2017 AFL Round 8: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 2017 between Essendon and Geelong during round 8 of the 2017 AFL season. Essendon hosted Geelong at MCG. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

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

Geelong
Back: J. Bews, T. Lonergan, T. Stewart
Half-back: Z. Tuohy, A. Mackie, C. Guthrie
Centre: M. Blicavs, J. Selwood (capt.), S. Menegola
Half-forward: J. Parsons, H. Taylor, N. Cockatoo
Forward: Z. Smith, T. Hawkins, D. Menzel
Follower: R. Stanley, P. Dangerfield, M. Duncan
Int.: G. Horlin-Smith, J. Kolodjashnij, S. Motlop, M. O'Connor

Essendon (17.8.110) defeated Geelong (13.15.93).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Daniher (5), O. Fantasia (3), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (3), J. Stewart (3), J. Green (2), C. Hooker
Geelong: T. Hawkins (4), P. Dangerfield (2), D. Menzel (2), G. Horlin-Smith, S. Motlop, J. Parsons, Z. Smith, T. Stewart

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Geelong were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 13 May 2017
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 57,173

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 17.8.110 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 2 9 . 4 14 . 7 17 . 8 17 . 8 (110)
Geelong 1 . 5 3 . 8 7 . 9 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin ESSE by 27 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 40 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 17
Duration 31:59 28:50 30:12 32:54 2:03:55

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), S. McInerney (#30), J. Schmitt (#17)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Joe Daniher ESSE 6 3
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Joe Daniher ESSE 6 9 1 1 0 0 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Orazio Fantasia ESSE 13 3 0 0 1 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 1 0 0 0 0 1
Zac Smith GEEL 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
12 Baguley, Mark HBFL 90% 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0
32 Colyer, Travis RO 69% 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3
6 Daniher, Joe FF 91% 5 2 16 13 3 6 7 1 1 3 2 2 1 3
49 Dea, Matt BPL 89% 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
13 Fantasia, Orazio HBFR 76% 3 0 18 13 5 5 0 2 3 1 4 0 0 4
9 Goddard, Brendon WL 89% 0 0 29 15 14 6 0 6 3 5 1 2 4 1
15 Green, Josh INT 70% 2 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 3
36 Hartley, Michael CHB 100% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 5 0 6 0 4 1 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RR 83% 0 0 30 9 21 4 0 5 6 5 2 1 1 3
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 84% 1 0 12 6 6 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 3 0
18 Hurley, Michael FB 95% 0 0 27 17 10 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 8 1
47 Kelly, James WR 79% 0 0 23 16 7 10 0 3 0 3 1 2 5 1
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 84% 0 0 10 2 8 1 32 3 1 3 2 2 0 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 80% 3 1 17 9 8 3 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew BPR 75% 0 1 12 8 4 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 3
45 McKenna, Conor INT 71% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 0 4 2 1 2 1
7 Merrett, Zach FPR 80% 0 0 33 19 14 5 0 12 3 4 2 0 6 2
23 Myers, David INT 64% 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 7
3 Parish, Darcy HFFR 86% 0 2 23 12 11 5 0 6 1 2 1 1 1 2
17 Stewart, James HFFL 83% 3 0 10 8 2 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 3
4 Watson, Jobe INT 71% 0 0 21 11 10 8 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David C 89% 0 0 31 16 15 7 0 5 2 0 1 0 3 6
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 17 8 391 218 173 101 39 81 30 50 30 19 42 47

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Bews, Jed BPL 83% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 2
46 Blicavs, Mark WL 76% 0 1 11 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2
5 Cockatoo, Nakia HFFR 83% 0 1 11 7 4 1 0 6 4 3 0 2 0 3
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 80% 2 1 30 14 16 2 0 1 5 6 3 4 2 7
22 Duncan, Mitch RO 76% 0 1 20 12 8 11 0 1 2 2 1 0 4 4
29 Guthrie, Cameron HBFR 75% 0 1 22 9 13 5 0 1 3 3 0 2 2 2
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 96% 4 3 12 10 2 4 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0
33 Horlin-Smith, George INT 70% 1 1 15 9 6 2 0 3 4 4 0 0 1 4
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake INT 69% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
13 Lonergan, Tom FB 93% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 2
4 Mackie, Andrew CHB 87% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 5
27 Menegola, Sam WR 81% 0 0 25 11 14 4 0 5 4 4 1 1 2 6
10 Menzel, Daniel FPR 94% 2 2 9 7 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
32 Motlop, Steven INT 82% 1 1 20 11 9 1 0 4 3 2 1 2 0 0
42 O'Connor, Mark INT 60% 0 0 9 1 8 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 0
34 Parsons, James HFFL 87% 1 1 10 6 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 79% 0 0 24 9 15 4 0 1 6 3 3 2 2 4
9 Smith, Zac FPL 78% 1 0 13 8 5 1 30 4 6 6 3 5 0 4
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 87% 0 1 10 6 4 5 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
44 Stewart, Tom BPR 81% 1 0 14 8 6 4 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 2
7 Taylor, Harry CHF 92% 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1
2 Tuohy, Zach HBFL 92% 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 0 3 6 1 2 7 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 13 15 338 181 157 76 45 40 47 57 19 30 28 58

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
24 J. Bews 13 T. Lonergan 44 T. Stewart 22 M. Leuenberger 15 J. Green
7 Z. Merrett 6 J. Daniher 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 21 D. Heppell (c) 45 C. McKenna
FORWARD 32 T. Colyer 23 D. Myers
HALF-BACK

4 J. Watson
2 Z. Tuohy 4 A. Mackie 29 C. Guthrie



3 D. Parish 26 C. Hooker 17 J. Stewart



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



46 M. Blicavs 14 J. Selwood (c) 27 S. Menegola



47 J. Kelly 11 D. Zaharakis 9 B. Goddard FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 R. Stanley 33 G. Horlin-Smith
HALF-FORWARD 35 P. Dangerfield 8 J. Kolodjashnij
34 J. Parsons 7 H. Taylor 5 N. Cockatoo 22 M. Duncan 32 S. Motlop
13 O. Fantasia 36 M. Hartley 12 M. Baguley

42 M. O'Connor
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



9 Z. Smith 26 T. Hawkins 10 D. Menzel



1 A. McGrath 18 M. Hurley 49 M. Dea



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Cale Hooker goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:38
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:23
ESSE Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 03:13
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 04:34
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 06:21
GEEL Mark Blicavs behind 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 07:38
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 3.2.20 - 0.2.2 11:08
GEEL James Parsons behind 3.2.20 - 0.3.3 18:32
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 4.2.26 - 0.3.3 20:52
GEEL Steven Motlop goal 4.2.26 - 1.3.9 23:45
GEEL Daniel Menzel behind 4.2.26 - 1.4.10 26:41
GEEL Cameron Guthrie behind 4.2.26 - 1.5.11 27:08
ESSE James Stewart goal 5.2.32 - 1.5.11 27:41
ESSE James Stewart goal 6.2.38 - 1.5.11 31:54
Q2 GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 6.2.38 - 1.6.12 00:34
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 6.3.39 - 1.6.12 06:27
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 6.4.40 - 1.6.12 07:25
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 7.4.46 - 1.6.12 11:06
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 7.4.46 - 1.7.13 12:39
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 7.4.46 - 2.7.19 17:52
ESSE James Stewart goal 8.4.52 - 2.7.19 19:54
GEEL Mitch Duncan behind 8.4.52 - 2.8.20 21:27
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 8.4.52 - 3.8.26 24:00
ESSE Josh Green goal 9.4.58 - 3.8.26 25:20
Q3 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 9.4.58 - 4.8.32 01:00
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 10.4.64 - 4.8.32 02:30
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 10.4.64 - 5.8.38 04:00
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 11.4.70 - 5.8.38 07:24
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 11.5.71 - 5.8.38 09:42
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 11.6.72 - 5.8.38 11:33
GEEL Tom Stewart goal 11.6.72 - 6.8.44 15:05
GEEL Daniel Menzel behind 11.6.72 - 6.9.45 16:27
ESSE Josh Green goal 12.6.78 - 6.9.45 19:42
ESSE Andrew McGrath behind 12.7.79 - 6.9.45 23:27
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 12.7.79 - 7.9.51 24:14
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 13.7.85 - 7.9.51 25:20
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 14.7.91 - 7.9.51 30:08
Q4 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 14.7.91 - 8.9.57 04:26
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 14.7.91 - 9.9.63 06:57
GEEL George Horlin-Smith goal 14.7.91 - 10.9.69 08:46
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 14.7.91 - 11.9.75 11:01
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 15.7.97 - 11.9.75 13:02
GEEL James Parsons goal 15.7.97 - 12.9.81 16:44
GEEL Zac Smith goal 15.7.97 - 13.9.87 19:12
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 16.7.103 - 13.9.87 20:58
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 16.7.103 - 13.10.88 23:08
GEEL George Horlin-Smith behind 16.7.103 - 13.11.89 24:46
GEEL Rushed behind 16.7.103 - 13.12.90 25:54
GEEL Nakia Cockatoo behind 16.7.103 - 13.13.91 27:03
GEEL Steven Motlop behind 16.7.103 - 13.14.92 27:44
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 17.7.109 - 13.14.92 29:01
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 17.7.109 - 13.15.93 31:35
ESSE Rushed behind 17.8.110 - 13.15.93 32:48