Trophy (Fifth in the Best and Fairest) – Nathan Jones
Harold Ball Memorial Trophy (Best Young Player) – Jesse Hogan
Troy Broadbridge Trophy (highest polling MFC player in the Casey Best and Fairest) – Aidan Riley
Ron Barassi Jnr. Leadership Award – Daniel Cross, Jack Trengove
Ian Ridley Club Ambassador Award – Neville Jetta
Norm Smith Memorial Trophy (Coach's Award) – Jack Viney
James McDonald Trophy (Best Team Man) – Jack Viney
Leading Goalkicker Award – Jesse Hogan (44 goals)
Best Female Player – Daisy Pearce