2015 AFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 2015 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round two of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon "hosted" Hawthorn at the MCG. 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 (12.6.78) defeated Hawthorn (11.10.76).

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Sunday 12 April 2015
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 59,866

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 12.6.78 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	2	.	2	7	.	3	9	.	4	12	.	6	12	.	6	(78)
Hawthorn	1	.	3	3	.	5	7	.	8	11	.	10	11	.	10	(76)
Margin	ESSE by 5			ESSE by 22			ESSE by 8			ESSE by 2			ESSE by 2
Duration	27:48			30:12			30:29			29:02			1:57:31

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jobe Watson
Coach: James Hird

Hawthorn

Captain: Luke Hodge
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Foot (#2)
D. Margetts (#6)
S. Meredith (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Jobe Watson	ESSE	4	3
Michael Hurley	ESSE	18	2
Dyson Heppell	ESSE	21	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Cale Hooker	ESSE	26	9	1	1	0	0	0
Michael Hurley	ESSE	18	7	0	1	1	0	0
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	5	1	0	0	0	0
Brian Lake	HWTH	17	3	0	0	1	0	0
Travis Colyer	ESSE	32	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jordan Lewis	HWTH	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Gunston	HWTH	19	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dyson Heppell	ESSE	21	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ambrose, Patrick	FF	89%	0	0	12	4	8	4	0	6	0	0	2	0	2	3
14	Ashby, Jason	SUB↑	31%	0	0	9	5	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1
12	Baguley, Mark	WR	98%	0	0	21	13	8	7	0	4	0	3	0	2	3	1
2	Bellchambers, Tom	RU	79%	1	0	12	3	9	6	27	2	0	3	0	3	1	2
22	Carlisle, Jake	CHB	96%	2	1	13	9	4	8	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	4
3	Chapman, Paul	FPL	84%	2	1	16	9	7	2	0	5	1	2	1	0	0	2
32	Colyer, Travis	HFFL	83%	2	0	21	9	12	7	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	2
13	Cooney, Adam	FPR	74%	0	0	17	10	7	2	0	5	1	2	0	2	1	3
6	Daniher, Joe	INT	85%	3	1	14	9	5	8	0	2	1	3	1	3	0	3
35	Gleeson, Martin	BPR	80%	0	0	17	8	9	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	1
9	Goddard, Brendon	RR	87%	0	0	27	13	14	9	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	2
42	Gwilt, James	HBFR	90%	0	0	13	5	8	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1
21	Heppell, Dyson	HFFR	87%	0	0	34	16	18	8	3	4	5	3	2	0	2	3
1	Hibberd, Michael	BPL	77%	0	0	21	15	6	6	0	3	0	2	4	0	4	1
26	Hooker, Cale	FB	91%	1	0	23	13	10	10	2	5	0	2	0	0	6	1
40	Howlett, Ben	INT↓	50%	0	0	8	3	5	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	Hurley, Michael	CHF	96%	0	1	25	17	8	5	0	2	1	3	1	2	7	3
17	Melksham, Jake	WL	87%	0	1	26	17	9	7	0	4	2	2	0	1	1	12
7	Merrett, Zach	INT	78%	1	0	26	13	13	5	0	7	3	3	2	0	1	2
5	Stanton, Brent	HBFL	87%	0	0	24	16	8	5	0	3	1	1	1	0	2	1
4	Watson, Jobe (c)	C	84%	0	0	33	11	22	3	2	6	5	4	0	3	1	2
11	Zaharakis, David	RO	88%	0	0	23	9	14	3	0	4	3	2	1	2	1	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				12	6	435	227	208	114	36	74	29	41	18	20	42	52

J. Ashby replaced B. Howlett.

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
37	Anderson, Jed	INT	75%	0	0	15	6	9	1	1	6	2	3	0	1	0	4
14	Birchall, Grant	HBFL	77%	0	0	25	19	6	2	0	3	3	3	1	0	4	3
22	Breust, Luke	HFFL	90%	2	2	13	9	4	3	0	4	1	4	1	1	1	2
9	Burgoyne, Shaun	BPL	83%	0	0	23	7	16	3	0	4	4	4	0	2	1	3
18	Ceglar, Jonathon	RU	86%	0	0	14	3	11	6	24	0	1	3	0	2	1	4
8	Duryea, Taylor	INT	85%	0	0	12	6	6	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	2
12	Frawley, James	FB↓	15%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
19	Gunston, Jack	CHF	87%	3	1	20	16	4	11	0	2	2	3	2	2	1	2
10	Hill, Bradley	WR	82%	1	0	20	15	5	6	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	4
15	Hodge, Luke (c)	RR	85%	0	1	30	18	12	7	2	3	6	4	3	2	4	2
17	Lake, Brian	BPR	100%	0	0	16	11	5	7	0	2	0	1	2	0	3	0
29	Langford, Will	INT	84%	0	0	15	4	11	0	3	4	5	4	0	2	0	1
3	Lewis, Jordan	RO	90%	0	0	34	18	16	6	2	3	7	3	1	0	4	5
7	McEvoy, Ben	FPR	92%	0	0	8	1	7	0	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	2
13	O'Rourke, Jonathan	C	79%	0	0	16	6	10	3	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	1
28	Puopolo, Paul	FPL	83%	2	1	13	6	7	1	0	9	1	2	3	2	0	3
33	Rioli, Cyril	HFFR	81%	1	1	18	11	7	2	2	5	5	3	4	2	0	5
2	Roughead, Jarryd	FF	97%	1	0	16	9	7	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	2
21	Sicily, James	SUB↑	62%	1	1	10	4	6	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
16	Smith, Isaac	WL	86%	0	0	17	12	5	5	1	3	2	3	0	0	4	5
24	Stratton, Ben	CHB	98%	0	0	16	9	7	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	5	3
4	Suckling, Matt	HBFR	83%	0	1	25	16	9	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	5
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				11	10	376	206	170	84	49	62	49	48	20	18	35	58

J. Sicily replaced J. Frawley during the first 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

Player Line-Up

Essendon							Coach: James Hird
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	9	S. Burgoyne	12	J. Frawley	17	B. Lake	2	T. Bellchambers	6	J. Daniher
	13	A. Cooney	29	P. Ambrose	3	P. Chapman	9	B. Goddard	40	B. Howlett
FORWARD							11	D. Zaharakis	7	Z. Merrett
HALF-BACK									14	J. Ashby
	14	G. Birchall	24	B. Stratton	4	M. Suckling
	21	D. Heppell	18	M. Hurley	32	T. Colyer
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	16	I. Smith	13	J. O'Rourke	10	B. Hill
	12	M. Baguley	4	J. Watson (c)	17	J. Melksham	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							18	J. Ceglar	37	J. Anderson
HALF-FORWARD							15	L. Hodge (c)	8	T. Duryea
	22	L. Breust	19	J. Gunston	33	C. Rioli	3	J. Lewis	29	W. Langford
	42	J. Gwilt	22	J. Carlisle	5	B. Stanton			21	J. Sicily
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	28	P. Puopolo	2	J. Roughead	7	B. McEvoy
	35	M. Gleeson	26	C. Hooker	1	M. Hibberd
BACK
Hawthorn							Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	HWTH	Matt Suckling behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	01:56
	HWTH	Luke Hodge behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	02:32
	ESSE	Paul Chapman goal	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	05:50
	ESSE	Jake Carlisle goal	2.0.12	-	0.2.2	08:01
	ESSE	Michael Hurley behind	2.1.13	-	0.2.2	11:08
	HWTH	Paul Puopolo goal	2.1.13	-	1.2.8	13:52
	ESSE	Joe Daniher behind	2.2.14	-	1.2.8	16:14
	HWTH	James Sicily behind	2.2.14	-	1.3.9	27:00
Q2	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	3.2.20	-	1.3.9	02:21
	ESSE	Jake Melksham behind	3.3.21	-	1.3.9	09:50
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	4.3.27	-	1.3.9	11:24
	ESSE	Tom Bellchambers goal	5.3.33	-	1.3.9	16:39
	HWTH	Cyril Rioli behind	5.3.33	-	1.4.10	18:22
	ESSE	Paul Chapman goal	6.3.39	-	1.4.10	19:10
	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	7.3.45	-	1.4.10	22:11
	HWTH	Rushed behind	7.3.45	-	1.5.11	24:17
	HWTH	Paul Puopolo goal	7.3.45	-	2.5.17	26:16
	HWTH	Cyril Rioli goal	7.3.45	-	3.5.23	29:06
Q3	ESSE	Travis Colyer goal	8.3.51	-	3.5.23	02:36
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	8.3.51	-	4.5.29	03:56
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	8.3.51	-	4.6.30	05:43
	ESSE	Jake Carlisle behind	8.4.52	-	4.6.30	12:55
	HWTH	Rushed behind	8.4.52	-	4.7.31	16:05
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	8.4.52	-	5.7.37	17:42
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	8.4.52	-	6.7.43	19:04
	HWTH	James Sicily goal	8.4.52	-	7.7.49	20:55
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	9.4.58	-	7.7.49	24:01
	HWTH	Luke Breust behind	9.4.58	-	7.8.50	26:47
Q4	HWTH	Bradley Hill goal	9.4.58	-	8.8.56	02:30
	HWTH	Luke Breust behind	9.4.58	-	8.9.57	04:07
	HWTH	Paul Puopolo behind	9.4.58	-	8.10.58	04:38
	HWTH	Luke Breust goal	9.4.58	-	9.10.64	07:43
	HWTH	Jarryd Roughead goal	9.4.58	-	10.10.70	12:27
	ESSE	Paul Chapman behind	9.5.59	-	10.10.70	16:07
	ESSE	Rushed behind	9.6.60	-	10.10.70	17:10
	HWTH	Luke Breust goal	9.6.60	-	11.10.76	18:11
	ESSE	Jake Carlisle goal	10.6.66	-	11.10.76	19:56
	ESSE	Travis Colyer goal	11.6.72	-	11.10.76	25:34
	ESSE	Cale Hooker goal	12.6.78	-	11.10.76	26:38

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