van Rooyen marks a Langdon on the boundary 40m out, his set shot is rushed. (Q1 0:59)
Day-Wicks passes long from members wing to the pocket for McKay to mark over Tholstrup 25m out, he hits the near right post with a drop punt. (Q1 2:44)
El Achkar marks 40m out on the boundary and tries a J-curve set shot but doesn’t have the leg and misses near side left. (Q1 3:35)
Gawn receives from Laurie and tumbles through an ugly but straight snap across his body from 25m on the flank. (Q1 4:45)
van Rooyen marks a Sharp kick to the hotspot with his man Reid expecting a bomb to the square and giving too much leg rope. Roo goals as the crowd applauds Neale Daniher. (Q1 6:35)
Prior’s dump kick from defensive hotspot turns over, Kysaiah Pickett contests against Merrett then receives for the goal on the burst from 40m on a slight angle. (Q1 12:00)
Durham misses a free kick from the pocket 25m out narrow to the left. (Q1 13:35)
Laurie misses a checkside from 30m on a slight angle off his right, when a drop punt off the left would have been the better decision. (Q1 18:21)
Kick in comes straight back in with Langdon snapping the goal from the HFF. (Q1 18:40)
Setterfield snaps a nice goal off the right from 45m on a slight angle. (Q1 20:45)
Cross passes to Kentfield on the boundary 45m out, he sets up a pass to 15m where Petty draws a rather soft holding free on Redman for a goal. (Q1 22:56)
Reid spoils van Rooyen to prevent a goal from a classic slingshot play through the centre. (Q1 26:16)
Dyson Sharp takes a link mark on a rebound around outer side and passes to the pocket for McKay to mark and goal from 25m, one of the prettiest plays of the season for Essendon. (Q1 28:16)
Harvey Langford bounces a behind to the left from a stoppage at the hotspot just as the QT siren sounds. (Qtr Time)
Redman is livid at being whistled for a hold on Kysaiah Pickett 30m out on a slight angle, ump holds his line, as does Kozzie’s free kick. (Q2 4:32)
Gawn looks uncertain as he goes back for a free kick from ruck 50m out on a slight angle, but he roosts a big drop punt just inside the right goalpost for his second goal! (Q2 7:26)
Kentfield roves and lopes to 25m on the flank for a snap in space but misses narrow to the right. (Q2 9:25)
Harvey Langford roves and snaps high and wide left off his left from the hotspot. (Q2 11:59)
Caddy takes a strong contested grab in the pocket 20m out and curls in a goal. (Q2 15:42)
van Rooyen roves and feeds Laurie who spins between two defenders and misses from near the hotspot. (Q2 16:47)
A pack forms on the goal line but fall over each other to allow a Rivers set shot from the HFF to fly through untouched. (Q2 18:42)
Pickett misses a free kick from the pocket 30m out after Roberts caught him high and dislocated his shoulder in the process. (Q2 21:45)
Chandler marks in the pocket 30m out but misses narrow to the right. (Q2 23:57)
Harry Sharp feeds Kysaiah Pickett for a running snap from 35m on the flank for his third goal. (Q2 26:22)
McKay marks on the boundary 40m out and misses near side left. (Q2 27:38)
Cox snaps a nice goal from 35m on a slight angle with an assist from Redman spoiling Harry Sharp and tapping the crumb out from the pack. (Q3 4:21)
McKay dives to suck a free on Lever 25m out on a slight angle, footy gods push his set shot into the right post. (Q3 5:59)
McKay bench presses Lever off the fall of a kick to the HFF then turns and hits the lead of El Achkar 30m out, he converts. (Q3 7:21)
Robey tumbles through the next goal from 20m out after a flowing rebound by the Bombers half backs across the centre. (Q3 9:23)
Setterfield gives inside from a stoppage on members wing to Farrow whose long ball is to the advantage of Caddy to mark over Turner 45m out on a slight angle. Caddy misses left. (Q3 11:06)
Kentfield gets a 50m penalty for encroachment by Duursma but misses from 50m on a slight angle. (Q3 14:08)
Chandler roves and shoots off his non-preferred right from near the hotspot but misses everything to the right. (Q3 15:52)
Sparrow snaps from a stoppage 40m out on a slight angle, ball bounces in the square but takes a wicked off break to the right for a point. (Q3 17:07)
Petty marks a Howes pass 40m out in front of Blakiston and steers through a red time special, albeit Melbourne’s first goal of the quarter. (Q3 25:57)
Chandler just misses off his left from the pocket 30m out in the last minute before 3QT. (Q3 27:37)
Perkins receives from Cox on the HFF, baulks past Bowey and centres for Day-Wicks 40m out who hits the left post. (Q4 0:40)
Reid marks a Setterfield clearance kick from members wing to 30m out on the flank but misses across the face to the right. (Q4 2:10)
Fritsch bumps Setterfield after disposal to concede a downfield free to Dyson Sharp 45m out on the flank. His set shot is rushed on the line. (Q4 3:05)
Fritsch roves over the back and snaps into the far left post from the pocket 15m out. (Q4 3:05)
Caddy marks over Turner 45m out on the flank from another nice rebound move from the Bombers. His set shot is short and rushed. (Q4 3:05)
Melksham has had a dirty day so far but he roves a van Rooyen contest and skids through an opportunist goal from 35m on the flank. (Q4 3:05)
Fritsch passes to Chandler deep in the pocket 20m out, two Bombers fly to spoil but the ump pays a front-on contact free, first goal of junk time to Google. (Q4 10:34)
Setterfield misses a set shot from 50m on the flank. (Q4 11:44)
Melksham marks Petty’s pass behind Redman in the pocket 20m out, cramps up then curls in his second goal. (Q4 16:46)
van Rooyen gets a holding free on Reid going for Pickett’s pass 30m out on a slight angle but pushes his set shot to the right. (Q4 21:46)
Tsatas misses to the left from a throw-in from the pocket. (Q4 23:08)
Lever smothers El Achkar in the goalsquare to prevent a junk time special. (Q4 24:25)
