2021 Round 21: Western Bulldogs v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
Date: Sunday, August 8th, 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium (Docklands Stadium)
Attendance: unknown
Capacity: 56,347

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Essendon
Score: 12.12.84 - 15.7.97
Best on Ground: P. Wright, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli, S. Draper

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 11 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Essendon 1 . 2 7 . 2 11 . 4 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Margin BUL by 13 ESS by 3 ESS by 11 ESS by 13 ESS by 13
Duration 29:26 30:59 31:12 31:26 2:03:03

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Chris Donlon (#1), Craig Fleer (#26), Brett Rosebury (#8), E: Brendan Hosking (#16)
Goal Umpire(s): Steve Piperno, Sam Walsh, E: Matthew Bridges
Boundary Umpire(s): Kieran Ferguson, Chris Gordon, Pat Jackson, Matt Konetschka
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Peter Wright (ESS #20) 2 - Jack Macrae (BUL #11) 1 - Zach Merrett (ESS #7)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Peter Wright ESS 10 2 0 0 0 0
Marcus Bontempelli BUL 7 0 1 1 0 0
Zach Merrett ESS 7 0 1 1 0 0
Darcy Parish ESS 3 0 0 0 1 1
Jack Macrae BUL 2 0 0 0 1 0
Sam Draper 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 85% 1 1 34 17 17 4 0 0 12 24 9 3 2 1 0 10 1 1 3 1
17 Bruce, Josh FF 84% 3 2 15 9 6 7 2 3 8 6 1 7 0 3 1 1 5 0 2 0
12 Cordy, Zaine FB 100% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 7 4 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 84% 0 0 22 15 7 2 0 0 4 15 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 0
35 Daniel, Caleb HBFL 75% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 1 1 14 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0
5 Dunkley, Josh INT 82% 0 0 19 3 16 4 0 2 9 11 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0
15 Duryea, Taylor INT 83% 1 0 17 6 11 5 0 1 5 12 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 5 0
44 English, Tim RU 82% 1 1 13 5 8 4 24 2 9 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 3 1
38 Garcia, Riley FPL 77% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 5 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
7 Hunter, Lachie WR 85% 0 0 22 12 10 2 0 1 6 15 4 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 2 1
39 Johannisen, Jason HFFL 82% 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
21 Liberatore, Tom C 80% 1 1 22 12 10 6 0 4 4 18 2 3 0 1 1 7 3 0 2 0
11 Macrae, Jack RR 85% 0 0 37 15 22 2 0 5 17 21 9 3 1 1 2 7 1 0 2 1
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 84% 1 3 11 5 6 5 1 4 5 6 1 2 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 1
20 Richards, Ed INT 78% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 1 3 6 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
13 Schache, Josh CHB 93% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 0 8 8 0 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 8 0
28 Scott, Anthony FPR 82% 0 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 2 5 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1
6 Smith, Bailey HFFR 74% 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 3 3 18 1 3 2 0 2 3 0 1 1 0
37 Smith, Roarke SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Treloar, Adam WL 75% 1 0 22 10 12 7 0 2 4 18 0 3 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0
22 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra INT 64% 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
34 Williams, Bailey BPR 82% 0 0 24 13 11 4 0 3 6 16 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 0
10 Wood, Easton BPL 83% 1 0 16 8 8 4 0 1 3 13 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1
Rushed 2
Total 12 12 370 189 181 81 27 37 127 243 31 45 17 14 22 60 20 6 55 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
37 Clarke, Dylan HFFR 85% 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 4 7 12 3 1 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 0
13 Cox, Nik WR 81% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 2 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
12 Cutler, Tom WL 90% 0 1 22 17 5 8 0 3 1 18 1 2 1 0 6 4 0 0 2 1
2 Draper, Sam RU 83% 1 0 11 7 4 3 39 1 8 3 4 5 0 3 2 2 1 0 2 1
42 Durham, Sam FPR 78% 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 1 6 9 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
10 Francis, Aaron BPR 88% 2 0 8 8 0 7 0 1 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1
8 Gleeson, Martin INT 86% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 6 3 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 74% 1 0 7 4 3 3 0 3 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 87% 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 1 5 20 1 5 0 3 5 1 0 1 0 0
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 83% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 1 2 10 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 3 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 77% 1 0 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
7 Merrett, Zach C 83% 0 0 30 14 16 6 0 4 6 24 5 1 1 0 7 2 0 2 1 1
3 Parish, Darcy RO 80% 1 0 28 12 16 1 0 1 11 17 9 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1
16 Perkins, Archie SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 81% 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 5 4 1 3 1 1 4 2 0 1 4 1
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 83% 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 5 9 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 4 0
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 69% 0 0 19 7 12 1 0 2 8 10 6 5 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 81% 1 2 15 10 5 0 0 3 6 6 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
40 Snelling, Will RR 83% 0 1 12 4 8 2 0 10 5 8 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
17 Stewart, James FB 89% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 0 4 9 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 0
25 Stringer, Jake CHF 86% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 6 8 5 7 1 2 0 1 6 0 0 0 2
45 Waterman, Alec INT 66% 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
20 Wright, Peter FF 86% 7 0 10 9 1 7 9 1 4 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total 15 7 321 187 134 81 48 55 108 203 47 41 14 17 46 39 13 5 33 11

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
15 J. Laverde 17 J. Stewart 10 A. Francis 44 T. English 5 J. Dunkley
28 A. Scott 17 J. Bruce 38 R. Garcia 11 J. Macrae 15 T. Duryea
FORWARD 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 20 E. Richards
HALF-BACK

22 J. Ugle-Hagan
27 M. Redman 14 J. Ridley 19 N. Hind

37 R. Smith
6 B. Smith 33 A. Naughton 39 J. Johannisen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 T. Cutler 7 Z. Merrett (c) 13 N. Cox



7 L. Hunter 21 T. Liberatore 1 A. Treloar FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 8 M. Gleeson
HALF-FORWARD 40 W. Snelling 35 M. Guelfi
5 D. Smith 25 J. Stringer 37 D. Clarke 3 D. Parish 9 D. Shiel
31 B. Dale 13 J. Schache 35 C. Daniel

45 A. Waterman
HALF-BACK

16 A. Perkins
FORWARD



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 20 P. Wright 42 S. Durham



34 B. Williams 12 Z. Cordy 10 E. Wood



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BUL Josh Bruce goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:31
ESS Aaron Francis goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:13
BUL Tom Liberatore behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 08:43
BUL Easton Wood goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 11:04
BUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 15:27
BUL Josh Bruce goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 17:17
ESS Devon Smith behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 18:45
ESS Tom Cutler behind 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 25:44
BUL Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.2.8 28:08
Q2 BUL Aaron Naughton goal 4.3.27 - 1.2.8 00:47
ESS Aaron Francis goal 4.3.27 - 2.2.14 02:35
ESS Peter Wright goal 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 06:27
BUL Aaron Naughton behind 4.4.28 - 3.2.20 09:51
ESS Sam Draper goal 4.4.28 - 4.2.26 11:52
BUL Aaron Naughton behind 4.5.29 - 4.2.26 15:14
BUL Adam Treloar goal 5.5.35 - 4.2.26 18:03
ESS Peter Wright goal 5.5.35 - 5.2.32 20:06
ESS Peter Wright goal 5.5.35 - 6.2.38 21:47
ESS Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 5.5.35 - 7.2.44 25:06
BUL Jason Johannisen goal 6.5.41 - 7.2.44 28:10
Q3 ESS Devon Smith behind 6.5.41 - 7.3.45 05:50
BUL Aaron Naughton behind 6.6.42 - 7.3.45 07:09
BUL Tom Liberatore goal 7.6.48 - 7.3.45 10:21
ESS Devon Smith goal 7.6.48 - 8.3.51 12:21
ESS Matt Guelfi goal 7.6.48 - 9.3.57 15:25
ESS Alec Waterman behind 7.6.48 - 9.4.58 17:10
BUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 8.6.54 - 9.4.58 17:50
BUL Josh Bruce behind 8.7.55 - 9.4.58 21:42
ESS Peter Wright goal 8.7.55 - 10.4.64 22:30
ESS Darcy Parish goal 8.7.55 - 11.4.70 24:17
BUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 8.8.56 - 11.4.70 26:24
BUL Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 11.4.70 27:05
BUL Josh Bruce behind 8.10.58 - 11.4.70 27:43
BUL Tim English behind 8.11.59 - 11.4.70 29:52
Q4 ESS Peter Wright goal 8.11.59 - 12.4.76 02:21
BUL Taylor Duryea goal 9.11.65 - 12.4.76 05:35
BUL Tim English goal 10.11.71 - 12.4.76 07:46
ESS Alec Waterman goal 10.11.71 - 13.4.82 09:36
ESS Will Snelling behind 10.11.71 - 13.5.83 13:32
ESS Peter Wright goal 10.11.71 - 14.5.89 15:51
ESS Peter Wright goal 10.11.71 - 15.5.95 17:37
BUL Anthony Scott behind 10.12.72 - 15.5.95 23:54
BUL Josh Bruce goal 11.12.78 - 15.5.95 24:48
BUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 12.12.84 - 15.5.95 26:41
ESS Rushed behind 12.12.84 - 15.6.96 28:08
ESS Rushed behind 12.12.84 - 15.7.97 29:55