2022 AFL Season Round 1: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 March 2022 between Geelong and Essendon during round one of the 2022 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at the 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 (20.18.138) defeated Essendon (11.6.72).

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Geelong) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Joel Selwood
Coach: Chris Scott

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell
Vice-Captain: Zach Merrett
Coach: Ben Rutten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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