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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 2-Apr-2016 Final Round 2
Essendon logo
ESS
80 11.14
Coach: John Worsfold
67 10.7
MEL
Melbourne logo
Coach: Paul Roos
M.C.G. Essendon by 13 ESS by 13
Summary Lineups Player Statistics
The team sheet

Who takes the field

↑ Attacking this way

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Scoring timeline

2Q3Q4Q
Brendon GoddardQ1 - 2:45 - Behind - 1-0 Zach MerrettQ1 - 4:41 - Goal - 7-0 Joe DaniherQ1 - 7:09 - Behind - 8-0 Angus BrayshawQ1 - 12:12 - Goal - 8-6 Jeff GarlettQ1 - 14:25 - Behind - 8-7
RushedQ1 - 19:05 - Behind - 8-8
Dom TysonQ1 - 20:49 - Behind - 8-9 Zach MerrettQ1 - 23:09 - Goal - 14-9 Jesse HoganQ1 - 27:29 - Behind - 14-10 Mathew StokesQ2 - 0:53 - Goal - 20-10 Jeff GarlettQ2 - 4:28 - Goal - 20-16 Ben KennedyQ2 - 6:16 - Goal - 20-22 Joe DaniherQ2 - 9:12 - Behind - 21-22
RushedQ2 - 10:29 - Behind - 22-22
James HarmesQ2 - 11:55 - Goal - 22-28 Ben KennedyQ2 - 14:29 - Goal - 22-34 Ryan CrowleyQ2 - 17:29 - Behind - 23-34 Mitch BrownQ2 - 17:55 - Goal - 29-34 Joe DaniherQ2 - 19:47 - Behind - 30-34 Nick KommerQ2 - 22:10 - Goal - 36-34 Kyle LangfordQ2 - 24:36 - Behind - 37-34 Michael HartleyQ2 - 26:08 - Goal - 43-34 Jeff GarlettQ2 - 27:58 - Goal - 43-40 Joe DaniherQ2 - 30:00 - Goal - 49-40 Mitch BrownQ3 - 2:31 - Goal - 55-40
RushedQ3 - 6:10 - Behind - 56-40
Dom TysonQ3 - 9:45 - Behind - 56-41 Dom TysonQ3 - 10:20 - Behind - 56-42 Ben KennedyQ3 - 11:21 - Goal - 56-48
RushedQ3 - 18:10 - Behind - 57-48
Angus BrayshawQ3 - 24:03 - Behind - 57-49 Matt DeaQ3 - 25:55 - Behind - 58-49 Clayton OliverQ4 - 0:18 - Goal - 58-55 Adam CooneyQ4 - 2:34 - Behind - 59-55 Jack WattsQ4 - 4:17 - Goal - 59-61 Joe DaniherQ4 - 8:11 - Behind - 60-61
RushedQ4 - 12:14 - Behind - 61-61
Jesse HoganQ4 - 13:44 - Goal - 61-67 Joe DaniherQ4 - 16:12 - Goal - 67-67 Kyle LangfordQ4 - 19:12 - Goal - 73-67 Darcy ParishQ4 - 23:38 - Goal - 79-67 Jackson MerrettQ4 - 26:17 - Behind - 80-67

Scoring Events

Most recent first
  • Jackson MerrettBehind
    4Q 26:1780-67
  • Darcy ParishGoal
    4Q 23:3879-67
  • Kyle LangfordGoal
    4Q 19:1273-67
  • Joe DaniherGoal
    4Q 16:1267-67
  • Jesse HoganGoal
    4Q 13:4461-67
  • RushedBehind
    4Q 12:1461-61
  • Joe DaniherBehind
    4Q 8:1160-61
  • Jack WattsGoal
    4Q 4:1759-61
  • Adam CooneyBehind
    4Q 2:3459-55
  • Clayton OliverGoal
    4Q 0:1858-55
  • Matt DeaBehind
    3Q 25:5558-49
  • Angus BrayshawBehind
    3Q 24:0357-49
  • RushedBehind
    3Q 18:1057-48
  • Ben KennedyGoal
    3Q 11:2156-48
  • Dom TysonBehind
    3Q 10:2056-42
  • Dom TysonBehind
    3Q 9:4556-41
  • RushedBehind
    3Q 6:1056-40
  • Mitch BrownGoal
    3Q 2:3155-40
  • Joe DaniherGoal
    2Q 30:0049-40
  • Jeff GarlettGoal
    2Q 27:5843-40
  • Michael HartleyGoal
    2Q 26:0843-34
  • Kyle LangfordBehind
    2Q 24:3637-34
  • Nick KommerGoal
    2Q 22:1036-34
  • Joe DaniherBehind
    2Q 19:4730-34
  • Mitch BrownGoal
    2Q 17:5529-34
  • Ryan CrowleyBehind
    2Q 17:2923-34
  • Ben KennedyGoal
    2Q 14:2922-34
  • James HarmesGoal
    2Q 11:5522-28
  • RushedBehind
    2Q 10:2922-22
  • Joe DaniherBehind
    2Q 9:1221-22
  • Ben KennedyGoal
    2Q 6:1620-22
  • Jeff GarlettGoal
    2Q 4:2820-16
  • Mathew StokesGoal
    2Q 0:5320-10
  • Jesse HoganBehind
    1Q 27:2914-10
  • Zach MerrettGoal
    1Q 23:0914-9
  • Dom TysonBehind
    1Q 20:498-9
  • RushedBehind
    1Q 19:058-8
  • Jeff GarlettBehind
    1Q 14:258-7
  • Angus BrayshawGoal
    1Q 12:128-6
  • Joe DaniherBehind
    1Q 7:098-0
  • Zach MerrettGoal
    1Q 4:417-0
  • Brendon GoddardBehind
    1Q 2:451-0

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.25.51.33.480
MEL1.45.01.33.067

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Ben KennedyMEL
Behinds
4
Joe DaniherESS
SuperCoach
133
David ZaharakisESS
Tackles
8
2 tied leaders
Zach MerrettESS

Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

11Goals10
10Behinds6
26Shots At Goal21
56Inside 50s41
8Goal Assists6
134Score Involvements67
14Marks Inside 509
6Behinds Rushed1

Possession

444Disposals316
243Kicks174
201Handballs142
131Contested Possessions127
313Uncontested Possessions179
5,802Metres Gained5,271
83Ground Ball Gets83

Clearance / Contest

27Clearances32
9Centre Clearances12
19Stoppage Clearances19
66Tackles50
21Hitouts41
7Hitouts To Advantage16
212Pressure Acts220
15Contested Marks11

Other

139Marks68
27Frees For22
22Frees Against27
27Rebound 50s39
53Clangers52
32One Percenters25
4Bounces7
1,899Supercoach Points1,402
1,870Dream Team Points1,258
63Turnovers74
33Hitout To Advantage Rate18
24Spoils22
75Intercepts63
17Intercept Marks16

Match Summary

Biggest Lead
ESS 16 pts
Longest Unanswered Run
ESS 21 pts
Lead Changes
6
Score Ties
4

Player Statistics

Every player, every statistic

Browse statistics

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#11
David Zaharakis ESS Centre
133 34 20 14 7 0 0 5 0 10 0 2 8 26 0 0 2 8 714 3 1 12 6 1 1 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 126 87% 101
#7
Zach Merrett ESS Half Forward Flank Left
131 32 19 13 3 2 0 8 0 5 1 4 9 23 0 0 0 10 443 1 0 18 8 1 3 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 3 3 2 0 3 66.7% 66.7% — — — — — 136 70% 81
#20
Jackson Merrett ESS Wing Right
104 28 13 15 10 0 1 3 0 3 1 3 10 20 0 1 0 6 322 6 0 9 6 1 2 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 112 82% 95
#47
James Kelly ESS Ruck Rover
113 28 12 16 6 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 8 19 1 0 0 7 282 8 2 7 7 1 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 91 85% 98
#9
Brendon Goddard ESS Wing Left
107 27 15 12 10 0 1 3 2 2 0 3 6 21 0 0 1 10 356 3 1 9 4 0 3 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 2 5 0 1 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 110 89% 103
#42
James Gwilt ESS Half Back Flank Left
90 24 13 11 9 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 18 0 0 0 4 266 5 1 2 4 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 92 94% 109
#13
Orazio Fantasia ESS Interchange
91 23 9 14 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 4 10 13 0 0 1 6 313 3 0 9 8 0 4 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 71 74% 86
#6
Joe Daniher ESS Full Forward
113 21 14 7 15 2 4 0 0 5 0 0 10 11 7 9 2 12 269 0 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 6 66.7% 2 1 3 1 1 0 8 75.0% 25.0% — — — — — 116 88% 102
#3
Darcy Parish ESS Interchange
97 21 10 11 3 1 0 8 0 5 0 1 5 16 0 0 0 6 304 3 0 16 2 0 1 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 102 73% 84
#12
Mark Baguley ESS Back Pocket Right
107 21 10 11 9 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 5 17 1 0 0 7 249 5 1 14 4 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 2 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 100 85% 98
#8
Martin Gleeson ESS Interchange
81 20 15 5 12 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 1 19 0 0 0 6 296 5 4 3 1 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 95 85% 98
#17
Adam Cooney ESS Half Forward Flank Right
75 20 14 6 5 0 1 4 0 3 1 4 5 15 0 0 0 8 284 1 0 22 3 2 2 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 86 80% 92
#43
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESS Half Back Flank Right
84 20 13 7 8 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 5 15 0 0 0 4 261 5 1 9 4 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 81 84% 97
#49
Matt Dea ESS Back Pocket Left
87 18 12 6 4 0 1 2 0 1 3 1 9 9 1 0 0 4 303 8 1 6 5 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 69 79% 91
#48
Mathew Stokes ESS Forward Pocket Left
74 17 5 12 5 1 0 4 0 1 2 1 4 13 1 1 1 4 177 1 0 16 3 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 73 85% 98
#30
Kyle Langford ESS Centre Half Forward
66 15 7 8 7 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 3 14 1 2 0 7 156 1 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 2 1 3 0 1 1 2 100.0% 50.0% — — — — — 72 76% 88
#51
Ryan Crowley ESS Rover
38 14 10 4 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 1 0 0 2 206 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 60 85% 98
#36
Michael Hartley ESS Centre Half Back
86 14 9 5 6 1 0 5 0 1 2 0 5 9 1 0 0 3 141 7 2 10 2 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 5 3 33.3% 0 0.0% 2 3 3 0 5 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 74 92% 106
#28
Mitch Brown ESS Full Back
72 13 9 4 3 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 6 7 1 0 0 6 209 1 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 66.7% 66.7% — — — — — 61 80% 92
#29
Patrick Ambrose ESS Interchange
67 13 5 8 3 0 0 5 3 2 0 1 3 9 0 0 0 7 71 3 0 12 2 1 0 0 2 15.8% 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 61 78% 90
#22
Matthew Leuenberger ESS Ruck
52 12 4 8 1 0 0 2 16 2 0 3 7 5 0 0 0 2 130 2 0 9 5 2 1 4 5 29.1% 31.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 57 76% 88
#38
Nick Kommer ESS Forward Pocket Right
31 9 5 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 3 0 1 1 5 50 2 0 13 2 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 4 6 7 0 1 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 25 75% 87
Essendon logo
Team totals ESS
1899 444 243 201 139 11 10 66 21 56 27 27 131 313 15 14 8 134 5802 75 17 212 83 9 19 63 7 15.0% 32.7% 24 9 233.3% 10 116.7% 27 22 53 6 32 4 26 80.8% 42.3% — — — 0% — 1870 82% 2083

#2
Nathan Jones MEL Ruck Rover
93 29 17 12 6 0 0 3 0 7 2 8 11 18 0 0 1 6 607 3 0 7 9 5 2 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 97 87% 101
#23
Bernie Vince MEL Wing Left
115 28 20 8 7 0 0 4 2 3 7 2 10 14 2 0 0 5 534 4 2 9 6 0 2 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 110 86% 99
#12
Dom Tyson MEL Interchange
94 23 12 11 5 0 3 4 0 4 4 2 7 16 0 1 2 5 407 3 0 10 4 2 0 6 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 93 74% 86
#35
Ben Kennedy MEL Interchange
105 21 13 8 1 3 0 3 0 3 1 3 11 10 0 0 0 5 411 3 0 12 9 0 3 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 75.0% 75.0% — — — — — 90 72% 83
#45
Matt Jones MEL Half Back Flank Left
76 19 13 6 5 0 0 3 0 2 2 3 10 10 1 0 0 5 366 6 1 10 3 0 3 7 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 2 50.0% 1 0.0% 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 77 84% 97
#8
Heritier Lumumba MEL Back Pocket Right
51 18 8 10 2 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 4 14 0 0 0 1 385 5 1 4 4 0 0 10 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 46 96% 111
#7
Jack Viney MEL Centre
65 17 7 10 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 9 8 0 0 0 4 183 3 0 18 8 2 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 64 79% 91
#32
Tomas Bugg MEL Wing Right
71 16 9 7 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 4 11 0 0 0 1 197 6 2 7 2 0 1 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 65 79% 91
#43
James Harmes MEL Interchange
72 15 8 7 1 1 0 3 0 3 1 2 8 7 0 0 1 5 190 1 0 13 5 1 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 61 75% 87
#37
Aaron Vandenberg MEL Half Forward Flank Right
56 15 5 10 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 10 5 1 0 0 1 118 2 1 13 5 0 2 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 44 85% 98
#13
Clayton Oliver MEL Rover
60 14 4 10 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 8 0 0 0 2 140 1 0 10 5 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 49 67% 77
#3
Christian Salem MEL Half Back Flank Right
51 13 7 6 3 0 0 3 0 1 3 2 4 6 0 0 0 1 291 2 0 14 2 1 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 49 87% 101
#25
Tom McDonald MEL Full Back
67 12 8 4 6 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 4 7 1 0 0 3 221 5 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 8 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 2 3 0 8 2 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 49 98% 113
#39
Neville Jetta MEL Back Pocket Left
45 12 5 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 10 0 0 0 1 81 3 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 45 87% 101
#21
Cameron Pedersen MEL Centre Half Forward
58 10 7 3 5 0 0 2 7 3 2 1 8 3 2 0 0 1 219 4 3 9 3 0 1 6 2 50.0% 28.6% 1 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 3 3 4 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 51 80% 92
#11
Max Gawn MEL Ruck
85 10 3 7 3 0 0 0 31 0 0 1 4 7 1 1 0 4 87 4 2 7 3 0 1 2 14 51.7% 45.2% 2 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 61 78% 90
#10
Angus Brayshaw MEL Interchange
36 9 7 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 2 157 3 0 7 4 1 1 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 66.7% 33.3% — — — — — 36 58% 67
#4
Jack Watts MEL Half Forward Flank Left
50 9 4 5 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 1 1 1 4 101 0 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 37 80% 92
#1
Jesse Hogan MEL Full Forward
51 8 5 3 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 2 3 1 4 112 1 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 100.0% 50.0% — — — — — 41 91% 105
#20
Colin Garland MEL Centre Half Back
33 7 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 3 89 2 0 10 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 3 66.7% 0 0.0% 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 34 92% 106
#36
Jeff Garlett MEL Forward Pocket Right
55 6 6 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 3 223 2 0 16 4 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 100.0% 66.7% — — — — — 49 82% 95
#16
Dean Kent MEL Forward Pocket Left
13 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 152 0 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 10 82% 95
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Team totals MEL
1402 316 174 142 68 10 6 50 41 41 39 32 127 179 11 9 6 67 5271 63 16 220 83 12 19 74 16 25.4% 18.4% 22 10 316.7% 9 300.0% 22 27 52 1 25 7 21 76.2% 47.6% — — — 0% — 1258 82% 2079
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