2019 AFL Season Round 15: Essendon v Greater Western Sydney
This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 2019 between Essendon and Greater Western Sydney during round fifteen of the 2019 season of the Australian Football League.
Essendon hosted Greater Western Sydney at Marvel Stadium.
Dyson Heppell captained the hosts with Zach Merrett as vice-captain.
Phil Davis captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.
Essendon (12.5.77) defeated Greater Western Sydney (10.11.71).
Match Details
Season:
2019 AFL Season
Round:
Round 15
Teams:
Essendon
v
Greater Western Sydney
Date:
Thursday 27 June 2019
Time:
7:20 PM
Venue:
Marvel Stadium
Attendance:
25,195
Match Results
Outcome:
Essendon
def.
Greater Western Sydney
Score:
12.5.77 - 10.11.71
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Essendon | 3 | . | 2 | 5 | . | 3 | 6 | . | 4 | 12 | . | 5 | 12 | . | 5 | (77) |
| Greater Western Sydney | 1 | . | 2 | 5 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 8 | 10 | . | 11 | 10 | . | 11 | (71) |
| Margin | ESSE by 12 | GWSY by 1 | GWSY by 10 | ESSE by 6 | ESSE by 6 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 28:58 | 32:08 | 27:42 | 33:15 | 2:02:03 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Essendon) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Greater Western Sydney) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Essendon
Captain: Dyson HeppellVice-Captain: Zach Merrett
Coach: John Worsfold
Greater Western Sydney
Captain: Phil DavisCoach: Leon Cameron
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
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| Stephen Coniglio | GWSY | 3 | 3 |
| Zach Merrett | ESSE | 7 | 2 |
| Josh Kelly | GWSY | 22 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zac Williams | GWSY | 29 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Hopper | GWSY | 2 | 5 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Zach Merrett | ESSE | 7 | 5 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Adam Saad | ESSE | 42 | 4 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Dylan Shiel | ESSE | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | ? |
| Shaun McKernan | ESSE | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Kelly | GWSY | 22 | 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 |
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| 16 | Begley, Josh | HFFR | 71% | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Bellchambers, Tom | RU | 56% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | Brown, Mitch | FB | 97% | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Clarke, Dylan | WR | 83% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Fantasia, Orazio | WL | 77% | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Francis, Aaron | INT | 78% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Gleeson, Martin | BPL | 87% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Heppell, Dyson (c) | RO | 83% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 26 | Hooker, Cale | CHB | 88% | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Hurley, Michael | BPR | 99% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Langford, Kyle | INT | 79% | 1 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | Laverde, Jayden | CHF | 87% | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 | McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony | FPR | 82% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | McGrath, Andrew | INT | 71% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | McKenna, Conor | HBFL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 44 | McKernan, Shaun | FF | 87% | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Merrett, Zach (vc) | C | 77% | 0 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Parish, Darcy | INT | 78% | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Redman, Mason | FPL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 42 | Saad, Adam | HBFR | 90% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 9 | Shiel, Dylan | RR | 82% | 1 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | Zaharakis, David | HFFL | 83% | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 12 | 5 | 325 | 194 | 131 | 73 | 47 | 79 | 38 | 49 | 29 | 14 | 41 | 60 | |||
Greater Western Sydney
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 18 | Cameron, Jeremy | CHF | 86% | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Coniglio, Stephen | RR | 89% | 0 | 0 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | Daniels, Brent | INT | 66% | 1 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Davis, Phil (c) | FB | 91% | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | Deledio, Brett | FPR | 83% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 31 | Finlayson, Jeremy | FPL | 82% | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Greene, Toby | HFFR | 85% | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Hately, Jackson | WL | 63% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Haynes, Nick | CHB | 79% | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | Himmelberg, Harry | FF | 94% | 1 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Hopper, Jacob | INT | 74% | 0 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | Kelly, Josh | RO | 80% | 1 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 40 | Kennedy, Adam | INT | 84% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Langdon, Zac | HFFL | 76% | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 | Mumford, Shane | RU | 79% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | Perryman, Harry | HBFL | 80% | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | Reid, Sam | WR | 97% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Shaw, Heath | HBFR | 91% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | Taranto, Tim | BPR | 80% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 15 | Taylor, Sam | C | 78% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Tomlinson, Adam | INT | 82% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 | Williams, Zac | BPL | 81% | 0 | 0 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 10 | 11 | 372 | 230 | 142 | 104 | 41 | 57 | 46 | 70 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 53 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Essendon | Coach: John Worsfold | ||||||||||||||
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| 29 | Z. Williams | 1 | P. Davis (c) | 14 | T. Taranto | 2 | T. Bellchambers | 10 | A. Francis | ||||||
| 43 | A. McDonald-Tipungwuti | 44 | S. McKernan | 27 | M. Redman | 9 | D. Shiel | 4 | K. Langford | ||||||
| FORWARD | 21 | D. Heppell (c) | 1 | A. McGrath | |||||||||||
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| 36 | H. Perryman | 19 | N. Haynes | 23 | H. Shaw |
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| 37 | D. Clarke | 7 | Z. Merrett (vc) | 13 | O. Fantasia | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 41 | S. Mumford | 16 | B. Daniels | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 3 | S. Coniglio | 2 | J. Hopper | |||||||||||
| 17 | Z. Langdon | 18 | J. Cameron | 4 | T. Greene | 22 | J. Kelly | 40 | A. Kennedy | ||||||
| 42 | A. Saad | 26 | C. Hooker | 45 | C. McKenna |
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| 31 | J. Finlayson | 27 | H. Himmelberg | 7 | B. Deledio |
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| Greater Western Sydney | Coach: Leon Cameron | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | ESSE | Rushed behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 01:28 |
| ESSE | Dylan Shiel goal | 1.1.7 | - | 0.0.0 | 01:57 | |
| GWSY | Josh Kelly behind | 1.1.7 | - | 0.1.1 | 10:13 | |
| GWSY | Jeremy Finlayson behind | 1.1.7 | - | 0.2.2 | 13:14 | |
| GWSY | Phil Davis goal | 1.1.7 | - | 1.2.8 | 14:20 | |
| ESSE | David Zaharakis goal | 2.1.13 | - | 1.2.8 | 16:32 | |
| ESSE | Orazio Fantasia goal | 3.1.19 | - | 1.2.8 | 20:37 | |
| ESSE | Zach Merrett behind | 3.2.20 | - | 1.2.8 | 22:57 | |
| Q2 | GWSY | Harry Himmelberg goal | 3.2.20 | - | 2.2.14 | 03:21 |
| GWSY | Jeremy Cameron goal | 3.2.20 | - | 3.2.20 | 08:00 | |
| GWSY | Harry Perryman behind | 3.2.20 | - | 3.3.21 | 10:15 | |
| GWSY | Josh Kelly goal | 3.2.20 | - | 4.3.27 | 11:06 | |
| ESSE | Jayden Laverde behind | 3.3.21 | - | 4.3.27 | 12:34 | |
| ESSE | Jayden Laverde goal | 4.3.27 | - | 4.3.27 | 17:33 | |
| GWSY | Brent Daniels goal | 4.3.27 | - | 5.3.33 | 23:04 | |
| ESSE | Shaun McKernan goal | 5.3.33 | - | 5.3.33 | 26:38 | |
| GWSY | Jeremy Cameron behind | 5.3.33 | - | 5.4.34 | 29:16 | |
| Q3 | GWSY | Jeremy Cameron goal | 5.3.33 | - | 6.4.40 | 02:36 |
| GWSY | Rushed behind | 5.3.33 | - | 6.5.41 | 06:44 | |
| GWSY | Zac Langdon behind | 5.3.33 | - | 6.6.42 | 08:55 | |
| ESSE | Mitch Brown goal | 6.3.39 | - | 6.6.42 | 11:27 | |
| GWSY | Jeremy Cameron goal | 6.3.39 | - | 7.6.48 | 15:27 | |
| GWSY | Rushed behind | 6.3.39 | - | 7.7.49 | 19:25 | |
| GWSY | Toby Greene behind | 6.3.39 | - | 7.8.50 | 24:12 | |
| ESSE | Josh Begley behind | 6.4.40 | - | 7.8.50 | 27:35 | |
| Q4 | GWSY | Nick Haynes behind | 6.4.40 | - | 7.9.51 | 01:27 |
| GWSY | Jeremy Finlayson goal | 6.4.40 | - | 8.9.57 | 02:53 | |
| GWSY | Josh Kelly behind | 6.4.40 | - | 8.10.58 | 05:36 | |
| GWSY | Rushed behind | 6.4.40 | - | 8.11.59 | 07:40 | |
| ESSE | Kyle Langford goal | 7.4.46 | - | 8.11.59 | 08:17 | |
| GWSY | Toby Greene goal | 7.4.46 | - | 9.11.65 | 10:32 | |
| ESSE | Jayden Laverde goal | 8.4.52 | - | 9.11.65 | 12:34 | |
| ESSE | Cale Hooker goal | 9.4.58 | - | 9.11.65 | 14:25 | |
| ESSE | Rushed behind | 9.5.59 | - | 9.11.65 | 16:37 | |
| ESSE | Darcy Parish goal | 10.5.65 | - | 9.11.65 | 21:15 | |
| GWSY | Jeremy Finlayson goal | 10.5.65 | - | 10.11.71 | 22:39 | |
| ESSE | Shaun McKernan goal | 11.5.71 | - | 10.11.71 | 28:40 | |
| ESSE | Cale Hooker goal | 12.5.77 | - | 10.11.71 | 31:58 | |