2020 AFL Round 8: Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 2020 between Adelaide and Essendon during round 8 of the 2020 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Essendon at Adelaide Oval. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Adelaide
Back: L. Brown, D. Talia, K. Hartigan
Half-back: W. Hamill, T. Doedee, R. Laird
Centre: D. MacKay, C. Jones, T. Lynch
Half-forward: E. Himmelberg, B. Smith, B. Crouch
Forward: T. Stengle, T. Walker, S. McAdam
Follower: R. O'Brien, L. Murphy, P. Seedsman
Int.: M. Crouch, B. Keays, F. McAsey, A. McPherson

Essendon
Back: M. Redman, A. Francis, M. Hurley
Half-back: C. McKenna, J. Ridley, A. Saad
Centre: K. Langford, Z. Merrett, B. Ham
Half-forward: D. Smith, D. Zaharakis, D. Parish
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, S. McKernan, J. Laverde
Follower: T. Bellchambers, W. Snelling, A. McGrath
Int.: N. Cahill, M. Gleeson, M. Hibberd, J. Townsend

Adelaide (8.11.59) were defeated by Essendon (9.8.62).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: L. Murphy (3), T. Walker (2), P. Seedsman, B. Smith, T. Stengle
Essendon: N. Cahill (2), K. Langford (2), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (2), J. Laverde, D. Parish, J. Townsend

As a result of this match, Adelaide remained 18th on the ladder and Essendon were then 7th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Sunday 26 July 2020
Time: 12:35 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 15,155

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Essendon
Score: 8.11.59 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 2 . 1 4 . 3 7 . 5 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Essendon 2 . 1 5 . 4 8 . 5 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin level ESSE by 7 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 3
Duration 27:54 25:47 25:14 23:54 1:42:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Adelaide), unknown (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Gavine (#14), B. Wallace (#33), A. Whetton (#19)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 2
Brodie Smith ADEL 33 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Brodie Smith ADEL 33 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
Paul Seedsman ADEL 11 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Brown, Luke BPL 90% 0 1 14 8 6 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 4 0
2 Crouch, Brad HFFR 23% 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
5 Crouch, Matt INT 76% 0 0 26 12 14 4 0 2 5 2 1 1 5 2
39 Doedee, Tom CHB 56% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0
17 Hamill, Will HBFL 90% 0 0 17 9 8 0 0 6 0 1 2 0 4 0
15 Hartigan, Kyle BPR 91% 0 0 9 5 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 2 3 0
34 Himmelberg, Elliott HFFL 90% 0 1 8 4 4 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 3
1 Jones, Chayce C 80% 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 1 1 5 1 3 0 2
28 Keays, Ben INT 84% 0 1 21 8 13 3 0 4 5 0 1 0 0 4
29 Laird, Rory HBFR 80% 0 0 21 8 13 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 5 0
27 Lynch, Tom WR 91% 0 1 14 11 3 4 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 2
14 MacKay, David WL 83% 0 0 13 4 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3
23 McAdam, Shane FPR 84% 0 1 9 4 5 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 3
35 McAsey, Fischer INT 83% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
36 McPherson, Andrew INT 83% 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 3 0 4 0 1 6 1
4 Murphy, Lachlan RR 82% 3 1 16 10 6 4 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 3
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 96% 0 0 19 8 11 2 26 1 4 7 0 3 0 1
11 Seedsman, Paul RO 87% 1 2 22 11 11 5 0 7 1 2 1 1 0 7
33 Smith, Brodie CHF 77% 1 0 24 19 5 3 0 2 3 3 0 0 2 10
18 Stengle, Tyson FPL 85% 1 1 18 8 10 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 1
12 Talia, Daniel FB 95% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 2 2 2 2 2 5 0
13 Walker, Taylor FF 94% 2 1 9 7 2 5 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 8 11 317 167 150 55 27 54 29 52 16 20 38 45

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 88% 0 0 10 8 2 2 19 3 4 2 3 1 1 3
28 Cahill, Ned INT 76% 2 1 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
10 Francis, Aaron FB 86% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0
8 Gleeson, Martin INT 83% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
33 Ham, Brayden WR 84% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 5
46 Hibberd, Mitchell INT 80% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 9 2 2 1 0 1 1
18 Hurley, Michael BPR 90% 0 0 15 8 7 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
4 Langford, Kyle WL 90% 2 0 19 10 9 4 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden FPR 27% 1 0 5 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 88% 2 0 13 8 5 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew RO 85% 0 1 25 16 9 3 0 10 8 3 2 0 4 2
45 McKenna, Conor HBFL 86% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 2 8 1 1 1 4
44 McKernan, Shaun FF 89% 0 0 9 6 3 3 6 3 1 6 1 2 0 2
7 Merrett, Zach C 74% 0 0 33 20 13 9 0 6 6 3 1 0 2 6
3 Parish, Darcy HFFR 82% 1 0 22 8 14 1 0 3 4 5 0 0 0 4
27 Redman, Mason BPL 73% 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 5 1
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 92% 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 4 2
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 90% 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 4 2 1 0 1 4 3
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 85% 0 1 13 5 8 2 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 3
40 Snelling, Will RR 88% 0 0 18 4 14 3 0 10 2 6 2 1 2 3
20 Townsend, Jacob INT 79% 1 1 10 5 5 2 0 4 0 3 2 2 0 0
11 Zaharakis, David CHF 85% 0 2 20 5 15 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 8 322 176 146 66 25 75 37 64 20 16 37 47

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

Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 M. Redman 10 A. Francis 18 M. Hurley 43 R. O'Brien 5 M. Crouch
23 S. McAdam 13 T. Walker 18 T. Stengle 4 L. Murphy 28 B. Keays
FORWARD 11 P. Seedsman 35 F. McAsey
HALF-BACK

36 A. McPherson
45 C. McKenna 14 J. Ridley 42 A. Saad



2 B. Crouch 33 B. Smith 34 E. Himmelberg



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 K. Langford 7 Z. Merrett 33 B. Ham



27 T. Lynch 1 C. Jones 14 D. MacKay FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 28 N. Cahill
HALF-FORWARD 40 W. Snelling 8 M. Gleeson
5 D. Smith 11 D. Zaharakis 3 D. Parish 1 A. McGrath 46 M. Hibberd
29 R. Laird 39 T. Doedee 17 W. Hamill

20 J. Townsend
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 44 S. McKernan 15 J. Laverde



15 K. Hartigan 12 D. Talia 16 L. Brown



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:17
ADEL Tyson Stengle goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 06:09
ESSE Ned Cahill behind 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 07:52
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 14:42
ESSE Jacob Townsend goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 22:46
ADEL Lachlan Murphy goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 27:52
Q2 ESSE Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 00:55
ADEL Tom Lynch behind 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 02:05
ADEL Brodie Smith goal 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 03:58
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 3.2.20 - 3.2.20 07:06
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 3.2.20 - 4.2.26 08:27
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 3.2.20 - 4.3.27 14:45
ESSE Devon Smith behind 3.2.20 - 4.4.28 16:23
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 4.2.26 - 4.4.28 17:57
ADEL Elliott Himmelberg behind 4.3.27 - 4.4.28 20:04
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 4.3.27 - 5.4.34 21:58
Q3 ESSE David Zaharakis behind 4.3.27 - 5.5.35 01:41
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 5.3.33 - 5.5.35 02:57
ADEL Paul Seedsman behind 5.4.34 - 5.5.35 05:24
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 5.4.34 - 6.5.41 06:23
ESSE Ned Cahill goal 5.4.34 - 7.5.47 11:17
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 5.4.34 - 8.5.53 15:31
ADEL Shane McAdam behind 5.5.35 - 8.5.53 16:57
ADEL Lachlan Murphy goal 6.5.41 - 8.5.53 19:10
ADEL Paul Seedsman goal 7.5.47 - 8.5.53 23:33
Q4 ADEL Ben Keays behind 7.6.48 - 8.5.53 02:40
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 7.7.49 - 8.5.53 04:40
ESSE Jacob Townsend behind 7.7.49 - 8.6.54 05:33
ESSE Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 8.7.55 06:15
ESSE Ned Cahill goal 7.7.49 - 9.7.61 07:22
ADEL Tyson Stengle behind 7.8.50 - 9.7.61 10:46
ADEL Luke Brown behind 7.9.51 - 9.7.61 10:56
ESSE Andrew McGrath behind 7.9.51 - 9.8.62 12:47
ADEL Lachlan Murphy goal 8.9.57 - 9.8.62 16:25
ADEL Paul Seedsman behind 8.10.58 - 9.8.62 19:51
ADEL Rushed behind 8.11.59 - 9.8.62 20:35