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CibbuanoDons get first win
April 5th 2009 06:38
ESSENDON has opened its account for season 2009 with a 38-point win over Fremantle at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
The Bombers got the early jump and survived several challenges from the Dockers to prevail 16.13 (109) to 10.11 (71).
The most pleasing aspect of the result for Essendon was that they finished the match with 16 goals despite the fact that skipper Matthew Lloyd was held goalless and Scott Lucas contributed just one major.
Jobe Watson and Jason Winderlich were influential in the middle with 30 and 27 possessions respectively while David Zahakaris showed he is a potential star of the future with 21 quality disposals.
Dustin Fletcher led an inexperienced Essendon defence with 28 touches while Irishman Michael Quinn (20 possessions) showed some promising signs on debut.
For the Dockers, Paul Hasleby (24 possessions) and Rhys Palmer (21 touches, two goals) tried hard all day while Aaron Sandilands (36 hit-outs) had the better of his duel with David Hille.
The Bombers ran harder than their opponents and moved the football quickly through the middle of the ground in the opening term as they slammed on five goals to one to take a handy 22-point lead into quarter-time.
Fremantle lifted their work-rate in the second term and started to win the contested football.
Goals to Brett Peake, Byron Schammer and Matthew Pavlich saw the Dockers close to within two goals but the Bombers had all the answers with a late major from Hille giving Essendon a 17-point advantage at half-time.
The Dockers didn't make any inroads on the scoreboard in a frenetic third quarter with the Dons booting five goals to four to take a 23-point lead into the final change.
Fremantle failed to fire a shot in a final term that didn't reach any great heights with the Bombers kicking two unanswered goals to secure the four premiership points.
Essendon will now face arch-rivals Carlton at the MCG on Saturday while the Dockers will be seeking their first win of the season when they Adelaide at Subiaco Oval on Sunday.
ESSENDON: 5.2, 9.5, 14.7, 16.13 (109)
FREMANTLE: 1.4, 6.6, 10.8, 10.11 (71)
GOALS: Essendon: McPhee 3, Winderlich 2, Ryder 2, Hocking, Skipworth, Lovett, Dempsey, Pears, Hille, Slattery, Davey, Lucas
Fremantle: Pavlich 2, Palmer 2, Peake 2, Mundy, Schammer, Solomon, Dodd
BEST: Essendon: Winderlich, Lovett, Watson, Fletcher, Zaharakis, Skipworth
Fremantle: Sandilands, Palmer, Hasleby, Duffield, Mundy,
INJURIES: Essendon: Nil
Fremantle: Nil
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Stewart, Avon
CROWD: TBC at Etihad Stadium
The Bombers got the early jump and survived several challenges from the Dockers to prevail 16.13 (109) to 10.11 (71).
The most pleasing aspect of the result for Essendon was that they finished the match with 16 goals despite the fact that skipper Matthew Lloyd was held goalless and Scott Lucas contributed just one major.
Jobe Watson and Jason Winderlich were influential in the middle with 30 and 27 possessions respectively while David Zahakaris showed he is a potential star of the future with 21 quality disposals.
Dustin Fletcher led an inexperienced Essendon defence with 28 touches while Irishman Michael Quinn (20 possessions) showed some promising signs on debut.
For the Dockers, Paul Hasleby (24 possessions) and Rhys Palmer (21 touches, two goals) tried hard all day while Aaron Sandilands (36 hit-outs) had the better of his duel with David Hille.
The Bombers ran harder than their opponents and moved the football quickly through the middle of the ground in the opening term as they slammed on five goals to one to take a handy 22-point lead into quarter-time.
Fremantle lifted their work-rate in the second term and started to win the contested football.
Goals to Brett Peake, Byron Schammer and Matthew Pavlich saw the Dockers close to within two goals but the Bombers had all the answers with a late major from Hille giving Essendon a 17-point advantage at half-time.
The Dockers didn't make any inroads on the scoreboard in a frenetic third quarter with the Dons booting five goals to four to take a 23-point lead into the final change.
Fremantle failed to fire a shot in a final term that didn't reach any great heights with the Bombers kicking two unanswered goals to secure the four premiership points.
Essendon will now face arch-rivals Carlton at the MCG on Saturday while the Dockers will be seeking their first win of the season when they Adelaide at Subiaco Oval on Sunday.
ESSENDON: 5.2, 9.5, 14.7, 16.13 (109)
FREMANTLE: 1.4, 6.6, 10.8, 10.11 (71)
GOALS: Essendon: McPhee 3, Winderlich 2, Ryder 2, Hocking, Skipworth, Lovett, Dempsey, Pears, Hille, Slattery, Davey, Lucas
Fremantle: Pavlich 2, Palmer 2, Peake 2, Mundy, Schammer, Solomon, Dodd
BEST: Essendon: Winderlich, Lovett, Watson, Fletcher, Zaharakis, Skipworth
Fremantle: Sandilands, Palmer, Hasleby, Duffield, Mundy,
INJURIES: Essendon: Nil
Fremantle: Nil
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Stewart, Avon
CROWD: TBC at Etihad Stadium
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