Brisbane Lions v Essendon – Round 8 2014 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers | FanCrew

2014 AFLRound 8Sat, 10 May, 4:40 pm AEST

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8.99.11

Essendon by 8

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Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
BRI	3.0 18	4.3 27	8.6 54	8.9 57
ESS	2.3 15	6.4 40	7.8 50	9.11 65

Gabba, BrisbaneMostly sunny, 20°Lead changes 8

Recap

Essendon beat Brisbane by 8

Essendon 9.11 (65) beat Brisbane 8.9 (57) at Gabba in Round 8, a 8-point win. The lead changed 8 times.

Essendon trailed by 4 at three-quarter time, then kicked 2.3 to 0.3 in the last quarter.

Zach Merrett kicked two goals for Essendon; Josh Green kicked three for Brisbane.

Jobe Watson led the way with 35 disposals, a goal, 8 clearances and 9 tackles.

A run of five straight goals across the first and second quarters turned a 9-point deficit into a 19-point lead.

Essendon laid 74 tackles to 53 and took 120 marks to 78.

In context

First game for Essendon: Kurt Aylett.

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Disposals

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Brisbane Lions8.957

Brisbane Lions player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
38T. Rockliff	9.2	35	0	0	7	11	8	147	18	17	2	2
22M. Paparone	7.5	29	1	0	7	0	2	99	19	10	3	0
11P. Hanley	7.3	27	0	0	4	3	1	90	10	17	5	1
30J. ReddenInt	7.3	25	0	1	4	3	3	89	14	11	3	2
42J. Clarke	7.0	15	0	0	7	0	0	59	8	7	0	0
6J. Green	6.9	10	3	0	1	6	0	69	6	4	2	0
32S. Mayes	6.8	21	0	0	6	2	1	82	13	8	1	0
28L. Taylor	6.8	19	0	1	5	3	1	75	9	10	4	0
15D. Zorko	6.8	16	1	0	0	7	3	73	10	6	4	0
7J. Adcock	6.6	20	0	0	1	2	0	67	14	6	3	0
24J. Patfull	6.6	19	0	0	4	3	1	73	10	9	2	0
4J. Aish	6.4	23	0	0	4	0	3	68	9	14	4	0
13T. West	6.4	11	0	0	2	3	1	75	7	4	4	34
35R. Lester	6.0	19	0	0	3	1	5	57	5	14	2	1
29A. RainesInt	6.0	17	0	0	3	0	1	47	5	12	1	0
26T. CutlerInt	5.9	15	0	0	6	1	1	61	12	3	0	0
21D. Merrett	5.9	11	1	3	5	2	1	62	6	5	0	4
27D. Gardiner	5.8	9	0	0	2	3	0	39	2	7	1	0
39J. Paine	5.7	15	1	2	0	1	0	52	8	7	1	0
16J. Brown	5.6	13	1	0	4	1	0	51	6	7	1	0
36M. Maguire	4.9	9	0	0	3	0	1	25	4	5	0	0
18N. RobertsonSub	4.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	3	0	0
Team		381	8	7	78	53	33	1470	195	186	43	44

Essendon9.1165

Essendon player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
4J. Watson	9.5	35	1	0	7	9	8	149	16	19	3	0
21D. Heppell	8.6	36	0	0	6	6	8	127	14	22	2	1
30P. Ryder	8.6	15	1	0	7	4	4	113	8	7	3	31
9B. Goddard	8.5	30	1	0	9	3	1	126	18	12	1	2
5B. Stanton	7.2	25	0	1	8	4	2	107	16	9	3	0
15C. Dempsey	7.1	25	0	0	5	5	1	98	15	10	2	0
26C. Hooker	7.1	20	0	0	10	2	0	89	11	9	0	0
18M. Hurley	7.1	20	0	0	9	2	0	88	16	4	2	0
12M. Baguley	7.0	17	0	0	5	5	0	77	10	7	2	0
1M. Hibberd	6.9	28	0	0	6	3	1	96	15	13	1	0
3P. Chapman	6.6	23	0	2	8	5	2	96	12	11	3	0
31D. Fletcher	6.6	20	0	0	6	0	0	68	12	8	0	0
11D. Zaharakis	6.6	16	1	0	4	5	0	76	9	7	3	0
17J. MelkshamInt	6.4	22	0	0	5	3	4	73	8	14	3	0
39H. Hocking	6.4	15	0	0	2	7	3	68	7	8	1	0
27Z. Merrett	6.3	11	2	0	4	2	1	63	8	3	5	0
6J. Daniher	6.0	11	1	2	3	1	2	54	6	5	0	3
22J. Carlisle	5.9	9	1	0	6	3	0	60	6	3	1	3
20J. MerrettInt	5.9	8	1	0	1	2	1	37	4	4	1	0
47P. Ambrose	5.4	7	0	1	5	2	0	41	6	1	3	0
35M. GleesonInt	4.6	8	0	0	1	1	0	24	4	4	1	0
43K. AylettSub	4.6	7	0	0	3	0	0	28	5	2	1	0
Team		408	9	6	120	74	38	1758	226	182	41	40

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.