2009 AFL Elimination Final 1: Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 September 2009 between Adelaide and Essendon in the first elimination final of the 2009 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Essendon at AAMI Stadium. Simon Goodwin captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Neil Craig and the visitors were coached by Matthew Knights.

Adelaide
Back: G. Johncock, B. Rutten, A. Otten
Half-back: B. Symes, S. Stevens, M. Doughty
Centre: B. Vince, S. Goodwin (capt.), D. MacKay
Half-forward: P. Dangerfield, T. Hentschel, A. McLeod
Forward: J. Porplyzia, K. Tippett, C. Knights
Follower: I. Maric, B. Reilly, S. Thompson
Int.: B. Burton, R. Douglas, T. Edwards, J. Sellar

Essendon
Back: N. Lovett-Murray, T. Pears, J. Atkinson
Half-back: H. Slattery, D. Fletcher, A. McPhee
Centre: A. Lovett, R. Dyson, M. McVeigh
Half-forward: J. Winderlich, M. Hurley, A. Monfries
Forward: H. Skipworth, J. Neagle, A. Welsh
Follower: C. Hooker, B. Stanton, J. Watson
Int.: C. Dempsey, H. Hocking, B. Prismall, M. Quinn

Adelaide (26.10.166) defeated Essendon (10.10.70).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: J. Porplyzia (5), K. Tippett (4), B. Burton (3), C. Knights (3), P. Dangerfield (2), R. Douglas (2), T. Edwards, T. Hentschel, D. MacKay, I. Maric, J. Sellar, S. Thompson, B. Vince
Essendon: A. McPhee (4), H. Skipworth (2), A. Lovett, A. Monfries, M. Quinn, B. Stanton

As a result of this match, Adelaide faced Collingwood in the first semi final and Essendon were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2009 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 1
Teams: Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Friday 4 September 2009
Time: 7:45 PM
Venue: AAMI Stadium
Attendance: 50,393

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 26.10.166 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 4 . 3 12 . 4 18 . 9 26 . 10 26 . 10 (166)
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 7 8 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin ADEL by 6 ADEL by 39 ADEL by 61 ADEL by 96 ADEL by 96
Duration 31:19 32:59 33:07 32:28 2:09:53

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McBurney (#3), S. Ryan (#25), M. Stevic (#9)

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Burton, Brett INT 69% 3 1 10 8 2 5 0 2 1 3 0 3 0 1
32 Dangerfield, Patrick HFFL 75% 2 0 11 4 7 2 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 1
11 Doughty, Michael HBFR 78% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 5
26 Douglas, Richard INT 75% 2 1 18 8 10 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4
9 Edwards, Tyson INT 82% 1 1 17 10 7 2 0 3 4 2 1 0 0 5
36 Goodwin, Simon (c) C 98% 0 0 22 9 13 5 0 4 2 1 2 1 1 2
37 Hentschel, Trent CHF 87% 1 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3
18 Johncock, Graham BPL 97% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 1 2 2 1 0 3 1
21 Knights, Chris FPR 85% 3 0 17 10 7 5 0 2 0 5 1 4 0 5
14 MacKay, David WR 78% 1 0 19 10 9 3 0 3 2 2 2 1 1 5
20 Maric, Ivan RU 57% 1 0 10 5 5 4 28 3 5 2 4 1 1 0
23 McLeod, Andrew HFFR 92% 0 0 30 21 9 9 0 2 2 2 1 1 3 7
22 Otten, Andy BPR 98% 0 0 19 7 12 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
40 Porplyzia, Jason FPL 91% 5 1 12 9 3 6 0 6 0 4 2 0 0 1
3 Reilly, Brent RR 88% 0 1 18 14 4 8 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3
25 Rutten, Ben FB 100% 0 0 15 5 10 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0
29 Sellar, James INT 47% 1 0 9 4 5 6 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
27 Stevens, Scott CHB 86% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Symes, Brad HBFL 80% 0 1 23 12 11 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 3
5 Thompson, Scott RO 68% 1 1 20 9 11 4 1 2 4 4 3 2 1 1
4 Tippett, Kurt FF 92% 4 1 11 8 3 3 17 0 1 3 2 1 0 0
17 Vince, Bernie WL 79% 1 1 28 20 8 5 0 2 11 2 3 0 3 7
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 26 10 373 211 162 101 64 51 45 39 27 17 18 59

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
38 Atkinson, Jarrod BPR 86% 0 0 13 4 9 5 0 6 0 4 0 1 3 0
15 Dempsey, Courtenay INT 63% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 3 0 4 2 0 3 1
2 Dyson, Ricky C 85% 0 0 19 9 10 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 4 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin CHB 86% 0 0 15 5 10 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1
39 Hocking, Heath INT 84% 0 0 18 6 12 4 0 4 1 3 1 2 2 1
26 Hooker, Cale RU 79% 0 1 16 1 15 3 12 3 3 1 1 1 1 0
22 Hurley, Michael CHF 89% 0 1 13 5 8 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
13 Lovett, Andrew WL 89% 1 1 16 10 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan BPL 68% 0 1 24 6 18 4 5 3 2 6 3 3 0 4
33 McPhee, Adam HBFR 90% 4 0 13 8 5 6 1 3 0 5 1 3 2 0
10 McVeigh, Mark WR 89% 0 0 18 12 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
6 Monfries, Angus HFFR 91% 1 1 12 7 5 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3
1 Neagle, Jay FF 88% 0 0 6 4 2 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2
16 Pears, Tayte FB 86% 0 1 14 5 9 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2
9 Prismall, Brent INT 72% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 2
41 Quinn, Michael INT 69% 1 1 8 5 3 3 0 2 2 5 0 2 0 0
21 Skipworth, Hayden FPL 75% 2 0 9 5 4 4 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 0
20 Slattery, Henry HBFL 90% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 4 1 6 2 3 3 0
5 Stanton, Brent RR 85% 1 0 24 12 12 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 3
4 Watson, Jobe RO 78% 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 4 7 1 1 0 1 1
12 Welsh, Andrew FPR 82% 0 1 23 7 16 4 0 11 3 6 0 3 1 3
8 Winderlich, Jason HFFL 79% 0 0 13 5 8 4 0 7 0 2 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 10 10 331 141 190 72 18 73 24 56 17 27 32 32

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

Adelaide Coach: Neil Craig
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
42 N. Lovett-Murray 16 T. Pears 38 J. Atkinson 20 I. Maric 24 B. Burton
21 C. Knights 4 K. Tippett 40 J. Porplyzia 3 B. Reilly 26 R. Douglas
FORWARD 5 S. Thompson 9 T. Edwards
HALF-BACK

29 J. Sellar
20 H. Slattery 31 D. Fletcher 33 A. McPhee



23 A. McLeod 37 T. Hentschel 32 P. Dangerfield



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 A. Lovett 2 R. Dyson 10 M. McVeigh



14 D. MacKay 36 S. Goodwin (c) 17 B. Vince FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 26 C. Hooker 15 C. Dempsey
HALF-FORWARD 5 B. Stanton 39 H. Hocking
8 J. Winderlich 22 M. Hurley 6 A. Monfries 4 J. Watson 9 B. Prismall
11 M. Doughty 27 S. Stevens 15 B. Symes

41 M. Quinn
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 H. Skipworth 1 J. Neagle 12 A. Welsh



22 A. Otten 25 B. Rutten 18 G. Johncock



BACK



Essendon Coach: Matthew Knights

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Bernie Vince goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 05:18
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 07:43
ESSE Michael Hurley behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 09:07
ESSE Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 10:45
ADEL Brent Reilly behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 11:25
ADEL Jason Porplyzia behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 11:47
ADEL Kurt Tippett goal 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 14:11
ESSE Michael Quinn behind 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 16:56
ADEL Brett Burton behind 2.3.15 - 1.3.9 17:50
ESSE Michael Quinn goal 2.3.15 - 2.3.15 20:33
ADEL Brett Burton goal 3.3.21 - 2.3.15 26:28
ESSE Hayden Skipworth goal 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 28:00
ADEL Richard Douglas goal 4.3.27 - 3.3.21 29:36
Q2 ADEL Tyson Edwards goal 5.3.33 - 3.3.21 02:35
ADEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 6.3.39 - 3.3.21 05:01
ADEL Jason Porplyzia goal 7.3.45 - 3.3.21 06:55
ESSE Adam McPhee goal 7.3.45 - 4.3.27 14:27
ESSE Nathan Lovett-Murray behind 7.3.45 - 4.4.28 15:43
ADEL Kurt Tippett goal 8.3.51 - 4.4.28 16:28
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 8.3.51 - 4.5.29 17:55
ESSE Tayte Pears behind 8.3.51 - 4.6.30 19:02
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 8.3.51 - 5.6.36 20:42
ADEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 9.3.57 - 5.6.36 22:16
ADEL Richard Douglas goal 10.3.63 - 5.6.36 25:30
ESSE Angus Monfries behind 10.3.63 - 5.7.37 26:52
ADEL Kurt Tippett goal 11.3.69 - 5.7.37 28:34
ADEL Rushed behind 11.4.70 - 5.7.37 30:04
ADEL Chris Knights goal 12.4.76 - 5.7.37 32:03
Q3 ADEL Jason Porplyzia goal 13.4.82 - 5.7.37 00:23
ESSE Adam McPhee goal 13.4.82 - 6.7.43 02:17
ADEL Tyson Edwards behind 13.5.83 - 6.7.43 05:28
ADEL Chris Knights goal 14.5.89 - 6.7.43 06:33
ESSE Adam McPhee goal 14.5.89 - 7.7.49 07:59
ADEL Ivan Maric goal 15.5.95 - 7.7.49 16:25
ADEL Kurt Tippett goal 16.5.101 - 7.7.49 18:16
ADEL Scott Thompson behind 16.6.102 - 7.7.49 21:55
ADEL Trent Hentschel goal 17.6.108 - 7.7.49 22:45
ESSE Andrew Welsh behind 17.6.108 - 7.8.50 24:45
ADEL Scott Thompson goal 18.6.114 - 7.8.50 26:21
ADEL Richard Douglas behind 18.7.115 - 7.8.50 28:26
ESSE Adam McPhee goal 18.7.115 - 8.8.56 29:03
ADEL Brad Symes behind 18.8.116 - 8.8.56 31:44
ADEL Kurt Tippett behind 18.9.117 - 8.8.56 32:53
Q4 ADEL Jason Porplyzia goal 19.9.123 - 8.8.56 03:04
ADEL David MacKay goal 20.9.129 - 8.8.56 04:37
ADEL Jason Porplyzia goal 21.9.135 - 8.8.56 12:02
ADEL Brett Burton goal 22.9.141 - 8.8.56 14:19
ESSE Rushed behind 22.9.141 - 8.9.57 16:07
ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 22.9.141 - 8.10.58 16:44
ADEL Jason Porplyzia goal 23.9.147 - 8.10.58 17:51
ADEL Chris Knights goal 24.9.153 - 8.10.58 19:25
ADEL Bernie Vince behind 24.10.154 - 8.10.58 24:21
ESSE Andrew Lovett goal 24.10.154 - 9.10.64 25:48
ESSE Hayden Skipworth goal 24.10.154 - 10.10.70 27:39
ADEL Brett Burton goal 25.10.160 - 10.10.70 28:50
ADEL James Sellar goal 26.10.166 - 10.10.70 31:22