2001 AFL Round 1: Kangaroos v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 2001 between Kangaroos and Essendon during round 1 of the 2001 AFL season. Kangaroos hosted Essendon at MCG. James Hird captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Denis Pagan and the visitors were coached by Kevin Sheedy.

Kangaroos
W. Abraham, G. Archer, J. Blakey, M. Burton, S. Clayton, S. Cochrane, L. Colbert, S. Grant, D. Harris, T. Makepeace, J. McCartney, C. McKernan, S. Motlop, D. Petrie, B. Pickett, B. Rawlings, S. Rocca, A. Simpson, J. Sinclair, D. Smith, A. Stevens, S. Watt

Essendon
J. Hird (capt.), S. Alessio, P. Barnard, J. Barnes, J. Blumfield, M. Bolton, B. Caracella, D. Fletcher, A. Henneman, 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

Kangaroos (9.7.61) were defeated by Essendon (23.8.146).

Goalkickers
Kangaroos: C. McKernan (2), G. Archer, S. Cochrane, S. Grant, D. Harris, T. Makepeace, S. Motlop, S. Rocca
Essendon: P. Barnard (4), M. Lloyd (4), S. Alessio (2), J. Blumfield (2), J. Johnson (2), S. Lucas (2), M. Bolton, B. Caracella, J. Hird, M. Johnson, M. McVeigh, A. Ramanauskas, D. Solomon

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

Match Details

Season: 2001 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Kangaroos v Essendon
Date: Friday 30 March 2001
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 56,028

Match Results

Outcome: Kangaroos def. by Essendon
Score: 9.7.61 - 23.8.146

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Kangaroos 3 . 1 4 . 3 6 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Essendon 7 . 2 9 . 5 15 . 6 23 . 8 23 . 8 (146)
Margin ESSE by 25 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 54 ESSE by 85 ESSE by 85
Duration 34:54 27:03 30:42 33:24 2:06:03

Honour Roll

Coaches: Denis Pagan (Kangaroos), Kevin Sheedy (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Kangaroos), James Hird (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Coates (#6), D. Howlett (#1), C. Mitchell (#4)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Joe Misiti ESSE 24 3
Jason Johnson ESSE 14 2
Sean Wellman ESSE 6 1

Player Statistics

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Abraham, Winston ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 1 0 15 10 5 6 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 2
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 7 0
22 Burton, Matthew ? ? 0 0 13 5 8 7 19 0 1 2 0 0 0 1
23 Clayton, Shane ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 7 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 1
45 Cochrane, Stuart ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 8 1
6 Grant, Shannon ? ? 1 0 33 23 10 5 0 1 4 5 1 2 3 1
14 Harris, Daniel ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 3 0 6 4 4 3 2 0 0
35 Makepeace, Troy ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
5 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 4 0
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 6 4 0 1 4 0 2 1 4
44 Motlop, Shannon ? ? 1 2 9 5 4 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
20 Petrie, Drew ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 2 6 1 4 2 1
3 Rawlings, Brady ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 3
26 Rocca, Sav ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
7 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 2 1 7 1 2 0 3 2
9 Sinclair, Jess ? ? 0 1 13 6 7 1 0 6 1 4 0 1 0 1
13 Smith, Dylan ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 5
10 Stevens, Anthony ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 5 0 2 3 4 5 2 2 5
36 Watt, Shannon ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 9 7 279 200 79 75 31 35 34 48 20 17 34 38

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
27 Alessio, Steven ? ? 2 0 10 4 6 4 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 4 1 9 8 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
22 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 10 5 2 0 4 1 0 0 5
32 Blumfield, Justin ? ? 2 1 21 13 8 11 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 1
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 1 0 6 2 4 1 0 3 1 3 0 2 1 0
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 8 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 4
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1
3 Henneman, Aaron ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 2 3 1 1 1 4
42 Jacobs, Danny ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 7 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 2 1 30 19 11 2 0 3 10 3 4 3 2 7
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 4 0 4 0 2 2 2 1 4
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 4 2 12 11 1 3 0 2 0 4 1 2 0 3
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 2 2 16 11 5 6 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 6
10 McVeigh, Mark ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 0 19 7 12 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 31 19 12 5 0 0 9 5 2 3 1 3
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1
43 Rioli, Dean ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 6
6 Wellman, Sean ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 8 0 1 3 3 0 3 4 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 23 8 351 231 120 114 22 29 39 42 17 20 24 61

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 ESSE Justin Blumfield behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:23
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 02:56
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 04:20
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 0.0.0 - 2.2.14 06:13
KANG Sav Rocca goal 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 08:07
ESSE Dean Solomon goal 1.0.6 - 3.2.20 11:14
ESSE Justin Blumfield goal 1.0.6 - 4.2.26 12:55
ESSE James Hird goal 1.0.6 - 5.2.32 20:19
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 1.0.6 - 6.2.38 22:28
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 1.0.6 - 7.2.44 24:22
KANG Shane Clayton behind 1.1.7 - 7.2.44 26:20
KANG Troy Makepeace goal 2.1.13 - 7.2.44 29:55
KANG Daniel Harris goal 3.1.19 - 7.2.44 34:52
Q2 KANG Sav Rocca behind 3.2.20 - 7.2.44 01:09
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 3.2.20 - 7.3.45 02:26
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 3.2.20 - 7.4.46 03:52
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 3.2.20 - 7.5.47 07:12
ESSE Justin Blumfield goal 3.2.20 - 8.5.53 09:08
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 3.2.20 - 9.5.59 18:25
KANG Glenn Archer goal 4.2.26 - 9.5.59 23:12
KANG Shannon Motlop behind 4.3.27 - 9.5.59 24:12
Q3 KANG Shannon Motlop behind 4.4.28 - 9.5.59 01:16
KANG Stuart Cochrane goal 5.4.34 - 9.5.59 03:39
KANG Corey McKernan behind 5.5.35 - 9.5.59 07:28
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 5.5.35 - 10.5.65 08:27
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 5.5.35 - 11.5.71 12:14
KANG Corey McKernan goal 6.5.41 - 11.5.71 14:01
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 6.5.41 - 12.5.77 17:32
ESSE Dean Solomon behind 6.5.41 - 12.6.78 19:39
KANG Jess Sinclair behind 6.6.42 - 12.6.78 22:43
ESSE Mark Bolton goal 6.6.42 - 13.6.84 23:34
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 6.6.42 - 14.6.90 27:35
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 6.6.42 - 15.6.96 29:02
Q4 ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 6.6.42 - 16.6.102 00:53
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 6.6.42 - 17.6.108 02:10
KANG Sav Rocca behind 6.7.43 - 17.6.108 03:36
ESSE Paul Barnard behind 6.7.43 - 17.7.109 04:34
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 6.7.43 - 18.7.115 06:17
KANG Shannon Grant goal 7.7.49 - 18.7.115 09:17
ESSE Paul Barnard goal 7.7.49 - 19.7.121 12:19
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 7.7.49 - 20.7.127 15:07
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 7.7.49 - 20.8.128 16:49
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 7.7.49 - 21.8.134 18:53
KANG Shannon Motlop goal 8.7.55 - 21.8.134 22:12
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 8.7.55 - 22.8.140 25:35
KANG Corey McKernan goal 9.7.61 - 22.8.140 27:56
ESSE Steven Alessio goal 9.7.61 - 23.8.146 29:51