2021 AFL Round 5: Brisbane Lions v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 2021 between Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round 5 of the 2021 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon at 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.

Brisbane Lions
Back: D. Rich, H. Andrews, R. Lester
Half-back: D. Gardiner, B. Starcevich, G. Birchall
Centre: H. McCluggage, D. Zorko (capt.), M. Robinson
Half-forward: Z. Bailey, J. Daniher, L. McCarthy
Forward: D. McStay, E. Hipwood, C. Cameron
Follower: O. McInerney, J. Lyons, L. Neale
Int.: M. Adams, C. Ah Chee, J. Berry, J. Prior
Sub.: T. Berry

Essendon
Back: J. Laverde, Z. Reid, A. Francis
Half-back: N. Hind, J. Ridley, D. Heppell (capt.)
Centre: Z. Merrett, K. Langford, P. Wright
Half-forward: A. Waterman, J. Stringer, W. Snelling
Forward: A. Perkins, C. Hooker, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: N. Cox, A. McGrath, B. Ham
Int.: H. Jones, D. Parish, M. Redman, D. Smith
Sub.: M. Guelfi

Brisbane Lions (15.12.102) defeated Essendon (6.9.45).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: E. Hipwood (3), J. Daniher (2), L. McCarthy (2), D. McStay (2), L. Neale (2), J. Prior (2), C. Cameron, H. McCluggage
Essendon: C. Hooker (4), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were then 10th on the ladder (up from 16th) and Essendon were then 14th on the ladder (down from 12th) by the end of the round.

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
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captains: Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), D. Johanson (#30), S. Meredith (#21), E: C. Melin (#53)
Goal Umpire: J. Baird, A. Meldrum, E: M. Bridges
Boundary Umpire: P. Bock, D. 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 50s

Player Line-Up

Brisbane Lions							Coach: Chris Fagan
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	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
HALF-BACK									20	J. Prior
	19	N. Hind	14	J. Ridley	21	D. Heppell (c)			13	T. Berry
	11	L. McCarthy	3	J. Daniher	33	Z. Bailey
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	Z. Merrett	4	K. Langford	20	P. Wright
	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			5	D. Smith
HALF-BACK									35	M. Guelfi
FORWARD
	16	A. Perkins	26	C. Hooker	43	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
	35	R. Lester	31	H. Andrews	10	D. Rich
BACK
Essendon							Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
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

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