2015 AFL Round 20: Essendon v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 2015 between Essendon and Adelaide during round 20 of the 2015 AFL season. Essendon hosted Adelaide at Etihad Stadium. In the absence of Jobe Watson, Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Taylor Walker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by James Hird and the visitors were coached by Scott Camporeale.

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, T. Pears, A. Steinberg
Half-back: B. Goddard, J. Carlisle, M. Gleeson
Centre: B. Stanton, D. Heppell (capt.), M. Hibberd
Half-forward: J. Laverde, D. Myers, C. Dempsey
Forward: K. Langford, C. Hooker, J. Daniher
Follower: J. Giles, D. Zaharakis, H. Hocking
Int.: S. Edwards, B. Howlett, J. Merrett
Sub.: J. Melksham

Adelaide
Back: J. Lever, K. Hartigan, L. Brown
Half-back: R. Henderson, D. Talia, B. Smith
Centre: R. Laird, R. Sloane, R. Atkins
Half-forward: C. Cameron, T. Lynch, E. Betts
Forward: J. Jenkins, T. Walker (capt.), J. Lyons
Follower: S. Jacobs, P. Dangerfield, S. Thompson
Int.: M. Crouch, R. Knight, N. van Berlo
Sub.: D. MacKay

Essendon (8.11.59) were defeated by Adelaide (27.9.171).

Goalkickers
Essendon: C. Hooker (2), C. Dempsey, S. Edwards, M. Hibberd, J. Laverde, J. Melksham, D. Zaharakis
Adelaide: E. Betts (5), P. Dangerfield (3), J. Jenkins (3), T. Walker (3), C. Cameron (2), T. Lynch (2), R. Sloane (2), R. Atkins, S. Jacobs, R. Knight, J. Lyons, D. MacKay, B. Smith, N. van Berlo

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 15th on the ladder and Adelaide were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 15 August 2015
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 25,914

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Adelaide
Score: 8.11.59 - 27.9.171

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 4 . 6 6 . 10 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Adelaide 3 . 3 9 . 6 16 . 8 27 . 9 27 . 9 (171)
Margin ESSE by 6 ADEL by 30 ADEL by 58 ADEL by 112 ADEL by 112
Duration 30:48 29:40 33:13 31:55 2:05:36

Honour Roll

Coaches: James Hird (Essendon), Scott Camporeale (Adelaide)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Taylor Walker (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), M. Nicholls (#15), R. O'Gorman (#10), E: C. Kamolins (#19)
Goal Umpire: D. Dixon, M. Palm, E: M. Hammond
Boundary Umpire: G. Bergroth, M. Marantelli, D. Tee, S. Thiele

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Patrick Dangerfield ADEL 32 3
Eddie Betts ADEL 18 2
Sam Jacobs ADEL 24 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Patrick Dangerfield ADEL 32 10 2 0 0 0 0
Eddie Betts ADEL 18 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Tom Lynch ADEL 27 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Rory Sloane ADEL 9 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Brodie Smith ADEL 33 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Sam Jacobs ADEL 24 2 0 0 0 1 0
Rory Laird ADEL 29 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 BPL 94% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0
22 Carlisle, Jake CHB 94% 0 0 18 7 11 7 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 1
6 Daniher, Joe FPR 95% 0 0 8 4 4 4 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
15 Dempsey, Courtenay HFFR 83% 1 0 14 13 1 7 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2
19 Edwards, Shaun INT 86% 1 1 13 10 3 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 3
27 Giles, Jonathan RU 66% 0 1 8 5 3 1 20 3 4 4 4 2 1 5
35 Gleeson, Martin HBFR 90% 0 0 17 6 11 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 2
9 Goddard, Brendon HBFL 82% 0 1 34 13 21 7 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 5
21 Heppell, Dyson (ac) C 86% 0 1 30 20 10 7 1 7 5 1 0 1 1 6
1 Hibberd, Michael WR 89% 1 0 23 11 12 6 0 2 1 5 0 1 3 1
39 Hocking, Heath RO 83% 0 0 15 9 6 1 0 6 6 2 2 1 1 2
26 Hooker, Cale FF 93% 2 2 19 11 8 6 2 3 1 5 2 2 0 2
40 Howlett, Ben INT 87% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 5 5 5 1 3 1 1
30 Langford, Kyle FPL↓ 50% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1
33 Laverde, Jayden HFFL 83% 1 0 20 9 11 8 0 4 3 2 1 2 2 1
17 Melksham, Jake SUB↑ 43% 1 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1
20 Merrett, Jackson INT 85% 0 1 21 11 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
23 Myers, David CHF 45% 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 0 7 6 0 1 2 4
16 Pears, Tayte FB 97% 0 0 18 7 11 5 0 1 2 1 0 1 5 1
5 Stanton, Brent WL 88% 0 0 30 21 9 7 0 4 3 4 0 0 5 2
25 Steinberg, Ariel BPR 92% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 1
11 Zaharakis, David RR 86% 1 0 22 13 9 4 0 5 3 1 0 1 2 4
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 8 11 384 215 169 104 31 57 43 52 20 19 36 50

J. Melksham replaced K. Langford during the third quarter.

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Atkins, Rory WR 77% 1 0 18 14 4 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 3
18 Betts, Eddie HFFR 92% 5 0 14 10 4 6 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 3
16 Brown, Luke BPR 88% 0 0 19 12 7 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 1
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFL 80% 2 0 14 9 5 5 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3
44 Crouch, Matt INT 76% 0 0 26 11 15 6 0 1 3 4 1 2 0 3
32 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 84% 3 1 27 13 14 4 0 6 5 2 2 2 0 9
15 Hartigan, Kyle FB 88% 0 0 8 4 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2
45 Henderson, Ricky HBFL 85% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
24 Jacobs, Sam RU 90% 1 0 18 10 8 9 38 1 5 5 2 3 1 3
4 Jenkins, Josh FPL 93% 3 3 13 11 2 6 10 1 1 2 1 1 1 3
39 Knight, Riley INT 83% 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 4
29 Laird, Rory WL 91% 0 0 31 21 10 9 0 3 0 5 1 0 8 2
6 Lever, Jake BPL↓ 70% 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 0 3 3 1 2 3
27 Lynch, Tom CHF 91% 2 1 26 18 8 10 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 4
31 Lyons, Jarryd FPR 87% 1 0 18 9 9 1 0 2 5 4 1 2 2 4
14 MacKay, David SUB↑ 25% 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
9 Sloane, Rory C 81% 2 0 24 12 12 7 0 11 5 1 2 1 3 4
33 Smith, Brodie HBFR 83% 1 0 20 14 6 5 0 0 1 2 1 0 10 4
12 Talia, Daniel CHB 93% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
5 Thompson, Scott RO 80% 0 0 21 6 15 5 0 3 7 2 0 1 0 1
7 van Berlo, Nathan INT 73% 1 0 17 11 6 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 2
13 Walker, Taylor (c) FF 89% 3 1 15 11 4 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 27 9 386 233 153 115 49 49 38 48 19 20 39 67

D. MacKay replaced J. Lever.

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
6 J. Lever 15 K. Hartigan 16 L. Brown 27 J. Giles 19 S. Edwards
6 J. Daniher 26 C. Hooker 30 K. Langford 11 D. Zaharakis 40 B. Howlett
FORWARD 39 H. Hocking 20 J. Merrett
HALF-BACK

17 J. Melksham
45 R. Henderson 12 D. Talia 33 B. Smith



15 C. Dempsey 23 D. Myers 33 J. Laverde



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



29 R. Laird 9 R. Sloane 21 R. Atkins



1 M. Hibberd 21 D. Heppell (ac) 5 B. Stanton FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 S. Jacobs 44 M. Crouch
HALF-FORWARD 32 P. Dangerfield 39 R. Knight
23 C. Cameron 27 T. Lynch 18 E. Betts 5 S. Thompson 7 N. van Berlo
35 M. Gleeson 22 J. Carlisle 9 B. Goddard

14 D. MacKay
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 J. Jenkins 13 T. Walker (c) 31 J. Lyons



25 A. Steinberg 16 T. Pears 12 M. Baguley



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Scott Camporeale

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Taylor Walker goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:07
ESSE Courtenay Dempsey goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:53
ESSE Jonathan Giles behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:52
ESSE Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 10:14
ADEL Eddie Betts goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 11:52
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 13:47
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 3.2.20 - 2.0.12 15:21
ADEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 17:17
ADEL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 18:56
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 21:47
ADEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 4.2.26 - 3.2.20 24:18
ESSE Jackson Merrett behind 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 26:44
ADEL Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 3.3.21 27:50
Q2 ADEL Rory Sloane goal 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 02:01
ADEL Tom Lynch behind 4.3.27 - 4.4.28 03:04
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 4.3.27 - 4.5.29 04:16
ADEL Jarryd Lyons goal 4.3.27 - 5.5.35 05:29
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 4.4.28 - 5.5.35 07:07
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 4.5.29 - 5.5.35 10:41
ADEL Eddie Betts goal 4.5.29 - 6.5.41 16:22
ADEL Nathan van Berlo goal 4.5.29 - 7.5.47 18:42
ADEL Josh Jenkins behind 4.5.29 - 7.6.48 20:33
ESSE Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 7.6.48 24:28
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 4.6.30 - 8.6.54 25:55
ADEL Rory Atkins goal 4.6.30 - 9.6.60 28:20
Q3 ADEL Eddie Betts goal 4.6.30 - 10.6.66 03:42
ADEL Charlie Cameron goal 4.6.30 - 11.6.72 05:01
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 4.7.31 - 11.6.72 08:49
ADEL Josh Jenkins behind 4.7.31 - 11.7.73 09:49
ADEL Eddie Betts goal 4.7.31 - 12.7.79 11:34
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 4.7.31 - 13.7.85 13:09
ADEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 4.7.31 - 14.7.91 14:06
ESSE Rushed behind 4.8.32 - 14.7.91 15:29
ESSE Shaun Edwards goal 5.8.38 - 14.7.91 18:26
ADEL Josh Jenkins behind 5.8.38 - 14.8.92 20:04
ADEL Tom Lynch goal 5.8.38 - 15.8.98 23:05
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 5.9.39 - 15.8.98 25:09
ESSE Rushed behind 5.10.40 - 15.8.98 27:12
ESSE Michael Hibberd goal 6.10.46 - 15.8.98 28:47
ADEL Riley Knight goal 6.10.46 - 16.8.104 32:02
Q4 ESSE David Zaharakis goal 7.10.52 - 16.8.104 00:33
ADEL Rory Sloane goal 7.10.52 - 17.8.110 02:35
ADEL David MacKay goal 7.10.52 - 18.8.116 04:10
ESSE Jake Melksham goal 8.10.58 - 18.8.116 07:19
ESSE Shaun Edwards behind 8.11.59 - 18.8.116 08:33
ADEL Rushed behind 8.11.59 - 18.9.117 09:35
ADEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 8.11.59 - 19.9.123 10:58
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 8.11.59 - 20.9.129 13:30
ADEL Charlie Cameron goal 8.11.59 - 21.9.135 14:28
ADEL Brodie Smith goal 8.11.59 - 22.9.141 16:13
ADEL Tom Lynch goal 8.11.59 - 23.9.147 18:16
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 8.11.59 - 24.9.153 19:20
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 8.11.59 - 25.9.159 24:48
ADEL Eddie Betts goal 8.11.59 - 26.9.165 26:34
ADEL Sam Jacobs goal 8.11.59 - 27.9.171 28:54