2022 AFL Season Round 2: Essendon v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 26 March 2022 between Essendon and the Brisbane Lions during round two of the 2022 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted the Brisbane Lions at Marvel Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. Dayne Zorko captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Essendon (10.15.75) were defeated by the Brisbane Lions (15.7.97).

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 26 March 2022
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 30,631

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 10.15.75 - 15.7.97

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	4	.	5	5	.	9	8	.	13	10	.	15	10	.	15	(75)
Brisbane Lions	1	.	1	7	.	2	13	.	5	15	.	7	15	.	7	(97)
Margin	ESSE by 22			BRIL by 5			BRIL by 22			BRIL by 22			BRIL by 22
Duration	28:45			30:36			34:21			33:38			2:07:20

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

Brisbane Lions

Captain: Dayne Zorko
Coach: Chris Fagan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Brown (#13)
A. Gianfagna (#27)
M. Pell (#30)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Lachie Neale	BRIL	9	3
Hugh McCluggage	BRIL	6	2
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Lachie Neale	BRIL	9	10	2	0	0	0	0
Darcy Parish	ESSE	3	6	0	0	2	0	0
Hugh McCluggage	BRIL	6	4	0	?	0	?	0
Peter Wright	ESSE	20	4	0	?	0	?	0
Dayne Zorko	BRIL	15	4	0	?	0	?	0
Jarrod Berry	BRIL	7	1	0	0	0	0	1
Daniel Rich	BRIL	10	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
6	Caldwell, Jye	RR	89%	0	1	21	5	16	1	0	2	5	2	2	1	0	3
13	Cox, Nik	WR	72%	0	1	21	8	13	4	0	2	0	5	3	1	1	0
12	Cutler, Tom	INT	83%	1	2	15	11	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3
2	Draper, Sam	RU	83%	0	0	13	9	4	1	32	1	3	3	1	2	2	4
22	Durham, Sam	HFFL	74%	0	1	10	4	6	4	0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
10	Francis, Aaron	CHB	75%	0	2	11	4	7	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
35	Guelfi, Matt	INT	73%	0	0	11	4	7	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
33	Ham, Brayden	INT	74%	0	1	10	6	4	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	4
21	Heppell, Dyson (c)	WL	91%	0	0	16	8	8	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	2
19	Hind, Nick	INT	75%	0	0	19	15	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	4
29	Kelly, Jake	BPR	88%	0	0	14	11	3	6	0	2	0	3	1	0	4	1
15	Laverde, Jayden	FPL	82%	0	0	15	8	7	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	0
1	McGrath, Andrew	HBFR	88%	0	1	17	10	7	2	0	2	4	5	1	1	1	4
7	Merrett, Zach (vc)	C	78%	1	0	31	17	14	4	0	3	4	4	2	0	1	7
3	Parish, Darcy	RO	83%	0	2	35	21	14	6	0	2	6	8	1	3	0	10
16	Perkins, Archie	HFFR	83%	3	1	11	11	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
27	Redman, Mason	FB	81%	0	0	14	7	7	4	0	2	0	3	2	1	4	0
14	Ridley, Jordan	HBFL	89%	0	0	18	15	3	5	0	1	0	1	2	0	7	2
5	Smith, Devon	FPR	76%	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	Stewart, James	BPL	93%	0	0	7	4	3	1	0	2	0	7	0	3	0	1
25	Stringer, Jake	CHF	80%	1	0	15	11	4	2	0	4	5	6	2	2	0	3
40	Wanganeen, Tex	SUB	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Wright, Peter	FF	90%	3	1	15	13	2	11	6	0	1	1	2	0	1	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				10	15	343	205	138	89	38	32	30	57	23	18	35	56

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Adams, Marcus	BPR	93%	0	0	16	11	5	7	0	1	0	3	0	2	7	0
4	Ah Chee, Callum	HBFR	68%	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
31	Andrews, Harris	FB	97%	0	0	11	7	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
43	Answerth, Noah	INT	74%	0	0	15	8	7	5	0	3	1	1	1	0	3	1
33	Bailey, Zac	HFFL	76%	2	1	15	10	5	4	0	1	1	6	0	3	2	3
7	Berry, Jarrod	WL	81%	0	0	14	11	3	4	0	5	2	3	2	2	1	4
23	Cameron, Charlie	FPR	84%	2	2	14	9	5	4	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	4
12	Cockatoo, Nakia	INT	68%	1	0	7	3	4	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1
3	Daniher, Joe	FF	95%	2	0	15	10	5	8	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	5
32	Fort, Darcy	RR	77%	0	0	14	9	5	1	6	0	4	4	3	4	1	3
27	Gardiner, Darcy	BPL	89%	0	0	15	10	5	8	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	2
17	Lyons, Jarryd	INT	79%	0	0	24	14	10	4	0	2	7	1	1	0	2	5
11	McCarthy, Lincoln	HFFR	84%	1	1	10	6	4	2	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	0
6	McCluggage, Hugh	WR	86%	3	0	19	9	10	6	0	3	1	3	1	3	0	2
46	McInerney, Oscar	RU	74%	1	0	13	8	5	1	18	3	3	5	2	0	2	0
25	McStay, Daniel	CHF	92%	0	0	11	6	5	5	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	1
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	93%	2	2	41	24	17	6	0	2	12	5	2	1	2	9
20	Prior, Jaxon	SUB	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Rayner, Cam	FPL	75%	1	0	12	7	5	3	0	0	1	4	0	1	3	1
10	Rich, Daniel	CHB	85%	0	0	29	24	5	5	0	3	1	2	1	2	9	2
22	Sharp, Harry	INT	70%	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2
37	Starcevich, Brandon	HBFL	90%	0	0	12	9	3	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
15	Zorko, Dayne (c)	C	71%	0	0	33	25	8	16	0	2	1	6	1	1	7	3
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				15	7	351	226	125	104	24	39	37	63	18	23	46	52

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: Ben Rutten
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	27	D. Gardiner	31	H. Andrews	24	M. Adams	2	S. Draper	12	T. Cutler
	5	D. Smith	20	P. Wright	15	J. Laverde	6	J. Caldwell	35	M. Guelfi
FORWARD							3	D. Parish	33	B. Ham
HALF-BACK									19	N. Hind
	37	B. Starcevich	10	D. Rich	4	C. Ah Chee			40	T. Wanganeen
	16	A. Perkins	25	J. Stringer	22	S. Durham
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	J. Berry	15	D. Zorko (c)	6	H. McCluggage
	13	N. Cox	7	Z. Merrett (vc)	21	D. Heppell (c)	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							46	O. McInerney	43	N. Answerth
HALF-FORWARD							32	D. Fort	12	N. Cockatoo
	33	Z. Bailey	25	D. McStay	11	L. McCarthy	9	L. Neale	17	J. Lyons
	1	A. McGrath	10	A. Francis	14	J. Ridley			22	H. Sharp
HALF-BACK									20	J. Prior
FORWARD
	16	C. Rayner	3	J. Daniher	23	C. Cameron
	29	J. Kelly	27	M. Redman	17	J. Stewart
BACK
Brisbane Lions							Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:30
	ESSE	Andrew McGrath behind	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	02:58
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	10:14
	ESSE	Sam Durham behind	1.2.8	-	1.0.6	12:39
	BRIL	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	13:51
	ESSE	Devon Smith goal	2.2.14	-	1.1.7	18:44
	ESSE	Aaron Francis behind	2.3.15	-	1.1.7	20:00
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	3.3.21	-	1.1.7	21:08
	ESSE	Tom Cutler behind	3.4.22	-	1.1.7	22:24
	ESSE	Jye Caldwell behind	3.5.23	-	1.1.7	25:01
	ESSE	Archie Perkins goal	4.5.29	-	1.1.7	26:49
Q2	ESSE	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	1.1.7	01:06
	ESSE	Nik Cox behind	4.7.31	-	1.1.7	02:33
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	4.7.31	-	1.2.8	03:33
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	4.7.31	-	2.2.14	05:37
	BRIL	Lincoln McCarthy goal	4.7.31	-	3.2.20	07:35
	ESSE	Tom Cutler behind	4.8.32	-	3.2.20	12:23
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	4.8.32	-	4.2.26	13:31
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	4.8.32	-	5.2.32	14:55
	BRIL	Nakia Cockatoo goal	4.8.32	-	6.2.38	16:58
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	4.8.32	-	7.2.44	21:03
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	5.8.38	-	7.2.44	23:56
	ESSE	Archie Perkins behind	5.9.39	-	7.2.44	27:06
Q3	ESSE	Rushed behind	5.10.40	-	7.2.44	00:16
	ESSE	Archie Perkins goal	6.10.46	-	7.2.44	02:15
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	6.10.46	-	8.2.50	08:36
	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	7.10.52	-	8.2.50	09:46
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	7.10.52	-	9.2.56	12:28
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	7.10.52	-	9.3.57	13:49
	BRIL	Lincoln McCarthy behind	7.10.52	-	9.4.58	14:41
	BRIL	Lachie Neale behind	7.10.52	-	9.5.59	17:17
	BRIL	Lachie Neale goal	7.10.52	-	10.5.65	19:06
	ESSE	Aaron Francis behind	7.11.53	-	10.5.65	20:46
	BRIL	Oscar McInerney goal	7.11.53	-	11.5.71	23:12
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	8.11.59	-	11.5.71	24:39
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	8.11.59	-	12.5.77	27:20
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	8.11.59	-	13.5.83	29:15
	ESSE	Darcy Parish behind	8.12.60	-	13.5.83	32:18
	ESSE	Brayden Ham behind	8.13.61	-	13.5.83	33:00
Q4	ESSE	Peter Wright behind	8.14.62	-	13.5.83	05:20
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	8.14.62	-	13.6.84	14:51
	ESSE	Tom Cutler goal	9.14.68	-	13.6.84	18:54
	ESSE	Darcy Parish behind	9.15.69	-	13.6.84	21:02
	BRIL	Lachie Neale goal	9.15.69	-	14.6.90	25:55
	BRIL	Lachie Neale behind	9.15.69	-	14.7.91	28:45
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	9.15.69	-	15.7.97	31:05
	ESSE	Archie Perkins goal	10.15.75	-	15.7.97	32:12

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