2001 AFL Round 16: Essendon v Kangaroos

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 2001 between Essendon and Kangaroos during round 16 of the 2001 AFL season. Essendon hosted Kangaroos at MCG. James Hird captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Denis Pagan.

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

Kangaroos
G. Archer, J. Blakey, M. Burton, S. Cochrane, L. Colbert, S. Grant, D. Harris, B. Harvey, C. Jones, D. King, T. Makepeace, J. McCartney, C. McKernan, D. Morrell, S. Motlop, B. Pickett, B. Rawlings, S. Rocca, A. Simpson, J. Sinclair, D. Teague, S. Watt

Essendon (27.9.171) defeated Kangaroos (25.9.159).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (9), J. Johnson (4), B. Caracella (3), J. Hird (2), C. McGrath (2), G. Moorcroft (2), M. Bolton, C. Heffernan, D. Jacobs, M. Johnson, A. Ramanauskas
Kangaroos: C. McKernan (5), S. Rocca (4), B. Harvey (3), B. Pickett (3), J. Sinclair (3), S. Grant (2), B. Rawlings (2), M. Burton, D. Teague, S. Watt

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and Kangaroos were then 11th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2001 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Kangaroos
Date: Sunday 22 July 2001
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,878

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Kangaroos
Score: 27.9.171 - 25.9.159

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 12 . 4 19 . 8 27 . 9 27 . 9 (171)
Kangaroos 12 . 1 16 . 1 22 . 4 25 . 9 25 . 9 (159)
Margin KANG by 58 KANG by 21 KANG by 14 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 12
Duration 32:26 33:38 34:55 32:32 2:13:31

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore (#19), S. McLaren (#11), K. Nicholls

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jason Johnson ESSE 14 3
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 2
Corey McKernan KANG 31 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 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Barnard, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 4
22 Barnes, John ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 3 15 0 1 0 1 0 1 2
23 Bolton, Mark ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
33 Caracella, Blake ? ? 3 1 28 16 12 3 0 2 6 1 1 0 1 7
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
11 Hardwick, Damien ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 2 1 2 0 2 3 1
26 Heffernan, Chris ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
3 Henneman, Aaron ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Hird, James (c) ? ? 2 1 22 14 8 5 0 4 3 0 2 0 1 6
42 Jacobs, Danny ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 2 2 2 1 4 0 1 1 1
14 Johnson, Jason ? ? 4 2 31 22 9 3 0 4 13 1 2 1 2 10
1 Johnson, Mark ? ? 1 1 17 16 1 5 0 2 3 0 2 0 2 3
17 Lalich, Judd ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 9 0 16 10 6 11 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
25 Lucas, Scott ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 2
28 McGrath, Cory ? ? 2 0 15 3 12 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0
2 Mercuri, Mark ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 1
24 Misiti, Joe ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2
29 Moorcroft, Gary ? ? 2 2 15 13 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 3
7 Solomon, Dean ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 5 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 27 9 298 190 108 71 34 35 45 26 11 10 19 57

Kangaroos

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Archer, Glenn ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 3 2
12 Blakey, John ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 4 0
22 Burton, Matthew ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 0 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
45 Cochrane, Stuart ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Colbert, Leigh ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
6 Grant, Shannon ? ? 2 1 26 18 8 4 0 2 7 5 0 2 2 4
14 Harris, Daniel ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1
29 Harvey, Brent ? ? 3 1 27 19 8 4 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 2
21 Jones, Corey ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 King, David ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 3 0 0 6 2 1 1 5 8
35 Makepeace, Troy ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
5 McCartney, Jason ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 3
31 McKernan, Corey ? ? 5 1 15 12 3 8 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
32 Morrell, Digby ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
44 Motlop, Shannon ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 5 2 0 1 0 2 2
28 Pickett, Byron ? ? 3 0 11 6 5 1 0 6 2 3 3 2 0 3
3 Rawlings, Brady ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2
26 Rocca, Sav ? ? 4 1 17 10 7 8 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 8
7 Simpson, Adam ? ? 0 0 25 19 6 7 4 4 9 4 0 0 3 3
9 Sinclair, Jess ? ? 3 0 21 17 4 4 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 4
40 Teague, David ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
36 Watt, Shannon ? ? 1 1 6 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 25 9 268 186 82 64 53 34 44 30 10 11 26 50

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 KANG Shannon Grant goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:30
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:35
ESSE Blake Caracella behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:20
KANG Byron Pickett goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 07:12
KANG Sav Rocca goal 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 08:05
KANG Brady Rawlings goal 1.1.7 - 4.0.24 11:40
ESSE Chris Heffernan goal 2.1.13 - 4.0.24 12:52
KANG Sav Rocca goal 2.1.13 - 5.0.30 15:00
KANG Jess Sinclair goal 2.1.13 - 6.0.36 16:58
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 2.2.14 - 6.0.36 18:56
KANG Brent Harvey goal 2.2.14 - 7.0.42 19:55
KANG Sav Rocca goal 2.2.14 - 8.0.48 21:22
KANG Brent Harvey goal 2.2.14 - 9.0.54 22:30
ESSE Gary Moorcroft behind 2.3.15 - 9.0.54 25:22
KANG Sav Rocca goal 2.3.15 - 10.0.60 26:08
KANG Byron Pickett goal 2.3.15 - 11.0.66 29:15
KANG Jess Sinclair goal 2.3.15 - 12.0.72 31:25
KANG David King behind 2.3.15 - 12.1.73 32:25
Q2 KANG Matthew Burton goal 2.3.15 - 13.1.79 01:17
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 3.3.21 - 13.1.79 03:21
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 3.4.22 - 13.1.79 05:37
KANG Corey McKernan goal 3.4.22 - 14.1.85 08:17
KANG Shannon Grant goal 3.4.22 - 15.1.91 09:12
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 4.4.28 - 15.1.91 12:34
ESSE James Hird goal 5.4.34 - 15.1.91 14:32
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 6.4.40 - 15.1.91 16:32
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 7.4.46 - 15.1.91 20:43
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 8.4.52 - 15.1.91 23:07
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 9.4.58 - 15.1.91 23:52
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 10.4.64 - 15.1.91 27:42
ESSE Mark Bolton goal 11.4.70 - 15.1.91 29:02
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 12.4.76 - 15.1.91 30:02
KANG David Teague goal 12.4.76 - 16.1.97 33:37
Q3 ESSE Rushed behind 12.5.77 - 16.1.97 00:49
ESSE Gary Moorcroft behind 12.6.78 - 16.1.97 01:45
ESSE Danny Jacobs goal 13.6.84 - 16.1.97 03:15
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 14.6.90 - 16.1.97 05:02
ESSE Mark Johnson behind 14.7.91 - 16.1.97 07:18
KANG Shannon Grant behind 14.7.91 - 16.2.98 09:05
KANG Brady Rawlings goal 14.7.91 - 17.2.104 10:22
KANG Corey McKernan goal 14.7.91 - 18.2.110 12:29
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 15.7.97 - 18.2.110 15:37
ESSE Judd Lalich behind 15.8.98 - 18.2.110 17:30
KANG Jess Sinclair goal 15.8.98 - 19.2.116 19:16
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 16.8.104 - 19.2.116 21:55
KANG Glenn Archer behind 16.8.104 - 19.3.117 23:50
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 17.8.110 - 19.3.117 25:56
ESSE Cory McGrath goal 18.8.116 - 19.3.117 27:00
KANG Corey McKernan goal 18.8.116 - 20.3.123 27:53
ESSE James Hird goal 19.8.122 - 20.3.123 29:45
KANG Shannon Watt goal 19.8.122 - 21.3.129 31:10
KANG Byron Pickett goal 19.8.122 - 22.3.135 33:03
KANG Sav Rocca behind 19.8.122 - 22.4.136 34:28
Q4 ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 20.8.128 - 22.4.136 00:59
KANG Shannon Watt behind 20.8.128 - 22.5.137 02:56
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 21.8.134 - 22.5.137 04:10
KANG Rushed behind 21.8.134 - 22.6.138 05:54
KANG Brent Harvey goal 21.8.134 - 23.6.144 07:44
KANG Brent Harvey behind 21.8.134 - 23.7.145 08:24
ESSE Jason Johnson goal 22.8.140 - 23.7.145 09:02
ESSE Gary Moorcroft goal 23.8.146 - 23.7.145 11:18
ESSE James Hird behind 23.9.147 - 23.7.145 13:40
KANG Jason McCartney behind 23.9.147 - 23.8.146 15:02
ESSE Cory McGrath goal 24.9.153 - 23.8.146 16:50
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 25.9.159 - 23.8.146 18:59
ESSE Gary Moorcroft goal 26.9.165 - 23.8.146 19:54
KANG Corey McKernan goal 26.9.165 - 24.8.152 21:59
KANG Corey McKernan goal 26.9.165 - 25.8.158 23:01
KANG Corey McKernan behind 26.9.165 - 25.9.159 27:24
ESSE Blake Caracella goal 27.9.171 - 25.9.159 29:22