2019 AFL Season Round 1: Greater Western Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 March 2019 between Greater Western Sydney and Essendon during round one of the 2019 season of the Australian Football League. Greater Western Sydney hosted Essendon at GIANTS Stadium. Phil Davis captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Leon Cameron and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Greater Western Sydney (16.16.112) defeated Essendon (5.10.40).

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Essendon
Date: Sunday 24 March 2019
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: GIANTS Stadium
Attendance: 15,424

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 16.16.112 - 5.10.40

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 3 . 2 7 . 8 10 . 13 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Essendon 0 . 4 2 . 5 3 . 8 5 . 10 5 . 10 (40)
Margin GWSY by 16 GWSY by 33 GWSY by 47 GWSY by 72 GWSY by 72
Duration 31:18 30:25 29:31 31:07 2:02:21

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: Phil Davis
Coach: Leon Cameron

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell
Vice-Captain: Zach Merrett
Coach: John Worsfold

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Fisher (#3)
D. Margetts (#6)
A. Mitchell (#31)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 3
Stephen Coniglio GWSY 3 2
Dawson Simpson GWSY 26 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Stephen Coniglio GWSY 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tim Taranto GWSY 14 8 0 2 0 0 0
Jeremy Cameron GWSY 18 5 0 0 1 1 0
Sam Taylor GWSY 15 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jacob Hopper GWSY 2 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
18 Cameron, Jeremy FF 93% 4 2 13 10 3 5 0 0 1 5 1 3 0 2
3 Coniglio, Stephen RR 90% 3 1 31 24 7 9 0 7 5 6 1 0 2 8
16 Daniels, Brent HFFR 88% 0 2 17 9 8 3 0 7 2 0 2 0 0 2
1 Davis, Phil (c) FB 85% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1
24 de Boer, Matt RO 84% 0 1 16 5 11 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 1 2
7 Deledio, Brett INT 79% 0 1 14 6 8 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 3
31 Finlayson, Jeremy HBFL 82% 0 1 9 8 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
4 Greene, Toby FPL 71% 1 1 14 12 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHF 88% 1 0 14 7 7 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
2 Hopper, Jacob INT 81% 0 2 28 17 11 6 0 3 7 1 3 0 3 9
25 Keeffe, Lachie FPR 78% 3 2 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0
40 Kennedy, Adam INT 86% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 6 3
38 Lloyd, Daniel INT 81% 2 0 13 6 7 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
36 Perryman, Harry WR 38% 0 2 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2
50 Reid, Sam HFFL 85% 0 0 15 5 10 4 0 3 3 3 3 1 3 1
23 Shaw, Heath BPL 89% 0 1 19 16 3 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 0
26 Simpson, Dawson RU 70% 0 0 8 4 4 2 32 3 2 2 1 1 5 0
14 Taranto, Tim C 84% 2 0 30 21 9 3 0 10 7 8 1 2 3 7
15 Taylor, Sam CHB 83% 0 0 17 5 12 3 0 3 0 1 2 1 4 0
20 Tomlinson, Adam WL 89% 0 0 23 16 7 8 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 4
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFR 90% 0 0 30 19 11 7 0 2 5 2 1 0 5 5
29 Williams, Zac BPR 86% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 0
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 16 16 371 230 141 99 36 63 36 45 23 12 47 55

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick FB 90% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0
12 Baguley, Mark HFFR 83% 1 0 8 5 3 5 0 2 0 5 0 3 0 3
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 82% 0 1 7 5 2 0 31 0 4 2 2 1 1 1
28 Brown, Mitch HBFL 98% 0 1 9 6 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
13 Fantasia, Orazio INT 68% 0 3 9 6 3 2 0 3 2 3 1 2 0 2
10 Francis, Aaron INT 79% 1 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
35 Guelfi, Matt WR 79% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HFFL 81% 0 0 25 16 9 8 0 4 3 2 1 0 4 6
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 93% 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 0 0 2 2 1 8 0
4 Langford, Kyle RR 87% 2 1 18 12 6 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 84% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 3 0 2 0 5
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 75% 0 0 23 14 9 4 0 3 4 3 0 0 4 3
45 McKenna, Conor BPR 81% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 3 4 0 1 3 2
44 McKernan, Shaun FF 86% 0 1 5 5 0 1 10 1 2 2 0 1 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) FPL 77% 0 0 16 5 11 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 3 3
23 Myers, David INT 68% 0 1 12 7 5 2 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 4
14 Ridley, Jordan HBFR 85% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0
42 Saad, Adam BPL 82% 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 5 0 1 0 1 5 1
9 Shiel, Dylan C 76% 0 1 25 10 15 2 0 2 7 2 0 0 1 4
5 Smith, Devon RO 78% 0 0 23 15 8 6 0 4 3 4 1 1 1 6
25 Stringer, Jake CHF 79% 1 0 10 7 3 1 0 7 1 4 1 2 0 3
11 Zaharakis, David WL 90% 0 0 25 13 12 7 0 2 3 5 1 3 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 5 10 309 187 122 73 41 58 40 52 12 23 37 52

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

Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
42 A. Saad 29 P. Ambrose 45 C. McKenna 26 D. Simpson 7 B. Deledio
25 L. Keeffe 18 J. Cameron 4 T. Greene 3 S. Coniglio 2 J. Hopper
FORWARD 24 M. de Boer 40 A. Kennedy
HALF-BACK

38 D. Lloyd
28 M. Brown 18 M. Hurley 14 J. Ridley



16 B. Daniels 27 H. Himmelberg 50 S. Reid



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 D. Zaharakis 9 D. Shiel 35 M. Guelfi



36 H. Perryman 14 T. Taranto 20 A. Tomlinson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 13 O. Fantasia
HALF-FORWARD 4 K. Langford 10 A. Francis
21 D. Heppell (c) 25 J. Stringer 12 M. Baguley 5 D. Smith 1 A. McGrath
6 L. Whitfield 15 S. Taylor 31 J. Finlayson

23 D. Myers
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



7 Z. Merrett (vc) 44 S. McKernan 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



29 Z. Williams 1 P. Davis (c) 23 H. Shaw



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:20
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 04:46
ESSE David Myers behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 06:19
ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 1.0.6 - 0.3.3 07:32
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 2.0.12 - 0.3.3 10:15
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson behind 2.1.13 - 0.3.3 14:00
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 2.1.13 - 0.4.4 19:11
GWSY Matt de Boer behind 2.2.14 - 0.4.4 26:05
GWSY Jeremy Cameron goal 3.2.20 - 0.4.4 28:33
Q2 GWSY Brent Daniels behind 3.3.21 - 0.4.4 00:26
GWSY Harry Perryman behind 3.4.22 - 0.4.4 01:20
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 4.4.28 - 0.4.4 02:36
GWSY Jacob Hopper behind 4.5.29 - 0.4.4 05:37
GWSY Lachie Keeffe goal 5.5.35 - 0.4.4 06:22
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 5.5.35 - 1.4.10 10:31
GWSY Harry Perryman behind 5.6.36 - 1.4.10 12:45
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 5.6.36 - 2.4.16 14:09
GWSY Lachie Keeffe goal 6.6.42 - 2.4.16 15:44
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 6.6.42 - 2.5.17 17:43
GWSY Heath Shaw behind 6.7.43 - 2.5.17 20:58
GWSY Lachie Keeffe behind 6.8.44 - 2.5.17 27:01
GWSY Jeremy Cameron goal 7.8.50 - 2.5.17 30:23
Q3 GWSY Brent Daniels behind 7.9.51 - 2.5.17 04:08
GWSY Brett Deledio behind 7.10.52 - 2.5.17 06:26
GWSY Jeremy Cameron goal 8.10.58 - 2.5.17 07:14
GWSY Toby Greene behind 8.11.59 - 2.5.17 08:50
GWSY Jacob Hopper behind 8.12.60 - 2.5.17 12:39
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 8.12.60 - 2.6.18 13:49
GWSY Lachie Keeffe goal 9.12.66 - 2.6.18 17:59
GWSY Tim Taranto goal 10.12.72 - 2.6.18 19:11
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 10.12.72 - 2.7.19 21:18
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 10.13.73 - 2.7.19 23:15
ESSE Rushed behind 10.13.73 - 2.8.20 25:52
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 10.13.73 - 3.8.26 29:29
Q4 GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 11.13.79 - 3.8.26 00:40
GWSY Toby Greene goal 12.13.85 - 3.8.26 02:28
GWSY Tim Taranto goal 13.13.91 - 3.8.26 05:36
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 14.13.97 - 3.8.26 07:01
GWSY Stephen Coniglio behind 14.14.98 - 3.8.26 08:42
GWSY Jeremy Cameron behind 14.15.99 - 3.8.26 11:28
GWSY Lachie Keeffe behind 14.16.100 - 3.8.26 11:55
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 15.16.106 - 3.8.26 12:18
GWSY Jeremy Cameron goal 16.16.112 - 3.8.26 15:29
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 16.16.112 - 3.9.27 20:53
ESSE Aaron Francis goal 16.16.112 - 4.9.33 22:56
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 16.16.112 - 4.10.34 27:39
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 16.16.112 - 5.10.40 28:25