2016 AFL Round 18: Essendon v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 24 July 2016 between Essendon and Brisbane Lions during round 18 of the 2016 AFL season. Essendon hosted Brisbane Lions at Etihad Stadium. Brendon Goddard captained the hosts. Tom Rockliff captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Justin Leppitsch.

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

Brisbane Lions
Back: D. Gardiner, D. Merrett, T. Cutler
Half-back: L. Dawson, H. Andrews, S. Mayes
Centre: T. Rockliff (capt.), B. Keays, R. Bewick
Half-forward: P. Hanley, M. Hammelmann, E. Hipwood
Forward: J. Green, J. Schache, D. Zorko
Follower: S. Martin, D. Rich, M. Robinson
Int.: R. Bastinac, R. Mathieson, J. Walker, R. William

Essendon (12.19.91) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (20.8.128).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Daniher (4), O. Fantasia (3), M. Brown, C. Dempsey, W. Hams, K. Langford, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Brisbane Lions: J. Walker (4), T. Cutler (2), L. Dawson (2), J. Green (2), R. Mathieson (2), R. Bastinac, R. Bewick, P. Hanley, E. Hipwood, S. Martin, S. Mayes, D. Rich, T. Rockliff

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 18th on the ladder and Brisbane Lions remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Brisbane Lions
Date: Sunday 24 July 2016
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 34,869

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 12.19.91 - 20.8.128

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	4	6	.	9	7	.	14	12	.	19	12	.	19	(91)
Brisbane Lions	6	.	3	9	.	4	15	.	6	20	.	8	20	.	8	(128)
Margin	BRIL by 17			BRIL by 13			BRIL by 40			BRIL by 37			BRIL by 37
Duration	30:37			28:50			29:45			31:09			2:00:21

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Justin Leppitsch (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Brendon Goddard (Essendon), Tom Rockliff (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), L. Fisher (#3), R. O'Gorman (#10), E: S. McInerney (#30)
Goal Umpire: M. Craig, L. Walker, E: D. Dixon
Boundary Umpire: G. Bergroth, D. Cusack, G. Large, J. Moore

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Tom Rockliff	BRIL	38	3
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	2
Mitch Robinson	BRIL	5	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Tom Rockliff	BRIL	38	10	2	0	0	0	0
Stefan Martin	BRIL	12	8	0	2	0	0	0
Daniel Rich	BRIL	10	5	0	0	1	1	0
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	3	0	0	1	0	0
Ryan Bastinac	BRIL	4	2	0	0	0	1	0
Daniel Merrett	BRIL	21	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mitch Robinson	BRIL	5	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	CHF	92%	0	0	13	4	9	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	2	0
28	Brown, Mitch	CHB	85%	1	2	12	6	6	3	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	2
17	Cooney, Adam	HFFL	74%	0	2	19	11	8	4	0	4	1	4	1	0	1	3
6	Daniher, Joe	FF	86%	4	1	10	8	2	5	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1
49	Dea, Matt	BPL	87%	0	0	16	13	3	6	0	3	0	3	2	1	3	1
15	Dempsey, Courtenay	HBFL	86%	1	0	15	11	4	3	0	1	0	6	0	3	1	1
13	Fantasia, Orazio	HFFR	83%	3	1	10	8	2	4	0	9	0	1	2	1	1	5
10	Francis, Aaron	HBFR	78%	0	1	16	9	7	7	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	1
8	Gleeson, Martin	FPR	84%	0	0	17	12	5	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	2
9	Goddard, Brendon (c)	RO	87%	0	0	31	18	13	11	2	6	5	3	4	1	4	5
41	Hams, Will	WR	76%	1	1	15	6	9	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2
36	Hartley, Michael	FB	95%	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	5	1	2	0	1	3	0
47	Kelly, James	RR	77%	0	0	16	8	8	3	0	5	2	2	1	0	1	3
30	Langford, Kyle	INT	69%	1	0	19	11	8	7	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	4
33	Laverde, Jayden	FPL	84%	0	2	14	11	3	6	0	5	0	3	1	0	1	4
22	Leuenberger, Matthew	RU	81%	0	1	18	13	5	2	36	3	3	7	0	1	0	5
43	McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony	BPR	78%	1	3	13	8	5	4	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	2
45	McKenna, Conor	INT	79%	0	2	14	7	7	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	6
44	McKernan, Shaun	INT	84%	0	0	10	6	4	3	5	2	3	3	0	0	0	2
7	Merrett, Zach	WL	76%	0	0	34	15	19	6	0	8	5	3	3	2	3	8
3	Parish, Darcy	INT	71%	0	0	21	8	13	5	0	4	5	2	1	0	0	5
11	Zaharakis, David	C	88%	0	1	13	7	6	2	0	7	2	0	1	0	1	4
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				12	19	353	202	151	91	45	78	33	51	24	12	31	66

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
31	Andrews, Harris	CHB	96%	0	0	5	3	2	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	0
4	Bastinac, Ryan	INT	71%	1	0	30	19	11	6	0	3	5	7	1	2	3	4
8	Bewick, Rohan	WR	75%	1	0	13	9	4	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2
26	Cutler, Tom	BPR	79%	2	1	16	12	4	6	0	2	2	3	0	0	5	3
24	Dawson, Liam	HBFL	79%	2	0	13	9	4	6	0	0	1	3	1	2	0	3
27	Gardiner, Darcy	BPL	77%	0	1	11	4	7	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
6	Green, Josh	FPL	82%	2	2	15	10	5	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	3
40	Hammelmann, Matt	CHF	94%	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	5	0	3	0	2	2	1
11	Hanley, Pearce	HFFL	80%	1	0	31	20	11	4	1	6	3	9	0	5	2	10
30	Hipwood, Eric	HFFR	89%	1	1	12	6	6	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2
1	Keays, Ben	C	80%	0	0	8	1	7	1	0	4	0	1	2	0	0	0
12	Martin, Stefan	RU	92%	1	1	25	11	14	4	29	5	6	3	1	0	2	4
36	Mathieson, Rhys	INT	68%	2	0	17	9	8	2	0	4	3	5	2	3	0	2
32	Mayes, Sam	HBFR	86%	1	0	23	12	11	0	0	1	1	5	1	2	6	0
21	Merrett, Daniel	FB	91%	0	0	10	1	9	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1
10	Rich, Daniel	RR	78%	1	0	27	22	5	5	0	2	1	1	1	0	9	7
5	Robinson, Mitch	RO	90%	0	0	17	7	10	0	0	1	8	1	0	1	2	1
38	Rockliff, Tom (c)	WL	78%	1	0	38	24	14	12	0	9	7	3	1	0	1	6
23	Schache, Josh	FF	82%	0	1	8	3	5	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1
14	Walker, Josh	INT	75%	4	0	8	6	2	4	4	2	0	2	1	2	0	0
47	William, Reuben	INT	79%	0	0	11	6	5	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	2
15	Zorko, Dayne	FPR	81%	0	0	28	15	13	4	0	6	6	3	1	2	4	0
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				20	8	372	211	161	80	35	65	47	60	12	24	44	54

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
	27	D. Gardiner	21	D. Merrett	26	T. Cutler	22	M. Leuenberger	30	K. Langford
	8	M. Gleeson	6	J. Daniher	33	J. Laverde	47	J. Kelly	45	C. McKenna
FORWARD							9	B. Goddard (c)	44	S. McKernan
HALF-BACK									3	D. Parish
	24	L. Dawson	31	H. Andrews	32	S. Mayes
	13	O. Fantasia	29	P. Ambrose	17	A. Cooney
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	38	T. Rockliff (c)	1	B. Keays	8	R. Bewick
	41	W. Hams	11	D. Zaharakis	7	Z. Merrett	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							12	S. Martin	4	R. Bastinac
HALF-FORWARD							10	D. Rich	36	R. Mathieson
	11	P. Hanley	40	M. Hammelmann	30	E. Hipwood	5	M. Robinson	14	J. Walker
	10	A. Francis	28	M. Brown	15	C. Dempsey			47	R. William
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	6	J. Green	23	J. Schache	15	D. Zorko
	43	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti	36	M. Hartley	49	M. Dea
BACK
Brisbane Lions							Coach: Justin Leppitsch

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRIL	Tom Cutler goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:22
	BRIL	Darcy Gardiner behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	03:06
	BRIL	Sam Mayes goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	04:36
	BRIL	Rhys Mathieson goal	0.0.0	-	3.1.19	06:57
	ESSE	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	3.1.19	08:15
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal	1.1.7	-	3.1.19	09:17
	ESSE	Mitch Brown behind	1.2.8	-	3.1.19	11:31
	BRIL	Josh Walker goal	1.2.8	-	4.1.25	13:09
	BRIL	Josh Green goal	1.2.8	-	5.1.31	15:38
	ESSE	Mitch Brown goal	2.2.14	-	5.1.31	18:10
	ESSE	Jayden Laverde behind	2.3.15	-	5.1.31	19:40
	BRIL	Tom Rockliff goal	2.3.15	-	6.1.37	22:04
	ESSE	Will Hams goal	3.3.21	-	6.1.37	24:59
	BRIL	Josh Green behind	3.3.21	-	6.2.38	28:15
	BRIL	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	6.3.39	28:32
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind	3.4.22	-	6.3.39	30:24
Q2	ESSE	Adam Cooney behind	3.5.23	-	6.3.39	05:06
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	4.5.29	-	6.3.39	06:17
	ESSE	Joe Daniher behind	4.6.30	-	6.3.39	08:08
	BRIL	Josh Walker goal	4.6.30	-	7.3.45	10:42
	ESSE	David Zaharakis behind	4.7.31	-	7.3.45	13:28
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood behind	4.7.31	-	7.4.46	15:27
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	4.7.31	-	8.4.52	16:29
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind	4.8.32	-	8.4.52	19:25
	BRIL	Ryan Bastinac goal	4.8.32	-	9.4.58	23:06
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	5.8.38	-	9.4.58	24:57
	ESSE	Jayden Laverde behind	5.9.39	-	9.4.58	26:35
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	6.9.45	-	9.4.58	28:45
Q3	BRIL	Stefan Martin behind	6.9.45	-	9.5.59	01:30
	ESSE	Conor McKenna behind	6.10.46	-	9.5.59	06:24
	BRIL	Tom Cutler goal	6.10.46	-	10.5.65	07:54
	BRIL	Tom Cutler behind	6.10.46	-	10.6.66	09:18
	BRIL	Rhys Mathieson goal	6.10.46	-	11.6.72	11:37
	ESSE	Conor McKenna behind	6.11.47	-	11.6.72	13:36
	ESSE	Mitch Brown behind	6.12.48	-	11.6.72	15:23
	BRIL	Stefan Martin goal	6.12.48	-	12.6.78	16:43
	BRIL	Daniel Rich goal	6.12.48	-	13.6.84	20:52
	ESSE	Orazio Fantasia behind	6.13.49	-	13.6.84	22:00
	ESSE	Rushed behind	6.14.50	-	13.6.84	23:28
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	7.14.56	-	13.6.84	26:37
	BRIL	Josh Green goal	7.14.56	-	14.6.90	27:52
	BRIL	Liam Dawson goal	7.14.56	-	15.6.96	29:40
Q4	BRIL	Pearce Hanley goal	7.14.56	-	16.6.102	00:13
	BRIL	Rohan Bewick goal	7.14.56	-	17.6.108	01:55
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	8.14.62	-	17.6.108	04:00
	BRIL	Josh Green behind	8.14.62	-	17.7.109	05:03
	ESSE	Courtenay Dempsey goal	9.14.68	-	17.7.109	05:48
	BRIL	Liam Dawson goal	9.14.68	-	18.7.115	07:39
	BRIL	Josh Walker goal	9.14.68	-	19.7.121	09:15
	BRIL	Josh Schache behind	9.14.68	-	19.8.122	11:34
	BRIL	Josh Walker goal	9.14.68	-	20.8.128	15:17
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind	9.15.69	-	20.8.128	16:37
	ESSE	Orazio Fantasia goal	10.15.75	-	20.8.128	17:07
	ESSE	Will Hams behind	10.16.76	-	20.8.128	20:59
	ESSE	Aaron Francis behind	10.17.77	-	20.8.128	22:27
	ESSE	Adam Cooney behind	10.18.78	-	20.8.128	22:53
	ESSE	Orazio Fantasia goal	11.18.84	-	20.8.128	26:22
	ESSE	Matthew Leuenberger behind	11.19.85	-	20.8.128	28:12
	ESSE	Orazio Fantasia goal	12.19.91	-	20.8.128	30:00

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