2019 AFL 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 15 of the 2019 AFL season. 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
Back: M. Gleeson, M. Brown, M. Hurley
Half-back: C. McKenna, C. Hooker, A. Saad
Centre: O. Fantasia, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), D. Clarke
Half-forward: D. Zaharakis, J. Laverde, J. Begley
Forward: M. Redman, S. McKernan, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: T. Bellchambers, D. Shiel, D. Heppell (capt.)
Int.: A. Francis, K. Langford, A. McGrath, D. Parish

Greater Western Sydney
Back: Z. Williams, P. Davis (capt.), T. Taranto
Half-back: H. Perryman, N. Haynes, H. Shaw
Centre: J. Hately, S. Taylor, S. Reid
Half-forward: Z. Langdon, J. Cameron, T. Greene
Forward: J. Finlayson, H. Himmelberg, B. Deledio
Follower: S. Mumford, S. Coniglio, J. Kelly
Int.: B. Daniels, J. Hopper, A. Kennedy, A. Tomlinson

Essendon (12.5.77) defeated Greater Western Sydney (10.11.71).

Goalkickers
Essendon: C. Hooker (2), J. Laverde (2), S. McKernan (2), M. Brown, O. Fantasia, K. Langford, D. Parish, D. Shiel, D. Zaharakis
Greater Western Sydney: J. Cameron (3), J. Finlayson (2), B. Daniels, P. Davis, T. Greene, H. Himmelberg, J. Kelly

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 10th on the ladder and Greater Western Sydney were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

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
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

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Gianfagna (#27), B. Hosking (#16), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
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
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
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 50s

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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