2019 AFL Round 4: Essendon v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 13 April 2019 between Essendon and Brisbane Lions during round 4 of the 2019 AFL season. Essendon hosted Brisbane Lions at MCG. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. Dayne Zorko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

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

Brisbane Lions
Back: L. Hodge, H. Andrews, D. Rich
Half-back: N. Robertson, D. Gardiner, M. Robinson
Centre: J. Berry, L. Neale, H. McCluggage
Half-forward: C. Rayner, E. Hipwood, L. McCarthy
Forward: C. Cameron, D. McStay, J. Walker
Follower: O. McInerney, D. Zorko (capt.), J. Lyons
Int.: A. Christensen, S. Martin, R. Mathieson, A. Witherden

Essendon (17.10.112) defeated Brisbane Lions (9.11.65).

Goalkickers
Essendon: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (7), M. Brown (3), O. Fantasia (2), A. McGrath (2), M. Baguley, Z. Merrett, J. Stringer
Brisbane Lions: H. McCluggage (2), D. McStay (2), J. Berry, E. Hipwood, R. Mathieson, L. McCarthy, O. McInerney

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 12th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Brisbane Lions were then 4th on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 13 April 2019
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 48,289

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 17.10.112 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 2 11 . 6 13 . 8 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Brisbane Lions 2 . 2 3 . 5 7 . 8 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Margin ESSE by 30 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 36 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 47
Duration 32:21 31:22 29:10 30:24 2:03:17

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions)
Vice-Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Margetts (#6), A. Mitchell (#31), A. Whetton (#19)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 3
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 2
Mitch Brown ESSE 28 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 8 0 2 0 0 0
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 5 0 0 1 1 0
Mitch Brown ESSE 28 3 0 0 1 0 0
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 2 0 0 0 1 0
Patrick Ambrose ESSE 29 1 0 0 0 0 1
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 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
29 Ambrose, Patrick FB 84% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 1
12 Baguley, Mark FPR 88% 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 4
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 71% 0 0 6 4 2 1 16 1 4 4 1 3 1 0
28 Brown, Mitch FF 98% 3 1 25 15 10 11 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
20 Clarke, Zac CHF 86% 0 1 11 3 8 3 9 2 2 6 0 4 0 1
13 Fantasia, Orazio RR 75% 2 0 14 4 10 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 2
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFL 78% 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 4 2 6 1 1 0 4
26 Hooker, Cale BPL 81% 0 0 23 11 12 12 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 1
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 91% 0 0 22 18 4 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 10 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 79% 7 1 20 16 4 10 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 5
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 72% 2 0 19 13 6 3 0 2 1 4 2 0 2 2
45 McKenna, Conor BPR 83% 0 0 20 12 8 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 2
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) C 81% 1 0 35 15 20 4 0 6 7 3 1 0 0 7
23 Myers, David INT 66% 0 0 19 6 13 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 1
3 Parish, Darcy HFFL 82% 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 5 1 4 1 1 1 5
27 Redman, Mason WR 85% 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 4 0 3 1 2 2 1
14 Ridley, Jordan INT 85% 0 0 17 11 6 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 90% 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 5 3 4 0 2 3 0
9 Shiel, Dylan RO 81% 0 0 28 12 16 2 0 6 7 3 1 0 2 4
5 Smith, Devon INT 75% 0 1 19 10 9 3 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 3
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 85% 1 4 13 10 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 4
11 Zaharakis, David WL 82% 0 0 30 18 12 10 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 10 408 234 174 103 25 56 37 64 15 23 44 57

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
31 Andrews, Harris FB 97% 0 0 22 14 8 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 2
7 Berry, Jarrod WL 82% 1 2 26 14 12 8 0 1 3 7 1 2 0 6
23 Cameron, Charlie FPL 87% 0 3 14 14 0 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 5
3 Christensen, Allen INT 73% 0 0 22 9 13 5 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1
27 Gardiner, Darcy CHB 78% 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 1
30 Hipwood, Eric CHF 84% 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 3
2 Hodge, Luke BPL 83% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 2 0 1 1 1 4 1
17 Lyons, Jarryd RO 75% 0 0 18 6 12 2 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 2
12 Martin, Stefan INT 79% 0 0 14 8 6 3 29 2 6 2 3 1 1 3
36 Mathieson, Rhys INT 80% 1 1 14 7 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
11 McCarthy, Lincoln HFFR 74% 1 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 2
6 McCluggage, Hugh WR 83% 2 0 20 11 9 5 0 2 1 5 1 2 1 3
46 McInerney, Oscar RU 75% 1 0 7 1 6 3 14 2 2 3 2 1 0 0
25 McStay, Daniel FF 84% 2 1 10 4 6 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Neale, Lachie C 87% 0 0 40 12 28 7 0 6 8 1 2 0 2 2
16 Rayner, Cam HFFL 78% 0 1 7 5 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
10 Rich, Daniel BPR 82% 0 0 24 16 8 3 0 1 4 2 2 0 2 5
18 Robertson, Nick HBFL 86% 0 0 9 3 6 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Robinson, Mitch HBFR 79% 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 2 2 3 0 2 4 5
14 Walker, Josh FPR 94% 0 0 14 10 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
29 Witherden, Alex INT 81% 0 0 28 20 8 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 11 2
15 Zorko, Dayne (c) RR 81% 0 0 22 18 4 6 0 4 4 8 2 2 1 7
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 9 11 377 216 161 101 43 43 35 52 23 15 39 54

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
2 L. Hodge 31 H. Andrews 10 D. Rich 2 T. Bellchambers 1 A. McGrath
12 M. Baguley 28 M. Brown 25 J. Stringer 13 O. Fantasia 23 D. Myers
FORWARD 9 D. Shiel 14 J. Ridley
HALF-BACK

5 D. Smith
18 N. Robertson 27 D. Gardiner 5 M. Robinson



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 20 Z. Clarke 3 D. Parish



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 J. Berry 9 L. Neale 6 H. McCluggage



27 M. Redman 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 11 D. Zaharakis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 46 O. McInerney 3 A. Christensen
HALF-FORWARD 15 D. Zorko (c) 12 S. Martin
16 C. Rayner 30 E. Hipwood 11 L. McCarthy 17 J. Lyons 36 R. Mathieson
42 A. Saad 18 M. Hurley 21 D. Heppell (c)

29 A. Witherden
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



23 C. Cameron 25 D. McStay 14 J. Walker



45 C. McKenna 29 P. Ambrose 26 C. Hooker



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:15
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:46
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 05:53
BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 07:09
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 08:01
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 11:30
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 4.1.25 - 1.1.7 13:23
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 5.1.31 - 1.1.7 15:45
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 5.2.32 - 1.1.7 19:38
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 6.2.38 - 1.1.7 24:16
BRIL Jarrod Berry behind 6.2.38 - 1.2.8 26:58
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 6.2.38 - 2.2.14 28:04
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 7.2.44 - 2.2.14 31:21
Q2 ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 8.2.50 - 2.2.14 02:52
BRIL Daniel McStay behind 8.2.50 - 2.3.15 04:50
BRIL Jarrod Berry goal 8.2.50 - 3.3.21 06:35
BRIL Rushed behind 8.2.50 - 3.4.22 08:50
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 9.2.56 - 3.4.22 10:24
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 9.3.57 - 3.4.22 14:12
ESSE Devon Smith behind 9.4.58 - 3.4.22 14:48
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 9.5.59 - 3.4.22 17:14
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 9.6.60 - 3.4.22 21:27
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 10.6.66 - 3.4.22 24:14
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 11.6.72 - 3.4.22 29:19
BRIL Rhys Mathieson behind 11.6.72 - 3.5.23 31:18
Q3 ESSE Zac Clarke behind 11.7.73 - 3.5.23 00:59
BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 11.7.73 - 3.6.24 03:43
BRIL Oscar McInerney goal 11.7.73 - 4.6.30 04:42
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 11.7.73 - 5.6.36 08:30
BRIL Jarrod Berry behind 11.7.73 - 5.7.37 09:34
ESSE Mark Baguley behind 11.8.74 - 5.7.37 10:48
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 12.8.80 - 5.7.37 16:21
BRIL Rhys Mathieson goal 12.8.80 - 6.7.43 17:57
BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 12.8.80 - 6.8.44 23:16
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 13.8.86 - 6.8.44 26:15
BRIL Daniel McStay goal 13.8.86 - 7.8.50 29:03
Q4 BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 13.8.86 - 8.8.56 00:50
BRIL Rushed behind 13.8.86 - 8.9.57 09:52
BRIL Cam Rayner behind 13.8.86 - 8.10.58 10:51
ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 14.8.92 - 8.10.58 14:52
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 15.8.98 - 8.10.58 16:24
BRIL Daniel McStay goal 15.8.98 - 9.10.64 20:29
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 15.9.99 - 9.10.64 22:15
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 16.9.105 - 9.10.64 24:10
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 16.10.106 - 9.10.64 26:21
BRIL Rushed behind 16.10.106 - 9.11.65 29:28
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 17.10.112 - 9.11.65 30:09