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SSW| Brownlow Medal | 3 Patrick Dangerfield (GEEL) | 2 Nic Martin (ESS) | 1 Tom Hawkins (GEEL) |
Match Report
GOALS
Geelong: Hawkins, Stengle 4; Cameron, Close, Holmes 2; Dangerfield, Dahlhaus, Tuohy, Higgins, Guthrie, Evans
Essendon: Martin 5; Wright, Caldwell 2; Smith, Cutler
BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Brandon Cohen)
Geelong: Dangerfield, Stengle, Hawkins, Parfitt, C. Guthrie, Selwood
Essendon: Martin, Merrett, McGrath, Parish, Caldwell
BEST - THE AGE (Peter Ryan)
Geelong: Dangerfield, Parfitt, Hawkins, Stengle, Stewart, Holmes
Essendon: Martin, Perkins, Merrett
INJURIES
Geelong: Cameron (hip pointer)
Essendon: Langford (hamstring), Laverde (hip)
SUBSTITUTES
Geelong: Francis Evans (replaced Jeremy Cameron in the second quarter)
Essendon: Tom Cutler (replaced Kyle Langford in the first quarter)
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Anthony Hudson, Mark Howard, Brad Johnson, Nick Riewoldt, Ben Dixon
Match stats
| Geelong | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 30 | Atkins, Tom | 9 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26y 182d | 58 | 9 |
| 46 | Blicavs, Mark | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30y 356d | 204 | 44 |
| 5 | Cameron, Jeremy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28y 352d | 187 | 468 |
| 45 | Close, Brad | 10 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23y 232d | 31 | 19 |
| 40 | Dahlhaus, Luke | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 29y 210d | 216 | 139 |
| 35 | Dangerfield, Patrick | 18 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31y 348d | 286 | 309 |
| 16 | De Koning, Sam | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21y 21d | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Evans, Francis | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20y 208d | 3 | 3 |
| 29 | Guthrie, Cameron | 11 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 29y 212d | 206 | 64 |
| 39 | Guthrie, Zach | 10 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23y 262d | 34 | 2 |
| 26 | Hawkins, Tom | 12 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33y 241d | 303 | 669 |
| 38 | Henry, Jack | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23y 202d | 91 | 16 |
| 4 | Higgins, Shaun | 13 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 34y 15d | 256 | 229 |
| 9 | Holmes, Max | 8 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 202d | 13 | 3 |
| 8 | Kolodjashnij, Jake | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26y 222d | 133 | 1 |
| 3 | Parfitt, Brandan | 20 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 23y 326d | 96 | 41 |
| 17 | Ratugolea, Esava | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23y 238d | 56 | 38 |
| 14 | Selwood, Joel | 13 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33y 297d | 335 | 168 |
| 7 | Smith, Isaac | 12 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33y 79d | 235 | 180 |
| 1 | Stanley, Rhys | 10 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 31y 108d | 164 | 102 |
| 18 | Stengle, Tyson | 15 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23y 151d | 17 | 19 |
| 44 | Stewart, Tom | 18 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29y 4d | 107 | 3 |
| 2 | Tuohy, Zach | 11 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32y 99d | 227 | 79 |
| Rushed | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 218 | 76 | 171 | 389 | 20 | 18 | 33 | 37 | 19 | 20 | 27y 215d | 3260 | 2605 | |
| Essendon | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 26 | Baldwin, Kaine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19y 293d | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Caldwell, Jye | 11 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21y 172d | 15 | 3 |
| 13 | Cox, Nik | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20y 63d | 23 | 9 |
| 12 | Cutler, Tom | 16 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27y 27d | 88 | 36 |
| 2 | Draper, Sam | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 23y 172d | 22 | 3 |
| 35 | Guelfi, Matt | 6 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24y 217d | 64 | 14 |
| 33 | Ham, Brayden | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22y 328d | 35 | 9 |
| 21 | Heppell, Dyson | 7 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29y 309d | 192 | 62 |
| 19 | Hind, Nick | 17 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27y 212d | 44 | 21 |
| 29 | Kelly, Jake | 8 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27y 57d | 111 | 1 |
| 4 | Langford, Kyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25y 108d | 99 | 67 |
| 15 | Laverde, Jayden | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25y 341d | 70 | 37 |
| 37 | Martin, Nic | 17 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20y 350d | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | McGrath, Andrew | 19 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23y 290d | 94 | 17 |
| 7 | Merrett, Zach | 14 | 7 | 25 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26y 167d | 166 | 50 |
| 3 | Parish, Darcy | 14 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 237d | 117 | 47 |
| 16 | Perkins, Archie | 11 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19y 358d | 22 | 9 |
| 27 | Redman, Mason | 15 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24y 205d | 61 | 8 |
| 14 | Ridley, Jordan | 11 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23y 150d | 49 | 0 |
| 9 | Shiel, Dylan | 9 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29y 10d | 181 | 80 |
| 5 | Smith, Devon | 9 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28y 303d | 175 | 144 |
| 17 | Stewart, James | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28y 15d | 73 | 66 |
| 20 | Wright, Peter | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25y 192d | 88 | 116 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 222 | 119 | 186 | 408 | 11 | 6 | 45 | 40 | 20 | 19 | 24y 294d | 1791 | 804 | |
Match highlights
Darcy Parish had 20 handballs for Essendon vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)Zach Merrett had 25 handballs for Essendon vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
54,495 attended Geelong vs. Essendon at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Nic Martin debuted for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Tyson Stengle debuted for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)