2015 AFL Round 23: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 September 2015 between Collingwood and Essendon during round 23 of the 2015 AFL season. Collingwood hosted Essendon at 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
Back: T. Langdon, N. Brown, J. Marsh
Half-back: B. Maynard, B. Reid, A. Oxley
Centre: J. Crisp, T. Adams, S. Sidebottom
Half-forward: T. Varcoe, D. Moore, J. Blair
Forward: A. Fasolo, J. White, J. Elliott
Follower: B. Grundy, L. Greenwood, S. Pendlebury (capt.)
Int.: J. De Goey, B. Kennedy, M. Scharenberg
Sub.: A. Toovey

Essendon
Back: O. Fantasia, J. Carlisle, M. Baguley
Half-back: B. Stanton, M. Hurley, J. Melksham
Centre: H. Hocking, D. Heppell (capt.), D. Zaharakis
Half-forward: J. Merrett, J. Laverde, T. Pears
Forward: C. McKenna, J. Daniher, C. Hooker
Follower: S. McKernan, K. Langford, B. Goddard
Int.: M. Gleeson, B. Howlett, E. Kavanagh
Sub.: S. Edwards

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

Goalkickers
Collingwood: J. Blair (2), A. Fasolo (2), B. Kennedy (2), J. White (2), T. Adams, J. Crisp, J. Elliott, L. Greenwood, D. Moore, B. Reid
Essendon: H. Hocking (3), B. Stanton (3), C. Hooker (2), B. Goddard, C. McKenna, S. McKernan, J. Melksham, J. Merrett, D. Zaharakis

As a result of this match, Collingwood remained 12th on the ladder and Essendon remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Nathan Buckley (Collingwood), Matthew Egan (Essendon)
Captains: Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Deboy (#11), R. O'Gorman (#10), H. Ryan (#14), E: J. Armstrong (#26)
Goal Umpire: L. Walker, S. Williams, E: J. Venkataya
Boundary Umpire: 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

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