2016 AFL Round 21: Essendon v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 2016 between Essendon and Gold Coast during round 21 of the 2016 AFL season. Essendon hosted Gold Coast at Etihad Stadium. In the absence of Brendon Goddard, Zach Merrett captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Rodney Eade.

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

Gold Coast
Back: M. Rosa, S. May, K. Kolodjashnij
Half-back: J. Harbrow, R. Thompson, J. Joyce
Centre: A. Hall, M. Hallahan, M. Shaw
Half-forward: J. Garlett, T. Lynch, J. Grant
Forward: S. Day, P. Wright, R. Davis
Follower: K. Brooksby, J. Martin, T. Miller
Int.: C. Ah Chee, B. Matera, A. Saad, J. Schoenfeld

Essendon (11.9.75) defeated Gold Coast (9.15.69).

Goalkickers
Essendon: O. Fantasia (3), C. McKenna (2), C. Bird, M. Brown, A. Cooney, J. Daniher, S. Grimley, J. Merrett
Gold Coast: S. Day (2), T. Lynch (2), P. Wright (2), J. Grant, B. Matera, T. Miller

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 18th on the ladder and Gold Coast remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v Gold Coast
Date: Sunday 14 August 2016
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 16,622

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Gold Coast
Score: 11.9.75 - 9.15.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 6 . 6 7 . 7 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Gold Coast 3 . 1 5 . 5 8 . 8 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 7 GCST by 7 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration 26:32 28:30 26:51 29:49 1:51:42

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Rodney Eade (Gold Coast)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Gold Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), N. Foot (#2), A. Mitchell (#31), E: D. Butcher (#42)
Goal Umpire: M. Palm, A. Wojcik, E: C. Appleton
Boundary Umpire: G. Bergroth, A. Coote, M. Jenkinson, T. Morrison

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 2
Touk Miller GCST 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 8 0 2 0 0 0
Touk Miller GCST 11 6 0 0 2 0 0
Mitch Brown ESSE 28 2 0 0 0 1 0
Mathew Stokes ESSE 48 2 0 0 0 1 0
James Kelly ESSE 47 1 0 0 0 0 1
Steven May GCST 17 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 HBFR 93% 0 0 17 5 12 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 5 0
24 Bird, Craig RR 78% 1 0 26 8 18 1 0 9 7 6 0 1 1 0
28 Brown, Mitch CHB 94% 1 0 21 14 7 11 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3
17 Cooney, Adam INT 71% 1 1 20 15 5 4 1 3 2 4 1 0 5 1
6 Daniher, Joe FF 89% 1 1 17 11 6 8 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 5
49 Dea, Matt BPL 92% 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 3 0 3 1 1 3 1
13 Fantasia, Orazio RO 90% 3 1 9 7 2 4 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 0
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 85% 0 0 23 7 16 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 1
54 Grimley, Sam INT 68% 1 1 5 2 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
36 Hartley, Michael FB 73% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
47 Kelly, James HFFL 83% 0 0 26 12 14 7 0 1 1 4 0 3 5 1
33 Laverde, Jayden CHF 81% 0 2 12 7 5 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 3
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 83% 0 0 9 3 6 3 29 0 1 3 0 3 1 1
34 Long, Jake FPR 75% 0 1 13 6 7 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 71% 0 0 19 13 6 8 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 1
45 McKenna, Conor INT 75% 2 0 22 15 7 3 0 1 1 7 1 2 5 4
20 Merrett, Jackson HBFL 90% 1 1 17 6 11 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
7 Merrett, Zach (ac) WL 80% 0 0 38 20 18 6 0 3 4 3 1 0 2 4
50 Polkinghorne, James INT 69% 0 0 21 3 18 5 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0
52 Simpkin, Jonathan WR 87% 0 0 24 12 12 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 4 4
48 Stokes, Mathew FPL 87% 0 0 32 13 19 7 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 4
11 Zaharakis, David C 85% 0 0 40 19 21 4 0 6 3 4 1 0 4 6
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 11 9 439 218 221 105 35 49 28 55 9 19 53 44

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Ah Chee, Callum INT 80% 0 1 19 9 10 4 0 4 4 1 4 0 0 4
31 Brooksby, Keegan RU 84% 0 0 12 6 6 1 20 2 4 0 2 0 0 3
39 Davis, Ryan FPR 77% 0 1 14 8 6 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 3
12 Day, Sam FPL 83% 2 1 14 7 7 6 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 1
41 Garlett, Jarrod HFFL 85% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 4 2 6 1 2 0 4
2 Grant, Jarrad HFFR 75% 1 0 13 7 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
33 Hall, Aaron WL 78% 0 0 29 20 9 4 2 4 3 3 0 0 1 6
14 Hallahan, Mitch C 72% 0 0 18 10 8 1 0 1 7 3 0 1 1 4
5 Harbrow, Jarrod HBFL 93% 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 4 0 2 4 0 3 4
38 Joyce, Jesse HBFR 75% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 3
28 Kolodjashnij, Kade BPR 86% 0 0 16 13 3 9 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 5
19 Lynch, Tom CHF 96% 2 3 18 11 7 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 5
4 Martin, Jack RR 87% 0 0 16 10 6 6 1 4 2 0 0 0 2 1
32 Matera, Brandon INT 74% 1 0 12 7 5 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1
17 May, Steven FB 86% 0 0 20 10 10 9 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 3
11 Miller, Touk RO 85% 1 0 39 20 19 7 0 4 4 5 1 1 3 11
3 Rosa, Matt BPL 78% 0 1 27 14 13 3 0 1 1 5 0 1 2 1
42 Saad, Adam INT 72% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2
36 Schoenfeld, Josh INT 82% 0 0 13 7 6 7 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 1
26 Shaw, Matt WR 76% 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 3
16 Thompson, Rory CHB 94% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
30 Wright, Peter FF 83% 2 2 14 9 5 7 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 9 15 373 215 158 100 29 54 35 41 19 9 29 69

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
3 M. Rosa 17 S. May 28 K. Kolodjashnij 22 M. Leuenberger 17 A. Cooney
34 J. Long 6 J. Daniher 48 M. Stokes 24 C. Bird 54 S. Grimley
FORWARD 13 O. Fantasia 45 C. McKenna
HALF-BACK

50 J. Polkinghorne
5 J. Harbrow 16 R. Thompson 38 J. Joyce



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 33 J. Laverde 47 J. Kelly



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 A. Hall 14 M. Hallahan 26 M. Shaw



52 J. Simpkin 11 D. Zaharakis 7 Z. Merrett (ac) FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 K. Brooksby 13 C. Ah Chee
HALF-FORWARD 4 J. Martin 32 B. Matera
41 J. Garlett 19 T. Lynch 2 J. Grant 11 T. Miller 42 A. Saad
29 P. Ambrose 28 M. Brown 20 J. Merrett

36 J. Schoenfeld
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 S. Day 30 P. Wright 39 R. Davis



8 M. Gleeson 36 M. Hartley 49 M. Dea



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Rodney Eade

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:28
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 04:56
ESSE Jackson Merrett behind 0.3.3 - 0.0.0 12:05
GCST Peter Wright goal 0.3.3 - 1.0.6 13:19
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 1.3.9 - 1.0.6 16:29
ESSE Adam Cooney goal 2.3.15 - 1.0.6 18:38
ESSE Sam Grimley goal 3.3.21 - 1.0.6 19:42
GCST Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 22:25
GCST Jarrad Grant goal 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 24:26
GCST Sam Day goal 3.3.21 - 3.1.19 25:29
Q2 GCST Tom Lynch behind 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 00:59
GCST Touk Miller goal 3.3.21 - 4.2.26 02:03
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 4.3.27 - 4.2.26 06:07
GCST Ryan Davis behind 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 07:35
GCST Callum Ah Chee behind 4.3.27 - 4.4.28 08:25
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 5.3.33 - 4.4.28 11:14
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 6.3.39 - 4.4.28 13:07
GCST Rushed behind 6.3.39 - 4.5.29 20:23
GCST Brandon Matera goal 6.3.39 - 5.5.35 22:05
ESSE Sam Grimley behind 6.4.40 - 5.5.35 25:18
ESSE Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 5.5.35 26:12
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 6.6.42 - 5.5.35 27:08
Q3 GCST Tom Lynch goal 6.6.42 - 6.5.41 01:24
GCST Sam Day goal 6.6.42 - 7.5.47 04:06
GCST Peter Wright behind 6.6.42 - 7.6.48 07:46
GCST Peter Wright goal 6.6.42 - 8.6.54 10:24
GCST Sam Day behind 6.6.42 - 8.7.55 15:02
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 6.7.43 - 8.7.55 16:56
GCST Matt Rosa behind 6.7.43 - 8.8.56 17:42
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 7.7.49 - 8.8.56 21:43
Q4 ESSE Mitch Brown goal 8.7.55 - 8.8.56 02:08
ESSE Jackson Merrett goal 9.7.61 - 8.8.56 06:09
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 10.7.67 - 8.8.56 08:27
ESSE Jake Long behind 10.8.68 - 8.8.56 12:25
GCST Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 8.9.57 13:00
ESSE Craig Bird goal 11.8.74 - 8.9.57 16:53
GCST Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 8.10.58 19:09
GCST Tom Lynch behind 11.8.74 - 8.11.59 20:29
GCST Tom Lynch behind 11.8.74 - 8.12.60 23:05
ESSE Adam Cooney behind 11.9.75 - 8.12.60 25:50
GCST Peter Wright behind 11.9.75 - 8.13.61 26:39
GCST Rushed behind 11.9.75 - 8.14.62 27:04
GCST Rushed behind 11.9.75 - 8.15.63 27:23
GCST Tom Lynch goal 11.9.75 - 9.15.69 28:38