2020 AFL Season Round 9: Essendon v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 2020 between Essendon and the Brisbane Lions during round nine of the 2020 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted the 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 (3.10.28) were defeated by the Brisbane Lions (14.7.91).

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

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 (Brisbane Lions) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Worsfold

Brisbane Lions

Captain: Dayne Zorko
Coach: Chris Fagan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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