2017 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Etihad Stadium (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 12-0-10, P%: 106.5%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Sydney (Elimination Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Zach Merrett (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Joe Daniher (62)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Joe Daniher

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dyson Heppell
Vice-Captain(s): Zach Merrett

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ambrose, Patrick #29 10 R01-R05, R20-R23, EF 0 0
Baguley, Mark #12 22 R01-R12, R14-R20, R22-R23, EF 0 0
Begley, Josh #16 3 R22-R23, EF 5 0
Bellchambers, Tom #2 14 R06, R10-R12, R14-R20, R22-R23, EF 9 2
Bird, Craig #24 2 R17, R22 0 0
Brown, Mitch #28 4 R03-R06 0 0
Colyer, Travis #32 22 R01-R12, R14-R21, R23, EF 12 0
Daniher, Joe #6 23 R01-R12, R14-R23, EF 65 9
Dea, Matt #49 6 R06-R10, R21 1 0
Fantasia, Orazio #13 20 R01-R12, R14-R20, EF 39 7
Francis, Aaron #10 2 R05, R07 1 0
Gleeson, Martin #8 18 R01-R03, R06-R07, R11-R12, R14-R23, EF 1 0
Goddard, Brendon #9 23 R01-R12, R14-R23, EF 5 0
Green, Josh #15 17 R01, R04-R12, R14-R17, R20-R22 17 0
Hartley, Michael #36 18 R01-R02, R07-R12, R14-R20, R22-R23, EF 0 0
Heppell, Dyson #21 23 R01-R12, R14-R23, EF 12 14
Hocking, Heath #39 2 R03, R23 2 0
Hooker, Cale #26 20 R01-R12, R15-R22 41 4
Howlett, Ben #40 7 R02, R06, R11-R12, R14, R20-R21 1 0
Hurley, Michael #18 21 R01-R12, R14-R21, EF 3 4
Kelly, James #47 20 R01-R05, R07-R10, R12, R14-R19, R21-R23, EF 0 4
Langford, Kyle #30 6 R01-R04, R14-R15 4 0
Laverde, Jayden #33 5 R18-R19, R21-R23 1 0
Leuenberger, Matthew #22 7 R03-R05, R07-R09, R21 1 0
McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony #43 23 R01-R12, R14-R23, EF 34 0
McGrath, Andrew #1 21 R01-R06, R08-R12, R14-R19, R21-R23, EF 1 0
McKenna, Conor #45 19 R04, R06-R12, R14-R23, EF 5 1
McKernan, Shaun #44 3 R01-R02, R14 3 0
McNiece, Ben #41 2 R05-R06 0 0
Merrett, Zach #7 22 R01-R12, R14-R20, R22-R23, EF 9 15
Myers, David #23 15 R07-R12, R16-R23, EF 3 0
Parish, Darcy #3 20 R01-R10, R15-R23, EF 7 0
Stanton, Brent #5 7 R01-R05, R07, R11 2 0
Stewart, James #17 16 R08-R12, R14-R23, EF 22 0
Watson, Jobe #4 20 R01-R06, R08-R12, R14-R16, R18-R21, R23, EF 2 0
Zaharakis, David #11 23 R01-R12, R14-R23, EF 11 11

Team Line-Up

Back: Andrew McGrath Michael Hartley Martin Gleeson
Half-Back: Mark Baguley Michael Hurley James Kelly
Centre: Zach Merrett Dyson Heppell Brendon Goddard
Half-Forward: Orazio Fantasia Cale Hooker Travis Colyer
Forward: Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti Joe Daniher James Stewart
Follower: Tom Bellchambers Jobe Watson Darcy Parish
Interchange: Josh Green Conor McKenna David Myers
David Zaharakis

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 23 12 -0- 11 R01-R12, R14-R23, EF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
25/03/2017 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 25 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
01/04/2017 Round 2 Brisbane Lions AWAY WIN ESS by 27 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
09/04/2017 Round 3 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 15 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
15/04/2017 Round 4 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 65 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
25/04/2017 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 18 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
30/04/2017 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 38 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
07/05/2017 Round 7 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 37 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
13/05/2017 Round 8 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 17 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
21/05/2017 Round 9 West Coast HOME WIN ESS by 61 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
27/05/2017 Round 10 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 15 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
03/06/2017 Round 11 Greater Western Sydney AWAY LOSS GWS by 16 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
10/06/2017 Round 12 Port Adelaide HOME WIN ESS by 70 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
Round 13 BYE
23/06/2017 Round 14 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 1 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
02/07/2017 Round 15 Brisbane Lions HOME LOSS BRI by 8 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
08/07/2017 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 37 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
14/07/2017 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 61 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
22/07/2017 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 27 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
30/07/2017 Round 19 Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 30 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
05/08/2017 Round 20 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 8 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
12/08/2017 Round 21 Adelaide HOME LOSS ADE by 43 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
19/08/2017 Round 22 Gold Coast AWAY WIN ESS by 33 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
27/08/2017 Round 23 Fremantle HOME WIN ESS by 15 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
09/09/2017 Elimination Final Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 65 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell