2016 AFL Round 20: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 2016 between Geelong and Essendon during round 20 of the 2016 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Essendon at Etihad Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Brendon Goddard captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

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

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

Geelong (15.10.100) defeated Essendon (4.10.34).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (3), J. Caddy (2), N. Cockatoo (2), J. Cowan (2), P. Dangerfield, M. Duncan, C. Guthrie, S. Menegola, S. Motlop, R. Stanley
Essendon: J. Daniher, A. Francis, S. Grimley, C. McKenna

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Essendon remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Sunday 7 August 2016
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 29,254

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 15.10.100 - 4.10.34

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 2 7 . 4 11 . 10 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Essendon 0 . 3 0 . 4 3 . 4 4 . 10 4 . 10 (34)
Margin GEEL by 17 GEEL by 42 GEEL by 54 GEEL by 66 GEEL by 66
Duration 25:42 28:08 30:39 27:29 1:51:58

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Brendon Goddard (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), B. Hosking (#16), S. McInerney (#30), E: J. Edwards (#22)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, S. Piperno, E: M. Palm
Boundary Umpire: M. Jenkinson, T. Lougoon, J. Mather, M. Tomkins

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Corey Enright GEEL 44 3
Harry Taylor GEEL 7 2
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Corey Enright GEEL 44 9 1 1 0 0 0
Harry Taylor GEEL 7 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Cameron Guthrie GEEL 29 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Lachie Henderson GEEL 25 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Mitch Brown ESSE 28 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartel, Jimmy FPL 89% 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 6
24 Bews, Jed INT 77% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
46 Blicavs, Mark INT 70% 0 1 21 7 14 4 7 2 2 1 1 0 1 1
23 Caddy, Josh WR 84% 2 1 19 7 12 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2
5 Cockatoo, Nakia INT 68% 2 0 15 14 1 6 0 2 0 5 2 0 1 4
18 Cowan, Josh HBFL 70% 2 0 20 7 13 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 89% 1 0 29 14 15 7 0 1 7 4 2 0 0 9
22 Duncan, Mitch RO 82% 1 1 24 10 14 11 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 5
44 Enright, Corey BPR 89% 0 0 29 23 6 10 0 3 1 2 1 1 5 2
29 Guthrie, Cameron WL 81% 1 1 29 16 13 7 0 1 2 2 0 1 5 2
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 91% 3 4 15 11 4 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
25 Henderson, Lachie HBFR 93% 0 0 22 13 9 8 0 3 0 4 0 0 4 2
13 Lonergan, Tom CHB 86% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1
4 Mackie, Andrew BPL 90% 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1
27 Menegola, Sam INT 80% 1 0 26 12 14 3 0 3 2 4 1 1 0 5
10 Menzel, Daniel FPR 58% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
32 Motlop, Steven HFFR 92% 1 0 20 6 14 7 0 0 1 4 1 2 0 5
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 77% 0 0 22 11 11 3 0 4 4 3 2 1 0 4
16 Selwood, Scott HFFL 87% 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 3
9 Smith, Zac CHF 75% 0 0 6 1 5 0 22 3 2 0 0 0 0 1
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 82% 1 1 8 3 5 3 13 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
7 Taylor, Harry FB 90% 0 0 23 14 9 13 0 2 0 2 2 1 6 4
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 10 404 208 196 115 42 37 28 51 16 14 29 58

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick CHF 93% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 5 0
24 Bird, Craig RR 77% 0 0 19 7 12 1 0 5 4 2 1 2 1 2
28 Brown, Mitch HFFR 86% 0 0 25 19 6 18 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 0
17 Cooney, Adam FPR 76% 0 2 22 16 6 9 0 3 2 2 1 1 5 4
6 Daniher, Joe FF 95% 1 2 14 13 1 8 0 0 1 5 1 2 0 5
49 Dea, Matt BPL 90% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0
15 Dempsey, Courtenay HBFR 80% 0 1 14 11 3 5 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 3
10 Francis, Aaron CHB 84% 1 0 8 6 2 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0
8 Gleeson, Martin HBFL 85% 0 0 23 14 9 14 0 3 0 1 1 0 4 0
9 Goddard, Brendon (c) RO 15% 0 0 6 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
54 Grimley, Sam INT 93% 1 0 6 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
36 Hartley, Michael FB 90% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 0
47 Kelly, James HFFL 82% 0 1 26 17 9 10 0 4 4 7 1 3 1 5
33 Laverde, Jayden FPL 85% 0 2 16 10 6 8 0 3 0 1 1 1 4 0
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 86% 0 0 13 10 3 4 26 3 4 3 2 0 0 3
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony BPR 88% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0
45 McKenna, Conor INT 85% 1 0 14 11 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 2
20 Merrett, Jackson WR 90% 0 1 18 12 6 7 0 1 1 6 0 2 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach WL 84% 0 1 25 19 6 5 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 4
3 Parish, Darcy INT 68% 0 0 24 13 11 7 0 1 5 2 1 0 1 4
50 Polkinghorne, James INT 85% 0 0 15 3 12 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
11 Zaharakis, David C 83% 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 6 3 1 2 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 4 10 354 232 122 134 29 49 35 51 14 16 40 37

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
49 M. Dea 36 M. Hartley 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 1 R. Stanley 24 J. Bews
10 D. Menzel 26 T. Hawkins 3 J. Bartel 35 P. Dangerfield 46 M. Blicavs
FORWARD 22 M. Duncan 5 N. Cockatoo
HALF-BACK

27 S. Menegola
8 M. Gleeson 10 A. Francis 15 C. Dempsey



32 S. Motlop 9 Z. Smith 16 S. Selwood



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 Z. Merrett 11 D. Zaharakis 20 J. Merrett



23 J. Caddy 14 J. Selwood (c) 29 C. Guthrie FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 M. Leuenberger 54 S. Grimley
HALF-FORWARD 24 C. Bird 45 C. McKenna
47 J. Kelly 29 P. Ambrose 28 M. Brown 9 B. Goddard (c) 3 D. Parish
25 L. Henderson 13 T. Lonergan 18 J. Cowan

50 J. Polkinghorne
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



33 J. Laverde 6 J. Daniher 17 A. Cooney



44 C. Enright 7 H. Taylor 4 A. Mackie



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE James Kelly behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 04:16
ESSE Jackson Merrett behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 04:58
GEEL Josh Caddy behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 05:32
GEEL Rhys Stanley goal 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 06:37
GEEL Josh Cowan goal 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 10:03
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 3.1.19 - 0.2.2 13:28
GEEL Mark Blicavs behind 3.2.20 - 0.2.2 16:55
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 3.2.20 - 0.3.3 22:17
Q2 GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 3.3.21 - 0.3.3 02:36
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 4.3.27 - 0.3.3 04:42
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 4.4.28 - 0.3.3 09:28
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 5.4.34 - 0.3.3 12:23
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 5.4.34 - 0.4.4 22:55
GEEL Cameron Guthrie goal 6.4.40 - 0.4.4 25:26
GEEL Steven Motlop goal 7.4.46 - 0.4.4 28:05
Q3 ESSE Sam Grimley goal 7.4.46 - 1.4.10 02:16
GEEL Nakia Cockatoo goal 8.4.52 - 1.4.10 04:21
GEEL Josh Caddy goal 9.4.58 - 1.4.10 07:13
GEEL Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 1.4.10 09:37
GEEL Mitch Duncan behind 9.6.60 - 1.4.10 10:34
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 9.7.61 - 1.4.10 12:26
GEEL Cameron Guthrie behind 9.8.62 - 1.4.10 15:35
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 9.9.63 - 1.4.10 18:36
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 10.9.69 - 1.4.10 20:26
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 10.10.70 - 1.4.10 22:03
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 10.10.70 - 2.4.16 23:08
ESSE Aaron Francis goal 10.10.70 - 3.4.22 26:24
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 11.10.76 - 3.4.22 29:00
Q4 ESSE Joe Daniher behind 11.10.76 - 3.5.23 02:15
GEEL Josh Caddy goal 12.10.82 - 3.5.23 05:19
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 12.10.82 - 4.5.29 07:53
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 12.10.82 - 4.6.30 09:00
GEEL Nakia Cockatoo goal 13.10.88 - 4.6.30 14:53
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 13.10.88 - 4.7.31 16:32
ESSE Adam Cooney behind 13.10.88 - 4.8.32 21:55
ESSE Adam Cooney behind 13.10.88 - 4.9.33 22:59
ESSE Courtenay Dempsey behind 13.10.88 - 4.10.34 23:20
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 14.10.94 - 4.10.34 24:13
GEEL Josh Cowan goal 15.10.100 - 4.10.34 26:22