Match

Essendon vs Fremantle

Commentary / 21 Jul 2018

Pre Game

00:00
Kyle Langford recorded career-highs of 25 disposals, 10 inside 50s and four score assists last round.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:02
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Johnson)
02:17
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
04:41
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
06:00
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (David Zaharakis)
06:34
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Darcy Parish)
07:30
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Orazio Fantasia)
10:14
Essendon lead the contested possession count by three for the quarter. Darcy Parish in his 50th match has been influential early with three contested possessions.
12:41
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Mark Baguley)
17:58
Essendon has had ten more inside 50's in the match. It has had 30 more disposals in the forward half than Fremantle but has failed to capitalise scoring two goals and four behinds for the quarter.
18:10
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Orazio Fantasia)
18:40
Dockers Interchange - Ethan Hughes off due to the blood rule.
22:04
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Lachie Neale)
23:33
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Johnson)
25:37
Tom Bellchambers has won the hitouts 12-0 when he has been opposed to the Fremantle's ruckmen this quarter - Scott Jones (9-0) and Michael Johnson (3-0).
26:38
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
27:28
David Zaharakis has had a strong first quarter tonight with 10 disposals, two handball receives, four contested possessions, four ground balls gets and five scoring involvements.
29:40
Fremantle has kicked the last three goals of the match to take the lead in the match. This is the biggest lead so far from either side of 7 points .

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:27
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Shaun McKernan)
04:38
Essendon has focused on Shaun McKernan as its key target inside 50 this afternoon, targeting him a team-high seven times. He has failed to heavily impact the scoreboard with only one behind but has three scoring involvements.
05:32
Bombers Interchange - Shaun McKernan and is possibly out for the game.
05:47
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
06:34
Essendon has dominated the clearances 11- 8 in the match. Dyson Heppell is leading the way with four so far.
07:26
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Mitch Brown)
07:58
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Darcy Parish)
09:18
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Mitch Brown)
10:20
Essendon has 24 more effective disposals than Fremantle for the match so far. Brendan Goddard (11), Ben McNiece (9) and Michael Hurley (7) have been the most prominent on the ground.
11:14
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Adam Cerra)
12:16
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Mark Baguley)
13:46
Essendon has been inaccurate in front of goal this afternoon scoring 4.10, it ranks 11th in the competition for scoring accuracy this season with 56.1 per cent.
14:12
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Orazio Fantasia)
15:37
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Zach Merrett)
17:04
Fremantle's disposal efficiency of 74 per cent is slightly higher than their season average of 73, they are ranked 6th across the season.
17:32
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Cam Sutcliffe)
21:53
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Tom Bellchambers)
25:21
Essendon lead the contested possession count by eight for the quarter. Dyson Heppell and Orazio Fantasia have been influential with five each.
25:31
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
27:15
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:05
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (David Zaharakis)
02:32
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
03:58
Fremantle has focused on Michael Walters as its key target inside 50 this afternoon, targeting him a team-high five times. He has had reasonable success scoring two goals and one behind so far in the match.
04:47
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Orazio Fantasia)
07:35
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (David Mundy)
08:30
Essendon's Cale Hooker and Fremantle's Joel Hamling have both played 96 per cent of the game this afternoon, the most out of everyone on the field.
09:22
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Michael Walters)
09:46
Fremantle has been able to hit the scoreboard from centre bounces today outscoring Essendon, 2.1 (13) - 0.2 (2) from this area.
10:28
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (David Myers)
11:23
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Mitch Brown)
12:24
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Orazio Fantasia)
14:33
The Bombers have kicked the last two goals of the match. They have been in the lead since the 12th-minute mark of the third quarter. There have been 10 lead changes in the match so far with the biggest lead only being 11 points.
15:43
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Kyle Langford)
16:23
Lachie Neale has had a strong game today with 21 disposals, eight contested possessions, 12 handball receives, eight ground balls gets and 336 metres gained.
16:38
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti)
17:50
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Brandon Matera)
19:08
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Devon Smith)
21:56
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Michael Walters)
27:14
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Adam Saad)
28:39
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
30:03
SCORE BEHIND - Dockers (Rushed)
31:55
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:05
Nathan Wilson has gained 443 metres for the match, with Lachie Neale 339 and Darcy Parish 321 the next best on the ground.
02:37
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Mark Baguley)
02:45
Essendon has been able to hit the scoreboard from stoppages today outscoring Fremantle, 4.5 (29) - 3.1 (19) from this area.
03:54
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
05:26
Fremantle's forward pressure has been far better than Essendon's, applying 30 tackles to 27 inside in the forward half of the ground across the match.
05:39
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Cale Hooker)
07:22
Tom Bellchambers has won the hitouts 34 - 14 when he has been opposed to Scott Jones in the ruck and 10 hitouts to advantage.
09:20
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Mitch Brown)
10:37
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
11:42
SCORE GOAL - Dockers (Cam McCarthy)
13:20
Fremantle's disposal efficiency of 70 per cent is slightly lower higher than their season average of 73, they are ranked 6th across the season.
19:15
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (David Myers)
22:37
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Devon Smith)
24:55
Zach Merrett has had a dominant game today with 27 disposals, 11 handball receives, six clearances, eight tackles, nine scoring involvements and 396 metres gained.
25:41
SCORE GOAL - Bombers (Orazio Fantasia)
27:22
SCORE BEHIND - Bombers (Rushed)
28:50
The siren has sounded to end Q4.