2018 Essendon Football Club season

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The 2018 Essendon Football Club season will be the Essendon Football Club's 120th season in the Australian Football League. They will also field a reserves team in the Victorian Football League.

Contents

AFL

Essendon Football Club
2018 season
President Lindsay Tanner
Coach John Worsfold
Captain(s) Dyson Heppell
Home ground Etihad Stadium
(Capacity: 56,347)
← 2017 2019 →

List changes

Three veteran Essendon players decided to retire at the end of the 2017 season: two-time All-Australian Jobe Watson, [1] former Geelong three-time premiership player James Kelly [2] and 255-game player Brent Stanton. [3] After the season Essendon also announced that they had delisted Heath Hocking. [4]

During trade period three different players requested trades to Essendon. The first trade to be completed was that of Greater Western Sydney player Devon Smith, who Essendon acquired with their first round pick for the 2017 draft. [5] Later they also secured Adam Saad from Gold Coast with their 2018 second round pick, [6] before getting forward Jake Stringer from the Western Bulldogs in exchange for two second-round draft picks on the last day of the trade period. [7]

Retirements and delistings

PlayerDateReasonGamesGoalsRef.
Yestin Eades 15 February 2017Delisted00 [8]
Jobe Watson 9 August 2017Retired, effective at end of season220113 [1]
James Kelly 16 August 2017Retired, effective at end of season31390 [2]
Brent Stanton 24 August 2017Retired, effective at end of season255158 [3]
Heath Hocking 15 September 2017Delisted12645 [4]

Trades

DateGainedFromLostRef.
12 October 2017 Devon Smith
Pick 24
2018 second round pick (Greater Western Sydney)		 Greater Western Sydney Pick 11
2018 third round pick (Essendon)		 [5]
16 October 2017 Adam Saad Gold Coast 2018 second round pick (Essendon) [6]
19 October 2017 Jake Stringer Western Bulldogs Pick 25
Pick 30		 [7]

Squad

Essendon Football Club
Senior listRookie listCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (B) Category B rookie

Updated: 28 November 2017
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Ladder

PosTeam
PldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Richmond 22184021431574136.172 2018 finals
2 West Coast (P)22166020121657121.464
3 Collingwood 22157020461699120.460
4 Hawthorn 22157019721642120.160
5 Melbourne 22148022991749131.456
6 Sydney 22148018221664109.556
7 Greater Western Sydney 22138118981664114.154
8 Geelong 22139020451554131.652
9 North Melbourne 221210019501790108.948
10 Port Adelaide 221210017801654107.648
11 Essendon 221210019321838105.148
12 Adelaide 221210019411865104.148
13 Western Bulldogs 2281401575203777.332
14 Fremantle 2281401556204176.232
15 Brisbane Lions 2251701825204989.120
16 St Kilda 2241711606218273.618
17 Gold Coast 2241801308218259.916
18 Carlton 2222001353228259.38
Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

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