Bombers vs Eagles - Round 9, 2017

Essendon
Bombers

19.11 (125)

19.11
125

West Coast
Eagles

8.16 (64)

8.16
64

FULLTIME

2017-05-21T03:10:00Z

Etihad Stadium

Preview

Essendon appear to be flying high. Their performance against the Cats last weekend was particularly impressive. The Eagles managed to scrape home against the fast-finishing Bulldogs, in what was an important win.

There has been a lot said about West Coast’s problems at the MCG, however, Eithad is a different story. They have won three of their past four games at the ground, including a win over North Melbourne earlier this year.

The result of this game could hinge on the performances of the two big forwards. Joe Daniher was amazing last week, but can still be inconsistent at times, while Josh Kennedy’s inaccuracy (six behinds) almost cost the Eagles in round eight.

Tip: Eagles by 21

Team Line-Ups

No change

IN	Jamie Cripps
OUT	Josh Hill

FB	49	Matt Dea	18	Michael Hurley	12	Mark Baguley
FF	36	Fraser McInnes	17	Josh Kennedy	14	Liam Duggan
HB	47	James Kelly	36	Michael Hartley	11	David Zaharakis
HF	4	Dom Sheed	27	Jack Darling	2	Mark LeCras
C	3	Darcy Parish	7	Zach Merrett	9	Brendon Goddard
C	3	Andrew Gaff	11	Matt Priddis	7	Chris Masten
HF	17	James Stewart	26	Cale Hooker	32	Travis Colyer
HB	26	Sam Butler	20	Jeremy McGovern	6	Elliot Yeo
FF	43	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti	6	Joe Daniher	45	Conor McKenna
FB	5	Brad Sheppard	37	Thomas Barrass	25	Shannon Hurn

FOLLOWERS
22	M. Leuenberger
21	Dyson Heppell
13	Orazio Fantasia

INTERCHANGE
1	Andrew McGrath
4	Jobe Watson
15	Josh Green
23	David Myers

EMERGENCIES
2	T. Bellchambers
20	Jackson Merrett
24	Craig Bird

FOLLOWERS
19	Nathan Vardy
1	Sam Mitchell
13	Luke Shuey

INTERCHANGE
8	Jack Redden
12	S. Wellingham
15	Jamie Cripps
38	Kurt Mutimer

EMERGENCIES
21	Drew Petrie
30	Jackson Nelson
33	Josh Hill

Essendon

B	M. Dea, M. Hurley, M. Baguley
HB	J. Kelly, M. Hartley, D. Zaharakis
C	D. Parish, Z. Merrett, B. Goddard
HF	J. Stewart, C. Hooker, T. Colyer
F	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, J. Daniher, C. McKenna
FOL	M. Leuenberger, D. Heppell, O. Fantasia
I/C	A. McGrath, J. Watson, J. Green, D. Myers
EMG	T. Bellchambers, J. Merrett, C. Bird

West Coast

J. Cripps

OUT

J. Hill

B	B. Sheppard, T. Barrass, S. Hurn
HB	S. Butler, J. McGovern, E. Yeo
C	A. Gaff, M. Priddis, C. Masten
HF	D. Sheed, J. Darling, M. LeCras
F	F. McInnes, J. Kennedy, L. Duggan
FOL	N. Vardy, S. Mitchell, L. Shuey
I/C	J. Redden, S. Wellingham, J. Cripps, K. Mutimer
EMG	D. Petrie, J. Nelson, J. Hill

Team Stats

453	Disposals	334
143	Contested Possessions	112
272	Kicks	179
181	Handballs	155
18	Free Kicks	15
34	Clearances	28
18	Centre Clearances	10
16	Stoppages	18
49	Inside 50	48
152	Marks	88
12	Marks in 50	12
10	Contested Marks	9
68	Tackles	73
44	Hit-Outs	32

Player Stats

Essendon Bombers

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Andrew McGrath	13	8	21	5	0	1	0	1	0	0
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	9	9	18	5	0	2	0	2	2	1
Brendon Goddard	14	14	28	10	0	1	1	4	0	0
Cale Hooker	8	10	18	8	0	1	2	0	2	3
Conor McKenna	12	5	17	4	0	0	1	2	0	0
Darcy Parish	9	8	17	8	0	0	0	1	1	0
David Myers	11	9	20	8	0	0	0	2	0	0
David Zaharakis	22	9	31	8	0	0	0	7	0	1
Dyson Heppell	13	12	25	6	0	2	1	2	0	0
James Kelly	13	10	23	10	0	0	0	5	0	0
James Stewart	5	4	9	2	0	0	0	6	1	0
Jobe Watson	11	19	30	9	0	0	1	5	0	1
Joe Daniher	13	5	18	3	5	2	3	2	5	0
Josh Green	9	1	10	2	0	2	0	5	2	2
Mark Baguley	18	8	26	14	0	0	0	2	0	0
Matt Dea	9	6	15	7	0	1	0	3	1	0
Matthew Leuenberger	6	5	11	3	39	0	1	6	1	0
Michael Hartley	13	8	21	13	0	1	2	3	0	0
Michael Hurley	17	9	26	9	0	0	0	1	0	0
Orazio Fantasia	10	2	12	3	0	2	0	2	3	2
Travis Colyer	16	4	20	7	0	0	3	6	1	1
Zach Merrett	21	16	37	8	0	3	0	1	0	0

West Coast Eagles

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Andrew Gaff	13	14	27	4	0	0	0	4	0	0
Brad Sheppard	10	6	16	1	0	1	0	3	0	0
Chris Masten	7	17	24	6	0	0	1	5	0	1
Dom Sheed	13	5	18	4	0	1	0	2	0	0
Elliot Yeo	14	5	19	5	0	1	1	4	0	0
Fraser McInnes	3	11	14	4	5	1	0	1	0	0
Jack Darling	9	3	12	7	0	0	1	6	2	5
Jack Redden	4	4	8	3	0	0	1	6	0	0
Jamie Cripps	5	2	7	2	0	0	1	6	0	0
Jeremy McGovern	8	5	13	6	4	0	4	1	0	0
Josh Kennedy	6	1	7	4	1	2	1	1	4	2
Kurt Mutimer	9	2	11	3	0	0	0	3	0	0
Liam Duggan	8	6	14	4	0	2	1	6	0	1
Luke Shuey	7	19	26	3	0	2	0	4	0	2
Mark LeCras	11	3	14	5	0	0	1	4	0	3
Matt Priddis	10	12	22	6	0	0	1	6	0	0
Nathan Vardy	6	3	9	6	22	1	1	1	2	0
Sam Butler	5	7	12	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Sam Mitchell	13	11	24	3	0	2	1	3	0	0
Shannon Hurn	8	9	17	4	0	1	0	4	0	0
Sharrod Wellingham	6	5	11	2	0	1	3	0	0	0
Thomas Barrass	4	5	9	3	0	0	0	1	0	0

Summary

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Essendon Bombers	5.2 (32)	12.8 (80)	16.10 (106)	19.11 (125)
West Coast Eagles	2.4 (16)	3.7 (25)	5.13 (43)	8.16 (64)

Goals

Essendon Bombers

Joe Daniher 5, Orazio Fantasia 3, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti 2, Cale Hooker 2, Josh Green 2, Travis Colyer

West Coast Eagles

Josh Kennedy 4, Jack Darling 2, Nathan Vardy 2

Disposals