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Essendon vs Adelaide

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Round: 1   Venue: Docklands   Date: Fri, 23-03-2018 7:50 pm   Crowd: 43,016  
Essendon 4.2.265.8.388.10.5814.15.99 C:  John Worsfold
Adelaide 3.5.234.9.3311.12.7812.15.87 C:  Don Pyke
  ESS by 3ESS by 5ADEL by 20ESS by 12  
Weather
min temp  15.4°C      max temp  29.2°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  35%    air pressure  1015.8mb
wind speed 13km/h      wind direction  N
Brownlow Medal 3 Dyson Heppell (ESS)2 Bryce Gibbs (ADEL)1 Michael Hurley (ESS)

Match Report

GOALS
Essendon: Hooker, Stewart 3; Daniher, Green 2; McGrath, Bellchambers, Goddard, Begley
Adelaide: Jenkins, Gibbs, Fogarty 2; Hampton, McGovern, Murphy, Douglas, Greenwood, Ellis-Yolmen

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Essendon: Heppell, Zaharakis, Hurley, Goddard, D.Smith, McDonald-Tipungwuti, McGrath
Adelaide: Laird, Gibbs, M. Crouch, Sloane, Doedee, Seedsman

BEST - THE SATURDAY AGE
Essendon: Heppell, Hooker, McGrath, Goddard, Zaharakis, Smith
Adelaide: Laird, Gibbs, M. Crouch, Sloane, Talia

INJURIES
Essendon: Merrett (concussion)
Adelaide: Hampton (groin), Gibson (hamstring tightness) replaced in selected side by Greenwood

REPORTS: Richard Douglas (Adelaide) reported for rough conduct on Zach Merrett (Essendon)

UMPIRES: O'Gorman, Chamberlain, Pannell

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Bruce McAvaney, Brian Taylor, Wayne Carey, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL

Match stats

Essendon Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
16 Begley, Josh 7 1 4 11 1 2 0 5 0 0 19y 263d 4 6
2 Bellchambers, Tom 5 3 4 9 1 0 33 1 2 0 28y 257d 94 63
28 Brown, Mitch 8 8 5 13 0 0 0 0 1 1 27y 207d 41 29
6 Daniher, Joe 9 7 6 15 2 1 0 1 1 2 24y 19d 94 175
49 Dea, Matt 2 1 9 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 26y 161d 59 2
9 Goddard, Brendon 15 6 14 29 1 1 0 3 0 0 32y 307d 313 158
15 Green, Josh 10 1 1 11 2 2 0 2 2 0 25y 211d 99 126
36 Hartley, Michael 8 5 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 24y 289d 38 1
21 Heppell, Dyson 21 13 14 35 0 0 0 5 1 2 25y 313d 130 45
26 Hooker, Cale 8 9 7 15 3 1 0 3 0 0 29y 161d 154 72
18 Hurley, Michael 15 7 13 28 0 0 0 1 3 0 27y 295d 141 108
4 Langford, Kyle 11 3 12 23 0 0 0 2 3 3 21y 112d 32 19
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony 9 6 5 14 0 1 0 5 0 1 24y 335d 45 42
1 McGrath, Andrew 9 3 17 26 1 0 0 4 0 0 19y 294d 22 2
45 McKenna, Conor 8 1 6 14 0 0 0 5 0 0 21y 360d 34 10
7 Merrett, Zach 3 0 4 7 0 0 0 1 2 0 22y 171d 82 31
3 Parish, Darcy 11 0 8 19 0 2 0 7 1 0 20y 241d 41 13
42 Saad, Adam 3 2 9 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 23y 243d 49 3
5 Smith, Devon 14 3 9 23 0 1 0 5 1 0 24y 307d 110 100
17 Stewart, James 10 7 6 16 3 2 6 4 1 2 24y 19d 35 43
25 Stringer, Jake 6 2 10 16 0 1 0 7 1 0 23y 332d 90 160
11 Zaharakis, David 22 4 13 35 0 0 0 4 0 1 28y 30d 171 112
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 214 92 177 391 14 15 39 69 19 12 24y 340d 1878 1320
Adelaide Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
21 Atkins, Rory 8 1 6 14 0 2 0 2 1 0 23y 254d 58 26
18 Betts, Eddie 7 2 7 14 0 2 0 2 1 0 31y 117d 278 534
16 Brown, Luke 10 2 5 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 25y 182d 116 11
5 Crouch, Matt 18 6 23 41 0 0 0 2 0 1 22y 336d 73 17
39 Doedee, Tom 7 7 14 21 0 0 0 2 2 0 21y 22d 1 0
26 Douglas, Richard 7 3 6 13 1 2 0 0 0 4 31y 45d 221 149
28 Ellis-Yolmen, Cameron 7 5 10 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 25y 54d 15 8
32 Fogarty, Darcy 3 3 3 6 2 0 0 4 0 1 18y 179d 1 2
6 Gibbs, Bryce 21 7 14 35 2 1 0 4 1 1 29y 8d 232 139
1 Greenwood, Hugh 8 1 5 13 1 1 0 2 0 0 26y 17d 16 10
17 Hampton, Curtly 6 4 3 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 25y 13d 61 13
15 Hartigan, Kyle 4 4 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 26y 136d 70 1
24 Jacobs, Sam 5 3 8 13 0 0 33 1 1 1 29y 347d 175 45
4 Jenkins, Josh 6 5 5 11 2 2 4 3 0 3 29y 43d 115 230
8 Kelly, Jake 11 6 7 18 0 0 0 2 0 1 23y 61d 35 0
29 Laird, Rory 15 8 25 40 0 0 0 1 1 0 24y 84d 102 9
14 Mackay, David 15 1 5 20 0 1 0 4 0 0 29y 241d 186 55
41 McGovern, Mitch 6 4 3 9 1 1 0 3 0 3 23y 163d 37 53
44 Murphy, Lachlan 4 1 2 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 19y 109d 1 1
11 Seedsman, Paul 14 4 10 24 0 1 0 4 1 2 26y 60d 70 31
9 Sloane, Rory 11 2 12 23 0 0 0 7 3 1 28y 6d 166 106
12 Talia, Daniel 11 4 3 14 0 0 0 1 1 1 26y 172d 147 6
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 204 83 183 387 12 15 37 50 12 19 25y 253d 2176 1446

Match highlights

Rory Laird had 40 disposals for Adelaide vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Matt Crouch had 41 disposals for Adelaide vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Rory Laird had 25 handballs for Adelaide vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Matt Crouch had 23 handballs for Adelaide vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Adam Saad debuted for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Devon Smith debuted for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Tom Doedee debuted for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Darcy Fogarty debuted for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Jake Stringer debuted for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Lachlan Murphy debuted for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.