2017 AFL Round 23: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 2017 between Essendon and Fremantle during round 23 of the 2017 AFL season. Essendon hosted Fremantle at Etihad Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. Nat Fyfe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

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

Fremantle
Back: E. Hughes, J. Hamling, S. Collins
Half-back: L. Weller, M. Johnson, D. Tucker
Centre: H. Crozier, N. Fyfe (capt.), B. Hill
Half-forward: C. Sutcliffe, M. Taberner, T. Sheridan
Forward: H. Ballantyne, S. Kersten, N. Suban
Follower: J. Griffin, S. Hill, D. Mundy
Int.: H. Bennell, B. Cox, L. Neale, L. Ryan

Essendon (16.11.107) defeated Fremantle (14.8.92).

Goalkickers
Essendon: Z. Merrett (4), J. Stewart (4), J. Daniher (2), H. Hocking (2), J. Begley, T. Bellchambers, J. Laverde, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Fremantle: H. Ballantyne (2), B. Cox (2), N. Fyfe (2), J. Griffin (2), T. Sheridan (2), M. Taberner (2), H. Bennell, H. Crozier

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Fremantle remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Essendon v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 27 August 2017
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 42,665

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fremantle
Score: 16.11.107 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 8 . 5 14 . 8 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Fremantle 3 . 1 5 . 3 9 . 6 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 32 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 15
Duration 31:58 28:36 31:33 29:35 2:01:42

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Ross Lyon (Fremantle)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)
Vice-Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Kamolins (#19), J. Mollison (#32), B. Ryan (#27), E: A. Heffernan (#45)
Goal Umpire: S. Piperno, D. Wilson, E: D. Benwell
Boundary Umpire: T. Lougoon, M. Marantelli, J. Mather, T. Morrison

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 2
Nat Fyfe FREM 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 8 0 2 0 0 0
James Stewart ESSE 17 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Tom Bellchambers ESSE 2 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Nat Fyfe FREM 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 2 0 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 CHB 91% 0 0 15 11 4 8 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 2
12 Baguley, Mark BPR 84% 0 0 25 17 8 9 0 4 0 4 4 2 6 2
16 Begley, Josh INT 80% 1 1 6 5 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 86% 1 0 16 6 10 10 38 1 2 1 1 1 0 3
32 Colyer, Travis INT 77% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 7
6 Daniher, Joe FF 91% 2 3 12 10 2 5 2 2 1 3 3 3 0 3
8 Gleeson, Martin HFFR 79% 0 0 23 17 6 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2
9 Goddard, Brendon HBFR 96% 0 0 32 21 11 15 0 1 1 4 1 2 3 4
36 Hartley, Michael FB 94% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RO 82% 0 1 30 16 14 7 0 5 5 3 3 0 2 4
39 Hocking, Heath CHF 74% 2 0 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 2
47 Kelly, James BPL 86% 0 0 23 10 13 6 0 5 2 2 0 0 1 1
33 Laverde, Jayden WR 76% 1 0 8 6 2 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 80% 1 0 15 9 6 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3
1 McGrath, Andrew HBFL 80% 0 0 21 6 15 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2
45 McKenna, Conor INT 70% 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 2
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) HFFL 74% 4 1 31 21 10 6 0 4 4 1 2 0 3 6
23 Myers, David INT 67% 0 1 19 8 11 4 0 2 5 2 0 1 0 4
3 Parish, Darcy C 86% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 7 4 3 0 1 2 3
17 Stewart, James FPR 88% 4 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
4 Watson, Jobe WL 74% 0 1 26 11 15 2 0 3 9 2 5 1 0 3
11 Zaharakis, David RR 84% 0 0 25 14 11 6 0 6 1 3 1 2 2 5
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 16 11 415 242 173 125 40 57 42 42 28 15 29 63

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
1 Ballantyne, Hayden FPL 75% 2 1 14 10 4 4 0 3 1 4 0 2 1 3
13 Bennell, Harley INT 51% 1 1 13 10 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 4
40 Collins, Sam BPR 79% 0 0 10 3 7 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 1
36 Cox, Brennan INT 84% 2 0 11 6 5 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
17 Crozier, Hayden WL 89% 1 1 11 6 5 2 0 2 2 4 2 2 1 3
7 Fyfe, Nat (c) C 86% 2 0 24 9 15 2 0 6 6 4 1 4 2 4
12 Griffin, Jon RU 85% 2 0 8 5 3 1 32 4 0 0 1 0 0 2
21 Hamling, Joel FB 91% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 0 0 1 3 1 6 1
9 Hill, Bradley WR 86% 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 3 0 3 0 0 4 2
32 Hill, Stephen RR 83% 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 1 1 6 1 4 4 3
15 Hughes, Ethan BPL 87% 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
37 Johnson, Michael CHB 88% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 3 1 3 1 0 6 1
22 Kersten, Shane FF 85% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 1 3 0 3 1 2
16 Mundy, David RO 73% 0 0 25 9 16 4 0 10 7 1 1 1 1 3
27 Neale, Lachie INT 75% 0 0 24 10 14 5 0 3 7 1 1 0 1 1
38 Ryan, Luke INT 86% 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 5 1 2 1 2 2 0
11 Sheridan, Tom HFFR 77% 2 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0
8 Suban, Nick FPR 75% 0 0 12 4 8 4 0 8 1 1 1 1 1 2
33 Sutcliffe, Cam HFFL 86% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 3 1 4 0 2 4 1
20 Taberner, Matt CHF 100% 2 1 14 9 5 9 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 5
18 Tucker, Darcy HBFR 78% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3
14 Weller, Lachie HBFL 83% 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 14 8 325 179 146 81 40 64 32 52 15 28 41 44

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
15 E. Hughes 21 J. Hamling 40 S. Collins 2 T. Bellchambers 16 J. Begley
17 J. Stewart 6 J. Daniher 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 11 D. Zaharakis 32 T. Colyer
FORWARD 21 D. Heppell (c) 45 C. McKenna
HALF-BACK

23 D. Myers
14 L. Weller 37 M. Johnson 18 D. Tucker



8 M. Gleeson 39 H. Hocking 7 Z. Merrett (vc)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



17 H. Crozier 7 N. Fyfe (c) 9 B. Hill



33 J. Laverde 3 D. Parish 4 J. Watson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 J. Griffin 13 H. Bennell
HALF-FORWARD 32 S. Hill 36 B. Cox
33 C. Sutcliffe 20 M. Taberner 11 T. Sheridan 16 D. Mundy 27 L. Neale
9 B. Goddard 29 P. Ambrose 1 A. McGrath

38 L. Ryan
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



1 H. Ballantyne 22 S. Kersten 8 N. Suban



12 M. Baguley 36 M. Hartley 47 J. Kelly



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:02
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:07
ESSE James Stewart goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 03:14
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 05:58
FREM Nat Fyfe goal 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 10:21
ESSE Jobe Watson behind 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 13:33
FREM Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 16:52
FREM Tom Sheridan goal 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 18:30
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 21:23
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 4.3.27 - 2.1.13 23:07
FREM Jon Griffin goal 4.3.27 - 3.1.19 28:33
Q2 ESSE Zach Merrett goal 5.3.33 - 3.1.19 01:22
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 6.3.39 - 3.1.19 02:27
FREM Matt Taberner goal 6.3.39 - 4.1.25 06:40
FREM Jon Griffin goal 6.3.39 - 5.1.31 08:19
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 6.4.40 - 5.1.31 14:40
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 7.4.46 - 5.1.31 15:40
FREM Matt Taberner behind 7.4.46 - 5.2.32 17:18
FREM Hayden Crozier behind 7.4.46 - 5.3.33 20:02
ESSE Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 5.3.33 21:48
ESSE Josh Begley goal 8.5.53 - 5.3.33 25:33
Q3 ESSE Joe Daniher behind 8.6.54 - 5.3.33 01:23
FREM Nat Fyfe goal 8.6.54 - 6.3.39 03:52
ESSE James Stewart goal 9.6.60 - 6.3.39 06:37
FREM Hayden Ballantyne behind 9.6.60 - 6.4.40 08:09
FREM Brennan Cox goal 9.6.60 - 7.4.46 10:43
FREM Tom Sheridan goal 9.6.60 - 8.4.52 12:00
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 10.6.66 - 8.4.52 15:03
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 11.6.72 - 8.4.52 16:04
ESSE James Stewart goal 12.6.78 - 8.4.52 18:02
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 13.6.84 - 8.4.52 19:25
FREM Rushed behind 13.6.84 - 8.5.53 20:28
ESSE David Myers behind 13.7.85 - 8.5.53 22:08
ESSE Heath Hocking goal 14.7.91 - 8.5.53 23:00
FREM Hayden Ballantyne goal 14.7.91 - 9.5.59 25:01
FREM Harley Bennell behind 14.7.91 - 9.6.60 26:11
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 14.8.92 - 9.6.60 29:43
Q4 FREM Matt Taberner goal 14.8.92 - 10.6.66 01:31
FREM Harley Bennell goal 14.8.92 - 11.6.72 04:18
FREM Hayden Crozier goal 14.8.92 - 12.6.78 07:02
FREM Hayden Ballantyne goal 14.8.92 - 13.6.84 11:08
ESSE Josh Begley behind 14.9.93 - 13.6.84 13:09
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 14.10.94 - 13.6.84 13:35
ESSE Heath Hocking goal 15.10.100 - 13.6.84 14:14
FREM Brennan Cox goal 15.10.100 - 14.6.90 17:44
ESSE James Stewart goal 16.10.106 - 14.6.90 19:48
ESSE Rushed behind 16.11.107 - 14.6.90 21:26
FREM Rushed behind 16.11.107 - 14.7.91 25:54
FREM Rushed behind 16.11.107 - 14.8.92 29:12