2015 AFL Season 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 seventeen of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (17.14.116) were defeated by Port Adelaide (20.9.129).

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

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 (Port Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell (acting)
Coach: James Hird

Port Adelaide

Captain: Travis Boak
Coach: Ken Hinkley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Brown (#13)
M. Nicholls (#15)
B. Ryan (#27)
E: S. Jeffery (#29)

Goal Umpires

C. Roffey
J. Venkataya
E: A. Wojcik

Boundary Umpires

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