2018 AFL 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 15 of the 2018 AFL season. 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
Back: C. McKenna, C. Hooker, B. Goddard
Half-back: A. Saad, M. Hurley, P. Ambrose
Centre: D. Heppell (capt.), Z. Merrett, M. Guelfi
Half-forward: D. Smith, S. McKernan, M. Brown
Forward: O. Fantasia, J. Stringer, M. Baguley
Follower: T. Bellchambers, D. Myers, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Int.: T. Colyer, M. Dea, K. Langford, A. McGrath

North Melbourne
Back: M. Daw, S. Thompson, M. Williams
Half-back: J. Macmillan, R. Tarrant, S. Wright
Centre: L. McDonald, J. Anderson, T. Dumont
Half-forward: S. Atley, M. Wood, J. Ziebell (capt.)
Forward: J. Simpkin, B. Brown, K. Turner
Follower: T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, S. Higgins
Int.: P. Ahern, R. Clarke, N. Hrovat, T. Murphy

Essendon (19.11.125) defeated North Melbourne (16.12.108).

Goalkickers
Essendon: O. Fantasia (4), S. McKernan (4), J. Stringer (3), D. Myers (2), M. Baguley, T. Bellchambers, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, A. McGrath, Z. Merrett, D. Smith
North Melbourne: M. Wood (3), B. Brown (2), B. Cunnington (2), L. McDonald (2), P. Ahern, S. Atley, R. Clarke, T. Dumont, N. Hrovat, K. Turner, J. Ziebell

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 12th on the ladder and North Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Brad Scott (North Melbourne)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Jack Ziebell (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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