2012 AFL Round 18: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 2012 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round 18 of the 2012 AFL season. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Etihad Stadium. Jobe Watson captained the hosts. Luke Hodge captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, J. Carlisle, K. Hardingham
Half-back: C. Dempsey, D. Fletcher, A. Browne
Centre: D. Heppell, B. Stanton, J. Melksham
Half-forward: J. Winderlich, S. Gumbleton, A. Monfries
Forward: L. Jetta, D. Hille, A. Davey
Follower: T. Bellchambers, J. Watson (capt.), H. Hocking
Int.: C. Dell'Olio, B. Howlett, E. Kavanagh
Sub.: N. Lovett-Murray

Hawthorn
Back: M. Suckling, J. Gibson, B. Stratton
Half-back: L. Shiels, R. Schoenmakers, G. Birchall
Centre: I. Smith, S. Mitchell, B. Whitecross
Half-forward: L. Breust, J. Gunston, J. Lewis
Forward: P. Puopolo, J. Roughead, C. Rioli
Follower: M. Bailey, S. Burgoyne, B. Sewell
Int.: B. Guerra, L. Hodge (capt.), C. Young
Sub.: S. Savage

Essendon (12.14.86) were defeated by Hawthorn (27.18.180).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Gumbleton (4), D. Hille (2), C. Dell'Olio, B. Howlett, L. Jetta, N. Lovett-Murray, A. Monfries, J. Winderlich
Hawthorn: L. Hodge (5), M. Suckling (4), J. Gunston (3), J. Roughead (3), L. Breust (2), C. Rioli (2), I. Smith (2), C. Young (2), J. Lewis, P. Puopolo, L. Shiels, B. Whitecross

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 7th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Hawthorn were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Friday 27 July 2012
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 44,899

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 12.14.86 - 27.18.180

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	1	.	4	3	.	7	9	.	11	12	.	14	12	.	14	(86)
Hawthorn	8	.	5	14	.	9	20	.	15	27	.	18	27	.	18	(180)
Margin	HWTH by 43			HWTH by 68			HWTH by 70			HWTH by 94			HWTH by 94
Duration	32:42			33:29			34:27			30:53			2:11:31

Honour Roll

Coaches: James Hird (Essendon), Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn)
Captains: Jobe Watson (Essendon), Luke Hodge (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), S. Jeffery (#29), S. Meredith (#21), E: S. Stewart (#10)
Goal Umpire: D. Dixon, A. Wojcik, E: M. Canning
Boundary Umpire: A. Coote, C. Gordon, C. Roberts, P. Tongue

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Cyril Rioli	HWTH	33	3
Sam Mitchell	HWTH	5	2
Matt Suckling	HWTH	4	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Cyril Rioli	HWTH	33	10	2	0	0	0	0
Matt Suckling	HWTH	4	8	0	2	0	0	0
Jobe Watson	ESSE	4	4	0	0	?	?	?
Ben Stratton	HWTH	24	3	0	0	?	?	?
Brendan Whitecross	HWTH	37	3	0	0	?	?	?
Luke Hodge	HWTH	15	2	0	0	0	?	?

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
46	Baguley, Mark	BPL	94%	0	0	23	15	8	5	0	3	0	3	1	1	6	1
44	Bellchambers, Tom	RU	91%	0	0	10	1	9	3	26	1	4	2	0	2	0	1
24	Browne, Alex	HBFR	82%	0	0	17	6	11	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	2
22	Carlisle, Jake	FB	96%	0	0	19	14	5	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	5	1
29	Davey, Alwyn	FPR↓	54%	0	1	5	1	4	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
47	Dell'Olio, Cory	INT	78%	1	1	9	5	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
15	Dempsey, Courtenay	HBFL	93%	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	4	0	4	1	1	2	3
31	Fletcher, Dustin	CHB	91%	0	0	19	15	4	2	0	2	2	3	2	0	6	0
3	Gumbleton, Scott	CHF	90%	4	2	9	7	2	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2
34	Hardingham, Kyle	BPR	94%	0	0	7	4	3	4	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1
21	Heppell, Dyson	WL	83%	0	0	25	15	10	7	0	0	4	3	1	1	5	2
19	Hille, David	FF	92%	2	1	12	6	6	5	17	1	0	2	1	2	0	1
39	Hocking, Heath	RO	84%	0	0	15	8	7	0	0	4	5	2	0	2	0	5
40	Howlett, Ben	INT	80%	1	0	23	14	9	2	0	5	5	4	0	3	4	4
7	Jetta, Leroy	FPL	81%	1	1	15	12	3	5	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	5
28	Kavanagh, Elliott	INT	77%	0	0	13	8	5	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3
42	Lovett-Murray, Nathan	SUB↑	35%	1	0	9	1	8	0	0	3	2	1	0	1	1	0
17	Melksham, Jake	WR	87%	0	0	14	8	6	5	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	4
6	Monfries, Angus	HFFR	84%	1	3	16	8	8	4	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	1
5	Stanton, Brent	C	74%	0	0	14	8	6	2	0	5	3	1	3	1	0	3
4	Watson, Jobe (c)	RR	82%	0	1	38	16	22	2	0	4	9	4	2	2	2	7
8	Winderlich, Jason	HFFL	81%	1	0	12	6	6	4	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	1
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				12	14	339	188	151	74	43	45	41	45	19	20	38	50

N. Lovett-Murray replaced A. Davey during the third quarter.

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
39	Bailey, Max	RU	66%	0	0	6	1	5	2	25	2	1	1	1	1	0	1
14	Birchall, Grant	HBFR	84%	0	1	18	9	9	5	0	2	1	2	0	2	3	1
22	Breust, Luke	HFFL	90%	2	2	21	8	13	6	0	3	2	1	0	1	0	4
9	Burgoyne, Shaun	RR	81%	0	0	13	9	4	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	2	3
6	Gibson, Josh	FB	98%	0	0	19	14	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
18	Guerra, Brent	INT	81%	0	0	20	18	2	10	0	1	1	5	1	2	3	3
19	Gunston, Jack	CHF	86%	3	3	18	11	7	5	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2
15	Hodge, Luke (c)	INT↓	60%	5	0	16	9	7	6	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
3	Lewis, Jordan	HFFR	89%	1	1	18	13	5	6	2	0	2	1	0	1	1	4
5	Mitchell, Sam	C	89%	0	0	29	13	16	2	0	8	6	3	3	1	1	3
28	Puopolo, Paul	FPL	88%	1	1	17	9	8	5	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	0
33	Rioli, Cyril	FPR	75%	2	2	21	16	5	6	0	9	7	2	3	0	0	10
2	Roughead, Jarryd	FF	81%	3	0	18	13	5	4	8	0	4	1	3	1	0	4
21	Savage, Shane	SUB↑	23%	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Schoenmakers, Ryan	CHB	95%	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	1
12	Sewell, Brad	RO	80%	0	1	22	14	8	3	0	3	7	2	1	2	2	6
26	Shiels, Liam	HBFL	92%	1	0	24	12	12	5	1	1	4	4	0	2	1	7
16	Smith, Isaac	WL	86%	2	1	22	17	5	5	0	3	1	4	3	1	3	8
24	Stratton, Ben	BPR	94%	0	0	13	9	4	6	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	3
4	Suckling, Matt	BPL	89%	4	0	23	19	4	8	0	1	1	3	1	1	2	5
37	Whitecross, Brendan	WR	87%	1	0	29	16	13	15	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	4
11	Young, Clinton	INT	84%	2	1	17	15	2	6	0	2	1	4	0	0	3	3
Rushed					5
Total (22 players)				27	18	398	253	145	119	36	47	43	43	20	19	34	73

S. Savage replaced L. Hodge.

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: James Hird
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	4	M. Suckling	6	J. Gibson	24	B. Stratton	44	T. Bellchambers	47	C. Dell'Olio
	29	A. Davey	19	D. Hille	7	L. Jetta	4	J. Watson (c)	40	B. Howlett
FORWARD							39	H. Hocking	28	E. Kavanagh
HALF-BACK									42	N. Lovett-Murray
	26	L. Shiels	25	R. Schoenmakers	14	G. Birchall
	6	A. Monfries	3	S. Gumbleton	8	J. Winderlich
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	16	I. Smith	5	S. Mitchell	37	B. Whitecross
	17	J. Melksham	5	B. Stanton	21	D. Heppell	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							39	M. Bailey	18	B. Guerra
HALF-FORWARD							9	S. Burgoyne	15	L. Hodge (c)
	22	L. Breust	19	J. Gunston	3	J. Lewis	12	B. Sewell	11	C. Young
	24	A. Browne	31	D. Fletcher	15	C. Dempsey			21	S. Savage
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	28	P. Puopolo	2	J. Roughead	33	C. Rioli
	34	K. Hardingham	22	J. Carlisle	46	M. Baguley
BACK
Hawthorn							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	HWTH	Brad Sewell behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:55
	HWTH	Matt Suckling goal	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	07:00
	ESSE	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	08:14
	HWTH	Isaac Smith behind	0.1.1	-	1.2.8	08:42
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	0.1.1	-	2.2.14	10:12
	ESSE	Scott Gumbleton behind	0.2.2	-	2.2.14	12:10
	HWTH	Brendan Whitecross goal	0.2.2	-	3.2.20	13:47
	HWTH	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	3.3.21	16:30
	ESSE	Rushed behind	0.3.3	-	3.3.21	17:17
	ESSE	Angus Monfries behind	0.4.4	-	3.3.21	18:56
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	0.4.4	-	4.3.27	19:40
	HWTH	Clinton Young goal	0.4.4	-	5.3.33	21:18
	HWTH	Rushed behind	0.4.4	-	5.4.34	22:15
	HWTH	Clinton Young goal	0.4.4	-	6.4.40	23:37
	HWTH	Luke Hodge goal	0.4.4	-	7.4.46	25:31
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	0.4.4	-	7.5.47	28:31
	HWTH	Paul Puopolo goal	0.4.4	-	8.5.53	30:20
	ESSE	Ben Howlett goal	1.4.10	-	8.5.53	31:42
Q2	ESSE	David Hille goal	2.4.16	-	8.5.53	02:48
	ESSE	Scott Gumbleton behind	2.5.17	-	8.5.53	05:47
	HWTH	Luke Breust behind	2.5.17	-	8.6.54	07:15
	HWTH	Luke Hodge goal	2.5.17	-	9.6.60	07:55
	HWTH	Jordan Lewis goal	2.5.17	-	10.6.66	09:13
	HWTH	Cyril Rioli goal	2.5.17	-	11.6.72	11:55
	ESSE	Jason Winderlich goal	3.5.23	-	11.6.72	15:52
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	3.5.23	-	12.6.78	17:44
	ESSE	Cory Dell'Olio behind	3.6.24	-	12.6.78	21:06
	HWTH	Cyril Rioli behind	3.6.24	-	12.7.79	22:18
	HWTH	Matt Suckling goal	3.6.24	-	13.7.85	23:14
	HWTH	Clinton Young behind	3.6.24	-	13.8.86	24:19
	HWTH	Jarryd Roughead goal	3.6.24	-	14.8.92	25:47
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey behind	3.7.25	-	14.8.92	26:45
	HWTH	Cyril Rioli behind	3.7.25	-	14.9.93	30:23
Q3	HWTH	Luke Hodge goal	3.7.25	-	15.9.99	00:54
	ESSE	Cory Dell'Olio goal	4.7.31	-	15.9.99	01:55
	ESSE	Jobe Watson behind	4.8.32	-	15.9.99	04:29
	ESSE	Leroy Jetta goal	5.8.38	-	15.9.99	05:12
	ESSE	Scott Gumbleton goal	6.8.44	-	15.9.99	06:34
	HWTH	Rushed behind	6.8.44	-	15.10.100	08:12
	HWTH	Jordan Lewis behind	6.8.44	-	15.11.101	09:24
	HWTH	Jarryd Roughead goal	6.8.44	-	16.11.107	10:52
	HWTH	Paul Puopolo behind	6.8.44	-	16.12.108	12:21
	HWTH	Luke Hodge goal	6.8.44	-	17.12.114	12:52
	HWTH	Luke Breust behind	6.8.44	-	17.13.115	14:36
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	6.8.44	-	17.14.116	15:32
	ESSE	Scott Gumbleton goal	7.8.50	-	17.14.116	16:14
	ESSE	Rushed behind	7.9.51	-	17.14.116	18:11
	ESSE	Leroy Jetta behind	7.10.52	-	17.14.116	19:46
	ESSE	Angus Monfries behind	7.11.53	-	17.14.116	20:37
	ESSE	Nathan Lovett-Murray goal	8.11.59	-	17.14.116	21:19
	HWTH	Luke Breust goal	8.11.59	-	18.14.122	24:44
	HWTH	Liam Shiels goal	8.11.59	-	19.14.128	27:43
	ESSE	Scott Gumbleton goal	9.11.65	-	19.14.128	30:25
	HWTH	Luke Hodge goal	9.11.65	-	20.14.134	31:41
	HWTH	Rushed behind	9.11.65	-	20.15.135	32:51
Q4	HWTH	Grant Birchall behind	9.11.65	-	20.16.136	02:13
	ESSE	Angus Monfries goal	10.11.71	-	20.16.136	05:29
	ESSE	Scott Gumbleton goal	11.11.77	-	20.16.136	07:37
	HWTH	Isaac Smith goal	11.11.77	-	21.16.142	09:11
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	11.11.77	-	21.17.143	10:55
	HWTH	Matt Suckling goal	11.11.77	-	22.17.149	11:28
	HWTH	Rushed behind	11.11.77	-	22.18.150	12:29
	ESSE	David Hille goal	12.11.83	-	22.18.150	14:42
	ESSE	Angus Monfries behind	12.12.84	-	22.18.150	16:20
	HWTH	Jarryd Roughead goal	12.12.84	-	23.18.156	17:56
	HWTH	Luke Breust goal	12.12.84	-	24.18.162	20:37
	HWTH	Isaac Smith goal	12.12.84	-	25.18.168	21:59
	HWTH	Cyril Rioli goal	12.12.84	-	26.18.174	23:39
	HWTH	Matt Suckling goal	12.12.84	-	27.18.180	27:11
	ESSE	David Hille behind	12.13.85	-	27.18.180	28:50
	ESSE	Rushed behind	12.14.86	-	27.18.180	30:18

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