2017 AFL Season Round 2: Brisbane Lions v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 2017 between the Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round two of the 2017 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon at the Gabba. Dayne Beams captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

The Brisbane Lions (12.12.84) were defeated by Essendon (17.9.111).

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Essendon
Date: Saturday 1 April 2017
Time: 6:25 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 21,749

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Essendon
Score: 12.12.84 - 17.9.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 3 . 2 5 . 6 11 . 9 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Essendon 4 . 2 10 . 5 12 . 8 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 27
Duration 28:11 30:09 32:09 29:21 1:59:50

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Brisbane Lions) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions

Captain: Dayne Beams
Coach: Chris Fagan

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell
Coach: John Worsfold

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Fisher (#3)
S. Jeffery (#29)
A. Stephens (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Orazio Fantasia ESSE 13 2
Stefan Martin BRIL 12 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 9 1 1 0 0 0
Orazio Fantasia ESSE 13 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Stefan Martin BRIL 12 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Dayne Beams BRIL 9 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
31 Andrews, Harris CHB 96% 1 0 15 9 6 7 1 2 0 4 1 2 3 0
43 Barrett, Jake FPL 80% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 2
4 Bastinac, Ryan INT 73% 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 1
9 Beams, Dayne (c) RR 89% 2 1 33 19 14 2 0 2 1 3 1 0 4 5
7 Bell, Tom INT 76% 0 1 15 12 3 6 0 1 0 4 2 3 0 5
8 Bewick, Rohan WR 85% 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
33 Close, Michael FF 77% 2 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 1
26 Cutler, Tom HBFR 86% 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 4 1 4 2 0 6 3
45 Frost, Jack BPR 82% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
27 Gardiner, Darcy FB 84% 0 0 14 5 9 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 1
2 Harwood, Ryan INT 79% 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
30 Hipwood, Eric CHF 84% 2 2 8 7 1 5 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 1
35 Lester, Ryan HFFR 85% 1 0 20 14 6 3 0 3 4 3 1 2 3 5
12 Martin, Stefan RU 90% 0 0 23 12 11 5 42 2 8 4 4 2 1 8
32 Mayes, Sam HBFL 83% 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1
25 McStay, Daniel FPR 72% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1
10 Rich, Daniel INT 70% 1 0 14 6 8 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 0
18 Robertson, Nick BPL 87% 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 3 0 5 0 4 1 1
5 Robinson, Mitch C 86% 1 1 26 16 10 5 0 2 5 4 1 1 1 3
38 Rockliff, Tom RO 76% 0 0 28 13 15 5 1 11 11 2 0 2 1 5
28 Taylor, Lewis HFFL 84% 1 3 20 15 5 6 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 7
15 Zorko, Dayne WL 75% 1 2 29 20 9 3 0 4 6 7 3 2 2 5
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 12 371 206 165 76 44 53 41 64 25 27 34 55

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick HBFR 89% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 1
12 Baguley, Mark BPL 89% 0 0 16 13 3 9 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 3
32 Colyer, Travis HFFL 75% 1 0 27 11 16 7 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 1
6 Daniher, Joe FF 85% 3 0 13 7 6 8 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 3
13 Fantasia, Orazio FPL 87% 5 0 13 8 5 5 0 4 0 2 2 1 0 2
8 Gleeson, Martin HBFL 82% 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 1 0 4 1 2 2 0
9 Goddard, Brendon INT 82% 1 0 21 11 10 8 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 4
36 Hartley, Michael FB 92% 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 4 0 2 1 1 1 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) C 77% 0 2 23 15 8 7 0 3 2 2 3 1 1 4
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 88% 2 2 12 9 3 8 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 1
40 Howlett, Ben RO 76% 0 1 15 6 9 4 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 3
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 92% 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 1 1 6 2 3 7 0
47 Kelly, James WR 81% 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 3 0 3 1 1 2 1
30 Langford, Kyle FPR 90% 1 1 15 11 4 7 0 2 2 5 1 3 0 4
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony INT 66% 1 2 16 12 4 5 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 6
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 75% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1
44 McKernan, Shaun RU 84% 0 0 13 6 7 3 22 3 5 4 1 3 2 3
7 Merrett, Zach WL 77% 1 0 32 24 8 9 0 5 1 5 2 1 5 5
3 Parish, Darcy INT 65% 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 3 4 1 1 1 3 3
5 Stanton, Brent BPR 80% 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 2 1 4 1 1 2 2
4 Watson, Jobe RR 83% 0 0 33 16 17 8 0 1 6 7 0 2 2 4
11 Zaharakis, David HFFR 85% 2 0 20 10 10 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 9 391 239 152 127 24 50 30 60 27 25 39 53

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

Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 M. Baguley 36 M. Hartley 5 B. Stanton 12 S. Martin 4 R. Bastinac
25 D. McStay 33 M. Close 43 J. Barrett 9 D. Beams (c) 7 T. Bell
FORWARD 38 T. Rockliff 2 R. Harwood
HALF-BACK

10 D. Rich
8 M. Gleeson 18 M. Hurley 29 P. Ambrose



35 R. Lester 30 E. Hipwood 28 L. Taylor



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 Z. Merrett 21 D. Heppell (c) 47 J. Kelly



8 R. Bewick 5 M. Robinson 15 D. Zorko FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 S. McKernan 9 B. Goddard
HALF-FORWARD 4 J. Watson 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
32 T. Colyer 26 C. Hooker 11 D. Zaharakis 40 B. Howlett 1 A. McGrath
26 T. Cutler 31 H. Andrews 32 S. Mayes

3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



13 O. Fantasia 6 J. Daniher 30 K. Langford



45 J. Frost 27 D. Gardiner 18 N. Robertson



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Joe Daniher goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:18
BRIL Dayne Beams goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:55
BRIL Michael Close goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 05:51
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 08:32
ESSE Travis Colyer goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 08:58
BRIL Daniel Rich goal 3.0.18 - 2.1.13 10:32
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 3.1.19 - 2.1.13 14:28
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 3.1.19 - 3.1.19 16:11
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 3.1.19 - 3.2.20 20:23
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 3.1.19 - 4.2.26 21:14
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 3.2.20 - 4.2.26 24:06
Q2 ESSE Cale Hooker goal 3.2.20 - 5.2.32 00:53
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 3.2.20 - 6.2.38 02:20
BRIL Lewis Taylor behind 3.3.21 - 6.2.38 05:43
BRIL Dayne Beams behind 3.4.22 - 6.2.38 06:36
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 3.4.22 - 7.2.44 10:01
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 3.4.22 - 8.2.50 11:13
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 3.4.22 - 9.2.56 12:31
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 3.5.23 - 9.2.56 14:27
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 3.5.23 - 10.2.62 15:29
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 3.5.23 - 10.3.63 17:41
ESSE Ben Howlett behind 3.5.23 - 10.4.64 18:31
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 3.5.23 - 10.5.65 22:27
BRIL Lewis Taylor behind 3.6.24 - 10.5.65 25:03
BRIL Mitch Robinson goal 4.6.30 - 10.5.65 27:44
BRIL Michael Close goal 5.6.36 - 10.5.65 30:03
Q3 BRIL Lewis Taylor goal 6.6.42 - 10.5.65 00:14
BRIL Lewis Taylor behind 6.7.43 - 10.5.65 02:09
BRIL Tom Bell behind 6.8.44 - 10.5.65 03:29
BRIL Harris Andrews goal 7.8.50 - 10.5.65 09:41
BRIL Ryan Lester goal 8.8.56 - 10.5.65 12:14
BRIL Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 10.5.65 14:35
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 8.9.57 - 11.5.71 15:37
ESSE Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 11.6.72 17:05
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 8.9.57 - 11.7.73 18:10
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 8.9.57 - 11.8.74 18:53
BRIL Dayne Beams goal 9.9.63 - 11.8.74 22:31
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 10.9.69 - 11.8.74 23:34
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 10.9.69 - 12.8.80 25:50
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 11.9.75 - 12.8.80 31:55
Q4 BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 12.9.81 - 12.8.80 01:16
BRIL Mitch Robinson behind 12.10.82 - 12.8.80 02:13
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 12.10.82 - 13.8.86 08:58
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 12.11.83 - 13.8.86 10:27
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 12.11.83 - 13.9.87 14:21
BRIL Rushed behind 12.12.84 - 13.9.87 14:51
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 12.12.84 - 14.9.93 15:48
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 12.12.84 - 15.9.99 18:32
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 12.12.84 - 16.9.105 26:26
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 12.12.84 - 17.9.111 29:15