2000 AFL Round 1: Essendon v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 9 March 2000 between Essendon and Port Adelaide during round 1 of the 2000 AFL season. Essendon hosted Port Adelaide at Colonial Stadium. James Hird captained the hosts. Gavin Wanganeen captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Mark Williams.

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, J. Barnes, D. Bewick, J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, S. Denham, D. Fletcher, D. Hardwick, C. Heffernan, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, M. Long, M. Mercuri, J. Misiti, A. Ramanauskas, D. Rioli, D. Solomon, D. Wallis, S. Wellman

Port Adelaide
G. Wanganeen (capt.), M. Bode, P. Burgoyne, C. Cockatoo-Collins, C. Cornes, S. Daniels, F. Francis, J. Francou, B. French, R. James, A. Kingsley, B. Lade, B. Lyle, D. Mead, B. Montgomery, D. Morton, S. Paxman, M. Primus, N. Steinberner, N. Stevens, W. Tredrea, M. Wilson

Essendon (24.12.156) defeated Port Adelaide (8.14.62).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (7), J. Hird (4), D. Bewick (3), J. Johnson (2), M. Long (2), D. Rioli (2), P. Barnard, D. Fletcher, C. Heffernan, J. Misiti
Port Adelaide: D. Morton (2), P. Burgoyne, C. Cockatoo-Collins, J. Francou, S. Paxman, W. Tredrea, G. Wanganeen

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 1st on the ladder and Port Adelaide were then 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Port Adelaide
Date: Thursday 9 March 2000
Time: 8:15 PM
Venue: Colonial Stadium
Attendance: 43,012

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Port Adelaide
Score: 24.12.156 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	4	.	4	11	.	5	17	.	7	24	.	12	24	.	12	(156)
Port Adelaide	0	.	3	2	.	8	6	.	13	8	.	14	8	.	14	(62)
Margin	ESSE by 25			ESSE by 51			ESSE by 60			ESSE by 94			ESSE by 94
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Mark Williams (Port Adelaide)
Captains: James Hird (Essendon), Gavin Wanganeen (Port Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), S. McLaren (#11), M. Nash (#14)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jason Johnson	ESSE	14	3
Matthew Lloyd	ESSE	18	2
James Hird	ESSE	5	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Steven	?	?	0	1	7	4	3	3	9	4	2	3	1	2	0	0
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	1	2	8	5	3	2	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	2
22	Barnes, John	?	?	0	0	19	11	8	9	16	1	1	4	2	0	0	7
8	Bewick, Darren	?	?	3	1	13	8	5	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	1
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	0	1	16	9	7	3	0	2	3	2	4	0	0	7
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	0	0	18	9	9	4	1	0	2	3	0	0	2	5
38	Denham, Sean	?	?	0	0	19	14	5	2	0	4	6	2	3	2	0	6
31	Fletcher, Dustin	?	?	1	0	16	10	6	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	3	2
11	Hardwick, Damien	?	?	0	0	24	16	8	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	3	2
26	Heffernan, Chris	?	?	1	0	19	11	8	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	5	1
5	Hird, James (c)	?	?	4	1	19	14	5	6	0	2	3	0	2	0	1	5
14	Johnson, Jason	?	?	2	2	21	17	4	3	0	0	4	3	4	0	2	4
1	Johnson, Mark	?	?	0	0	22	13	9	7	0	2	0	2	2	0	4	6
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	7	2	11	11	0	6	0	2	0	1	5	1	0	1
13	Long, Michael	?	?	2	0	18	9	9	1	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	3
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	0	1	17	7	10	2	0	5	2	0	1	0	1	2
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	1	0	29	11	18	7	0	2	2	4	0	1	2	3
9	Ramanauskas, Adam	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
43	Rioli, Dean	?	?	2	0	5	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
7	Solomon, Dean	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	1
21	Wallis, Dean	?	?	0	0	15	7	8	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	1
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	17	14	3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	7
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				24	12	349	213	136	79	27	38	28	42	33	15	33	66

Port Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
23	Bode, Matthew	?	?	0	3	9	7	2	3	0	2	3	1	0	2	0	3
7	Burgoyne, Peter	?	?	1	0	19	9	10	4	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	2
12	Cockatoo-Collins, Che	?	?	1	1	12	9	3	9	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	2
35	Cornes, Chad	?	?	0	0	8	5	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4
28	Daniels, Stephen	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	2	0	1	0	3	1	2	3	1
8	Francis, Fabian	?	?	0	0	8	3	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1
10	Francou, Josh	?	?	1	0	33	15	18	3	0	3	12	3	1	1	2	2
31	French, Barnaby	?	?	0	0	10	7	3	5	5	1	1	2	0	0	3	3
38	James, Roger	?	?	0	1	28	16	12	10	0	1	5	4	1	2	3	5
29	Kingsley, Adam	?	?	0	1	19	16	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	1	1	3
20	Lade, Brendon	?	?	0	1	6	3	3	3	11	0	0	2	0	0	1	1
9	Lyle, Brayden	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	3
33	Mead, Darren	?	?	0	0	13	6	7	5	0	2	0	2	1	4	1	0
3	Montgomery, Brett	?	?	0	2	16	9	7	3	1	2	1	2	1	0	1	3
13	Morton, Danny	?	?	2	1	24	14	10	4	0	2	1	1	2	0	1	5
14	Paxman, Stephen	?	?	1	0	10	8	2	3	0	1	1	3	1	1	2	0
2	Primus, Matthew	?	?	0	0	9	2	7	3	11	2	5	2	0	3	0	0
11	Steinberner, Nathan	?	?	0	0	16	8	8	4	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	2
36	Stevens, Nick	?	?	0	0	15	10	5	6	0	0	1	4	0	2	0	3
16	Tredrea, Warren	?	?	1	1	8	6	2	3	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	3
1	Wanganeen, Gavin (c)	?	?	1	0	27	19	8	6	0	1	0	6	1	3	4	2
15	Wilson, Michael	?	?	0	0	14	4	10	3	0	0	1	6	0	5	3	0
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				8	14	328	194	134	90	29	24	40	57	15	33	34	48

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

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