2017 AFL Season Round 9: Essendon v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 21 May 2017 between Essendon and West Coast during round nine of the 2017 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted West Coast at Etihad Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Shannon Hurn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Adam Simpson.

Essendon (19.11.125) defeated West Coast (8.16.64).

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v West Coast
Date: Sunday 21 May 2017
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 36,403

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. West Coast
Score: 19.11.125 - 8.16.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 12 . 8 16 . 10 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
West Coast 2 . 4 3 . 7 5 . 13 8 . 16 8 . 16 (64)
Margin ESSE by 16 ESSE by 55 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 61 ESSE by 61
Duration 30:18 32:24 29:18 29:55 2:01:55

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell
Coach: John Worsfold

West Coast

Captain: Shannon Hurn
Coach: Adam Simpson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Meredith (#21)
S. Ryan (#25)
E. Tee (#34)
E: N. Williamson (#22)

Goal Umpires

M. Ensbey
C. Roffey
E: M. Maclure

Boundary Umpires

D. Field-Read
M. Jenkinson
M. Konetschka
M. Tomkins

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Joe Daniher ESSE 6 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 9 1 1 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 5 0 0 1 1 0
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark BPR 84% 0 0 26 18 8 14 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0
32 Colyer, Travis HFFR 78% 1 1 20 16 4 7 0 6 0 5 0 3 1 1
6 Daniher, Joe FF 93% 5 0 18 13 5 3 5 2 4 4 2 3 0 2
49 Dea, Matt BPL 92% 1 0 15 9 6 7 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0
13 Fantasia, Orazio RO 77% 3 2 12 10 2 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 3
9 Goddard, Brendon WR 88% 0 0 28 14 14 10 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 1
15 Green, Josh INT 74% 2 2 10 9 1 2 0 5 0 1 2 0 0 2
36 Hartley, Michael CHB 94% 0 0 21 13 8 13 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RR 85% 0 0 25 13 12 6 0 2 4 4 2 1 2 4
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 81% 2 3 18 8 10 8 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1
18 Hurley, Michael FB 84% 0 0 26 17 9 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 4
47 Kelly, James HBFL 78% 0 0 23 13 10 10 0 5 1 2 0 0 3 1
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 82% 1 0 11 6 5 3 39 6 2 1 0 1 0 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 81% 2 1 18 9 9 5 0 2 2 3 2 0 2 5
1 McGrath, Andrew HBFR 82% 0 0 21 13 8 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2
45 McKenna, Conor INT 74% 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 6 2
7 Merrett, Zach C 79% 0 0 37 21 16 8 0 1 4 5 3 0 1 4
23 Myers, David INT 66% 0 0 20 11 9 8 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 1
3 Parish, Darcy WL 82% 1 0 17 9 8 8 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 3
17 Stewart, James HFFL 82% 1 0 9 5 4 2 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 2
4 Watson, Jobe INT 79% 0 1 30 11 19 9 0 5 6 2 0 1 0 4
11 Zaharakis, David FPR 86% 0 1 31 22 9 8 0 7 3 3 0 0 4 5
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 19 11 453 272 181 152 44 68 34 48 18 15 38 49

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Barrass, Tom FB 89% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
26 Butler, Sam INT 84% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1
15 Cripps, Jamie FPL 72% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 6 0 2 0 1 0 0
27 Darling, Jack CHF 83% 2 5 12 9 3 7 0 6 0 2 0 1 0 2
14 Duggan, Liam FPR 83% 0 1 14 8 6 4 0 6 3 1 2 1 1 1
3 Gaff, Andrew WL 87% 0 0 27 13 14 4 0 4 2 1 0 0 3 3
25 Hurn, Shannon (c) BPR 85% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1
17 Kennedy, Josh FF 86% 4 2 7 6 1 4 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0
2 LeCras, Mark HFFR 85% 0 3 14 11 3 5 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 2
7 Masten, Chris WR 83% 0 1 24 7 17 6 0 5 2 4 0 1 2 3
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 83% 0 0 13 8 5 6 4 1 0 6 0 4 2 1
36 McInnes, Fraser INT 74% 0 0 14 3 11 4 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
1 Mitchell, Sam RR 86% 0 0 24 13 11 3 0 3 4 2 2 1 1 5
38 Mutimer, Kurt INT 76% 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 3
11 Priddis, Matt C 81% 0 0 22 10 12 6 0 6 2 3 0 1 0 4
8 Redden, Jack HFFL 83% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 6 0 3 0 1 1 2
4 Sheed, Dom INT 73% 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 5
5 Sheppard, Brad BPL 88% 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 3
13 Shuey, Luke RO 83% 0 2 26 7 19 3 0 4 3 5 2 0 0 3
19 Vardy, Nathan RU 71% 2 0 9 6 3 6 22 1 1 2 1 1 1 3
12 Wellingham, Sharrod HBFL 74% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 2
6 Yeo, Elliot HBFR 91% 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 4 1 2 1 1 5 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 8 16 334 179 155 88 32 73 28 47 15 18 27 48

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
5 B. Sheppard 37 T. Barrass 25 S. Hurn (c) 22 M. Leuenberger 15 J. Green
11 D. Zaharakis 6 J. Daniher 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 21 D. Heppell (c) 45 C. McKenna
FORWARD 13 O. Fantasia 23 D. Myers
HALF-BACK

4 J. Watson
12 S. Wellingham 20 J. McGovern 6 E. Yeo



32 T. Colyer 26 C. Hooker 17 J. Stewart



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



3 A. Gaff 11 M. Priddis 7 C. Masten



9 B. Goddard 7 Z. Merrett 3 D. Parish FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 N. Vardy 26 S. Butler
HALF-FORWARD 1 S. Mitchell 36 F. McInnes
8 J. Redden 27 J. Darling 2 M. LeCras 13 L. Shuey 38 K. Mutimer
1 A. McGrath 36 M. Hartley 47 J. Kelly

4 D. Sheed
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



15 J. Cripps 17 J. Kennedy 14 L. Duggan



12 M. Baguley 18 M. Hurley 49 M. Dea



BACK



West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Joe Daniher goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:55
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:45
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:35
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 07:47
WCST Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 09:31
WCST Nathan Vardy goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 10:53
WCST Luke Shuey behind 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 12:52
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 15:03
ESSE Matt Dea goal 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 15:21
WCST Jack Darling behind 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 17:59
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 4.2.26 - 2.3.15 20:10
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 5.2.32 - 2.3.15 22:16
WCST Mark LeCras behind 5.2.32 - 2.4.16 27:30
Q2 ESSE Joe Daniher goal 6.2.38 - 2.4.16 01:37
ESSE Travis Colyer goal 7.2.44 - 2.4.16 02:49
ESSE Travis Colyer behind 7.3.45 - 2.4.16 04:22
WCST Josh Kennedy behind 7.3.45 - 2.5.17 05:29
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 7.4.46 - 2.5.17 08:12
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 8.4.52 - 2.5.17 09:28
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 9.4.58 - 2.5.17 11:46
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 10.4.64 - 2.5.17 13:15
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 10.4.64 - 3.5.23 15:46
ESSE Josh Green goal 11.4.70 - 3.5.23 16:46
ESSE Josh Green behind 11.5.71 - 3.5.23 19:52
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 11.6.72 - 3.5.23 21:37
WCST Jack Darling behind 11.6.72 - 3.6.24 25:14
WCST Liam Duggan behind 11.6.72 - 3.7.25 25:47
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 11.7.73 - 3.7.25 28:52
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 12.7.79 - 3.7.25 29:58
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 12.8.80 - 3.7.25 32:18
Q3 WCST Mark LeCras behind 12.8.80 - 3.8.26 01:15
WCST Jack Darling goal 12.8.80 - 4.8.32 04:13
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 13.8.86 - 4.8.32 05:50
WCST Josh Kennedy behind 13.8.86 - 4.9.33 07:38
ESSE Josh Green goal 14.8.92 - 4.9.33 10:23
WCST Jack Darling behind 14.8.92 - 4.10.34 12:59
ESSE James Stewart goal 15.8.98 - 4.10.34 16:45
WCST Jack Darling behind 15.8.98 - 4.11.35 20:31
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 15.9.99 - 4.11.35 21:43
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 15.10.100 - 4.11.35 22:18
WCST Jack Darling behind 15.10.100 - 4.12.36 23:08
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 16.10.106 - 4.12.36 24:37
WCST Mark LeCras behind 16.10.106 - 4.13.37 27:13
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 16.10.106 - 5.13.43 29:14
Q4 WCST Josh Kennedy goal 16.10.106 - 6.13.49 04:19
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 17.10.112 - 6.13.49 06:02
WCST Nathan Vardy goal 17.10.112 - 7.13.55 07:48
WCST Rushed behind 17.10.112 - 7.14.56 10:58
ESSE Josh Green behind 17.11.113 - 7.14.56 11:29
ESSE Matthew Leuenberger goal 18.11.119 - 7.14.56 15:19
WCST Chris Masten behind 18.11.119 - 7.15.57 17:08
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 19.11.125 - 7.15.57 21:30
WCST Jack Darling goal 19.11.125 - 8.15.63 23:47
WCST Luke Shuey behind 19.11.125 - 8.16.64 26:00