2011 AFL Round 8: Brisbane Lions v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 2011 between Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round 8 of the 2011 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon at Gabba. Jobe Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Michael Voss and the visitors were coached by James Hird.

Brisbane Lions
Back: J. Drummond, D. Merrett, A. McGrath
Half-back: P. Hanley, M. Maguire, J. Adcock
Centre: T. Rockliff, L. Power, R. Bewick
Half-forward: J. O'Brien, M. Clark, J. Polkinghorne
Forward: S. Sheldon, J. Patfull, B. Retzlaff
Follower: M. Leuenberger, J. Redden, D. Rich
Int.: T. Banfield, S. Black, C. Stiller
Sub.: R. Harwood

Essendon
Back: M. McVeigh, D. Fletcher, K. Hardingham
Half-back: M. Hibberd, C. Hooker, N. Lovett-Murray
Centre: L. Jetta, J. Watson (capt.), B. Howlett
Half-forward: S. Crameri, P. Ryder, J. Melksham
Forward: D. Zaharakis, D. Hille, K. Reimers
Follower: T. Bellchambers, H. Hocking, S. Lonergan
Int.: D. Heppell, A. Monfries, D. Myers
Sub.: T. Colyer

Brisbane Lions (9.12.66) were defeated by Essendon (15.12.102).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: A. McGrath (2), J. Adcock, R. Bewick, M. Clark, J. Drummond, D. Rich, T. Rockliff, C. Stiller
Essendon: D. Zaharakis (4), S. Crameri (3), D. Hille (2), A. Monfries (2), K. Reimers (2), J. Watson (2)

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions remained 17th on the ladder and Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2011 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Essendon
Date: Saturday 14 May 2011
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 24,921

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Essendon
Score: 9.12.66 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 3 . 5 6 . 7 6 . 10 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Essendon 3 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 10 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin BRIL by 3 BRIL by 1 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 36
Duration 30:06 31:02 30:39 31:43 2:03:30

Honour Roll

Coaches: Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions), James Hird (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), Jobe Watson (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 3
Heath Hocking ESSE 39 2
David Myers ESSE 23 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 9 1 1 0 0 0
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 9 1 1 0 0 0
Jed Adcock BRIL 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Pearce Hanley BRIL 11 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Heath Hocking ESSE 39 3 0 0 ? ? ?
David Myers ESSE 23 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Adcock, Jed HBFR 85% 1 0 24 11 13 5 0 4 0 2 2 1 4 1
18 Banfield, Todd INT 86% 0 1 11 7 4 2 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 3
43 Bewick, Rohan WR 84% 1 0 11 5 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
20 Black, Simon INT 74% 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 6 2 5 0 3 3 1
1 Clark, Mitch CHF 86% 1 1 13 11 2 7 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 4
39 Drummond, Josh BPL 80% 1 0 21 13 8 4 0 3 0 2 0 2 8 0
11 Hanley, Pearce HBFL 89% 0 1 25 12 13 2 0 3 2 4 0 2 8 3
26 Harwood, Ryan SUB↑ 53% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 1
23 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 82% 0 0 14 7 7 3 41 4 6 5 1 3 2 1
36 Maguire, Matt CHB 98% 0 2 10 4 6 4 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0
9 McGrath, Ashley BPR 86% 2 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
21 Merrett, Daniel FB 96% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 5 1 5 1 3 5 0
34 O'Brien, Jesse HFFL 83% 0 1 15 12 3 3 0 3 2 0 3 0 5 1
24 Patfull, Joel FF 96% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1
31 Polkinghorne, James HFFR↓ 10% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
6 Power, Luke C 86% 0 1 17 7 10 2 0 3 5 3 2 1 0 3
30 Redden, Jack RR 87% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 6 3 6 1 2 4 3
37 Retzlaff, Bryce FPR 92% 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
10 Rich, Daniel RO 76% 1 2 23 16 7 1 0 3 9 1 2 0 4 3
38 Rockliff, Tom WL 79% 1 0 30 18 12 8 0 3 1 3 0 1 9 2
3 Sheldon, Sam FPL 96% 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 3 1 1 1 1 2 1
32 Stiller, Cheynee INT 97% 1 0 16 6 10 2 0 7 0 1 1 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 9 12 336 188 148 71 44 71 37 51 17 25 58 36

R. Harwood replaced J. Polkinghorne.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
44 Bellchambers, Tom RU 85% 0 0 14 9 5 6 22 1 2 4 3 1 0 3
32 Colyer, Travis SUB↑ 28% 0 2 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
45 Crameri, Stewart HFFL 89% 3 1 18 9 9 3 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 4
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 87% 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1
34 Hardingham, Kyle BPR 94% 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 5
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 81% 0 1 14 6 8 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 5
43 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 90% 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 2
19 Hille, David FF 85% 2 2 17 10 7 6 6 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
39 Hocking, Heath RR 82% 0 0 26 15 11 2 0 8 4 4 4 1 0 8
26 Hooker, Cale CHB 95% 0 0 24 14 10 9 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 5
40 Howlett, Ben WR 76% 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 10 3 2 1 1 1 5
7 Jetta, Leroy WL 92% 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 7 1 6 0 3 0 3
14 Lonergan, Sam RO 86% 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 4
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan HBFR 76% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 4 2 2 1 2 1 0
10 McVeigh, Mark BPL 99% 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
17 Melksham, Jake HFFR 73% 0 2 14 10 4 5 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 5
6 Monfries, Angus INT 77% 2 0 21 10 11 7 0 1 4 1 3 1 1 3
23 Myers, David INT 85% 0 0 31 18 13 6 0 1 4 3 0 0 4 4
37 Reimers, Kyle FPR 86% 2 1 13 10 3 3 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 1
30 Ryder, Paddy CHF 90% 0 0 13 8 5 6 5 3 2 0 1 0 0 2
4 Watson, Jobe (c) C↓ 53% 2 1 18 10 8 2 0 2 5 2 1 1 0 3
11 Zaharakis, David FPL 91% 4 1 25 17 8 4 0 6 0 7 1 1 0 8
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 12 387 234 153 91 33 59 33 51 25 17 19 75

T. Colyer replaced J. Watson during the third quarter.

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Jesse O'Brien behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:18
BRIL Ashley McGrath goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:46
ESSE David Hille behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 05:43
BRIL Matt Maguire behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 11:38
ESSE Stewart Crameri behind 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 12:56
BRIL Ashley McGrath goal 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 15:00
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 17:29
BRIL Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 1.2.8 20:05
BRIL Mitch Clark goal 3.3.21 - 1.2.8 22:20
ESSE David Hille goal 3.3.21 - 2.2.14 24:16
BRIL Pearce Hanley behind 3.4.22 - 2.2.14 26:15
ESSE Kyle Reimers goal 3.4.22 - 3.2.20 27:24
BRIL Matt Maguire behind 3.5.23 - 3.2.20 29:27
Q2 BRIL Daniel Rich behind 3.6.24 - 3.2.20 02:12
BRIL Tom Rockliff goal 4.6.30 - 3.2.20 04:38
ESSE Angus Monfries goal 4.6.30 - 4.2.26 06:41
ESSE Jake Melksham behind 4.6.30 - 4.3.27 08:03
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 4.6.30 - 4.4.28 10:59
ESSE Kyle Reimers goal 4.6.30 - 5.4.34 12:09
ESSE David Hille goal 4.6.30 - 6.4.40 13:41
BRIL Cheynee Stiller goal 5.6.36 - 6.4.40 15:59
ESSE Kyle Reimers behind 5.6.36 - 6.5.41 19:27
ESSE Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 6.6.42 21:16
BRIL Rohan Bewick goal 6.6.42 - 6.6.42 22:33
BRIL Luke Power behind 6.7.43 - 6.6.42 29:13
Q3 ESSE Jake Melksham behind 6.7.43 - 6.7.43 00:55
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 6.7.43 - 6.8.44 05:33
BRIL Ashley McGrath behind 6.8.44 - 6.8.44 10:03
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 6.8.44 - 7.8.50 10:39
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 6.8.44 - 8.8.56 12:29
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 6.8.44 - 9.8.62 16:59
ESSE David Hille behind 6.8.44 - 9.9.63 19:04
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 6.8.44 - 9.10.64 21:18
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 6.8.44 - 10.10.70 24:18
BRIL Mitch Clark behind 6.9.45 - 10.10.70 27:04
BRIL Todd Banfield behind 6.10.46 - 10.10.70 29:38
Q4 ESSE Travis Colyer behind 6.10.46 - 10.11.71 00:41
ESSE Travis Colyer behind 6.10.46 - 10.12.72 01:47
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 6.10.46 - 11.12.78 03:24
BRIL Jed Adcock goal 7.10.52 - 11.12.78 07:48
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 7.10.52 - 12.12.84 08:47
BRIL Daniel Rich behind 7.11.53 - 12.12.84 14:21
BRIL Josh Drummond goal 8.11.59 - 12.12.84 15:30
ESSE Stewart Crameri goal 8.11.59 - 13.12.90 17:25
ESSE Stewart Crameri goal 8.11.59 - 14.12.96 24:21
ESSE Stewart Crameri goal 8.11.59 - 15.12.102 26:03
BRIL Daniel Rich goal 9.11.65 - 15.12.102 29:24
BRIL Bryce Retzlaff behind 9.12.66 - 15.12.102 30:52