2015 AFL Season Round 18: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 2 August 2015 between Essendon and the Western Bulldogs during round eighteen of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. In the absence of Jobe Watson, Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Bob Murphy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Essendon (5.10.40) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (19.13.127).

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 2 August 2015
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 33,466

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 5.10.40 - 19.13.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 4 2 . 5 4 . 7 5 . 10 5 . 10 (40)
Western Bulldogs 1 . 2 8 . 8 15 . 11 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Margin WBUL by 4 WBUL by 39 WBUL by 70 WBUL by 87 WBUL by 87
Duration 23:23 31:32 31:19 28:05 1:54:19

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 (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell (acting)
Coach: James Hird

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Bob Murphy
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Bannister (#5)
C. Deboy (#11)
J. Schmitt (#17)
E: J. Edwards (#22)

Goal Umpires

M. Palm
A. Wojcik
E: M. Ensbey

Boundary Umpires

J. Andrews
A. Coote
C. Gordon
S. Jones

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Stewart Crameri WBUL 8 3
Jason Johannisen WBUL 39 2
Easton Wood WBUL 10 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Stewart Crameri WBUL 8 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jason Johannisen WBUL 39 6 0 1 0 1 0
Easton Wood WBUL 10 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 3 0 0 1 0 0
Mitch Wallis WBUL 3 3 0 0 1 0 0
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Jake Stringer WBUL 9 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick FPL 90% 0 1 11 3 8 3 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 0
12 Baguley, Mark BPR 91% 0 0 18 14 4 9 0 3 0 4 2 3 3 2
24 Browne, Alex INT↓ 48% 0 0 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1
22 Carlisle, Jake CHB 90% 0 0 21 13 8 12 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0
13 Cooney, Adam INT 80% 0 1 19 9 10 4 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 3
6 Daniher, Joe FF 91% 1 1 11 9 2 6 2 1 1 4 1 3 2 3
27 Giles, Jonathan RU 86% 0 0 11 9 2 3 25 2 5 3 1 0 0 2
35 Gleeson, Martin HFFR 83% 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 2
9 Goddard, Brendon HBFL 86% 0 0 24 14 10 7 0 2 1 2 0 1 4 4
42 Gwilt, James BPL 90% 0 0 21 15 6 11 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (ac) WL 87% 0 0 34 11 23 5 3 4 7 2 0 0 1 1
1 Hibberd, Michael HBFR 84% 0 1 29 15 14 6 0 2 1 1 1 0 4 3
26 Hooker, Cale FPR 94% 1 2 19 11 8 8 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0
30 Langford, Kyle HFFL 88% 1 0 7 4 3 3 0 5 0 3 1 0 0 2
33 Laverde, Jayden CHF 82% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
17 Melksham, Jake C 82% 0 1 9 3 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
20 Merrett, Jackson SUB↑ 43% 0 0 9 6 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach RO 78% 1 0 30 11 19 2 0 6 3 4 2 0 2 6
10 O'Brien, Nick INT 70% 0 0 16 7 9 1 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 2
5 Stanton, Brent WR 89% 1 0 32 21 11 9 0 6 1 1 1 0 4 3
25 Steinberg, Ariel FB 87% 0 0 15 3 12 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
11 Zaharakis, David RR 83% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 5 10 386 210 176 113 32 50 27 40 13 16 40 41

J. Merrett replaced A. Browne.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Biggs, Shane WR 82% 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 1
4 Bontempelli, Marcus WL 81% 0 1 24 13 11 4 3 5 6 1 1 1 1 6
5 Boyd, Matthew BPR↓ 72% 0 0 24 15 9 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 3
15 Campbell, Tom RU 90% 0 0 8 2 6 2 21 2 1 3 0 1 0 2
8 Crameri, Stewart HFFR 82% 7 2 19 12 7 5 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 3
6 Dahlhaus, Luke HFFL 84% 0 0 29 13 16 6 0 8 3 2 0 0 5 3
31 Dale, Bailey SUB↑ 17% 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
35 Daniel, Caleb INT 78% 2 0 19 9 10 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 5
29 Dickson, Tory CHF 81% 4 0 9 5 4 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1
1 Grant, Jarrad INT 85% 0 1 16 9 7 5 0 0 1 4 1 3 2 2
7 Hunter, Lachie FPL 89% 0 1 36 19 17 6 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 3
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFR 82% 1 1 26 19 7 6 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 8
11 Macrae, Jack C 84% 0 0 27 12 15 4 0 7 8 4 0 0 0 4
38 Morris, Dale BPL 96% 0 0 16 8 8 9 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
2 Murphy, Bob (c) HBFL 86% 0 1 19 14 5 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3
42 Picken, Liam RO 88% 0 1 25 9 16 4 0 6 1 2 3 0 1 2
28 Prudden, Josh INT 81% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2
43 Redpath, Jack FF 95% 0 2 13 10 3 5 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 1
9 Stringer, Jake FPR 91% 4 2 16 12 4 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
32 Talia, Michael FB 93% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 2 3
3 Wallis, Mitch RR 82% 1 0 26 12 14 6 0 2 7 2 0 1 1 4
10 Wood, Easton CHB 82% 0 0 20 8 12 10 0 0 0 3 1 2 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 19 13 426 232 194 107 27 58 33 39 16 13 33 63

B. Dale replaced M. Boyd.

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
38 D. Morris 32 M. Talia 5 M. Boyd 27 J. Giles 24 A. Browne
26 C. Hooker 6 J. Daniher 29 P. Ambrose 11 D. Zaharakis 13 A. Cooney
FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett 10 N. O'Brien
HALF-BACK

20 J. Merrett
2 B. Murphy (c) 10 E. Wood 39 J. Johannisen



35 M. Gleeson 33 J. Laverde 30 K. Langford



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 M. Bontempelli 11 J. Macrae 24 S. Biggs



5 B. Stanton 17 J. Melksham 21 D. Heppell (ac) FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 15 T. Campbell 35 C. Daniel
HALF-FORWARD 3 M. Wallis 1 J. Grant
6 L. Dahlhaus 29 T. Dickson 8 S. Crameri 42 L. Picken 28 J. Prudden
1 M. Hibberd 22 J. Carlisle 9 B. Goddard

31 B. Dale
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



7 L. Hunter 43 J. Redpath 9 J. Stringer



12 M. Baguley 25 A. Steinberg 42 J. Gwilt



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:45
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 05:52
WBUL Stewart Crameri goal 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 10:29
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 0.3.3 - 1.0.6 12:31
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 0.3.3 - 1.1.7 16:13
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 0.3.3 - 1.2.8 20:42
ESSE Michael Hibberd behind 0.4.4 - 1.2.8 22:37
Q2 WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 0.4.4 - 2.2.14 02:32
WBUL Jarrad Grant behind 0.4.4 - 2.3.15 05:17
WBUL Stewart Crameri goal 0.4.4 - 3.3.21 06:46
WBUL Stewart Crameri goal 0.4.4 - 4.3.27 08:31
WBUL Stewart Crameri behind 0.4.4 - 4.4.28 10:02
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 0.4.4 - 5.4.34 10:21
WBUL Liam Picken behind 0.4.4 - 5.5.35 12:03
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 0.4.4 - 5.6.36 13:37
ESSE Rushed behind 0.5.5 - 5.6.36 16:16
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 1.5.11 - 5.6.36 16:47
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 1.5.11 - 6.6.42 19:54
WBUL Bob Murphy behind 1.5.11 - 6.7.43 21:54
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 1.5.11 - 7.7.49 23:42
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 1.5.11 - 8.7.55 27:02
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 2.5.17 - 8.7.55 29:06
WBUL Jack Redpath behind 2.5.17 - 8.8.56 31:26
Q3 WBUL Stewart Crameri behind 2.5.17 - 8.9.57 01:27
WBUL Stewart Crameri goal 2.5.17 - 9.9.63 02:25
ESSE Adam Cooney behind 2.6.18 - 9.9.63 07:23
WBUL Rushed behind 2.6.18 - 9.10.64 08:18
WBUL Jack Redpath behind 2.6.18 - 9.11.65 09:39
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 2.6.18 - 10.11.71 11:47
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 3.6.24 - 10.11.71 15:14
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 4.6.30 - 10.11.71 17:20
WBUL Stewart Crameri goal 4.6.30 - 11.11.77 18:53
WBUL Stewart Crameri goal 4.6.30 - 12.11.83 20:16
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 4.6.30 - 13.11.89 22:11
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 4.6.30 - 14.11.95 25:12
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 4.6.30 - 15.11.101 26:37
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 4.7.31 - 15.11.101 29:28
Q4 ESSE Joe Daniher goal 5.7.37 - 15.11.101 00:48
WBUL Lachie Hunter behind 5.7.37 - 15.12.102 02:44
ESSE Patrick Ambrose behind 5.8.38 - 15.12.102 07:44
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 5.8.38 - 16.12.108 11:39
WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 5.8.38 - 16.13.109 13:23
ESSE Jake Melksham behind 5.9.39 - 16.13.109 18:24
WBUL Stewart Crameri goal 5.9.39 - 17.13.115 19:11
WBUL Caleb Daniel goal 5.9.39 - 18.13.121 22:16
WBUL Caleb Daniel goal 5.9.39 - 19.13.127 24:12
ESSE Rushed behind 5.10.40 - 19.13.127 26:01