2023 AFL Season Round 9: Brisbane Lions v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 2023 between the Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round nine of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon at the Gabba. With the presence of multiple Brisbane Lions co-captains, namely Harris Andrews and Lachie Neale, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

The Brisbane Lions (12.15.87) defeated Essendon (6.9.45).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Essendon
Date: Saturday 13 May 2023
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 31,898

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Essendon
Score: 12.15.87 - 6.9.45

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions	2	.	2	2	.	7	7	.	11	12	.	15	12	.	15	(87)
Essendon	1	.	3	4	.	5	5	.	6	6	.	9	6	.	9	(45)
Margin	BRIL by 5			ESSE by 10			BRIL by 17			BRIL by 42			BRIL by 42
Duration	29:42			29:35			30:22			31:51			2:01:30

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: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Joe Daniher	BRIL	3	3
Lachie Neale	BRIL	9	2
Will Ashcroft	BRIL	8	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Joe Daniher	BRIL	3	10	2	0	0	0	0
Lachie Neale	BRIL	9	7	0	1	1	0	0
Andrew McGrath	ESSE	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ryan Lester	BRIL	35	3	0	0	?	?	?
Oscar McInerney	BRIL	46	3	0	0	?	?	?
Mason Redman	ESSE	27	2	0	0	0	1	0
Harris Andrews	BRIL	31	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
31	Andrews, Harris	CHB	100%	0	0	19	15	4	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	2
43	Answerth, Noah	SUB↑	11%	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
8	Ashcroft, Will	HFFR	71%	0	0	28	15	13	7	0	4	4	3	1	0	1	2
33	Bailey, Zac	INT	80%	2	1	13	8	5	4	0	6	2	4	1	0	2	5
7	Berry, Jarrod	WL	81%	0	0	10	4	6	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	76%	0	1	9	7	2	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
18	Coleman, Keidean	BPR	82%	0	0	20	18	2	7	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	6
3	Daniher, Joe	FF	84%	6	1	16	14	2	9	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	3
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	81%	0	0	22	11	11	7	0	3	5	3	0	0	1	2
19	Gunston, Jack	CHF	84%	0	0	7	5	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
30	Hipwood, Eric	FPR	86%	1	2	14	8	6	4	1	3	0	3	1	1	0	2
35	Lester, Ryan	C	79%	0	0	19	14	5	7	0	2	0	2	2	2	1	1
11	McCarthy, Lincoln	INT	80%	1	1	11	8	3	3	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	2
6	McCluggage, Hugh	WR	76%	0	3	26	16	10	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	6
46	McInerney, Oscar	RU	79%	1	0	12	7	5	6	23	3	4	2	1	1	1	3
26	McKenna, Conor	HBFL	84%	0	1	14	14	0	5	0	1	0	6	1	1	4	3
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	87%	0	0	34	16	18	4	0	2	5	4	2	1	0	8
40	Payne, Jack	FB	93%	0	0	9	9	0	7	0	1	0	2	1	1	4	1
16	Rayner, Cam	FPL	78%	1	0	20	8	12	4	0	2	5	2	0	0	1	5
22	Sharp, Harry	INT	73%	0	0	17	13	4	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2
37	Starcevich, Brandon	BPL	82%	0	0	11	10	1	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	2
44	Wilmot, Darcy	INT	80%	0	1	16	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2
15	Zorko, Dayne	HBFR↓	70%	0	1	25	17	8	9	0	3	1	4	2	0	2	6
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				12	15	376	251	125	128	26	42	32	51	18	12	31	69

N. Answerth replaced D. Zorko.

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Baldwin, Kaine	BPR	87%	0	0	13	9	4	5	0	4	1	2	1	1	6	2
6	Caldwell, Jye	INT	73%	0	1	17	10	7	2	0	2	5	3	0	1	2	4
42	D'Ambrosio, Massimo	INT↓	54%	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1
33	Davey, Alwyn	SUB↑	26%	0	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	Draper, Sam	RU	85%	0	1	9	6	3	2	22	1	3	5	0	1	2	0
22	Durham, Sam	WR	80%	0	0	12	8	4	4	0	2	1	4	0	1	1	1
21	Heppell, Dyson	BPL	91%	0	0	21	12	9	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	1
19	Hind, Nick	CHB	90%	0	0	20	14	6	4	0	3	1	6	0	2	7	1
8	Hobbs, Ben	INT	74%	0	0	22	12	10	9	0	1	1	3	1	1	1	4
4	Langford, Kyle	FPR	86%	2	2	9	8	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
37	Martin, Nic	WL	89%	0	0	19	12	7	6	0	3	0	4	0	1	5	0
43	McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony	HFFR	69%	1	0	8	4	4	2	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	2
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	HBFR	90%	0	0	18	11	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0
47	Menzie, Jye	INT	70%	1	0	6	2	4	1	0	4	1	6	2	2	0	3
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	RR	82%	0	1	23	12	11	3	0	3	7	4	3	0	3	2
16	Perkins, Archie	HFFL	77%	1	1	11	11	0	7	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
34	Phillips, Andrew	FPL	78%	0	0	11	5	6	1	18	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
27	Redman, Mason	HBFL	82%	0	0	30	24	6	7	0	1	0	1	1	1	6	1
12	Setterfield, Will	RO	79%	0	0	23	18	5	6	0	4	4	5	0	0	3	5
9	Shiel, Dylan	C	70%	0	0	18	7	11	2	0	3	4	3	0	0	1	2
25	Stringer, Jake	CHF	79%	1	0	13	9	4	3	0	4	1	5	2	2	1	5
10	Weideman, Sam	FF	91%	0	2	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1
30	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	FB	100%	0	0	16	11	5	8	0	3	0	4	1	0	6	0
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				6	9	336	214	122	96	40	50	33	65	12	18	57	38

A. Davey replaced M. D'Ambrosio.

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
	21	D. Heppell	30	B. Zerk-Thatcher	26	K. Baldwin	46	O. McInerney	33	Z. Bailey
	30	E. Hipwood	3	J. Daniher	16	C. Rayner	5	J. Dunkley	11	L. McCarthy
FORWARD							9	L. Neale	22	H. Sharp
HALF-BACK									44	D. Wilmot
	27	M. Redman	19	N. Hind	1	A. McGrath (vc)			43	N. Answerth
	8	W. Ashcroft	19	J. Gunston	23	C. Cameron
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	37	N. Martin	9	D. Shiel	22	S. Durham
	6	H. McCluggage	35	R. Lester	7	J. Berry	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	S. Draper	6	J. Caldwell
HALF-FORWARD							7	Z. Merrett (c)	42	M. D'Ambrosio
	16	A. Perkins	25	J. Stringer	43	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti	12	W. Setterfield	8	B. Hobbs
	15	D. Zorko	31	H. Andrews	26	C. McKenna			47	J. Menzie
HALF-BACK									33	A. Davey
FORWARD
	34	A. Phillips	10	S. Weideman	4	K. Langford
	18	K. Coleman	40	J. Payne	37	B. Starcevich
BACK
Essendon							Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Archie Perkins goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	04:25
	ESSE	Jye Caldwell behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	08:41
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	12:00
	BRIL	Rushed behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	18:15
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	22:21
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	2.2.14	-	1.1.7	25:20
	ESSE	Zach Merrett behind	2.2.14	-	1.2.8	26:58
	ESSE	Sam Weideman behind	2.2.14	-	1.3.9	28:34
Q2	BRIL	Joe Daniher behind	2.3.15	-	1.3.9	04:01
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood behind	2.4.16	-	1.3.9	05:24
	BRIL	Dayne Zorko behind	2.5.17	-	1.3.9	08:29
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	2.5.17	-	2.3.15	11:38
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	2.5.17	-	3.3.21	13:39
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	2.5.17	-	3.4.22	15:53
	BRIL	Darcy Wilmot behind	2.6.18	-	3.4.22	16:23
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	2.6.18	-	3.5.23	20:18
	BRIL	Lincoln McCarthy behind	2.7.19	-	3.5.23	22:54
	ESSE	Jye Menzie goal	2.7.19	-	4.5.29	25:11
Q3	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	3.7.25	-	4.5.29	01:44
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	4.7.31	-	4.5.29	04:18
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage behind	4.8.32	-	4.5.29	08:08
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	5.8.38	-	4.5.29	09:28
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage behind	5.9.39	-	4.5.29	12:44
	BRIL	Oscar McInerney goal	6.9.45	-	4.5.29	15:55
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	7.9.51	-	4.5.29	19:10
	BRIL	Conor McKenna behind	7.10.52	-	4.5.29	22:50
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	7.10.52	-	5.5.35	26:33
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood behind	7.11.53	-	5.5.35	28:53
	ESSE	Sam Weideman behind	7.11.53	-	5.6.36	30:17
Q4	ESSE	Archie Perkins behind	7.11.53	-	5.7.37	00:58
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	8.11.59	-	5.7.37	02:52
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	9.11.65	-	5.7.37	04:33
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey behind	9.11.65	-	5.8.38	08:07
	BRIL	Rushed behind	9.12.66	-	5.8.38	13:15
	BRIL	Rushed behind	9.13.67	-	5.8.38	16:16
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	10.13.73	-	5.8.38	17:32
	ESSE	Sam Draper behind	10.13.73	-	5.9.39	21:47
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal	10.13.73	-	6.9.45	23:10
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage behind	10.14.74	-	6.9.45	24:58
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	10.15.75	-	6.9.45	26:21
	BRIL	Lincoln McCarthy goal	11.15.81	-	6.9.45	28:02
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	12.15.87	-	6.9.45	31:47

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