2012 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Etihad Stadium (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 11-0-11, P%: 100.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Jobe Watson (30)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Stewart Crameri (32)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Jobe Watson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jobe Watson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baguley, Mark #46 7 R16-R20, R22-R23 0 0
Bellchambers, Tom #44 16 R03-R11, R16-R22 10 4
Browne, Alex #24 6 R18-R23 3 0
Carlisle, Jake #22 18 R02-R03, R05-R11, R13-R21 2 0
Colyer, Travis #32 6 R06-R07, R09-R10, R19-R20 3 0
Crameri, Stewart #12 18 R01-R11, R13-R14, R17, R20-R23 32 2
Davey, Alwyn #29 17 R03-R11, R15-R22 29 0
Dell'Olio, Cory #47 8 R04-R05, R13-R14, R16-R18, R23 9 0
Dempsey, Courtenay #15 20 R01-R03, R06-R11, R13-R23 4 0
Dyson, Ricky #2 12 R03-R11, R15-R17 3 0
Fletcher, Dustin #31 18 R01-R08, R10-R11, R13-R18, R20-R21 1 1
Gumbleton, Scott #3 6 R16-R20, R22 11 0
Hardingham, Kyle #34 21 R01-R08, R10-R11, R13-R23 0 0
Heppell, Dyson #21 20 R01-R08, R11, R13-R23 3 3
Hibberd, Michael #43 13 R01-R05, R13-R16, R20-R23 0 0
Hille, David #19 9 R01-R02, R13-R18, R23 9 0
Hocking, Heath #39 18 R01, R03-R11, R13-R15, R18-R22 4 1
Hooker, Cale #26 17 R01, R04-R09, R11, R13-R17, R19, R21-R23 0 0
Howlett, Ben #40 19 R01-R11, R13-R19, R23 6 0
Hurley, Michael #18 16 R01-R04, R08-R11, R13-R15, R19-R23 26 4
Jetta, Leroy #7 21 R01-R08, R10-R11, R13-R23 22 3
Kavanagh, Elliott #28 1 R18 0 0
Lee, Brendan #41 2 R20-R21 0 0
Lonergan, Sam #14 14 R02, R04-R11, R14-R15, R19-R21 6 0
Lovett-Murray, Nathan #42 17 R01-R02, R06-R11, R13-R20, R22 8 0
McVeigh, Mark #10 3 R01-R02, R09 1 0
Melksham, Jake #17 22 R01-R11, R13-R23 14 0
Merrett, Jackson #33 1 R23 0 0
Monfries, Angus #6 18 R01-R11, R13, R17-R18, R20-R23 18 0
Myers, David #23 9 R01-R02, R11, R13-R17, R23 4 0
O'Brien, Nick #35 2 R22-R23 3 0
Pears, Tayte #16 10 R01-R05, R09-R10, R19, R22-R23 0 0
Reimers, Kyle #37 5 R03, R13-R16 6 0
Ryder, Paddy #30 15 R01-R11, R13-R15, R21 17 1
Slattery, Henry #20 2 R09, R19 0 0
Stanton, Brent #5 20 R01-R11, R13-R18, R21-R23 13 14
Watson, Jobe #4 22 R01-R11, R13-R23 20 30
Winderlich, Jason #8 2 R18-R19 5 0
Zaharakis, David #11 13 R01-R10, R21-R23 7 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Michael Hibberd Cale Hooker Dyson Heppell
Half-Back: Kyle Hardingham Jake Carlisle Courtenay Dempsey
Centre: Jake Melksham Jobe Watson Brent Stanton
Half-Forward: Stewart Crameri Paddy Ryder Alwyn Davey
Forward: Leroy Jetta Michael Hurley David Zaharakis
Follower: Tom Bellchambers Ben Howlett Heath Hocking
Interchange: Ricky Dyson Nathan Lovett-Murray Angus Monfries
Dustin Fletcher

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)
Hird, James 22 11 -0- 11 R01-R11, R13-R23

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
31/03/2012 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 2 James Hird Jobe Watson
07/04/2012 Round 2 Port Adelaide HOME WIN ESS by 25 James Hird Jobe Watson
14/04/2012 Round 3 Gold Coast AWAY WIN ESS by 17 James Hird Jobe Watson
21/04/2012 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 30 James Hird Jobe Watson
25/04/2012 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 1 James Hird Jobe Watson
05/05/2012 Round 6 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN ESS by 67 James Hird Jobe Watson
12/05/2012 Round 7 West Coast HOME WIN ESS by 61 James Hird Jobe Watson
19/05/2012 Round 8 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 19 James Hird Jobe Watson
26/05/2012 Round 9 Greater Western Sydney AWAY WIN ESS by 66 James Hird Jobe Watson
02/06/2012 Round 10 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 6 James Hird Jobe Watson
09/06/2012 Round 11 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 4 James Hird Jobe Watson
Round 12 BYE
23/06/2012 Round 13 Fremantle AWAY WIN ESS by 24 James Hird Jobe Watson
30/06/2012 Round 14 Western Bulldogs HOME WIN ESS by 84 James Hird Jobe Watson
07/07/2012 Round 15 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 71 James Hird Jobe Watson
14/07/2012 Round 16 Port Adelaide AWAY WIN ESS by 50 James Hird Jobe Watson
20/07/2012 Round 17 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 67 James Hird Jobe Watson
27/07/2012 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 94 James Hird Jobe Watson
05/08/2012 Round 19 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 4 James Hird Jobe Watson
12/08/2012 Round 20 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 24 James Hird Jobe Watson
18/08/2012 Round 21 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 96 James Hird Jobe Watson
24/08/2012 Round 22 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 45 James Hird Jobe Watson
01/09/2012 Round 23 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 32 James Hird Jobe Watson