2019 AFL 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 1 of the 2019 AFL season. 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
Back: H. Shaw, P. Davis (capt.), Z. Williams
Half-back: J. Finlayson, S. Taylor, L. Whitfield
Centre: A. Tomlinson, T. Taranto, H. Perryman
Half-forward: S. Reid, H. Himmelberg, B. Daniels
Forward: T. Greene, J. Cameron, L. Keeffe
Follower: D. Simpson, S. Coniglio, M. de Boer
Int.: B. Deledio, J. Hopper, A. Kennedy, D. Lloyd

Essendon
Back: A. Saad, P. Ambrose, C. McKenna
Half-back: M. Brown, M. Hurley, J. Ridley
Centre: D. Zaharakis, D. Shiel, M. Guelfi
Half-forward: D. Heppell (capt.), J. Stringer, M. Baguley
Forward: Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), S. McKernan, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: T. Bellchambers, K. Langford, D. Smith
Int.: O. Fantasia, A. Francis, A. McGrath, D. Myers

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

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: J. Cameron (4), S. Coniglio (3), L. Keeffe (3), D. Lloyd (2), T. Taranto (2), T. Greene, H. Himmelberg
Essendon: K. Langford (2), M. Baguley, A. Francis, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 1st on the ladder and Essendon were then 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Phil Davis (Greater Western Sydney), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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