2016 AFL Round 4: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 16 April 2016 between Essendon and Geelong during round 4 of the 2016 AFL season. Essendon hosted Geelong at MCG. Brendon Goddard captained the hosts with Mark Baguley as vice-captain. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Essendon
Back: M. Dea, P. Ambrose, M. Baguley (vice-capt.)
Half-back: J. Gwilt, M. Hartley, B. Goddard (capt.)
Centre: J. Kelly, D. Zaharakis, D. Parish
Half-forward: C. McKenna, M. Brown, A. Cooney
Forward: M. Stokes, J. Daniher, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: M. Leuenberger, Z. Merrett, C. Bird
Int.: O. Fantasia, M. Gleeson, K. Langford, J. Laverde

Geelong
Back: A. Mackie, H. Taylor, L. Henderson
Half-back: T. Ruggles, T. Lonergan, C. Guthrie
Centre: S. Motlop, P. Dangerfield, M. Duncan
Half-forward: J. Caddy, D. Menzel, J. Bartel
Forward: C. Gregson, T. Hawkins, D. Lang
Follower: R. Stanley, N. Cockatoo, M. Blicavs
Int.: J. Kolodjashnij, J. Murdoch, J. Selwood (capt.), Z. Smith

Essendon (6.6.42) were defeated by Geelong (9.18.72).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Brown, O. Fantasia, J. Laverde, Z. Merrett, M. Stokes, D. Zaharakis
Geelong: S. Motlop (2), J. Bartel, J. Caddy, N. Cockatoo, C. Gregson, D. Lang, Z. Smith, R. Stanley

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 16th on the ladder (down from 15th) and Geelong were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 16 April 2016
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 42,723

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 6.6.42 - 9.18.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 4 6 . 5 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Geelong 2 . 3 5 . 6 6 . 13 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Margin GEEL by 1 GEEL by 2 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 30 GEEL by 30
Duration 25:49 27:46 28:11 27:01 1:48:47

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Brendon Goddard (Essendon), Joel Selwood (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: Mark Baguley (Essendon), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hay (#20), S. McInerney (#30), A. Mitchell (#31), E: D. Harris (#24)
Goal Umpire: S. Piperno, A. Wojcik, E: C. Appleton
Boundary Umpire: C. Gordon, T. Lougoon, L. Rayner, J. Scully

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 2
Mitch Duncan GEEL 22 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Matthew Leuenberger ESSE 22 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Tom Lonergan GEEL 13 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Steven Motlop GEEL 32 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Mitch Duncan GEEL 22 3 0 0 ? ? ?
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 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 FB 94% 0 0 11 1 10 1 3 2 2 2 0 2 1 0
12 Baguley, Mark (vc) BPR 83% 0 0 22 13 9 9 0 3 0 2 1 1 4 2
24 Bird, Craig RO 84% 0 1 24 8 16 4 0 4 3 5 2 2 0 1
28 Brown, Mitch CHF 82% 1 0 10 9 1 7 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 3
17 Cooney, Adam HFFR 74% 0 0 28 13 15 6 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 2
6 Daniher, Joe FF 89% 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0
49 Dea, Matt BPL 84% 0 0 16 12 4 7 0 3 2 2 2 0 3 2
13 Fantasia, Orazio INT 75% 1 1 29 11 18 8 0 5 1 3 0 0 1 3
8 Gleeson, Martin INT 79% 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 3 2 4 1 1 4 2
9 Goddard, Brendon (c) HBFR 89% 0 0 26 11 15 5 3 1 2 6 0 1 3 3
42 Gwilt, James HBFL 90% 0 0 25 15 10 16 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0
36 Hartley, Michael CHB 92% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 3 0
47 Kelly, James WL 85% 0 0 23 14 9 6 0 5 1 2 1 0 4 0
30 Langford, Kyle INT 80% 0 0 13 3 10 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
33 Laverde, Jayden INT 29% 1 0 8 3 5 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 82% 0 2 16 5 11 3 25 0 3 1 2 0 0 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 83% 0 0 23 14 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4
45 McKenna, Conor HFFL 81% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach RR 87% 1 0 29 16 13 5 0 8 3 1 3 1 1 8
3 Parish, Darcy WR 83% 0 0 24 8 16 1 0 2 5 3 1 1 2 4
48 Stokes, Mathew FPL 89% 1 0 22 12 10 4 0 6 4 1 2 0 1 1
11 Zaharakis, David C 88% 1 0 34 17 17 7 0 3 5 6 0 4 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 6 6 426 207 219 104 32 59 37 51 24 16 36 40

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartel, Jimmy HFFR 93% 1 0 12 7 5 4 0 6 0 3 0 1 1 1
46 Blicavs, Mark RO 94% 0 0 14 4 10 5 5 2 1 2 0 1 0 1
23 Caddy, Josh HFFL 74% 1 0 23 6 17 4 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 3
5 Cockatoo, Nakia RR 82% 1 2 13 9 4 4 0 7 1 2 2 1 0 1
35 Dangerfield, Patrick C 76% 0 0 27 14 13 5 0 2 5 4 1 2 2 7
22 Duncan, Mitch WR 71% 0 0 27 12 15 4 0 4 4 5 1 2 2 5
28 Gregson, Cory FPL 79% 1 1 10 5 5 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 3
29 Guthrie, Cameron HBFR 70% 0 0 18 6 12 1 1 6 2 3 2 1 0 2
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 87% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 4
25 Henderson, Lachie BPR 92% 0 0 17 13 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake INT 85% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1
11 Lang, Darcy FPR 83% 1 1 11 6 5 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
13 Lonergan, Tom CHB 91% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
4 Mackie, Andrew BPL 84% 0 0 22 16 6 8 0 4 2 4 1 3 4 2
10 Menzel, Daniel CHF 81% 0 5 18 10 8 8 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
32 Motlop, Steven WL 84% 2 1 24 19 5 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 4
21 Murdoch, Jordan INT 72% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 1
36 Ruggles, Tom HBFL 85% 0 0 17 9 8 2 0 1 1 5 3 2 3 1
14 Selwood, Joel (c) INT 74% 0 0 26 14 12 5 0 5 4 6 2 2 2 8
9 Smith, Zac INT 71% 1 2 6 3 3 2 10 4 0 1 1 0 0 0
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 84% 1 2 8 5 3 1 10 3 1 5 0 3 2 1
7 Taylor, Harry FB 89% 0 0 20 12 8 8 0 2 0 1 1 1 5 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 9 18 359 197 162 97 26 71 27 57 16 24 30 50

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: John Worsfold
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 A. Mackie 7 H. Taylor 25 L. Henderson 22 M. Leuenberger 13 O. Fantasia
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 6 J. Daniher 48 M. Stokes 7 Z. Merrett 8 M. Gleeson
FORWARD 24 C. Bird 30 K. Langford
HALF-BACK

33 J. Laverde
36 T. Ruggles 13 T. Lonergan 29 C. Guthrie



17 A. Cooney 28 M. Brown 45 C. McKenna



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



32 S. Motlop 35 P. Dangerfield 22 M. Duncan



3 D. Parish 11 D. Zaharakis 47 J. Kelly FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 R. Stanley 8 J. Kolodjashnij
HALF-FORWARD 5 N. Cockatoo 21 J. Murdoch
23 J. Caddy 10 D. Menzel 3 J. Bartel 46 M. Blicavs 14 J. Selwood (c)
9 B. Goddard (c) 36 M. Hartley 42 J. Gwilt

9 Z. Smith
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



28 C. Gregson 26 T. Hawkins 11 D. Lang



12 M. Baguley (vc) 29 P. Ambrose 49 M. Dea



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Darcy Lang behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 05:29
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 06:56
GEEL Zac Smith behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 09:45
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 11:37
GEEL Josh Caddy goal 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 13:54
ESSE Matthew Leuenberger behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 19:54
GEEL Rhys Stanley goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 21:55
GEEL Daniel Menzel behind 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 23:35
ESSE Craig Bird behind 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 25:45
Q2 GEEL Steven Motlop goal 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 05:38
GEEL Cory Gregson goal 2.2.14 - 4.3.27 07:14
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 3.2.20 - 4.3.27 08:59
GEEL Daniel Menzel behind 3.2.20 - 4.4.28 12:23
ESSE Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 4.4.28 13:29
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 3.4.22 - 4.4.28 16:44
GEEL Nakia Cockatoo goal 3.4.22 - 5.4.34 18:08
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 4.4.28 - 5.4.34 22:40
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 5.4.34 - 5.4.34 24:21
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 5.4.34 - 5.5.35 25:19
GEEL Nakia Cockatoo behind 5.4.34 - 5.6.36 26:18
Q3 GEEL Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 5.7.37 00:49
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 5.4.34 - 5.8.38 03:36
GEEL Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 5.9.39 05:27
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 5.5.35 - 5.9.39 08:24
GEEL Nakia Cockatoo behind 5.5.35 - 5.10.40 15:21
ESSE Mathew Stokes goal 6.5.41 - 5.10.40 16:30
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 6.5.41 - 6.10.46 18:23
GEEL Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 6.11.47 19:55
GEEL Steven Motlop behind 6.5.41 - 6.12.48 23:25
GEEL Cory Gregson behind 6.5.41 - 6.13.49 26:33
Q4 GEEL Zac Smith behind 6.5.41 - 6.14.50 01:23
GEEL Daniel Menzel behind 6.5.41 - 6.15.51 02:51
GEEL Daniel Menzel behind 6.5.41 - 6.16.52 08:34
GEEL Darcy Lang goal 6.5.41 - 7.16.58 10:47
GEEL Zac Smith goal 6.5.41 - 8.16.64 13:01
GEEL Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 8.17.65 18:28
GEEL Daniel Menzel behind 6.5.41 - 8.18.66 20:09
GEEL Steven Motlop goal 6.5.41 - 9.18.72 20:56
ESSE Matthew Leuenberger behind 6.6.42 - 9.18.72 26:56