Essendon Bombers AFL News

Bombers Done Like A Dogs Dinner
AFL ROUND 16 Essendon 3.1 6.2 8.2 11.4 (70) Western Bulldogs 3.5 4.6 10.9 15.13 (103) GOALS Essendon: Lloyd 2, Hocking, Prismall, Reimers, Winderlich, Davey, Stanton, Ryder, Lonergan, Hurley Western Bulldogs: Hahn 5, Welsh 3, Higgins 2, Murphy, Cooney, Hill, Minson, Cross BEST Essendon: Lovett, Prismall, Ryder, Welsh, Stanton, Dempsey Western Bulldogs: Lake, Higgins, Hahn, Johnson, Cross, Boyd INJURIES Essendon: Reimers (ankle) Western Bulldogs: Nil Reports: Nil Umpires: Jeffery, McLaren, Chamberlain Official crowd: 47,120 at Jihad Stadium More soon …… »
Added: 8 months ago, Source: Bomber Blitz

Half time: Bombers up by 8pts
The Bombers are in form and lead the Bulldogs at the long break at Docklands »
Added: 8 months ago, Source: AFL.com.au

Round 16 - Bulldogs Match Preview
Essendon’s finals aspirations are on the line as the Bombers take on the Western Bulldogs on Friday night at Jihad Stadium to begin AFL Round 16. Fresh off a victory against Sydney last week, the Bombers will be looking to increase their grip on their Top 8 spot with a victory over the Top 4 Bulldogs. Both sides have gone into the game with unchanged lineups in what promises to be a high scoring, fast flowing affair. »
Added: 8 months ago, Source: Bomber Blitz

Live - Bombers v Bulldogs
JOIN in our live coverage of the shootout at Etihad Stadium between the Western Bulldogs and Essendon. »
Added: 8 months ago, Source: News.com.au

Lloyd forced McVeigh ban
ESSENDON captain Matthew Lloyd remains hell-bent on demanding extreme professionalism at Windy Hill. »
Added: 8 months ago, Source: News.com.au

Why are people so unkind?
MATTHEW Lloyd knows how difficult it can be for Joe Public to hail a taxi after a game at the SCG. »
Added: 8 months ago, Source: News.com.au

Young Dons have no fear
ESSENDON will draw on its big-game experience when it faces the Western Bulldogs at a packed Etihad Stadium. »
Added: 8 months ago, Source: News.com.au

Bombers Lineup Unchanged
Both Essendon and the Western Bulldogs have named unchanged lineups for their AFL Round 16 clash at Jihad Stadium on Friday night. ESSENDON B: Henry Slattery, Tayte Pears, Michael Hurley HB: Courtenay Dempsey, Dustin Fletcher, Adam McPhee C: Brent Prismall, Ricky Dyson, Andrew Lovett HF: Sam Lonergan, Scott Lucas, Heath Hocking F: Jason Winderlich, Matthew Lloyd, Alwyn Davey Foll: Patrick Ryder, Andrew Welsh, Jobe Watson Int: Brent Stanton, Mark McVeigh, Kyle Reimers, Cale Hooker Emg: Bachar Houli, Nathan Lovett-Murray, Hayden Skipworth No changes WESTERN BULLDOGS B: Jarrod Harbrow, Brian Lake, Ryan Hargrave HB: Lindsay Gilbee, Tom Williams, Dale Morris C: Nathan Eagleton, Matthew Boyd, Daniel Cross HF: Shaun Higgins, Mitch Hahn, Brad Johnson F: Jason Akermanis, Scott Welsh, Robert Murphy Foll: Ben Hudson, Adam Cooney, Ryan Griffen Int: Will Minson, Josh Hill, Liam Picken, Callan Ward, Emg: Dylan Addison, Tim Callan, Brennan Stack No changes »
Added: 8 months ago, Source: Bomber Blitz

Bombers plan Etihad 'cauldron'
ESSENDON has called on its fans to make Etihad Stadium a cauldron when it hosts the Western Bulldogs tomorrow night. »
Added: 8 months ago, Source: News.com.au

O'Donnell out of coaching race
Essendon assistant coach Gary O'Donnell has ruled himself out of taking on a senior coaching role next year »
Added: 8 months ago, Source: AFL.com.au

Winderlich Makes His Charge
Jason Winderlich has made the 2009 Nobby Clarke Medal a three-way race following his BOG performance against Sydney last weekend. With 7 rounds remaining Winderlich has moved within 8 votes of leader Jobe Watson, who picked up 3 votes himself to go 4 votes ahead of Andrew Lovett. Voting in this award is open to all members of the BomberBlitz.com forum – so drop in and signup! Official results as tabulated by esteemed vote counter Mero Final Voting for Round 15 5 Jason Winderlich 267 4 Tayte Pears 106 3 Jobe Watson 44 2 Scott Lucas 29 1 Andrew Lovett 25 ———- Andrew Welsh 24 Brent Stanton 23 Patrick Ryder 15 Adam McPhee 15 Sam Lonergan 11 Matthew Lloyd 8 Dustin Fletcher 6 Heath Hocking 2 Alwyn Davey 1 OVERALL STANDINGS after Round 15 Jobe Watson 30 Andrew Lovett 26 Jason Winderlich 22 Brent Stanton 18 Tayte Pears 17 Patrick Ryder 16 Matthew Lloyd 13 Dustin Fletcher 12 Courtenay Dempsey 11 Brent Prismall 9 Adam McPhee 7 Angus Monfries 6 Andrew Welsh 6 Scott Lucas 5 Alwyn Davey 5 Bachar Houli 5 Hayden Skipworth 4 Ricky Dyson 3 Heath Hocking 3 Jay Neagle 2 David Zaharakis 2 Michael Hurley 2 Sam Lonergan 1 »
Added: 8 months ago, Source: Bomber Blitz

Bombers see parallels with '93 side
Essendon assistant coach Gary O'Donnell says this year's side is similar to the flag-winning side of 1993 »
Added: 8 months ago, Source: AFL.com.au