2021 Round 15: Essendon v Melbourne

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday, June 26th, 2021
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,414
Capacity: 100,024

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.9.57 - 9.14.68
Best on Ground: Z. Merrett, D. Heppell, M. Gawn, D. Parish

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 7 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Melbourne 1 . 5 4 . 8 8 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin ESS by 4 MEL by 3 MEL by 17 MEL by 11 MEL by 11
Duration 26:14 29:10 31:46 29:10 1:56:20

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Ben Rutten (Essendon), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captain(s): Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Max Gawn (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Rob Findlay (#23), Hayden Gavine (#14), Andrew Stephens (#12), E: Martin Rodger (#43)
Goal Umpire(s): Michael Craig, Matthew Dervan, E: Matt Maclure
Boundary Umpire(s): Jordan Andrews, Pat Jackson, Mitch Le Fevre, Sam Stagg
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Clayton Oliver (MEL #13) 2 - Zach Merrett (ESS #7) 1 - Christian Petracca (MEL #5)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Steven May MEL 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jake Lever MEL 4 0 1 0 0 0
Max Gawn MEL 4 0 1 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESS 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Angus Brayshaw MEL 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Clayton Oliver MEL 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Dyson Heppell ESS 2 0 0 0 1 0
Christian Petracca MEL 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics (Basic)

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 WL 79% 0 0 7 4 3 4 1 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
2 Draper, Sam RU 77% 0 0 10 6 4 1 10 1 6 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 9 0
35 Guelfi, Matt WR 78% 0 0 15 3 12 3 0 9 6 9 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0
33 Ham, Brayden RO 80% 0 1 20 9 11 5 0 0 4 17 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0
21 Heppell, Dyson HBFR 88% 1 0 26 15 11 10 0 1 4 20 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 4 0
19 Hind, Nick HBFL 84% 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 2 7 10 2 3 1 1 5 1 0 2 1 0
26 Hooker, Cale FF 80% 1 0 13 4 9 3 1 0 7 6 1 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
23 Jones, Harry CHF 87% 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
4 Langford, Kyle INT 85% 0 0 29 16 13 6 0 6 10 19 5 5 1 1 5 5 0 1 3 0
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 85% 0 0 17 7 10 5 0 2 3 14 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 81% 0 2 10 6 4 3 0 5 4 7 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 1 1
7 Merrett, Zach C 86% 0 1 41 23 18 5 0 8 7 34 3 2 3 1 3 6 0 0 2 2
3 Parish, Darcy RR 87% 0 0 37 13 24 5 0 4 14 25 8 5 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 0
16 Perkins, Archie HFFL 74% 0 1 16 7 9 4 0 0 9 7 3 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
27 Redman, Mason CHB 77% 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 4 2 16 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 1 2 0
14 Ridley, Jordan BPR 95% 0 0 28 19 9 6 0 0 7 13 1 2 0 1 9 2 0 1 2 0
5 Smith, Devon INT 76% 1 0 14 7 7 4 0 4 5 9 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0
17 Stewart, James FB 88% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 2 3 11 0 3 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 84% 1 2 24 12 12 5 0 5 7 17 5 4 0 2 0 7 1 3 0 0
45 Waterman, Alec HFFR 78% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 2 5 9 0 6 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
20 Wright, Peter INT 68% 2 0 8 4 4 3 11 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
11 Zaharakis, David SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon INT 84% 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 0 3 9 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
Rushed 2
Total 8 9 397 205 192 93 23 61 121 267 35 55 11 15 47 50 8 10 43 4

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 84% 0 1 24 15 9 8 0 1 5 19 0 4 0 1 5 1 1 0 1 2
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 96% 0 1 10 9 1 5 0 1 3 7 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 1 1
11 Gawn, Max RU 95% 0 0 16 11 5 4 32 3 13 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 0
4 Harmes, James HFFR 77% 1 2 27 10 17 4 0 0 12 15 3 5 1 1 1 4 2 0 4 0
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 89% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 3 6 12 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 78% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 4 6 10 0 3 1 0 4 3 0 3 4 0
6 Jackson, Luke FF 75% 1 2 11 6 5 3 7 0 9 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 0
2 Jones, Nathan SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Jordon, James INT 62% 2 1 21 9 12 5 0 3 5 16 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
15 Langdon, Ed WR 97% 0 0 23 19 4 10 0 0 8 14 3 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 3 1
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 18 9 9 8 0 1 8 10 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 6 0
1 May, Steven FB 94% 0 0 18 16 2 7 0 3 5 8 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 9 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 96% 1 1 13 8 5 6 1 3 4 10 0 5 0 3 1 5 1 0 2 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 72% 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 5 4 9 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 87% 0 0 34 10 24 6 0 0 15 20 6 4 0 1 0 8 0 1 0 0
5 Petracca, Christian RO 91% 2 0 26 15 11 6 0 4 12 14 2 8 0 0 2 6 2 0 1 0
35 Petty, Harry CHB 85% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 73% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 0 9 5 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
24 Rivers, Trent INT 70% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 4 8 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 1 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 87% 0 0 26 21 5 10 0 0 4 21 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 3 0
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 68% 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 3 6 2 0 3 2 1 0 3 2 0 1 0
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 50% 1 0 11 2 9 2 0 5 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
7 Viney, Jack C 74% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 4 8 10 4 4 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 0
Rushed 6
Total 9 14 379 225 154 114 40 47 150 229 32 54 15 10 41 56 14 7 52 6

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

Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 J. Hunt 1 S. May 8 J. Lever 2 S. Draper 4 K. Langford
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 26 C. Hooker 25 J. Stringer 3 D. Parish 5 D. Smith
FORWARD 33 B. Ham 20 P. Wright
HALF-BACK

30 B. Zerk-Thatcher
14 M. Hibberd 35 H. Petty 3 C. Salem

11 D. Zaharakis
45 A. Waterman 23 H. Jones 16 A. Perkins



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 A. Brayshaw 7 J. Viney 15 E. Langdon



35 M. Guelfi 7 Z. Merrett 13 N. Cox FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 23 J. Jordon
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 24 T. Rivers
36 K. Pickett 25 T. McDonald 4 J. Harmes 5 C. Petracca 9 C. Spargo
21 D. Heppell (c) 27 M. Redman 19 N. Hind

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

2 N. Jones
FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 6 L. Jackson 31 B. Fritsch



14 J. Ridley 17 J. Stewart 15 J. Laverde



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESS Zach Merrett behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 04:00
MEL Angus Brayshaw behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 06:26
MEL James Jordon behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 11:57
MEL Luke Jackson behind 0.1.1 - 0.3.3 13:01
MEL James Harmes goal 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 16:31
MEL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.4.10 18:15
ESS Jake Stringer behind 0.2.2 - 1.4.10 19:57
ESS Jake Stringer goal 1.2.8 - 1.4.10 21:00
MEL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.5.11 22:35
ESS Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 1.3.9 - 1.5.11 24:13
ESS Devon Smith goal 2.3.15 - 1.5.11 26:11
Q2 ESS Harry Jones goal 3.3.21 - 1.5.11 02:35
MEL Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.6.12 07:06
MEL Tom McDonald behind 3.3.21 - 1.7.13 11:37
MEL Luke Jackson behind 3.3.21 - 1.8.14 17:17
MEL Luke Jackson goal 3.3.21 - 2.8.20 18:26
MEL Charlie Spargo goal 3.3.21 - 3.8.26 19:44
ESS Peter Wright goal 4.3.27 - 3.8.26 23:17
ESS Archie Perkins behind 4.4.28 - 3.8.26 25:25
ESS Brayden Ham behind 4.5.29 - 3.8.26 26:20
MEL James Jordon goal 4.5.29 - 4.8.32 27:49
Q3 MEL James Harmes behind 4.5.29 - 4.9.33 01:25
MEL Tom McDonald goal 4.5.29 - 5.9.39 02:13
ESS Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 5.9.39 05:25
MEL James Jordon goal 4.6.30 - 6.9.45 07:53
MEL Christian Petracca goal 4.6.30 - 7.9.51 12:29
ESS Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 7.9.51 16:41
ESS Dyson Heppell goal 5.7.37 - 7.9.51 19:01
MEL Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 7.10.52 21:00
MEL Bayley Fritsch behind 5.7.37 - 7.11.53 22:23
MEL James Harmes behind 5.7.37 - 7.12.54 24:32
ESS Harry Jones goal 6.7.43 - 7.12.54 25:48
MEL Christian Petracca goal 6.7.43 - 8.12.60 27:59
Q4 ESS Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 6.8.44 - 8.12.60 02:50
MEL Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 8.13.61 04:10
ESS Jake Stringer behind 6.9.45 - 8.13.61 10:23
MEL Tom Sparrow goal 6.9.45 - 9.13.67 13:04
ESS Peter Wright goal 7.9.51 - 9.13.67 14:28
MEL Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 9.14.68 17:45
ESS Cale Hooker goal 8.9.57 - 9.14.68 19:57