2015 AFL Season Round 23: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 2015 between Collingwood and Essendon during round twenty-three of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at the MCG. Scott Pendlebury captained the hosts. In the absence of Jobe Watson, Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Nathan Buckley and the visitors were coached by Matthew Egan.

Collingwood (14.8.92) were defeated by Essendon (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Sunday 6 September 2015
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 40,270

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Essendon
Score: 14.8.92 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 2 8 . 3 12 . 5 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Essendon 3 . 2 9 . 5 11 . 7 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin COLL by 6 ESSE by 8 COLL by 4 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 3
Duration 28:23 32:53 29:53 29:45 2:00:54

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Collingwood) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Scott Pendlebury
Coach: Nathan Buckley

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell (acting)
Coach: Matthew Egan (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Deboy (#11)
R. O'Gorman (#10)
H. Ryan (#14)
E: J. Armstrong (#26)

Goal Umpires

L. Walker
S. Williams
E: J. Venkataya

Boundary Umpires

D. Cusack
T. Lougoon
J. Moore
J. Scully

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brent Stanton ESSE 5 3
Taylor Adams COLL 13 2
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Shaun McKernan ESSE 44 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Taylor Adams COLL 13 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Heath Hocking ESSE 39 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Brent Stanton ESSE 5 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Alex Fasolo COLL 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Adams, Taylor C 89% 1 0 33 20 13 7 0 6 7 7 2 4 4 5
11 Blair, Jarryd HFFR 86% 2 0 16 7 9 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2
16 Brown, Nathan FB 90% 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1
25 Crisp, Jack WL 81% 1 0 15 9 6 5 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 0
35 De Goey, Jordan INT 81% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 2
5 Elliott, Jamie FPR 82% 1 0 22 12 10 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2
1 Fasolo, Alex FPL 89% 2 1 19 15 4 9 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 8
19 Greenwood, Levi RR 81% 1 0 16 11 5 5 0 2 5 2 2 0 2 2
4 Grundy, Brodie RU↓ 56% 0 0 10 6 4 3 23 0 1 3 0 2 0 2
7 Kennedy, Ben INT 83% 2 0 15 11 4 2 0 2 0 7 1 2 0 4
8 Langdon, Tom BPL 89% 0 0 22 11 11 7 0 3 0 1 4 1 4 2
17 Marsh, Jono BPR 80% 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0
37 Maynard, Brayden HBFL 91% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 4 1 2 2 2 3 0
30 Moore, Darcy CHF 83% 1 1 10 8 2 2 1 3 2 2 4 1 0 2
43 Oxley, Adam HBFR 85% 0 0 17 8 9 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 4
10 Pendlebury, Scott (c) RO 87% 0 2 22 11 11 6 0 4 5 3 0 2 1 0
20 Reid, Ben CHB 88% 1 0 14 10 4 7 1 3 0 1 0 1 2 4
12 Scharenberg, Matt INT 83% 0 1 18 11 7 8 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 0
22 Sidebottom, Steele WR 90% 0 1 27 16 11 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 2 3
34 Toovey, Alan SUB↑ 28% 0 0 6 4 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
18 Varcoe, Travis HFFL 93% 0 0 17 8 9 6 0 5 1 0 1 0 3 4
9 White, Jesse FF 86% 2 0 21 12 9 10 9 1 4 2 3 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 14 8 365 220 145 102 36 60 33 50 29 20 34 50

A. Toovey replaced B. Grundy during the third quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark BPR 90% 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 4 1 2 0 2 6 0
22 Carlisle, Jake FB 93% 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 3 0
6 Daniher, Joe FF 74% 0 2 14 6 8 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2
19 Edwards, Shaun SUB↑ 39% 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
46 Fantasia, Orazio BPL 81% 0 0 27 14 13 5 0 2 1 3 1 1 4 3
35 Gleeson, Martin INT 87% 0 0 13 2 11 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1
9 Goddard, Brendon RO 88% 1 0 20 6 14 2 0 6 3 3 1 2 1 2
21 Heppell, Dyson (ac) C 81% 0 0 28 8 20 3 0 4 8 1 1 0 1 1
39 Hocking, Heath WL 76% 3 1 23 12 11 4 0 5 4 2 3 1 0 4
26 Hooker, Cale FPR 93% 2 2 14 12 2 4 0 1 2 3 2 3 1 2
40 Howlett, Ben INT 74% 0 0 16 4 12 2 0 6 3 3 0 3 2 3
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 94% 0 0 20 13 7 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 1
28 Kavanagh, Elliott INT↓ 58% 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 4 1 3 1 2 1 5
30 Langford, Kyle RR 89% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 5 1 3 3 2 1 2
33 Laverde, Jayden CHF 83% 0 0 16 3 13 5 1 3 1 3 0 2 1 0
45 McKenna, Conor FPL 82% 1 3 18 11 7 5 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 5
44 McKernan, Shaun RU 87% 1 0 26 16 10 3 29 4 9 7 2 5 0 5
17 Melksham, Jake HBFR 86% 1 0 19 10 9 5 0 2 2 4 1 2 2 4
20 Merrett, Jackson HFFL 84% 1 0 12 10 2 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2
16 Pears, Tayte HFFR 88% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
5 Stanton, Brent HBFL 89% 3 1 30 22 8 8 0 3 4 1 0 0 4 5
11 Zaharakis, David WR 85% 1 0 20 8 12 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 11 397 206 191 85 32 61 45 57 20 29 33 51

S. Edwards replaced E. Kavanagh during the third quarter.

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

Collingwood Coach: Nathan Buckley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
46 O. Fantasia 22 J. Carlisle 12 M. Baguley 4 B. Grundy 35 J. De Goey
5 J. Elliott 9 J. White 1 A. Fasolo 19 L. Greenwood 7 B. Kennedy
FORWARD 10 S. Pendlebury (c) 12 M. Scharenberg
HALF-BACK

34 A. Toovey
5 B. Stanton 18 M. Hurley 17 J. Melksham



11 J. Blair 30 D. Moore 18 T. Varcoe



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



39 H. Hocking 21 D. Heppell (ac) 11 D. Zaharakis



22 S. Sidebottom 13 T. Adams 25 J. Crisp FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 S. McKernan 35 M. Gleeson
HALF-FORWARD 30 K. Langford 40 B. Howlett
20 J. Merrett 33 J. Laverde 16 T. Pears 9 B. Goddard 28 E. Kavanagh
43 A. Oxley 20 B. Reid 37 B. Maynard

19 S. Edwards
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



45 C. McKenna 6 J. Daniher 26 C. Hooker



17 J. Marsh 16 N. Brown 8 T. Langdon



BACK



Essendon Coach: Matthew Egan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 COLL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:38
COLL Alex Fasolo goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:49
ESSE Jackson Merrett goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:45
COLL Taylor Adams goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 10:21
ESSE Heath Hocking behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 11:26
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 13:04
COLL Darcy Moore goal 3.1.19 - 2.1.13 14:31
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 3.1.19 - 3.1.19 15:41
COLL Alex Fasolo behind 3.2.20 - 3.1.19 17:49
COLL Jesse White goal 4.2.26 - 3.1.19 19:19
ESSE Conor McKenna behind 4.2.26 - 3.2.20 23:46
Q2 ESSE Joe Daniher behind 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 00:29
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 4.2.26 - 4.3.27 01:23
ESSE Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 4.4.28 03:57
ESSE Jake Melksham goal 4.2.26 - 5.4.34 07:42
COLL Scott Pendlebury behind 4.3.27 - 5.4.34 13:33
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 4.3.27 - 6.4.40 14:49
COLL Ben Kennedy goal 5.3.33 - 6.4.40 16:36
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 6.3.39 - 6.4.40 18:23
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 6.3.39 - 7.4.46 19:59
COLL Ben Kennedy goal 7.3.45 - 7.4.46 23:43
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 7.3.45 - 8.4.52 26:10
COLL Jarryd Blair goal 8.3.51 - 8.4.52 28:20
ESSE Conor McKenna behind 8.3.51 - 8.5.53 29:42
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 8.3.51 - 9.5.59 31:35
Q3 ESSE Heath Hocking goal 8.3.51 - 10.5.65 01:46
COLL Steele Sidebottom behind 8.4.52 - 10.5.65 05:35
COLL Jesse White goal 9.4.58 - 10.5.65 06:44
COLL Jarryd Blair goal 10.4.64 - 10.5.65 09:17
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 10.4.64 - 10.6.66 12:59
COLL Jack Crisp goal 11.4.70 - 10.6.66 14:25
ESSE Brent Stanton behind 11.4.70 - 10.7.67 16:01
COLL Levi Greenwood goal 12.4.76 - 10.7.67 18:13
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 12.4.76 - 11.7.73 26:16
COLL Scott Pendlebury behind 12.5.77 - 11.7.73 29:30
Q4 COLL Matt Scharenberg behind 12.6.78 - 11.7.73 00:42
COLL Alex Fasolo goal 13.6.84 - 11.7.73 02:48
ESSE Conor McKenna behind 13.6.84 - 11.8.74 07:17
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 13.6.84 - 12.8.80 08:09
COLL Ben Reid goal 14.6.90 - 12.8.80 11:25
ESSE Heath Hocking goal 14.6.90 - 13.8.86 14:46
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 14.6.90 - 13.9.87 16:50
COLL Darcy Moore behind 14.7.91 - 13.9.87 19:07
ESSE Shaun Edwards behind 14.7.91 - 13.10.88 19:47
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 14.7.91 - 13.11.89 22:44
COLL Rushed behind 14.8.92 - 13.11.89 23:27
ESSE Heath Hocking goal 14.8.92 - 14.11.95 26:55