Essendon have started brightly with their hands on the February premiership, Duursma feeds Kako for his first goal from the pocket. (Q1 13:46)
Stengle gets a holding free on Ridley at the top of the square for an easy major. (Q1 13:46)
Cameron hits the post with a set shot from 20m on a slight angle after marking going back with the flight. (Q1 13:46)
Quick repeat inside 50 to Dangerfield 40m out on a slight angle who hooks his set shot left. (Q1 13:46)
Stewart is pinged for contact on the HBF, Langford plays on for a pass to the fat side pocket for Perkins who goals from 20m. (Q1 13:46)
Neale leaps in front of Draper to clunk a Stewart kick to the hotspot, but sprays the set shot to the right. (Q1 13:46)
Dangerfield marks a Miers pass in the pocket and screws in the goal. (Q1 13:46)
Caddy marks a Ridley pass with Zach Guthrie failing to spoil, he converts from 25m on the flank. (Q1 13:46)
Blicavs roves over the back of the pack for a grubber goal from near the behind post. (Q1 13:46)
Neale marks again near the hotspot and gets this set shot on target. (Q1 13:46)
Langford tugs a long set shot left. (Q1 13:46)
Cameron curls in his first goal from the pocket off the left then his second from a set shot 35m out in front. (Q2 20:44)
Perkins converts with a punching set shot from 45m on a slight angle. (Q2 23:43)
Stewart and O’Sullivan are out of position and combine to giver away a front-on contact free to Caddy near the hotspot, Caddy kicks straight. (Q2 26:34)
Stengle mops up near CHF after the next bounce and feeds Bowes gliding from the centre to slam through the instant replying goal. (Q2 27:39)
Jones hits the post from a set shot from 50m on a slight angle. (Q3 1:25)
Quick repeat inside 50 from the Stewart kick in enginreed by McKay’s spoil, ball goes to Durham who converts from 40m. (Q3 2:26)
Caddy leads from the square to the hotspot ahead of Kolodjashnij to clunk a high mark after Dempsey coughs a handball up in the centre. Caddy goals. (Q3 14:27)
Atkins has time in the centre to pick out a Cameron lead near true CHF, nothing Reid could do there. Jezza hangs the kick left. (Q3 18:47)
Kako gets past Stewart at CHF to set up an easy goal, his second. (Q3 22:58)
Durham’s smother on Knevitt highlight’s Essendon’s pressure tonight, setting up a Martin pass to Hobbs 30m out who sprays it OOTF. (Q3 23:52)
McGrath punches a loose ball to space at half back but gets a bad bounce, Clark mops up and feeds Stengle to goal from the pocket. (Q3 24:55)
Another cough up by McGrath, this one by handball under pressure after a quick clearance, Miers slots the snap from the hotspot. (Q3 26:16)
Neale boots goal number three from a set shot from 45m on a slight angle. (Q4 6:48)
Gresham catches Zach Guthrie HTB 40m out in front and punches through the quick reply. (Q4 8:44)
Kako roves a big pack 40m out after Merrett strips Humphries in a tackle, he bounces through his third goal to give Essendon a late lead. (Q4 10:34)
Duncan’s sweeping handball at CHF sets up Close to snap the goal from 30m, albeit Cameron should have been pinged for HTB in the build up. (Q4 12:44)
Gresham gets another free inside 50, this one against Duncan to repay putting his head over a pack footy. He goals from 20m in the pocket, Dons lead again. (Q4 15:40)
Stengle has two to beat in a ground battle deep in the pocket, he gets a snap off but it’s narrow. (Q4 18:21)
Knevitt tumbles a clearance off the left inside 50 from the HFF, Stengle marks 30m out but shanks the set shot for no score. (Q4 19:44)
Gresham sets up Durham for a running shot in space 40m out on the end of a rebound, but he blazes OOTF. (Q4 20:47)
Repeat inside 50 for Essendon, Draper has three Cats in front of him but bowls them over like ninepins, crumb to the front where Kako roves and goals from 25m! (Q4 21:49)
Bryan marks uncontested 25m out on a slight angle and steers through another one for Essendon, who now have full reward for their pressure. (Q4 24:29)
Humphries blazes wide left from outside CHF after Tsatas had a clearing kick come off the back of a teammate. (Q4 27:34)
Kako rolls through a champagne goal from the pocket after baulking Mullin in the final seconds, albeit Draper stole the six points off him with a tap-in. (Q4 32:08)
