2015 AFL Round 8: Essendon v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 24 May 2015 between Essendon and Brisbane Lions during round 8 of the 2015 AFL season. Essendon hosted 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
Back: M. Hibberd, C. Hooker, M. Baguley
Half-back: M. Hurley, D. Fletcher, D. Heppell
Centre: B. Stanton, J. Watson (capt.), A. Cooney
Half-forward: J. Merrett, P. Ambrose, T. Colyer
Forward: Z. Merrett, J. Carlisle, J. Daniher
Follower: T. Bellchambers, B. Goddard, J. Melksham
Int.: P. Chapman, M. Gleeson, B. Howlett
Sub.: C. Dempsey

Brisbane Lions
Back: D. Gardiner, J. Clarke, J. Adcock
Half-back: L. Dawson, M. Paparone, H. Andrews
Centre: L. Taylor, D. Beams, D. Rich
Half-forward: D. Zorko, D. McStay, J. Aish
Forward: J. Green, M. Leuenberger, R. Lester
Follower: S. Martin, T. Rockliff (capt.), N. Robertson
Int.: C. Beams, A. Christensen, M. Robinson
Sub.: M. Golby

Essendon (21.10.136) defeated Brisbane Lions (12.6.78).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Daniher (6), J. Carlisle (3), A. Cooney (3), B. Goddard (2), P. Ambrose, P. Chapman, T. Colyer, M. Hibberd, J. Melksham, J. Merrett, B. Stanton
Brisbane Lions: J. Green (3), R. Lester (2), D. Beams, L. Dawson, D. Gardiner, S. Martin, D. Rich, N. Robertson, L. Taylor

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Brisbane Lions remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: James Hird (Essendon), Justin Leppitsch (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Jobe Watson (Essendon), Tom Rockliff (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Edwards (#22), D. Harris (#24), B. Rosebury (#8), E: M. Stevic (#9)
Goal Umpire: J. Venkataya, A. Wojcik, E: M. Ensbey
Boundary Umpire: 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

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