2019 AFL Round 9: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 2019 between Essendon and Fremantle during round 9 of the 2019 AFL season. Essendon hosted Fremantle at Marvel Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. Nat Fyfe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

Essendon
Back: M. Baguley, C. Hooker, M. Hurley
Half-back: B. McNiece, P. Ambrose, A. Saad
Centre: C. McKenna, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), D. Zaharakis
Half-forward: D. Parish, J. Daniher, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: A. Francis, J. Stringer, M. Guelfi
Follower: T. Bellchambers, J. Begley, D. Heppell (capt.)
Int.: K. Langford, A. McGrath, M. Redman, D. Shiel

Fremantle
Back: J. Hamling, A. Pearce, L. Ryan
Half-back: T. Duman, N. Wilson, E. Hughes
Centre: D. Tucker, N. Fyfe (capt.), B. Hill
Half-forward: M. Walters, E. Langdon, S. Switkowski
Forward: J. Hogan, M. Taberner, B. Matera
Follower: R. Lobb, A. Brayshaw, D. Mundy
Int.: C. Blakely, A. Cerra, R. Conca, B. Cox

Essendon (8.12.60) defeated Fremantle (7.11.53).

Goalkickers
Essendon: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (3), D. Shiel (2), A. Francis, J. Stringer, D. Zaharakis
Fremantle: B. Matera (2), J. Hogan, E. Langdon, D. Mundy, D. Tucker, M. Walters

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Fremantle were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 18 May 2019
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 29,176

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fremantle
Score: 8.12.60 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 3 . 7 5 . 11 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Fremantle 2 . 3 3 . 5 4 . 9 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin FREM by 6 ESSE by 2 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 7
Duration 27:10 26:50 29:25 31:21 1:54:46

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Ross Lyon (Fremantle)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)
Vice-Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Nicholls (#15), M. Stevic (#9), A. Whetton (#19)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
David Mundy FREM 16 2
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
David Mundy FREM 16 8 ? ? ? 0 0
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Matt Guelfi ESSE 35 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick CHB 93% 0 0 10 3 7 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
12 Baguley, Mark BPL 92% 0 1 14 7 7 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
16 Begley, Josh RR 85% 0 4 12 7 5 5 0 3 0 3 1 3 0 2
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 86% 0 1 13 4 9 2 28 1 4 4 1 2 1 0
6 Daniher, Joe CHF 84% 0 4 16 9 7 6 5 3 1 4 3 3 0 4
10 Francis, Aaron FPL 83% 1 0 15 7 8 6 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 3
35 Guelfi, Matt FPR 77% 0 0 17 6 11 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RO 83% 0 0 27 14 13 2 0 0 8 5 1 0 2 3
26 Hooker, Cale FB 88% 0 0 20 11 9 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
18 Hurley, Michael BPR 91% 0 0 23 14 9 6 0 1 1 4 0 2 7 0
4 Langford, Kyle INT 69% 0 0 24 9 15 4 0 2 2 3 2 1 2 3
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 80% 3 0 10 6 4 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 70% 0 0 20 10 10 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3
45 McKenna, Conor WL 81% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 2
41 McNiece, Ben HBFL 86% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) C 75% 0 0 35 11 24 6 0 6 3 5 2 0 4 3
3 Parish, Darcy HFFL 70% 0 0 24 12 12 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 3
27 Redman, Mason INT 72% 0 0 20 15 5 7 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 1
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 90% 0 0 23 13 10 2 0 6 0 2 2 0 8 2
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 74% 2 0 25 17 8 3 0 5 5 2 2 0 2 4
25 Stringer, Jake FF 85% 1 1 17 16 1 5 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 8
11 Zaharakis, David WR 86% 1 0 32 19 13 6 0 5 1 4 1 1 3 5
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 12 427 229 198 92 33 54 33 60 18 16 47 50

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
19 Blakely, Connor INT 77% 0 0 20 8 12 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RR 72% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 2
5 Cerra, Adam INT 55% 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 3
6 Conca, Reece INT 70% 0 0 26 13 13 5 0 3 4 5 0 2 2 0
36 Cox, Brennan INT 85% 0 0 5 3 2 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 2
44 Duman, Taylin HBFL 84% 0 0 21 14 7 6 0 6 2 3 1 0 3 2
7 Fyfe, Nat (c) C 92% 0 0 24 11 13 2 0 3 9 4 0 1 1 3
21 Hamling, Joel BPL 89% 0 0 6 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2
9 Hill, Bradley WR 87% 0 1 23 21 2 4 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 7
11 Hogan, Jesse FPL 95% 1 4 15 10 5 4 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 2
15 Hughes, Ethan HBFR 86% 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 2
26 Langdon, Ed CHF 85% 1 0 20 5 15 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
37 Lobb, Rory RU 91% 0 0 16 9 7 4 33 0 3 6 3 3 0 4
3 Matera, Brandon FPR 71% 2 1 13 9 4 4 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3
16 Mundy, David RO 69% 1 0 34 14 20 4 0 6 9 1 1 0 4 3
25 Pearce, Alex FB 92% 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 3 0 2 2 2 1 0
38 Ryan, Luke BPR 95% 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 2 0 6 0 1 8 1
39 Switkowski, Sam HFFR 69% 0 0 10 3 7 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 2
20 Taberner, Matt FF 86% 0 1 17 11 6 8 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 3
18 Tucker, Darcy WL 82% 1 0 22 9 13 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
10 Walters, Michael HFFL 89% 1 1 21 13 8 2 0 7 1 5 2 2 2 5
14 Wilson, Nathan CHB 80% 0 0 19 18 1 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 10 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 7 11 383 219 164 91 36 60 35 54 16 18 40 56

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
21 J. Hamling 25 A. Pearce 38 L. Ryan 2 T. Bellchambers 4 K. Langford
35 M. Guelfi 25 J. Stringer 10 A. Francis 16 J. Begley 1 A. McGrath
FORWARD 21 D. Heppell (c) 27 M. Redman
HALF-BACK

9 D. Shiel
44 T. Duman 14 N. Wilson 15 E. Hughes



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 6 J. Daniher 3 D. Parish



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 D. Tucker 7 N. Fyfe (c) 9 B. Hill



11 D. Zaharakis 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 45 C. McKenna FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 37 R. Lobb 19 C. Blakely
HALF-FORWARD 8 A. Brayshaw 5 A. Cerra
10 M. Walters 26 E. Langdon 39 S. Switkowski 16 D. Mundy 6 R. Conca
42 A. Saad 29 P. Ambrose 41 B. McNiece

36 B. Cox
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 J. Hogan 20 M. Taberner 3 B. Matera



18 M. Hurley 26 C. Hooker 12 M. Baguley



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Michael Walters behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 04:17
FREM Ed Langdon goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 08:45
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 12:57
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 14:36
ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 16:28
FREM Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 18:23
ESSE Mark Baguley behind 1.3.9 - 1.2.8 21:23
FREM Brandon Matera goal 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 22:18
FREM Jesse Hogan behind 1.3.9 - 2.3.15 24:03
Q2 ESSE Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 2.3.15 01:49
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 1.5.11 - 2.3.15 05:20
FREM Darcy Tucker goal 1.5.11 - 3.3.21 06:57
FREM Jesse Hogan behind 1.5.11 - 3.4.22 08:52
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 2.5.17 - 3.4.22 11:27
ESSE Josh Begley behind 2.6.18 - 3.4.22 15:45
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 3.6.24 - 3.4.22 16:29
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 3.7.25 - 3.4.22 22:40
FREM Adam Cerra behind 3.7.25 - 3.5.23 26:46
Q3 FREM Bradley Hill behind 3.7.25 - 3.6.24 03:28
ESSE Josh Begley behind 3.8.26 - 3.6.24 04:09
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 4.8.32 - 3.6.24 06:04
FREM Brandon Matera behind 4.8.32 - 3.7.25 08:28
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 4.9.33 - 3.7.25 10:04
ESSE Josh Begley behind 4.10.34 - 3.7.25 13:13
FREM Jesse Hogan behind 4.10.34 - 3.8.26 14:40
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 5.10.40 - 3.8.26 15:29
FREM David Mundy goal 5.10.40 - 4.8.32 21:46
ESSE Josh Begley behind 5.11.41 - 4.8.32 24:09
FREM Matt Taberner behind 5.11.41 - 4.9.33 27:57
Q4 ESSE Joe Daniher behind 5.12.42 - 4.9.33 01:37
FREM Rushed behind 5.12.42 - 4.10.34 02:56
ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 6.12.48 - 4.10.34 04:22
ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 7.12.54 - 4.10.34 13:08
ESSE Aaron Francis goal 8.12.60 - 4.10.34 16:10
FREM Michael Walters goal 8.12.60 - 5.10.40 18:29
FREM Jesse Hogan goal 8.12.60 - 6.10.46 21:25
FREM Brandon Matera goal 8.12.60 - 7.10.52 25:23
FREM Jesse Hogan behind 8.12.60 - 7.11.53 29:30