2017 AFL Round 1: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 25 March 2017 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round 1 of the 2017 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Hawthorn at MCG. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Jarryd Roughead captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, M. Hartley, M. Gleeson
Half-back: B. Goddard, M. Hurley, K. Langford
Centre: O. Fantasia, D. Heppell (capt.), J. Kelly
Half-forward: T. Colyer, C. Hooker, Z. Merrett
Forward: S. McKernan, J. Daniher, J. Green
Follower: P. Ambrose, J. Watson, D. Zaharakis
Int.: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, A. McGrath, D. Parish, B. Stanton

Hawthorn
Back: T. Duryea, J. Frawley, B. Stratton
Half-back: G. Birchall, J. Gibson, S. Burgoyne
Centre: I. Smith, T. Mitchell, L. Shiels
Half-forward: L. Breust, R. Schoenmakers, J. Gunston
Forward: T. Vickery, J. Roughead (capt.), P. Puopolo
Follower: B. McEvoy, J. O'Meara, C. Rioli
Int.: B. Hartung, R. Henderson, W. Langford, J. Sicily

Essendon (17.14.116) defeated Hawthorn (12.19.91).

Goalkickers
Essendon: O. Fantasia (4), J. Daniher (3), D. Heppell (3), C. Hooker (3), B. Stanton (2), S. McKernan, D. Zaharakis
Hawthorn: B. McEvoy (2), P. Puopolo (2), J. Roughead (2), L. Breust, B. Hartung, C. Rioli, R. Schoenmakers, L. Shiels, I. Smith

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 7th on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 25 March 2017
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 78,294

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 17.14.116 - 12.19.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 4 5 . 8 12 . 12 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Hawthorn 2 . 3 6 . 10 10 . 14 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Margin ESSE by 13 HWTH by 8 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 25 ESSE by 25
Duration 31:37 29:39 33:32 28:24 2:03:12

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Jarryd Roughead (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#4), N. Foot (#2), S. McInerney (#30)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 3
Orazio Fantasia ESSE 13 2
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 9 1 1 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 9 1 1 0 0 0
Orazio Fantasia ESSE 13 5 0 0 1 1 0
Tom Mitchell HWTH 3 5 0 0 1 1 0
Mark Baguley ESSE 12 1 0 0 0 0 1
Brendon Goddard ESSE 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 RU 87% 0 0 16 5 11 4 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 2
12 Baguley, Mark BPL 86% 0 0 17 8 9 8 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0
32 Colyer, Travis HFFL 72% 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 2
6 Daniher, Joe FF 87% 3 3 17 12 5 7 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 4
13 Fantasia, Orazio WL 78% 4 1 16 8 8 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 0
8 Gleeson, Martin BPR 84% 0 0 15 14 1 6 0 1 0 4 0 3 3 1
9 Goddard, Brendon HBFL 73% 0 1 29 17 12 10 0 5 7 1 1 0 2 6
15 Green, Josh FPR 77% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
36 Hartley, Michael FB 85% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) C 81% 3 0 34 18 16 8 0 7 1 3 3 1 4 4
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 86% 3 1 10 7 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 87% 0 0 21 17 4 7 0 0 1 4 0 1 6 1
47 Kelly, James WR 86% 0 0 21 11 10 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2
30 Langford, Kyle HBFR 84% 0 2 11 6 5 5 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony INT 73% 0 1 17 10 7 5 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 4
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 81% 0 0 22 12 10 6 0 5 1 1 2 0 5 1
44 McKernan, Shaun FPL 90% 1 0 17 8 9 5 27 3 5 9 1 6 1 3
7 Merrett, Zach HFFR 80% 0 1 37 23 14 7 0 3 5 3 1 1 2 7
3 Parish, Darcy INT 83% 0 1 25 17 8 7 0 6 1 6 1 0 3 7
5 Stanton, Brent INT 78% 2 0 19 15 4 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2
4 Watson, Jobe RR 78% 0 1 27 13 14 7 0 8 4 2 1 0 1 2
11 Zaharakis, David RO 84% 1 0 18 11 7 5 0 5 1 3 0 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 17 14 428 256 172 135 31 65 36 51 20 16 45 56

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Birchall, Grant HBFL 83% 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 4
22 Breust, Luke HFFL 84% 1 1 16 9 7 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2
9 Burgoyne, Shaun HBFR 81% 0 1 22 11 11 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 3 5
8 Duryea, Taylor BPL 76% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4
12 Frawley, James FB 92% 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0
6 Gibson, Josh CHB 95% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 0 3 2 2 2 0
19 Gunston, Jack HFFR 93% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 1
4 Hartung, Billy INT 75% 1 1 21 12 9 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 1
31 Henderson, Ricky INT 70% 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 1
29 Langford, Will INT 70% 0 2 27 17 10 3 0 3 7 3 2 1 1 6
7 McEvoy, Ben RU 71% 2 0 10 6 4 3 27 2 3 1 2 0 0 0
3 Mitchell, Tom C 87% 0 2 37 17 20 9 0 4 4 6 1 3 1 10
10 O'Meara, Jaeger RR 76% 0 3 23 9 14 3 0 1 8 4 0 2 1 2
28 Puopolo, Paul FPR 87% 2 0 13 5 8 2 0 7 1 3 2 1 0 2
33 Rioli, Cyril RO 73% 1 1 8 7 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
2 Roughead, Jarryd (c) FF 95% 2 1 12 8 4 4 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3
25 Schoenmakers, Ryan CHF 84% 1 0 11 9 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
26 Shiels, Liam WR 91% 1 0 20 11 9 4 0 2 1 3 0 0 4 5
21 Sicily, James INT 72% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1
16 Smith, Isaac WL 84% 1 0 22 18 4 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 9
24 Stratton, Ben BPR 92% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0
27 Vickery, Ty FPL 71% 0 2 12 5 7 2 11 5 3 2 2 2 1 2
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 12 19 374 210 164 82 39 48 38 48 16 20 33 59

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
8 T. Duryea 12 J. Frawley 24 B. Stratton 29 P. Ambrose 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
15 J. Green 6 J. Daniher 44 S. McKernan 4 J. Watson 1 A. McGrath
FORWARD 11 D. Zaharakis 3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK

5 B. Stanton
14 G. Birchall 6 J. Gibson 9 S. Burgoyne



7 Z. Merrett 26 C. Hooker 32 T. Colyer



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 I. Smith 3 T. Mitchell 26 L. Shiels



47 J. Kelly 21 D. Heppell (c) 13 O. Fantasia FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 7 B. McEvoy 4 B. Hartung
HALF-FORWARD 10 J. O'Meara 31 R. Henderson
22 L. Breust 25 R. Schoenmakers 19 J. Gunston 33 C. Rioli 29 W. Langford
30 K. Langford 18 M. Hurley 9 B. Goddard

21 J. Sicily
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



27 T. Vickery 2 J. Roughead (c) 28 P. Puopolo



8 M. Gleeson 36 M. Hartley 12 M. Baguley



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:20
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 03:48
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 05:20
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 06:49
HWTH Billy Hartung behind 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 07:51
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 08:27
HWTH Liam Shiels goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 11:46
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 13:07
HWTH Cyril Rioli goal 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 14:41
HWTH Cyril Rioli behind 3.3.21 - 2.2.14 19:02
HWTH Jarryd Roughead behind 3.3.21 - 2.3.15 20:31
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 3.4.22 - 2.3.15 21:14
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 4.4.28 - 2.3.15 28:58
Q2 ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 4.5.29 - 2.3.15 01:57
HWTH Will Langford behind 4.5.29 - 2.4.16 02:42
HWTH Ben McEvoy goal 4.5.29 - 3.4.22 06:34
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 5.5.35 - 3.4.22 07:52
HWTH Will Langford behind 5.5.35 - 3.5.23 09:19
HWTH Jaeger O'Meara behind 5.5.35 - 3.6.24 10:00
HWTH Ryan Schoenmakers goal 5.5.35 - 4.6.30 17:21
HWTH Tom Mitchell behind 5.5.35 - 4.7.31 19:10
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 5.6.36 - 4.7.31 20:05
HWTH Billy Hartung goal 5.6.36 - 5.7.37 22:28
HWTH Paul Puopolo goal 5.6.36 - 6.7.43 24:28
ESSE Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 6.7.43 25:37
HWTH Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 6.8.44 26:30
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 5.8.38 - 6.8.44 27:08
HWTH Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 6.9.45 27:44
HWTH Jaeger O'Meara behind 5.8.38 - 6.10.46 29:05
Q3 ESSE Zach Merrett behind 5.9.39 - 6.10.46 00:48
HWTH Isaac Smith goal 5.9.39 - 7.10.52 01:29
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 6.9.45 - 7.10.52 03:02
HWTH Jarryd Roughead goal 6.9.45 - 8.10.58 05:30
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 6.10.46 - 8.10.58 09:28
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 6.11.47 - 8.10.58 10:34
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 7.11.53 - 8.10.58 11:20
HWTH Ty Vickery behind 7.11.53 - 8.11.59 13:24
HWTH Luke Breust goal 7.11.53 - 9.11.65 14:17
HWTH Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 9.12.66 17:06
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 7.12.54 - 9.12.66 17:45
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 8.12.60 - 9.12.66 18:57
HWTH Ty Vickery behind 8.12.60 - 9.13.67 21:00
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 9.12.66 - 9.13.67 23:13
HWTH Tom Mitchell behind 9.12.66 - 9.14.68 24:16
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 10.12.72 - 9.14.68 25:25
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 11.12.78 - 9.14.68 27:34
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 12.12.84 - 9.14.68 30:37
HWTH Ben McEvoy goal 12.12.84 - 10.14.74 32:36
Q4 ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 13.12.90 - 10.14.74 00:24
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 14.12.96 - 10.14.74 02:56
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 14.13.97 - 10.14.74 05:39
HWTH Luke Breust behind 14.13.97 - 10.15.75 06:40
HWTH Jaeger O'Meara behind 14.13.97 - 10.16.76 08:21
ESSE Rushed behind 14.14.98 - 10.16.76 10:32
HWTH Rushed behind 14.14.98 - 10.17.77 11:09
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 15.14.104 - 10.17.77 12:52
HWTH Jarryd Roughead goal 15.14.104 - 11.17.83 14:52
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 16.14.110 - 11.17.83 16:30
HWTH Shaun Burgoyne behind 16.14.110 - 11.18.84 18:44
HWTH Rushed behind 16.14.110 - 11.19.85 19:35
HWTH Paul Puopolo goal 16.14.110 - 12.19.91 20:59
ESSE Brent Stanton goal 17.14.116 - 12.19.91 22:31