2008 AFL Round 20: Essendon v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2008 between Essendon and Adelaide during round 20 of the 2008 AFL season. Essendon hosted Adelaide at Telstra Dome. Matthew Lloyd captained the hosts. Simon Goodwin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Matthew Knights and the visitors were coached by Neil Craig.

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

Adelaide
Back: G. Johncock, B. Rutten, N. Bassett
Half-back: N. van Berlo, N. Bock, K. Massie
Centre: B. Symes, S. Goodwin (capt.), D. MacKay
Half-forward: R. Shirley, S. Stevens, A. McLeod
Forward: R. Douglas, N. Gill, M. Doughty
Follower: I. Maric, S. Thompson, T. Edwards
Int.: B. Campbell, P. Dangerfield, B. Moran, B. Reilly

Essendon (10.13.73) were defeated by Adelaide (19.15.129).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (3), D. Hille (2), J. Laycock, N. Lovett-Murray, R. Magin, A. McPhee, P. Ryder
Adelaide: N. Gill (5), S. Goodwin (3), R. Douglas (2), G. Johncock (2), S. Stevens (2), P. Dangerfield, I. Maric, A. McLeod, B. Moran, S. Thompson

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 12th on the ladder and Adelaide were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 16 August 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 32,184

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Adelaide
Score: 10.13.73 - 19.15.129

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	1	.	2	4	.	7	6	.	10	10	.	13	10	.	13	(73)
Adelaide	3	.	4	7	.	8	13	.	10	19	.	15	19	.	15	(129)
Margin	ADEL by 14			ADEL by 19			ADEL by 42			ADEL by 56			ADEL by 56
Duration	27:13			30:28			31:12			31:55			2:00:48

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Knights (Essendon), Neil Craig (Adelaide)
Captains: Matthew Lloyd (Essendon), Simon Goodwin (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Kamolins (#19), D. Margetts (#6), B. Rosebury (#8)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Scott Thompson	ADEL	5	3
Nick Gill	ADEL	1	2
Jay Nash	ESSE	17	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Scott Thompson	ADEL	5	10	2	0	0	0	0
Nick Gill	ADEL	1	8	0	2	0	0	0
Nathan van Berlo	ADEL	7	5	0	0	1	1	0
Nathan Bock	ADEL	44	3	0	0	1	0	0
Simon Goodwin	ADEL	36	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jay Nash	ESSE	17	1	0	0	0	0	1
Damien Peverill	ESSE	11	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
15	Dempsey, Courtenay	INT	3%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Dyson, Ricky	INT	84%	0	0	30	11	19	3	0	2	1	3	1	1	1	4
31	Fletcher, Dustin	FB	28%	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0
19	Hille, David	RU	93%	2	2	16	9	7	6	18	4	2	2	1	2	0	2
7	Jetta, Leroy	FPR	79%	0	0	15	8	7	4	0	4	1	1	1	0	2	1
27	Laycock, Jason	FF	85%	1	0	16	7	9	9	8	2	3	1	2	0	0	1
18	Lloyd, Matthew (c)	CHF	95%	3	0	16	10	6	9	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	4
36	Lonergan, Sam	RO	88%	0	0	16	6	10	2	0	6	1	1	0	0	2	1
13	Lovett, Andrew	WL	82%	0	1	20	13	7	5	0	5	1	1	0	0	2	7
42	Lovett-Murray, Nathan	HBFL	100%	1	1	17	7	10	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
34	Magin, Rhys	INT	69%	1	0	10	4	6	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
33	McPhee, Adam	HFFL	95%	1	0	20	13	7	8	0	2	1	7	1	1	2	3
22	Michael, Mal	BPR	100%	0	0	16	3	13	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0
6	Monfries, Angus	HFFR	94%	0	0	11	4	7	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3
17	Nash, Jay	WR	97%	0	1	33	15	18	2	0	2	1	3	0	0	6	2
11	Peverill, Damien	FPL	87%	0	0	33	13	20	5	0	3	4	3	0	2	3	4
9	Ramanauskas, Adam	INT	75%	0	0	14	8	6	4	0	2	1	2	2	1	1	1
30	Ryder, Paddy	CHB	97%	1	1	10	9	1	6	1	5	0	4	2	4	2	0
20	Slattery, Henry	BPL	86%	0	0	13	6	7	3	0	8	0	3	0	1	1	2
5	Stanton, Brent	RR	91%	0	1	32	17	15	6	0	3	2	2	1	0	3	5
4	Watson, Jobe	C	91%	0	1	27	9	18	3	0	7	4	3	1	1	2	3
12	Welsh, Andrew	HBFR	80%	0	0	14	8	6	3	0	8	1	1	1	1	2	2
Rushed					5
Total (22 players)				10	13	382	182	200	91	28	71	24	44	15	18	33	46

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
8	Bassett, Nathan	BPR	96%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
44	Bock, Nathan	CHB	98%	0	0	19	13	6	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	4	5
31	Campbell, Bryce	INT	59%	0	0	6	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Dangerfield, Patrick	INT	57%	1	1	9	6	3	4	0	1	1	3	1	1	1	2
11	Doughty, Michael	FPR	94%	0	0	21	12	9	5	0	0	3	3	0	2	1	1
26	Douglas, Richard	FPL	80%	2	0	14	8	6	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
9	Edwards, Tyson	RO	82%	0	0	19	7	12	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	1
1	Gill, Nick	FF	84%	5	3	22	18	4	11	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	7
36	Goodwin, Simon (c)	C	90%	3	0	19	9	10	4	0	0	2	4	1	1	1	4
18	Johncock, Graham	BPL	87%	2	0	8	7	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2
14	MacKay, David	WR	74%	0	1	15	9	6	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	5
20	Maric, Ivan	RU	68%	1	0	10	3	7	2	19	4	2	1	0	1	0	2
3	Massie, Kris	HBFR	84%	0	0	14	5	9	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	1
23	McLeod, Andrew	HFFR	94%	1	0	14	11	3	1	0	4	3	5	0	0	1	4
2	Moran, Brad	INT	59%	1	0	15	8	7	5	17	1	3	5	0	2	1	1
33	Reilly, Brent	INT	75%	0	0	23	14	9	7	0	4	6	3	0	2	1	5
25	Rutten, Ben	FB	100%	0	0	11	5	6	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2
12	Shirley, Robert	HFFL	74%	0	0	13	3	10	2	1	7	2	2	2	2	0	1
27	Stevens, Scott	CHF	89%	2	1	11	9	2	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4
15	Symes, Brad	WL	85%	0	1	26	15	11	7	1	6	2	4	2	2	7	2
5	Thompson, Scott	RR	83%	1	0	31	17	14	3	0	4	5	1	2	0	4	4
7	van Berlo, Nathan	HBFL	90%	0	2	26	11	15	4	0	5	7	1	2	0	1	4
Rushed					6
Total (22 players)				19	15	355	196	159	89	39	47	49	40	18	15	31	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

Player Line-Up

Essendon							Coach: Matthew Knights
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	18	G. Johncock	25	B. Rutten	8	N. Bassett	19	D. Hille	15	C. Dempsey
	7	L. Jetta	27	J. Laycock	11	D. Peverill	5	B. Stanton	2	R. Dyson
FORWARD							36	S. Lonergan	34	R. Magin
HALF-BACK									9	A. Ramanauskas
	7	N. van Berlo	44	N. Bock	3	K. Massie
	6	A. Monfries	18	M. Lloyd (c)	33	A. McPhee
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	B. Symes	36	S. Goodwin (c)	14	D. MacKay
	17	J. Nash	4	J. Watson	13	A. Lovett	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							20	I. Maric	31	B. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD							5	S. Thompson	19	P. Dangerfield
	12	R. Shirley	27	S. Stevens	23	A. McLeod	9	T. Edwards	2	B. Moran
	12	A. Welsh	30	P. Ryder	42	N. Lovett-Murray			33	B. Reilly
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	26	R. Douglas	1	N. Gill	11	M. Doughty
	22	M. Michael	31	D. Fletcher	20	H. Slattery
BACK
Adelaide							Coach: Neil Craig

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ADEL	Brad Symes behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:08
	ESSE	Paddy Ryder goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	05:30
	ADEL	Graham Johncock goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	10:06
	ADEL	Nick Gill behind	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	12:05
	ADEL	Scott Stevens goal	1.0.6	-	2.2.14	13:41
	ESSE	Paddy Ryder behind	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	15:22
	ADEL	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	2.3.15	21:32
	ADEL	Brad Moran goal	1.1.7	-	3.3.21	22:04
	ADEL	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	3.4.22	23:33
	ESSE	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	3.4.22	26:49
Q2	ADEL	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	3.5.23	01:16
	ESSE	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	3.5.23	03:14
	ESSE	Rushed behind	1.4.10	-	3.5.23	05:10
	ESSE	Rushed behind	1.5.11	-	3.5.23	06:51
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	2.5.17	-	3.5.23	09:08
	ADEL	Rushed behind	2.5.17	-	3.6.24	11:28
	ESSE	David Hille goal	3.5.23	-	3.6.24	13:00
	ESSE	Brent Stanton behind	3.6.24	-	3.6.24	14:50
	ADEL	Simon Goodwin goal	3.6.24	-	4.6.30	17:36
	ADEL	Scott Thompson goal	3.6.24	-	5.6.36	19:41
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	4.6.30	-	5.6.36	22:34
	ADEL	Simon Goodwin goal	4.6.30	-	6.6.42	24:52
	ESSE	Jay Nash behind	4.7.31	-	6.6.42	26:06
	ADEL	Rushed behind	4.7.31	-	6.7.43	26:42
	ADEL	Nathan van Berlo behind	4.7.31	-	6.8.44	27:42
	ADEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	4.7.31	-	7.8.50	30:24
Q3	ADEL	Simon Goodwin goal	4.7.31	-	8.8.56	02:02
	ESSE	David Hille behind	4.8.32	-	8.8.56	05:49
	ADEL	Richard Douglas goal	4.8.32	-	9.8.62	06:48
	ADEL	Nick Gill goal	4.8.32	-	10.8.68	08:30
	ADEL	Ivan Maric goal	4.8.32	-	11.8.74	10:14
	ADEL	Scott Stevens behind	4.8.32	-	11.9.75	14:10
	ADEL	Scott Stevens goal	4.8.32	-	12.9.81	15:17
	ADEL	Nick Gill goal	4.8.32	-	13.9.87	16:48
	ADEL	Patrick Dangerfield behind	4.8.32	-	13.10.88	22:34
	ESSE	David Hille goal	5.8.38	-	13.10.88	24:24
	ESSE	Adam McPhee goal	6.8.44	-	13.10.88	26:59
	ESSE	Andrew Lovett behind	6.9.45	-	13.10.88	29:53
	ESSE	David Hille behind	6.10.46	-	13.10.88	31:08
Q4	ADEL	Graham Johncock goal	6.10.46	-	14.10.94	01:23
	ESSE	Jobe Watson behind	6.11.47	-	14.10.94	03:47
	ADEL	Rushed behind	6.11.47	-	14.11.95	04:35
	ESSE	Nathan Lovett-Murray goal	7.11.53	-	14.11.95	05:12
	ADEL	Nick Gill goal	7.11.53	-	15.11.101	08:17
	ADEL	Nick Gill goal	7.11.53	-	16.11.107	09:47
	ESSE	Rhys Magin goal	8.11.59	-	16.11.107	11:30
	ADEL	Nick Gill behind	8.11.59	-	16.12.108	12:48
	ADEL	David MacKay behind	8.11.59	-	16.13.109	13:27
	ADEL	Nick Gill behind	8.11.59	-	16.14.110	14:30
	ADEL	Andrew McLeod goal	8.11.59	-	17.14.116	15:17
	ESSE	Matthew Lloyd goal	9.11.65	-	17.14.116	17:33
	ESSE	Nathan Lovett-Murray behind	9.12.66	-	17.14.116	20:11
	ADEL	Nathan van Berlo behind	9.12.66	-	17.15.117	21:29
	ESSE	Rushed behind	9.13.67	-	17.15.117	23:44
	ADEL	Nick Gill goal	9.13.67	-	18.15.123	26:01
	ADEL	Richard Douglas goal	9.13.67	-	19.15.129	27:57
	ESSE	Jason Laycock goal	10.13.73	-	19.15.129	29:32

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