2015 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Etihad Stadium (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 15th (W-D-L: 6-0-16, P%: 74.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Dyson Heppell (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Joe Daniher (34)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Cale Hooker

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jobe Watson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ambrose, Patrick #29 16 R01-R11, R15-R18, R21 6 0
Ashby, Jason #14 5 R02-R03, R07, R15-R16 0 0
Baguley, Mark #12 22 R01-R11, R13-R23 0 0
Bellchambers, Tom #2 10 R01-R10 2 0
Browne, Alex #24 3 R15, R17-R18 1 0
Carlisle, Jake #22 17 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13, R18-R23 14 0
Chapman, Paul #3 9 R01-R04, R08-R11, R22 8 0
Colyer, Travis #32 11 R01-R11 11 0
Cooney, Adam #13 11 R01-R03, R08-R11, R13-R14, R18-R19 10 0
Daniher, Joe #6 22 R01-R11, R13-R23 34 5
Dempsey, Courtenay #15 13 R04-R10, R13-R14, R19-R22 5 0
Edwards, Shaun #19 9 R11, R13, R15-R17, R19-R21, R23 8 0
Fantasia, Orazio #46 5 R10-R11, R21-R23 2 0
Fletcher, Dustin #31 7 R01, R03-R05, R07-R09 1 0
Giles, Jonathan #27 3 R18-R20 1 0
Gleeson, Martin #35 22 R01-R11, R13-R23 2 0
Goddard, Brendon #9 22 R01-R11, R13-R23 10 2
Gwilt, James #42 11 R02, R06, R10-R11, R13-R19 0 0
Hams, Will #41 3 R04-R06 0 0
Heppell, Dyson #21 22 R01-R11, R13-R23 13 10
Hibberd, Michael #1 21 R01-R11, R13-R22 3 2
Hocking, Heath #39 5 R19-R23 3 0
Hooker, Cale #26 22 R01-R11, R13-R23 21 0
Howlett, Ben #40 20 R01-R11, R14-R17, R19-R23 10 3
Hurley, Michael #18 19 R01-R11, R13-R17, R21-R23 2 2
Kavanagh, Elliott #28 5 R10-R11, R13-R14, R23 0 0
Langford, Kyle #30 8 R05, R07, R16-R20, R23 3 0
Laverde, Jayden #33 9 R15-R23 5 0
McKenna, Conor #45 2 R22-R23 2 0
McKernan, Shaun #44 9 R07, R13-R17, R21-R23 6 0
Melksham, Jake #17 18 R01-R11, R13-R14, R18, R20-R23 7 0
Merrett, Jackson #20 15 R06-R09, R13-R23 8 0
Merrett, Zach #7 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 4 1
Myers, David #23 2 R01, R20 0 0
O'Brien, Nick #10 9 R13-R19, R21-R22 0 0
Pears, Tayte #16 2 R20, R23 0 0
Stanton, Brent #5 22 R01-R11, R13-R23 9 6
Steinberg, Ariel #25 7 R14-R20 0 0
Watson, Jobe #4 12 R01-R09, R11, R13-R14 6 7
Winderlich, Jason #8 1 R13 0 0
Zaharakis, David #11 16 R01-R06, R14-R23 9 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Mark Baguley Michael Hurley Martin Gleeson
Half-Back: Michael Hibberd Jake Carlisle Jake Melksham
Centre: Brent Stanton Jobe Watson Dyson Heppell
Half-Forward: Jackson Merrett Shaun Edwards Travis Colyer
Forward: Patrick Ambrose Cale Hooker Joe Daniher
Follower: Tom Bellchambers David Zaharakis Brendon Goddard
Interchange: Ben Howlett Zach Merrett Nick O'Brien
Courtenay Dempsey

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 19 5 -0- 14 R01-R11, R13-R20
Egan, Matthew 3 1 -0- 2 R21-R23

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
04/04/2015 Round 1 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 12 James Hird Jobe Watson
12/04/2015 Round 2 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 2 James Hird Jobe Watson
18/04/2015 Round 3 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 21 James Hird Jobe Watson
25/04/2015 Round 4 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 20 James Hird Jobe Watson
03/05/2015 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 2 James Hird Jobe Watson
09/05/2015 Round 6 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 28 James Hird Jobe Watson
15/05/2015 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 11 James Hird Jobe Watson
24/05/2015 Round 8 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN ESS by 58 James Hird Jobe Watson
30/05/2015 Round 9 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 13 James Hird Jobe Watson
06/06/2015 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 69 James Hird unknown
13/06/2015 Round 11 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 50 James Hird Jobe Watson
Round 12 BYE
27/06/2015 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 38 James Hird Jobe Watson
05/07/2015 Round 14 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 110 James Hird Jobe Watson
11/07/2015 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 9 James Hird unknown
17/07/2015 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 25 James Hird unknown
25/07/2015 Round 17 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS POR by 13 James Hird unknown
02/08/2015 Round 18 Western Bulldogs HOME LOSS BUL by 87 James Hird unknown
09/08/2015 Round 19 Greater Western Sydney AWAY LOSS GWS by 32 James Hird unknown
15/08/2015 Round 20 Adelaide HOME LOSS ADE by 112 James Hird unknown
22/08/2015 Round 21 Gold Coast AWAY LOSS GCS by 2 Matthew Egan unknown
29/08/2015 Round 22 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 27 Matthew Egan unknown
06/09/2015 Round 23 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 3 Matthew Egan unknown