2022 AFL Round 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 March 2022 between Geelong and Essendon during round 1 of the 2022 AFL season. Geelong hosted Essendon at MCG. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Ben Rutten.

Geelong
Back: J. Kolodjashnij, S. De Koning, J. Henry
Half-back: Z. Tuohy, T. Stewart, M. Blicavs
Centre: T. Atkins, C. Guthrie, I. Smith
Half-forward: T. Stengle, E. Ratugolea, B. Parfitt
Forward: J. Cameron, T. Hawkins, B. Close
Follower: Z. Guthrie, P. Dangerfield, J. Selwood (capt.)
Int.: L. Dahlhaus, S. Higgins, M. Holmes, R. Stanley
Sub.: F. Evans

Essendon
Back: J. Stewart, J. Laverde, J. Kelly
Half-back: N. Hind, J. Ridley, D. Heppell (capt.)
Centre: A. McGrath, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), N. Cox
Half-forward: A. Perkins, K. Baldwin, D. Shiel
Forward: B. Ham, P. Wright, D. Smith
Follower: S. Draper, D. Parish, M. Guelfi
Int.: J. Caldwell, K. Langford, N. Martin, M. Redman
Sub.: T. Cutler

Geelong (20.18.138) defeated Essendon (11.6.72).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (4), T. Stengle (4), J. Cameron (2), B. Close (2), M. Holmes (2), L. Dahlhaus, P. Dangerfield, F. Evans, C. Guthrie, S. Higgins, Z. Tuohy
Essendon: N. Martin (5), J. Caldwell (2), P. Wright (2), T. Cutler, D. Smith

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 1st on the ladder and Essendon were then 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 March 2022
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 54,495

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 20.18.138 - 11.6.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 5 12 . 9 17 . 14 20 . 18 20 . 18 (138)
Essendon 2 . 1 3 . 3 6 . 3 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Margin GEEL by 34 GEEL by 60 GEEL by 77 GEEL by 66 GEEL by 66
Duration 33:56 31:22 32:40 32:06 2:10:04

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Geelong), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Dore (#28), A. Heffernan (#29), S. Meredith (#21)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 3
Nic Martin ESSE 37 2
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 8 0 2 0 0 0
Brandan Parfitt GEEL 3 6 0 0 2 0 0
Tom Atkins GEEL 30 2 0 0 0 1 0
Nic Martin ESSE 37 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brad Close GEEL 45 1 0 0 0 0 1
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom WL 86% 0 0 21 9 12 4 0 3 3 1 2 1 1 3
46 Blicavs, Mark HBFR 86% 0 0 12 6 6 3 5 1 0 4 0 0 1 2
5 Cameron, Jeremy FPL↓ 17% 2 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
45 Close, Brad FPR 81% 2 2 16 10 6 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1
40 Dahlhaus, Luke INT 71% 1 0 14 5 9 3 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 3
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 88% 1 2 31 18 13 4 0 2 8 3 0 0 1 9
16 De Koning, Sam FB 44% 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
31 Evans, Francis SUB↑ 57% 1 0 8 2 6 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
29 Guthrie, Cameron C 72% 1 0 25 11 14 1 0 4 3 1 1 1 3 2
39 Guthrie, Zach RU 92% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 3 0 3 1 0 7 1
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 92% 4 2 17 12 5 8 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
38 Henry, Jack BPR 96% 0 0 5 2 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 0
4 Higgins, Shaun INT 77% 1 1 22 13 9 3 0 2 4 9 2 4 1 4
9 Holmes, Max INT 85% 2 1 16 8 8 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 4
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPL 89% 0 0 12 5 7 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0
3 Parfitt, Brandan HFFR 82% 0 0 32 20 12 1 0 3 11 7 3 3 1 8
17 Ratugolea, Esava CHF 74% 0 0 4 2 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Selwood, Joel (c) RO 79% 0 0 27 13 14 2 0 1 6 5 0 1 2 6
7 Smith, Isaac WR 87% 0 1 22 12 10 5 0 0 0 7 0 2 4 4
1 Stanley, Rhys INT 82% 0 0 17 10 7 6 19 3 4 7 2 4 0 6
18 Stengle, Tyson HFFL 87% 4 3 20 15 5 4 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 6
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 88% 0 0 21 18 3 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 0
2 Tuohy, Zach HBFL 86% 1 0 19 11 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
Rushed 6
Total (23 players) 20 18 389 218 171 76 33 37 51 62 19 20 36 63

F. Evans replaced J. Cameron during the second quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Baldwin, Kaine CHF 83% 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 78% 2 1 23 11 12 8 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2
13 Cox, Nik WR 77% 0 0 15 6 9 5 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 4
12 Cutler, Tom SUB↑ 79% 1 0 24 16 8 9 0 2 1 2 0 1 5 3
2 Draper, Sam RU 83% 0 0 12 5 7 1 33 3 6 2 4 1 1 1
35 Guelfi, Matt RO 76% 0 1 13 6 7 6 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 2
33 Ham, Brayden FPL 79% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 0
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFR 94% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
19 Hind, Nick HBFL 82% 0 0 23 17 6 6 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0
29 Kelly, Jake BPR 95% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 2 0 4 1 2 1 1
4 Langford, Kyle INT↓ 4% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 Laverde, Jayden FB 59% 0 0 6 4 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 0
37 Martin, Nic INT 77% 5 0 27 17 10 10 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1
1 McGrath, Andrew WL 85% 0 0 29 19 10 6 0 3 5 4 1 0 6 5
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) C 86% 0 0 39 14 25 7 0 3 1 5 0 2 4 4
3 Parish, Darcy RR 87% 0 0 34 14 20 6 0 1 4 1 0 0 2 6
16 Perkins, Archie HFFL 83% 0 0 20 11 9 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
27 Redman, Mason INT 75% 0 0 20 15 5 8 0 2 0 4 1 1 6 0
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 86% 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 0
9 Shiel, Dylan HFFR 71% 0 0 23 9 14 5 0 4 3 2 0 1 0 4
5 Smith, Devon FPR 86% 1 1 17 9 8 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4
17 Stewart, James BPL 83% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 92% 2 0 8 4 4 5 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 6 408 222 186 119 45 40 27 48 20 19 43 48

T. Cutler replaced K. Langford during the first quarter.

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 J. Stewart 15 J. Laverde 29 J. Kelly 39 Z. Guthrie 40 L. Dahlhaus
45 B. Close 26 T. Hawkins 5 J. Cameron 35 P. Dangerfield 4 S. Higgins
FORWARD 14 J. Selwood (c) 9 M. Holmes
HALF-BACK

1 R. Stanley
19 N. Hind 14 J. Ridley 21 D. Heppell (c)

31 F. Evans
3 B. Parfitt 17 E. Ratugolea 18 T. Stengle



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 A. McGrath 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 13 N. Cox



7 I. Smith 29 C. Guthrie 30 T. Atkins FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 6 J. Caldwell
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 4 K. Langford
16 A. Perkins 26 K. Baldwin 9 D. Shiel 35 M. Guelfi 37 N. Martin
46 M. Blicavs 44 T. Stewart 2 Z. Tuohy

27 M. Redman
HALF-BACK

12 T. Cutler
FORWARD



33 B. Ham 20 P. Wright 5 D. Smith



38 J. Henry 16 S. De Koning 8 J. Kolodjashnij



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:03
GEEL Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:35
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 06:26
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 07:03
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 08:21
GEEL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 10:00
ESSE Devon Smith goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 14:29
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 4.2.26 - 1.1.7 16:33
GEEL Luke Dahlhaus goal 5.2.32 - 1.1.7 17:48
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 5.3.33 - 1.1.7 20:32
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 5.3.33 - 2.1.13 22:04
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 5.4.34 - 2.1.13 23:20
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 6.4.40 - 2.1.13 27:20
GEEL Tyson Stengle behind 6.5.41 - 2.1.13 28:49
GEEL Zach Tuohy goal 7.5.47 - 2.1.13 31:03
Q2 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 8.5.53 - 2.1.13 00:59
GEEL Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 2.1.13 03:12
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 9.6.60 - 2.1.13 04:29
ESSE Nic Martin goal 9.6.60 - 3.1.19 08:20
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 10.6.66 - 3.1.19 09:55
ESSE Devon Smith behind 10.6.66 - 3.2.20 13:56
ESSE Rushed behind 10.6.66 - 3.3.21 15:26
GEEL Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 3.3.21 18:38
GEEL Brad Close goal 11.7.73 - 3.3.21 26:30
GEEL Tyson Stengle behind 11.8.74 - 3.3.21 27:50
GEEL Shaun Higgins goal 12.8.80 - 3.3.21 29:29
GEEL Isaac Smith behind 12.9.81 - 3.3.21 31:04
Q3 GEEL Brad Close behind 12.10.82 - 3.3.21 00:43
ESSE Peter Wright goal 12.10.82 - 4.3.27 02:30
ESSE Tom Cutler goal 12.10.82 - 5.3.33 05:03
GEEL Brad Close goal 13.10.88 - 5.3.33 09:52
GEEL Rushed behind 13.11.89 - 5.3.33 13:08
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 13.12.90 - 5.3.33 14:33
GEEL Shaun Higgins behind 13.13.91 - 5.3.33 16:33
ESSE Nic Martin goal 13.13.91 - 6.3.39 19:41
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 14.13.97 - 6.3.39 23:16
GEEL Max Holmes behind 14.14.98 - 6.3.39 26:06
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 15.14.104 - 6.3.39 27:42
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 16.14.110 - 6.3.39 29:43
GEEL Cameron Guthrie goal 17.14.116 - 6.3.39 31:11
Q4 ESSE Rushed behind 17.14.116 - 6.4.40 01:14
ESSE Nic Martin goal 17.14.116 - 7.4.46 05:44
ESSE Nic Martin goal 17.14.116 - 8.4.52 06:59
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 17.15.117 - 8.4.52 10:49
ESSE Nic Martin goal 17.15.117 - 9.4.58 12:11
GEEL Max Holmes goal 18.15.123 - 9.4.58 14:05
GEEL Tyson Stengle behind 18.16.124 - 9.4.58 16:05
GEEL Brad Close behind 18.17.125 - 9.4.58 17:43
GEEL Max Holmes goal 19.17.131 - 9.4.58 20:59
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 19.17.131 - 9.5.59 23:23
GEEL Francis Evans goal 20.17.137 - 9.5.59 24:55
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 20.17.137 - 10.5.65 26:49
GEEL Rushed behind 20.18.138 - 10.5.65 28:38
ESSE Kaine Baldwin behind 20.18.138 - 10.6.66 29:29
ESSE Peter Wright goal 20.18.138 - 11.6.72 31:00