2007 AFL Round 15: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 2007 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 15 of the 2007 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: J. Nash, T. Hislop, M. Michael
Half-back: M. Johnson, A. McPhee, A. Ramanauskas
Centre: A. Monfries, D. Peverill, S. Camporeale
Half-forward: H. Slattery, D. Hille, A. Welsh
Forward: A. Lovett, M. Lloyd (capt.), S. Lucas
Follower: P. Ryder, B. Stanton, J. Watson
Int.: R. Dyson, J. Johnson, J. Laycock, N. Lovett-Murray

Western Bulldogs
Back: J. McMahon, B. Lake, D. Morris
Half-back: L. Gilbee, T. Williams, R. Hargrave
Centre: J. Harbrow, N. Eagleton, J. Akermanis
Half-forward: D. Giansiracusa, B. Johnson (capt.), M. Hahn
Forward: F. Ray, B. Murphy, M. Robbins
Follower: P. Street, A. Cooney, M. Boyd
Int.: D. Addison, L. Darcy, A. Everitt, S. Higgins

Essendon (14.14.98) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (20.11.131).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Lucas (4), A. Monfries (2), J. Nash (2), M. Lloyd, A. Lovett, N. Lovett-Murray, M. Michael, A. Ramanauskas, B. Stanton
Western Bulldogs: B. Johnson (5), A. Cooney (3), N. Eagleton (2), B. Murphy (2), J. Akermanis, A. Everitt, L. Gilbee, M. Hahn, J. Harbrow, S. Higgins, F. Ray, M. Robbins

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Western Bulldogs remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 14 July 2007
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 45,283

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 14.14.98 - 20.11.131

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 5 . 10 9 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Western Bulldogs 4 . 4 9 . 8 12 . 9 20 . 11 20 . 11 (131)
Margin ESSE by 1 WBUL by 22 WBUL by 15 WBUL by 33 WBUL by 33
Duration 29:48 28:37 29:01 33:26 2:00:52

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), C. Donlon (#1), S. Wenn (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 3
Brad Johnson WBUL 6 2
Jason Akermanis WBUL 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jason Akermanis WBUL 21 8 0 2 0 0 0
Nathan Eagleton WBUL 10 5 0 0 1 1 0
Brian Lake WBUL 36 3 0 0 1 0 0
Daniel Giansiracusa WBUL 13 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jay Nash ESSE 38 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Camporeale, Scott WR 39% 0 1 16 11 5 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 3
2 Dyson, Ricky INT 80% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
19 Hille, David CHF 63% 0 1 12 7 5 4 13 4 3 3 3 2 1 2
35 Hislop, Tom FB 75% 0 1 10 3 7 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 Johnson, Jason INT 65% 0 2 19 10 9 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 4
1 Johnson, Mark HBFL 100% 0 0 17 11 6 5 1 8 0 2 1 1 3 2
27 Laycock, Jason INT 62% 0 0 10 4 6 4 10 1 6 2 0 1 0 2
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) FF 100% 1 2 19 11 8 8 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 3
13 Lovett, Andrew FPL 86% 1 1 19 13 6 4 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 7
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan INT 87% 1 0 12 6 6 4 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0
25 Lucas, Scott FPR 90% 4 0 15 9 6 5 0 4 0 3 0 1 1 1
33 McPhee, Adam CHB 96% 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 8 0 4 1 1 2 3
22 Michael, Mal BPR 74% 1 1 8 3 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
6 Monfries, Angus WL 87% 2 1 21 12 9 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
38 Nash, Jay BPL 88% 2 0 22 17 5 6 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 7
11 Peverill, Damien C 89% 0 0 29 18 11 7 0 4 5 5 0 1 3 5
9 Ramanauskas, Adam HBFR 90% 1 0 16 9 7 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2
30 Ryder, Paddy RU 81% 0 0 8 4 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0
20 Slattery, Henry HFFL 100% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 0
24 Stanton, Brent RR 72% 1 1 24 15 9 9 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 4
4 Watson, Jobe RO 80% 0 0 27 12 15 3 0 8 6 1 1 0 2 4
12 Welsh, Andrew HFFR 95% 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 5 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 14 14 365 212 153 99 26 65 32 42 17 16 37 57

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Addison, Dylan INT 58% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2
21 Akermanis, Jason WR 84% 1 1 24 16 8 5 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 8
5 Boyd, Matthew RO 82% 0 0 24 13 11 5 0 2 5 4 1 1 1 2
17 Cooney, Adam RR 88% 3 0 31 19 12 7 0 7 7 2 2 0 2 5
14 Darcy, Luke INT 66% 0 0 11 7 4 3 12 2 5 3 4 3 0 1
10 Eagleton, Nathan C 77% 2 1 24 16 8 8 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 7
29 Everitt, Andrejs INT 65% 1 1 14 10 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel HFFL 83% 0 0 23 17 6 9 0 2 4 1 0 1 1 3
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HBFL 93% 1 1 18 9 9 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 1
8 Hahn, Mitch HFFR 83% 1 0 23 9 14 3 2 5 2 5 1 2 1 6
40 Harbrow, Jarrod WL 80% 1 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
25 Hargrave, Ryan HBFR 92% 0 0 19 17 2 10 0 2 0 3 1 1 5 1
19 Higgins, Shaun INT 76% 1 0 9 5 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
6 Johnson, Brad (c) CHF 100% 5 2 17 12 5 9 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 2
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 0 0 18 14 4 8 0 3 0 2 0 0 6 0
23 McMahon, Jordan BPL 93% 0 0 20 13 7 10 0 4 2 2 0 0 5 4
38 Morris, Dale BPR 94% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
2 Murphy, Bob FF 77% 2 2 17 15 2 8 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 5
1 Ray, Farren FPL 89% 1 1 17 10 7 10 1 3 2 1 0 1 2 2
30 Robbins, Matthew FPR 87% 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0
11 Street, Peter RU 52% 0 0 6 5 1 5 13 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
12 Williams, Tom CHB 84% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 2 0 6 0 2 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 20 11 361 233 128 127 28 51 32 45 16 17 39 59

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 WBUL Brad Johnson behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:11
ESSE Angus Monfries behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 04:47
WBUL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 05:16
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 0.1.1 - 0.3.3 06:06
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 07:00
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee goal 0.1.1 - 2.3.15 09:48
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 0.1.1 - 3.3.21 12:17
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 0.1.1 - 4.3.27 13:53
ESSE Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 4.3.27 15:20
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 0.2.2 - 4.4.28 17:16
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 0.3.3 - 4.4.28 20:47
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas goal 1.3.9 - 4.4.28 21:24
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 2.3.15 - 4.4.28 23:05
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 3.3.21 - 4.4.28 24:44
ESSE Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 4.4.28 26:09
ESSE Scott Camporeale behind 3.5.23 - 4.4.28 27:36
ESSE Jay Nash goal 4.5.29 - 4.4.28 28:57
Q2 WBUL Brad Johnson goal 4.5.29 - 5.4.34 01:11
ESSE Mal Michael behind 4.6.30 - 5.4.34 03:11
WBUL Farren Ray behind 4.6.30 - 5.5.35 04:24
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 4.6.30 - 6.5.41 07:08
ESSE Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 6.5.41 09:25
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 4.7.31 - 7.5.47 10:05
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 4.8.32 - 7.5.47 12:49
WBUL Andrejs Everitt behind 4.8.32 - 7.6.48 14:39
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 4.8.32 - 7.7.49 14:54
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 4.9.33 - 7.7.49 16:28
ESSE David Hille behind 4.10.34 - 7.7.49 20:27
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 4.10.34 - 7.8.50 22:11
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 5.10.40 - 7.8.50 24:16
WBUL Matthew Robbins goal 5.10.40 - 8.8.56 26:20
WBUL Andrejs Everitt goal 5.10.40 - 9.8.62 27:53
Q3 ESSE Angus Monfries goal 6.10.46 - 9.8.62 02:32
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 6.10.46 - 10.8.68 04:18
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 6.10.46 - 11.8.74 05:36
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 6.10.46 - 11.9.75 07:11
ESSE Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 7.10.52 - 11.9.75 11:12
WBUL Jarrod Harbrow goal 7.10.52 - 12.9.81 13:42
ESSE Mal Michael goal 8.10.58 - 12.9.81 16:44
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 8.11.59 - 12.9.81 18:47
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 9.11.65 - 12.9.81 23:55
ESSE Jason Johnson behind 9.12.66 - 12.9.81 26:50
Q4 ESSE Scott Lucas goal 10.12.72 - 12.9.81 02:18
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 10.12.72 - 13.9.87 03:50
WBUL Farren Ray goal 10.12.72 - 14.9.93 06:29
ESSE Jay Nash goal 11.12.78 - 14.9.93 09:31
WBUL Shaun Higgins goal 11.12.78 - 15.9.99 12:21
ESSE Andrew Lovett goal 12.12.84 - 15.9.99 14:18
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 12.12.84 - 16.9.105 15:45
ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 12.13.85 - 16.9.105 16:48
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 12.13.85 - 17.9.111 18:51
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 13.13.91 - 17.9.111 19:54
WBUL Rushed behind 13.13.91 - 17.10.112 22:02
ESSE Tom Hislop behind 13.14.92 - 17.10.112 23:08
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 13.14.92 - 18.10.118 24:44
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 13.14.92 - 19.10.124 27:49
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 13.14.92 - 20.10.130 30:11
WBUL Lindsay Gilbee behind 13.14.92 - 20.11.131 31:30
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 14.14.98 - 20.11.131 32:14