2000 AFL Round 8: Brisbane Lions v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 2000 between Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round 8 of the 2000 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon at Gabba. Michael Voss captained the hosts. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Leigh Matthews and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Brisbane Lions
M. Voss (capt.), J. Akermanis, M. Ashcroft, S. Black, C. Bolton, D. Bradshaw, J. Brown, S. Hart, A. Heuskes, C. Johnson, M. Kennedy, C. Lambert, N. Lappin, M. Martin, B. McDonald, C. McRae, J. Molloy, M. Picken, L. Power, C. Scott, A. Shattock, D. White

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

Brisbane Lions (9.9.63) were defeated by Essendon (19.13.127).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: J. Akermanis (2), S. Black (2), M. Picken (2), S. Hart, J. Molloy, L. Power
Essendon: M. Lloyd (5), G. Moorcroft (4), J. Hird (3), D. Bewick (2), J. Blumfield, B. Caracella, J. Johnson, S. Lucas, A. Ramanauskas

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were then 14th on the ladder (down from 9th) and Essendon remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2000 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Essendon
Date: Monday 1 May 2000
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 31,887

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Essendon
Score: 9.9.63 - 19.13.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 3 . 3 5 . 4 8 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Essendon 3 . 5 9 . 8 13 . 11 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 28 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 64 ESSE by 64
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Leigh Matthews (Brisbane Lions), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), S. Hanley (#18), R. Kelsey (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 3
Blake Caracella ESSE 33 2
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 2 1 22 15 7 4 0 2 1 3 0 2 6 3
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 4
20 Black, Simon ? ? 2 1 22 13 9 3 0 4 6 2 1 2 4 1
26 Bolton, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 6
36 Bradshaw, Daniel ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Brown, Jonathan ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 1
32 Hart, Shaun ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 5
31 Heuskes, Adam ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 5 0 0 1 3 2 1 7 2
2 Johnson, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 1 6 1 0 3 2 3 1
18 Lambert, Craig ? ? 0 1 17 7 10 2 0 2 7 2 0 0 0 1
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 4 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 6
17 Martin, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
43 McDonald, Beau ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 13 0 1 3 0 1 0 2
4 McRae, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
7 Molloy, Jarrod ? ? 1 2 8 6 2 1 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 1
24 Picken, Marcus ? ? 2 1 15 10 5 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 4
6 Power, Luke ? ? 1 0 23 16 7 4 0 2 1 3 3 1 2 5
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 2 1 1 3 7 1
34 Shattock, Aaron ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0
3 Voss, Michael (c) ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 2 0 2 7 1 4 4 4 5
33 White, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 4 3 1 2 5 4 5 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 9 305 204 101 45 25 33 42 37 26 28 48 54

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 2 10 1 3 2 0 0 2 4
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
22 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 22 1 3 2 3 0 2 3
8 Bewick, Darren ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 2
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 3
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 1 28 19 9 5 1 1 5 4 2 4 1 5
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 5 0 0 1 1 3 0 12 1
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 0 2 3 2 4 0
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 0 0 22 10 12 6 1 3 9 1 1 1 0 4
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 3 0 20 14 6 6 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 4
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 2 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 9
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 5 2 17 16 1 4 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 3
13 Long, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 1 4
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 1 29 16 13 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 2 5 1 1 2 2 4
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 4 1 15 14 1 4 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 2
15 Prior, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 3 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 11
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 1 6 3 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 0
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 19 13 370 256 114 80 38 26 42 30 28 26 40 76

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