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Essendon vs Port Adelaide
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| Round: 4 Venue: Docklands Date: Sun, 15-04-2018 1:10 pm Crowd: 30,900 | |||||
| Essendon | 5.2.32 | 9.4.58 | 12.7.79 | 16.10.106 | C: John Worsfold |
| Port Adelaide | 2.2.14 | 4.7.31 | 8.8.56 | 12.12.84 | C: Ken Hinkley |
| ESS by 18 | ESS by 27 | ESS by 23 | ESS by 22 | ||
| Weather |
 11.4°C
 18.6°C
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 12.2mm
 65%
 1005.1mb
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 13km/h
 W
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| Brownlow Medal | 3 Michael Hurley (ESS) | 2 Dyson Heppell (ESS) | 1 Robbie Gray (PORT) |
Match Report
GOALS
Essendon: Stringer 4; Stewart 3; Daniher, Myers 2; Fantasia, Green, Goddard, Baguley, McDonald-Tipungwuti
Port Adelaide: Watts 3; Dixon, Marshall, Westhoff, Boak, S. Gray, Amon, Byrne-Jones, Rockliff, Bonner
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Essendon: Hurley, Stringer, Merrett, Heppell, Zaharakis, Hartley, Bellchambers
Port Adelaide: R. Gray, Wines, Polec, Ebert
BEST - THE AGE
Essendon: Merrett, Goddard, Myers, Hurley, Heppell, Stewart, Stringer, Hartley
Port Adelaide: R. Gray, Jonas, Polec, Watts
INJURIES
Essendon: Nil
Port Adelaide: Marshall (suspected concussion), Rockliff (lower leg)
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Match stats
| Essendon | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 12 | Baguley, Mark | 8 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30y 329d | 106 | 4 |
| 16 | Begley, Josh | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19y 286d | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Bellchambers, Tom | 7 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28y 280d | 97 | 65 |
| 6 | Daniher, Joe | 9 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24y 42d | 97 | 179 |
| 13 | Fantasia, Orazio | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22y 213d | 49 | 71 |
| 9 | Goddard, Brendon | 17 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32y 330d | 316 | 159 |
| 15 | Green, Josh | 9 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25y 234d | 102 | 131 |
| 35 | Guelfi, Matt | 11 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20y 244d | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Hartley, Michael | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24y 312d | 40 | 1 |
| 21 | Heppell, Dyson | 14 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25y 336d | 133 | 46 |
| 26 | Hooker, Cale | 9 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29y 184d | 157 | 74 |
| 18 | Hurley, Michael | 24 | 15 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27y 318d | 144 | 108 |
| 43 | McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24y 358d | 48 | 45 |
| 1 | McGrath, Andrew | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 317d | 25 | 2 |
| 7 | Merrett, Zach | 18 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22y 194d | 85 | 32 |
| 23 | Myers, David | 15 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 28y 289d | 102 | 31 |
| 3 | Parish, Darcy | 11 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20y 264d | 44 | 14 |
| 42 | Saad, Adam | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23y 266d | 52 | 3 |
| 5 | Smith, Devon | 9 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 24y 330d | 113 | 102 |
| 17 | Stewart, James | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24y 42d | 38 | 50 |
| 25 | Stringer, Jake | 11 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 23y 355d | 93 | 165 |
| 11 | Zaharakis, David | 12 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28y 53d | 174 | 112 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 227 | 96 | 160 | 387 | 16 | 10 | 46 | 64 | 15 | 21 | 25y 87d | 2023 | 1402 | |
| Port Adelaide | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 15 | Amon, Karl | 5 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22y 239d | 37 | 21 |
| 1 | Boak, Travis | 12 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29y 257d | 225 | 147 |
| 26 | Bonner, Riley | 10 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21y 39d | 8 | 2 |
| 33 | Byrne-Jones, Darcy | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22y 207d | 47 | 5 |
| 17 | Clurey, Tom | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24y 23d | 45 | 0 |
| 22 | Dixon, Charlie | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27y 204d | 110 | 176 |
| 7 | Ebert, Brad | 7 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28y 13d | 217 | 111 |
| 9 | Gray, Robbie | 12 | 5 | 27 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 30y 16d | 181 | 260 |
| 46 | Gray, Sam | 9 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26y 73d | 61 | 47 |
| 8 | Hartlett, Hamish | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27y 244d | 152 | 73 |
| 43 | Houston, Dan | 13 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20y 338d | 21 | 2 |
| 32 | Howard, Dougal | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22y 21d | 14 | 4 |
| 42 | Jonas, Tom | 12 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27y 96d | 107 | 1 |
| 13 | Marshall, Todd | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19y 189d | 7 | 10 |
| 12 | McKenzie, Trent | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26y 12d | 107 | 22 |
| 6 | Motlop, Steven | 8 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27y 34d | 139 | 180 |
| 21 | Polec, Jared | 13 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25y 185d | 88 | 48 |
| 11 | Rockliff, Tom | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 28y 52d | 158 | 90 |
| 23 | Watts, Jack | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27y 20d | 157 | 150 |
| 39 | Westhoff, Justin | 12 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 31y 196d | 230 | 269 |
| 16 | Wines, Ollie | 12 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 23y 190d | 111 | 53 |
| 20 | Wingard, Chad | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24y 260d | 130 | 215 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 184 | 69 | 181 | 365 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 61 | 21 | 15 | 25y 215d | 2352 | 1886 | |
Match highlights
Robbie Gray had 27 handballs for Port Adelaide vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R4)Michael Hurley took 15 marks for Essendon vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R4)
Tom Bellchambers had 45 hitouts for Essendon vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R4)
Devon Smith had 11 tackles for Essendon vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R4)
Matt Guelfi debuted for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R4)