2010 AFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 2010 between Geelong and Essendon during round one of the 2010 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at the MCG. Cameron Ling captained the hosts. Jobe Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Matthew Knights.

Geelong (19.11.125) defeated Essendon (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 2010 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Friday 26 March 2010
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 57,772

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 19.11.125 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 5 8 . 7 11 . 8 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Essendon 2 . 3 7 . 9 11 . 14 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin GEEL by 2 GEEL by 4 ESSE by 6 GEEL by 31 GEEL by 31
Duration 27:43 34:05 32:15 32:49 2:06:52

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Geelong) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Cameron Ling
Coach: Mark Thompson

Essendon

Captain: Jobe Watson
Coach: Matthew Knights

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Farmer (#4)
S. Meredith (#21)
M. Vozzo (#2)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jimmy Bartel GEEL 3 3
Cameron Ling GEEL 45 2
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Shannon Byrnes GEEL 17 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Jimmy Bartel GEEL 3 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Brent Stanton ESSE 5 4 0 ? ? ? ?
James Kelly GEEL 9 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Steve Johnson GEEL 20 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 FPL 92% 2 2 37 13 24 5 0 4 4 3 0 1 2 5
3 Bartel, Jimmy C 91% 2 0 29 10 19 6 1 4 0 2 2 1 2 4
24 Blake, Mark INT 53% 0 0 5 0 5 2 25 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
17 Byrnes, Shannon FPR 78% 3 4 26 13 13 10 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 3
35 Chapman, Paul HFFR 84% 0 0 27 16 11 6 0 5 6 3 0 1 0 7
11 Corey, Joel WR 72% 0 0 27 14 13 2 0 3 2 5 0 2 2 5
22 Duncan, Mitch INT 71% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 6 0 3 1 2 0 1
44 Enright, Corey HBFL 80% 0 0 27 11 16 6 0 3 0 3 1 2 3 0
26 Hawkins, Tom CHF 87% 2 1 14 8 6 7 1 3 0 3 0 2 0 2
8 Hunt, Josh BPL 90% 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0
20 Johnson, Steve HFFL 87% 2 1 25 15 10 4 0 1 4 3 2 0 1 6
9 Kelly, James WL 88% 2 0 21 11 10 5 0 7 1 6 1 1 2 2
45 Ling, Cameron (c) RR 86% 1 0 29 12 17 1 0 5 7 4 0 4 2 2
13 Lonergan, Tom CHB 91% 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0
4 Mackie, Andrew HBFR 88% 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 6
39 Milburn, Darren INT 69% 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 1
21 Mooney, Cam FF 89% 3 1 12 10 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
6 Ottens, Brad RU 67% 1 0 11 5 6 4 26 4 3 3 1 3 1 1
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 96% 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0
14 Selwood, Joel RO 78% 1 0 23 6 17 4 1 9 4 0 0 0 0 3
7 Taylor, Harry BPR 85% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 5 0
40 Wojcinski, David INT 80% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 19 11 436 206 230 95 54 74 33 55 13 25 30 54

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Davey, Alwyn INT 65% 2 1 10 6 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 1
15 Dempsey, Courtenay HBFL 86% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 3 1 4 1 2 2 3
2 Dyson, Ricky WL 90% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 4 0 4 0 0 3 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin BPR 91% 1 0 16 11 5 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3
3 Gumbleton, Scott CHF 81% 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
19 Hille, David RU 77% 0 1 17 6 11 5 5 0 2 2 0 0 3 2
39 Hocking, Heath HBFR 83% 0 1 17 8 9 4 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 1
26 Hooker, Cale FB 87% 0 0 17 8 9 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 6 1
40 Howlett, Ben INT 72% 1 0 16 14 2 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 4
6 Monfries, Angus HFFR 89% 2 1 16 10 6 5 0 3 3 1 3 1 0 1
1 Neagle, Jay INT 72% 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 4 2 2 0 2
16 Pears, Tayte CHB 91% 0 1 16 11 5 5 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 0
9 Prismall, Brent HFFL 68% 0 1 22 15 7 2 0 8 2 1 0 0 5 2
37 Reimers, Kyle INT 83% 1 0 14 10 4 5 0 5 2 0 1 0 1 3
30 Ryder, Paddy FF 84% 0 1 11 5 6 1 24 3 5 2 2 0 1 1
20 Slattery, Henry BPL 94% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 7 3 2 1 1 2 1
5 Stanton, Brent WR 79% 1 1 33 18 15 7 0 8 4 1 1 0 3 6
4 Watson, Jobe (c) C 78% 2 0 18 10 8 1 0 3 6 5 3 0 0 3
12 Welsh, Andrew RR 77% 0 1 22 9 13 1 0 5 6 2 1 1 3 1
33 Williams, Mark FPL 93% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
8 Winderlich, Jason RO 85% 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1
11 Zaharakis, David FPR 75% 2 2 19 10 9 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 13 16 342 198 144 73 31 74 48 43 25 13 31 48

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 26 C. Hooker 31 D. Fletcher 6 B. Ottens 24 M. Blake
17 S. Byrnes 21 C. Mooney 29 G. Ablett 45 C. Ling (c) 22 M. Duncan
FORWARD 14 J. Selwood 39 D. Milburn
HALF-BACK

40 D. Wojcinski
15 C. Dempsey 16 T. Pears 39 H. Hocking



35 P. Chapman 26 T. Hawkins 20 S. Johnson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 R. Dyson 4 J. Watson (c) 5 B. Stanton



11 J. Corey 3 J. Bartel 9 J. Kelly FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 D. Hille 29 A. Davey
HALF-FORWARD 12 A. Welsh 40 B. Howlett
9 B. Prismall 3 S. Gumbleton 6 A. Monfries 8 J. Winderlich 1 J. Neagle
4 A. Mackie 13 T. Lonergan 44 C. Enright

37 K. Reimers
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



33 M. Williams 30 P. Ryder 11 D. Zaharakis



7 H. Taylor 30 M. Scarlett 8 J. Hunt



BACK



Essendon Coach: Matthew Knights

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Brent Stanton behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:24
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 04:39
GEEL Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 06:22
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 07:16
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 08:37
ESSE Angus Monfries behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 11:27
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 16:02
GEEL Brad Ottens goal 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 21:52
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 24:02
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 2.4.16 - 2.2.14 24:52
GEEL Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 2.2.14 26:09
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 2.5.17 - 2.3.15 27:00
Q2 GEEL Gary Ablett goal 3.5.23 - 2.3.15 01:07
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 3.6.24 - 2.3.15 02:48
ESSE Rushed behind 3.6.24 - 2.4.16 04:20
ESSE Andrew Welsh behind 3.6.24 - 2.5.17 08:56
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 3.6.24 - 3.5.23 09:17
ESSE Paddy Ryder behind 3.6.24 - 3.6.24 10:40
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 3.7.25 - 3.6.24 11:54
ESSE Kyle Reimers goal 3.7.25 - 4.6.30 13:50
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 3.7.25 - 5.6.36 14:59
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 3.7.25 - 6.6.42 17:22
ESSE Brent Prismall behind 3.7.25 - 6.7.43 18:58
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 4.7.31 - 6.7.43 20:15
ESSE Alwyn Davey behind 4.7.31 - 6.8.44 22:14
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 5.7.37 - 6.8.44 22:58
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 6.7.43 - 6.8.44 25:32
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 7.7.49 - 6.8.44 27:32
GEEL Shannon Byrnes goal 8.7.55 - 6.8.44 30:12
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 8.7.55 - 6.9.45 31:46
ESSE Jay Neagle goal 8.7.55 - 7.9.51 33:02
Q3 ESSE David Hille behind 8.7.55 - 7.10.52 00:50
ESSE Dustin Fletcher goal 8.7.55 - 8.10.58 01:22
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 8.7.55 - 9.10.64 03:27
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 8.7.55 - 10.10.70 04:45
ESSE Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 10.11.71 06:06
ESSE Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 10.12.72 06:53
ESSE Ben Howlett goal 8.7.55 - 11.12.78 07:58
ESSE Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 11.13.79 11:52
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 8.8.56 - 11.13.79 12:46
GEEL James Kelly goal 9.8.62 - 11.13.79 17:38
ESSE Tayte Pears behind 9.8.62 - 11.14.80 19:13
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 10.8.68 - 11.14.80 23:30
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 11.8.74 - 11.14.80 28:15
Q4 GEEL Joel Selwood goal 12.8.80 - 11.14.80 01:00
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 12.9.81 - 11.14.80 02:10
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 13.9.87 - 11.14.80 03:29
GEEL Shannon Byrnes goal 14.9.93 - 11.14.80 05:38
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 15.9.99 - 11.14.80 08:42
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 16.9.105 - 11.14.80 13:22
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 16.10.106 - 11.14.80 15:40
GEEL Shannon Byrnes goal 17.10.112 - 11.14.80 16:59
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 17.11.113 - 11.14.80 20:25
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 17.11.113 - 12.14.86 21:51
ESSE Rushed behind 17.11.113 - 12.15.87 24:17
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 17.11.113 - 13.15.93 24:54
GEEL James Kelly goal 18.11.119 - 13.15.93 26:42
ESSE Heath Hocking behind 18.11.119 - 13.16.94 28:30
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 19.11.125 - 13.16.94 29:02