2015 AFL Round 14: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 2015 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 14 of the 2015 AFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Etihad Stadium. Jobe Watson captained the hosts. Nick Riewoldt captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by Alan Richardson.

Essendon
Back: M. Hibberd, C. Hooker, M. Baguley
Half-back: C. Dempsey, J. Gwilt, D. Heppell
Centre: B. Goddard, B. Stanton, E. Kavanagh
Half-forward: J. Watson (capt.), M. Hurley, A. Steinberg
Forward: J. Merrett, J. Daniher, D. Zaharakis
Follower: S. McKernan, A. Cooney, Z. Merrett
Int.: M. Gleeson, J. Melksham, N. O'Brien
Sub.: B. Howlett

St Kilda
Back: J. Geary, S. Gilbert, S. Dempster
Half-back: J. Webster, S. Fisher, J. Newnes
Centre: L. Montagna, D. Armitage, D. Roberton
Half-forward: S. Ross, N. Riewoldt (capt.), F. Ray
Forward: T. Membrey, J. Bruce, J. Lonie
Follower: B. Longer, M. Weller, J. Steven
Int.: S. Savage, A. Schneider, J. Sinclair
Sub.: L. Dunstan

Essendon (8.4.52) were defeated by St Kilda (25.12.162).

Goalkickers
Essendon: C. Hooker (3), D. Heppell (2), A. Cooney, J. Daniher, M. Hibberd
St Kilda: J. Bruce (5), N. Riewoldt (4), D. Armitage (2), T. Membrey (2), L. Montagna (2), J. Sinclair (2), M. Weller (2), L. Dunstan, J. Lonie, J. Newnes, S. Savage, A. Schneider, J. Webster

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) and St Kilda were then 13th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Sunday 5 July 2015
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 38,020

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 8.4.52 - 25.12.162

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 0 5 . 1 7 . 3 8 . 4 8 . 4 (52)
St Kilda 5 . 3 10 . 8 17 . 9 25 . 12 25 . 12 (162)
Margin STKL by 27 STKL by 37 STKL by 66 STKL by 110 STKL by 110
Duration 28:16 31:17 30:19 29:24 1:59:16

Honour Roll

Coaches: James Hird (Essendon), Alan Richardson (St Kilda)
Captains: Jobe Watson (Essendon), Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Meredith (#21), R. O'Gorman (#10), H. Ryan (#14)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Armitage STKL 20 3
Dylan Roberton STKL 17 2
Josh Bruce STKL 27 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
David Armitage STKL 20 10 2 0 0 0 0
Josh Bruce STKL 27 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jack Steven STKL 3 6 0 1 0 1 0
Sean Dempster STKL 24 3 0 0 1 0 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 2 0 0 0 1 0
Leigh Montagna STKL 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dylan Roberton STKL 17 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
12 Baguley, Mark BPR 95% 0 0 14 6 8 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1
13 Cooney, Adam RR↓ 46% 1 0 13 8 5 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 3 1
6 Daniher, Joe FF 92% 1 1 9 7 2 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
15 Dempsey, Courtenay HBFL 80% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1
35 Gleeson, Martin INT 83% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1
9 Goddard, Brendon WL 87% 0 0 7 3 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
42 Gwilt, James CHB 88% 0 0 15 8 7 3 1 1 0 3 2 0 3 0
21 Heppell, Dyson HBFR 86% 2 0 32 15 17 2 2 6 7 3 1 0 1 6
1 Hibberd, Michael BPL 88% 1 0 22 11 11 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 6
26 Hooker, Cale FB 97% 3 1 15 9 6 8 2 4 1 3 2 1 1 0
40 Howlett, Ben SUB↑ 34% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 3
18 Hurley, Michael CHF 89% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 0 1 6 0 1 6 0
28 Kavanagh, Elliott WR 77% 0 1 9 7 2 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 2
44 McKernan, Shaun RU 85% 0 0 19 7 12 3 26 1 7 4 1 2 0 2
17 Melksham, Jake INT 76% 0 1 16 7 9 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
20 Merrett, Jackson FPL 86% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach RO 86% 0 0 16 9 7 1 0 5 1 1 1 0 2 5
10 O'Brien, Nick INT 71% 0 0 16 4 12 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Stanton, Brent C 88% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 4 2 3 1 1 0 4
25 Steinberg, Ariel HFFR 88% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0
4 Watson, Jobe (c) HFFL 89% 0 0 9 1 8 1 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 1
11 Zaharakis, David FPR 90% 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 8 4 304 152 152 71 37 54 35 42 14 9 29 37

B. Howlett replaced A. Cooney.

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Armitage, David C 81% 2 0 38 20 18 7 0 3 6 5 2 1 2 4
27 Bruce, Josh FF 91% 5 2 14 9 5 9 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 2
24 Dempster, Sean BPR 90% 0 0 28 15 13 9 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 3
7 Dunstan, Luke SUB↑ 23% 1 0 6 2 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
25 Fisher, Sam CHB↓ 71% 0 0 12 5 7 3 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
14 Geary, Jarryn BPL 91% 0 0 25 10 15 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
19 Gilbert, Sam FB 90% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 3 1 2 1 1 2 3
18 Longer, Billy RU 91% 0 0 18 6 12 8 35 4 2 0 2 0 1 1
37 Lonie, Jack FPR 82% 1 3 18 10 8 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 5
28 Membrey, Tim FPL 88% 2 1 16 8 8 10 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 3
11 Montagna, Leigh WL 86% 2 0 31 16 15 6 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 7
16 Newnes, Jack HBFR 87% 1 0 23 15 8 11 1 1 3 3 0 1 1 2
22 Ray, Farren HFFR 90% 0 0 23 13 10 6 0 4 2 1 0 1 2 3
12 Riewoldt, Nick (c) CHF 97% 4 0 21 16 5 12 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2
17 Roberton, Dylan WR 90% 0 0 31 20 11 8 0 3 0 3 1 0 5 7
6 Ross, Sebastian HFFL 79% 0 0 25 14 11 3 0 3 4 4 0 1 1 6
5 Savage, Shane INT 79% 1 0 18 12 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
13 Schneider, Adam INT 78% 1 1 19 11 8 6 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 3
40 Sinclair, Jack INT 82% 2 0 10 4 6 2 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2
3 Steven, Jack RO 72% 0 0 29 16 13 8 0 11 5 2 0 0 1 3
29 Webster, Jimmy HBFL 82% 1 0 12 6 6 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
44 Weller, Maverick RR 80% 2 1 16 12 4 7 0 6 1 2 0 0 2 1
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 25 12 445 249 196 142 40 61 39 40 9 14 28 60

L. Dunstan replaced S. Fisher.

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
14 J. Geary 19 S. Gilbert 24 S. Dempster 44 S. McKernan 35 M. Gleeson
11 D. Zaharakis 6 J. Daniher 20 J. Merrett 13 A. Cooney 17 J. Melksham
FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett 10 N. O'Brien
HALF-BACK

40 B. Howlett
29 J. Webster 25 S. Fisher 16 J. Newnes



25 A. Steinberg 18 M. Hurley 4 J. Watson (c)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 L. Montagna 20 D. Armitage 17 D. Roberton



28 E. Kavanagh 5 B. Stanton 9 B. Goddard FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 18 B. Longer 5 S. Savage
HALF-FORWARD 44 M. Weller 13 A. Schneider
6 S. Ross 12 N. Riewoldt (c) 22 F. Ray 3 J. Steven 40 J. Sinclair
21 D. Heppell 42 J. Gwilt 15 C. Dempsey

7 L. Dunstan
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



28 T. Membrey 27 J. Bruce 37 J. Lonie



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



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Alan Richardson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Tim Membrey behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 04:31
STKL Tim Membrey goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 06:28
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 08:00
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 12:58
STKL Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 20:00
STKL Jack Newnes goal 1.0.6 - 3.2.20 21:51
STKL Josh Bruce goal 1.0.6 - 4.2.26 23:58
STKL Josh Bruce behind 1.0.6 - 4.3.27 25:29
STKL Josh Bruce goal 1.0.6 - 5.3.33 27:14
Q2 STKL Josh Bruce goal 1.0.6 - 6.3.39 01:44
ESSE Adam Cooney goal 2.0.12 - 6.3.39 04:51
STKL Jack Lonie behind 2.0.12 - 6.4.40 06:06
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 2.1.13 - 6.4.40 07:44
STKL Jack Sinclair goal 2.1.13 - 7.4.46 08:34
STKL Jack Lonie goal 2.1.13 - 8.4.52 09:55
STKL Leigh Montagna goal 2.1.13 - 9.4.58 16:19
STKL Jack Lonie behind 2.1.13 - 9.5.59 18:35
STKL Leigh Montagna goal 2.1.13 - 10.5.65 20:17
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 3.1.19 - 10.5.65 22:49
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 4.1.25 - 10.5.65 24:38
STKL Rushed behind 4.1.25 - 10.6.66 26:36
STKL Rushed behind 4.1.25 - 10.7.67 27:46
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 5.1.31 - 10.7.67 29:08
STKL Jack Lonie behind 5.1.31 - 10.8.68 30:18
Q3 ESSE Elliott Kavanagh behind 5.2.32 - 10.8.68 00:23
STKL Jimmy Webster goal 5.2.32 - 11.8.74 03:47
STKL Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 11.9.75 07:51
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 5.2.32 - 12.9.81 09:23
STKL Shane Savage goal 5.2.32 - 13.9.87 13:24
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 6.2.38 - 13.9.87 15:31
STKL Maverick Weller goal 6.2.38 - 14.9.93 18:30
STKL Josh Bruce goal 6.2.38 - 15.9.99 20:49
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 6.3.39 - 15.9.99 23:17
STKL Maverick Weller goal 6.3.39 - 16.9.105 24:36
STKL David Armitage goal 6.3.39 - 17.9.111 27:00
ESSE Michael Hibberd goal 7.3.45 - 17.9.111 28:54
Q4 STKL Maverick Weller behind 7.3.45 - 17.10.112 00:33
STKL Adam Schneider goal 7.3.45 - 18.10.118 02:48
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 7.3.45 - 19.10.124 05:52
STKL Josh Bruce behind 7.3.45 - 19.11.125 07:21
STKL Luke Dunstan goal 7.3.45 - 20.11.131 08:40
ESSE Jake Melksham behind 7.4.46 - 20.11.131 10:04
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 8.4.52 - 20.11.131 10:44
STKL David Armitage goal 8.4.52 - 21.11.137 12:20
STKL Jack Sinclair goal 8.4.52 - 22.11.143 13:17
STKL Adam Schneider behind 8.4.52 - 22.12.144 14:39
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 8.4.52 - 23.12.150 15:29
STKL Josh Bruce goal 8.4.52 - 24.12.156 18:31
STKL Tim Membrey goal 8.4.52 - 25.12.162 25:14