2008 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Telstra Dome (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 8-0-14, P%: 81.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Mark McVeigh (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Matthew Lloyd (62)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): David Hille

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Matthew Lloyd

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Atkinson, Jarrod #38 5 R07, R12, R16-R18 2 0
Bellchambers, Tom #44 3 R11, R21-R22 0 0
Daniher, Darcy #28 3 R07-R09 0 0
Davey, Alwyn #29 5 R01-R05 5 0
Dempsey, Courtenay #15 4 R01-R02, R19-R20 1 0
Dyson, Ricky #2 15 R01-R07, R14, R16-R22 3 0
Fletcher, Dustin #31 18 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R20 2 1
Hille, David #19 20 R01-R20 19 5
Hislop, Tom #35 4 R07-R10 1 0
Hocking, Heath #39 3 R19, R21-R22 0 0
Hooker, Cale #26 2 R21-R22 0 0
Houli, Bachar #43 10 R01-R08, R10-R11 4 1
Jetta, Leroy #7 18 R01-R03, R07-R20, R22 11 0
Johns, Courtney #21 2 R06-R07 1 0
Johnson, Jason #14 4 R01-R02, R21-R22 2 0
Laycock, Jason #27 16 R01-R06, R08, R12-R20 14 0
Lloyd, Matthew #18 21 R01-R03, R05-R22 62 5
Lonergan, Sam #36 19 R01-R04, R08-R22 9 0
Lovett, Andrew #13 17 R03-R11, R13-R15, R18-R22 14 2
Lovett-Murray, Nathan #42 20 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09-R22 9 0
Lucas, Scott #25 9 R01, R10-R17 18 0
Magin, Rhys #34 4 R19-R22 2 0
McPhee, Adam #33 20 R01-R07, R09-R21 18 1
McVeigh, Mark #10 14 R01-R04, R08-R15, R21-R22 14 13
Michael, Mal #22 15 R01-R08, R16-R22 3 0
Monfries, Angus #6 19 R03, R05-R22 18 5
Myers, David #23 8 R07-R14 1 0
Nash, Jay #17 21 R01-R07, R09-R22 5 1
Neagle, Jay #1 7 R07-R09, R12-R13, R15-R16 10 0
Pears, Tayte #16 5 R04-R06, R10-R11 2 0
Peverill, Damien #11 10 R03-R04, R14-R18, R20-R22 1 0
Ramanauskas, Adam #9 18 R01-R06, R08, R12-R22 7 0
Reimers, Kyle #37 15 R03-R06, R08-R18 13 0
Ryder, Paddy #30 22 R01-R22 5 0
Slattery, Henry #20 20 R01-R02, R04-R13, R15-R22 3 0
Stanton, Brent #5 22 R01-R22 18 5
Watson, Jobe #4 19 R01-R07, R09, R12-R22 4 5
Welsh, Andrew #12 17 R05-R21 9 1
Williams, John #24 1 R22 0 0
Winderlich, Jason #8 9 R02-R06, R08-R11 5 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Adam Ramanauskas Dustin Fletcher Nathan Lovett-Murray
Half-Back: Henry Slattery Paddy Ryder Jay Nash
Centre: Ricky Dyson Jobe Watson Andrew Welsh
Half-Forward: Angus Monfries Scott Lucas Andrew Lovett
Forward: Sam Lonergan Jason Laycock Adam McPhee
Follower: David Hille Mark McVeigh Brent Stanton
Interchange: Leroy Jetta Matthew Lloyd Mal Michael
Kyle Reimers

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)
Knights, Matthew 22 8 -0- 14 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
24/03/2008 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 55 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
30/03/2008 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 99 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
05/04/2008 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 16 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
11/04/2008 Round 4 Western Bulldogs HOME LOSS BUL by 30 Matthew Knights Mark McVeigh
18/04/2008 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 36 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
25/04/2008 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 73 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
04/05/2008 Round 7 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS POR by 64 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
18/05/2008 Round 8 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 91 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
24/05/2008 Round 9 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 38 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
30/05/2008 Round 10 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 5 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
07/06/2008 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 51 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
13/06/2008 Round 12 West Coast HOME WIN ESS by 22 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
22/06/2008 Round 13 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 35 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
29/06/2008 Round 14 Fremantle AWAY WIN ESS by 4 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
12/07/2008 Round 15 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN ESS by 37 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
19/07/2008 Round 16 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 4 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
26/07/2008 Round 17 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 48 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
02/08/2008 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 16 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
10/08/2008 Round 19 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 10 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
16/08/2008 Round 20 Adelaide HOME LOSS ADE by 56 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
22/08/2008 Round 21 Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 46 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd
31/08/2008 Round 22 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 108 Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd