2018 AFL Round 12: Brisbane Lions v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 June 2018 between Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round 12 of the 2018 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon at Gabba. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Brisbane Lions
Back: L. Hodge, H. Andrews, D. Gardiner
Half-back: D. Rich, T. Cutler, Z. Bailey
Centre: N. Robertson, R. Lester, D. Zorko
Half-forward: C. Rayner, E. Hipwood, H. McCluggage
Forward: A. Christensen, D. McStay, O. McInerney
Follower: S. Martin, J. Berry, D. Beams
Int.: B. Keays, S. Mayes, L. Taylor, A. Witherden

Essendon
Back: M. Redman, C. Hooker, Z. Merrett
Half-back: A. Saad, M. Brown, M. Hurley
Centre: D. Heppell (capt.), B. Goddard, A. McGrath
Half-forward: D. Smith, S. McKernan, C. McKenna
Forward: M. Baguley, J. Stringer, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: T. Bellchambers, K. Langford, O. Fantasia
Int.: M. Dea, J. Green, M. Guelfi, D. Myers

Brisbane Lions (8.14.62) were defeated by Essendon (12.12.84).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: E. Hipwood (2), D. Zorko (2), J. Berry, S. Martin, O. McInerney, D. McStay
Essendon: J. Stringer (3), M. Brown (2), D. Heppell (2), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (2), J. Green, M. Guelfi, S. McKernan

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions remained 17th on the ladder and Essendon remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Essendon
Date: Sunday 10 June 2018
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 20,476

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Essendon
Score: 8.14.62 - 12.12.84

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 2 . 4 3 . 7 5 . 9 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Essendon 4 . 0 7 . 4 8 . 11 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 21 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 22
Duration 28:17 32:24 29:45 31:40 2:02:06

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McInerney (#30), R. O'Gorman (#10), B. Wallace (#33)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Harris Andrews BRIL 31 2
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Harris Andrews BRIL 31 9 1 1 0 0 0
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 7 1 0 0 1 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Adam Saad ESSE 42 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 1 0 0 0 0 1
Alex Witherden BRIL 29 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
31 Andrews, Harris FB 100% 0 0 24 16 8 12 0 5 0 4 1 2 6 1
33 Bailey, Zac HBFR 81% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 1 4 5 0 3 1 2
9 Beams, Dayne RO 81% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 0
13 Berry, Jarrod RR 87% 1 0 16 5 11 1 0 5 1 3 1 2 1 2
3 Christensen, Allen FPL 81% 0 2 21 14 7 7 0 5 3 1 3 1 2 3
26 Cutler, Tom CHB 79% 0 3 16 11 5 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 5 1
27 Gardiner, Darcy BPR 90% 0 0 23 12 11 8 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 1
30 Hipwood, Eric CHF 84% 2 1 5 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
2 Hodge, Luke BPL 89% 0 1 14 6 8 3 0 4 1 2 3 1 1 3
1 Keays, Ben INT 69% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 4 0 1 2 0 2 0
35 Lester, Ryan C 83% 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 1
12 Martin, Stefan RU 83% 1 0 22 9 13 7 25 0 8 1 4 1 2 0
32 Mayes, Sam INT 74% 0 0 13 5 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
6 McCluggage, Hugh HFFR 78% 0 3 12 8 4 6 0 4 3 0 2 0 1 3
46 McInerney, Oscar FPR 70% 1 0 7 3 4 3 18 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
25 McStay, Daniel FF 88% 1 2 9 6 3 4 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 1
16 Rayner, Cam HFFL 77% 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 4 2 3 1 1 0 3
10 Rich, Daniel HBFL 80% 0 0 29 17 12 7 0 2 1 2 0 0 9 1
18 Robertson, Nick WL 82% 0 0 18 11 7 9 0 4 0 3 0 1 4 1
28 Taylor, Lewis INT 79% 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 4
29 Witherden, Alex INT 77% 0 1 29 25 4 12 0 2 0 2 2 1 5 5
15 Zorko, Dayne WR 89% 2 0 20 14 6 3 0 8 5 3 2 3 0 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 14 377 218 159 112 43 60 33 46 24 24 49 44

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark FPL 85% 0 0 9 6 3 5 0 3 0 4 1 2 0 6
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 81% 0 0 8 4 4 0 21 2 2 2 2 1 0 4
28 Brown, Mitch CHB 88% 2 2 13 10 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2
49 Dea, Matt INT 79% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
13 Fantasia, Orazio RO 81% 0 1 12 6 6 4 0 6 1 2 2 1 1 2
9 Goddard, Brendon C 89% 0 0 20 7 13 4 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0
15 Green, Josh INT 80% 1 1 12 4 8 2 0 2 1 4 2 2 0 1
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 79% 1 0 17 9 8 2 0 3 1 3 1 1 4 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) WL 25% 2 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4
26 Hooker, Cale FB 92% 0 0 20 15 5 11 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 3
18 Hurley, Michael HBFR 90% 0 0 17 14 3 11 0 4 2 0 0 0 6 0
4 Langford, Kyle RR 81% 0 0 18 7 11 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 1 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 84% 2 1 12 6 6 3 0 5 1 1 2 0 1 1
1 McGrath, Andrew WR 89% 0 0 22 9 13 5 0 2 4 2 1 1 1 4
45 McKenna, Conor HFFR 85% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 2 4 0 2 3 4
44 McKernan, Shaun CHF 96% 1 1 12 9 3 3 6 3 2 3 1 3 2 1
7 Merrett, Zach BPR 79% 0 0 29 13 16 7 0 8 1 2 2 0 1 5
23 Myers, David INT 81% 0 1 28 16 12 6 0 3 4 3 1 0 0 5
27 Redman, Mason BPL 80% 0 0 24 14 10 7 0 3 1 5 0 1 2 4
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 86% 0 0 24 13 11 5 0 5 0 1 3 1 6 2
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 77% 0 1 20 13 7 6 0 6 2 2 1 1 1 4
25 Stringer, Jake FF 91% 3 1 22 17 5 8 0 9 4 6 2 3 1 8
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 12 12 372 211 161 102 27 75 32 54 24 24 34 64

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

Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 M. Redman 26 C. Hooker 7 Z. Merrett 12 S. Martin 1 B. Keays
46 O. McInerney 25 D. McStay 3 A. Christensen 13 J. Berry 32 S. Mayes
FORWARD 9 D. Beams 28 L. Taylor
HALF-BACK

29 A. Witherden
42 A. Saad 28 M. Brown 18 M. Hurley



6 H. McCluggage 30 E. Hipwood 16 C. Rayner



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



21 D. Heppell (c) 9 B. Goddard 1 A. McGrath



15 D. Zorko 35 R. Lester 18 N. Robertson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 49 M. Dea
HALF-FORWARD 4 K. Langford 15 J. Green
5 D. Smith 44 S. McKernan 45 C. McKenna 13 O. Fantasia 35 M. Guelfi
33 Z. Bailey 26 T. Cutler 10 D. Rich

23 D. Myers
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



12 M. Baguley 25 J. Stringer 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



27 D. Gardiner 31 H. Andrews 2 L. Hodge



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:05
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:42
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 07:18
BRIL Stefan Martin goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 10:33
BRIL Daniel McStay behind 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 12:08
BRIL Tom Cutler behind 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 14:12
BRIL Tom Cutler behind 2.3.15 - 2.0.12 14:55
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 2.3.15 - 3.0.18 18:44
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.3.15 - 4.0.24 21:09
BRIL Allen Christensen behind 2.4.16 - 4.0.24 23:38
Q2 ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 2.4.16 - 4.1.25 01:09
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 3.4.22 - 4.1.25 03:39
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 3.4.22 - 5.1.31 06:14
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 3.4.22 - 5.2.32 11:32
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 3.4.22 - 6.2.38 13:18
BRIL Luke Hodge behind 3.5.23 - 6.2.38 18:00
ESSE David Myers behind 3.5.23 - 6.3.39 22:18
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 3.6.24 - 6.3.39 25:45
BRIL Hugh McCluggage behind 3.7.25 - 6.3.39 27:19
ESSE Josh Green goal 3.7.25 - 7.3.45 29:07
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 3.7.25 - 7.4.46 31:25
Q3 ESSE Rushed behind 3.7.25 - 7.5.47 01:00
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 3.7.25 - 8.5.53 06:40
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 3.7.25 - 8.6.54 09:38
BRIL Daniel McStay goal 4.7.31 - 8.6.54 10:08
BRIL Hugh McCluggage behind 4.8.32 - 8.6.54 13:54
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 4.8.32 - 8.7.55 15:47
BRIL Rushed behind 4.9.33 - 8.7.55 16:51
ESSE Rushed behind 4.9.33 - 8.8.56 18:38
ESSE Devon Smith behind 4.9.33 - 8.9.57 20:33
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 5.9.39 - 8.9.57 22:48
ESSE Josh Green behind 5.9.39 - 8.10.58 26:02
ESSE Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 8.11.59 28:20
Q4 BRIL Jarrod Berry goal 6.9.45 - 8.11.59 03:26
BRIL Daniel McStay behind 6.10.46 - 8.11.59 08:44
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 6.10.46 - 9.11.65 09:35
BRIL Hugh McCluggage behind 6.11.47 - 9.11.65 13:09
BRIL Alex Witherden behind 6.12.48 - 9.11.65 14:30
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 6.12.48 - 10.11.71 16:10
BRIL Oscar McInerney goal 7.12.54 - 10.11.71 18:31
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 7.12.54 - 10.12.72 21:08
BRIL Tom Cutler behind 7.13.55 - 10.12.72 22:58
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 7.13.55 - 11.12.78 24:12
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 7.13.55 - 12.12.84 26:35
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 8.13.61 - 12.12.84 30:10
BRIL Allen Christensen behind 8.14.62 - 12.12.84 31:34