2008 AFL Round 21: Western Bulldogs v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 2008 between Western Bulldogs and Essendon during round 21 of the 2008 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Essendon at Telstra Dome. Brad Johnson captained the hosts. Matthew Lloyd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Matthew Knights.

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

Essendon
Back: H. Slattery, N. Lovett-Murray, M. Michael
Half-back: M. McVeigh, P. Ryder, J. Nash
Centre: A. Lovett, J. Watson, J. Johnson
Half-forward: A. Ramanauskas, A. McPhee, A. Monfries
Forward: S. Lonergan, M. Lloyd (capt.), H. Hocking
Follower: T. Bellchambers, B. Stanton, R. Dyson
Int.: C. Hooker, R. Magin, D. Peverill, A. Welsh

Western Bulldogs (23.13.151) defeated Essendon (15.15.105).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: M. Hahn (6), J. Akermanis (4), B. Johnson (4), W. Minson (2), S. Welsh (2), M. Boyd, A. Cooney, N. Eagleton, J. Harbrow, B. Murphy
Essendon: M. Lloyd (4), M. Michael (2), B. Stanton (2), R. Dyson, S. Lonergan, N. Lovett-Murray, A. McPhee, M. McVeigh, A. Monfries, J. Nash

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs remained 3rd on the ladder and Essendon remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
Date: Friday 22 August 2008
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 37,294

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Essendon
Score: 23.13.151 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 3 10 . 6 19 . 8 23 . 13 23 . 13 (151)
Essendon 3 . 4 5 . 8 9 . 11 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin ESSE by 1 WBUL by 28 WBUL by 57 WBUL by 46 WBUL by 46
Duration 28:25 32:17 33:26 30:47 2:04:55

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), C. Hendrie (#24), S. McLaren (#11), E: C. Kamolins (#19)
Umpire Replacement: C. Kamolins replaced C. Hendrie

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 3
Mitch Hahn WBUL 8 2
Daniel Cross WBUL 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Mitch Hahn WBUL 8 10 2 0 0 0 0
Adam Cooney WBUL 17 6 0 1 0 1 0
Jason Akermanis WBUL 21 4 0 1 0 0 0
Daniel Giansiracusa WBUL 13 3 0 0 1 0 0
Brian Lake WBUL 36 3 0 0 1 0 0
Brad Johnson WBUL 6 2 0 0 0 1 0
Henry Slattery ESSE 20 1 0 0 0 0 1
Brent Stanton ESSE 5 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Akermanis, Jason HFFL 73% 4 1 17 10 7 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 5
5 Boyd, Matthew RO 86% 1 0 24 18 6 6 0 1 2 5 0 2 4 0
33 Callan, Tim BPR 85% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 3 1 1 0 1 3 1
17 Cooney, Adam RR 85% 1 1 28 17 11 8 0 1 4 3 1 1 5 2
4 Cross, Daniel WR 85% 0 0 29 12 17 5 1 3 4 4 0 2 1 2
10 Eagleton, Nathan INT 74% 1 1 20 9 11 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
3 Everitt, Andrejs HBFR 87% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 2
13 Giansiracusa, Daniel INT 71% 0 0 27 18 9 9 0 3 4 1 1 0 4 3
16 Griffen, Ryan HBFL 84% 0 0 19 12 7 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 8
8 Hahn, Mitch C 88% 6 1 16 11 5 8 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 4
40 Harbrow, Jarrod FPL 90% 1 1 9 5 4 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1
25 Hargrave, Ryan CHB 84% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 0
19 Higgins, Shaun INT 74% 0 2 14 7 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
20 Hill, Josh WL 82% 0 0 18 12 6 11 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 0
15 Hudson, Ben RU 67% 0 1 10 3 7 2 14 2 4 3 1 2 0 1
6 Johnson, Brad (c) HFFR 85% 4 0 19 13 6 4 1 1 1 3 4 0 0 4
36 Lake, Brian FB 100% 0 0 22 11 11 6 0 2 0 3 0 3 7 0
27 Minson, Will FF 76% 2 0 10 6 4 3 21 1 1 2 0 2 1 1
38 Morris, Dale BPL 99% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
2 Murphy, Bob CHF 79% 1 2 18 16 2 10 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 7
14 Ward, Callan INT 61% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3
28 Welsh, Scott FPR 85% 2 0 16 10 6 9 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 23 13 368 221 147 118 38 37 31 43 17 21 39 53

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
44 Bellchambers, Tom RU 70% 0 0 11 4 7 3 8 3 0 3 0 2 0 1
2 Dyson, Ricky RO 70% 1 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 4
39 Hocking, Heath FPR 79% 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
26 Hooker, Cale INT 75% 0 0 8 1 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
14 Johnson, Jason WR 78% 0 0 26 16 10 6 0 4 6 5 2 1 3 5
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) FF 100% 4 0 18 15 3 11 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 3
36 Lonergan, Sam FPL 98% 1 1 16 10 6 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
13 Lovett, Andrew WL 91% 0 1 19 9 10 2 0 3 1 3 0 1 3 5
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan FB 95% 1 0 13 1 12 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
34 Magin, Rhys INT 88% 0 1 12 8 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2
33 McPhee, Adam CHF 97% 1 0 12 12 0 5 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 3
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFL 81% 1 1 21 12 9 1 0 3 4 6 1 1 0 3
22 Michael, Mal BPR 79% 2 1 11 5 6 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
6 Monfries, Angus HFFR 95% 1 0 21 8 13 9 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 3
17 Nash, Jay HBFR 86% 1 0 15 11 4 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2
11 Peverill, Damien INT 66% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 6 1 1 2 1 3 0
9 Ramanauskas, Adam HFFL 79% 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 3
30 Ryder, Paddy CHB 85% 0 1 8 5 3 4 5 3 0 3 2 2 1 2
20 Slattery, Henry BPL 95% 0 1 15 9 6 5 0 2 2 6 1 3 2 3
5 Stanton, Brent RR 90% 2 2 28 17 11 4 0 4 8 4 0 0 0 7
4 Watson, Jobe C 55% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 3
12 Welsh, Andrew INT 48% 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 5 4 2 1 0 0 4
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 15 15 330 188 142 84 13 58 34 45 21 17 26 56

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

Western Bulldogs Coach: Rodney Eade
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
20 H. Slattery 42 N. Lovett-Murray 22 M. Michael 15 B. Hudson 10 N. Eagleton
28 S. Welsh 27 W. Minson 40 J. Harbrow 17 A. Cooney 13 D. Giansiracusa
FORWARD 5 M. Boyd 19 S. Higgins
HALF-BACK

14 C. Ward
10 M. McVeigh 30 P. Ryder 17 J. Nash



6 B. Johnson (c) 2 B. Murphy 21 J. Akermanis



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 A. Lovett 4 J. Watson 14 J. Johnson



4 D. Cross 8 M. Hahn 20 J. Hill FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. Bellchambers 26 C. Hooker
HALF-FORWARD 5 B. Stanton 34 R. Magin
9 A. Ramanauskas 33 A. McPhee 6 A. Monfries 2 R. Dyson 11 D. Peverill
3 A. Everitt 25 R. Hargrave 16 R. Griffen

12 A. Welsh
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



36 S. Lonergan 18 M. Lloyd (c) 39 H. Hocking



33 T. Callan 36 B. Lake 38 D. Morris



BACK



Essendon Coach: Matthew Knights

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:22
ESSE Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:56
WBUL Bob Murphy goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 05:51
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 07:25
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 13:36
WBUL Adam Cooney behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 15:03
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 3.1.19 - 1.2.8 16:39
WBUL Jason Akermanis behind 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 18:54
ESSE Nathan Lovett-Murray goal 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 20:05
ESSE Adam McPhee goal 3.2.20 - 3.2.20 21:26
ESSE Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 23:23
WBUL Jarrod Harbrow behind 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 24:54
ESSE Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 27:06
Q2 ESSE Rhys Magin behind 3.3.21 - 3.5.23 00:32
WBUL Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 3.5.23 02:07
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 3.4.22 - 4.5.29 05:02
WBUL Adam Cooney goal 4.4.28 - 4.5.29 08:05
ESSE Sam Lonergan goal 4.4.28 - 5.5.35 09:09
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 4.4.28 - 5.6.36 10:22
WBUL Nathan Eagleton goal 5.4.34 - 5.6.36 11:59
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 6.4.40 - 5.6.36 14:25
ESSE Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 5.7.37 15:52
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 6.4.40 - 5.8.38 17:51
WBUL Jarrod Harbrow goal 7.4.46 - 5.8.38 19:15
WBUL Mitch Hahn behind 7.5.47 - 5.8.38 22:02
WBUL Nathan Eagleton behind 7.6.48 - 5.8.38 22:33
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 8.6.54 - 5.8.38 23:41
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 9.6.60 - 5.8.38 27:52
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 10.6.66 - 5.8.38 29:59
Q3 ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 10.6.66 - 6.8.44 01:02
ESSE Rushed behind 10.6.66 - 6.9.45 02:23
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 11.6.72 - 6.9.45 03:24
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 11.7.73 - 6.9.45 05:42
WBUL Shaun Higgins behind 11.8.74 - 6.9.45 06:45
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 11.8.74 - 7.9.51 08:20
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 12.8.80 - 7.9.51 09:39
WBUL Will Minson goal 13.8.86 - 7.9.51 11:40
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 14.8.92 - 7.9.51 13:42
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 15.8.98 - 7.9.51 17:48
WBUL Will Minson goal 16.8.104 - 7.9.51 20:32
ESSE Sam Lonergan behind 16.8.104 - 7.10.52 22:16
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 17.8.110 - 7.10.52 24:21
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 17.8.110 - 8.10.58 26:25
ESSE Mal Michael goal 17.8.110 - 9.10.64 27:58
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 18.8.116 - 9.10.64 29:11
WBUL Brad Johnson goal 19.8.122 - 9.10.64 30:28
ESSE Rushed behind 19.8.122 - 9.11.65 32:26
Q4 WBUL Rushed behind 19.9.123 - 9.11.65 00:38
ESSE Paddy Ryder behind 19.9.123 - 9.12.66 01:18
WBUL Rushed behind 19.10.124 - 9.12.66 02:15
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 19.10.124 - 10.12.72 03:09
WBUL Matthew Boyd goal 20.10.130 - 10.12.72 05:06
ESSE Mal Michael behind 20.10.130 - 10.13.73 06:34
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 20.11.131 - 10.13.73 07:25
ESSE Mal Michael goal 20.11.131 - 11.13.79 09:01
WBUL Shaun Higgins behind 20.12.132 - 11.13.79 12:41
ESSE Henry Slattery behind 20.12.132 - 11.14.80 14:38
WBUL Jason Akermanis goal 21.12.138 - 11.14.80 15:28
WBUL Scott Welsh goal 22.12.144 - 11.14.80 17:37
WBUL Mitch Hahn goal 23.12.150 - 11.14.80 19:32
ESSE Jay Nash goal 23.12.150 - 12.14.86 23:38
WBUL Ben Hudson behind 23.13.151 - 12.14.86 25:32
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 23.13.151 - 13.14.92 26:23
ESSE Ricky Dyson goal 23.13.151 - 14.14.98 27:52
ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 23.13.151 - 14.15.99 29:18
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 23.13.151 - 15.15.105 30:42