2015 AFL Round 1: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 2015 between Sydney and Essendon during round 1 of the 2015 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at ANZ Stadium. Kieren Jack captained the hosts. Jobe Watson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by James Hird.

Sydney
Back: R. Shaw, H. Grundy, N. Smith
Half-back: D. Rampe, T. Richards, G. Rohan
Centre: H. Cunningham, J. Kennedy, C. Bird
Half-forward: L. Jetta, S. Reid, A. Goodes
Forward: I. Heeney, L. Franklin, D. Towers
Follower: K. Tippett, K. Jack (capt.), L. Parker
Int.: D. Hannebery, J. Laidler, M. Pyke
Sub.: J. Lloyd

Essendon
Back: M. Hibberd, J. Carlisle, D. Fletcher
Half-back: M. Baguley, C. Hooker, A. Cooney
Centre: J. Melksham, B. Stanton, B. Goddard
Half-forward: Z. Merrett, P. Ambrose, D. Zaharakis
Forward: D. Myers, J. Daniher, M. Hurley
Follower: T. Bellchambers, J. Watson (capt.), P. Chapman
Int.: T. Colyer, M. Gleeson, D. Heppell
Sub.: B. Howlett

Sydney (10.12.72) defeated Essendon (9.6.60).

Goalkickers
Sydney: L. Franklin (3), C. Bird (2), K. Tippett (2), I. Heeney, K. Jack, J. Laidler
Essendon: A. Cooney (3), T. Colyer, J. Daniher, B. Goddard, D. Heppell, J. Melksham, J. Watson

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 5th on the ladder and Essendon were then 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 April 2015
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 23,274

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 10.12.72 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 0 . 1 1 . 7 3 . 8 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Essendon 4 . 3 5 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin ESSE by 26 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 34 SYDN by 12 SYDN by 12
Duration 31:05 31:21 32:25 38:43 2:13:34

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), James Hird (Essendon)
Captains: Kieren Jack (Sydney), Jobe Watson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Armstrong (#26), R. Chamberlain (#18), J. Dalgleish (#7)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ben Howlett ESSE 40 3
Kieren Jack SYDN 15 2
Kurt Tippett SYDN 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Luke Parker SYDN 26 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Kieren Jack SYDN 15 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Dan Hannebery SYDN 4 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 2 0 0 0 1 0
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jake Melksham ESSE 17 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Bird, Craig WR 89% 2 0 20 11 9 3 0 3 3 4 2 2 0 3
7 Cunningham, Harry WL 85% 0 0 17 5 12 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
23 Franklin, Lance FF 93% 3 1 12 9 3 1 0 4 2 7 3 5 1 4
37 Goodes, Adam HFFR↓ 85% 0 1 9 4 5 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 2
39 Grundy, Heath FB 93% 0 0 17 6 11 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 3
4 Hannebery, Dan INT 74% 0 0 26 12 14 1 0 8 8 1 3 1 0 6
5 Heeney, Isaac FPL 78% 1 2 17 13 4 3 0 7 3 2 0 0 0 7
15 Jack, Kieren (c) RR 81% 1 2 29 17 12 5 0 3 6 3 0 2 2 6
32 Jetta, Lewis HFFL 85% 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 3 2 3 0 1 2 3
12 Kennedy, Josh C 90% 0 0 30 10 20 1 0 6 9 3 3 2 1 2
11 Laidler, Jeremy INT 80% 1 0 22 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 4
44 Lloyd, Jake SUB↑ 7% 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 3
26 Parker, Luke RO 63% 0 0 35 17 18 1 1 6 10 7 2 2 1 3
38 Pyke, Mike INT 37% 0 0 5 5 0 0 37 5 3 3 2 3 0 2
24 Rampe, Dane HBFL 85% 0 0 18 8 10 5 0 6 2 3 1 2 3 1
20 Reid, Sam CHF 88% 0 0 9 3 6 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
25 Richards, Ted CHB 94% 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0
16 Rohan, Gary HBFR 81% 0 1 15 9 6 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 2
2 Shaw, Rhyce BPL 84% 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 2 0 5 0 1 3 2
40 Smith, Nick BPR 95% 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 3 3
8 Tippett, Kurt RU 85% 2 2 10 6 4 3 22 3 1 2 2 0 1 0
22 Towers, Dean FPR 86% 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 3
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 10 12 374 204 170 50 66 71 55 57 24 25 32 60

J. Lloyd replaced A. Goodes during the fourth quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick CHF 72% 0 0 11 3 8 3 2 11 2 2 0 2 0 2
12 Baguley, Mark HBFL 92% 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 5 0 3 1 2 1 4
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 89% 0 1 8 3 5 2 37 0 2 1 2 1 0 0
22 Carlisle, Jake FB 90% 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
3 Chapman, Paul RO 86% 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4
32 Colyer, Travis INT 67% 1 1 19 13 6 0 0 2 4 3 1 0 0 3
13 Cooney, Adam HBFR 83% 3 1 13 9 4 1 0 2 4 2 2 2 0 1
6 Daniher, Joe FF 73% 1 0 9 4 5 2 0 4 2 5 0 3 0 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin BPR 91% 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
35 Gleeson, Martin INT 63% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 4 2
9 Goddard, Brendon WR 86% 1 1 21 10 11 2 0 1 3 2 3 0 3 0
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 72% 1 0 26 19 7 5 4 3 6 2 3 0 1 7
1 Hibberd, Michael BPL 85% 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0
26 Hooker, Cale CHB 98% 0 1 19 13 6 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 2
40 Howlett, Ben SUB↑ 69% 0 0 19 10 9 1 0 12 7 2 3 1 1 3
18 Hurley, Michael FPR 94% 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 0 4 2 2 7 1
17 Melksham, Jake WL 92% 1 1 20 16 4 4 0 9 5 11 2 6 2 4
7 Merrett, Zach HFFL 79% 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 1 2
23 Myers, David FPL↓ 3% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Stanton, Brent C 92% 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 5 0 5 0 2 5 2
4 Watson, Jobe (c) RR 84% 1 0 22 9 13 3 4 6 7 3 0 1 1 2
11 Zaharakis, David HFFR 86% 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 4 5 4 0 1 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 9 6 339 217 122 60 48 77 53 56 25 24 45 44

B. Howlett replaced D. Myers.

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

Sydney Coach: John Longmire
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 M. Hibberd 22 J. Carlisle 31 D. Fletcher 8 K. Tippett 4 D. Hannebery
22 D. Towers 23 L. Franklin 5 I. Heeney 15 K. Jack (c) 11 J. Laidler
FORWARD 26 L. Parker 38 M. Pyke
HALF-BACK

44 J. Lloyd
12 M. Baguley 26 C. Hooker 13 A. Cooney



37 A. Goodes 20 S. Reid 32 L. Jetta



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



17 J. Melksham 5 B. Stanton 9 B. Goddard



14 C. Bird 12 J. Kennedy 7 H. Cunningham FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 32 T. Colyer
HALF-FORWARD 4 J. Watson (c) 35 M. Gleeson
7 Z. Merrett 29 P. Ambrose 11 D. Zaharakis 3 P. Chapman 21 D. Heppell
16 G. Rohan 25 T. Richards 24 D. Rampe

40 B. Howlett
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



23 D. Myers 6 J. Daniher 18 M. Hurley



40 N. Smith 39 H. Grundy 2 R. Shaw



BACK



Essendon Coach: James Hird

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Joe Daniher goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:06
ESSE Adam Cooney behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 05:21
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 07:29
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 12:57
ESSE Travis Colyer goal 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 21:00
ESSE Jake Melksham behind 0.1.1 - 2.3.15 22:55
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 0.1.1 - 3.3.21 28:15
ESSE Adam Cooney goal 0.1.1 - 4.3.27 30:56
Q2 SYDN Adam Goodes behind 0.2.2 - 4.3.27 04:32
ESSE Adam Cooney goal 0.2.2 - 5.3.33 05:33
ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 0.2.2 - 5.4.34 09:20
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 0.3.3 - 5.4.34 13:36
SYDN Craig Bird goal 1.3.9 - 5.4.34 17:53
SYDN Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 5.4.34 24:13
SYDN Kieren Jack behind 1.5.11 - 5.4.34 25:17
SYDN Kurt Tippett behind 1.6.12 - 5.4.34 26:22
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 1.7.13 - 5.4.34 27:56
ESSE Travis Colyer behind 1.7.13 - 5.5.35 31:16
Q3 ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 1.7.13 - 6.5.41 00:53
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 1.7.13 - 6.6.42 02:51
ESSE Jake Melksham goal 1.7.13 - 7.6.48 07:43
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 2.7.19 - 7.6.48 13:51
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 2.7.19 - 8.6.54 16:51
ESSE Adam Cooney goal 2.7.19 - 9.6.60 19:56
SYDN Rushed behind 2.8.20 - 9.6.60 25:43
SYDN Jeremy Laidler goal 3.8.26 - 9.6.60 26:49
Q4 SYDN Gary Rohan behind 3.9.27 - 9.6.60 02:40
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 4.9.33 - 9.6.60 06:30
SYDN Rushed behind 4.10.34 - 9.6.60 08:27
SYDN Kurt Tippett goal 5.10.40 - 9.6.60 08:57
SYDN Kurt Tippett goal 6.10.46 - 9.6.60 18:37
SYDN Kurt Tippett behind 6.11.47 - 9.6.60 20:35
SYDN Kieren Jack behind 6.12.48 - 9.6.60 24:16
SYDN Craig Bird goal 7.12.54 - 9.6.60 24:45
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 8.12.60 - 9.6.60 26:53
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 9.12.66 - 9.6.60 31:11
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 10.12.72 - 9.6.60 35:15