2021 Round 8: Greater Western Sydney v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Essendon
Date: Saturday, May 8th, 2021
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: GIANTS Stadium (Sydney Showground)
Attendance: 8,526
Capacity: 24,000

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 16.11.107 - 16.9.105
Best on Ground: T. Taranto, Z. Merrett, J. Kelly, N. Hind

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 6 . 2 7 . 4 14 . 8 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 7 10 . 7 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin GWS by 24 GWS by 9 GWS by 25 GWS by 2 GWS by 2
Duration 31:15 27:18 34:48 32:42 2:06:03

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captain(s): unknown (Greater Western Sydney), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Leigh Fisher (#3), Hayden Gavine (#14), Justin Power (#4), E: Dean Garroway (#52)
Goal Umpire(s): Brodie Kenny-Bell, Angus McKenzie-Wills, E: Alex Chisholm
Boundary Umpire(s): Michael Barlow, Dan Field-Read, Michael Saunders, David Wood
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Tim Taranto (GWS #14) 2 - Darcy Parish (ESS #3) 1 - Zach Merrett (ESS #7)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESS 9 1 1 0 0 0
Josh Kelly GWS 8 1 0 1 0 0
Sam Taylor GWS 5 0 0 1 1 0
Tim Taranto GWS 4 0 1 0 0 0
Darcy Parish ESS 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Green GWS 1 0 0 0 0 1
Will Snelling ESS 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics (Basic)

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
7 Ash, Lachie HBFR 86% 0 0 23 9 14 5 0 2 5 16 2 3 0 1 5 1 0 2 4 0
5 Bruhn, Tanner HFFR 68% 2 0 6 4 2 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
44 Buckley, Jack BPL 87% 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 4 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
13 Cumming, Isaac CHB 77% 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 2 5 11 1 2 1 1 9 2 0 1 1 0
31 Finlayson, Jeremy FF 83% 3 1 13 9 4 2 4 1 6 5 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 0
12 Green, Tom INT 76% 0 0 28 14 14 7 0 3 13 17 4 3 2 1 2 5 0 0 0 1
4 Greene, Toby CHF 93% 2 2 21 17 4 6 0 5 5 14 1 3 0 1 0 6 3 0 0 2
37 Hill, Bobby HFFL 73% 1 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 1 9 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 0
27 Himmelberg, Harry FPR 90% 1 2 12 9 3 5 0 2 11 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 6 0
2 Hopper, Jacob C 75% 1 0 23 11 12 4 0 0 14 10 8 7 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 0
39 Idun, Connor INT 82% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 5 9 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 0
25 Keeffe, Lachie BPR 97% 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 8 0
22 Kelly, Josh WL 84% 2 0 30 14 16 4 0 3 11 20 7 3 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 1
38 Lloyd, Daniel INT 72% 1 1 17 11 6 4 0 1 5 11 0 2 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 0
41 Mumford, Shane RU 80% 0 0 10 3 7 0 24 1 6 6 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 4 1
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT 87% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 5 10 0 5 1 1 1 4 0 0 5 0
36 Perryman, Harry WR 80% 0 0 24 14 10 6 0 1 6 17 0 4 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 0
28 Sproule, Zach FPL 76% 2 1 10 5 5 2 0 0 4 7 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
18 Stone, Conor SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Taranto, Tim RR 82% 1 0 29 17 12 5 0 8 8 21 5 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 2
15 Taylor, Sam FB 92% 0 0 16 11 5 8 0 1 9 7 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0
8 Ward, Callan RO 84% 0 0 23 11 12 4 0 2 6 17 3 1 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 2
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFL 77% 0 0 19 9 10 9 0 2 2 17 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 3
Total 16 11 380 226 154 88 28 43 135 241 37 56 17 17 44 49 9 8 57 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
13 Cox, Nik WR 85% 1 1 11 6 5 2 0 5 2 10 0 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 Francis, Aaron BPR 89% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 3 11 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 0
35 Guelfi, Matt SUB↑ 28% 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 6 3 5 2 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
33 Ham, Brayden HFFR 81% 0 1 17 8 9 4 0 0 7 10 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
21 Heppell, Dyson HBFL 88% 0 0 27 14 13 8 0 0 5 19 1 3 0 1 5 2 0 0 1 1
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 84% 0 0 29 22 7 5 0 1 6 19 0 3 1 0 0 5 0 2 2 2
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 90% 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 0 5 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 3 1
23 Jones, Harry INT 80% 2 0 8 6 2 5 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0
4 Langford, Kyle WL 86% 3 0 20 10 10 9 0 2 6 15 1 4 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 76% 0 0 16 10 6 10 0 1 5 12 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 82% 2 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 4 7 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 2
1 McGrath, Andrew RR 80% 0 0 25 11 14 3 0 1 14 10 12 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 1
7 Merrett, Zach C 79% 0 2 37 22 15 6 0 3 10 29 4 5 3 1 1 13 0 1 6 3
3 Parish, Darcy INT 80% 0 1 35 17 18 5 0 4 14 22 7 5 1 1 3 6 0 0 1 0
16 Perkins, Archie HFFL 71% 1 1 13 5 8 2 0 4 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
34 Phillips, Andrew RU 74% 0 0 13 8 5 6 26 4 5 7 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 0
27 Redman, Mason INT 78% 1 0 23 16 7 5 0 0 1 16 0 1 1 0 8 2 0 4 1 0
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 96% 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 2 3 14 0 2 0 1 4 2 0 0 10 0
5 Smith, Devon INT 78% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 3 6 8 2 3 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 0
40 Snelling, Will RO 82% 2 0 19 9 10 5 0 3 3 16 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 3
17 Stewart, James FB 88% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 6 5 0 3 1 2 5 0 0 0 3 0
25 Stringer, Jake FPL↓ 46% 0 2 5 4 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 77% 2 0 8 4 4 2 10 0 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
Rushed 0
Total 16 9 393 227 166 103 36 44 117 264 32 56 17 17 33 61 14 12 51 14

Jake Stringer was substituted out of the game and was replaced by Matt Guelfi.

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

Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 J. Laverde 17 J. Stewart 10 A. Francis 41 S. Mumford 12 T. Green
27 H. Himmelberg 31 J. Finlayson 28 Z. Sproule 14 T. Taranto 39 C. Idun
FORWARD 8 C. Ward 38 D. Lloyd
HALF-BACK

33 X. O'Halloran
21 D. Heppell (c) 14 J. Ridley 19 N. Hind

18 C. Stone
5 T. Bruhn 4 T. Greene 37 B. Hill



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 K. Langford 7 Z. Merrett 13 N. Cox



36 H. Perryman 2 J. Hopper 22 J. Kelly FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 A. Phillips 23 H. Jones
HALF-FORWARD 1 A. McGrath 3 D. Parish
16 A. Perkins 26 C. Hooker 33 B. Ham 40 W. Snelling 27 M. Redman
7 L. Ash 13 I. Cumming 6 L. Whitfield

5 D. Smith
HALF-BACK

35 M. Guelfi
FORWARD



25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



25 L. Keeffe 15 S. Taylor 44 J. Buckley



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESS Peter Wright goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:43
GWS Jeremy Finlayson goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 02:04
GWS Toby Greene goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 04:31
GWS Daniel Lloyd behind 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 09:24
ESS Jake Stringer behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 10:04
GWS Harry Himmelberg goal 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 12:25
GWS Zach Sproule behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 16:05
GWS Zach Sproule goal 4.2.26 - 1.1.7 18:12
GWS Tanner Bruhn goal 5.2.32 - 1.1.7 21:11
GWS Daniel Lloyd goal 6.2.38 - 1.1.7 25:18
ESS Zach Merrett behind 6.2.38 - 1.2.8 29:26
ESS Will Snelling goal 6.2.38 - 2.2.14 31:12
Q2 ESS Cale Hooker behind 6.2.38 - 2.3.15 01:16
ESS Peter Wright goal 6.2.38 - 3.3.21 02:40
ESS Jake Stringer behind 6.2.38 - 3.4.22 04:28
ESS Brayden Ham behind 6.2.38 - 3.5.23 05:10
ESS Nik Cox behind 6.2.38 - 3.6.24 07:02
ESS Cale Hooker goal 6.2.38 - 4.6.30 08:54
GWS Jeremy Finlayson behind 6.3.39 - 4.6.30 11:20
GWS Bobby Hill behind 6.4.40 - 4.6.30 12:06
ESS Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 6.4.40 - 5.6.36 18:07
GWS Zach Sproule goal 7.4.46 - 5.6.36 22:42
ESS Archie Perkins behind 7.4.46 - 5.7.37 24:44
Q3 ESS Kyle Langford goal 7.4.46 - 6.7.43 01:02
GWS Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 6.7.43 02:49
GWS Jeremy Finlayson goal 8.5.53 - 6.7.43 04:56
GWS Jeremy Finlayson goal 9.5.59 - 6.7.43 06:52
GWS Tanner Bruhn goal 10.5.65 - 6.7.43 08:13
GWS Toby Greene behind 10.6.66 - 6.7.43 10:28
GWS Harry Himmelberg behind 10.7.67 - 6.7.43 11:41
GWS Toby Greene goal 11.7.73 - 6.7.43 12:09
ESS Archie Perkins goal 11.7.73 - 7.7.49 14:53
ESS Nik Cox goal 11.7.73 - 8.7.55 19:13
GWS Josh Kelly goal 12.7.79 - 8.7.55 21:38
ESS Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 12.7.79 - 9.7.61 24:48
ESS Mason Redman goal 12.7.79 - 10.7.67 27:17
GWS Harry Himmelberg behind 12.8.80 - 10.7.67 29:37
GWS Tim Taranto goal 13.8.86 - 10.7.67 30:47
GWS Bobby Hill goal 14.8.92 - 10.7.67 32:32
Q4 ESS Harry Jones goal 14.8.92 - 11.7.73 01:04
GWS Rushed behind 14.9.93 - 11.7.73 02:44
ESS Matt Guelfi goal 14.9.93 - 12.7.79 03:07
GWS Rushed behind 14.10.94 - 12.7.79 05:59
GWS Josh Kelly goal 15.10.100 - 12.7.79 09:57
ESS Harry Jones goal 15.10.100 - 13.7.85 12:05
ESS Zach Merrett behind 15.10.100 - 13.8.86 13:29
ESS Will Snelling goal 15.10.100 - 14.8.92 14:26
GWS Toby Greene behind 15.11.101 - 14.8.92 16:05
ESS Darcy Parish behind 15.11.101 - 14.9.93 22:56
ESS Kyle Langford goal 15.11.101 - 15.9.99 27:15
GWS Jacob Hopper goal 16.11.107 - 15.9.99 30:19
ESS Kyle Langford goal 16.11.107 - 16.9.105 31:36