2008 AFL Round 4: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 2008 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 4 of the 2008 AFL season. Essendon hosted Western Bulldogs at Telstra Dome. Mark McVeigh captained the hosts. Brad Johnson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Knights and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

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

Western Bulldogs
Back: T. Callan, B. Lake, D. Morris
Half-back: L. Gilbee, C. Wight, R. Hargrave
Centre: J. Akermanis, M. Boyd, D. Cross
Half-forward: J. Harbrow, M. Hahn, B. Murphy
Forward: W. Minson, B. Johnson (capt.), S. Welsh
Follower: B. Hudson, A. Cooney, R. Griffen
Int.: D. Addison, N. Eagleton, D. Giansiracusa, J. Hill

Essendon (14.14.98) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (19.14.128).

Goalkickers
Essendon: B. Stanton (3), A. Davey (2), D. Hille (2), M. McVeigh (2), J. Laycock, A. Lovett, N. Lovett-Murray, K. Reimers, J. Winderlich
Western Bulldogs: S. Welsh (3), J. Akermanis (2), D. Giansiracusa (2), R. Griffen (2), J. Harbrow (2), W. Minson (2), A. Cooney, N. Eagleton, M. Hahn, B. Johnson, B. Lake, B. Murphy

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Western Bulldogs remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 11 April 2008
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 47,641

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 14.14.98 - 19.14.128

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 7 . 7 14 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Western Bulldogs 5 . 4 10 . 6 13 . 8 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Margin WBUL by 26 WBUL by 17 ESSE by 10 WBUL by 30 WBUL by 30
Duration 27:53 34:48 33:07 29:43 2:05:31

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Knights (Essendon), Rodney Eade (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Mark McVeigh (Essendon), Brad Johnson (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Head (#16), S. McLaren (#11), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ryan Griffen WBUL 16 3
Brent Stanton ESSE 5 2
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 6 1 0 0 0 1
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 5 1 0 0 0 0
Daniel Cross WBUL 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
Brian Lake WBUL 36 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jason Akermanis WBUL 21 3 0 0 1 0 0
Brent Stanton ESSE 5 3 0 0 1 0 0
Ryan Griffen WBUL 16 2 0 0 0 1 0
Paddy Ryder ESSE 30 2 0 0 0 1 0
Mark McVeigh ESSE 10 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
29 Davey, Alwyn HFFL 84% 2 1 15 7 8 3 0 6 1 2 2 2 1 2
2 Dyson, Ricky WR 73% 0 0 21 10 11 10 0 1 2 2 0 1 3 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin BPR 97% 0 0 32 23 9 10 0 3 1 2 2 1 5 1
19 Hille, David RU 81% 2 1 21 12 9 9 10 0 2 3 1 0 0 7
43 Houli, Bachar INT 88% 0 0 21 10 11 6 0 6 1 0 1 0 5 2
27 Laycock, Jason FF 77% 1 1 5 3 2 2 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
36 Lonergan, Sam RR 66% 0 0 13 4 9 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 3
13 Lovett, Andrew HFFR 83% 1 1 19 12 7 7 0 4 2 4 2 3 3 2
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan INT 89% 1 0 12 7 5 5 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2
33 McPhee, Adam CHF 94% 0 2 15 13 2 9 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 3
10 McVeigh, Mark (c) FPL 69% 2 2 23 20 3 8 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 6
22 Michael, Mal FB 89% 0 0 14 7 7 7 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0
17 Nash, Jay HBFL 88% 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 2
16 Pears, Tayte FPR 83% 0 1 8 5 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
11 Peverill, Damien HBFR 74% 0 0 17 5 12 5 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3
9 Ramanauskas, Adam BPL 73% 0 1 14 8 6 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 2
37 Reimers, Kyle INT 73% 1 2 18 14 4 6 0 2 1 3 3 1 5 3
30 Ryder, Paddy CHB 97% 0 1 16 7 9 7 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 1
20 Slattery, Henry INT 87% 0 0 12 3 9 2 0 3 0 3 1 3 0 1
5 Stanton, Brent RO 84% 3 0 27 19 8 6 0 3 3 3 3 1 3 6
4 Watson, Jobe C 79% 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 6 5 5 2 2 1 3
8 Winderlich, Jason WL 72% 1 0 15 7 8 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 14 378 220 158 118 17 56 26 47 25 22 41 56

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Addison, Dylan INT 61% 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
21 Akermanis, Jason WL 82% 2 1 21 14 7 7 0 1 4 7 1 3 1 5
5 Boyd, Matthew C 90% 0 0 21 12 9 10 1 7 2 2 3 1 2 1
33 Callan, Tim BPL 86% 0 0 16 7 9 5 0 1 2 2 3 1 2 2
17 Cooney, Adam RR 82% 1 0 24 10 14 6 0 1 3 1 2 0 5 3
4 Cross, Daniel WR 80% 0 0 26 7 19 5 1 5 3 4 3 2 1 1
10 Eagleton, Nathan INT 59% 1 1 13 6 7 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel INT 65% 2 0 13 11 2 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 4
9 Gilbee, Lindsay HBFL 91% 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 3 2
16 Griffen, Ryan RO 66% 2 0 23 14 9 1 0 3 7 2 1 0 2 7
8 Hahn, Mitch CHF 86% 1 1 16 10 6 2 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 4
40 Harbrow, Jarrod HFFL 70% 2 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 2
25 Hargrave, Ryan HBFR 98% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 4 1 5 3 3 4 2
20 Hill, Josh INT 77% 0 2 14 11 3 4 0 2 1 4 0 2 1 4
15 Hudson, Ben RU 68% 0 0 15 3 12 1 22 0 3 2 0 2 1 0
6 Johnson, Brad (c) FF 96% 1 1 19 14 5 4 0 1 0 4 1 3 1 1
36 Lake, Brian FB 96% 1 0 14 11 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0
27 Minson, Will FPL 83% 2 0 14 11 3 7 8 0 3 1 0 1 0 6
38 Morris, Dale BPR 98% 0 0 15 10 5 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 1
2 Murphy, Bob HFFR 89% 1 0 21 18 3 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 9
28 Welsh, Scott FPR 84% 3 3 17 15 2 11 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 5
37 Wight, Cameron CHB 94% 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 4 0 2 0 2 2 1
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 19 14 359 219 140 115 32 48 34 53 22 25 38 63

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: Matthew Knights
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
33 T. Callan 36 B. Lake 38 D. Morris 19 D. Hille 43 B. Houli
16 T. Pears 27 J. Laycock 10 M. McVeigh (c) 36 S. Lonergan 42 N. Lovett-Murray
FORWARD 5 B. Stanton 37 K. Reimers
HALF-BACK

20 H. Slattery
9 L. Gilbee 37 C. Wight 25 R. Hargrave



13 A. Lovett 33 A. McPhee 29 A. Davey



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



21 J. Akermanis 5 M. Boyd 4 D. Cross



2 R. Dyson 4 J. Watson 8 J. Winderlich FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 15 B. Hudson 22 D. Addison
HALF-FORWARD 17 A. Cooney 10 N. Eagleton
40 J. Harbrow 8 M. Hahn 2 B. Murphy 16 R. Griffen 13 D. Giansiracusa
11 D. Peverill 30 P. Ryder 17 J. Nash

20 J. Hill
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



27 W. Minson 6 B. Johnson (c) 28 S. Welsh



31 D. Fletcher 22 M. Michael 9 A. Ramanauskas



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:32
WBUL Ryan Griffen goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 02:45
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 04:32
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 07:28
ESSE Kyle Reimers behind 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 08:01
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 0.2.2 - 3.1.19 08:26
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 0.2.2 - 3.2.20 12:55
ESSE Andrew Lovett goal 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 15:44
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 1.2.8 - 4.2.26 18:21
WBUL Scott Welsh behind 1.2.8 - 4.3.27 23:51
WBUL Scott Welsh behind 1.2.8 - 4.4.28 26:07
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 1.2.8 - 5.4.34 27:03
Q2 ESSE Jason Winderlich goal 2.2.14 - 5.4.34 00:27
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 2.2.14 - 6.4.40 01:53
ESSE Jason Laycock behind 2.3.15 - 6.4.40 03:48
WBUL Josh Hill behind 2.3.15 - 6.5.41 05:59
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 3.3.21 - 6.5.41 08:23
ESSE Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 6.5.41 09:53
ESSE Alwyn Davey behind 3.5.23 - 6.5.41 10:32
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 4.5.29 - 6.5.41 11:16
ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 4.6.30 - 6.5.41 13:49
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 5.6.36 - 6.5.41 16:40
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 5.6.36 - 7.5.47 19:32
WBUL Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 7.6.48 21:09
ESSE David Hille goal 6.6.42 - 7.6.48 22:04
WBUL Jarrod Harbrow goal 6.6.42 - 8.6.54 25:09
ESSE David Hille goal 7.6.48 - 8.6.54 27:19
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 7.6.48 - 9.6.60 29:05
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 7.6.48 - 10.6.66 32:40
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 7.7.49 - 10.6.66 33:41
Q3 ESSE David Hille behind 7.8.50 - 10.6.66 02:03
WBUL Brian Lake goal 7.8.50 - 11.6.72 04:11
ESSE Tayte Pears behind 7.9.51 - 11.6.72 05:32
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 8.9.57 - 11.6.72 07:23
ESSE Jason Laycock goal 9.9.63 - 11.6.72 09:10
ESSE Adam McPhee behind 9.10.64 - 11.6.72 10:36
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 9.10.64 - 12.6.78 11:24
ESSE Kyle Reimers goal 10.10.70 - 12.6.78 13:20
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 10.11.71 - 12.6.78 15:03
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 11.11.77 - 12.6.78 19:09
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 12.11.83 - 12.6.78 21:12
WBUL Ryan Griffen goal 12.11.83 - 13.6.84 22:22
ESSE Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 13.11.89 - 13.6.84 24:36
WBUL Rushed behind 13.11.89 - 13.7.85 27:29
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 14.11.95 - 13.7.85 28:01
WBUL Rushed behind 14.11.95 - 13.8.86 30:52
ESSE Paddy Ryder behind 14.12.96 - 13.8.86 31:54
Q4 ESSE Kyle Reimers behind 14.13.97 - 13.8.86 05:27
WBUL Will Minson goal 14.13.97 - 14.8.92 08:03
WBUL Jarrod Harbrow goal 14.13.97 - 15.8.98 10:20
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 14.13.97 - 16.8.104 13:09
WBUL Rushed behind 14.13.97 - 16.9.105 15:54
ESSE Adam Ramanauskas behind 14.14.98 - 16.9.105 16:27
WBUL Will Minson goal 14.14.98 - 17.9.111 18:04
WBUL Daniel Giansiracusa goal 14.14.98 - 18.9.117 19:24
WBUL Brad Johnson behind 14.14.98 - 18.10.118 22:29
WBUL Rushed behind 14.14.98 - 18.11.119 23:51
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 14.14.98 - 19.11.125 26:15
WBUL Josh Hill behind 14.14.98 - 19.12.126 27:21
WBUL Scott Welsh behind 14.14.98 - 19.13.127 28:14
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 14.14.98 - 19.14.128 29:19