2021 Elimination Final 1: Western Bulldogs v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 1
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
Date: Sunday, August 29th, 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: University of Tasmania Stadium (York Park)
Attendance: 9,760
Capacity: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Essendon
Score: 13.7.85 - 4.12.36
Best on Ground: D. Parish, J. Macrae, T. Liberatore, M. Bontempelli

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 2 . 1 5 . 4 8 . 5 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Essendon 1 . 4 4 . 7 4 . 10 4 . 12 4 . 12 (36)
Margin BUL by 3 BUL by 3 BUL by 19 BUL by 49 BUL by 49
Duration 28:00 32:10 31:32 33:01 2:04:43

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captain(s): Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Brett Rosebury (#8), Andrew Stephens (#12), Nathan Williamson (#22), E: John Howorth (#17)
Goal Umpire(s): Dylan Benwell, Stephen Williams, E: David Rodan
Boundary Umpire(s): Jordan Andrews, Ian Burrows, Adam Coote, Matthew Tomkins
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Tom Liberatore BUL 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Jack Macrae BUL 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Marcus Bontempelli BUL 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Cody Weightman BUL 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Darcy Parish ESS 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Aaron Naughton BUL 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jordan Ridley ESS 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics (Basic)

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
4 Bontempelli, Marcus RO 83% 0 0 23 16 7 4 1 6 10 16 6 2 1 1 4 8 0 0 7 0
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 85% 0 0 19 17 2 4 0 2 6 7 3 4 2 0 7 3 0 0 3 1
35 Daniel, Caleb INT 80% 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 2 8 5 2 2 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0
5 Dunkley, Josh C 79% 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 3 8 7 3 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 0
15 Duryea, Taylor BPL 81% 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 4 5 11 0 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1
44 English, Tim FF 85% 0 1 16 9 7 3 15 2 10 6 3 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 3 0
43 Gardner, Ryan CHB 92% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 0 6 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 0
29 Hannan, Mitch HFFL 80% 2 2 15 10 5 1 0 4 5 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0
7 Hunter, Lachie WR 86% 0 0 24 12 12 3 0 5 10 14 4 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 0
39 Johannisen, Jason SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Keath, Alex FB 94% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 2 5 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 0
21 Liberatore, Tom FPL 80% 0 0 35 16 19 5 0 7 17 18 7 4 1 0 1 8 0 0 1 0
11 Macrae, Jack RR 83% 0 0 36 15 21 0 0 3 19 17 8 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 3 0
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 81% 3 0 9 5 4 5 0 4 7 3 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 1
13 Schache, Josh INT 70% 2 0 12 8 4 5 0 0 3 9 1 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1
6 Smith, Bailey INT 79% 1 0 20 16 4 1 0 2 7 11 2 4 0 1 4 3 0 0 1 0
37 Smith, Roarke HFFR 77% 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 3 8 6 0 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0
1 Treloar, Adam WL 80% 0 1 28 13 15 3 0 5 14 14 2 4 0 2 1 5 0 1 0 1
23 Vandermeer, Laitham INT 78% 1 1 10 6 4 4 0 3 4 5 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
19 Weightman, Cody FPR 75% 4 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 11 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
34 Williams, Bailey BPR 87% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 1 3 9 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0
10 Wood, Easton HBFL 84% 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 3 6 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 9 0
2 Young, Lewis RU 80% 0 0 8 2 6 0 18 3 5 4 2 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 10 1
Rushed 2
Total 13 7 367 222 145 59 34 64 170 186 45 70 22 14 45 56 6 4 65 7

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
6 Caldwell, Jye RO 70% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 4 6 9 1 3 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 0
13 Cox, Nik SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Cutler, Tom BPR 86% 0 2 21 11 10 3 0 4 7 12 0 5 0 2 3 2 0 0 2 0
2 Draper, Sam RU 85% 0 2 18 12 6 5 44 4 12 6 5 3 2 2 5 5 1 0 3 0
42 Durham, Sam WR 82% 0 0 17 7 10 5 0 2 6 12 1 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 2 0
10 Francis, Aaron CHF 84% 0 2 9 7 2 3 0 4 5 5 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 0
8 Gleeson, Martin INT 80% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 1 4 15 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 6 0
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 72% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 3 7 9 1 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 1 0
21 Heppell, Dyson HBFL 80% 0 0 24 12 12 7 0 1 7 16 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 7 0
15 Laverde, Jayden FB 86% 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 3 3 11 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 0
1 McGrath, Andrew WL 78% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 9 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
7 Merrett, Zach C 87% 0 1 31 16 15 3 0 9 13 18 4 12 2 4 2 5 0 1 2 0
3 Parish, Darcy RR 86% 1 1 35 22 13 3 0 4 18 19 11 3 1 1 2 6 0 0 3 1
16 Perkins, Archie HFFR 77% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 Redman, Mason BPL 83% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 4 11 7 2 4 1 0 5 1 0 0 3 0
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 90% 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 3 6 8 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 18 0
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 79% 0 0 24 16 8 3 0 4 7 12 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0
5 Smith, Devon FPR 84% 1 0 13 8 5 2 0 6 4 10 0 3 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
40 Snelling, Will HFFL 89% 0 2 15 5 10 1 0 7 7 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
17 Stewart, James HBFR 96% 0 0 16 9 7 7 0 2 2 14 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 0
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 80% 2 1 9 9 0 2 0 8 3 5 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 5 0
45 Waterman, Alec INT 69% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 2 6 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
20 Wright, Peter FF 78% 0 0 7 0 7 0 9 1 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 0
Rushed 1
Total 4 12 367 212 155 77 53 80 148 213 37 64 14 22 42 51 4 1 82 1

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 M. Redman 15 J. Laverde 12 T. Cutler 2 L. Young 35 C. Daniel
19 C. Weightman 44 T. English 21 T. Liberatore 11 J. Macrae 13 J. Schache
FORWARD 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 6 B. Smith
HALF-BACK

23 L. Vandermeer
21 D. Heppell (c) 14 J. Ridley 17 J. Stewart

39 J. Johannisen
37 R. Smith 33 A. Naughton 29 M. Hannan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



1 A. McGrath 7 Z. Merrett 42 S. Durham



7 L. Hunter 5 J. Dunkley 1 A. Treloar FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 8 M. Gleeson
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 35 M. Guelfi
40 W. Snelling 10 A. Francis 16 A. Perkins 6 J. Caldwell 9 D. Shiel
31 B. Dale 43 R. Gardner 10 E. Wood

45 A. Waterman
HALF-BACK

13 N. Cox
FORWARD



25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 5 D. Smith



34 B. Williams 42 A. Keath 15 T. Duryea



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BUL Adam Treloar behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:14
ESS Jake Stringer goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 03:17
ESS Zach Merrett behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 05:52
ESS Will Snelling behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 08:23
BUL Cody Weightman goal 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 18:44
BUL Mitch Hannan goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 20:22
ESS Aaron Francis behind 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 22:18
ESS Tom Cutler behind 2.1.13 - 1.4.10 24:29
Q2 BUL Tim English behind 2.2.14 - 1.4.10 00:47
ESS Devon Smith goal 2.2.14 - 2.4.16 02:35
ESS Darcy Parish goal 2.2.14 - 3.4.22 04:39
BUL Aaron Naughton goal 3.2.20 - 3.4.22 06:28
BUL Cody Weightman goal 4.2.26 - 3.4.22 09:10
BUL Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 16:50
BUL Josh Schache goal 5.3.33 - 3.4.22 17:48
ESS Aaron Francis behind 5.3.33 - 3.5.23 20:26
ESS Will Snelling behind 5.3.33 - 3.6.24 22:36
ESS Darcy Parish behind 5.3.33 - 3.7.25 24:42
ESS Jake Stringer goal 5.3.33 - 4.7.31 28:50
BUL Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 4.7.31 30:29
Q3 ESS Tom Cutler behind 5.4.34 - 4.8.32 03:38
ESS Sam Draper behind 5.4.34 - 4.9.33 07:19
BUL Cody Weightman goal 6.4.40 - 4.9.33 11:22
BUL Cody Weightman goal 7.4.46 - 4.9.33 13:11
BUL Mitch Hannan behind 7.5.47 - 4.9.33 15:44
BUL Josh Schache goal 8.5.53 - 4.9.33 21:34
ESS Sam Draper behind 8.5.53 - 4.10.34 31:27
Q4 ESS Rushed behind 8.5.53 - 4.11.35 02:48
BUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 9.5.59 - 4.11.35 06:42
BUL Laitham Vandermeer behind 9.6.60 - 4.11.35 08:30
BUL Mitch Hannan goal 10.6.66 - 4.11.35 13:10
BUL Aaron Naughton goal 11.6.72 - 4.11.35 18:15
BUL Mitch Hannan behind 11.7.73 - 4.11.35 21:23
BUL Aaron Naughton goal 12.7.79 - 4.11.35 26:11
BUL Bailey Smith goal 13.7.85 - 4.11.35 30:28
ESS Jake Stringer behind 13.7.85 - 4.12.36 32:58