2015 AFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 2015 between Essendon and the Brisbane Lions during round eight of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted the Brisbane Lions at Etihad Stadium. Jobe Watson captained the hosts. Tom Rockliff captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by Justin Leppitsch.

Essendon (21.10.136) defeated the Brisbane Lions (12.6.78).

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Brisbane Lions
Date: Sunday 24 May 2015
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 36,857

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 21.10.136 - 12.6.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 9 . 5 16 . 9 21 . 10 21 . 10 (136)
Brisbane Lions 5 . 3 8 . 6 10 . 6 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Margin BRIL by 1 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 58 ESSE by 58
Duration 34:01 30:27 31:43 29:24 2:05:35

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 (Brisbane Lions) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jobe Watson
Coach: James Hird

Brisbane Lions

Captain: Tom Rockliff
Coach: Justin Leppitsch

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Edwards (#22)
D. Harris (#24)
B. Rosebury (#8)
E: M. Stevic (#9)

Goal Umpires

J. Venkataya
A. Wojcik
E: M. Ensbey

Boundary Umpires

G. Bergroth
D. Kowalski
G. Large
J. Scully

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Joe Daniher ESSE 6 3
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 2
Michael Hibberd ESSE 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Joe Daniher ESSE 6 9 1 1 0 0 0
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 9 1 1 0 0 0
Michael Hibberd ESSE 1 5 0 0 1 1 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 5 0 0 1 1 0
Ben Howlett ESSE 40 1 0 0 0 0 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 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 CHF 83% 1 0 11 5 6 4 4 3 1 3 1 3 0 2
12 Baguley, Mark BPR 91% 0 0 17 9 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 84% 0 0 12 10 2 3 28 2 6 3 3 0 1 1
22 Carlisle, Jake FF 94% 3 2 11 8 3 7 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 2
3 Chapman, Paul INT 67% 1 1 17 11 6 6 0 2 2 5 1 2 0 2
32 Colyer, Travis HFFR 79% 1 0 14 10 4 3 0 3 3 2 0 1 3 4
13 Cooney, Adam WR 79% 3 1 19 15 4 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1
6 Daniher, Joe FPR 91% 6 2 14 10 4 8 2 1 0 4 3 2 0 2
15 Dempsey, Courtenay SUB↑ 23% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
31 Fletcher, Dustin CHB↓ 70% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
35 Gleeson, Martin INT 84% 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 2
9 Goddard, Brendon RR 89% 2 0 21 12 9 4 1 5 1 5 0 2 0 4
21 Heppell, Dyson HBFR 87% 0 1 20 11 9 5 5 5 3 2 1 0 0 3
1 Hibberd, Michael BPL 93% 1 1 26 12 14 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 5 2
26 Hooker, Cale FB 88% 0 0 24 12 12 9 1 2 0 3 4 1 5 1
40 Howlett, Ben INT 83% 0 0 25 10 15 5 0 11 4 2 2 1 0 5
18 Hurley, Michael HBFL 94% 0 0 22 17 5 9 0 2 0 1 3 1 7 0
17 Melksham, Jake RO 87% 1 0 21 10 11 4 0 4 2 6 2 3 0 7
20 Merrett, Jackson HFFL 83% 1 0 5 4 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2
7 Merrett, Zach FPL 78% 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 5
5 Stanton, Brent WL 86% 1 0 25 17 8 6 0 5 5 3 0 1 4 2
4 Watson, Jobe (c) C 86% 0 1 21 9 12 1 2 3 5 5 1 2 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 21 10 383 219 164 106 45 68 36 57 25 24 34 51

C. Dempsey replaced D. Fletcher.

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Adcock, Jed BPR 87% 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 2
4 Aish, James HFFR 76% 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 1 1 6 2 4 2 2
31 Andrews, Harris HBFR 99% 0 0 5 4 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 1 2 0
17 Beams, Claye INT 81% 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 1
9 Beams, Dayne C 84% 1 0 20 12 8 3 0 4 8 3 1 2 0 5
3 Christensen, Allen INT 85% 0 1 15 6 9 3 0 3 4 5 3 4 0 2
42 Clarke, Justin FB 100% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 0
24 Dawson, Liam HBFL↓ 63% 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
27 Gardiner, Darcy BPL 93% 1 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 0 7 1 4 1 1
41 Golby, Mitch SUB↑ 19% 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
6 Green, Josh FPL 81% 3 1 10 9 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
35 Lester, Ryan FPR 80% 2 0 16 9 7 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2
23 Leuenberger, Matthew FF 85% 0 0 4 1 3 0 5 2 0 3 1 3 0 0
12 Martin, Stefan RU 87% 1 1 18 11 7 5 27 1 2 3 1 1 0 5
25 McStay, Daniel CHF 94% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 2
22 Paparone, Marco CHB 91% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 2 3 2 1 0 7 1
10 Rich, Daniel WR 89% 1 0 16 7 9 2 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 6
18 Robertson, Nick RO 82% 1 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 0 1 3 0 3 1
5 Robinson, Mitch INT 78% 0 0 17 10 7 6 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 6
38 Rockliff, Tom (c) RR 79% 0 0 27 13 14 6 0 10 5 3 0 0 1 4
28 Taylor, Lewis WL 77% 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 3
15 Zorko, Dayne HFFL 91% 0 1 15 10 5 2 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 6 276 168 108 69 34 54 41 46 24 25 27 48

M. Golby replaced L. Dawson.

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
27 D. Gardiner 42 J. Clarke 7 J. Adcock 2 T. Bellchambers 3 P. Chapman
6 J. Daniher 22 J. Carlisle 7 Z. Merrett 9 B. Goddard 35 M. Gleeson
FORWARD 17 J. Melksham 40 B. Howlett
HALF-BACK

15 C. Dempsey
24 L. Dawson 22 M. Paparone 31 H. Andrews



32 T. Colyer 29 P. Ambrose 20 J. Merrett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 L. Taylor 9 D. Beams 10 D. Rich



13 A. Cooney 4 J. Watson (c) 5 B. Stanton FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 S. Martin 17 C. Beams
HALF-FORWARD 38 T. Rockliff (c) 3 A. Christensen
15 D. Zorko 25 D. McStay 4 J. Aish 18 N. Robertson 5 M. Robinson
21 D. Heppell 31 D. Fletcher 18 M. Hurley

41 M. Golby
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 J. Green 23 M. Leuenberger 35 R. Lester



12 M. Baguley 26 C. Hooker 1 M. Hibberd



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Justin Leppitsch

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Lewis Taylor goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:17
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:44
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 06:17
BRIL Josh Green goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 07:44
BRIL Rushed behind 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 10:04
BRIL Josh Green goal 2.0.12 - 3.1.19 10:58
BRIL Ryan Lester goal 2.0.12 - 4.1.25 12:42
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 2.1.13 - 4.1.25 14:31
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 3.1.19 - 4.1.25 14:54
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 3.1.19 - 4.2.26 16:48
ESSE Adam Cooney goal 4.1.25 - 4.2.26 21:29
ESSE Travis Colyer goal 5.1.31 - 4.2.26 23:20
BRIL Ryan Lester goal 5.1.31 - 5.2.32 26:14
BRIL Rushed behind 5.1.31 - 5.3.33 29:18
ESSE Paul Chapman behind 5.2.32 - 5.3.33 31:48
Q2 ESSE Jake Carlisle goal 6.2.38 - 5.3.33 00:40
ESSE Adam Cooney behind 6.3.39 - 5.3.33 05:51
BRIL Josh Green behind 6.3.39 - 5.4.34 09:47
BRIL Liam Dawson goal 6.3.39 - 6.4.40 11:16
ESSE Jake Carlisle behind 6.4.40 - 6.4.40 12:48
BRIL Josh Green goal 6.4.40 - 7.4.46 14:35
ESSE Patrick Ambrose goal 7.4.46 - 7.4.46 16:34
BRIL Stefan Martin behind 7.4.46 - 7.5.47 17:50
ESSE Jackson Merrett goal 8.4.52 - 7.5.47 19:39
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 9.4.58 - 7.5.47 22:39
ESSE Jake Carlisle behind 9.5.59 - 7.5.47 26:30
BRIL Allen Christensen behind 9.5.59 - 7.6.48 29:27
BRIL Daniel Rich goal 9.5.59 - 8.6.54 30:23
Q3 ESSE Adam Cooney goal 10.5.65 - 8.6.54 01:11
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 11.5.71 - 8.6.54 03:16
BRIL Dayne Beams goal 11.5.71 - 9.6.60 06:55
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 11.6.72 - 9.6.60 08:39
ESSE Adam Cooney goal 12.6.78 - 9.6.60 10:21
ESSE Jake Carlisle goal 13.6.84 - 9.6.60 13:47
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 13.7.85 - 9.6.60 15:38
ESSE Michael Hibberd goal 14.7.91 - 9.6.60 16:12
ESSE Jake Melksham goal 15.7.97 - 9.6.60 18:02
BRIL Nick Robertson goal 15.7.97 - 10.6.66 22:59
ESSE Paul Chapman goal 16.7.103 - 10.6.66 27:30
ESSE Rushed behind 16.8.104 - 10.6.66 28:33
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 16.9.105 - 10.6.66 30:58
Q4 BRIL Stefan Martin goal 16.9.105 - 11.6.72 01:58
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 17.9.111 - 11.6.72 04:03
BRIL Darcy Gardiner goal 17.9.111 - 12.6.78 09:04
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 18.9.117 - 12.6.78 12:15
ESSE Michael Hibberd behind 18.10.118 - 12.6.78 14:53
ESSE Jake Carlisle goal 19.10.124 - 12.6.78 19:00
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 20.10.130 - 12.6.78 22:36
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 21.10.136 - 12.6.78 24:46