2016 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Etihad Stadium (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 18th (W-D-L: 3-0-19, P%: 61.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Zach Merrett (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Joe Daniher (43)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Zach Merrett

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Brendon Goddard

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ambrose, Patrick #29 18 R01-R04, R08-R13, R16-R23 1 0
Ashby, Jason #14 2 R13, R15 0 0
Baguley, Mark #12 10 R01-R05, R07-R11 1 0
Bird, Craig #24 18 R01, R04-R05, R07-R13, R15-R17, R19-R23 3 0
Brown, Mitch #28 21 R01-R13, R15-R18, R20-R23 20 0
Cooney, Adam #17 20 R01-R13, R15-R16, R18-R22 6 4
Crowley, Ryan #51 8 R01-R03, R06-R08, R10-R11 2 0
Daniher, Joe #6 22 R01-R13, R15-R23 43 4
Dea, Matt #49 21 R01-R12, R15-R23 0 0
Dempsey, Courtenay #15 14 R05-R07, R10-R13, R15-R20, R23 4 0
Edwards, Shaun #19 3 R10-R12 0 0
Fantasia, Orazio #13 19 R02-R13, R15-R19, R21-R22 29 1
Francis, Aaron #10 3 R18-R20 1 0
Gleeson, Martin #8 20 R01-R06, R09-R13, R15-R23 0 0
Goddard, Brendon #9 20 R01-R13, R15-R20, R23 3 0
Grima, Nathan #55 2 R07-R08 0 0
Grimley, Sam #54 4 R05-R06, R20-R21 5 0
Gwilt, James #42 15 R01-R07, R09-R13, R15-R17 0 0
Hams, Will #41 8 R11-R13, R15-R19 4 0
Hartley, Michael #36 19 R02-R10, R13, R15-R23 1 0
Jamar, Mark #53 5 R10, R12-R13, R15, R22 3 0
Kelly, James #47 20 R01-R10, R12-R13, R15-R18, R20-R23 2 0
Kommer, Nick #38 3 R02-R03, R23 3 0
Langford, Kyle #30 17 R01-R06, R08-R12, R16-R19, R22-R23 12 0
Laverde, Jayden #33 9 R04, R16-R23 8 0
Leuenberger, Matthew #22 20 R01-R09, R11-R13, R15, R17-R23 3 0
Long, Jake #34 3 R21-R23 0 0
McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony #43 21 R01-R11, R13, R15-R23 8 2
McKenna, Conor #45 12 R04-R05, R08-R09, R16-R23 3 0
McKernan, Shaun #44 6 R01, R07, R16-R18, R23 4 0
Merrett, Jackson #20 11 R01-R03, R11-R13, R15, R20-R23 4 0
Merrett, Zach #7 22 R01-R13, R15-R23 7 19
Michael, Sam #56 2 R16, R19 0 0
Parish, Darcy #3 20 R01-R06, R08-R13, R15-R20, R22-R23 6 0
Polkinghorne, James #50 7 R06-R09, R19-R21 1 0
Redman, Mason #27 3 R07-R09 1 0
Simpkin, Jonathan #52 4 R01, R06-R07, R21 1 0
Stokes, Mathew #48 11 R01-R06, R12-R13, R15, R21-R22 6 0
Zaharakis, David #11 21 R01-R13, R15, R17-R23 5 6

Team Line-Up

Back: Matt Dea Patrick Ambrose Mark Baguley
Half-Back: Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti Michael Hartley Courtenay Dempsey
Centre: Martin Gleeson David Zaharakis Orazio Fantasia
Half-Forward: Mathew Stokes Mitch Brown Adam Cooney
Forward: Mark Jamar Joe Daniher Darcy Parish
Follower: Matthew Leuenberger Zach Merrett Craig Bird
Interchange: Brendon Goddard James Kelly Kyle Langford
Conor McKenna

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)
Worsfold, John 22 3 -0- 19 R01-R13, R15-R23

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
26/03/2016 Round 1 Gold Coast AWAY LOSS GCS by 61 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
02/04/2016 Round 2 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 13 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
08/04/2016 Round 3 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 61 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
16/04/2016 Round 4 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 30 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
25/04/2016 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 69 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
01/05/2016 Round 6 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 15 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
07/05/2016 Round 7 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 81 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
14/05/2016 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 14 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
22/05/2016 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 46 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
28/05/2016 Round 10 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 38 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
04/06/2016 Round 11 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 79 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
10/06/2016 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 108 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
19/06/2016 Round 13 Greater Western Sydney HOME LOSS GWS by 27 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
Round 14 BYE
30/06/2016 Round 15 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 78 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
10/07/2016 Round 16 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 11 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
16/07/2016 Round 17 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 19 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
24/07/2016 Round 18 Brisbane Lions HOME LOSS BRI by 37 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
31/07/2016 Round 19 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 82 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
07/08/2016 Round 20 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 66 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard
14/08/2016 Round 21 Gold Coast HOME WIN ESS by 6 John Worsfold unknown
21/08/2016 Round 22 Western Bulldogs HOME LOSS BUL by 40 John Worsfold unknown
27/08/2016 Round 23 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 24 John Worsfold Brendon Goddard