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Round: 16 Venue: M.C.G. Date: Sat, 08-07-2017 2:10 pm Crowd: 63,537 | |||||
Collingwood | 2.3.15 | 4.6.30 | 9.7.61 | 12.8.80 | C: Nathan Buckley |
Essendon | 5.0.30 | 9.3.57 | 13.6.84 | 18.9.117 | C: John Worsfold |
ESS by 15 | ESS by 27 | ESS by 23 | ESS by 37 |
Weather |
5.3°C 13.5°C |
0mm 62% 1014.8mb |
11km/h NNE |
Brownlow Medal | 3 Orazio Fantasia (ESS) | 2 James Kelly (ESS) | 1 Joe Daniher (ESS) |
Essendon remains in the hunt for the 2017 finals while the pressure on Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley grows ever stronger after the Bombers recorded and easy win over the Magpies at the MCG on Saturday. A crowd of 63,537 saw Collingwood start well but fade quickly as the Dons built a lead of 34 points by early in the third quarter. The Magpies staged a revival of sorts after that but Essendon reasserted its authority in the final term, carving out an impressive 37-point victory.
A dour opening to the match saw neither side score for almost six minutes before Tim Broomhead finally broke the deadlock with a mark and goal for Collingwood. The Magpies backed up for another goal to Jamie Elliott seven minutes later, but a mark and goal to Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti sparked the Bombers, who quickly added further majors through Zach Merrett, David Zaharakis and Tom Bellchambers to take a 10-point lead. The Pies had a chance to claw one back at the 24-minute mark but Josh Thomas missed, after which Bellchambers marked and kicked his second as Essendon took a 15-point lead into the quarter-time break.
The second quarter began with another dour six-minute stretch, a behind to Collingwood's Ben Reid the only score. This time around it was the Bombers that broke the drought, with a goal to Orazio Fantasia backed up by another to James Stewart and the lead was out to 26 points. Reid halted the run with a mark and goal at the 12-minute mark, but Essendon responded almost immediately with Stewart kicking his second. The Pies pulled one back again through Alex Fasolo, but Fantasia's second had the Dons' lead back out to 27 points at the half.
An early third-term mark and goal to Mason Cox brought the Magpies back within 21 points but the Bombers answered with two of their own through Cale Hooker and Fantasia and their lead was at a game-high 33 points after six minutes. A heavy bump by Levi Greenwood on Essendon's Zach Merrett saw tempers fraying on both sides, and this appeared to rattle the Dons, with Jordan de Goey, Fasolo and Taylor Adams and three quick goals in a row as Collingwood cut the deficit to 15 points. But the Dons regained their composure, kicking two of the last three of the term to lead by 23 at three-quarter time.
It took just 25 seconds for Essendon to dispel any thoughts of a Collingwood comeback, with Merrett - having recovered from his third-quarter knock - kicking a huge goal from well outside the 50-metre arc. Fantasia and Joe Daniher followed up with goals in the next five minutes and the game was as good as over with the Dons' lead at 42 points. Honours were more or less even over the last 25 minutes, with the sting well and truly out of the game, and Essendon cruised to victory.
Best for the Bombers included Fantasia (five goals, five tackles) and Michale Hurley (11 marks, 30 disposals), while Steele Sidebottom (26 disposals, seven marks) and Scott Pendlebury (29 touches, four tackles) stood out for Collingwood.
Only a game plus percentage out of the eight, Essendon will have a chance to make up further ground with a win over St Kilda (seventh, nine wins) at Docklands on Friday night. With the Magpies' season in tatters it will be interesting to see what they bring to Saturday's match against Gold Coast at Carrara next Saturday. The Suns (14th, six wins) have been equally disappointing.
GOALS
Collingwood: Fasolo 4; Elliott 3; Broomhead, Reid, Cox, De Goey, Adams
Essendon: Fantasia 5; Daniher 3; Bellchambers, Stewart 2; McDonald-Tipungwuti, Merrett, Zaharakis, Hooker, Merrett, Colyer
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Collingwood: Sidebottom, Elliott, Goldsack, Pendlebury
Essendon: Fantasia, Kelly, Watson, Bellchambers, Parish, Merrett, Heppell, Zaharakis
BEST - THE AGE
Collingwood: Pendlebury, Elliott, Sidebottom, Crisp, Fasolo
Essendon: Fantasia, Heppell, Zaharakis, Merrett, Hurley, Kelly, McGrath
INJURIES
Collingwood: Jeremy Howe (calf) replaced in selected side by Matt Scharenberg
Essendon: Michael Hartley (corked thigh)
UMPIRES: Foot, Rosebury, Jeffery
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COMMENTATORS: Sandy Roberts, Dwayne Russell, Gerard Healy, Brad Johnson, Cameron Mooney
Collingwood | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
13 | Adams, Taylor | 16 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23y 291d | 90 | 29 |
29 | Broomhead, Tim | 6 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23y 108d | 33 | 24 |
46 | Cox, Mason | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26y 116d | 17 | 23 |
25 | Crisp, Jack | 13 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23y 279d | 77 | 41 |
2 | De Goey, Jordan | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21y 115d | 45 | 31 |
15 | Dunn, Lynden | 9 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 30y 55d | 175 | 98 |
5 | Elliott, Jamie | 14 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24y 321d | 82 | 128 |
1 | Fasolo, Alex | 11 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25y 30d | 95 | 129 |
6 | Goldsack, Tyson | 6 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 30y 47d | 155 | 50 |
19 | Greenwood, Levi | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28y 139d | 116 | 54 |
4 | Grundy, Brodie | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23y 84d | 77 | 25 |
32 | Hoskin-Elliott, Will | 10 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23y 309d | 67 | 53 |
8 | Langdon, Tom | 9 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23y 29d | 50 | 2 |
37 | Maynard, Brayden | 14 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20y 291d | 44 | 11 |
10 | Pendlebury, Scott | 11 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 29y 182d | 251 | 157 |
20 | Reid, Ben | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28y 70d | 130 | 40 |
12 | Scharenberg, Matthew | 12 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21y 293d | 8 | 0 |
22 | Sidebottom, Steele | 15 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26y 187d | 178 | 135 |
40 | Smith, Josh | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23y 187d | 30 | 6 |
24 | Thomas, Josh | 7 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25y 280d | 34 | 20 |
7 | Treloar, Adam | 7 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24y 121d | 115 | 72 |
18 | Varcoe, Travis | 9 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29y 89d | 183 | 148 |
Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 204 | 96 | 171 | 375 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 51 | 22 | 16 | 25y 115d | 2052 | 1276 |
Essendon | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
12 | Baguley, Mark | 9 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30y 48d | 97 | 3 |
2 | Bellchambers, Tom | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27y 364d | 86 | 59 |
32 | Colyer, Travis | 11 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25y 318d | 72 | 49 |
6 | Daniher, Joe | 11 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23y 126d | 85 | 149 |
13 | Fantasia, Orazio | 10 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21y 297d | 42 | 63 |
8 | Gleeson, Martin | 8 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22y 317d | 61 | 5 |
9 | Goddard, Brendon | 14 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32y 49d | 304 | 157 |
15 | Green, Josh | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24y 318d | 94 | 120 |
36 | Hartley, Michael | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24y 31d | 30 | 1 |
21 | Heppell, Dyson | 10 | 4 | 22 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25y 55d | 121 | 40 |
26 | Hooker, Cale | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28y 268d | 147 | 54 |
18 | Hurley, Michael | 19 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27y 37d | 134 | 107 |
47 | Kelly, James | 11 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 33y 191d | 306 | 90 |
43 | McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony | 8 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24y 77d | 36 | 31 |
1 | McGrath, Andrew | 8 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19y 36d | 14 | 1 |
45 | McKenna, Conor | 9 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21y 102d | 25 | 7 |
7 | Merrett, Zach | 16 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21y 278d | 74 | 27 |
23 | Myers, David | 17 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28y 8d | 92 | 27 |
3 | Parish, Darcy | 18 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19y 348d | 32 | 10 |
17 | Stewart, James | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23y 126d | 26 | 30 |
4 | Watson, Jobe | 8 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 32y 150d | 214 | 112 |
11 | Zaharakis, David | 18 | 2 | 20 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27y 137d | 162 | 108 |
Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 227 | 113 | 211 | 438 | 18 | 9 | 29 | 59 | 16 | 22 | 25y 250d | 2254 | 1250 |