2019 AFL Elimination Final 1: West Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 2019 between West Coast and Essendon in the first elimination final of the 2019 AFL season. West Coast hosted Essendon at Optus Stadium. Shannon Hurn captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Adam Simpson and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

West Coast
Back: S. Hurn (capt.), T. Barrass, J. Nelson
Half-back: B. Sheppard, J. McGovern, L. Jetta
Centre: M. Hutchings, J. Redden, A. Gaff
Half-forward: W. Rioli, J. Darling, C. Masten
Forward: J. Cripps, J. Kennedy, L. Ryan
Follower: N. Naitanui, E. Yeo, L. Shuey
Int.: T. Hickey, W. Schofield, D. Sheed, J. Waterman

Essendon
Back: A. Saad, C. Hooker, P. Ambrose
Half-back: C. McKenna, M. Hurley, M. Redman
Centre: A. McGrath, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), D. Heppell (capt.)
Half-forward: J. Laverde, S. McKernan, W. Snelling
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, M. Brown, O. Fantasia
Follower: T. Bellchambers, D. Shiel, J. Stringer
Int.: A. Francis, B. Ham, K. Langford, D. Parish

West Coast (17.14.116) defeated Essendon (9.7.61).

Goalkickers
West Coast: J. Cripps (4), J. Kennedy (4), L. Ryan (3), J. Darling (2), J. Waterman (2), W. Rioli, D. Sheed
Essendon: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (2), A. Saad (2), W. Snelling (2), O. Fantasia, J. Laverde, A. McGrath

As a result of this match, West Coast faced Geelong in the first semi final and Essendon were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 1
Teams: West Coast v Essendon
Date: Thursday 5 September 2019
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 59,216

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Essendon
Score: 17.14.116 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 6 . 4 10 . 8 13 . 11 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Essendon 3 . 1 6 . 2 8 . 5 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin WCST by 21 WCST by 30 WCST by 36 WCST by 55 WCST by 55
Duration 29:09 30:28 29:08 30:17 1:59:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Simpson (West Coast), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Shannon Hurn (West Coast), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (West Coast), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), A. Stephens (#12), M. Stevic (#9)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jamie Cripps WCST 15 10 2 0 0 0 0
Luke Shuey WCST 13 8 0 2 0 0 0
Nic Naitanui WCST 9 4 0 0 1 0 1
Josh Kennedy WCST 17 3 0 0 1 0 0
Lewis Jetta WCST 23 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brad Sheppard WCST 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Redden WCST 8 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Barrass, Tom FB 88% 0 0 15 11 4 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2
15 Cripps, Jamie FPL 86% 4 3 22 13 9 4 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 4
27 Darling, Jack CHF 95% 2 0 11 7 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
3 Gaff, Andrew WR 91% 0 0 34 22 12 9 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 4
16 Hickey, Tom INT 72% 0 1 6 4 2 2 13 3 0 5 1 3 0 1
25 Hurn, Shannon (c) BPL 76% 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 1 1 2 1 1 4 3
34 Hutchings, Mark WL 48% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
23 Jetta, Lewis HBFR 87% 0 0 19 14 5 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 1
17 Kennedy, Josh FF 79% 4 2 10 7 3 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
7 Masten, Chris HFFR 94% 0 1 21 12 9 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 84% 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 2
9 Naitanui, Nic RU 53% 0 0 14 7 7 2 24 4 3 4 2 2 0 2
30 Nelson, Jackson BPR 76% 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 1 1 3 0 2 3 0
8 Redden, Jack C 85% 0 0 29 15 14 9 0 6 3 6 2 3 2 4
44 Rioli, Willie HFFL 86% 1 1 15 10 5 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
1 Ryan, Liam FPR 81% 3 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 3
31 Schofield, Will INT 90% 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1
4 Sheed, Dom INT 81% 1 1 22 16 6 4 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 7
5 Sheppard, Brad HBFL 94% 0 0 19 15 4 11 0 1 0 3 1 1 9 1
13 Shuey, Luke RO 72% 0 0 35 23 12 4 0 4 8 5 2 0 2 10
2 Waterman, Jake INT 78% 2 1 16 10 6 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2
6 Yeo, Elliot RR 71% 0 1 22 18 4 6 0 5 4 7 1 2 1 10
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 17 14 381 257 124 128 38 43 31 50 17 16 31 67

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick BPR 93% 0 0 17 14 3 10 0 1 0 2 0 1 8 0
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 90% 0 0 13 9 4 3 16 1 6 2 3 1 0 1
28 Brown, Mitch FF 56% 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
13 Fantasia, Orazio FPR 87% 1 2 13 7 6 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
10 Francis, Aaron INT 84% 0 0 20 14 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1
33 Ham, Brayden INT 73% 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) WR 53% 0 0 31 16 15 11 0 0 2 4 1 2 1 3
26 Hooker, Cale FB 82% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 94% 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 2 1 1 2 0 8 0
4 Langford, Kyle INT 73% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 0 4 2 0 1 2 3
15 Laverde, Jayden HFFL 88% 1 0 9 7 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 80% 2 2 9 9 0 3 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew WL 83% 1 0 30 18 12 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 4 5
45 McKenna, Conor HBFL 82% 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 4 0 4 1 1 6 1
44 McKernan, Shaun CHF 88% 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) C 60% 0 0 24 13 11 1 0 7 2 4 2 1 1 4
3 Parish, Darcy INT 62% 0 1 18 11 7 7 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 1
27 Redman, Mason HBFR 60% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 5 0 3 1 1 1 2
42 Saad, Adam BPL 45% 2 0 18 12 6 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 4 3
9 Shiel, Dylan RR 83% 0 0 28 14 14 4 0 3 6 2 1 0 2 5
40 Snelling, Will HFFR 52% 2 0 12 3 9 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
25 Stringer, Jake RO 79% 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 7 342 214 128 95 18 45 32 50 16 17 49 41

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

West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
42 A. Saad 26 C. Hooker 29 P. Ambrose 9 N. Naitanui 16 T. Hickey
1 L. Ryan 17 J. Kennedy 15 J. Cripps 6 E. Yeo 31 W. Schofield
FORWARD 13 L. Shuey 4 D. Sheed
HALF-BACK

2 J. Waterman
45 C. McKenna 18 M. Hurley 27 M. Redman



7 C. Masten 27 J. Darling 44 W. Rioli



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 A. McGrath 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 21 D. Heppell (c)



3 A. Gaff 8 J. Redden 34 M. Hutchings FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 10 A. Francis
HALF-FORWARD 9 D. Shiel 33 B. Ham
15 J. Laverde 44 S. McKernan 40 W. Snelling 25 J. Stringer 4 K. Langford
23 L. Jetta 20 J. McGovern 5 B. Sheppard

3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 28 M. Brown 13 O. Fantasia



30 J. Nelson 37 T. Barrass 25 S. Hurn (c)



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:24
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:03
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:27
ESSE Will Snelling goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 09:12
WCST Jack Darling goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 11:05
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 12:35
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 14:43
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 16:54
WCST Jake Waterman goal 4.2.26 - 2.1.13 19:19
WCST Willie Rioli goal 5.2.32 - 2.1.13 20:55
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 5.2.32 - 3.1.19 23:43
WCST Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 3.1.19 25:38
WCST Willie Rioli behind 5.4.34 - 3.1.19 26:17
WCST Josh Kennedy goal 6.4.40 - 3.1.19 29:06
Q2 WCST Josh Kennedy goal 7.4.46 - 3.1.19 00:19
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 7.4.46 - 3.2.20 02:11
WCST Liam Ryan goal 8.4.52 - 3.2.20 03:43
WCST Liam Ryan goal 9.4.58 - 3.2.20 05:03
ESSE Will Snelling goal 9.4.58 - 4.2.26 06:38
WCST Josh Kennedy behind 9.5.59 - 4.2.26 08:37
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 10.5.65 - 4.2.26 12:29
WCST Rushed behind 10.6.66 - 4.2.26 13:44
WCST Tom Hickey behind 10.7.67 - 4.2.26 15:25
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 10.7.67 - 5.2.32 17:15
ESSE Adam Saad goal 10.7.67 - 6.2.38 20:10
WCST Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 6.2.38 23:13
Q3 WCST Josh Kennedy goal 11.8.74 - 6.2.38 02:16
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 11.8.74 - 7.2.44 05:43
ESSE Adam Saad goal 11.8.74 - 8.2.50 06:51
WCST Jake Waterman behind 11.9.75 - 8.2.50 09:02
WCST Chris Masten behind 11.10.76 - 8.2.50 14:11
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 12.10.82 - 8.2.50 17:46
WCST Elliot Yeo behind 12.11.83 - 8.2.50 21:28
ESSE Rushed behind 12.11.83 - 8.3.51 22:40
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 12.11.83 - 8.4.52 24:06
ESSE Rushed behind 12.11.83 - 8.5.53 25:39
WCST Jake Waterman goal 13.11.89 - 8.5.53 26:28
Q4 WCST Josh Kennedy behind 13.12.90 - 8.5.53 03:40
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 13.13.91 - 8.5.53 06:46
WCST Dom Sheed behind 13.14.92 - 8.5.53 09:04
WCST Dom Sheed goal 14.14.98 - 8.5.53 09:42
WCST Liam Ryan goal 15.14.104 - 8.5.53 10:57
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 16.14.110 - 8.5.53 12:12
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 16.14.110 - 8.6.54 20:13
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 16.14.110 - 9.6.60 22:27
WCST Jack Darling goal 17.14.116 - 9.6.60 24:18
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 17.14.116 - 9.7.61 29:49