2017 AFL Round 22: Gold Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 2017 between Gold Coast and Essendon during round 22 of the 2017 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Essendon at Metricon Stadium. Steven May captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Solomon and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Gold Coast
Back: J. Harbrow, S. May (capt.), M. Spencer
Half-back: J. Joyce, J. Leslie, A. Saad
Centre: P. Hanley, A. Hall, M. Rosa
Half-forward: B. Fiorini, J. Martin, C. Ah Chee
Forward: D. MacPherson, P. Wright, B. Ainsworth
Follower: K. Brooksby, T. Miller, D. Swallow
Int.: M. Hallahan, J. Lonergan, T. McKenzie, J. Schoenfeld

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, M. Hartley, D. Myers
Half-back: B. Goddard, P. Ambrose, C. McKenna
Centre: Z. Merrett, C. Bird, J. Green
Half-forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, C. Hooker, M. Gleeson
Forward: J. Laverde, J. Daniher, J. Stewart
Follower: T. Bellchambers, D. Zaharakis, D. Heppell (capt.)
Int.: J. Begley, J. Kelly, A. McGrath, D. Parish

Gold Coast (9.3.57) were defeated by Essendon (12.18.90).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. Ainsworth (3), M. Hallahan, D. MacPherson, J. Martin, J. Schoenfeld, D. Swallow, P. Wright
Essendon: J. Begley (2), C. Hooker (2), J. Stewart (2), J. Daniher, J. Green, D. Heppell, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, C. McKenna, D. Parish

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 16th on the ladder (down from 15th) and Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Gold Coast v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 August 2017
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 16,817

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. by Essendon
Score: 9.3.57 - 12.18.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Gold Coast 3 . 1 6 . 1 8 . 1 9 . 3 9 . 3 (57)
Essendon 4 . 2 6 . 8 8 . 11 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 33
Duration 28:29 29:44 27:10 31:12 1:56:35

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Solomon (Gold Coast), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Steven May (Gold Coast), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 3
Tom Bellchambers ESSE 2 2
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Steven May GCST 17 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Tom Bellchambers ESSE 2 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Aaron Hall GCST 33 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Ah Chee, Callum HFFR 76% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 0
27 Ainsworth, Ben FPR 75% 3 0 10 7 3 6 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 2
31 Brooksby, Keegan RU 79% 0 0 12 6 6 2 19 4 3 3 3 1 0 0
8 Fiorini, Brayden HFFL 77% 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 2
33 Hall, Aaron C 78% 0 0 31 17 14 8 0 3 2 5 1 2 4 6
14 Hallahan, Mitch INT 70% 1 0 23 13 10 5 0 4 5 3 1 1 3 2
1 Hanley, Pearce WL 85% 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 6 2 3 1 0 3 2
5 Harbrow, Jarrod BPL 87% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 0
38 Joyce, Jesse HBFL 87% 0 0 16 7 9 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0
21 Leslie, Jack CHB 94% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2
7 Lonergan, Jesse INT 75% 0 0 12 2 10 1 0 0 2 5 0 3 1 1
44 MacPherson, Darcy FPL 86% 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
4 Martin, Jack CHF 85% 1 1 18 17 1 7 0 1 1 5 3 1 3 3
17 May, Steven (c) FB 95% 0 1 25 15 10 8 0 3 0 5 0 1 8 2
18 McKenzie, Trent INT 82% 0 0 24 21 3 9 0 3 0 1 1 0 9 0
11 Miller, Touk RR 83% 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 2
3 Rosa, Matt WR 84% 0 0 21 9 12 5 0 2 3 3 2 2 1 2
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 76% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 2
36 Schoenfeld, Josh INT 78% 1 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
43 Spencer, Max BPR 85% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0
24 Swallow, David RO 78% 1 1 20 13 7 3 0 4 4 2 2 0 3 2
30 Wright, Peter FF 86% 1 0 8 5 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 9 3 346 202 144 95 27 52 29 55 20 18 51 30

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick CHB 91% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 2
12 Baguley, Mark BPL 89% 0 0 25 14 11 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 1
16 Begley, Josh INT 78% 2 1 13 10 3 7 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 3
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 84% 0 2 20 16 4 6 34 2 5 4 1 1 1 3
24 Bird, Craig C 79% 0 0 23 12 11 2 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 5
6 Daniher, Joe FF 96% 1 0 10 6 4 4 3 1 0 3 1 2 0 2
8 Gleeson, Martin HFFR 82% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 4 0 1 3 1 1 2
9 Goddard, Brendon HBFL 85% 0 0 25 13 12 14 0 2 0 3 0 1 3 3
15 Green, Josh WR 67% 1 2 12 9 3 1 0 4 1 4 2 1 1 2
36 Hartley, Michael FB 89% 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 4 0 2 2 1 0 5
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RO 83% 1 0 24 15 9 8 0 4 6 3 2 0 0 5
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 84% 2 2 19 8 11 9 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 1
47 Kelly, James INT 80% 0 0 22 11 11 9 0 5 0 5 0 4 0 2
33 Laverde, Jayden FPL 79% 0 3 16 10 6 5 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 3
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFL 81% 1 0 15 8 7 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 3
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 73% 0 0 25 13 12 6 0 2 3 4 1 1 4 1
45 McKenna, Conor HBFR 82% 1 0 14 7 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
7 Merrett, Zach WL 79% 0 0 23 12 11 3 0 5 5 1 4 0 2 5
23 Myers, David BPR 79% 0 1 17 11 6 6 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 5
3 Parish, Darcy INT 70% 1 0 21 8 13 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 1
17 Stewart, James FPR 81% 2 1 9 6 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
11 Zaharakis, David RR 89% 0 0 38 23 15 5 0 4 5 5 0 0 1 15
Rushed 6
Total (22 players) 12 18 418 243 175 127 38 67 36 54 18 20 20 71

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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GCST David Swallow behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:34
GCST Peter Wright goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 05:05
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 10:21
ESSE Josh Begley goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 13:46
ESSE James Stewart goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 16:31
ESSE James Stewart goal 2.1.13 - 3.0.18 18:10
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 2.1.13 - 3.1.19 19:34
ESSE Josh Begley goal 2.1.13 - 4.1.25 21:40
ESSE Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 4.2.26 23:15
GCST Jack Martin goal 3.1.19 - 4.2.26 28:26
Q2 ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 3.1.19 - 4.3.27 01:50
ESSE David Myers behind 3.1.19 - 4.4.28 07:28
ESSE Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 4.5.29 09:47
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 3.1.19 - 4.6.30 14:28
GCST Josh Schoenfeld goal 4.1.25 - 4.6.30 17:05
GCST David Swallow goal 5.1.31 - 4.6.30 19:06
ESSE Josh Green behind 5.1.31 - 4.7.31 20:43
GCST Darcy MacPherson goal 6.1.37 - 4.7.31 22:01
ESSE Josh Green goal 6.1.37 - 5.7.37 23:37
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 6.1.37 - 6.7.43 26:08
ESSE Rushed behind 6.1.37 - 6.8.44 27:55
Q3 ESSE Rushed behind 6.1.37 - 6.9.45 02:18
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 6.1.37 - 7.9.51 04:48
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 6.1.37 - 8.9.57 06:35
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 7.1.43 - 8.9.57 09:55
ESSE Josh Begley behind 7.1.43 - 8.10.58 16:08
ESSE Josh Green behind 7.1.43 - 8.11.59 21:55
GCST Ben Ainsworth goal 8.1.49 - 8.11.59 25:38
Q4 ESSE Cale Hooker goal 8.1.49 - 9.11.65 01:52
ESSE James Stewart behind 8.1.49 - 9.12.66 03:32
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 8.1.49 - 10.12.72 04:33
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 8.1.49 - 10.13.73 07:07
ESSE Rushed behind 8.1.49 - 10.14.74 10:14
ESSE Rushed behind 8.1.49 - 10.15.75 11:27
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 8.1.49 - 11.15.81 16:20
GCST Mitch Hallahan goal 9.1.55 - 11.15.81 17:59
GCST Steven May behind 9.2.56 - 11.15.81 19:17
GCST Jack Martin behind 9.3.57 - 11.15.81 21:18
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 9.3.57 - 12.15.87 23:07
ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 9.3.57 - 12.16.88 26:05
ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 9.3.57 - 12.17.89 27:56
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 9.3.57 - 12.18.90 30:15