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Essendon vs Collingwood

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Round: 17   Venue: M.C.G.   Date: Sun, 13-07-2014 3:20 pm   Crowd: 58,992  
Essendon 4.0.248.1.4914.1.8516.7.103 C:  Mark Thompson
Collingwood 2.4.162.6.184.9.335.9.39 C:  Nathan Buckley
  ESS by 8ESS by 31ESS by 52ESS by 64  
Weather
min temp  5.1°C      max temp  13.6°C
rainfall  2.4mm    humidity  66%    air pressure  1031.4mb
wind speed 9km/h      wind direction  SW
Brownlow Medal 3 Jake Carlisle (ESS)2 Cale Hooker (ESS)1 Brent Stanton (ESS)

Match Report


Essendon defeated Collingwood at the MCG on Sunday afternoon and, while the Bombers' win will not come as a huge shock to AFL pundits, the ease of the victory was certainly unexpected. The Magpies never "fired a shot" in the match, losing all four quarters to ultimately be humiliated by 64 points and see its grip on a place in the top eight become decidedly shaky. Conversely, Essendon has moved into the top eight for the first time since round four, and is playing a brand of football that could see them playing in September.

The Dons got away to a good early start, with goals to Patrick Ambrose, Paul Chapman and Jake Carlisle before Collingwood had even troubled the scorers with a behind, although the Magpies did recover to kick to of the last three goals of the term to be just 10 points behind at the first break. The Bombers defence was outstanding in the second quarter, allowing just two behinds through for the entire term, and their forwards made the most of their chances, kicking for 4.1 for the quarter to be a very accurate 8.1 at the long break, 31 points clear of Collingwood. 

Things did not improve much for the Magpies in the third quarter. While they managed to register 2.3, Essendon's amazing accuracy in front of goal continued, the Bombers kicking six straight to have an amazing three-quarter time score of 14.1, 52 points clear of Collingwood's 4.9. The Pies kicked off the final term with a goal at the four-minute mark but that was remarkably to be their last score of the match. Essendon dominated the rest of the match but - fortunately for Collingwood - the Dons' accuracy deserted them as they added 2.6 for the quarter to run out winners by over 10 goals.

Jake Carlisle had a break-out match as a forward, taking an amazing 19 marks and kicking four goals in a best-on-ground performance. Paul Chapman (eight tackles and three goals) was also a fine player for the Dons, while Steele Sidebottom (28 disposals, nine marks) and Dayne Beams (23 possessions, two goals) were among the few shining lights for Collingwood.

The win allowed Essendon to leapfrog the Pies into seventh on the ladder. Both sides are on nine wins, along with ninth-placed Gold Coast. The Bombers will take on the improving Western Bulldogs at Docklands next Sunday, while the Magpies have a week off to lick their wounds and regroup before taking on Adelaide at the MCG on Sunday week.

GOALS
Essendon: Carlisle 4; Ambrose, Chapman 3; Z Merrett 2; Stanton, Daniher, Zaharakis, Hocking,
Collingwood: Beams 2; Young, Seedsman, Lumumba

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Essendon: Carlisle, Chapman, Stanton, Heppell, Z Merrett, Ambrose, Hooker
Collingwood: Sidebottom, Beams, Pendlebury, Williams

BEST - THE AGE
Essendon: Carlisle, Hooker, Stanton, Merrett, Winderlich, Heppell, Chapman, Baguley, Ambrose, Myers
Collingwood: Sidebottom, Beams, Pendlebury, Swan

INJURIES
Essendon: Nil
Collingwood: Maxwell (left ankle)

SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Corey Dell'Olio replaced Jason Winderlich at three-quarter time.
Collingwood: Ben Kennedy replaced Clinton Young in the third quarter.

UMPIRES: Donlon, Margetts, Schmidt

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Bruce McAvaney, Dennis Cometti, Tim Watson

Source

Match Report by Andrew Gigacz

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.

Match stats

Essendon
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
47 Ambrose, Patrick 10 6 5 15 3 0 0 5 2 1 22y 315d 11 9
12 Baguley, Mark 17 11 6 23 0 0 0 1 1 0 27y 53d 43 2
22 Carlisle, Jake 22 19 4 26 4 2 0 2 1 1 22y 285d 64 27
3 Chapman, Paul 14 3 6 20 3 0 0 8 1 0 32y 250d 264 351
32 Colyer, Travis 9 3 5 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 22y 323d 39 25
6 Daniher, Joe 8 6 2 10 1 1 3 0 0 1 20y 131d 21 22
29 Dell'Olio, Cory 3 2 3 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 24y 217d 13 14
15 Dempsey, Courtenay 10 7 11 21 0 0 0 6 1 1 26y 319d 99 26
31 Fletcher, Dustin 16 13 10 26 0 0 0 1 1 2 39y 67d 391 70
21 Heppell, Dyson 14 2 15 29 0 0 0 1 1 0 22y 60d 78 18
39 Hocking, Heath 4 0 5 9 1 0 0 9 0 0 26y 198d 112 39
26 Hooker, Cale 17 9 6 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 25y 273d 104 7
40 Howlett, Ben 9 4 9 18 0 0 0 4 1 2 25y 265d 90 45
18 Hurley, Michael 10 7 8 18 0 0 0 1 0 1 24y 42d 93 100
17 Melksham, Jake 10 5 7 17 0 0 0 3 1 1 22y 318d 94 48
20 Merrett, Jackson 11 7 3 14 0 0 0 1 1 2 21y 136d 26 11
27 Merrett, Zach 10 2 14 24 2 0 0 4 2 0 18y 283d 13 8
23 Myers, David 12 3 14 26 0 0 3 3 1 2 25y 13d 77 23
30 Ryder, Paddy 5 4 7 12 0 1 28 5 3 1 26y 121d 163 108
5 Stanton, Brent 22 14 10 32 1 0 0 4 0 0 28y 73d 219 145
8 Winderlich, Jason 14 12 9 23 0 0 0 3 0 1 29y 276d 121 77
11 Zaharakis, David 13 9 6 19 1 0 0 3 2 0 24y 142d 103 84
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 260 148 165 425 16 7 34 68 20 17 25y 172d 2238 1259
Collingwood
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
13 Adams, Taylor 13 4 11 24 0 0 0 2 3 0 20y 296d 41 14
12 Ball, Luke 8 6 11 19 0 1 0 3 1 1 30y 49d 220 91
17 Beams, Dayne 10 4 13 23 2 0 0 5 1 1 24y 151d 106 114
11 Blair, Jarryd 6 2 10 16 0 0 0 1 1 0 24y 90d 96 72
32 Cloke, Travis 5 5 4 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 27y 130d 212 382
45 Frost, Jack 7 6 6 13 0 0 0 1 0 1 22y 138d 18 0
6 Goldsack, Tyson 1 0 8 9 0 0 0 4 0 1 27y 52d 118 46
7 Kennedy, Ben 6 3 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 20y 132d 17 11
41 Langdon, Tom 6 3 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 20y 34d 15 0
8 Lumumba, Heritier 9 1 9 18 1 0 0 3 1 1 27y 240d 194 28
3 Macaffer, Brent 9 6 8 17 0 0 0 4 0 0 26y 134d 68 32
5 Maxwell, Nick 6 4 5 11 0 0 0 0 1 2 31y 40d 208 29
10 Pendlebury, Scott 15 2 8 23 0 2 1 3 2 0 26y 187d 187 125
40 Seedsman, Paul 8 2 6 14 1 0 0 5 2 2 22y 172d 35 13
22 Sidebottom, Steele 17 9 11 28 0 0 0 3 0 1 23y 192d 121 94
36 Swan, Dane 9 2 11 20 0 0 0 0 2 0 30y 138d 234 189
24 Thomas, Josh 8 2 8 16 0 0 0 3 1 0 22y 285d 30 16
34 Toovey, Alan 8 4 9 17 0 0 0 5 0 3 27y 112d 129 9
18 White, Jesse 10 5 2 12 0 2 13 1 1 3 26y 185d 84 86
26 Williams, Marley 13 2 7 20 0 0 0 2 0 0 20y 356d 31 3
15 Witts, Jarrod 5 0 0 5 0 0 27 0 1 2 21y 303d 21 12
14 Young, Clinton 6 4 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 28y 147d 133 68
  Rushed   4  
  Totals 185 76 153 338 5 9 41 50 17 20 25y 46d 2318 1434

Footnotes

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