2015 AFL Season 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 fourteen of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (8.4.52) were defeated by St Kilda (25.12.162).

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

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 (St Kilda) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Jobe Watson
Coach: James Hird

St Kilda

Captain: Nick Riewoldt
Coach: Alan Richardson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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