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Greater Western Sydney vs Essendon
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| Round: 17 Venue: Sydney Showground Date: Sat, 20-07-2013 2:10 pm Crowd: 10,783 | |||||
| Greater Western Sydney | 5.3.33 | 6.3.39 | 9.4.58 | 11.11.77 | C: Kevin Sheedy |
| Essendon | 5.0.30 | 8.3.51 | 14.6.90 | 18.8.116 | C: James Hird |
| GWS by 3 | ESS by 12 | ESS by 32 | ESS by 39 | ||
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| Brownlow Medal | 3 Dyson Heppell (ESS) | 2 Michael Hibberd (ESS) | 1 Dylan Shiel (GWS) |
Match Report
A much-improved effort from GWS has seen the Giants push Essendon until well into the third quarter before eventually succumbing to the Bombers by 39 points at the Sydney Showground on Saturday afternoon.
After having gone down to Sydney by 129 points a week earlier, there were fears the Giants would suffer a defeat of similar magnitude against another top four side in Essendon but Kevin Sheedy's men - in what is likely to be his last outing as coach against the Bombers - played spirited football throughout the match, managing to be within 11 points of the Dons as late as 20 minutes into the game's third quarter.
As would be expected of a far more experienced side, the Bombers pulled away to kick seven of the last nine goals of the match but Giants' fans would have been pleased with the four-quarter effort of their team.
Jake Melksham (23 possessions, two goals), Brent Stanton (23 disposals, two goals) and Travis Colyer (four goals and 16 touches) played great games for the Bombers, while Jeremy Cameron (four goals, five behinds), Adam Tomlinson (23 touches and a goal) and Jonathan Giles (four goals and 27 hitouts) were very good for the Giants.
Essendon finds itself unexpectedly in second place on the ladder after Geelong's shock loss to Adelaide, and the Bombers face top-placed Hawthorn at Docklands stadium this Friday night. The Giants, who are still searching for their first win of season 2013, will take on Collingwood, who also suffered a shock loss (to Gold Coast) last Saturday, at the MCG in this Saturday's twilight match.
GOALS
GWS: Cameron, Giles 4; Whitfield, Tomlinson, Treloar
Essendon: Colyer 4; Stanton, Hurley, Melksham 2; Hooker, Myers, Dell'Olio, Kommer, Jetta, O'Brien, Bellchambers, Goddard
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GWS: Cameron, Tomlinson, Haynes, Giles, Whiley, Shiel
Essendon: Melksham, Stanton, Myers, Colyer, Dell'Olio, Hooker
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GWS: Cameron, Shiel, Tomlinson, Williams, Giles
Essendon: Melksham, Stanton, Hibberd, Colyer, Dell'Olio
INJURIES
GWS: Tom Scully (concussion) replaced in selected side by Will Hoskin-Elliott; Stephen Gilham (back) replaced in selected side by Josh Bruce
Essendon: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
GWS: Will Hoskin-Elliott replaced Gerard Ugle in the third quarter
Essendon: Nathan Lovett-Murray replaced Stewart Crameri in the third quarter
UMPIRES: Burgess, McInerney, Mitchell
Source
Match report by Andrew GigaczFootnotes
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
Match stats
Greater Western Sydney |
Match Stats
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Career
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# |
Player |
K |
M |
H |
D |
G |
B |
HO |
T |
FF |
FA |
Age |
Games |
G |
| 11 | Adams, Taylor | 14 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19y 303d | 26 | 9 |
| 50 | Brogan, Dean | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 34y 218d | 189 | 53 |
| 47 | Bruce, Josh | 11 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21y 42d | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | Bugg, Tomas | 9 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20y 106d | 27 | 8 |
| 18 | Cameron, Jeremy | 10 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20y 110d | 31 | 72 |
| 13 | Darley, Sam | 8 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20y 155d | 11 | 1 |
| 1 | Davis, Phil | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22y 324d | 47 | 6 |
| 26 | Giles, Jonathan | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25y 193d | 36 | 28 |
| 4 | Greene, Toby | 16 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19y 298d | 32 | 10 |
| 2 | Hampton, Curtly | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20y 132d | 29 | 7 |
| 19 | Haynes, Nick | 12 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21y 63d | 14 | 1 |
| 33 | Hoskin-Elliott, Will | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19y 321d | 18 | 12 |
| 39 | Mohr, Tim | 15 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24y 274d | 29 | 1 |
| 5 | Shiel, Dylan | 11 | 0 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20y 133d | 28 | 13 |
| 10 | Smith, Devon | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20y 61d | 35 | 21 |
| 20 | Tomlinson, Adam | 13 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19y 344d | 20 | 5 |
| 17 | Treloar, Adam | 9 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20y 133d | 33 | 21 |
| 32 | Ugle, Gerald | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20y 170d | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Ward, Callan | 9 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23y 101d | 96 | 48 |
| 42 | Whiley, Mark | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 20y 231d | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Whitfield, Lachie | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19y 2d | 15 | 5 |
| 51 | Williams, Zac | 7 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18y 303d | 6 | 1 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 202 | 77 | 153 | 355 | 11 | 11 | 49 | 70 | 21 | 24 | 21y 199d | 741 | 326 | |
Essendon |
Match Stats
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Career
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# |
Player |
K |
M |
H |
D |
G |
B |
HO |
T |
FF |
FA |
Age |
Games |
G |
| 46 | Baguley, Mark | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26y 60d | 22 | 1 |
| 2 | Bellchambers, Tom | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 24y 11d | 57 | 42 |
| 22 | Carlisle, Jake | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21y 292d | 43 | 13 |
| 32 | Colyer, Travis | 13 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 330d | 32 | 21 |
| 12 | Crameri, Stewart | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24y 344d | 54 | 94 |
| 47 | Dell'Olio, Cory | 11 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23y 224d | 9 | 10 |
| 15 | Dempsey, Courtenay | 7 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25y 326d | 86 | 24 |
| 31 | Fletcher, Dustin | 13 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38y 74d | 376 | 69 |
| 9 | Goddard, Brendon | 10 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 28y 61d | 221 | 116 |
| 21 | Heppell, Dyson | 16 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21y 67d | 58 | 14 |
| 1 | Hibberd, Michael | 14 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23y 198d | 38 | 6 |
| 26 | Hooker, Cale | 10 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24y 280d | 82 | 6 |
| 18 | Hurley, Michael | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23y 49d | 76 | 91 |
| 7 | Jetta, Leroy | 9 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25y 14d | 87 | 74 |
| 38 | Kommer, Nick | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22y 295d | 14 | 5 |
| 42 | Lovett-Murray, Nathan | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30y 244d | 144 | 72 |
| 17 | Melksham, Jake | 14 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21y 325d | 74 | 36 |
| 20 | Merrett, Jackson | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20y 143d | 12 | 6 |
| 23 | Myers, David | 16 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24y 20d | 61 | 19 |
| 10 | O'Brien, Nick | 7 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20y 24d | 4 | 4 |
| 30 | Ryder, Paddy | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25y 128d | 144 | 95 |
| 5 | Stanton, Brent | 14 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27y 80d | 197 | 129 |
| Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 195 | 71 | 160 | 355 | 18 | 8 | 50 | 73 | 24 | 20 | 24y 279d | 1891 | 947 | |
Match highlights
Jeremy Cameron kicked 5 behinds for Greater Western Sydney against Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)Mark Whiley had 12 tackles for Greater Western Sydney vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)