2018 AFL Round 18: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 2018 between Essendon and Fremantle during round 18 of the 2018 AFL season. Essendon hosted Fremantle at Etihad Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

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

Fremantle
Back: E. Hughes, J. Hamling, A. Pearce
Half-back: L. Ryan, N. Wilson, C. Sutcliffe
Centre: E. Langdon, M. Walters, T. Duman
Half-forward: B. Hill, B. Banfield, B. Matera
Forward: M. Johnson, B. Cox, S. Giro
Follower: S. Jones, L. Neale, D. Mundy
Int.: A. Cerra, C. McCarthy, T. Sheridan, D. Tucker

Essendon (13.21.99) defeated Fremantle (11.4.70).

Goalkickers
Essendon: O. Fantasia (5), M. Brown (3), D. Smith (2), M. Baguley, D. Myers, D. Zaharakis
Fremantle: M. Walters (3), M. Johnson (2), A. Cerra, B. Matera, C. McCarthy, D. Mundy, L. Neale, C. Sutcliffe

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Fremantle remained 13th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 21 July 2018
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 31,564

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fremantle
Score: 13.21.99 - 11.4.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 4 . 11 9 . 16 13 . 21 13 . 21 (99)
Fremantle 4 . 0 7 . 1 10 . 4 11 . 4 11 . 4 (70)
Margin FREM by 7 FREM by 8 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 29
Duration 29:40 27:15 31:55 28:50 1:57:40

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Ross Lyon (Fremantle)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), unknown (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Gavine (#14), S. Hay (#20), S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Orazio Fantasia ESSE 13 3
Devon Smith ESSE 5 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
Devon Smith ESSE 5 8 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Bellchambers ESSE 2 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Brendon Goddard ESSE 9 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 3 0 0 ? ? ?
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark INT 81% 1 2 12 8 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 92% 0 1 15 10 5 4 49 2 5 4 1 4 1 1
28 Brown, Mitch FF 95% 3 1 10 7 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
32 Colyer, Travis WL 75% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 1
49 Dea, Matt BPL 92% 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 1 0 4 1 1 2 2
13 Fantasia, Orazio RO 76% 5 1 19 10 9 9 0 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
9 Goddard, Brendon HBFR 78% 0 0 23 7 16 3 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 3
35 Guelfi, Matt BPR 89% 0 0 12 5 7 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 5 2
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HFFR 92% 0 0 26 12 14 3 0 4 9 2 2 0 1 4
26 Hooker, Cale FB 98% 0 3 14 8 6 6 0 1 0 4 1 2 2 2
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 94% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 3 1
4 Langford, Kyle INT 80% 0 1 16 11 5 4 0 3 2 3 0 1 0 4
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 82% 0 1 17 9 8 5 0 7 2 4 3 2 1 3
1 McGrath, Andrew WR 75% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1
44 McKernan, Shaun CHF 30% 0 1 6 6 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
41 McNiece, Ben INT 79% 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach C 85% 0 1 28 15 13 2 0 8 7 7 5 1 2 9
23 Myers, David FPR 76% 1 1 18 10 8 1 0 0 5 2 0 2 1 6
3 Parish, Darcy RR 82% 0 2 18 11 7 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 3
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 85% 0 1 19 8 11 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 1
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 84% 2 0 23 15 8 3 0 10 3 2 2 1 1 3
11 Zaharakis, David INT 80% 1 1 25 14 11 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 8
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 13 21 379 208 171 86 50 69 41 54 22 24 24 62

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
41 Banfield, Bailey CHF 87% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 2 6 5 2 2 3 4
5 Cerra, Adam INT 66% 1 0 13 8 5 1 0 7 1 1 1 0 1 0
36 Cox, Brennan FF 91% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
44 Duman, Taylin WR 86% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 0
42 Giro, Stefan FPR 77% 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 5 0 6 2 1 0 1
21 Hamling, Joel FB 95% 0 0 15 8 7 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
9 Hill, Bradley HFFL 83% 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 6
15 Hughes, Ethan BPL 76% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0
37 Johnson, Michael FPL 87% 2 0 15 8 7 5 4 3 1 2 3 2 1 2
40 Jones, Scott RU 81% 0 0 5 2 3 1 17 6 1 1 1 1 1 2
26 Langdon, Ed WL 83% 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 1
3 Matera, Brandon HFFR 75% 1 0 16 13 3 4 0 3 1 7 2 1 2 1
23 McCarthy, Cam INT 74% 1 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
16 Mundy, David RO 89% 1 0 15 7 8 3 0 2 4 2 1 1 1 4
27 Neale, Lachie RR 79% 1 0 30 12 18 3 0 5 6 3 0 2 5 3
25 Pearce, Alex BPR 94% 0 0 11 3 8 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0
38 Ryan, Luke HBFL 81% 0 0 15 4 11 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0
11 Sheridan, Tom INT 61% 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 4
33 Sutcliffe, Cam HBFR 84% 1 0 13 7 6 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
18 Tucker, Darcy INT 83% 0 0 13 3 10 2 0 7 0 2 1 1 1 0
10 Walters, Michael C 82% 3 2 18 11 7 3 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 3
14 Wilson, Nathan CHB 86% 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 4 318 172 146 68 21 54 27 48 24 22 43 36

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
15 E. Hughes 21 J. Hamling 25 A. Pearce 2 T. Bellchambers 12 M. Baguley
23 D. Myers 28 M. Brown 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 3 D. Parish 4 K. Langford
FORWARD 13 O. Fantasia 41 B. McNiece
HALF-BACK

11 D. Zaharakis
38 L. Ryan 14 N. Wilson 33 C. Sutcliffe



21 D. Heppell (c) 44 S. McKernan 5 D. Smith



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



26 E. Langdon 10 M. Walters 44 T. Duman



1 A. McGrath 7 Z. Merrett 32 T. Colyer FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 40 S. Jones 5 A. Cerra
HALF-FORWARD 27 L. Neale 23 C. McCarthy
9 B. Hill 41 B. Banfield 3 B. Matera 16 D. Mundy 11 T. Sheridan
9 B. Goddard 18 M. Hurley 42 A. Saad

18 D. Tucker
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



37 M. Johnson 36 B. Cox 42 S. Giro



35 M. Guelfi 26 C. Hooker 49 M. Dea



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Michael Johnson goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:02
ESSE Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 02:17
ESSE Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 04:41
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 0.3.3 - 1.0.6 06:00
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 0.4.4 - 1.0.6 06:34
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 1.4.10 - 1.0.6 07:30
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 2.4.16 - 1.0.6 12:41
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 2.5.17 - 1.0.6 18:10
FREM Lachie Neale goal 2.5.17 - 2.0.12 22:04
FREM Michael Johnson goal 2.5.17 - 3.0.18 23:33
FREM Michael Walters goal 2.5.17 - 4.0.24 26:38
Q2 ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 2.6.18 - 4.0.24 02:27
FREM Michael Walters behind 2.6.18 - 4.1.25 05:47
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 2.7.19 - 4.1.25 07:26
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 2.8.20 - 4.1.25 07:58
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 3.8.26 - 4.1.25 09:18
FREM Adam Cerra goal 3.8.26 - 5.1.31 11:14
ESSE Mark Baguley behind 3.9.27 - 5.1.31 12:16
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 4.9.33 - 5.1.31 14:12
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 4.10.34 - 5.1.31 15:37
FREM Cam Sutcliffe goal 4.10.34 - 6.1.37 17:32
ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 4.11.35 - 6.1.37 21:53
FREM Michael Walters goal 4.11.35 - 7.1.43 25:31
Q3 ESSE David Zaharakis goal 5.11.41 - 7.1.43 01:05
FREM Rushed behind 5.11.41 - 7.2.44 02:32
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 6.11.47 - 7.2.44 04:47
FREM David Mundy goal 6.11.47 - 8.2.50 07:35
FREM Michael Walters behind 6.11.47 - 8.3.51 09:22
ESSE David Myers behind 6.12.48 - 8.3.51 10:28
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 7.12.54 - 8.3.51 11:23
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 8.12.60 - 8.3.51 12:24
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 8.13.61 - 8.3.51 15:43
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 8.14.62 - 8.3.51 16:38
FREM Brandon Matera goal 8.14.62 - 9.3.57 17:50
ESSE Devon Smith goal 9.14.68 - 9.3.57 19:08
FREM Michael Walters goal 9.14.68 - 10.3.63 21:56
ESSE Adam Saad behind 9.15.69 - 10.3.63 27:14
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 9.16.70 - 10.3.63 28:39
FREM Rushed behind 9.16.70 - 10.4.64 30:03
Q4 ESSE Mark Baguley behind 9.17.71 - 10.4.64 02:37
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 9.18.72 - 10.4.64 03:54
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 9.19.73 - 10.4.64 05:39
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 10.19.79 - 10.4.64 09:20
ESSE Rushed behind 10.20.80 - 10.4.64 10:37
FREM Cam McCarthy goal 10.20.80 - 11.4.70 11:42
ESSE David Myers goal 11.20.86 - 11.4.70 19:15
ESSE Devon Smith goal 12.20.92 - 11.4.70 22:37
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 13.20.98 - 11.4.70 25:41
ESSE Rushed behind 13.21.99 - 11.4.70 27:22