Rioli centres to the hot spot where Suckling and Hodge lurk. Matt takes the pill but from 35 he misses from the slight angle. (Q1 1:56)
Rioli out of the stoppage to Hodge who takes a quick look at his options before sending it goalward, but he misses from 50 to the left hand side. (Q1 3:00)
Cooney to Carlisle to Chapman all by foot. Paul turns his back on Stanton who was completely free in the goal square. He lines up from 35 on the flank, and makes no mistake! (Q1 5:50)
Cooney to Goddard who goes on into the goal square where Frawley is out numbered as Carlisle takes the grab! Jake slots the major from directly in front! (Q1 8:01)
Gleeson receives the free kick for high contact against Cellar in the attempted tackle. He handballs to Hurley who unloads from 60 and makes the distance but misses to the right. (Q1 11:28)
McEvoy taps it down to Langford who flicks it off to Puopolo. Hurley has poor technique in the tackle, getting Paul high. Paul goes back and nails it from 35 on the flank! (Q1 13:52)
Stanton, Ambrose, Melksham and Jake uses it well to find Daniher in a pocket of space behind Lake. From 30 on the flank, he hooks it to the far side. (Q1 15:39)
Sicily takes it out of congestion and has a quick kick at goal from 50 but it misses to the right hand side. First kick is a minor for the first gamer. (Q1 27:00)
The Bombers break at pace and it ends with Ambrose beating Hodge by foot and then he finds Daniher in the goal square, who took the strong mark opposed to Stratton… (Q2 2:05)
From directly in front, 15 out, Joe makes no mistake! (Q2 2:05)
Colyer to Melkshaw who continues his hard run into the forward 50 but his shot from the flank region misses to the near side under strong chasing pressure. (Q2 10:07)
Baguley goes long to the top of the square where Daniher takes a towering yet uncontested mark. From 20 on the slight angle, he just works it home! (Q2 11:24)
Heppell goes long to the free Bellchambers who gets the step ahead of Cellar and takes the simple mark. From 40 out directly in front, he kicks the goal! (Q2 16:52)
Rioli gets held by Hurley after the ball hits the deck, and Cyril gets the free from 40 on the flank. Cyril goes back but misses to the near side. (Q2 18:37)
Cooney goes long out the back to Colyer who takes the simple mark out the back. He flicks it off to Chapman running free into goal and the ex-Cat makes no mistake! (Q2 19:17)
Merrett takes it out of the pressure that forced the Lewis turn over and Zach slams it on the left boot to split the middle from 30 directly in front! (Q2 22:52)
Essedon well on top, similarly to last week. The question is, can they run it out, unlike last week? (Q2 23:01)
Puopolo receives the free kick for a high tackle against Baguley. From 40 on the flank, Puopolo has his and Hawthorn’s second! (Q2 26:02)
Long bomb in and Rioli gets to the front of the pack, reading it well off hands before a settling step and true snap from 25 on the slight! (Q2 29:13)
COLYER! From the boundary 35 metres out after an out on the full ruling against the Hawks, Travis nabs the major with a drop punt spectacular! (Q3 2:48)
McEvoy to Rioli to Gunston as the Hawks speed the ball forward through sheer weight of numbers. Jack has a step on Gwilt and the ball sits up nicely to finish from 20! (Q3 4:28)
Gunston takes it out of the stoppage after the Hawks won the pressured ball. His snap ahead of Gwilt misses from 45 on the flank. (Q3 6:21)
Zaharakis out of the pack to Melksham who finds Carlisle ahead of Suckling running back with the flight. From 15 on the sharp angle, Jake misses with a shank of a shot. (Q3 12:55)
McEvoy takes the intercept mark from the Hibberd kick and he finds Gunston with precision, 35 out from goal on the flank. He goes back and slots the goal! (Q3 17:42)
Roughead takes it out of the middle to Puopolo who goes long to the Gunston/Gwilt one on one and Jack takes a fantastic one handed mark. He finishes with the snap from the pocket! (Q3 19:04)
Burgoyne to Roughead who finds Sicily with a short pass. James takes the mark 45 out from goal on the flank. He kicks from beyond 50 and he slots it home! (Q3 20:55)
Daniher takes the mark on the lead ahead of Lake on the lead after Zaharakis’ chipped kick in. Joe goes back and slots the goal from 30 on the flank! (Q3 23:50)
Lewis to Anderson to Birchall all by hand before Grant drills in a pass to Breust who marks ahead of Goddard. From 45 directly in front, he misses to the left hand side. (Q3 26:30)
Rioli to Puopolo back to Rioli who shrugs a tackle and chips it to Hill unmanned in the goal square. Brad makes it a 2 point ball game! (Q4 2:45)
McEvoy to Ceglar to Burgoyne to Breust. Luke looks inside but saw nothing on offer so he went for goal but missed to the near side from 35 on the flank. (Q4 4:45)
The Hawks work it forward through sheer pressure and it ends with Puopolo who misses the snap from 30 on the flank to the near side. (Q4 5:05)
Baggily gets tackled by Puopolo under brilliant pressure and the ball fumbles out to Breust who gets the quick kick out of the congestion true, slotting it from 20! Hawks in front! (Q4 7:43)
Hill taps it out of congestion to Hodge who finds Burgoyne. Shaun belts it onto Roughead’s leading chest ahead of Hurley. From 50 on the flank, Jarryd makes it 12 the difference! (Q4 12:27)
Lewis takes the ball out of congestion after Hill provided some extreme pressure in the middle of the ground to force the turnover. Jordan found Breust out the back, who goals! (Q4 18:31)
Zaharakis goes long to the Lake/Carlisle contest and Jake took the strong leading mark with pace on his side. From 35 on the flank, Jake puts it through! (Q4 19:32)
Chapman slips but gets back up to feed it out to Colyer. Travis runs through to 30 and slots the major! (Q4 25:47)
HOOKER! The Bombers win the clearance and go long. The ball works its way off hands and Cale snaps truly from 35! (Q4 26:38)
The BOMBERS ARE HOME! Breust kicks a goal less than a second after the final siren, but it doesn’t count and Essendon has won! (Q4 28:29)
