2017 AFL Season Round 21: Essendon v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 2017 between Essendon and Adelaide during round twenty-one of the 2017 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Adelaide at Etihad Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Taylor Walker captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Don Pyke.

Essendon (12.8.80) were defeated by Adelaide (18.15.123).

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 12 August 2017
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 38,487

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Adelaide
Score: 12.8.80 - 18.15.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 4 9 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Adelaide 5 . 3 10 . 6 14 . 9 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Margin ADEL by 19 ADEL by 32 ADEL by 32 ADEL by 43 ADEL by 43
Duration 28:45 29:41 30:23 29:19 1:58:08

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 (Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell
Coach: John Worsfold

Adelaide

Captain: Taylor Walker
Coach: Don Pyke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Dalgleish (#7)
T. Pannell (#28)
N. Williamson (#22)
E: J. Schmitt (#17)

Goal Umpires

M. Dervan
M. Maclure
E: S. Piperno

Boundary Umpires

J. Andrews
J. Mather
J. Scully
D. Tee

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matt Crouch ADEL 44 3
Rory Atkins ADEL 21 2
Brodie Smith ADEL 33 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Matt Crouch ADEL 44 9 1 1 0 0 0
Brodie Smith ADEL 33 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Rory Atkins ADEL 21 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Richard Douglas ADEL 26 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Josh Jenkins ADEL 4 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick HBFR 86% 0 0 16 6 10 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0
32 Colyer, Travis INT 73% 1 0 7 3 4 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2
6 Daniher, Joe FF 92% 3 1 14 12 2 4 4 1 1 2 3 2 0 2
49 Dea, Matt FB 85% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 1
8 Gleeson, Martin HFFR 89% 0 0 19 13 6 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 1
9 Goddard, Brendon HBFL 84% 0 0 27 14 13 7 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 1
15 Green, Josh INT 71% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 6 1 2 0 1 2 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) WR 88% 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 5 5 3 3 3 3 3
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 91% 4 0 13 8 5 10 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 6
40 Howlett, Ben RO 72% 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 7 1 3 0 2 0 4
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 93% 0 0 34 20 14 8 0 1 0 5 1 3 6 2
47 Kelly, James BPR 95% 0 0 21 13 8 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0
33 Laverde, Jayden FPL 75% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 85% 0 0 11 4 7 4 29 3 0 2 0 1 2 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFL 79% 0 1 8 4 4 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew BPL 88% 0 0 25 14 11 8 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 0
45 McKenna, Conor WL 88% 1 0 20 15 5 4 0 1 0 5 0 0 6 1
23 Myers, David INT 67% 0 1 18 8 10 1 0 3 5 4 1 2 0 4
3 Parish, Darcy INT 68% 0 0 19 9 10 1 0 3 4 1 0 1 1 2
17 Stewart, James FPR 77% 2 3 12 8 4 6 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3
4 Watson, Jobe C 67% 1 0 16 6 10 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0
11 Zaharakis, David RR 85% 0 1 26 14 12 3 0 8 3 3 1 1 1 6
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 8 377 207 170 99 33 61 30 51 14 21 41 47

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Atkins, Rory BPL 86% 1 0 27 16 11 7 0 1 2 1 2 0 3 6
18 Betts, Eddie HFFR 91% 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 2
16 Brown, Luke HBFL 82% 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 1
23 Cameron, Charlie FPL 84% 0 1 13 12 1 6 0 6 1 2 2 1 1 9
2 Crouch, Brad INT 72% 1 0 20 8 12 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 4
44 Crouch, Matt C 77% 0 0 35 13 22 1 0 4 7 2 0 2 3 2
26 Douglas, Richard RO 79% 2 0 23 14 9 6 0 2 3 3 2 1 3 2
20 Greenwood, Hugh INT 63% 1 1 16 6 10 7 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0
24 Jacobs, Sam RU 81% 0 0 11 8 3 1 26 2 2 2 1 0 0 1
4 Jenkins, Josh FF 89% 3 2 21 12 9 11 9 3 1 0 2 0 0 5
42 Keath, Alex CHB 86% 0 0 18 8 10 11 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
8 Kelly, Jake INT 76% 0 0 14 8 6 9 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 0
3 Knight, Riley INT 76% 1 1 13 7 6 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1
29 Laird, Rory HBFR 86% 0 0 27 13 14 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1
6 Lever, Jake BPR 80% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 4 0 3 3 1 3 1
27 Lynch, Tom HFFL 89% 1 1 17 13 4 8 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 4
14 MacKay, David RR 86% 1 1 19 13 6 5 0 7 0 2 1 0 2 3
41 McGovern, Mitch FPR 85% 3 1 10 8 2 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 3
9 Sloane, Rory WR 77% 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 9 4 3 3 1 0 7
33 Smith, Brodie WL 84% 2 0 23 15 8 9 0 5 0 2 0 0 5 3
12 Talia, Daniel FB 88% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
13 Walker, Taylor (c) CHF 84% 2 2 12 11 1 7 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 6
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 18 15 387 231 156 119 35 68 30 40 21 14 31 62

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
21 R. Atkins 12 D. Talia 6 J. Lever 22 M. Leuenberger 32 T. Colyer
17 J. Stewart 6 J. Daniher 33 J. Laverde 11 D. Zaharakis 15 J. Green
FORWARD 40 B. Howlett 23 D. Myers
HALF-BACK

3 D. Parish
16 L. Brown 42 A. Keath 29 R. Laird



8 M. Gleeson 26 C. Hooker 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 B. Smith 44 M. Crouch 9 R. Sloane



21 D. Heppell (c) 4 J. Watson 45 C. McKenna FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 S. Jacobs 2 B. Crouch
HALF-FORWARD 14 D. MacKay 20 H. Greenwood
27 T. Lynch 13 T. Walker (c) 18 E. Betts 26 R. Douglas 8 J. Kelly
29 P. Ambrose 18 M. Hurley 9 B. Goddard

3 R. Knight
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



23 C. Cameron 4 J. Jenkins 41 M. McGovern



47 J. Kelly 49 M. Dea 1 A. McGrath



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Don Pyke

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ADEL Taylor Walker behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:23
ADEL Mitch McGovern goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 04:18
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 06:07
ADEL Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 07:58
ADEL Hugh Greenwood goal 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 13:03
ESSE David Myers behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 15:18
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 16:14
ADEL Charlie Cameron behind 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 17:54
ESSE James Stewart goal 2.1.13 - 3.3.21 18:58
ESSE James Stewart behind 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 22:19
ADEL Brodie Smith goal 2.2.14 - 4.3.27 25:17
ADEL Richard Douglas goal 2.2.14 - 5.3.33 28:40
Q2 ESSE James Stewart behind 2.3.15 - 5.3.33 00:27
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 3.3.21 - 5.3.33 01:59
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 4.3.27 - 5.3.33 04:15
ESSE James Stewart behind 4.4.28 - 5.3.33 06:04
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 5.4.34 - 5.3.33 10:08
ADEL Richard Douglas goal 5.4.34 - 6.3.39 11:14
ADEL Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 6.4.40 12:11
ADEL Tom Lynch goal 5.4.34 - 7.4.46 12:49
ADEL Mitch McGovern goal 5.4.34 - 8.4.52 20:24
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 5.4.34 - 9.4.58 23:40
ADEL Josh Jenkins behind 5.4.34 - 9.5.59 25:23
ADEL Riley Knight goal 5.4.34 - 10.5.65 25:48
ADEL Tom Lynch behind 5.4.34 - 10.6.66 27:36
Q3 ADEL Rory Atkins goal 5.4.34 - 11.6.72 02:26
ADEL David MacKay behind 5.4.34 - 11.7.73 06:03
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 5.5.35 - 11.7.73 09:55
ADEL David MacKay goal 5.5.35 - 12.7.79 12:25
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 6.5.41 - 12.7.79 13:59
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 7.5.47 - 12.7.79 16:43
ESSE Jobe Watson goal 8.5.53 - 12.7.79 17:45
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 8.6.54 - 12.7.79 19:50
ESSE Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 12.7.79 20:26
ADEL Riley Knight behind 8.7.55 - 12.8.80 22:11
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 9.7.61 - 12.8.80 23:48
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 9.7.61 - 12.9.81 26:16
ADEL Brodie Smith goal 9.7.61 - 13.9.87 28:16
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 9.7.61 - 14.9.93 30:17
Q4 ADEL Eddie Betts behind 9.7.61 - 14.10.94 01:29
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 9.8.62 - 14.10.94 03:30
ADEL Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 14.11.95 05:04
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 10.8.68 - 14.11.95 07:12
ESSE James Stewart goal 11.8.74 - 14.11.95 08:30
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 11.8.74 - 15.11.101 10:09
ADEL Hugh Greenwood behind 11.8.74 - 15.12.102 14:28
ADEL Mitch McGovern behind 11.8.74 - 15.13.103 16:30
ESSE Travis Colyer goal 12.8.80 - 15.13.103 18:41
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 12.8.80 - 16.13.109 20:16
ADEL Josh Jenkins behind 12.8.80 - 16.14.110 22:29
ADEL Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 16.15.111 23:02
ADEL Mitch McGovern goal 12.8.80 - 17.15.117 26:06
ADEL Brad Crouch goal 12.8.80 - 18.15.123 27:22