2008 AFL Round 2: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 2008 between Geelong and Essendon during round 2 of the 2008 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Essendon at Telstra Dome. Tom Harley captained the hosts. Matthew Lloyd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Matthew Knights.

Geelong
Back: T. Harley (capt.), M. Scarlett, J. Hunt
Half-back: D. Milburn, H. Taylor, C. Enright
Centre: C. Ling, J. Selwood, J. Bartel
Half-forward: S. Johnson, C. Mooney, P. Chapman
Forward: R. Gamble, T. Hawkins, J. Kelly
Follower: M. Blake, J. Corey, G. Ablett
Int.: S. Byrnes, M. Stokes, T. West, D. Wojcinski

Essendon
Back: H. Slattery, M. Michael, D. Fletcher
Half-back: A. Ramanauskas, P. Ryder, C. Dempsey
Centre: A. Davey, B. Stanton, B. Houli
Half-forward: S. Lonergan, A. McPhee, N. Lovett-Murray
Forward: R. Dyson, M. Lloyd (capt.), J. Laycock
Follower: D. Hille, J. Watson, M. McVeigh
Int.: L. Jetta, J. Johnson, J. Nash, J. Winderlich

Geelong (22.18.150) defeated Essendon (6.15.51).

Goalkickers
Geelong: R. Gamble (3), G. Ablett (2), J. Bartel (2), M. Blake (2), J. Corey (2), C. Mooney (2), M. Stokes (2), C. Enright, S. Johnson, J. Kelly, C. Ling, J. Selwood, T. West, D. Wojcinski
Essendon: A. Davey, D. Hille, B. Houli, J. Laycock, A. McPhee, B. Stanton

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 6th) and Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Sunday 30 March 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 50,636

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 22.18.150 - 6.15.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 4 11 . 9 17 . 13 22 . 18 22 . 18 (150)
Essendon 1 . 2 3 . 6 4 . 10 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Margin GEEL by 20 GEEL by 51 GEEL by 81 GEEL by 99 GEEL by 99
Duration 28:29 30:42 29:08 29:32 1:57:51

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Matthew Knights (Essendon)
Captains: Tom Harley (Geelong), Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), C. Donlon (#1), H. Kennedy (#7)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 3
Joel Corey GEEL 11 2
Cameron Ling GEEL 45 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 9 1 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Bartel GEEL 3 9 1 1 0 0 0
Mathew Stokes GEEL 27 5 0 0 1 1 0
Cameron Ling GEEL 45 3 0 0 1 0 0
Mark Blake GEEL 24 2 0 0 0 1 0
James Kelly GEEL 9 1 0 0 0 0 1
Paddy Ryder ESSE 30 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary RO 88% 2 1 34 14 20 7 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 7
3 Bartel, Jimmy WR 91% 2 0 38 18 20 9 0 1 4 1 2 1 1 5
24 Blake, Mark RU 70% 2 1 15 5 10 6 23 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
17 Byrnes, Shannon INT 78% 0 1 21 7 14 5 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 5
35 Chapman, Paul HFFR 77% 0 1 23 13 10 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 4
11 Corey, Joel RR 87% 2 0 30 17 13 7 1 1 3 5 1 2 4 7
44 Enright, Corey HBFR 90% 1 0 21 11 10 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 3
15 Gamble, Ryan FPL 81% 3 2 13 7 6 8 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2
2 Harley, Tom (c) BPL 81% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 81% 0 2 11 8 3 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
8 Hunt, Josh BPR 86% 0 1 24 15 9 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 2
20 Johnson, Steve HFFL 81% 1 2 14 10 4 3 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 1
9 Kelly, James FPR 87% 1 0 28 13 15 7 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 4
45 Ling, Cameron WL 89% 1 0 31 14 17 9 0 1 5 2 1 0 6 3
39 Milburn, Darren HBFL 88% 0 0 23 10 13 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1
21 Mooney, Cam CHF 84% 2 2 15 9 6 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 80% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 2
14 Selwood, Joel C 80% 1 0 26 11 15 7 0 3 4 1 1 0 1 4
27 Stokes, Mathew INT 74% 2 3 31 22 9 13 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 7
7 Taylor, Harry CHB 86% 0 0 16 5 11 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0
12 West, Trent INT 63% 1 0 7 3 4 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
40 Wojcinski, David INT 76% 1 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 22 18 462 236 226 129 30 31 29 33 22 11 39 65

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Davey, Alwyn WL 82% 1 0 15 11 4 1 0 4 3 4 1 4 1 3
15 Dempsey, Courtenay HBFR 41% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 1
2 Dyson, Ricky FPL 88% 0 0 29 18 11 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7
31 Fletcher, Dustin BPR 91% 0 1 15 8 7 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1
19 Hille, David RU 84% 1 2 23 13 10 11 11 0 3 3 0 2 2 3
43 Houli, Bachar WR 80% 1 0 18 7 11 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 4 2
7 Jetta, Leroy INT 84% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 1
14 Johnson, Jason INT 70% 0 0 24 8 16 4 0 3 2 3 0 0 1 3
27 Laycock, Jason FPR 79% 1 1 15 9 6 3 8 1 3 3 0 0 0 5
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) FF 94% 0 3 14 11 3 8 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 4
36 Lonergan, Sam HFFL 85% 0 0 14 4 10 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 2
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan HFFR 83% 0 1 11 10 1 3 0 4 1 4 3 3 0 3
33 McPhee, Adam CHF 83% 1 2 16 9 7 9 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 2
10 McVeigh, Mark RO 89% 0 1 18 11 7 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 2 3
22 Michael, Mal FB 85% 0 0 8 2 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
17 Nash, Jay INT 86% 0 0 24 11 13 6 0 3 3 1 0 0 4 3
9 Ramanauskas, Adam HBFL 83% 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 3 0 3 0 2 3 0
30 Ryder, Paddy CHB 95% 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
20 Slattery, Henry BPL 90% 0 0 12 2 10 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 1
5 Stanton, Brent C 80% 1 1 27 17 10 10 0 1 2 7 1 0 7 2
4 Watson, Jobe RR 80% 0 3 12 6 6 3 0 2 1 5 0 2 0 1
8 Winderlich, Jason INT 69% 0 0 20 8 12 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 5 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 6 15 357 187 170 92 19 48 31 56 11 22 40 49

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

Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
20 H. Slattery 22 M. Michael 31 D. Fletcher 24 M. Blake 17 S. Byrnes
9 J. Kelly 26 T. Hawkins 15 R. Gamble 11 J. Corey 27 M. Stokes
FORWARD 29 G. Ablett 12 T. West
HALF-BACK

40 D. Wojcinski
9 A. Ramanauskas 30 P. Ryder 15 C. Dempsey



35 P. Chapman 21 C. Mooney 20 S. Johnson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



29 A. Davey 5 B. Stanton 43 B. Houli



3 J. Bartel 14 J. Selwood 45 C. Ling FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 7 L. Jetta
HALF-FORWARD 4 J. Watson 14 J. Johnson
36 S. Lonergan 33 A. McPhee 42 N. Lovett-Murray 10 M. McVeigh 17 J. Nash
44 C. Enright 7 H. Taylor 39 D. Milburn

8 J. Winderlich
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



2 R. Dyson 18 M. Lloyd (c) 27 J. Laycock



8 J. Hunt 30 M. Scarlett 2 T. Harley (c)



BACK



Essendon Coach: Matthew Knights

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Steve Johnson goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:41
ESSE Bachar Houli goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:26
GEEL Ryan Gamble behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:07
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 10:22
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 15:25
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 2.3.15 - 1.0.6 17:05
GEEL Mark Blake goal 3.3.21 - 1.0.6 19:37
ESSE David Hille behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 21:31
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 3.3.21 - 1.2.8 22:42
GEEL Trent West goal 4.3.27 - 1.2.8 25:21
GEEL Josh Hunt behind 4.4.28 - 1.2.8 28:17
Q2 GEEL Ryan Gamble goal 5.4.34 - 1.2.8 00:17
GEEL Joel Corey goal 6.4.40 - 1.2.8 01:51
GEEL Corey Enright goal 7.4.46 - 1.2.8 03:08
GEEL Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 1.2.8 05:06
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 8.5.53 - 1.2.8 06:18
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 8.6.54 - 1.2.8 07:39
GEEL Paul Chapman behind 8.7.55 - 1.2.8 08:38
GEEL David Wojcinski goal 9.7.61 - 1.2.8 09:49
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 9.7.61 - 2.2.14 11:39
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 9.7.61 - 2.3.15 13:52
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 9.7.61 - 2.4.16 15:42
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 9.7.61 - 3.4.22 17:41
GEEL Mathew Stokes behind 9.8.62 - 3.4.22 19:49
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 9.8.62 - 3.5.23 21:07
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 10.8.68 - 3.5.23 23:41
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 10.8.68 - 3.6.24 26:33
GEEL Joel Corey goal 11.8.74 - 3.6.24 28:00
GEEL Rushed behind 11.9.75 - 3.6.24 29:56
Q3 GEEL Gary Ablett behind 11.10.76 - 3.6.24 02:43
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 11.10.76 - 3.7.25 03:58
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 11.11.77 - 3.7.25 04:54
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 12.11.83 - 3.7.25 06:39
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 13.11.89 - 3.7.25 11:06
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 14.11.95 - 3.7.25 14:03
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 14.11.95 - 3.8.26 15:22
GEEL Ryan Gamble behind 14.12.96 - 3.8.26 17:38
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 15.12.102 - 3.8.26 18:19
ESSE Dustin Fletcher behind 15.12.102 - 3.9.27 20:28
GEEL Mathew Stokes goal 16.12.108 - 3.9.27 21:22
ESSE Adam McPhee goal 16.12.108 - 4.9.33 23:13
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 16.12.108 - 4.10.34 25:52
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 16.13.109 - 4.10.34 27:25
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 17.13.115 - 4.10.34 29:01
Q4 GEEL Ryan Gamble goal 18.13.121 - 4.10.34 02:56
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 18.13.121 - 4.11.35 04:07
ESSE David Hille goal 18.13.121 - 5.11.41 06:12
GEEL James Kelly goal 19.13.127 - 5.11.41 07:48
ESSE Nathan Lovett-Murray behind 19.13.127 - 5.12.42 10:14
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 19.14.128 - 5.12.42 11:58
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 19.15.129 - 5.12.42 13:26
GEEL Mathew Stokes behind 19.16.130 - 5.12.42 15:22
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 19.16.130 - 5.13.43 16:41
GEEL Mathew Stokes goal 20.16.136 - 5.13.43 18:43
ESSE Jason Laycock behind 20.16.136 - 5.14.44 19:58
GEEL Ryan Gamble goal 21.16.142 - 5.14.44 22:03
GEEL Mark Blake behind 21.17.143 - 5.14.44 23:18
ESSE Jason Laycock goal 21.17.143 - 6.14.50 23:43
ESSE David Hille behind 21.17.143 - 6.15.51 25:25
GEEL Mathew Stokes behind 21.18.144 - 6.15.51 26:16
GEEL Mark Blake goal 22.18.150 - 6.15.51 28:21