2015 AFL Round 17: Essendon v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 2015 between Essendon and Port Adelaide during round 17 of the 2015 AFL season. Essendon hosted Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium. In the absence of Jobe Watson, Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Travis Boak captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, A. Steinberg, M. Hurley
Half-back: M. Hibberd, J. Gwilt, A. Browne
Centre: B. Stanton, M. Gleeson, D. Heppell (capt.)
Half-forward: J. Merrett, J. Daniher, D. Zaharakis
Forward: J. Laverde, C. Hooker, K. Langford
Follower: S. McKernan, Z. Merrett, B. Goddard
Int.: P. Ambrose, B. Howlett, N. O'Brien
Sub.: S. Edwards

Port Adelaide
Back: C. O'Shea, J. Hombsch, J. Impey
Half-back: T. Clurey, J. Trengove, M. Broadbent
Centre: M. White, R. Gray, B. Ebert
Half-forward: J. Neade, J. Westhoff, C. Wingard
Forward: H. Hartlett, J. Schulz, P. Ryder
Follower: M. Lobbe, T. Boak (capt.), O. Wines
Int.: S. Colquhoun, A. Monfries, A. Moore
Sub.: A. Young

Essendon (17.14.116) were defeated by Port Adelaide (20.9.129).

Goalkickers
Essendon: C. Hooker (3), J. Daniher (2), K. Langford (2), J. Laverde (2), A. Browne, S. Edwards, B. Goddard, D. Heppell, M. Hurley, J. Merrett, Z. Merrett, D. Zaharakis
Port Adelaide: P. Ryder (4), J. Schulz (3), C. Wingard (3), T. Boak (2), J. Neade (2), B. Ebert, R. Gray, M. Lobbe, A. Moore, J. Westhoff, M. White

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 14th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Port Adelaide remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 25 July 2015
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 23,705

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Port Adelaide
Score: 17.14.116 - 20.9.129

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	6	.	1	8	.	9	12	.	12	17	.	14	17	.	14	(116)
Port Adelaide	4	.	3	10	.	5	13	.	6	20	.	9	20	.	9	(129)
Margin	ESSE by 10			PADL by 8			level			PADL by 13			PADL by 13
Duration	31:54			32:50			32:59			34:11			2:11:54

Honour Roll

Coaches: James Hird (Essendon), Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), M. Nicholls (#15), B. Ryan (#27), E: S. Jeffery (#29)
Goal Umpire: C. Roffey, J. Venkataya, E: A. Wojcik
Boundary Umpire: A. Coote, C. Gordon, D. Kowalski, S. Thiele

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Travis Boak	PADL	1	3
Chad Wingard	PADL	20	2
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Travis Boak	PADL	1	10	2	0	0	0	0
Cale Hooker	ESSE	26	7	0	1	1	0	0
Chad Wingard	PADL	20	6	0	1	0	1	0
Robbie Gray	PADL	9	3	0	0	1	0	0
Ollie Wines	PADL	16	2	0	0	0	1	0
Brendon Goddard	ESSE	9	1	0	0	0	0	1
Nick O'Brien	ESSE	10	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	INT	81%	0	0	9	3	6	2	0	6	2	0	2	0	1	1
12	Baguley, Mark	BPL	88%	0	0	18	5	13	5	0	1	2	2	0	2	3	1
24	Browne, Alex	HBFR	84%	1	0	17	10	7	4	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	3
6	Daniher, Joe	CHF	94%	2	1	11	8	3	5	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	3
19	Edwards, Shaun	SUB↑	29%	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
35	Gleeson, Martin	C	83%	0	0	13	3	10	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	2
9	Goddard, Brendon	RO	83%	1	1	31	15	16	6	3	1	8	3	0	1	1	8
42	Gwilt, James	CHB	98%	0	0	19	9	10	2	0	1	0	4	1	1	3	1
21	Heppell, Dyson (ac)	WR	87%	1	0	22	16	6	7	1	4	3	4	1	2	1	3
1	Hibberd, Michael	HBFL	90%	0	0	23	17	6	5	0	1	0	3	4	1	6	1
26	Hooker, Cale	FF	99%	3	2	20	14	6	8	0	4	1	3	4	0	0	3
40	Howlett, Ben	INT↓	54%	0	1	12	5	7	2	0	5	1	2	1	0	1	1
18	Hurley, Michael	BPR	94%	1	0	19	17	2	9	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	1
30	Langford, Kyle	FPR	83%	2	1	14	6	8	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	3
33	Laverde, Jayden	FPL	71%	2	0	9	6	3	4	1	5	0	2	1	1	0	1
44	McKernan, Shaun	RU	81%	0	1	15	8	7	2	30	1	6	5	1	4	0	1
20	Merrett, Jackson	HFFL	85%	1	0	17	9	8	4	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1
7	Merrett, Zach	RR	78%	1	2	21	16	5	2	0	12	5	2	1	1	2	6
10	O'Brien, Nick	INT	73%	0	1	32	10	22	7	0	3	6	2	1	1	1	1
5	Stanton, Brent	WL	94%	0	1	32	26	6	6	0	3	1	1	3	0	5	3
25	Steinberg, Ariel	FB	81%	0	0	9	2	7	2	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	0
11	Zaharakis, David	HFFR	90%	1	2	22	8	14	3	0	7	4	1	0	0	0	4
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				17	14	387	214	173	91	38	67	43	47	25	19	28	49

S. Edwards replaced B. Howlett during the third quarter.

Port Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
1	Boak, Travis (c)	RR	83%	2	1	28	17	11	2	0	4	6	5	1	3	0	8
5	Broadbent, Matthew	HBFR	86%	0	0	22	16	6	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	3
17	Clurey, Tom	HBFL	88%	0	0	9	4	5	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Colquhoun, Sam	INT	77%	0	0	16	7	9	4	0	2	1	2	0	1	3	0
7	Ebert, Brad	WR	85%	1	0	17	10	7	6	1	8	1	2	0	0	1	5
9	Gray, Robbie	C	85%	1	0	21	11	10	1	0	2	8	4	3	2	1	6
8	Hartlett, Hamish	FPL	77%	0	0	18	8	10	1	0	6	4	2	1	0	1	4
36	Hombsch, Jack	FB	96%	0	0	6	3	3	4	0	2	0	4	0	4	0	0
24	Impey, Jarman	BPR	84%	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1
23	Lobbe, Matthew	RU	91%	1	0	9	7	2	2	46	5	3	6	3	3	1	3
6	Monfries, Angus	INT↓	58%	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	4	1	2	0	2	0	1
26	Moore, Andrew	INT	85%	1	0	13	10	3	2	3	7	4	4	1	1	2	2
3	Neade, Jake	HFFL	75%	2	0	6	3	3	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
13	O'Shea, Cam	BPL	92%	0	0	13	10	3	7	0	2	1	2	0	1	2	0
4	Ryder, Paddy	FPR	90%	4	0	10	10	0	3	10	0	1	0	1	0	1	3
28	Schulz, Jay	FF	88%	3	1	8	6	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1
12	Trengove, Jackson	CHB	96%	0	0	12	5	7	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	1
39	Westhoff, Justin	CHF	91%	1	1	14	10	4	4	0	4	4	1	1	0	1	3
19	White, Matt	WL	81%	1	0	6	4	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	1
16	Wines, Ollie	RO	79%	0	0	25	9	16	3	0	8	7	6	3	2	0	3
20	Wingard, Chad	HFFR	89%	3	1	17	12	5	3	0	8	2	4	4	0	0	3
40	Young, Aaron	SUB↑	24%	0	0	8	2	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Rushed					5
Total (22 players)				20	9	292	168	124	61	60	76	46	52	19	25	24	50

A. Young replaced A. Monfries.

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
	13	C. O'Shea	36	J. Hombsch	24	J. Impey	44	S. McKernan	29	P. Ambrose
	30	K. Langford	26	C. Hooker	33	J. Laverde	7	Z. Merrett	40	B. Howlett
FORWARD							9	B. Goddard	10	N. O'Brien
HALF-BACK									19	S. Edwards
	17	T. Clurey	12	J. Trengove	5	M. Broadbent
	11	D. Zaharakis	6	J. Daniher	20	J. Merrett
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	19	M. White	9	R. Gray	7	B. Ebert
	21	D. Heppell (ac)	35	M. Gleeson	5	B. Stanton	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							23	M. Lobbe	30	S. Colquhoun
HALF-FORWARD							1	T. Boak (c)	6	A. Monfries
	3	J. Neade	39	J. Westhoff	20	C. Wingard	16	O. Wines	26	A. Moore
	24	A. Browne	42	J. Gwilt	1	M. Hibberd			40	A. Young
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	8	H. Hartlett	28	J. Schulz	4	P. Ryder
	18	M. Hurley	25	A. Steinberg	12	M. Baguley
BACK
Port Adelaide							Coach: Ken Hinkley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PADL	Jay Schulz goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	02:22
	ESSE	Dyson Heppell goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	04:23
	ESSE	Jackson Merrett goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	05:54
	ESSE	Cale Hooker goal	3.0.18	-	1.0.6	08:38
	ESSE	Cale Hooker behind	3.1.19	-	1.0.6	12:10
	PADL	Rushed behind	3.1.19	-	1.1.7	13:43
	PADL	Brad Ebert goal	3.1.19	-	2.1.13	16:12
	PADL	Chad Wingard goal	3.1.19	-	3.1.19	18:10
	PADL	Chad Wingard behind	3.1.19	-	3.2.20	19:54
	ESSE	Cale Hooker goal	4.1.25	-	3.2.20	21:22
	PADL	Travis Boak behind	4.1.25	-	3.3.21	22:22
	ESSE	Jayden Laverde goal	5.1.31	-	3.3.21	23:00
	ESSE	Brendon Goddard goal	6.1.37	-	3.3.21	26:21
	PADL	Travis Boak goal	6.1.37	-	4.3.27	27:33
Q2	ESSE	Michael Hurley goal	7.1.43	-	4.3.27	01:53
	PADL	Rushed behind	7.1.43	-	4.4.28	03:39
	ESSE	Zach Merrett behind	7.2.44	-	4.4.28	05:16
	ESSE	Brendon Goddard behind	7.3.45	-	4.4.28	05:42
	PADL	Rushed behind	7.3.45	-	4.5.29	08:59
	PADL	Justin Westhoff goal	7.3.45	-	5.5.35	09:20
	PADL	Matthew Lobbe goal	7.3.45	-	6.5.41	11:29
	PADL	Chad Wingard goal	7.3.45	-	7.5.47	13:34
	PADL	Jake Neade goal	7.3.45	-	8.5.53	14:55
	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	8.3.51	-	8.5.53	18:04
	PADL	Jay Schulz goal	8.3.51	-	9.5.59	20:10
	PADL	Jake Neade goal	8.3.51	-	10.5.65	23:08
	ESSE	Brent Stanton behind	8.4.52	-	10.5.65	25:14
	ESSE	Zach Merrett behind	8.5.53	-	10.5.65	25:33
	ESSE	Shaun McKernan behind	8.6.54	-	10.5.65	27:43
	ESSE	Nick O'Brien behind	8.7.55	-	10.5.65	29:30
	ESSE	Cale Hooker behind	8.8.56	-	10.5.65	31:34
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	8.9.57	-	10.5.65	31:52
Q3	PADL	Robbie Gray goal	8.9.57	-	11.5.71	04:50
	PADL	Paddy Ryder goal	8.9.57	-	12.5.77	06:23
	ESSE	David Zaharakis goal	9.9.63	-	12.5.77	08:45
	ESSE	Jayden Laverde goal	10.9.69	-	12.5.77	11:32
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	11.9.75	-	12.5.77	13:24
	ESSE	David Zaharakis behind	11.10.76	-	12.5.77	18:24
	ESSE	David Zaharakis behind	11.11.77	-	12.5.77	23:06
	ESSE	Ben Howlett behind	11.12.78	-	12.5.77	23:27
	PADL	Jay Schulz behind	11.12.78	-	12.6.78	24:27
	PADL	Andrew Moore goal	11.12.78	-	13.6.84	27:37
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	12.12.84	-	13.6.84	29:21
Q4	PADL	Justin Westhoff behind	12.12.84	-	13.7.85	00:55
	PADL	Paddy Ryder goal	12.12.84	-	14.7.91	06:04
	PADL	Paddy Ryder goal	12.12.84	-	15.7.97	07:06
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	13.12.90	-	15.7.97	09:03
	ESSE	Alex Browne goal	14.12.96	-	15.7.97	10:52
	PADL	Rushed behind	14.12.96	-	15.8.98	12:01
	PADL	Matt White goal	14.12.96	-	16.8.104	14:25
	PADL	Paddy Ryder goal	14.12.96	-	17.8.110	16:27
	PADL	Rushed behind	14.12.96	-	17.9.111	17:36
	PADL	Jay Schulz goal	14.12.96	-	18.9.117	19:35
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	15.12.102	-	18.9.117	22:45
	ESSE	Cale Hooker goal	16.12.108	-	18.9.117	24:30
	PADL	Chad Wingard goal	16.12.108	-	19.9.123	26:57
	ESSE	Joe Daniher behind	16.13.109	-	19.9.123	29:13
	ESSE	Rushed behind	16.14.110	-	19.9.123	31:03
	PADL	Travis Boak goal	16.14.110	-	20.9.129	31:50
	ESSE	Shaun Edwards goal	17.14.116	-	20.9.129	32:51

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