2018 AFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 23 March 2018 between Essendon and Adelaide during round one of the 2018 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Adelaide at Etihad Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Don Pyke.

Essendon (14.15.99) defeated Adelaide (12.15.87).

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Adelaide
Date: Friday 23 March 2018
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 43,016

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Adelaide
Score: 14.15.99 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 5 . 8 8 . 10 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Adelaide 3 . 5 4 . 9 11 . 12 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 5 ADEL by 20 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 12
Duration 29:50 29:22 33:28 32:08 2:04:48

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: unknown
Coach: Don Pyke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Chamberlain (#18)
R. O'Gorman (#10)
T. Pannell (#28)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 3
Bryce Gibbs ADEL 6 2
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Rory Laird ADEL 29 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 5 ? ? ? ? ?
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Bryce Gibbs ADEL 6 2 0 0 0 ? ?
James Stewart ESSE 17 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Begley, Josh FPL 75% 1 2 11 7 4 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 4
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 85% 1 0 9 5 4 3 33 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
28 Brown, Mitch CHB 89% 0 0 13 8 5 8 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1
6 Daniher, Joe FF 100% 2 1 15 9 6 7 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 3
49 Dea, Matt INT 73% 0 0 11 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Goddard, Brendon HBFR 92% 1 1 29 15 14 6 0 3 2 2 0 0 4 2
15 Green, Josh INT 74% 2 2 11 10 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2
36 Hartley, Michael BPR 91% 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RR 88% 0 0 35 21 14 13 0 5 3 6 1 2 4 9
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 92% 3 1 15 8 7 9 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 2
18 Hurley, Michael FB 91% 0 0 28 15 13 7 0 1 0 3 3 0 6 2
4 Langford, Kyle INT 80% 0 0 23 11 12 3 0 2 1 4 3 3 1 3
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 81% 0 1 14 9 5 6 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 85% 1 0 26 9 17 3 0 4 2 4 0 0 1 1
45 McKenna, Conor BPL 85% 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 2
7 Merrett, Zach C 16% 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0
3 Parish, Darcy WR 86% 0 2 19 11 8 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 5
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 86% 0 0 12 3 9 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 1
5 Smith, Devon RO 87% 0 1 23 14 9 3 0 5 6 2 1 0 3 2
17 Stewart, James FPR 83% 3 2 16 10 6 7 6 4 0 3 1 2 0 3
25 Stringer, Jake HFFL 71% 0 1 16 6 10 2 0 7 3 1 1 0 1 3
11 Zaharakis, David WL 90% 0 0 35 22 13 4 0 4 5 4 0 1 4 8
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 15 391 214 177 92 39 69 32 48 19 12 39 60

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Atkins, Rory WL 86% 0 2 14 8 6 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 4
18 Betts, Eddie FPL 85% 0 2 14 7 7 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
16 Brown, Luke CHB 82% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
5 Crouch, Matt RO 80% 0 0 41 18 23 6 0 2 7 4 0 1 3 3
39 Doedee, Tom HBFR 93% 0 0 21 7 14 7 0 2 0 2 2 0 4 1
26 Douglas, Richard RR 84% 1 2 13 7 6 3 0 0 2 4 0 4 1 2
28 Ellis-Yolmen, Cam INT 67% 1 0 17 7 10 5 0 1 6 2 0 0 2 3
32 Fogarty, Darcy FPR 83% 2 0 6 3 3 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1
6 Gibbs, Bryce HFFL 87% 2 1 35 21 14 7 0 4 7 5 1 1 2 8
1 Greenwood, Hugh INT 65% 1 1 13 8 5 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 0
17 Hampton, Curtly HFFR 60% 1 0 9 6 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
15 Hartigan, Kyle BPR 96% 0 0 11 4 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 Jacobs, Sam RU 84% 0 0 13 5 8 3 33 1 2 2 1 1 0 0
4 Jenkins, Josh FF 86% 2 2 11 6 5 5 4 3 0 5 0 3 0 2
8 Kelly, Jake BPL 85% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 2
29 Laird, Rory HBFL 81% 0 0 40 15 25 8 0 1 1 1 1 0 8 2
14 MacKay, David INT 77% 0 1 20 15 5 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 6 2
41 McGovern, Mitch CHF 88% 1 1 9 6 3 4 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 3
44 Murphy, Lachlan INT 75% 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seedsman, Paul WR 82% 0 1 24 14 10 4 0 4 1 3 1 2 3 6
9 Sloane, Rory C 84% 0 0 23 11 12 2 0 7 6 4 3 1 1 5
12 Talia, Daniel FB 91% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 15 387 204 183 83 37 50 40 48 12 19 43 53

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
8 J. Kelly 12 D. Talia 15 K. Hartigan 2 T. Bellchambers 49 M. Dea
17 J. Stewart 6 J. Daniher 16 J. Begley 21 D. Heppell (c) 15 J. Green
FORWARD 5 D. Smith 4 K. Langford
HALF-BACK

1 A. McGrath
29 R. Laird 16 L. Brown 39 T. Doedee



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 26 C. Hooker 25 J. Stringer



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



21 R. Atkins 9 R. Sloane 11 P. Seedsman



3 D. Parish 7 Z. Merrett 11 D. Zaharakis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 S. Jacobs 28 C. Ellis-Yolmen
HALF-FORWARD 26 R. Douglas 1 H. Greenwood
6 B. Gibbs 41 M. McGovern 17 C. Hampton 5 M. Crouch 14 D. MacKay
9 B. Goddard 28 M. Brown 42 A. Saad

44 L. Murphy
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 E. Betts 4 J. Jenkins 32 D. Fogarty



36 M. Hartley 18 M. Hurley 45 C. McKenna



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Don Pyke

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Darcy Parish behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:32
ADEL Paul Seedsman behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:13
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 04:46
ESSE James Stewart goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 07:51
ADEL Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 09:25
ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 10:45
ADEL Curtly Hampton goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 14:02
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 15:46
ADEL David MacKay behind 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 18:47
ADEL Bryce Gibbs behind 2.2.14 - 2.4.16 19:42
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 3.2.20 - 2.4.16 22:11
ADEL Rory Atkins behind 3.2.20 - 2.5.17 23:50
ESSE James Stewart goal 4.2.26 - 2.5.17 24:45
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 4.2.26 - 3.5.23 28:53
Q2 ESSE Joe Daniher goal 5.2.32 - 3.5.23 02:35
ESSE Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 3.5.23 08:17
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 5.4.34 - 3.5.23 09:35
ADEL Josh Jenkins goal 5.4.34 - 4.5.29 12:01
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 5.5.35 - 4.5.29 15:49
ESSE Josh Green behind 5.6.36 - 4.5.29 16:54
ADEL Eddie Betts behind 5.6.36 - 4.6.30 18:47
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 5.7.37 - 4.6.30 21:13
ADEL Richard Douglas behind 5.7.37 - 4.7.31 22:53
ADEL Josh Jenkins behind 5.7.37 - 4.8.32 24:07
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 5.7.37 - 4.9.33 25:44
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 5.8.38 - 4.9.33 28:08
Q3 ADEL Bryce Gibbs goal 5.8.38 - 5.9.39 01:12
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 6.8.44 - 5.9.39 03:45
ADEL Bryce Gibbs goal 6.8.44 - 6.9.45 04:48
ADEL Mitch McGovern goal 6.8.44 - 7.9.51 06:49
ADEL Lachlan Murphy goal 6.8.44 - 8.9.57 10:26
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 7.8.50 - 8.9.57 12:21
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 7.8.50 - 9.9.63 14:31
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 8.8.56 - 9.9.63 16:53
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 8.9.57 - 9.9.63 18:22
ADEL Eddie Betts behind 8.9.57 - 9.10.64 19:09
ADEL Richard Douglas goal 8.9.57 - 10.10.70 19:52
ESSE James Stewart behind 8.10.58 - 10.10.70 22:19
ADEL Josh Jenkins behind 8.10.58 - 10.11.71 26:12
ADEL Hugh Greenwood goal 8.10.58 - 11.11.77 26:45
ADEL Rory Atkins behind 8.10.58 - 11.12.78 31:13
Q4 ESSE Josh Green goal 9.10.64 - 11.12.78 02:07
ADEL Cam Ellis-Yolmen goal 9.10.64 - 12.12.84 06:33
ESSE James Stewart goal 10.10.70 - 12.12.84 08:39
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 11.10.76 - 12.12.84 10:20
ADEL Richard Douglas behind 11.10.76 - 12.13.85 11:56
ADEL Mitch McGovern behind 11.10.76 - 12.14.86 15:27
ESSE James Stewart behind 11.11.77 - 12.14.86 18:03
ADEL Hugh Greenwood behind 11.11.77 - 12.15.87 19:23
ESSE Josh Green goal 12.11.83 - 12.15.87 20:42
ESSE Josh Green behind 12.12.84 - 12.15.87 22:11
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 13.12.90 - 12.15.87 24:08
ESSE Josh Begley goal 14.12.96 - 12.15.87 26:12
ESSE Josh Begley behind 14.13.97 - 12.15.87 27:48
ESSE Devon Smith behind 14.14.98 - 12.15.87 30:07
ESSE Josh Begley behind 14.15.99 - 12.15.87 30:57