2015 AFL Round 2: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 2015 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round 2 of the 2015 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Hawthorn at 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
Back: M. Hibberd, C. Hooker, M. Gleeson
Half-back: B. Stanton, J. Carlisle, J. Gwilt
Centre: J. Melksham, J. Watson (capt.), M. Baguley
Half-forward: T. Colyer, M. Hurley, D. Heppell
Forward: P. Chapman, P. Ambrose, A. Cooney
Follower: T. Bellchambers, B. Goddard, D. Zaharakis
Int.: J. Daniher, B. Howlett, Z. Merrett
Sub.: J. Ashby

Hawthorn
Back: S. Burgoyne, J. Frawley, B. Lake
Half-back: G. Birchall, B. Stratton, M. Suckling
Centre: I. Smith, J. O'Rourke, B. Hill
Half-forward: L. Breust, J. Gunston, C. Rioli
Forward: P. Puopolo, J. Roughead, B. McEvoy
Follower: J. Ceglar, L. Hodge (capt.), J. Lewis
Int.: J. Anderson, T. Duryea, W. Langford
Sub.: J. Sicily

Essendon (12.6.78) defeated Hawthorn (11.10.76).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Daniher (3), J. Carlisle (2), P. Chapman (2), T. Colyer (2), T. Bellchambers, C. Hooker, Z. Merrett
Hawthorn: J. Gunston (3), L. Breust (2), P. Puopolo (2), B. Hill, C. Rioli, J. Roughead, J. Sicily

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (up from 14th) and Hawthorn were then 6th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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