2017 AFL Round 4: Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 2017 between Adelaide and Essendon during round 4 of the 2017 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Essendon at Adelaide Oval. Taylor Walker captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Don Pyke and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Adelaide
Back: R. Laird, D. Talia, L. Brown
Half-back: J. Lever, K. Hartigan, W. Milera
Centre: B. Smith, M. Crouch, R. Sloane
Half-forward: R. Atkins, T. Lynch, R. Knight
Forward: A. Otten, T. Walker (capt.), E. Betts
Follower: S. Jacobs, R. Douglas, C. Cameron
Int.: C. Hampton, J. Kelly, D. MacKay, T. Menzel

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

Adelaide (24.9.153) defeated Essendon (13.10.88).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: E. Betts (6), T. Walker (5), R. Atkins (2), T. Lynch (2), A. Otten (2), R. Sloane (2), C. Cameron, R. Douglas, R. Laird, T. Menzel, B. Smith
Essendon: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (4), T. Colyer (3), J. Daniher (2), K. Langford (2), O. Fantasia, D. Zaharakis

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 April 2017
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 47,492

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Essendon
Score: 24.9.153 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Adelaide	9	.	2	15	.	6	17	.	7	24	.	9	24	.	9	(153)
Essendon	3	.	2	7	.	2	10	.	9	13	.	10	13	.	10	(88)
Margin	ADEL by 36			ADEL by 52			ADEL by 40			ADEL by 65			ADEL by 65
Duration	32:46			31:20			29:57			33:18			2:07:21

Honour Roll

Coaches: Don Pyke (Adelaide), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Taylor Walker (Adelaide), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Deboy (#11), C. Kamolins (#19), J. Schmitt (#17), E: R. Hundertmark (#40)
Goal Umpire: S. Axon, P. Challen, E: D. Hoskin
Boundary Umpire: C. Bull, S. Burton, M. Thomson, C. Watkins

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Eddie Betts	ADEL	18	3
Taylor Walker	ADEL	13	2
Rory Sloane	ADEL	9	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Eddie Betts	ADEL	18	9	1	1	0	0	0
Taylor Walker	ADEL	13	8	1	0	1	0	0
Rory Sloane	ADEL	9	7	0	1	1	0	0
Brodie Smith	ADEL	33	3	0	0	0	1	1
Rory Laird	ADEL	29	2	0	0	0	1	0
Travis Colyer	ESSE	32	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Atkins, Rory	HFFL	86%	2	0	23	8	15	2	0	3	2	2	2	1	1	4
18	Betts, Eddie	FPR	93%	6	2	22	9	13	5	0	3	3	2	0	1	0	2
16	Brown, Luke	BPR	87%	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	1
23	Cameron, Charlie	RO	72%	1	1	16	13	3	3	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	7
44	Crouch, Matt	C	76%	0	0	31	10	21	2	0	4	4	4	1	1	0	2
26	Douglas, Richard	RR	80%	1	1	20	11	9	1	0	5	4	2	0	1	1	5
17	Hampton, Curtly	INT	78%	0	0	15	5	10	1	0	3	2	3	0	3	0	1
15	Hartigan, Kyle	CHB	90%	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	2	0	3	0	2	3	1
24	Jacobs, Sam	RU	83%	0	0	17	5	12	2	33	7	4	1	2	0	3	1
8	Kelly, Jake	INT	45%	0	0	5	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Knight, Riley	HFFR	73%	0	0	20	8	12	7	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	3
29	Laird, Rory	BPL	87%	1	0	36	16	20	2	0	2	2	3	4	0	5	1
6	Lever, Jake	HBFL	85%	0	0	13	8	5	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1
27	Lynch, Tom	CHF	95%	2	1	14	9	5	9	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	3
14	MacKay, David	INT	83%	0	0	21	12	9	2	0	3	2	2	2	0	1	6
32	Menzel, Troy	INT	76%	1	2	9	6	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0
30	Milera, Wayne	HBFR	77%	0	0	19	10	9	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	4
22	Otten, Andy	FPL	87%	2	1	13	6	7	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
9	Sloane, Rory	WR	76%	2	0	34	20	14	3	0	9	8	4	1	1	2	8
33	Smith, Brodie	WL	89%	1	0	33	16	17	6	0	1	1	5	0	0	5	4
12	Talia, Daniel	FB	92%	0	0	12	4	8	3	0	3	1	2	0	1	2	1
13	Walker, Taylor (c)	FF	91%	5	0	18	14	4	10	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	7
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				24	9	412	205	207	75	39	60	39	49	18	15	30	63

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ambrose, Patrick	BPL	85%	0	0	11	5	6	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2
12	Baguley, Mark	HBFL	85%	0	0	15	12	3	6	0	1	1	4	0	1	3	1
28	Brown, Mitch	CHB	86%	0	0	29	13	16	5	0	1	0	4	0	1	2	2
32	Colyer, Travis	HFFR	77%	3	1	24	15	9	7	0	5	0	6	1	0	3	5
6	Daniher, Joe	FF	94%	2	2	19	11	8	10	7	0	0	2	1	1	2	1
13	Fantasia, Orazio	HFFL	82%	1	1	18	7	11	1	0	4	1	3	3	2	1	5
9	Goddard, Brendon	WL	82%	0	0	34	15	19	6	0	2	8	4	0	1	1	3
15	Green, Josh	INT	73%	0	2	12	8	4	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4
21	Heppell, Dyson (c)	RO	85%	0	0	22	11	11	2	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	3
26	Hooker, Cale	CHF	87%	0	0	8	4	4	6	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	2
18	Hurley, Michael	FB	98%	0	0	23	15	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
47	Kelly, James	INT	84%	0	0	25	9	16	4	0	2	1	3	0	1	0	1
30	Langford, Kyle	INT	83%	2	0	15	8	7	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	3
22	Leuenberger, Matthew	RU	82%	0	0	14	7	7	1	38	1	2	5	0	3	2	0
43	McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony	FPL	73%	4	0	16	8	8	5	0	2	3	6	1	2	1	2
1	McGrath, Andrew	BPR	87%	0	0	28	8	20	4	0	4	0	2	1	1	2	2
45	McKenna, Conor	FPR	73%	0	0	18	10	8	5	0	3	0	3	1	1	2	1
7	Merrett, Zach	HBFR	76%	0	0	35	19	16	5	0	7	5	1	2	0	3	2
3	Parish, Darcy	WR	75%	0	0	24	11	13	4	0	1	5	3	0	0	5	2
5	Stanton, Brent	INT	74%	0	0	22	13	9	8	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	2
4	Watson, Jobe	C	67%	0	0	16	6	10	3	0	2	4	3	2	1	0	0
11	Zaharakis, David	RR	90%	1	0	30	15	15	8	0	3	3	6	0	2	1	3
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				13	10	458	230	228	109	45	48	39	66	15	18	37	47

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

Adelaide							Coach: Don Pyke
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	29	P. Ambrose	18	M. Hurley	1	A. McGrath	24	S. Jacobs	17	C. Hampton
	18	E. Betts	13	T. Walker (c)	22	A. Otten	26	R. Douglas	8	J. Kelly
FORWARD							23	C. Cameron	14	D. MacKay
HALF-BACK									32	T. Menzel
	12	M. Baguley	28	M. Brown	7	Z. Merrett
	3	R. Knight	27	T. Lynch	21	R. Atkins
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	9	B. Goddard	4	J. Watson	3	D. Parish
	9	R. Sloane	44	M. Crouch	33	B. Smith	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							22	M. Leuenberger	15	J. Green
HALF-FORWARD							11	D. Zaharakis	47	J. Kelly
	13	O. Fantasia	26	C. Hooker	32	T. Colyer	21	D. Heppell (c)	30	K. Langford
	30	W. Milera	15	K. Hartigan	6	J. Lever			5	B. Stanton
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	43	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti	6	J. Daniher	45	C. McKenna
	16	L. Brown	12	D. Talia	29	R. Laird
BACK
Essendon							Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ADEL	Andy Otten goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:48
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	03:23
	ESSE	Joe Daniher behind	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	04:49
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	2.0.12	-	1.1.7	06:05
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	3.0.18	-	1.1.7	09:18
	ADEL	Eddie Betts behind	3.1.19	-	1.1.7	12:14
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	3.1.19	-	2.1.13	13:47
	ADEL	Rory Atkins goal	4.1.25	-	2.1.13	15:26
	ADEL	Troy Menzel behind	4.2.26	-	2.1.13	16:53
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	5.2.32	-	2.1.13	19:31
	ESSE	Joe Daniher behind	5.2.32	-	2.2.14	21:34
	ADEL	Eddie Betts goal	6.2.38	-	2.2.14	22:39
	ADEL	Andy Otten goal	7.2.44	-	2.2.14	24:22
	ESSE	Orazio Fantasia goal	7.2.44	-	3.2.20	25:59
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	8.2.50	-	3.2.20	27:51
	ADEL	Eddie Betts goal	9.2.56	-	3.2.20	31:42
Q2	ADEL	Charlie Cameron behind	9.3.57	-	3.2.20	00:22
	ADEL	Troy Menzel behind	9.4.58	-	3.2.20	01:31
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	10.4.64	-	3.2.20	02:30
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	10.4.64	-	4.2.26	03:56
	ESSE	David Zaharakis goal	10.4.64	-	5.2.32	06:11
	ESSE	Joe Daniher goal	10.4.64	-	6.2.38	10:28
	ADEL	Eddie Betts goal	11.4.70	-	6.2.38	13:51
	ADEL	Eddie Betts goal	12.4.76	-	6.2.38	17:45
	ADEL	Andy Otten behind	12.5.77	-	6.2.38	19:31
	ADEL	Rory Atkins goal	13.5.83	-	6.2.38	20:40
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal	13.5.83	-	7.2.44	22:40
	ADEL	Tom Lynch behind	13.6.84	-	7.2.44	25:59
	ADEL	Charlie Cameron goal	14.6.90	-	7.2.44	27:30
	ADEL	Eddie Betts goal	15.6.96	-	7.2.44	29:14
Q3	ESSE	Travis Colyer goal	15.6.96	-	8.2.50	00:33
	ADEL	Richard Douglas behind	15.7.97	-	8.2.50	03:17
	ADEL	Rory Sloane goal	16.7.103	-	8.2.50	03:37
	ADEL	Tom Lynch goal	17.7.109	-	8.2.50	06:40
	ESSE	Travis Colyer goal	17.7.109	-	9.2.56	09:12
	ESSE	Josh Green behind	17.7.109	-	9.3.57	13:24
	ESSE	Orazio Fantasia behind	17.7.109	-	9.4.58	14:56
	ESSE	Rushed behind	17.7.109	-	9.5.59	16:34
	ESSE	Rushed behind	17.7.109	-	9.6.60	16:57
	ESSE	Rushed behind	17.7.109	-	9.7.61	19:36
	ESSE	Josh Green behind	17.7.109	-	9.8.62	20:54
	ESSE	Rushed behind	17.7.109	-	9.9.63	23:48
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal	17.7.109	-	10.9.69	27:00
Q4	ADEL	Troy Menzel goal	18.7.115	-	10.9.69	01:14
	ESSE	Travis Colyer behind	18.7.115	-	10.10.70	04:50
	ESSE	Travis Colyer goal	18.7.115	-	11.10.76	06:46
	ADEL	Eddie Betts behind	18.8.116	-	11.10.76	08:17
	ADEL	Rory Sloane goal	19.8.122	-	11.10.76	10:28
	ADEL	Eddie Betts goal	20.8.128	-	11.10.76	11:54
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal	20.8.128	-	12.10.82	13:47
	ADEL	Rory Laird goal	21.8.134	-	12.10.82	18:55
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal	21.8.134	-	13.10.88	21:10
	ADEL	Richard Douglas goal	22.8.140	-	13.10.88	24:11
	ADEL	Tom Lynch goal	23.8.146	-	13.10.88	26:14
	ADEL	Rushed behind	23.9.147	-	13.10.88	28:49
	ADEL	Brodie Smith goal	24.9.153	-	13.10.88	31:23

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