2021 AFL Season Round 5: Brisbane Lions v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 2021 between the Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round five of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League.
The Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon at the Gabba.
Dayne Zorko captained the hosts.
Dyson Heppell captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Ben Rutten.
The Brisbane Lions (15.12.102) defeated Essendon (6.9.45).
Match Details
Season:
2021 AFL Season
Round:
Round 5
Teams:
Brisbane Lions
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 17 April 2021
Time:
7:25 PM
Venue:
Gabba
Attendance:
23,544
Match Results
Outcome:
Brisbane Lions
def.
Essendon
Score:
15.12.102 - 6.9.45
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Brisbane Lions | 4 | . | 2 | 7 | . | 5 | 12 | . | 6 | 15 | . | 12 | 15 | . | 12 | (102) |
| Essendon | 0 | . | 3 | 1 | . | 5 | 4 | . | 6 | 6 | . | 9 | 6 | . | 9 | (45) |
| Margin | BRIL by 23 | BRIL by 36 | BRIL by 48 | BRIL by 57 | BRIL by 57 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 30:49 | 30:26 | 31:33 | 29:20 | 2:02:08 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Brisbane Lions) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Brisbane Lions
Captain: Dayne ZorkoCoach: Chris Fagan
Essendon
Captain: Dyson HeppellCoach: Ben Rutten
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
C. Donlon (#1)D. Johanson (#30)
S. Meredith (#21)
E: C. Melin (#53)
Goal Umpires
J. BairdA. Meldrum
E: M. Bridges
Boundary Umpires
P. BockD. Kowalski
A. Reardon
N. Swanson
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lachie Neale | BRIL | 9 | 3 |
| Jarryd Lyons | BRIL | 17 | 2 |
| Joe Daniher | BRIL | 3 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachie Neale | BRIL | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh McCluggage | BRIL | 6 | 6 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | 0 |
| Daniel Rich | BRIL | 10 | 6 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | 0 |
| Jarryd Lyons | BRIL | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lincoln McCarthy | BRIL | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zach Merrett | ESSE | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Player Statistics
Brisbane Lions
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Adams, Marcus | INT | 83% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Ah Chee, Callum | INT | 80% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Andrews, Harris | FB | 94% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Bailey, Zac | HFFL | 81% | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Berry, Jarrod | INT↓ | 38% | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Berry, Tom | SUB↑ | 40% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Birchall, Grant | HBFR | 88% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | Cameron, Charlie | FPR | 79% | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Daniher, Joe | CHF | 89% | 2 | 1 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 | Gardiner, Darcy | HBFL | 77% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Hipwood, Eric | FF | 94% | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Lester, Ryan | BPR | 90% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | Lyons, Jarryd | RR | 78% | 0 | 0 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | McCarthy, Lincoln | HFFR | 76% | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | McCluggage, Hugh | WL | 86% | 1 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 46 | McInerney, Oscar | RU | 76% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | McStay, Daniel | FPL | 76% | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Neale, Lachie | RO | 82% | 2 | 0 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Prior, Jaxon | INT | 64% | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Rich, Daniel | BPL | 80% | 0 | 2 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 5 | Robinson, Mitch | WR | 80% | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 | Starcevich, Brandon | CHB | 88% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Zorko, Dayne (c) | C | 81% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 15 | 12 | 384 | 252 | 132 | 92 | 38 | 63 | 41 | 81 | 16 | 31 | 35 | 67 | |||
T. Berry replaced J. Berry.
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Cox, Nik | RU | 75% | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Francis, Aaron | BPR | 90% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 35 | Guelfi, Matt | SUB↑ | 55% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | Ham, Brayden | RO | 78% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Heppell, Dyson (c) | HBFR | 87% | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | Hind, Nick | HBFL | 85% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 26 | Hooker, Cale | FF | 88% | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Jones, Harry | INT | 70% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Langford, Kyle | C | 89% | 0 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Laverde, Jayden | BPL | 89% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 43 | McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony | FPR | 83% | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | McGrath, Andrew | RR | 84% | 0 | 1 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Merrett, Zach | WL | 75% | 0 | 0 | 35 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Parish, Darcy | INT | 71% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Perkins, Archie | FPL | 81% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | Redman, Mason | INT | 84% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 31 | Reid, Zach | FB | 86% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Ridley, Jordan | CHB↓ | 24% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Smith, Devon | INT | 82% | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Snelling, Will | HFFR | 79% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 25 | Stringer, Jake | CHF | 81% | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 | Waterman, Alec | HFFL | 81% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Wright, Peter | WR | 82% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 6 | 9 | 358 | 199 | 159 | 50 | 31 | 81 | 37 | 75 | 31 | 16 | 50 | 41 | |||
M. Guelfi replaced J. Ridley.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Brisbane Lions | Coach: Chris Fagan | ||||||||||||||
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| 15 | J. Laverde | 31 | Z. Reid | 10 | A. Francis | 46 | O. McInerney | 24 | M. Adams | ||||||
| 23 | C. Cameron | 30 | E. Hipwood | 25 | D. McStay | 17 | J. Lyons | 4 | C. Ah Chee | ||||||
| FORWARD | 9 | L. Neale | 7 | J. Berry | |||||||||||
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| 19 | N. Hind | 14 | J. Ridley | 21 | D. Heppell (c) |
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| 11 | L. McCarthy | 3 | J. Daniher | 33 | Z. Bailey |
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| 7 | Z. Merrett | 4 | K. Langford | 20 | P. Wright |
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| 5 | M. Robinson | 15 | D. Zorko (c) | 6 | H. McCluggage | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 13 | N. Cox | 23 | H. Jones | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 1 | A. McGrath | 3 | D. Parish | |||||||||||
| 45 | A. Waterman | 25 | J. Stringer | 40 | W. Snelling | 33 | B. Ham | 27 | M. Redman | ||||||
| 14 | G. Birchall | 37 | B. Starcevich | 27 | D. Gardiner |
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| 16 | A. Perkins | 26 | C. Hooker | 43 | A. McDonald-Tipungwuti |
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| 35 | R. Lester | 31 | H. Andrews | 10 | D. Rich |
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| Essendon | Coach: Ben Rutten | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | BRIL | Hugh McCluggage behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 02:25 |
| BRIL | Daniel McStay goal | 1.1.7 | - | 0.0.0 | 07:16 | |
| BRIL | Lincoln McCarthy goal | 2.1.13 | - | 0.0.0 | 11:57 | |
| ESSE | Cale Hooker behind | 2.1.13 | - | 0.1.1 | 13:27 | |
| ESSE | Devon Smith behind | 2.1.13 | - | 0.2.2 | 15:14 | |
| BRIL | Eric Hipwood goal | 3.1.19 | - | 0.2.2 | 17:26 | |
| BRIL | Daniel McStay goal | 4.1.25 | - | 0.2.2 | 20:54 | |
| BRIL | Mitch Robinson behind | 4.2.26 | - | 0.2.2 | 26:07 | |
| ESSE | Jake Stringer behind | 4.2.26 | - | 0.3.3 | 27:43 | |
| Q2 | BRIL | Daniel Rich behind | 4.3.27 | - | 0.3.3 | 01:05 |
| BRIL | Jarrod Berry behind | 4.4.28 | - | 0.3.3 | 02:23 | |
| BRIL | Jaxon Prior goal | 5.4.34 | - | 0.3.3 | 03:28 | |
| ESSE | Cale Hooker goal | 5.4.34 | - | 1.3.9 | 10:12 | |
| ESSE | Nik Cox behind | 5.4.34 | - | 1.4.10 | 16:21 | |
| BRIL | Lachie Neale goal | 6.4.40 | - | 1.4.10 | 20:53 | |
| BRIL | Hugh McCluggage goal | 7.4.46 | - | 1.4.10 | 25:38 | |
| ESSE | Rushed behind | 7.4.46 | - | 1.5.11 | 27:23 | |
| BRIL | Charlie Cameron behind | 7.5.47 | - | 1.5.11 | 30:23 | |
| Q3 | ESSE | Nik Cox behind | 7.5.47 | - | 1.6.12 | 02:46 |
| BRIL | Joe Daniher goal | 8.5.53 | - | 1.6.12 | 04:13 | |
| ESSE | Cale Hooker goal | 8.5.53 | - | 2.6.18 | 08:54 | |
| BRIL | Lachie Neale goal | 9.5.59 | - | 2.6.18 | 12:18 | |
| ESSE | Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal | 9.5.59 | - | 3.6.24 | 14:18 | |
| BRIL | Jaxon Prior goal | 10.5.65 | - | 3.6.24 | 17:33 | |
| BRIL | Lincoln McCarthy goal | 11.5.71 | - | 3.6.24 | 20:32 | |
| ESSE | Cale Hooker goal | 11.5.71 | - | 4.6.30 | 24:04 | |
| BRIL | Daniel Rich behind | 11.6.72 | - | 4.6.30 | 25:27 | |
| BRIL | Eric Hipwood goal | 12.6.78 | - | 4.6.30 | 29:01 | |
| Q4 | BRIL | Eric Hipwood goal | 13.6.84 | - | 4.6.30 | 01:29 |
| BRIL | Zac Bailey behind | 13.7.85 | - | 4.6.30 | 04:27 | |
| ESSE | Andrew McGrath behind | 13.7.85 | - | 4.7.31 | 07:04 | |
| ESSE | Rushed behind | 13.7.85 | - | 4.8.32 | 07:41 | |
| BRIL | Lincoln McCarthy behind | 13.8.86 | - | 4.8.32 | 10:26 | |
| ESSE | Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind | 13.8.86 | - | 4.9.33 | 11:05 | |
| BRIL | Rushed behind | 13.9.87 | - | 4.9.33 | 12:35 | |
| BRIL | Rushed behind | 13.10.88 | - | 4.9.33 | 13:44 | |
| BRIL | Charlie Cameron goal | 14.10.94 | - | 4.9.33 | 15:07 | |
| BRIL | Hugh McCluggage behind | 14.11.95 | - | 4.9.33 | 16:45 | |
| ESSE | Cale Hooker goal | 14.11.95 | - | 5.9.39 | 21:10 | |
| ESSE | Jake Stringer goal | 14.11.95 | - | 6.9.45 | 23:15 | |
| BRIL | Joe Daniher goal | 15.11.101 | - | 6.9.45 | 24:54 | |
| BRIL | Joe Daniher behind | 15.12.102 | - | 6.9.45 | 26:29 | |