2018 AFL Round 3: Western Bulldogs v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 2018 between Western Bulldogs and Essendon during round 3 of the 2018 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Essendon at Etihad Stadium. Easton Wood captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Western Bulldogs
Back: Z. Cordy, A. Naughton, B. Williams
Half-back: M. Suckling, E. Wood (capt.), L. Hunter
Centre: J. Dunkley, M. Wallis, B. Dale
Half-forward: J. Johannisen, M. Bontempelli, M. Honeychurch
Forward: T. Dickson, J. Redpath, B. Gowers
Follower: T. English, T. McLean, J. Macrae
Int.: L. Dahlhaus, C. Daniel, L. Jong, E. Richards

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, M. Hurley, A. Saad
Half-back: B. Goddard, M. Brown, C. McKenna
Centre: J. Begley, J. Stringer, A. McGrath
Half-forward: O. Fantasia, C. Hooker, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: Z. Merrett, J. Daniher, J. Stewart
Follower: T. Bellchambers, D. Heppell (capt.), D. Smith
Int.: J. Green, D. Myers, D. Parish, D. Zaharakis

Western Bulldogs (14.20.104) defeated Essendon (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: M. Bontempelli (3), B. Dale (2), J. Dunkley (2), T. McLean (2), B. Gowers, L. Hunter, J. Johannisen, M. Wallis, B. Williams
Essendon: J. Daniher (2), J. Green (2), J. Stewart (2), C. Hooker, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, Z. Merrett, D. Parish, D. Smith, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 16th on the ladder (up from 18th) and Essendon were then 13th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
Date: Sunday 8 April 2018
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 40,499

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Essendon
Score: 14.20.104 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 9 8 . 10 11 . 16 14 . 20 14 . 20 (104)
Essendon 3 . 2 6 . 6 9 . 7 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin WBUL by 7 WBUL by 16 WBUL by 21 WBUL by 21 WBUL by 21
Duration 29:11 31:14 27:54 29:05 1:57:24

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), L. Haussen (#5), A. Stephens (#12)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 3
Toby McLean WBUL 16 2
Bailey Williams WBUL 34 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Bailey Williams WBUL 34 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 4 0 1 0 0 0
Zaine Cordy WBUL 12 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Toby McLean WBUL 16 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Matt Suckling WBUL 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Luke Dahlhaus WBUL 6 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus CHF 81% 3 3 16 12 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 5
12 Cordy, Zaine BPL 98% 0 0 14 10 4 9 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 0
6 Dahlhaus, Luke INT 74% 0 1 31 7 24 6 0 5 4 6 0 1 0 4
31 Dale, Bailey WR 80% 2 2 14 9 5 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2
35 Daniel, Caleb INT 80% 0 1 27 12 15 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2
29 Dickson, Tory FPL 82% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3
5 Dunkley, Josh WL 79% 2 0 17 12 5 11 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2
44 English, Tim RU 83% 0 0 17 11 6 6 19 0 4 3 4 0 0 2
26 Gowers, Billy FPR 80% 1 3 10 7 3 4 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 2
22 Honeychurch, Mitch HFFR 77% 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 5 3 1 1 1 3 3
7 Hunter, Lachie HBFR 90% 1 2 35 25 10 13 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 7
39 Johannisen, Jason HFFL 90% 1 0 16 12 4 8 0 1 1 5 1 4 3 1
46 Jong, Lin INT 74% 0 1 14 9 5 6 0 3 4 1 2 0 1 4
11 Macrae, Jack RO 87% 0 1 30 19 11 7 0 5 5 4 1 2 3 6
16 McLean, Toby RR 77% 2 1 25 14 11 7 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 4
33 Naughton, Aaron FB 91% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0
43 Redpath, Jack FF 75% 0 0 10 7 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
20 Richards, Ed INT 68% 0 0 17 13 4 7 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 1
1 Suckling, Matt HBFL 80% 0 1 24 14 10 8 0 1 1 4 1 2 2 1
3 Wallis, Mitch C 82% 1 1 22 11 11 6 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2
34 Williams, Bailey BPR 84% 1 0 26 20 6 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 3
10 Wood, Easton (c) CHB 88% 0 0 9 6 3 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 14 20 417 254 163 152 22 44 30 50 19 21 30 56

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark BPL 88% 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 1
16 Begley, Josh WL 85% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 2
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 81% 0 0 10 7 3 3 33 0 4 4 0 2 1 2
28 Brown, Mitch CHB 89% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0
6 Daniher, Joe FF 93% 2 2 12 9 3 6 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 2
13 Fantasia, Orazio HFFL 71% 0 2 15 9 6 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 7
9 Goddard, Brendon HBFL 88% 0 0 18 6 12 7 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 2
15 Green, Josh INT 79% 2 0 14 9 5 2 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 3
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RR 90% 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 3 4 3 2 0 0 3
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 93% 1 1 12 5 7 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1
18 Hurley, Michael FB 93% 0 0 21 15 6 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 10 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 75% 1 1 12 6 6 2 0 4 2 3 3 1 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew WR 89% 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 3 0 4 0 2 3 1
45 McKenna, Conor HBFR 87% 0 1 15 9 6 5 0 2 0 5 0 2 2 3
7 Merrett, Zach FPL 68% 1 1 13 10 3 3 0 3 4 3 2 2 2 2
23 Myers, David INT 66% 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 2 4 6 0 4 0 2
3 Parish, Darcy INT 77% 1 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2
42 Saad, Adam BPR 82% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 2
5 Smith, Devon RO 78% 1 0 20 11 9 2 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 4
17 Stewart, James FPR 83% 2 0 7 6 1 5 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 2
25 Stringer, Jake C 67% 1 0 16 6 10 3 0 2 3 3 0 0 1 1
11 Zaharakis, David INT 79% 0 0 26 13 13 4 0 3 1 6 2 0 5 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 12 11 323 186 137 80 38 43 27 67 21 19 38 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

Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 M. Baguley 18 M. Hurley 42 A. Saad 44 T. English 6 L. Dahlhaus
26 B. Gowers 43 J. Redpath 29 T. Dickson 16 T. McLean 35 C. Daniel
FORWARD 11 J. Macrae 46 L. Jong
HALF-BACK

20 E. Richards
9 B. Goddard 28 M. Brown 45 C. McKenna



22 M. Honeychurch 4 M. Bontempelli 39 J. Johannisen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 J. Begley 25 J. Stringer 1 A. McGrath



31 B. Dale 3 M. Wallis 5 J. Dunkley FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 15 J. Green
HALF-FORWARD 21 D. Heppell (c) 23 D. Myers
13 O. Fantasia 26 C. Hooker 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 5 D. Smith 3 D. Parish
7 L. Hunter 10 E. Wood (c) 1 M. Suckling

11 D. Zaharakis
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



7 Z. Merrett 6 J. Daniher 17 J. Stewart



34 B. Williams 33 A. Naughton 12 Z. Cordy



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Mitch Wallis behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:17
WBUL Toby McLean goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:18
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:10
WBUL Jack Macrae behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 06:50
WBUL Bailey Dale behind 1.3.9 - 1.0.6 08:00
WBUL Toby McLean behind 1.4.10 - 1.0.6 08:43
WBUL Lachie Hunter behind 1.5.11 - 1.0.6 09:15
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 1.6.12 - 1.0.6 11:43
WBUL Caleb Daniel behind 1.7.13 - 1.0.6 13:09
WBUL Billy Gowers behind 1.8.14 - 1.0.6 15:44
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 1.8.14 - 2.0.12 17:21
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 1.8.14 - 2.1.13 18:18
ESSE Josh Green goal 1.8.14 - 3.1.19 21:13
WBUL Rushed behind 1.9.15 - 3.1.19 23:18
WBUL Bailey Dale goal 2.9.21 - 3.1.19 24:17
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 2.9.21 - 3.2.20 26:16
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 3.9.27 - 3.2.20 27:23
Q2 WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 4.9.33 - 3.2.20 00:45
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 5.9.39 - 3.2.20 05:26
ESSE Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 3.3.21 07:37
ESSE Conor McKenna behind 5.9.39 - 3.4.22 09:18
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 6.9.45 - 3.4.22 10:52
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 6.9.45 - 3.5.23 13:04
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 6.9.45 - 4.5.29 13:55
WBUL Matt Suckling behind 6.10.46 - 4.5.29 17:35
WBUL Billy Gowers goal 7.10.52 - 4.5.29 20:26
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 7.10.52 - 4.6.30 21:23
ESSE James Stewart goal 7.10.52 - 5.6.36 23:39
ESSE Devon Smith goal 7.10.52 - 6.6.42 25:52
WBUL Josh Dunkley goal 8.10.58 - 6.6.42 30:18
Q3 WBUL Bailey Dale behind 8.11.59 - 6.6.42 01:03
WBUL Luke Dahlhaus behind 8.12.60 - 6.6.42 03:28
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 8.13.61 - 6.6.42 03:58
WBUL Lin Jong behind 8.14.62 - 6.6.42 09:12
WBUL Josh Dunkley goal 9.14.68 - 6.6.42 10:08
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 10.14.74 - 6.6.42 12:26
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 10.14.74 - 6.7.43 13:51
WBUL Rushed behind 10.15.75 - 6.7.43 16:41
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 10.15.75 - 7.7.49 18:25
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 10.15.75 - 8.7.55 19:49
WBUL Lachie Hunter goal 11.15.81 - 8.7.55 22:07
WBUL Rushed behind 11.16.82 - 8.7.55 24:44
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 11.16.82 - 9.7.61 26:19
Q4 ESSE Zach Merrett behind 11.16.82 - 9.8.62 01:51
WBUL Bailey Williams goal 12.16.88 - 9.8.62 04:11
WBUL Billy Gowers behind 12.17.89 - 9.8.62 05:49
WBUL Bailey Dale goal 13.17.95 - 9.8.62 06:46
ESSE Rushed behind 13.17.95 - 9.9.63 08:39
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 13.17.95 - 10.9.69 12:49
WBUL Billy Gowers behind 13.18.96 - 10.9.69 15:43
WBUL Lachie Hunter behind 13.19.97 - 10.9.69 16:34
ESSE Josh Green goal 13.19.97 - 11.9.75 17:37
ESSE James Stewart goal 13.19.97 - 12.9.81 20:05
ESSE Rushed behind 13.19.97 - 12.10.82 21:57
WBUL Toby McLean goal 14.19.103 - 12.10.82 22:58
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 14.19.103 - 12.11.83 26:02
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 14.20.104 - 12.11.83 28:16