2016 AFL Round 8: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 May 2016 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round 8 of the 2016 AFL season. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Brendon Goddard captained the hosts with Mark Baguley as vice-captain. Andrew Swallow captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

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

North Melbourne
Back: J. Macmillan, R. Tarrant, L. McDonald
Half-back: N. Dal Santo, S. Thompson, S. Atley
Centre: S. Gibson, A. Swallow (capt.), B. Jacobs
Half-forward: B. Brown, J. Waite, R. Nahas
Forward: M. Wood, D. Petrie, L. Thomas
Follower: M. Daw, B. McKenzie, J. Ziebell
Int.: B. Cunnington, T. Goldstein, B. Harvey, A. Mullett

Essendon (8.12.60) were defeated by North Melbourne (10.14.74).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Daniher (2), O. Fantasia (2), K. Langford (2), A. Cooney, M. Redman
North Melbourne: M. Daw (2), D. Petrie (2), J. Waite (2), B. Brown, B. Jacobs, L. Thomas, M. Wood

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 17th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 May 2016
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 30,321

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by North Melbourne
Score: 8.12.60 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 2 0 . 4 5 . 5 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
North Melbourne 4 . 2 8 . 6 10 . 10 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin NMLB by 24 NMLB by 50 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 14 NMLB by 14
Duration 28:13 27:23 35:13 26:55 1:57:44

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Brad Scott (North Melbourne)
Captains: Brendon Goddard (Essendon), Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Mark Baguley (Essendon), unknown (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), C. Fleer (#26), S. Ryan (#25), E: S. McInerney (#30)
Goal Umpire: L. Walker, S. Williams, E: M. Craig
Boundary Umpire: I. Burrows, M. Marantelli, J. Moore, T. Morrison

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sam Gibson NMLB 43 3
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Sam Gibson NMLB 43 10 2 0 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 8 0 2 0 0 0
Robbie Tarrant NMLB 25 4 0 0 1 0 1
Todd Goldstein NMLB 22 3 0 0 1 0 0
Adam Cooney ESSE 17 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 2 0 0 0 1 0
Andrew Swallow NMLB 9 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
29 Ambrose, Patrick HFFR 94% 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
12 Baguley, Mark (vc) BPR 87% 0 0 24 14 10 5 0 6 0 3 2 2 5 2
24 Bird, Craig RO 68% 0 0 27 7 20 1 0 5 7 2 0 0 0 4
28 Brown, Mitch CHF 88% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
17 Cooney, Adam RR 78% 1 1 33 16 17 5 0 3 2 4 0 1 1 4
51 Crowley, Ryan HFFL 88% 0 1 18 10 8 4 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 3
6 Daniher, Joe FF 89% 2 1 16 14 2 7 8 1 2 3 2 1 2 6
49 Dea, Matt BPL 82% 0 0 19 13 6 8 0 1 0 2 1 2 6 0
13 Fantasia, Orazio WL 83% 2 1 9 5 4 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 2
9 Goddard, Brendon (c) HBFR 88% 0 2 38 18 20 4 2 1 6 3 2 1 2 3
55 Grima, Nathan FB 91% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0
36 Hartley, Michael CHB 97% 0 0 12 4 8 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
47 Kelly, James HBFL 77% 0 0 26 13 13 5 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 1
30 Langford, Kyle FPL 95% 2 0 17 12 5 8 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 4
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 76% 0 0 11 4 7 4 17 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony INT 69% 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 3 0 4 0 2 3 3
45 McKenna, Conor INT 63% 0 0 14 6 8 5 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 3
7 Merrett, Zach WR 73% 0 2 36 16 20 6 0 8 5 2 3 0 3 3
3 Parish, Darcy INT 72% 0 0 24 9 15 6 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 3
50 Polkinghorne, James INT 83% 0 2 17 10 7 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 5
27 Redman, Mason FPR 72% 1 2 7 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Zaharakis, David C 86% 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 8 12 409 203 206 100 27 49 33 48 20 19 31 51

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Atley, Shaun HBFR 90% 0 0 15 5 10 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1
50 Brown, Ben HFFL 84% 1 1 5 4 1 1 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 1
10 Cunnington, Ben INT 71% 0 1 19 7 12 5 0 6 5 3 0 3 1 1
15 Dal Santo, Nick HBFL 84% 0 1 28 11 17 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 2
38 Daw, Majak RU 74% 2 2 14 7 7 5 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 3
43 Gibson, Sam WL 87% 0 1 36 20 16 15 0 3 1 2 2 1 5 7
22 Goldstein, Todd INT 84% 0 0 22 8 14 5 35 2 6 2 2 1 1 1
29 Harvey, Brent INT 86% 0 0 31 14 17 8 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 7
5 Jacobs, Ben WR 86% 1 0 14 5 9 2 0 5 0 3 0 1 0 1
34 Macmillan, Jamie BPL 86% 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0
21 McDonald, Luke BPR 88% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1
2 McKenzie, Brad RR 82% 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 3
17 Mullett, Aaron INT 75% 0 1 19 12 7 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
28 Nahas, Robin HFFR 84% 0 1 8 4 4 2 0 7 0 1 1 1 0 1
20 Petrie, Drew FF 94% 2 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 0 2 4 1 0 2
9 Swallow, Andrew (c) C 83% 0 0 27 13 14 4 0 6 3 4 0 1 3 6
25 Tarrant, Robbie FB 89% 0 0 20 13 7 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
12 Thomas, Lindsay FPR 79% 1 1 13 9 4 5 0 3 1 4 2 2 1 2
16 Thompson, Scott CHB 81% 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
30 Waite, Jarrad CHF 93% 2 3 18 9 9 5 0 6 3 1 0 1 1 1
32 Wood, Mason FPL 47% 1 0 13 8 5 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2
7 Ziebell, Jack RO 70% 0 1 23 12 11 1 0 2 8 6 1 2 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 10 14 402 215 187 101 42 58 33 45 19 20 36 48

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
34 J. Macmillan 25 R. Tarrant 21 L. McDonald 22 M. Leuenberger 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
27 M. Redman 6 J. Daniher 30 K. Langford 17 A. Cooney 45 C. McKenna
FORWARD 24 C. Bird 3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK

50 J. Polkinghorne
15 N. Dal Santo 16 S. Thompson 18 S. Atley



29 P. Ambrose 28 M. Brown 51 R. Crowley



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



43 S. Gibson 9 A. Swallow (c) 5 B. Jacobs



7 Z. Merrett 11 D. Zaharakis 13 O. Fantasia FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 M. Daw 10 B. Cunnington
HALF-FORWARD 2 B. McKenzie 22 T. Goldstein
50 B. Brown 30 J. Waite 28 R. Nahas 7 J. Ziebell 29 B. Harvey
9 B. Goddard (c) 36 M. Hartley 47 J. Kelly

17 A. Mullett
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



32 M. Wood 20 D. Petrie 12 L. Thomas



12 M. Baguley (vc) 55 N. Grima 49 M. Dea



BACK



North Melbourne Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Drew Petrie goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:21
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 08:38
NMLB Aaron Mullett behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 14:46
NMLB Mason Wood goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 18:20
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 19:57
NMLB Drew Petrie goal 0.1.1 - 3.2.20 22:31
ESSE Mason Redman behind 0.2.2 - 3.2.20 24:52
NMLB Ben Jacobs goal 0.2.2 - 4.2.26 26:26
Q2 NMLB Lindsay Thomas goal 0.2.2 - 5.2.32 02:18
NMLB Ben Brown goal 0.2.2 - 6.2.38 03:28
NMLB Majak Daw goal 0.2.2 - 7.2.44 05:20
NMLB Ben Brown behind 0.2.2 - 7.3.45 07:01
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 0.3.3 - 7.3.45 11:38
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 0.4.4 - 7.3.45 15:07
NMLB Jack Ziebell behind 0.4.4 - 7.4.46 20:31
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 0.4.4 - 7.5.47 20:47
NMLB Majak Daw goal 0.4.4 - 8.5.53 24:14
NMLB Majak Daw behind 0.4.4 - 8.6.54 27:16
Q3 ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 1.4.10 - 8.6.54 02:33
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 1.5.11 - 8.6.54 04:54
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 1.5.11 - 9.6.60 06:03
ESSE Mason Redman goal 2.5.17 - 9.6.60 08:37
NMLB Jarrad Waite goal 2.5.17 - 10.6.66 17:34
NMLB Robin Nahas behind 2.5.17 - 10.7.67 19:01
NMLB Ben Cunnington behind 2.5.17 - 10.8.68 20:47
NMLB Jarrad Waite behind 2.5.17 - 10.9.69 21:29
ESSE Adam Cooney goal 3.5.23 - 10.9.69 24:36
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 4.5.29 - 10.9.69 27:12
NMLB Lindsay Thomas behind 4.5.29 - 10.10.70 28:21
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 5.5.35 - 10.10.70 30:14
Q4 ESSE Zach Merrett behind 5.6.36 - 10.10.70 00:28
ESSE Adam Cooney behind 5.7.37 - 10.10.70 00:56
NMLB Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 10.11.71 01:44
NMLB Sam Gibson behind 5.7.37 - 10.12.72 07:27
NMLB Nick Dal Santo behind 5.7.37 - 10.13.73 08:03
ESSE James Polkinghorne behind 5.8.38 - 10.13.73 13:06
ESSE Ryan Crowley behind 5.9.39 - 10.13.73 14:08
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 6.9.45 - 10.13.73 16:11
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 7.9.51 - 10.13.73 17:54
ESSE Mason Redman behind 7.10.52 - 10.13.73 19:31
ESSE James Polkinghorne behind 7.11.53 - 10.13.73 21:10
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 7.12.54 - 10.13.73 23:46
NMLB Majak Daw behind 7.12.54 - 10.14.74 25:22
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 8.12.60 - 10.14.74 26:05