2001 AFL Grand Final: Essendon v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 2001 between Essendon and Brisbane Lions in the grand final of the 2001 AFL season. Essendon hosted Brisbane Lions at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. Michael Voss captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

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

Brisbane Lions
M. Voss (capt.), J. Akermanis, M. Ashcroft, S. Black, D. Bradshaw, J. Brown, R. Copeland, S. Hart, C. Johnson, C. Keating, N. Lappin, J. Leppitsch, A. Lynch, B. McDonald, C. McRae, M. Michael, T. Notting, M. Pike, L. Power, B. Scott, C. Scott, D. White

Essendon (12.10.82) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (15.18.108).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (5), S. Lucas (4), B. Caracella, J. Johnson, G. Moorcroft
Brisbane Lions: L. Power (3), J. Akermanis (2), J. Brown (2), N. Lappin (2), A. Lynch (2), M. Ashcroft, T. Notting, M. Pike, M. Voss

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were the premiers and Essendon were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 2001 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Essendon v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 29 September 2001
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 91,482

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 12.10.82 - 15.18.108

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	2	8	.	6	9	.	8	12	.	10	12	.	10	(82)
Brisbane Lions	3	.	7	5	.	10	11	.	12	15	.	18	15	.	18	(108)
Margin	BRIL by 5			ESSE by 14			BRIL by 16			BRIL by 26			BRIL by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ellis, M. James (#5), S. McLaren (#11)
Goal Umpire: C. Clark, D. Gourlay
Boundary Umpire: G. Sinclair, M. Vitiritti, D. Wilson

Norm Smith Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	3	2	1
Shaun Hart	BRIL	32	?	?	?	?

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
27	Alessio, Steven	?	?	0	0	10	6	4	1	17	3	6	4	2	3	2	1
16	Barnard, Paul	?	?	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	3
22	Barnes, John	?	?	0	0	5	5	0	4	5	3	0	3	1	2	2	3
32	Blumfield, Justin	?	?	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
33	Caracella, Blake	?	?	1	1	17	12	5	3	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	3
31	Fletcher, Dustin	?	?	0	0	8	7	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	0
11	Hardwick, Damien	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	1	0	3	1	2	0	1	4	0
26	Heffernan, Chris	?	?	0	1	11	8	3	1	0	5	1	1	2	0	4	1
5	Hird, James (c)	?	?	0	0	10	4	6	2	0	2	3	2	0	1	0	3
42	Jacobs, Danny	?	?	0	0	12	7	5	6	0	3	1	2	0	0	2	0
14	Johnson, Jason	?	?	1	0	22	15	7	6	0	3	5	2	3	1	1	5
1	Johnson, Mark	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
18	Lloyd, Matthew	?	?	5	2	12	11	1	6	1	3	0	2	1	1	0	4
25	Lucas, Scott	?	?	4	2	19	15	4	7	0	1	1	4	1	1	1	7
10	McVeigh, Mark	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	Mercuri, Mark	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	2
24	Misiti, Joe	?	?	0	0	19	8	11	4	0	2	7	3	0	1	2	1
29	Moorcroft, Gary	?	?	1	1	12	7	5	4	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	3
9	Ramanauskas, Adam	?	?	0	0	13	7	6	2	2	1	3	2	0	1	0	3
43	Rioli, Dean	?	?	0	0	9	5	4	1	1	9	1	2	1	1	2	2
7	Solomon, Dean	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	2	1
6	Wellman, Sean	?	?	0	0	18	13	5	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	4
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				12	10	255	165	90	60	26	54	33	42	18	18	32	47

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
12	Akermanis, Jason	?	?	2	2	15	9	6	3	0	1	4	2	1	0	1	4
10	Ashcroft, Marcus	?	?	1	0	9	6	3	2	0	4	0	2	1	2	1	5
20	Black, Simon	?	?	0	2	15	11	4	3	0	8	2	1	0	1	0	7
36	Bradshaw, Daniel	?	?	0	1	5	4	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
16	Brown, Jonathan	?	?	2	2	16	14	2	5	0	2	3	5	1	3	0	6
30	Copeland, Robert	?	?	0	1	5	3	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
32	Hart, Shaun	?	?	0	0	23	14	9	3	0	1	4	3	3	1	1	5
2	Johnson, Chris	?	?	0	2	18	11	7	5	0	1	3	4	1	1	4	3
27	Keating, Clark	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	19	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
44	Lappin, Nigel	?	?	2	0	20	13	7	5	0	2	2	4	0	1	3	3
23	Leppitsch, Justin	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	0
11	Lynch, Alastair	?	?	2	4	10	9	1	7	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2
43	McDonald, Beau	?	?	0	0	1	0	1	0	18	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
4	McRae, Craig	?	?	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Michael, Mal	?	?	0	0	6	6	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0
8	Notting, Tim	?	?	1	0	12	7	5	6	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	3
13	Pike, Martin	?	?	1	1	8	8	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	1
6	Power, Luke	?	?	3	0	12	9	3	3	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	1
5	Scott, Brad	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	3	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	2
22	Scott, Chris	?	?	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4
3	Voss, Michael (c)	?	?	1	2	23	14	9	4	0	3	5	4	0	2	5	3
33	White, Darryl	?	?	0	0	14	7	7	3	1	0	3	1	0	1	1	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				15	18	254	176	78	73	39	34	38	32	18	18	29	56

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

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1		unknown behind	?.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	??:??
	BRIL	Alastair Lynch goal	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	??:??
	BRIL	unknown behind	0.1.1	-	1.2.8	??:??
	BRIL	unknown behind	0.1.1	-	1.3.9	??:??
	BRIL	unknown behind	0.1.1	-	1.4.10	??:??
	BRIL	Luke Power goal	0.1.1	-	2.4.16	??:??
	ESSE	Scott Lucas goal	1.1.7	-	2.4.16	??:??
	ESSE	unknown behind	1.2.8	-	2.4.16	??:??
	BRIL	Martin Pike behind	1.2.8	-	2.5.17	??:??
	ESSE	Jason Johnson goal	2.2.14	-	2.5.17	??:??
	BRIL	unknown behind	2.2.14	-	2.6.18	??:??
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	3.2.20	-	2.6.18	??:??
	BRIL	Jason Akermanis goal	3.2.20	-	3.6.24	??:??
	BRIL	unknown behind	3.2.20	-	3.7.25	??:??
Q2	ESSE	unknown behind	3.3.21	-	3.7.25	??:??
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	4.3.27	-	3.7.25	??:??
	BRIL	unknown behind	4.3.27	-	3.8.26	??:??
	BRIL	Chris Johnson behind	4.3.27	-	3.9.27	??:??
	ESSE	unknown behind	4.4.28	-	3.9.27	??:??
	ESSE	Scott Lucas goal	5.4.34	-	3.9.27	??:??
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown goal	5.4.34	-	4.9.33	??:??
		unknown behind	?.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	5.5.35	-	4.10.34	??:??
	ESSE	Blake Caracella goal	6.5.41	-	4.10.34	??:??
	ESSE	Gary Moorcroft goal	7.5.47	-	4.10.34	??:??
	ESSE	unknown behind	7.6.48	-	4.10.34	??:??
	ESSE	Scott Lucas goal	8.6.54	-	4.10.34	??:??
	BRIL	Alastair Lynch goal	8.6.54	-	5.10.40	??:??
Q3	ESSE	unknown behind	8.7.55	-	5.10.40	??:??
	BRIL	Marcus Ashcroft goal	8.7.55	-	6.10.46	??:??
		unknown behind	?.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	8.8.56	-	6.11.47	??:??
	BRIL	Luke Power goal	8.8.56	-	7.11.53	??:??
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	9.8.62	-	7.11.53	??:??
	BRIL	Nigel Lappin goal	9.8.62	-	8.11.59	??:??
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown goal	9.8.62	-	9.11.65	??:??
	BRIL	Rushed behind	9.8.62	-	9.12.66	??:??
	BRIL	Nigel Lappin goal	9.8.62	-	10.12.72	??:??
	BRIL	Martin Pike goal	9.8.62	-	11.12.78	??:??
Q4		unknown behind	?.?.?	-	?.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	9.9.63	-	11.13.79	??:??
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	10.9.69	-	11.13.79	??:??
	BRIL	Simon Black behind	10.9.69	-	11.14.80	??:??
	BRIL	Tim Notting goal	10.9.69	-	12.14.86	??:??
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown behind	10.9.69	-	12.15.87	??:??
	BRIL	unknown behind	10.9.69	-	12.16.88	??:??
	BRIL	Jason Akermanis behind	10.9.69	-	12.17.89	??:??
	BRIL	Michael Voss goal	10.9.69	-	13.17.95	??:??
	BRIL	Luke Power goal	10.9.69	-	14.17.101	??:??
	BRIL	Jason Akermanis goal	10.9.69	-	15.17.107	??:??
	BRIL	Simon Black behind	10.9.69	-	15.18.108	??:??
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	11.9.75	-	15.18.108	??:??
	ESSE	Scott Lucas goal	12.9.81	-	15.18.108	??:??
	ESSE	Rushed behind	12.10.82	-	15.18.108	??:??

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