2006 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2006 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Telstra Dome (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 15th (W-D-L: 3-1-18, P%: 81.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Scott Lucas, Brent Stanton (7)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Scott Lucas (67)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Scott Lucas

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Matthew Lloyd

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bolton, Mark #23 19 R03, R05-R22 8 0
Bradley, Kepler #16 21 R01-R10, R12-R22 8 0
Camporeale, Scott #17 12 R01-R03, R06, R12-R19 3 0
Cartledge, Tristan #22 3 R13, R21-R22 0 0
Cole, Richard #28 4 R17-R18, R21-R22 0 0
Dempsey, Courtenay #15 5 R07, R09, R11, R21-R22 1 0
Dyson, Ricky #2 17 R02, R04, R07-R11, R13-R22 9 0
Fletcher, Dustin #31 16 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13-R14, R17-R20 0 5
Heffernan, Chris #26 19 R01-R13, R15-R16, R19-R22 6 0
Hille, David #19 21 R01-R02, R04-R22 13 1
Hird, James #5 13 R03-R07, R12-R13, R17-R22 19 5
Johns, Courtney #21 10 R08-R12, R14, R19-R22 12 0
Johnson, Jason #14 19 R01-R08, R11-R20, R22 12 4
Johnson, Mark #1 22 R01-R22 9 0
Jolley, Ben #35 4 R15, R18-R20 0 0
Laycock, Jason #27 6 R06-R11 4 0
Lee, Andrew #32 5 R13-R16, R22 2 0
Lloyd, Matthew #18 3 R01-R03 13 3
Lonergan, Sam #36 1 R15 0 0
Lovett, Andrew #13 13 R01-R08, R14-R18 17 1
Lovett-Murray, Nathan #42 19 R01-R14, R18-R22 7 1
Lucas, Scott #25 22 R01-R22 67 7
McPhee, Adam #33 20 R01-R15, R17, R19-R22 8 0
McVeigh, Mark #10 21 R01-R06, R08-R22 9 0
Monfries, Angus #6 21 R01-R14, R16-R22 22 0
Nash, Jay #38 7 R10-R11, R15-R19 1 0
Peverill, Damien #11 17 R01-R02, R05, R07-R08, R10-R12, R14-R22 4 2
Reynolds, Joel #29 11 R07-R09, R11-R17, R21 6 0
Rioli, Dean #43 4 R04, R06, R20-R21 3 0
Ryder, Paddy #30 9 R01-R05, R09, R12, R14, R16 2 0
Slattery, Henry #20 8 R01-R05, R10, R12, R16 0 0
Solomon, Dean #7 20 R01-R13, R15-R18, R20-R22 4 0
Stanton, Brent #24 22 R01-R22 12 7
Watson, Jobe #4 21 R01-R10, R12-R22 6 0
Welsh, Andrew #12 20 R01-R20 1 0
Winderlich, Jason #8 9 R01, R03-R07, R09-R11 3 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Kepler Bradley Dustin Fletcher Mark Johnson
Half-Back: Jay Nash Adam McPhee Nathan Lovett-Murray
Centre: Scott Camporeale Jobe Watson Chris Heffernan
Half-Forward: Jason Johnson Scott Lucas Angus Monfries
Forward: Andrew Lovett Courtney Johns James Hird
Follower: David Hille Brent Stanton Mark McVeigh
Interchange: Mark Bolton Ricky Dyson Damien Peverill
Dean Solomon

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Sheedy, Kevin 21 3 -0- 18 R01-R15, R17-R22
O'Donnell, Gary 1 0 -1- 0 R16

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/2006 Round 1 Sydney HOME WIN ESS by 27 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
08/04/2006 Round 2 Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 18 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
16/04/2006 Round 3 Western Bulldogs HOME LOSS BUL by 11 Kevin Sheedy Matthew Lloyd
25/04/2006 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 17 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
30/04/2006 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 1 Kevin Sheedy James Hird
06/05/2006 Round 6 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 2 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
14/05/2006 Round 7 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 33 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
21/05/2006 Round 8 West Coast HOME LOSS WCE by 21 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
27/05/2006 Round 9 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS POR by 60 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
02/06/2006 Round 10 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 138 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
09/06/2006 Round 11 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 42 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
18/06/2006 Round 12 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 36 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
30/06/2006 Round 13 Kangaroos AWAY LOSS KAN by 7 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
07/07/2006 Round 14 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 37 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
15/07/2006 Round 15 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 3 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
22/07/2006 Round 16 Carlton HOME DRAW drawn Gary O'Donnell David Hille
29/07/2006 Round 17 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN ESS by 37 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
05/08/2006 Round 18 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 43 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
11/08/2006 Round 19 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 13 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
19/08/2006 Round 20 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 18 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
26/08/2006 Round 21 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 16 Kevin Sheedy David Hille
01/09/2006 Round 22 Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 22 Kevin Sheedy David Hille