2018 AFL Round 4: Essendon v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 2018 between Essendon and Port Adelaide during round 4 of the 2018 AFL season. Essendon hosted Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Travis Boak captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

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

Port Adelaide
Back: R. Bonner, T. Jonas, H. Hartlett
Half-back: D. Byrne-Jones, T. Clurey, J. Polec
Centre: B. Ebert, O. Wines, S. Gray
Half-forward: T. Boak (capt.), J. Watts, C. Wingard
Forward: J. Westhoff, C. Dixon, S. Motlop
Follower: D. Howard, T. McKenzie, R. Gray
Int.: K. Amon, D. Houston, T. Marshall, T. Rockliff

Essendon (16.10.106) defeated Port Adelaide (12.12.84).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Stringer (4), J. Stewart (3), J. Daniher (2), D. Myers (2), M. Baguley, O. Fantasia, B. Goddard, J. Green, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Port Adelaide: J. Watts (3), K. Amon, T. Boak, R. Bonner, D. Byrne-Jones, C. Dixon, S. Gray, T. Marshall, T. Rockliff, J. Westhoff

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Port Adelaide were then 5th on the ladder (down from 1st) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Port Adelaide
Date: Sunday 15 April 2018
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 30,900

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Port Adelaide
Score: 16.10.106 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 9 . 4 12 . 7 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Port Adelaide 2 . 2 4 . 7 8 . 8 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin ESSE by 18 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 22
Duration 31:02 32:34 32:19 31:26 2:07:21

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Travis Boak (Port Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), J. Mollison (#32), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 3
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 2
Robbie Gray PADL 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Robbie Gray PADL 9 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 6 ? ? ? ? ?
David Myers ESSE 23 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark INT 73% 1 1 12 8 4 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
16 Begley, Josh INT 82% 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 2
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 80% 0 0 15 7 8 3 45 1 4 2 0 0 0 4
6 Daniher, Joe CHF 94% 2 1 12 9 3 4 1 1 3 3 1 3 2 3
13 Fantasia, Orazio WL 66% 1 1 11 7 4 2 0 6 2 3 0 3 0 2
9 Goddard, Brendon RR 91% 1 0 28 17 11 6 0 1 5 1 0 0 5 2
15 Green, Josh HFFL 76% 1 1 12 9 3 3 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 74% 0 1 17 11 6 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 6
36 Hartley, Michael CHB 94% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) FPL 79% 0 0 31 14 17 6 0 7 5 3 1 0 3 1
26 Hooker, Cale FF 88% 0 0 23 9 14 8 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1
18 Hurley, Michael FB 92% 0 0 29 24 5 15 0 1 1 2 0 0 8 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony RO 79% 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew BPL 81% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Merrett, Zach HBFL 77% 0 0 29 18 11 5 0 8 3 5 1 1 3 3
23 Myers, David WR 72% 2 0 24 15 9 3 0 3 6 2 1 2 0 6
3 Parish, Darcy INT 80% 0 1 19 11 8 4 0 3 4 2 0 2 1 6
42 Saad, Adam BPR 81% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 2
5 Smith, Devon HFFR 85% 0 1 17 9 8 0 0 11 2 3 3 0 1 4
17 Stewart, James FPR 84% 3 1 9 7 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2
25 Stringer, Jake C 84% 4 1 13 11 2 3 0 1 2 4 3 2 0 3
11 Zaharakis, David HBFR 88% 0 0 28 12 16 6 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 16 10 387 227 160 96 46 64 45 49 15 21 32 57

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
15 Amon, Karl INT 66% 1 0 18 5 13 2 0 1 1 4 1 2 1 2
1 Boak, Travis (c) HFFL 88% 1 0 21 12 9 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 4
26 Bonner, Riley BPL 82% 1 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0
33 Byrne-Jones, Darcy HBFL 86% 1 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 2 3
17 Clurey, Tom CHB 97% 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
22 Dixon, Charlie FF 89% 1 1 12 4 8 4 13 1 3 2 1 1 0 1
7 Ebert, Brad WL 79% 0 0 20 7 13 2 0 7 1 3 0 1 0 3
9 Gray, Robbie RO 95% 0 1 39 12 27 5 0 4 10 5 1 2 4 5
46 Gray, Sam WR 86% 1 1 18 9 9 3 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 4
8 Hartlett, Hamish BPR 84% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 2
43 Houston, Dan INT 70% 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 3 0 2 1 0 7 0
32 Howard, Dougal RU 87% 0 0 13 5 8 3 21 4 1 4 0 0 2 0
42 Jonas, Tom FB 99% 0 0 17 12 5 9 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 0
13 Marshall, Todd INT 39% 1 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
12 McKenzie, Trent RR 80% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 4 1
6 Motlop, Steven FPR 85% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 3 1 3 0 1 1 4
21 Polec, Jared HBFR 85% 0 1 28 13 15 5 0 2 3 2 2 1 3 4
11 Rockliff, Tom INT 60% 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 4 3 3 0 1 1 1
23 Watts, Jack CHF 79% 3 0 13 7 6 4 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 1
39 Westhoff, Justin FPL 93% 1 1 19 12 7 6 5 2 3 3 3 1 4 4
16 Wines, Ollie C 81% 0 1 27 12 15 5 0 2 7 6 2 3 1 3
20 Wingard, Chad HFFR 89% 0 2 16 8 8 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 12 365 184 181 69 39 61 41 54 21 15 38 47

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
26 R. Bonner 42 T. Jonas 8 H. Hartlett 2 T. Bellchambers 12 M. Baguley
17 J. Stewart 26 C. Hooker 21 D. Heppell (c) 9 B. Goddard 16 J. Begley
FORWARD 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 35 M. Guelfi
HALF-BACK

3 D. Parish
33 D. Byrne-Jones 17 T. Clurey 21 J. Polec



5 D. Smith 6 J. Daniher 15 J. Green



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 B. Ebert 16 O. Wines 46 S. Gray



23 D. Myers 25 J. Stringer 13 O. Fantasia FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 D. Howard 15 K. Amon
HALF-FORWARD 12 T. McKenzie 43 D. Houston
1 T. Boak (c) 23 J. Watts 20 C. Wingard 9 R. Gray 13 T. Marshall
11 D. Zaharakis 36 M. Hartley 7 Z. Merrett

11 T. Rockliff
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



39 J. Westhoff 22 C. Dixon 6 S. Motlop



42 A. Saad 18 M. Hurley 1 A. McGrath



BACK



Port Adelaide Coach: Ken Hinkley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE James Stewart goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:21
PADL Chad Wingard behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 02:20
ESSE David Myers goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 04:43
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 08:03
PADL Todd Marshall behind 3.0.18 - 0.2.2 11:50
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 3.1.19 - 0.2.2 14:14
PADL Todd Marshall goal 3.1.19 - 1.2.8 16:55
ESSE Josh Green goal 4.1.25 - 1.2.8 20:56
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 4.2.26 - 1.2.8 24:06
PADL Jack Watts goal 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 25:21
ESSE James Stewart goal 5.2.32 - 2.2.14 29:47
Q2 ESSE James Stewart goal 6.2.38 - 2.2.14 03:49
ESSE David Myers goal 7.2.44 - 2.2.14 05:03
ESSE Rushed behind 7.3.45 - 2.2.14 08:37
PADL Todd Marshall behind 7.3.45 - 2.3.15 11:34
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 8.3.51 - 2.3.15 15:19
PADL Jack Watts goal 8.3.51 - 3.3.21 17:33
PADL Rushed behind 8.3.51 - 3.4.22 20:03
PADL Charlie Dixon behind 8.3.51 - 3.5.23 21:03
ESSE Josh Green behind 8.4.52 - 3.5.23 22:43
PADL Jared Polec behind 8.4.52 - 3.6.24 25:01
PADL Sam Gray goal 8.4.52 - 4.6.30 27:21
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 9.4.58 - 4.6.30 30:25
PADL Robbie Gray behind 9.4.58 - 4.7.31 32:20
Q3 ESSE Joe Daniher behind 9.5.59 - 4.7.31 00:53
PADL Charlie Dixon goal 9.5.59 - 5.7.37 05:05
ESSE Brendon Goddard goal 10.5.65 - 5.7.37 07:12
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 11.5.71 - 5.7.37 11:00
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 11.6.72 - 5.7.37 12:49
PADL Ollie Wines behind 11.6.72 - 5.8.38 15:32
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 12.6.78 - 5.8.38 16:50
PADL Karl Amon goal 12.6.78 - 6.8.44 23:46
ESSE Devon Smith behind 12.7.79 - 6.8.44 25:05
PADL Justin Westhoff goal 12.7.79 - 7.8.50 27:20
PADL Travis Boak goal 12.7.79 - 8.8.56 29:48
Q4 ESSE Mark Baguley behind 12.8.80 - 8.8.56 01:39
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 12.9.81 - 8.8.56 02:02
PADL Darcy Byrne-Jones goal 12.9.81 - 9.8.62 03:53
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 13.9.87 - 9.8.62 07:02
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 14.9.93 - 9.8.62 11:11
PADL Tom Rockliff goal 14.9.93 - 10.8.68 12:37
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 15.9.99 - 10.8.68 14:05
PADL Justin Westhoff behind 15.9.99 - 10.9.69 17:45
PADL Jack Watts goal 15.9.99 - 11.9.75 19:40
ESSE James Stewart behind 15.10.100 - 11.9.75 21:34
PADL Sam Gray behind 15.10.100 - 11.10.76 22:40
PADL Rushed behind 15.10.100 - 11.11.77 23:07
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 16.10.106 - 11.11.77 23:37
PADL Riley Bonner goal 16.10.106 - 12.11.83 27:08
PADL Chad Wingard behind 16.10.106 - 12.12.84 31:02