2021 AFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Marvel Stadium (Docklands Stadium)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 11-0-11, P%: 109.1%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Western Bulldogs (Elimination Final)
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Darcy Parish (26)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jake Stringer (39)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Zach Merrett

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dyson Heppell

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ambrose, Patrick #29 1 R12 0 0
Bryan, Nick #24 1 R07 0 0
Cahill, Ned #28 3 R01-R02, R14 1 0
Caldwell, Jye #6 3 R01-R02, EF 0 0
Clarke, Dylan #37 4 R20-R23 2 0
Cox, Nik #13 22 R01-R12, R14-R21, R23, EF 9 0
Cutler, Tom #12 13 R01-R03, R14, R16-R23, EF 1 0
Draper, Sam #2 13 R01-R02, R14-R23, EF 2 4
Durham, Sam #42 7 R18-R23, EF 1 0
Francis, Aaron #10 15 R01-R06, R08-R10, R12, R20-R23, EF 2 0
Gleeson, Martin #8 6 R02, R17-R18, R21-R22, EF 0 0
Guelfi, Matt #35 20 R03-R12, R14-R19, R21-R23, EF 6 0
Ham, Brayden #33 19 R01-R12, R14-R20 5 0
Heppell, Dyson #21 19 R01, R04-R12, R14-R16, R18-R20, R22-R23, EF 2 0
Hind, Nick #19 22 R01-R12, R14-R23 4 0
Hooker, Cale #26 18 R01-R12, R14-R19 33 1
Jones, Harry #23 16 R01-R12, R14-R17 20 0
Langford, Kyle #4 17 R01-R12, R14-R17, R20 13 0
Laverde, Jayden #15 23 R01-R12, R14-R23, EF 1 0
McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony #43 20 R01-R12, R14-R21 34 2
McGrath, Andrew #1 15 R01-R12, R22-R23, EF 2 2
Merrett, Zach #7 23 R01-R12, R14-R23, EF 4 20
Parish, Darcy #3 23 R01-R12, R14-R23, EF 10 26
Perkins, Archie #16 21 R03-R12, R14-R23, EF 9 2
Phillips, Andrew #34 6 R06, R08-R12 4 0
Redman, Mason #27 22 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R23, EF 6 1
Reid, Zach #31 1 R05 0 0
Ridley, Jordan #14 22 R01-R05, R07-R12, R14-R23, EF 0 3
Shiel, Dylan #9 8 R01-R02, R19-R23, EF 3 0
Smith, Devon #5 20 R01-R09, R14-R23, EF 16 3
Snelling, Will #40 20 R01-R11, R16-R23, EF 12 0
Stewart, James #17 17 R07-R12, R14-R23, EF 0 0
Stringer, Jake #25 19 R03-R08, R11-R12, R14-R23, EF 41 8
Waterman, Alec #45 14 R03-R05, R10-R12, R15-R18, R21-R23, EF 17 1
Wright, Peter #20 21 R01-R10, R14-R23, EF 29 5
Zaharakis, David #11 9 R04, R06-R07, R09-R12, R15, R19 2 0
Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon #30 6 R03-R04, R06, R11, R14-R15 0 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Jayden Laverde Brandon Zerk-Thatcher Aaron Francis
Half-Back: Dyson Heppell Jordan Ridley Nick Hind
Centre: Andrew McGrath Zach Merrett Nik Cox
Half-Forward: Archie Perkins Cale Hooker Brayden Ham
Forward: Jake Stringer Peter Wright Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: Sam Draper Darcy Parish Will Snelling
Interchange: Matt Guelfi Harry Jones Mason Redman
Devon Smith Tom Cutler

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Rutten, Ben 23 11 -0- 12 R01-R12, R14-R23, EF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/03/2021 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 1 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
27/03/2021 Round 2 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 54 Ben Rutten unknown
03/04/2021 Round 3 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 75 Ben Rutten unknown
08/04/2021 Round 4 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 3 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
17/04/2021 Round 5 Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 57 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
25/04/2021 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 24 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
02/05/2021 Round 7 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 16 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
08/05/2021 Round 8 Greater Western Sydney AWAY LOSS GWS by 2 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
16/05/2021 Round 9 Fremantle HOME WIN ESS by 7 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
23/05/2021 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 72 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
29/05/2021 Round 11 West Coast AWAY WIN ESS by 16 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
05/06/2021 Round 12 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 39 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
Round 13 BYE
20/06/2021 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 13 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
26/06/2021 Round 15 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 11 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
02/07/2021 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 41 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
09/07/2021 Round 17 Adelaide HOME WIN ESS by 63 Ben Rutten Zach Merrett
18/07/2021 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 18 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
25/07/2021 Round 19 Greater Western Sydney HOME LOSS GWS by 13 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
01/08/2021 Round 20 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 7 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
08/08/2021 Round 21 Western Bulldogs AWAY WIN ESS by 13 Ben Rutten Zach Merrett
15/08/2021 Round 22 Gold Coast AWAY WIN ESS by 68 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
22/08/2021 Round 23 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 38 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell
29/08/2021 Elimination Final Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 49 Ben Rutten Dyson Heppell