2020 AFL Round 1: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 21 March 2020 between Essendon and Fremantle during round 1 of the 2020 AFL season. Essendon hosted Fremantle at Marvel Stadium. Nat Fyfe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

Essendon
Back: A. Francis, M. Hurley, B. Zerk-Thatcher
Half-back: A. Saad, J. Ridley, M. Redman
Centre: K. Langford, A. McGrath, T. Cutler
Half-forward: O. Fantasia, W. Snelling, D. Smith
Forward: J. Stringer, J. Townsend, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: T. Bellchambers, Z. Merrett, D. Shiel
Int.: M. Guelfi, J. Laverde, D. Parish, D. Zaharakis

Fremantle
Back: L. Ryan, G. Logue, E. Hughes
Half-back: R. Conca, B. Cox, A. Cerra
Centre: B. Bewley, N. Fyfe (capt.), J. Aish
Half-forward: S. Sturt, M. Taberner, B. Banfield
Forward: L. Schultz, R. Lobb, M. Walters
Follower: S. Darcy, D. Tucker, C. McCarthy
Int.: A. Brayshaw, T. Colyer, M. Crowden, T. Duman

Essendon (9.9.63) defeated Fremantle (8.9.57).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Townsend (3), J. Stringer (2), O. Fantasia, J. Laverde, D. Smith, W. Snelling
Fremantle: S. Sturt (3), R. Lobb (2), T. Colyer, M. Taberner, M. Walters

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 7th on the ladder and Fremantle were then 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 21 March 2020
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fremantle
Score: 9.9.63 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 7 . 5 8 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Fremantle 2 . 1 3 . 3 4 . 6 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration 26:09 21:59 21:06 27:48 1:37:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), H. Gavine (#14), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 3
Adam Saad ESSE 42 2
Rory Lobb FREM 37 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 10 2 0 0 0 0
Rory Lobb FREM 37 8 0 2 0 0 0
Adam Saad ESSE 42 4 0 0 1 0 1
Jacob Townsend ESSE 20 4 0 0 1 0 1
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Michael Walters FREM 10 2 0 0 0 1 0

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 87% 0 0 7 5 2 1 29 3 2 1 3 1 0 0
12 Cutler, Tom WR 87% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 4
13 Fantasia, Orazio HFFL 79% 1 0 6 4 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
10 Francis, Aaron BPL 78% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 80% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 3
18 Hurley, Michael FB 100% 0 0 17 12 5 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1
4 Langford, Kyle WL 86% 0 1 18 9 9 8 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2
15 Laverde, Jayden INT 69% 1 0 5 4 1 4 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 76% 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew C 78% 0 0 23 12 11 1 0 8 3 2 2 1 0 5
7 Merrett, Zach RR 83% 0 0 22 9 13 4 0 3 4 1 1 1 1 3
3 Parish, Darcy INT 66% 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1
27 Redman, Mason HBFR 84% 0 0 17 12 5 9 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 1
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 90% 0 0 16 12 4 9 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 78% 0 1 28 15 13 6 0 3 0 3 1 1 6 2
9 Shiel, Dylan RO 86% 0 1 35 21 14 5 0 3 9 2 3 0 2 2
5 Smith, Devon HFFR 81% 1 1 15 9 6 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 1 3
40 Snelling, Will CHF 80% 1 0 17 4 13 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 85% 2 3 9 9 0 5 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 5
20 Townsend, Jacob FF 77% 3 0 9 4 5 3 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0
11 Zaharakis, David INT 80% 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 3
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon BPR 91% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 9 339 192 147 98 29 58 28 37 17 11 26 41

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Aish, James WR 87% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 4
41 Banfield, Bailey HFFR 81% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2
34 Bewley, Brett WL 85% 0 0 20 16 4 8 0 2 0 2 1 0 7 1
8 Brayshaw, Andrew INT 65% 0 2 14 7 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0
5 Cerra, Adam HBFR 73% 0 1 15 4 11 4 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 2
33 Colyer, Travis INT 80% 1 2 13 10 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
6 Conca, Reece HBFL 86% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 4 1 2 0 0 4 0
36 Cox, Brennan CHB 81% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 4 1 3 2 1
12 Crowden, Mitch INT 56% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 1 4 1 3 1 3
4 Darcy, Sean RU 87% 0 0 6 1 5 2 21 0 2 2 0 2 0 0
44 Duman, Taylin INT 87% 0 0 10 7 3 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 0
7 Fyfe, Nat (c) C 95% 0 0 26 10 16 4 0 4 1 4 2 1 2 1
15 Hughes, Ethan BPR 73% 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
37 Lobb, Rory FF 95% 2 0 15 13 2 7 9 2 1 2 0 0 1 3
2 Logue, Griffin FB 100% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 McCarthy, Cam RO 69% 0 1 11 8 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1
13 Ryan, Luke BPL 83% 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0
28 Schultz, Lachie FPL 77% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 4
27 Sturt, Sam HFFL 82% 3 0 10 5 5 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
20 Taberner, Matt CHF 95% 1 2 10 6 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 1
18 Tucker, Darcy RR 77% 0 0 23 10 13 6 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 3
10 Walters, Michael FPR 87% 1 0 21 11 10 4 0 2 5 3 1 0 2 6
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 9 286 166 120 79 30 33 21 47 11 17 32 36

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
13 L. Ryan 2 G. Logue 15 E. Hughes 2 T. Bellchambers 35 M. Guelfi
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 20 J. Townsend 25 J. Stringer 7 Z. Merrett 15 J. Laverde
FORWARD 9 D. Shiel 3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK

11 D. Zaharakis
6 R. Conca 36 B. Cox 5 A. Cerra



5 D. Smith 40 W. Snelling 13 O. Fantasia



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



34 B. Bewley 7 N. Fyfe (c) 11 J. Aish



12 T. Cutler 1 A. McGrath 4 K. Langford FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 S. Darcy 8 A. Brayshaw
HALF-FORWARD 18 D. Tucker 33 T. Colyer
27 S. Sturt 20 M. Taberner 41 B. Banfield 23 C. McCarthy 12 M. Crowden
27 M. Redman 14 J. Ridley 42 A. Saad

44 T. Duman
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



28 L. Schultz 37 R. Lobb 10 M. Walters



30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 18 M. Hurley 10 A. Francis



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Devon Smith goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:57
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:51
ESSE Jacob Townsend goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 03:58
FREM Adam Cerra behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 12:23
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 13:46
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 4.1.25 - 0.1.1 15:57
FREM Rory Lobb goal 4.1.25 - 1.1.7 17:17
FREM Matt Taberner goal 4.1.25 - 2.1.13 20:33
ESSE Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 2.1.13 22:53
ESSE Jacob Townsend goal 5.2.32 - 2.1.13 24:56
Q2 ESSE Devon Smith behind 5.3.33 - 2.1.13 00:42
ESSE Adam Saad behind 5.4.34 - 2.1.13 03:32
FREM Sam Sturt goal 5.4.34 - 3.1.19 05:03
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 6.4.40 - 3.1.19 06:25
FREM Matt Taberner behind 6.4.40 - 3.2.20 14:50
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 6.5.41 - 3.2.20 16:13
FREM Travis Colyer behind 6.5.41 - 3.3.21 18:09
ESSE Jacob Townsend goal 7.5.47 - 3.3.21 19:35
Q3 ESSE Jake Stringer behind 7.6.48 - 3.3.21 00:51
ESSE Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 3.3.21 02:13
FREM Matt Taberner behind 7.7.49 - 3.4.22 03:50
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 7.8.50 - 3.4.22 06:48
FREM Travis Colyer behind 7.8.50 - 3.5.23 07:21
FREM Travis Colyer goal 7.8.50 - 4.5.29 12:25
ESSE Will Snelling goal 8.8.56 - 4.5.29 16:41
FREM Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 4.6.30 21:00
Q4 FREM Rory Lobb goal 8.8.56 - 5.6.36 08:52
FREM Andrew Brayshaw behind 8.8.56 - 5.7.37 12:46
FREM Cam McCarthy behind 8.8.56 - 5.8.38 14:00
FREM Michael Walters goal 8.8.56 - 6.8.44 15:02
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 8.9.57 - 6.8.44 17:51
FREM Sam Sturt goal 8.9.57 - 7.8.50 18:55
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 9.9.63 - 7.8.50 20:55
FREM Sam Sturt goal 9.9.63 - 8.8.56 23:04
FREM Andrew Brayshaw behind 9.9.63 - 8.9.57 24:53