2018 AFL Season Round 15: Essendon v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 2018 between Essendon and North Melbourne during round fifteen of the 2018 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Jack Ziebell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Essendon (19.11.125) defeated North Melbourne (16.12.108).

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v North Melbourne
Date: Sunday 1 July 2018
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 45,580

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. North Melbourne
Score: 19.11.125 - 16.12.108

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	6	.	2	13	.	6	15	.	8	19	.	11	19	.	11	(125)
North Melbourne	7	.	2	10	.	4	13	.	8	16	.	12	16	.	12	(108)
Margin	NMLB by 6			ESSE by 20			ESSE by 12			ESSE by 17			ESSE by 17
Duration	35:20			31:12			28:19			29:34			2:04:25

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 (North Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell
Coach: John Worsfold

North Melbourne

Captain: Jack Ziebell
Coach: Brad Scott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Harris (#24)
D. Margetts (#6)
J. Schmitt (#17)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Dyson Heppell	ESSE	21	3
Shaun McKernan	ESSE	44	2
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Orazio Fantasia	ESSE	13	10	2	0	0	0	0
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	8	0	2	0	0	0
Dyson Heppell	ESSE	21	4	0	0	?	?	?
Shaun Higgins	NMLB	4	4	0	0	?	?	?
Shaun McKernan	ESSE	44	4	0	0	?	?	?

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ambrose, Patrick	HBFR	86%	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
12	Baguley, Mark	FPR	84%	1	0	8	4	4	2	0	5	1	4	1	4	0	2
2	Bellchambers, Tom	RU	84%	1	0	9	5	4	4	28	2	2	0	0	0	1	1
28	Brown, Mitch	HFFR	86%	0	0	17	7	10	5	0	1	0	5	2	4	0	3
32	Colyer, Travis	INT	73%	0	0	15	9	6	5	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	2
49	Dea, Matt	INT	69%	0	0	16	7	9	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1
13	Fantasia, Orazio	FPL	75%	4	1	17	9	8	5	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	4
9	Goddard, Brendon	BPR	88%	0	0	24	11	13	9	0	3	1	2	1	0	3	2
35	Guelfi, Matt	WR	75%	0	3	14	6	8	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	1
21	Heppell, Dyson (c)	WL	89%	0	0	34	19	15	5	0	4	5	4	1	1	2	10
26	Hooker, Cale	FB	100%	0	0	15	7	8	7	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0
18	Hurley, Michael	CHB	89%	0	0	25	20	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	1
4	Langford, Kyle	INT	78%	0	2	22	13	9	5	0	7	2	2	0	0	2	4
43	McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony	RO	68%	1	1	16	9	7	4	0	3	1	1	1	0	1	3
1	McGrath, Andrew	INT	78%	1	0	24	17	7	2	0	4	4	3	1	1	5	2
45	McKenna, Conor	BPL	83%	0	0	16	7	9	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	3
44	McKernan, Shaun	CHF	96%	4	0	18	13	5	7	6	2	1	6	0	1	0	7
7	Merrett, Zach	C	75%	1	0	32	7	25	2	0	7	12	3	1	2	1	2
23	Myers, David	RR	73%	2	0	25	13	12	3	0	4	5	3	1	2	2	5
42	Saad, Adam	HBFL	83%	0	0	16	10	6	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	3	1
5	Smith, Devon	HFFL	84%	1	1	15	7	8	1	0	7	0	5	0	2	1	2
25	Stringer, Jake	FF	81%	3	1	15	11	4	6	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	5
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				19	11	401	214	187	91	34	68	41	56	11	21	34	61

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
15	Ahern, Paul	INT	68%	1	0	22	11	11	3	0	3	3	4	0	0	1	5
3	Anderson, Jed	C	83%	0	0	20	9	11	4	0	5	6	5	0	2	1	1
18	Atley, Shaun	HFFL	79%	1	0	14	8	6	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	2
50	Brown, Ben	FF	100%	2	3	14	13	1	9	0	3	0	3	1	1	1	2
13	Clarke, Ryan	INT	69%	1	0	14	8	6	2	0	2	1	3	2	0	3	3
10	Cunnington, Ben	RR	76%	2	0	23	11	12	8	0	4	4	2	2	1	1	4
1	Daw, Majak	BPL	85%	0	0	8	6	2	4	5	3	0	2	1	1	3	1
14	Dumont, Trent	WR	85%	1	1	16	9	7	5	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	2
22	Goldstein, Todd	RU	89%	0	1	14	6	8	4	44	2	1	2	0	2	0	3
4	Higgins, Shaun	RO	91%	0	1	31	18	13	6	0	2	5	2	1	1	2	7
8	Hrovat, Nathan	INT	67%	1	1	13	8	5	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
34	Macmillan, Jamie	HBFL	82%	0	0	24	15	9	5	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	3
11	McDonald, Luke	WL	75%	2	0	20	12	8	7	0	1	2	1	1	0	2	4
40	Murphy, Tom	INT	68%	0	0	7	1	6	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0
12	Simpkin, Jy	FPL	77%	0	1	14	4	10	2	0	4	4	2	0	1	3	1
25	Tarrant, Robbie	CHB	93%	0	0	13	8	5	3	0	3	0	2	1	0	3	3
16	Thompson, Scott	FB	98%	0	0	17	11	6	10	0	3	1	2	3	2	3	1
28	Turner, Kayne	FPR	85%	1	0	11	4	7	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
2	Williams, Marley	BPR	88%	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
32	Wood, Mason	CHF	81%	3	3	16	13	3	5	0	3	0	2	1	0	1	3
19	Wright, Sam	HBFR	77%	0	0	21	18	3	11	0	2	0	2	3	0	3	3
7	Ziebell, Jack (c)	HFFR	82%	1	0	19	14	5	4	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	5
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				16	12	360	212	148	105	49	55	33	41	21	11	36	55

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
	1	M. Daw	16	S. Thompson	2	M. Williams	2	T. Bellchambers	32	T. Colyer
	12	M. Baguley	25	J. Stringer	13	O. Fantasia	23	D. Myers	49	M. Dea
FORWARD							43	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti	4	K. Langford
HALF-BACK									1	A. McGrath
	34	J. Macmillan	25	R. Tarrant	19	S. Wright
	28	M. Brown	44	S. McKernan	5	D. Smith
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	11	L. McDonald	3	J. Anderson	14	T. Dumont
	35	M. Guelfi	7	Z. Merrett	21	D. Heppell (c)	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							22	T. Goldstein	15	P. Ahern
HALF-FORWARD							10	B. Cunnington	13	R. Clarke
	18	S. Atley	32	M. Wood	7	J. Ziebell (c)	4	S. Higgins	8	N. Hrovat
	29	P. Ambrose	18	M. Hurley	42	A. Saad			40	T. Murphy
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	12	J. Simpkin	50	B. Brown	28	K. Turner
	9	B. Goddard	26	C. Hooker	45	C. McKenna
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	NMLB	Jy Simpkin behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:44
	NMLB	Ben Brown behind	0.0.0	-	0.2.2	02:50
	ESSE	Orazio Fantasia goal	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	06:37
	NMLB	Mason Wood goal	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	08:56
	NMLB	Ben Cunnington goal	1.0.6	-	2.2.14	11:30
	ESSE	David Myers goal	2.0.12	-	2.2.14	13:06
	NMLB	Nathan Hrovat goal	2.0.12	-	3.2.20	16:27
	NMLB	Jack Ziebell goal	2.0.12	-	4.2.26	17:41
	NMLB	Mason Wood goal	2.0.12	-	5.2.32	18:46
	ESSE	Orazio Fantasia goal	3.0.18	-	5.2.32	21:23
	ESSE	Orazio Fantasia goal	4.0.24	-	5.2.32	22:57
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind	4.1.25	-	5.2.32	26:16
	ESSE	David Myers goal	5.1.31	-	5.2.32	27:20
	ESSE	Tom Bellchambers goal	6.1.37	-	5.2.32	28:53
	NMLB	Shaun Atley goal	6.1.37	-	6.2.38	30:18
	NMLB	Ben Cunnington goal	6.1.37	-	7.2.44	32:23
	ESSE	Matt Guelfi behind	6.2.38	-	7.2.44	35:16
Q2	ESSE	Shaun McKernan goal	7.2.44	-	7.2.44	00:55
	ESSE	Devon Smith behind	7.3.45	-	7.2.44	03:20
	ESSE	Shaun McKernan goal	8.3.51	-	7.2.44	04:40
	NMLB	Ben Brown goal	8.3.51	-	8.2.50	06:26
	NMLB	Kayne Turner goal	8.3.51	-	9.2.56	07:35
	NMLB	Mason Wood goal	8.3.51	-	10.2.62	08:39
	ESSE	Shaun McKernan goal	9.3.57	-	10.2.62	10:49
	ESSE	Rushed behind	9.4.58	-	10.2.62	13:55
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	9.5.59	-	10.2.62	14:55
	NMLB	Mason Wood behind	9.5.59	-	10.3.63	16:36
	NMLB	Nathan Hrovat behind	9.5.59	-	10.4.64	16:57
	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	10.5.65	-	10.4.64	18:05
	ESSE	Devon Smith goal	11.5.71	-	10.4.64	19:47
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	12.5.77	-	10.4.64	21:16
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	13.5.83	-	10.4.64	24:44
	ESSE	Orazio Fantasia behind	13.6.84	-	10.4.64	29:46
Q3	ESSE	Orazio Fantasia goal	14.6.90	-	10.4.64	01:27
	ESSE	Mark Baguley goal	15.6.96	-	10.4.64	04:40
	NMLB	Mason Wood behind	15.6.96	-	10.5.65	05:38
	NMLB	Ryan Clarke goal	15.6.96	-	11.5.71	09:14
	NMLB	Luke McDonald goal	15.6.96	-	12.5.77	13:02
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	15.7.97	-	12.5.77	14:59
	NMLB	Ben Brown behind	15.7.97	-	12.6.78	17:03
	NMLB	Paul Ahern goal	15.7.97	-	13.6.84	17:47
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	15.8.98	-	13.6.84	19:15
	NMLB	Trent Dumont behind	15.8.98	-	13.7.85	20:37
	NMLB	Shaun Higgins behind	15.8.98	-	13.8.86	28:11
Q4	ESSE	Andrew McGrath goal	16.8.104	-	13.8.86	01:49
	ESSE	Rushed behind	16.9.105	-	13.8.86	03:51
	NMLB	Ben Brown goal	16.9.105	-	14.8.92	06:47
	ESSE	Shaun McKernan goal	17.9.111	-	14.8.92	10:52
	NMLB	Trent Dumont goal	17.9.111	-	15.8.98	14:26
	ESSE	Matt Guelfi behind	17.10.112	-	15.8.98	16:35
	ESSE	Matt Guelfi behind	17.11.113	-	15.8.98	18:29
	NMLB	Mason Wood behind	17.11.113	-	15.9.99	20:28
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal	18.11.119	-	15.9.99	21:50
	NMLB	Luke McDonald goal	18.11.119	-	16.9.105	24:21
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	19.11.125	-	16.9.105	26:10
	NMLB	Todd Goldstein behind	19.11.125	-	16.10.106	27:06
	NMLB	Ben Brown behind	19.11.125	-	16.11.107	27:45
	NMLB	Rushed behind	19.11.125	-	16.12.108	28:53

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