2018 AFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 2018 between Essendon and Geelong during round nine of the 2018 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at the 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 (12.12.84) defeated Geelong (7.8.50).

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

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 (Geelong) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell
Coach: John Worsfold

Geelong

Captain: Joel Selwood
Coach: Chris Scott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Hay (#20)
J. Schmitt (#17)
A. Whetton (#19)
E: N. Williamson (#22)

Umpire Replacements

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

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