2006 AFL Round 3: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 2006 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 3 of the 2006 AFL season. Essendon hosted Western Bulldogs at Telstra Dome. Matthew Lloyd captained the hosts. Brad Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

Essendon
Back: A. Lovett, D. Fletcher, M. McVeigh
Half-back: A. Welsh, D. Solomon, N. Lovett-Murray
Centre: A. Monfries, J. Watson, H. Slattery
Half-forward: B. Stanton, A. McPhee, C. Heffernan
Forward: J. Hird, M. Lloyd (capt.), S. Lucas
Follower: P. Ryder, J. Johnson, M. Johnson
Int.: M. Bolton, K. Bradley, S. Camporeale, J. Winderlich

Western Bulldogs
Back: J. McMahon, B. Lake, D. Morris
Half-back: L. Gilbee, C. Grant, R. Griffen
Centre: N. Eagleton, S. West, B. Montgomery
Half-forward: B. Murphy, M. Hahn, D. Giansiracusa
Forward: M. Robbins, R. Smith, B. Johnson (capt.)
Follower: W. Minson, D. Cross, A. Cooney
Int.: M. Boyd, A. Morgan, S. Power, W. Skipper

Essendon (13.15.93) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (15.14.104).

Goalkickers
Essendon: K. Bradley (2), J. Hird (2), S. Lucas (2), M. Bolton, C. Heffernan, M. Johnson, M. Lloyd, A. Lovett, A. Monfries, P. Ryder
Western Bulldogs: A. Cooney (2), N. Eagleton (2), C. Grant (2), M. Hahn (2), B. Murphy (2), D. Cross, L. Gilbee, B. Montgomery, M. Robbins, R. Smith

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Western Bulldogs were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2006 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 16 April 2006
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 43,947

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 13.15.93 - 15.14.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 5 8 . 10 10 . 12 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Western Bulldogs 4 . 2 8 . 5 13 . 11 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Margin ESSE by 9 ESSE by 5 WBUL by 17 WBUL by 11 WBUL by 11
Duration 30:05 32:04 30:16 30:13 2:02:38

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Matthew Lloyd (Essendon), Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McBurney (#3), S. Meredith (#21), D. Woodcock (#26)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chris Grant WBUL 3 3
Daniel Giansiracusa WBUL 13 2
Scott West WBUL 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Chris Grant WBUL 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Mark McVeigh ESSE 10 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Bob Murphy WBUL 2 5 0 ? ? ? ?
James Hird ESSE 5 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Andrew Lovett ESSE 13 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
23 Bolton, Mark INT 66% 1 0 11 5 6 2 4 3 5 2 0 1 0 1
16 Bradley, Kepler INT 66% 2 0 16 11 5 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 2
17 Camporeale, Scott INT 52% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 3 7
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 100% 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 0 1 3 0 2 7 1
26 Heffernan, Chris HFFR 88% 1 1 15 12 3 2 0 5 0 1 3 0 2 4
5 Hird, James FPL 90% 2 1 25 14 11 8 0 2 4 1 1 0 3 3
14 Johnson, Jason RR 87% 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 6
1 Johnson, Mark RO 100% 1 0 21 12 9 7 0 2 0 4 1 0 5 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) FF 71% 1 1 11 5 6 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
13 Lovett, Andrew BPL 89% 1 4 24 15 9 8 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 7
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan HBFR 70% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 2
25 Lucas, Scott FPR 81% 2 1 10 6 4 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2
33 McPhee, Adam CHF 89% 0 3 18 12 6 5 1 0 0 5 1 3 3 3
10 McVeigh, Mark BPR 100% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0
6 Monfries, Angus WL 95% 1 0 19 9 10 5 0 3 6 4 4 0 0 2
30 Ryder, Paddy RU 58% 1 0 9 5 4 1 11 2 4 0 0 0 3 2
20 Slattery, Henry WR 92% 0 0 10 2 8 3 0 2 3 2 0 2 1 2
7 Solomon, Dean CHB 87% 0 0 16 10 6 8 0 5 0 2 1 0 2 2
24 Stanton, Brent HFFL 74% 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 2
4 Watson, Jobe C 80% 0 1 26 5 21 3 0 1 6 1 0 0 2 0
12 Welsh, Andrew HBFL 96% 0 1 13 8 5 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 2
8 Winderlich, Jason INT 70% 0 0 14 6 8 5 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 13 15 347 193 154 96 21 52 42 36 13 12 40 55

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
42 Boyd, Matthew INT 75% 0 0 22 12 10 9 0 3 3 2 0 2 1 4
17 Cooney, Adam RO 94% 2 1 23 10 13 7 0 2 6 1 1 0 1 0
4 Cross, Daniel RR 86% 1 1 23 11 12 8 1 2 3 2 0 1 2 1
10 Eagleton, Nathan WL 95% 2 0 16 14 2 4 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 3
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel HFFR 89% 0 1 24 14 10 8 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 7
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HBFL 100% 1 1 22 16 6 7 0 2 3 2 1 1 4 3
3 Grant, Chris CHB 93% 2 0 24 16 8 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 2
16 Griffen, Ryan HBFR 87% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 3 1
8 Hahn, Mitch CHF 84% 2 3 16 12 4 5 0 4 4 3 0 1 0 3
6 Johnson, Brad (c) FPR 97% 0 1 11 7 4 5 1 1 1 3 0 2 2 2
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 0 0 13 5 8 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 0
23 McMahon, Jordan BPL 96% 0 0 21 18 3 14 0 0 2 2 1 0 5 4
27 Minson, Will RU 29% 0 0 5 3 2 2 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
43 Montgomery, Brett WR 59% 1 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 3
32 Morgan, Adam INT 34% 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0
38 Morris, Dale BPR 100% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 7 1
2 Murphy, Bob HFFL 100% 2 1 20 16 4 13 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 6
15 Power, Sam INT 67% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7
30 Robbins, Matthew FPL 81% 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
34 Skipper, Wayde INT 71% 0 1 12 6 6 7 31 4 2 1 0 0 1 1
5 Smith, Rohan FF 77% 1 0 18 13 5 8 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 6
7 West, Scott C 86% 0 1 25 12 13 7 0 1 2 4 0 2 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 15 14 355 221 134 132 44 43 34 40 12 13 39 57

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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
23 J. McMahon 36 B. Lake 38 D. Morris 30 P. Ryder 23 M. Bolton
25 S. Lucas 18 M. Lloyd (c) 5 J. Hird 14 J. Johnson 16 K. Bradley
FORWARD 1 M. Johnson 17 S. Camporeale
HALF-BACK

8 J. Winderlich
9 L. Gilbee 3 C. Grant 16 R. Griffen



26 C. Heffernan 33 A. McPhee 24 B. Stanton



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 N. Eagleton 7 S. West 43 B. Montgomery



20 H. Slattery 4 J. Watson 6 A. Monfries FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 W. Minson 42 M. Boyd
HALF-FORWARD 4 D. Cross 32 A. Morgan
2 B. Murphy 8 M. Hahn 13 D. Giansiracusa 17 A. Cooney 15 S. Power
42 N. Lovett-Murray 7 D. Solomon 12 A. Welsh

34 W. Skipper
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



30 M. Robbins 5 R. Smith 6 B. Johnson (c)



10 M. McVeigh 31 D. Fletcher 13 A. Lovett



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:05
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 04:16
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 05:31
ESSE Paddy Ryder goal 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 08:22
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee behind 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 09:49
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 2.3.15 - 0.1.1 10:55
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 2.4.16 - 0.1.1 12:40
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 3.4.22 - 0.1.1 12:54
ESSE Kepler Bradley goal 4.4.28 - 0.1.1 16:50
WBUL Matthew Robbins goal 4.4.28 - 1.1.7 17:58
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 4.4.28 - 2.1.13 18:18
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 4.4.28 - 3.1.19 21:16
WBUL Adam Cooney behind 4.4.28 - 3.2.20 23:57
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 4.4.28 - 4.2.26 26:02
ESSE James Hird goal 5.4.34 - 4.2.26 27:56
ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 5.5.35 - 4.2.26 29:30
Q2 WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 5.5.35 - 5.2.32 01:26
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 5.6.36 - 5.2.32 02:57
ESSE Chris Heffernan behind 5.7.37 - 5.2.32 06:09
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 5.7.37 - 6.2.38 07:46
ESSE Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 6.2.38 09:30
ESSE James Hird behind 5.9.39 - 6.2.38 12:05
ESSE Andrew Lovett goal 6.9.45 - 6.2.38 13:21
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 6.9.45 - 6.3.39 14:40
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 6.10.46 - 6.3.39 18:18
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 7.10.52 - 6.3.39 21:18
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 7.10.52 - 7.3.45 22:42
WBUL Wayde Skipper behind 7.10.52 - 7.4.46 25:25
ESSE Mark Bolton goal 8.10.58 - 7.4.46 25:58
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 8.10.58 - 8.4.52 26:53
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 8.10.58 - 8.5.53 31:57
Q3 WBUL Adam Cooney goal 8.10.58 - 9.5.59 00:23
ESSE Rushed behind 8.11.59 - 9.5.59 05:42
WBUL Daniel Cross goal 8.11.59 - 10.5.65 07:34
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 9.11.65 - 10.5.65 09:53
ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 9.12.66 - 10.5.65 11:23
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 9.12.66 - 10.6.66 13:06
WBUL Brett Montgomery goal 9.12.66 - 11.6.72 13:50
WBUL Chris Grant goal 9.12.66 - 12.6.78 18:29
WBUL Rushed behind 9.12.66 - 12.7.79 19:40
WBUL Rushed behind 9.12.66 - 12.8.80 20:14
WBUL Scott West behind 9.12.66 - 12.9.81 20:41
WBUL Rushed behind 9.12.66 - 12.10.82 21:29
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa behind 9.12.66 - 12.11.83 22:38
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 9.12.66 - 13.11.89 24:52
ESSE Chris Heffernan goal 10.12.72 - 13.11.89 28:51
Q4 ESSE Scott Lucas behind 10.13.73 - 13.11.89 03:56
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 10.13.73 - 13.12.90 04:49
ESSE James Hird goal 11.13.79 - 13.12.90 10:06
WBUL Rohan Smith goal 11.13.79 - 14.12.96 11:28
ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 11.14.80 - 14.12.96 12:53
WBUL Daniel Cross behind 11.14.80 - 14.13.97 15:07
ESSE Andrew Welsh behind 11.15.81 - 14.13.97 16:34
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 12.15.87 - 14.13.97 17:32
WBUL Chris Grant goal 12.15.87 - 15.13.103 20:53
ESSE Kepler Bradley goal 13.15.93 - 15.13.103 23:02
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 13.15.93 - 15.14.104 28:32