1998 AFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 15 May 1998 between Essendon and the Brisbane Lions during round eight of the 1998 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted the Brisbane Lions at the MCG. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Essendon (12.12.84) defeated the Brisbane Lions (8.22.70).

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Brisbane Lions
Date: Friday 15 May 1998
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,384

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 12.12.84 - 8.22.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 5 . 3 10 . 8 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Brisbane Lions 2 . 5 6 . 11 7 . 17 8 . 22 8 . 22 (70)
Margin BRIL by 4 BRIL by 14 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Kennedy (#7)
A. Malcolm (#20)
D. McCauley (#31)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Damien Hardwick ESSE 11 3
Steven Alessio ESSE 27 2
Michael Voss BRIL 3 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 4 2 21 14 7 9 12 1 4 1 2 2 1 2
20 Berbakov, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 1
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2
14 Calthorpe, David ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 4 2 1 1 2 2 2
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 2 1 11 8 3 5 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 2
22 Doolan, Ben ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
36 Eastaugh, Simon ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0
30 Fraser, Mark ? ? 1 1 12 7 5 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 3
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 29 25 4 12 0 3 3 3 0 0 8 0
42 Johnson, Jason ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 3
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 2 15 14 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 8
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 7 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 4 0 1 5 0 0 1 2 5
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 1 22 14 8 7 0 3 1 4 0 2 4 3
3 O'Connor, Ryan ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 4 0
10 O'Donnell, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 3
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 4 0 1 2 0 4 1 3 2
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 6 4
1 Ukovic, Andrew ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 12 313 220 93 99 21 26 34 26 13 17 43 46

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 6
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 3 5 2 2 0 1 5
36 Bradshaw, Daniel ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
14 Dickfos, Danny ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2
19 Hilton, Rory ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Johnson, Chris ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
27 Keating, Clark ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 5 12 1 5 0 1 1 0 6
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 2
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 6 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 6
15 Lawrence, Steven ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 2
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 5
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 3 3 1 0 3 0 2
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 1 5 10 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
7 Molloy, Jarrod ? ? 1 3 10 8 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 1
39 Notting, Tim ? ? 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Scott, Brad ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 0 4 2 1 3 1
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 3 2 1 1 1 4 3
38 Scott, Dion ? ? 3 1 18 13 5 7 14 0 2 2 1 0 0 5
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 0 0 30 15 15 3 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 5
33 White, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 4 2 1 0 2 0 2
Rushed 9
Total (22 players) 8 22 295 200 95 66 29 31 40 24 17 13 28 58

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s