2020 AFL Round 9: Essendon v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 2020 between Essendon and Brisbane Lions during round 9 of the 2020 AFL season. Essendon hosted Brisbane Lions at Metricon Stadium. Dayne Zorko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Essendon
Back: A. Francis, B. Zerk-Thatcher, M. Redman
Half-back: J. Ridley, M. Hurley, A. Saad
Centre: J. Stewart, D. Shiel, B. Ham
Half-forward: W. Snelling, D. Zaharakis, D. Parish
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, T. Bellchambers, N. Cahill
Follower: S. Draper, Z. Merrett, A. McGrath
Int.: T. Cutler, M. Gleeson, D. Smith, J. Townsend

Brisbane Lions
Back: C. Ah Chee, H. Andrews, D. Gardiner
Half-back: S. Skinner, G. Birchall, B. Starcevich
Centre: M. Robinson, D. Zorko (capt.), H. McCluggage
Half-forward: J. Berry, C. Rayner, L. McCarthy
Forward: N. Answerth, E. Hipwood, C. Cameron
Follower: O. McInerney, J. Lyons, L. Neale
Int.: Z. Bailey, C. Ballenden, C. Ellis-Yolmen, A. Witherden

Essendon (3.10.28) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (14.7.91).

Goalkickers
Essendon: D. Smith (2), D. Parish
Brisbane Lions: C. Cameron (4), L. Neale (2), C. Ballenden, C. Ellis-Yolmen, E. Hipwood, J. Lyons, L. McCarthy, C. Rayner, S. Skinner, D. Zorko

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Brisbane Lions remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Brisbane Lions
Date: Friday 31 July 2020
Time: 8:10 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 4,860

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 3.10.28 - 14.7.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 2 . 3 3 . 4 3 . 10 3 . 10 (28)
Brisbane Lions 5 . 3 5 . 5 10 . 6 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Margin BRIL by 24 BRIL by 20 BRIL by 44 BRIL by 63 BRIL by 63
Duration 27:33 23:07 26:44 24:12 1:41:36

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), A. Stephens (#12), B. Wallace (#33)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 3
Alex Witherden BRIL 29 2
Charlie Cameron BRIL 23 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 10 2 0 0 0 0
Charlie Cameron BRIL 23 6 0 0 2 0 0
Alex Witherden BRIL 29 5 0 1 0 0 1
Noah Answerth BRIL 43 4 0 1 0 0 0
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dayne Zorko BRIL 15 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jarrod Berry BRIL 7 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
2 Bellchambers, Tom FF 74% 0 0 3 3 0 2 13 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
28 Cahill, Ned FPR 75% 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
12 Cutler, Tom INT 80% 0 2 11 9 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 4
38 Draper, Sam RU 78% 0 1 9 6 3 2 21 2 3 2 1 2 0 3
10 Francis, Aaron BPL 86% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0
8 Gleeson, Martin INT 78% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
33 Ham, Brayden WR 76% 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 4
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 86% 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 2 1 2 3 2 4 3
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 86% 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 5 2 2 1 2 0 3
1 McGrath, Andrew RO 80% 0 0 25 11 14 3 0 1 6 6 0 3 4 0
7 Merrett, Zach RR 79% 0 0 18 11 7 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 6
3 Parish, Darcy HFFR 82% 1 0 15 10 5 1 0 4 3 3 1 2 0 1
27 Redman, Mason BPR 94% 0 1 12 8 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1
14 Ridley, Jordan HBFL 93% 0 0 20 10 10 4 0 1 2 2 1 0 5 0
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 89% 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 3
9 Shiel, Dylan C 81% 0 1 17 9 8 1 0 4 4 4 1 2 0 2
5 Smith, Devon INT 80% 2 1 14 8 6 3 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 4
40 Snelling, Will HFFL 88% 0 0 14 3 11 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 2 0
17 Stewart, James WL 82% 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 0
20 Townsend, Jacob INT 78% 0 1 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David CHF 82% 0 0 13 4 9 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 73% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 3 10 248 140 108 41 34 39 34 46 16 24 23 42

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum BPL 82% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 4 1 1 1 1 2 1
31 Andrews, Harris FB 98% 0 0 11 10 1 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1
43 Answerth, Noah FPL 84% 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
33 Bailey, Zac INT 80% 0 1 16 11 5 7 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 4
38 Ballenden, Connor INT 70% 1 0 6 3 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1
7 Berry, Jarrod HFFL 80% 0 0 19 15 4 6 0 2 3 1 4 0 2 4
14 Birchall, Grant CHB 74% 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1
23 Cameron, Charlie FPR 94% 4 1 10 9 1 4 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1
28 Ellis-Yolmen, Cam INT 72% 1 0 14 8 6 3 0 3 3 1 3 1 1 2
27 Gardiner, Darcy BPR 95% 0 0 10 9 1 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 1
30 Hipwood, Eric FF 88% 1 1 8 6 2 2 0 1 0 5 1 4 0 3
17 Lyons, Jarryd RR 83% 1 0 22 11 11 4 0 3 2 3 1 0 1 1
11 McCarthy, Lincoln HFFR 79% 1 0 14 9 5 5 0 6 0 2 2 1 0 2
6 McCluggage, Hugh WR 85% 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 1
46 McInerney, Oscar RU 68% 0 0 9 5 4 2 23 0 4 1 1 1 1 0
9 Neale, Lachie RO 91% 2 0 33 18 15 5 0 1 4 4 2 0 3 4
16 Rayner, Cam CHF 78% 1 1 10 6 4 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Robinson, Mitch WL 79% 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 3
21 Skinner, Sam HBFL 70% 1 1 10 8 2 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2
37 Starcevich, Brandon HBFR 80% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1
29 Witherden, Alex INT 86% 0 0 25 20 5 4 0 2 3 1 3 0 7 1
15 Zorko, Dayne (c) C 83% 1 1 19 14 5 5 0 5 2 3 0 2 4 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 14 7 317 210 107 99 25 50 29 36 24 16 38 37

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
4 C. Ah Chee 31 H. Andrews 27 D. Gardiner 38 S. Draper 12 T. Cutler
28 N. Cahill 2 T. Bellchambers 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 7 Z. Merrett 8 M. Gleeson
FORWARD 1 A. McGrath 5 D. Smith
HALF-BACK

20 J. Townsend
21 S. Skinner 14 G. Birchall 37 B. Starcevich



3 D. Parish 11 D. Zaharakis 40 W. Snelling



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 M. Robinson 15 D. Zorko (c) 6 H. McCluggage



33 B. Ham 9 D. Shiel 17 J. Stewart FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 46 O. McInerney 33 Z. Bailey
HALF-FORWARD 17 J. Lyons 38 C. Ballenden
7 J. Berry 16 C. Rayner 11 L. McCarthy 9 L. Neale 28 C. Ellis-Yolmen
42 A. Saad 18 M. Hurley 14 J. Ridley

29 A. Witherden
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 N. Answerth 30 E. Hipwood 23 C. Cameron



27 M. Redman 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 10 A. Francis



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:43
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:14
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 04:21
BRIL Lachie Neale goal 0.0.0 - 3.1.19 07:47
BRIL Sam Skinner behind 0.0.0 - 3.2.20 11:11
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 0.0.0 - 3.3.21 12:23
ESSE Sam Draper behind 0.1.1 - 3.3.21 13:24
ESSE Devon Smith goal 1.1.7 - 3.3.21 17:43
ESSE Devon Smith behind 1.2.8 - 3.3.21 19:18
ESSE Tom Cutler behind 1.3.9 - 3.3.21 22:24
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 1.3.9 - 4.3.27 23:21
BRIL Lachie Neale goal 1.3.9 - 5.3.33 26:10
Q2 BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 1.3.9 - 5.4.34 10:49
ESSE Devon Smith goal 2.3.15 - 5.4.34 18:01
BRIL Cam Rayner behind 2.3.15 - 5.5.35 21:49
Q3 BRIL Sam Skinner goal 2.3.15 - 6.5.41 01:07
BRIL Jarryd Lyons goal 2.3.15 - 7.5.47 03:09
BRIL Zac Bailey behind 2.3.15 - 7.6.48 10:55
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 2.3.15 - 8.6.54 15:35
BRIL Connor Ballenden goal 2.3.15 - 9.6.60 17:36
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 3.3.21 - 9.6.60 21:37
ESSE Ned Cahill behind 3.4.22 - 9.6.60 22:59
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 3.4.22 - 10.6.66 24:41
Q4 ESSE Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 10.6.66 01:38
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 3.5.23 - 11.6.72 03:40
ESSE James Stewart behind 3.6.24 - 11.6.72 07:06
ESSE Jacob Townsend behind 3.7.25 - 11.6.72 09:24
BRIL Cam Ellis-Yolmen goal 3.7.25 - 12.6.78 13:11
ESSE Mason Redman behind 3.8.26 - 12.6.78 14:57
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 3.8.26 - 13.6.84 16:19
BRIL Rushed behind 3.8.26 - 13.7.85 17:57
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 3.9.27 - 13.7.85 18:37
BRIL Cam Rayner goal 3.9.27 - 14.7.91 21:34
ESSE Tom Cutler behind 3.10.28 - 14.7.91 23:29