2018 AFL Round 8: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 2018 between Carlton and Essendon during round 8 of the 2018 AFL season. Carlton hosted Essendon at MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brendon Bolton and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Carlton
Back: L. Plowman, S. Rowe, D. Thomas
Half-back: C. O'Shea, L. Jones, K. Simpson
Centre: D. Lang, P. Cripps (capt.), E. Curnow
Half-forward: Z. Fisher, H. McKay, M. Wright
Forward: L. O'Brien, C. Curnow, J. Lamb
Follower: M. Kreuzer, P. Dow, S. Kerridge
Int.: J. Garlett, N. Graham, A. Mullett, S. Petrevski-Seton

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, M. Hurley, A. Saad
Half-back: C. McKenna, P. Ambrose, B. Goddard
Centre: O. Fantasia, Z. Merrett, K. Mutch
Half-forward: J. Laverde, J. Stewart, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: D. Myers, C. Hooker, S. McKernan
Follower: T. Bellchambers, D. Zaharakis, D. Heppell (capt.)
Int.: B. McNiece, D. Parish, D. Smith, J. Stringer

Carlton (14.7.91) defeated Essendon (10.18.78).

Goalkickers
Carlton: C. Curnow (3), E. Curnow (2), J. Lamb (2), D. Lang (2), H. McKay (2), Z. Fisher, S. Kerridge, S. Petrevski-Seton
Essendon: O. Fantasia (2), S. McKernan (2), P. Ambrose, D. Heppell, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, C. McKenna, Z. Merrett, D. Zaharakis

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 17th on the ladder (up from 18th) and Essendon remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 12 May 2018
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,669

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 14.7.91 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 1 6 . 2 10 . 6 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Essendon 3 . 2 5 . 9 7 . 14 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin CARL by 5 ESSE by 1 CARL by 10 CARL by 13 CARL by 13
Duration 32:18 29:51 29:32 34:08 2:05:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brendon Bolton (Carlton), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Patrick Cripps (Carlton), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: E. Glouftsis (#34), M. Stevic (#9), N. Williamson (#22)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Patrick Cripps CARL 9 3
Ed Curnow CARL 35 2
Matthew Kreuzer CARL 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Patrick Cripps CARL 9 9 1 1 0 0 0
Ed Curnow CARL 35 9 1 1 0 0 0
Matthew Kreuzer CARL 8 6 0 0 2 0 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 2 0 0 0 1 0
Devon Smith ESSE 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Charlie Curnow CARL 30 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dale Thomas CARL 39 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 95% 0 0 27 10 17 1 0 7 8 4 4 2 0 6
30 Curnow, Charlie FF 90% 3 2 9 8 1 5 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 2
35 Curnow, Ed WR 93% 2 1 24 15 9 5 0 13 7 2 2 1 0 5
2 Dow, Paddy RR 76% 0 0 11 3 8 1 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 2
25 Fisher, Zac HFFL 78% 1 0 15 8 7 3 0 5 4 1 1 1 0 3
21 Garlett, Jarrod INT 74% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 1
32 Graham, Nick INT 64% 0 2 14 9 5 5 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 2
14 Jones, Liam CHB 100% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 2
11 Kerridge, Sam RO 78% 1 0 17 9 8 4 0 7 2 0 1 0 1 1
8 Kreuzer, Matthew RU 88% 0 1 20 15 5 3 31 7 8 4 5 0 2 5
13 Lamb, Jed FPR 78% 2 0 15 8 7 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 4
16 Lang, Darcy WL 76% 2 0 13 11 2 5 0 4 2 3 0 1 1 0
10 McKay, Harry CHF 85% 2 1 7 7 0 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 4
18 Mullett, Aaron INT 68% 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 1
4 O'Brien, Lochie FPL 72% 0 0 15 13 2 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 3
24 O'Shea, Cam HBFL 77% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 3 1 2 3 1 1 1
5 Petrevski-Seton, Sam INT 72% 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 8 1 1 0 0 1 0
20 Plowman, Lachie BPL 86% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 0
17 Rowe, Sam FB 100% 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
6 Simpson, Kade HBFR 95% 0 0 28 21 7 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 2
39 Thomas, Dale BPR 81% 0 0 29 26 3 14 0 2 1 6 0 2 9 1
46 Wright, Matthew HFFR 76% 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 5
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 14 7 329 219 110 92 34 91 45 36 26 16 34 50

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick CHB 91% 1 0 8 7 1 3 0 9 0 1 2 1 1 2
12 Baguley, Mark BPL 87% 0 0 14 5 9 5 0 5 1 1 4 0 2 1
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 85% 0 1 9 6 3 1 55 3 4 2 0 1 3 3
13 Fantasia, Orazio WL 75% 2 2 18 8 10 4 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 2
9 Goddard, Brendon HBFR 75% 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 0 4 3 1 3 1 3
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RO 78% 1 0 27 14 13 5 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 5
26 Hooker, Cale FF 82% 0 1 23 14 9 8 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 5
18 Hurley, Michael FB 78% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2
33 Laverde, Jayden HFFL 76% 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 79% 1 1 9 5 4 3 0 7 1 5 0 3 0 2
45 McKenna, Conor HBFL 92% 1 0 19 19 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 6 4
44 McKernan, Shaun FPR 88% 2 2 16 11 5 8 8 4 1 2 0 1 1 2
41 McNiece, Ben INT 80% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 2
7 Merrett, Zach C 81% 1 1 16 9 7 1 0 8 1 3 1 1 3 1
19 Mutch, Kobe WR 75% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 2
23 Myers, David FPL 80% 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 7 4 8 0 5 3 3
3 Parish, Darcy INT 76% 0 2 13 4 9 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 1
42 Saad, Adam BPR 85% 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 2 3
5 Smith, Devon INT 89% 0 0 21 11 10 2 0 15 5 3 1 1 2 4
17 Stewart, James CHF 79% 0 1 11 5 6 3 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 0
25 Stringer, Jake INT 83% 0 1 14 11 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
11 Zaharakis, David RR 85% 1 0 25 15 10 7 0 6 7 4 0 1 3 4
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 10 18 344 201 143 74 63 91 40 54 16 26 35 54

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

Carlton Coach: Brendon Bolton
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 M. Baguley 18 M. Hurley 42 A. Saad 8 M. Kreuzer 21 J. Garlett
13 J. Lamb 30 C. Curnow 4 L. O'Brien 2 P. Dow 32 N. Graham
FORWARD 11 S. Kerridge 18 A. Mullett
HALF-BACK

5 S. Petrevski-Seton
45 C. McKenna 29 P. Ambrose 9 B. Goddard



46 M. Wright 10 H. McKay 25 Z. Fisher



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 O. Fantasia 7 Z. Merrett 19 K. Mutch



35 E. Curnow 9 P. Cripps (c) 16 D. Lang FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 41 B. McNiece
HALF-FORWARD 11 D. Zaharakis 3 D. Parish
33 J. Laverde 17 J. Stewart 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 21 D. Heppell (c) 5 D. Smith
6 K. Simpson 14 L. Jones 24 C. O'Shea

25 J. Stringer
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



23 D. Myers 26 C. Hooker 44 S. McKernan



39 D. Thomas 17 S. Rowe 20 L. Plowman



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 CARL Darcy Lang goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:02
CARL Ed Curnow behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:15
ESSE Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 05:33
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 10:18
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 12:22
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 13:22
CARL Jed Lamb goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 21:00
CARL Zac Fisher goal 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 24:01
CARL Harry McKay goal 4.1.25 - 2.2.14 26:02
ESSE Patrick Ambrose goal 4.1.25 - 3.2.20 32:12
Q2 ESSE Rushed behind 4.1.25 - 3.3.21 02:29
CARL Nick Graham behind 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 03:18
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 4.2.26 - 3.4.22 07:21
ESSE James Stewart behind 4.2.26 - 3.5.23 08:20
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 4.2.26 - 4.5.29 09:58
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 5.2.32 - 4.5.29 11:55
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 5.2.32 - 4.6.30 14:03
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 5.2.32 - 5.6.36 15:10
CARL Ed Curnow goal 6.2.38 - 5.6.36 18:57
ESSE Rushed behind 6.2.38 - 5.7.37 20:34
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 6.2.38 - 5.8.38 25:26
ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 6.2.38 - 5.9.39 29:03
Q3 ESSE Zach Merrett goal 6.2.38 - 6.9.45 00:22
CARL Charlie Curnow behind 6.3.39 - 6.9.45 04:31
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 7.3.45 - 6.9.45 07:33
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 7.3.45 - 6.10.46 08:35
CARL Matthew Kreuzer behind 7.4.46 - 6.10.46 09:59
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 7.4.46 - 6.11.47 11:10
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 7.4.46 - 7.11.53 13:06
CARL Nick Graham behind 7.5.47 - 7.11.53 14:48
CARL Charlie Curnow behind 7.6.48 - 7.11.53 16:01
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 7.6.48 - 7.12.54 16:44
CARL Darcy Lang goal 8.6.54 - 7.12.54 19:25
ESSE Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 7.13.55 21:05
CARL Harry McKay goal 9.6.60 - 7.13.55 24:20
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 10.6.66 - 7.13.55 26:47
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 10.6.66 - 7.14.56 28:17
Q4 ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 10.6.66 - 8.14.62 01:22
CARL Harry McKay behind 10.7.67 - 8.14.62 02:35
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 10.7.67 - 9.14.68 04:59
CARL Sam Petrevski-Seton goal 11.7.73 - 9.14.68 07:11
CARL Jed Lamb goal 12.7.79 - 9.14.68 09:03
CARL Sam Kerridge goal 13.7.85 - 9.14.68 13:46
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 13.7.85 - 10.14.74 15:11
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 13.7.85 - 10.15.75 16:25
CARL Ed Curnow goal 14.7.91 - 10.15.75 18:27
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 14.7.91 - 10.16.76 25:25
ESSE Rushed behind 14.7.91 - 10.17.77 27:16
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 14.7.91 - 10.18.78 29:41