2018 AFL Round 9: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 2018 between Essendon and Geelong during round 9 of the 2018 AFL season. Essendon hosted Geelong at MCG. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

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

Geelong
Back: T. Stewart, H. Taylor, J. Kolodjashnij
Half-back: Z. Tuohy, M. Blicavs, J. Bews
Centre: M. Duncan, J. Selwood (capt.), J. Cunico
Half-forward: S. Menegola, S. Crameri, G. Horlin-Smith
Forward: J. Parsons, T. Hawkins, C. Gregson
Follower: Z. Smith, P. Dangerfield, G. Ablett
Int.: J. Henry, T. Kelly, J. Murdoch, J. Thurlow

Essendon (12.12.84) defeated Geelong (7.8.50).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. McKernan (4), O. Fantasia (2), M. Baguley, M. Guelfi, D. Heppell, C. McKenna, J. Stewart, J. Stringer
Geelong: T. Hawkins (3), P. Dangerfield (2), S. Crameri, J. Selwood

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 14th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Geelong were then 8th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 19 May 2018
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,228

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 12.12.84 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 9 . 5 10 . 11 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Geelong 2 . 2 2 . 3 3 . 5 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin ESSE by 18 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 48 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 34
Duration 31:48 29:03 26:17 28:04 1:55:12

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hay (#20), J. Schmitt (#17), A. Whetton (#19), E: N. Williamson (#22)
Umpire Replacement: N. Williamson replaced J. Schmitt

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 3
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 2
Shaun McKernan ESSE 44 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 10 2 0 0 0 0
Shaun McKernan ESSE 44 8 0 2 0 0 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 6 0 0 2 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2 0 0 0 1 0
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Mark Baguley ESSE 12 1 0 0 0 0 1
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick CHB 94% 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 1 0 4 1 4 4 1
12 Baguley, Mark BPR 84% 1 0 16 11 5 6 0 7 0 2 3 0 0 4
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 73% 0 1 8 6 2 2 24 0 2 4 2 3 1 3
37 Clarke, Dylan HFFL 68% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
49 Dea, Matt INT 86% 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2
13 Fantasia, Orazio FPR 75% 2 0 18 8 10 7 0 8 2 5 1 1 1 4
9 Goddard, Brendon WL 93% 0 0 24 16 8 10 0 1 1 4 0 0 4 4
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 68% 1 0 14 10 4 5 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 5
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFR 88% 1 0 28 16 12 6 0 4 5 0 1 0 1 2
26 Hooker, Cale BPL 98% 0 0 21 10 11 11 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0
4 Langford, Kyle INT 75% 0 0 16 11 5 5 0 8 6 3 0 1 2 5
33 Laverde, Jayden INT 70% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 3
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 77% 0 1 15 11 4 4 0 6 0 3 1 2 0 6
45 McKenna, Conor WR 78% 1 2 18 15 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 3
44 McKernan, Shaun FF 87% 4 4 16 13 3 6 11 1 5 4 3 3 1 0
7 Merrett, Zach C 81% 0 0 32 16 16 1 0 6 6 2 1 0 2 3
14 Ridley, Jordan FB 79% 0 0 25 16 9 7 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 2
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 81% 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Smith, Devon RO 85% 0 2 18 11 7 4 0 10 4 4 1 2 2 2
17 Stewart, James CHF 85% 1 1 16 9 7 7 2 4 0 3 1 2 0 2
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 88% 1 0 19 12 7 5 0 7 1 3 0 1 5 1
11 Zaharakis, David RR 86% 0 0 33 18 15 8 0 6 0 5 1 0 5 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 12 402 249 153 120 37 91 37 51 24 20 42 57

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ablett, Gary RO 79% 0 1 17 8 9 1 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 1
24 Bews, Jed HBFR 84% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 3 1
46 Blicavs, Mark CHB 87% 0 1 18 7 11 3 7 2 1 5 1 2 6 0
36 Crameri, Stewart CHF 87% 1 0 15 6 9 7 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 3
31 Cunico, Jordan WR 81% 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 85% 2 0 27 13 14 3 0 6 6 7 2 3 2 8
22 Duncan, Mitch WL 79% 0 0 26 17 9 8 0 4 4 4 2 1 5 2
28 Gregson, Cory FPR 83% 0 2 9 7 2 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 3
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 93% 3 1 20 10 10 9 0 2 0 6 0 2 0 1
38 Henry, Jack INT 75% 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 1
33 Horlin-Smith, George HFFR 75% 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 4
11 Kelly, Tim INT 79% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 4
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPR 91% 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 0
27 Menegola, Sam HFFL 79% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 5 1 1 2 0 1 3
21 Murdoch, Jordan INT 81% 0 1 8 4 4 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3
34 Parsons, James FPL 71% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 4
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 81% 1 2 30 10 20 6 0 6 4 4 1 2 1 1
9 Smith, Zac RU 79% 0 0 8 3 5 2 26 4 3 5 3 3 1 1
44 Stewart, Tom BPL 85% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 3 0 5 0 2 4 3
7 Taylor, Harry FB 79% 0 0 7 2 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
40 Thurlow, Jackson INT 71% 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
2 Tuohy, Zach HBFL 97% 0 0 27 19 8 6 0 4 2 2 2 1 4 4
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 7 8 350 183 167 86 33 68 31 62 20 24 41 51

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
44 T. Stewart 7 H. Taylor 8 J. Kolodjashnij 2 T. Bellchambers 49 M. Dea
13 O. Fantasia 44 S. McKernan 25 J. Stringer 11 D. Zaharakis 35 M. Guelfi
FORWARD 5 D. Smith 4 K. Langford
HALF-BACK

33 J. Laverde
2 Z. Tuohy 46 M. Blicavs 24 J. Bews



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 17 J. Stewart 37 D. Clarke



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 M. Duncan 14 J. Selwood (c) 31 J. Cunico



45 C. McKenna 7 Z. Merrett 9 B. Goddard FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 9 Z. Smith 38 J. Henry
HALF-FORWARD 35 P. Dangerfield 11 T. Kelly
27 S. Menegola 36 S. Crameri 33 G. Horlin-Smith 4 G. Ablett 21 J. Murdoch
21 D. Heppell (c) 29 P. Ambrose 42 A. Saad

40 J. Thurlow
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



34 J. Parsons 26 T. Hawkins 28 C. Gregson



12 M. Baguley 14 J. Ridley 26 C. Hooker



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:57
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 07:27
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 09:16
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 09:52
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 11:14
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 3.1.19 - 0.2.2 13:54
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 4.1.25 - 0.2.2 18:08
ESSE Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 0.2.2 19:23
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 5.2.32 - 0.2.2 22:07
GEEL Stewart Crameri goal 5.2.32 - 1.2.8 24:55
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 5.2.32 - 2.2.14 29:47
Q2 ESSE James Stewart goal 6.2.38 - 2.2.14 01:25
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 7.2.44 - 2.2.14 04:21
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 8.2.50 - 2.2.14 05:56
ESSE Conor McKenna behind 8.3.51 - 2.2.14 07:12
ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 8.4.52 - 2.2.14 08:48
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 9.4.58 - 2.2.14 12:38
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 9.4.58 - 2.3.15 18:02
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 9.5.59 - 2.3.15 22:36
Q3 GEEL Joel Selwood behind 9.5.59 - 2.4.16 00:21
ESSE Devon Smith behind 9.6.60 - 2.4.16 01:34
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 9.7.61 - 2.4.16 02:44
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 9.8.62 - 2.4.16 04:18
ESSE James Stewart behind 9.9.63 - 2.4.16 08:15
ESSE Conor McKenna behind 9.10.64 - 2.4.16 10:57
GEEL Jordan Murdoch behind 9.10.64 - 2.5.17 12:34
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 9.10.64 - 3.5.23 13:24
ESSE Devon Smith behind 9.11.65 - 3.5.23 16:11
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 10.11.71 - 3.5.23 23:06
Q4 GEEL Cory Gregson behind 10.11.71 - 3.6.24 04:34
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 11.11.77 - 3.6.24 08:57
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 11.12.78 - 3.6.24 12:14
GEEL Mark Blicavs behind 11.12.78 - 3.7.25 12:52
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 11.12.78 - 4.7.31 15:30
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 12.12.84 - 4.7.31 17:11
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 12.12.84 - 5.7.37 19:34
GEEL Cory Gregson behind 12.12.84 - 5.8.38 21:46
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 12.12.84 - 6.8.44 24:56
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 12.12.84 - 7.8.50 26:40