2018 AFL Round 21: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 2018 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 21 of the 2018 AFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Etihad Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Jarryn Geary captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Alan Richardson.

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

St Kilda
Back: J. Geary (capt.), J. Carlisle, J. Newnes
Half-back: D. McKenzie, N. Brown, J. Webster
Centre: B. Rice, J. Steele, J. Sinclair
Half-forward: J. Lonie, T. Membrey, J. Billings
Forward: J. Gresham, R. Marshall, B. Long
Follower: L. Pierce, J. Steven, S. Ross
Int.: B. Acres, D. Armitage, N. Freeman, B. Paton

Essendon (18.14.122) defeated St Kilda (11.13.79).

Goalkickers
Essendon: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (5), O. Fantasia (2), K. Langford (2), D. Myers (2), J. Stringer (2), A. Francis, D. Heppell, C. Hooker, C. McKenna, D. Smith
St Kilda: J. Billings (2), J. Gresham (2), J. Lonie (2), N. Freeman, B. Long, R. Marshall, J. Newnes, B. Paton

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 11th on the ladder and St Kilda remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Friday 10 August 2018
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 37,483

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 18.14.122 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 3 10 . 8 14 . 13 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
St Kilda 4 . 4 6 . 8 7 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin ESSE by 5 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 43
Duration 34:54 29:37 28:27 29:51 2:02:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Alan Richardson (St Kilda)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Jarryn Geary (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Deboy (#11), J. Mollison (#32), T. Pannell (#28)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 3
David Myers ESSE 23 2
Kyle Langford ESSE 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 10 2 0 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Sebastian Ross STKL 6 5 0 ? ? ? ?
David Myers ESSE 23 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Conor McKenna ESSE 45 2 0 0 0 1 0
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 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
12 Baguley, Mark INT 91% 0 1 14 9 5 5 0 3 1 2 2 2 2 2
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 93% 0 1 13 3 10 3 25 0 3 2 1 0 1 2
28 Brown, Mitch CHF 100% 0 1 15 9 6 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0
32 Colyer, Travis FPR 86% 0 1 17 10 7 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7
13 Fantasia, Orazio WL 69% 2 3 14 10 4 4 0 5 2 4 3 1 0 3
10 Francis, Aaron INT 93% 1 0 13 10 3 4 0 3 0 1 2 0 3 1
9 Goddard, Brendon CHB 6% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) INT 90% 1 2 29 22 7 11 0 2 4 2 3 0 0 8
26 Hooker, Cale FF 67% 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 0
18 Hurley, Michael FB 97% 0 0 21 16 5 13 0 1 0 3 1 1 6 0
4 Langford, Kyle INT 81% 2 2 22 11 11 7 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 4
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 89% 5 0 15 9 6 3 0 7 2 0 3 0 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew HFFL 96% 0 0 33 19 14 8 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 2
45 McKenna, Conor HBFR 92% 1 0 20 13 7 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 5 4
41 McNiece, Ben BPL 91% 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
7 Merrett, Zach C 90% 0 0 36 15 21 4 0 5 3 1 0 0 2 5
23 Myers, David RO 86% 2 0 29 21 8 9 0 5 6 5 3 2 3 7
3 Parish, Darcy WR 92% 0 0 23 9 14 2 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 3
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 18% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Smith, Devon RR 92% 1 0 24 17 7 7 0 8 4 3 1 0 1 5
25 Stringer, Jake HFFR 92% 2 2 12 10 2 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4
11 Zaharakis, David BPR 90% 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 18 14 394 235 159 117 25 55 33 42 25 12 33 60

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
8 Acres, Blake INT 72% 0 0 21 6 15 3 0 3 2 3 2 2 0 5
20 Armitage, David INT 84% 0 1 25 12 13 8 0 3 0 2 1 0 5 1
15 Billings, Jack HFFR 89% 2 1 25 14 11 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 2
22 Brown, Nathan CHB 93% 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
2 Carlisle, Jake FB 90% 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0
10 Freeman, Nathan INT 55% 1 1 14 9 5 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 2
14 Geary, Jarryn (c) BPL 85% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 3
4 Gresham, Jade FPL 79% 2 2 11 6 5 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2
21 Long, Ben FPR 72% 1 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 4 2 1 1 1 2
13 Lonie, Jack HFFL 81% 2 0 11 7 4 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 2
43 Marshall, Rowan FF 87% 1 1 14 9 5 7 13 0 0 3 2 2 0 3
36 McKenzie, Daniel HBFL 89% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 0 4 2 3 3 1
28 Membrey, Tim CHF 92% 0 2 13 8 5 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
16 Newnes, Jack BPR 82% 1 1 11 4 7 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1
45 Paton, Ben INT 69% 1 1 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
42 Pierce, Lewis RU 79% 0 0 18 5 13 5 27 2 4 2 0 2 0 1
37 Rice, Bailey WL 76% 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0
6 Ross, Sebastian RO 93% 0 0 43 22 21 7 0 4 5 5 1 1 4 9
35 Sinclair, Jack WR 84% 0 1 20 9 11 3 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 0
9 Steele, Jack C 91% 0 0 31 11 20 7 0 8 2 4 1 1 4 5
3 Steven, Jack RR 79% 0 1 23 11 12 4 0 3 3 4 0 1 1 1
29 Webster, Jimmy HBFR 80% 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 2 1 3 0 2 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 11 13 356 186 170 93 40 46 28 53 12 25 35 46

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
14 J. Geary (c) 2 J. Carlisle 16 J. Newnes 2 T. Bellchambers 12 M. Baguley
32 T. Colyer 26 C. Hooker 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 5 D. Smith 10 A. Francis
FORWARD 23 D. Myers 21 D. Heppell (c)
HALF-BACK

4 K. Langford
36 D. McKenzie 22 N. Brown 29 J. Webster



25 J. Stringer 28 M. Brown 1 A. McGrath



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 B. Rice 9 J. Steele 35 J. Sinclair



3 D. Parish 7 Z. Merrett 13 O. Fantasia FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 42 L. Pierce 8 B. Acres
HALF-FORWARD 3 J. Steven 20 D. Armitage
13 J. Lonie 28 T. Membrey 15 J. Billings 6 S. Ross 10 N. Freeman
45 C. McKenna 9 B. Goddard 42 A. Saad

45 B. Paton
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 J. Gresham 43 R. Marshall 21 B. Long



11 D. Zaharakis 18 M. Hurley 41 B. McNiece



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Alan Richardson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:52
STKL Jade Gresham goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 06:45
STKL Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 07:49
ESSE Mark Baguley behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 08:26
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 11:47
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 12:41
STKL Jack Lonie goal 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 16:01
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 17:48
STKL Rowan Marshall behind 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 20:16
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 3.3.21 - 2.2.14 21:22
STKL Jack Billings goal 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 26:35
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 27:41
STKL David Armitage behind 4.3.27 - 3.3.21 29:22
ESSE Aaron Francis goal 5.3.33 - 3.3.21 31:47
STKL Jack Steven behind 5.3.33 - 3.4.22 33:39
STKL Jack Billings goal 5.3.33 - 4.4.28 33:59
Q2 ESSE Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 4.4.28 00:39
STKL Jade Gresham behind 5.4.34 - 4.5.29 02:55
STKL Jade Gresham goal 5.4.34 - 5.5.35 03:50
STKL Jade Gresham behind 5.4.34 - 5.6.36 06:16
STKL Tim Membrey behind 5.4.34 - 5.7.37 08:20
ESSE Travis Colyer behind 5.5.35 - 5.7.37 11:16
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 5.6.36 - 5.7.37 12:16
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 6.6.42 - 5.7.37 14:36
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 6.7.43 - 5.7.37 16:23
STKL Nathan Freeman goal 6.7.43 - 6.7.43 20:27
STKL Nathan Freeman behind 6.7.43 - 6.8.44 21:28
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 7.7.49 - 6.8.44 23:04
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 7.8.50 - 6.8.44 24:07
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 8.8.56 - 6.8.44 25:05
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 9.8.62 - 6.8.44 27:15
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 10.8.68 - 6.8.44 28:44
Q3 ESSE Kyle Langford behind 10.9.69 - 6.8.44 01:12
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 11.9.75 - 6.8.44 03:21
STKL Jack Lonie goal 11.9.75 - 7.8.50 05:29
STKL Tim Membrey behind 11.9.75 - 7.9.51 08:28
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 12.9.81 - 7.9.51 10:39
ESSE David Myers goal 13.9.87 - 7.9.51 16:10
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 14.9.93 - 7.9.51 18:43
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 14.10.94 - 7.9.51 20:14
STKL Jack Newnes behind 14.10.94 - 7.10.52 21:55
ESSE Dyson Heppell behind 14.11.95 - 7.10.52 23:44
ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 14.12.96 - 7.10.52 25:43
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 14.13.97 - 7.10.52 26:47
Q4 ESSE Devon Smith goal 15.13.103 - 7.10.52 00:21
STKL Jack Newnes goal 15.13.103 - 8.10.58 04:59
STKL Ben Long goal 15.13.103 - 9.10.64 06:37
STKL Ben Paton behind 15.13.103 - 9.11.65 07:51
STKL Jack Billings behind 15.13.103 - 9.12.66 09:36
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 16.13.109 - 9.12.66 14:36
STKL Rowan Marshall goal 16.13.109 - 10.12.72 16:30
ESSE David Myers goal 17.13.115 - 10.12.72 19:33
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 18.13.121 - 10.12.72 20:37
STKL Jack Sinclair behind 18.13.121 - 10.13.73 23:29
STKL Ben Paton goal 18.13.121 - 11.13.79 26:55
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 18.14.122 - 11.13.79 28:56