2016 AFL Round 22: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 2016 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 22 of the 2016 AFL season. Essendon hosted Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium. In the absence of Bob Murphy, vice-captain Easton Wood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Essendon
Back: M. Dea, M. Hartley, M. Gleeson
Half-back: O. Fantasia, M. Brown, P. Ambrose
Centre: D. Zaharakis, Z. Merrett, J. Long
Half-forward: J. Kelly, J. Laverde, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: D. Parish, J. Daniher, M. Jamar
Follower: M. Leuenberger, C. Bird, M. Stokes
Int.: A. Cooney, K. Langford, C. McKenna, J. Merrett

Western Bulldogs
Back: R. Smith, F. Roberts, E. Wood (capt.)
Half-back: J. Johannisen, J. Hamling, M. Boyd
Centre: L. Hunter, M. Bontempelli, L. Picken
Half-forward: L. Jong, Z. Cordy, C. Smith
Forward: T. Dickson, T. Boyd, T. McLean
Follower: J. Roughead, L. Dahlhaus, J. Dunkley
Int.: S. Biggs, C. Daniel, N. Hrovat, L. Webb

Essendon (7.11.53) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (14.9.93).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Daniher (2), A. Cooney, O. Fantasia, M. Leuenberger, J. Merrett, Z. Merrett
Western Bulldogs: T. Dickson (3), C. Daniel (2), T. Boyd, Z. Cordy, L. Hunter, L. Jong, T. McLean, L. Picken, J. Roughead, C. Smith, E. Wood

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 18th on the ladder and Western Bulldogs remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 21 August 2016
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 25,308

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 7.11.53 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 5 . 7 5 . 9 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Western Bulldogs 6 . 2 9 . 5 12 . 8 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin WBUL by 30 WBUL by 22 WBUL by 41 WBUL by 40 WBUL by 40
Duration 30:15 30:41 27:23 26:36 1:54:55

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), L. Fisher (#3), A. Stephens (#12), E: N. Brown (#13)
Goal Umpire: D. Dixon, C. Roffey, E: M. Palm
Boundary Umpire: D. Cusack, C. Esler, J. Mather, D. Tee

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Liam Picken WBUL 42 3
Jason Johannisen WBUL 39 2
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Liam Picken WBUL 42 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Jason Johannisen WBUL 39 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Caleb Daniel WBUL 35 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Matthew Boyd WBUL 5 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick HBFR 90% 0 1 14 10 4 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 2
24 Bird, Craig RR 73% 0 0 19 7 12 2 0 7 0 3 1 2 0 2
28 Brown, Mitch CHB 83% 0 0 22 12 10 13 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
17 Cooney, Adam INT 76% 1 1 22 13 9 6 0 3 4 2 1 0 3 2
6 Daniher, Joe FF 92% 2 3 11 8 3 6 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 2
49 Dea, Matt BPL 80% 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1
13 Fantasia, Orazio HBFL 89% 1 0 14 8 6 5 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 75% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2
36 Hartley, Michael FB 92% 0 0 18 12 6 8 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 1
53 Jamar, Mark FPR 79% 0 0 8 3 5 3 17 2 2 3 1 3 0 0
47 Kelly, James HFFL 91% 0 0 30 13 17 11 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 1
30 Langford, Kyle INT 82% 0 1 13 7 6 5 0 5 3 3 0 1 2 4
33 Laverde, Jayden CHF 79% 0 1 8 5 3 4 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 0
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 82% 1 0 13 5 8 0 24 1 2 2 1 1 0 1
34 Long, Jake WR 70% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 88% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
45 McKenna, Conor INT 78% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 2 1 3 1 2 2 1
20 Merrett, Jackson INT 72% 1 1 15 10 5 9 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3
7 Merrett, Zach C 81% 1 1 35 22 13 5 0 8 7 3 2 0 4 5
3 Parish, Darcy FPL 73% 0 0 19 5 14 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0
48 Stokes, Mathew RO 85% 0 1 31 16 15 9 0 3 3 3 0 0 3 5
11 Zaharakis, David WL 88% 0 0 31 12 19 8 0 10 1 6 0 1 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 7 11 386 202 184 120 41 64 28 47 15 19 36 40

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Biggs, Shane INT 86% 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0
4 Bontempelli, Marcus C 79% 0 0 27 12 15 5 5 6 2 4 1 3 1 6
5 Boyd, Matthew HBFR 61% 0 0 30 21 9 9 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 2
17 Boyd, Tom FF 87% 1 1 13 6 7 6 13 2 2 2 2 1 0 1
12 Cordy, Zaine CHF 84% 1 0 8 5 3 3 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 1
6 Dahlhaus, Luke RR 84% 0 0 23 8 15 3 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 4
35 Daniel, Caleb INT 79% 2 0 23 15 8 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 2
29 Dickson, Tory FPL 85% 3 1 12 7 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
20 Dunkley, Josh RO 79% 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 8 0 1 0 0 1 1
30 Hamling, Joel CHB 95% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0
13 Hrovat, Nathan INT 77% 0 1 28 10 18 6 0 2 5 2 1 0 4 2
7 Hunter, Lachie WL 88% 1 1 30 15 15 7 0 2 3 4 0 0 2 4
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFL 85% 0 2 31 27 4 12 0 4 1 1 1 0 2 8
46 Jong, Lin HFFL 76% 1 0 20 8 12 4 1 7 7 3 4 1 0 0
16 McLean, Toby FPR 77% 1 2 19 9 10 4 0 7 3 1 3 1 1 1
42 Picken, Liam WR 85% 1 0 33 15 18 7 1 8 5 5 2 2 2 5
18 Roberts, Fletcher FB 95% 0 0 8 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
23 Roughead, Jordan RU 83% 1 0 4 1 3 2 9 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
14 Smith, Clay HFFR 77% 1 1 15 7 8 6 0 2 1 5 0 4 0 4
37 Smith, Roarke BPL 78% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2
19 Webb, Lukas INT 76% 0 0 14 6 8 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 1 3
10 Wood, Easton (ac) BPR 50% 1 0 10 4 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 14 9 406 215 191 111 35 76 35 39 19 15 28 51

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
37 R. Smith 18 F. Roberts 10 E. Wood (ac) 22 M. Leuenberger 17 A. Cooney
53 M. Jamar 6 J. Daniher 3 D. Parish 24 C. Bird 30 K. Langford
FORWARD 48 M. Stokes 45 C. McKenna
HALF-BACK

20 J. Merrett
39 J. Johannisen 30 J. Hamling 5 M. Boyd



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



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 L. Hunter 4 M. Bontempelli 42 L. Picken



34 J. Long 7 Z. Merrett 11 D. Zaharakis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 J. Roughead 24 S. Biggs
HALF-FORWARD 6 L. Dahlhaus 35 C. Daniel
46 L. Jong 12 Z. Cordy 14 C. Smith 20 J. Dunkley 13 N. Hrovat
29 P. Ambrose 28 M. Brown 13 O. Fantasia

19 L. Webb
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



29 T. Dickson 17 T. Boyd 16 T. McLean



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



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Joe Daniher goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:33
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:49
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 09:00
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 12:20
ESSE Adam Cooney behind 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 14:09
WBUL Caleb Daniel goal 1.2.8 - 3.0.18 16:20
WBUL Lin Jong goal 1.2.8 - 4.0.24 18:21
WBUL Tom Boyd goal 1.2.8 - 5.0.30 20:02
WBUL Toby McLean behind 1.2.8 - 5.1.31 24:53
WBUL Easton Wood goal 1.2.8 - 6.1.37 25:23
WBUL Tory Dickson behind 1.2.8 - 6.2.38 27:45
Q2 ESSE Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 6.2.38 00:43
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 1.4.10 - 6.2.38 02:35
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 1.5.11 - 6.2.38 03:08
ESSE Jackson Merrett behind 1.6.12 - 6.2.38 04:55
WBUL Liam Picken goal 1.6.12 - 7.2.44 06:49
ESSE Matthew Leuenberger goal 2.6.18 - 7.2.44 09:01
ESSE Mathew Stokes behind 2.7.19 - 7.2.44 11:23
ESSE Jackson Merrett goal 3.7.25 - 7.2.44 13:14
WBUL Zaine Cordy goal 3.7.25 - 8.2.50 14:40
WBUL Tom Boyd behind 3.7.25 - 8.3.51 17:34
WBUL Nathan Hrovat behind 3.7.25 - 8.4.52 19:02
WBUL Toby McLean goal 3.7.25 - 9.4.58 22:16
ESSE Adam Cooney goal 4.7.31 - 9.4.58 24:15
WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 4.7.31 - 9.5.59 26:18
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 5.7.37 - 9.5.59 28:12
Q3 WBUL Lachie Hunter behind 5.7.37 - 9.6.60 04:00
WBUL Toby McLean behind 5.7.37 - 9.7.61 06:04
WBUL Jordan Roughead goal 5.7.37 - 10.7.67 07:04
WBUL Caleb Daniel goal 5.7.37 - 11.7.73 13:28
ESSE Patrick Ambrose behind 5.8.38 - 11.7.73 14:41
WBUL Lachie Hunter goal 5.8.38 - 12.7.79 20:55
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 5.9.39 - 12.7.79 23:11
WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 5.9.39 - 12.8.80 26:33
Q4 ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 6.9.45 - 12.8.80 02:14
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 7.9.51 - 12.8.80 09:21
WBUL Clay Smith goal 7.9.51 - 13.8.86 11:47
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 7.10.52 - 13.8.86 18:21
WBUL Clay Smith behind 7.10.52 - 13.9.87 23:14
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 7.10.52 - 14.9.93 23:36
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 7.11.53 - 14.9.93 25:53