2016 AFL Season 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 eight of the 2016 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (8.12.60) were defeated by North Melbourne (10.14.74).

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Brendon Goddard
Vice-Captain: Mark Baguley
Coach: John Worsfold

North Melbourne

Captain: Andrew Swallow
Coach: Brad Scott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Brown (#13)
C. Fleer (#26)
S. Ryan (#25)
E: S. McInerney (#30)

Goal Umpires

L. Walker
S. Williams
E: M. Craig

Boundary Umpires

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