2020 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Marvel Stadium (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 13th (W-D-L: 6-1-10, P%: 79.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Zach Merrett (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (19)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Jordan Ridley

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dyson Heppell

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Begley, Josh #16 1 R12 1 0
Bellchambers, Tom #2 7 R01-R02, R04, R08-R09, R11, R13 1 0
Cahill, Ned #28 3 R07-R09 2 0
Clarke, Dylan #37 8 R11-R18 4 0
Cutler, Tom #12 8 R01-R02, R09-R12, R17-R18 2 0
Daniher, Joe #6 4 R14-R15, R17-R18 3 1
Draper, Sam #38 8 R09-R10, R12-R13, R15-R18 1 0
Fantasia, Orazio #13 5 R01, R04-R07 1 0
Francis, Aaron #10 8 R01-R02, R04, R08-R11, R13 0 0
Gleeson, Martin #8 13 R04-R06, R08-R09, R11-R18 0 0
Guelfi, Matt #35 11 R01-R02, R10-R18 0 0
Ham, Brayden #33 10 R04-R09, R13-R14, R17-R18 1 0
Heppell, Dyson #21 3 R02, R15-R16 1 0
Hibberd, Mitchell #46 5 R05-R08, R17 0 0
Hooker, Cale #26 8 R02, R04-R07, R14-R16 3 0
Hurley, Michael #18 14 R01-R02, R04-R10, R12-R13, R15-R16, R18 0 0
Langford, Kyle #4 16 R01-R02, R04-R08, R10-R18 11 0
Laverde, Jayden #15 6 R01, R05-R08, R18 6 0
McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony #43 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 19 2
McGrath, Andrew #1 14 R01-R02, R04-R15 0 7
McKenna, Conor #45 6 R06-R08, R10-R12 1 0
McKernan, Shaun #44 9 R02, R04-R08, R10-R12 5 0
Merrett, Zach #7 16 R01-R02, R04, R06-R18 2 13
Mosquito, Irving #22 4 R13-R16 2 0
Mutch, Kobe #19 1 R12 0 0
Parish, Darcy #3 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 7 0
Phillips, Andrew #34 5 R05-R07, R14, R17 0 0
Redman, Mason #27 13 R01-R02, R04-R05, R07-R11, R13-R14, R16, R18 1 0
Ridley, Jordan #14 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 0 0
Saad, Adam #42 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 2 2
Shiel, Dylan #9 15 R01-R02, R04-R06, R09-R18 4 6
Smith, Devon #5 16 R01-R02, R04-R11, R13-R18 7 0
Snelling, Will #40 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 5 0
Stewart, James #17 10 R09-R18 11 0
Stringer, Jake #25 10 R01-R02, R04-R05, R13-R18 15 2
Townsend, Jacob #20 12 R01-R02, R04-R10, R12, R16-R17 9 0
Zaharakis, David #11 10 R01-R02, R04-R11 9 4
Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon #30 10 R01, R09-R12, R14-R18 0 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Martin Gleeson Cale Hooker Michael Hurley
Half-Back: Jordan Ridley Matt Guelfi Adam Saad
Centre: Brayden Ham Andrew McGrath Zach Merrett
Half-Forward: Devon Smith Will Snelling Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: Jake Stringer Shaun McKernan Jacob Townsend
Follower: Sam Draper Kyle Langford Dylan Shiel
Interchange: Dylan Clarke Darcy Parish Mason Redman
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 17 6 -1- 10 R01-R02, R04-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/03/2020 Round 1 Fremantle HOME WIN ESS by 6 John Worsfold unknown
14/06/2020 Round 2 Sydney AWAY WIN ESS by 6 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
Round 3 BYE
27/06/2020 Round 4 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 1 John Worsfold unknown
03/07/2020 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 15 John Worsfold unknown
11/07/2020 Round 6 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 14 John Worsfold unknown
17/07/2020 Round 7 Western Bulldogs HOME LOSS BUL by 42 John Worsfold unknown
26/07/2020 Round 8 Adelaide AWAY WIN ESS by 3 John Worsfold unknown
31/07/2020 Round 9 Brisbane Lions HOME LOSS BRI by 63 John Worsfold unknown
07/08/2020 Round 10 Greater Western Sydney HOME LOSS GWS by 4 John Worsfold unknown
12/08/2020 Round 11 Gold Coast AWAY DRAW drawn John Worsfold unknown
16/08/2020 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 35 John Worsfold unknown
22/08/2020 Round 13 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 12 John Worsfold unknown
27/08/2020 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 16 John Worsfold unknown
01/09/2020 Round 15 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 15 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
06/09/2020 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 66 John Worsfold Dyson Heppell
12/09/2020 Round 17 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 50 John Worsfold unknown
19/09/2020 Round 18 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 19 John Worsfold unknown