2020 AFL Round 7: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 2020 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 7 of the 2020 AFL season. Essendon hosted Western Bulldogs at Metricon Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Essendon
Back: M. Hurley, C. Hooker, M. Redman
Half-back: A. Saad, J. Ridley, D. Zaharakis
Centre: B. Ham, A. McGrath, D. Parish
Half-forward: N. Cahill, W. Snelling, O. Fantasia
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, S. McKernan, J. Townsend
Follower: A. Phillips, K. Langford, Z. Merrett
Int.: M. Hibberd, J. Laverde, C. McKenna, D. Smith

Western Bulldogs
Back: B. Williams, A. Keath, C. Daniel
Half-back: L. Young, E. Wood, H. Crozier
Centre: J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli (capt.), P. Lipinski
Half-forward: B. Dale, Z. Cordy, L. Vandermeer
Forward: M. Wallis, J. Bruce, C. Weightman
Follower: T. English, T. Liberatore, B. Smith
Int.: L. Hunter, J. Johannisen, E. Richards, M. Suckling

Essendon (7.9.51) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (14.9.93).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Laverde (2), C. Hooker, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, D. Smith, W. Snelling, D. Zaharakis
Western Bulldogs: M. Wallis (3), M. Suckling (2), C. Weightman (2), J. Bruce, B. Dale, T. English, J. Johannisen, P. Lipinski, E. Richards, L. Vandermeer

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Western Bulldogs were then 9th on the ladder (up from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 17 July 2020
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 4,949

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 7.9.51 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 4 . 3 4 . 6 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Western Bulldogs 4 . 1 6 . 4 11 . 7 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin WBUL by 4 WBUL by 13 WBUL by 43 WBUL by 42 WBUL by 42
Duration 29:21 23:25 26:08 25:40 1:44:34

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: H. Gavine (#14), L. Haussen (#5), M. Stevic (#9), E: R. Findlay (#23)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tim English WBUL 44 3
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 2
Lachie Hunter WBUL 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tim English WBUL 44 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 8 0 2 0 0 0
Mitch Wallis WBUL 3 5 0 0 1 1 0
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 4 0 0 1 0 1
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 3 0 0 0 1 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
28 Cahill, Ned HFFL 80% 0 0 7 2 5 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
13 Fantasia, Orazio HFFR 81% 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
33 Ham, Brayden WL 76% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
46 Hibberd, Mitchell INT 73% 0 1 8 4 4 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 2
26 Hooker, Cale FB 78% 1 0 12 7 5 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 0
18 Hurley, Michael BPL 94% 0 0 18 14 4 8 0 0 0 3 1 2 7 0
4 Langford, Kyle RR 85% 0 1 19 6 13 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3
15 Laverde, Jayden INT 84% 2 1 12 7 5 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 79% 1 1 6 4 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew C 79% 0 0 24 10 14 2 0 3 6 5 0 0 2 4
45 McKenna, Conor INT 86% 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 2
44 McKernan, Shaun FF 82% 0 3 8 5 3 4 7 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
7 Merrett, Zach RO 82% 0 0 20 8 12 4 0 4 4 2 1 1 0 5
3 Parish, Darcy WR 77% 0 0 22 11 11 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 5
34 Phillips, Andrew RU 80% 0 1 10 6 4 5 28 1 3 1 1 1 0 2
27 Redman, Mason BPR 82% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 1
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 98% 0 0 14 10 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 72% 0 0 23 12 11 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 4
5 Smith, Devon INT 79% 1 0 15 10 5 3 0 6 3 3 3 2 0 5
40 Snelling, Will CHF 79% 1 0 9 2 7 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1
20 Townsend, Jacob FPR 86% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 4 1 1 0 0
11 Zaharakis, David HBFR 88% 1 0 20 10 10 3 0 4 0 5 0 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 7 9 302 161 141 76 35 38 23 51 12 17 34 43

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) C 76% 0 0 23 11 12 4 0 3 5 2 0 0 1 7
17 Bruce, Josh FF 84% 1 1 16 8 8 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
12 Cordy, Zaine CHF 95% 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
9 Crozier, Hayden HBFR 86% 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 4 0 3 0 1 2 1
31 Dale, Bailey HFFL 83% 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
35 Daniel, Caleb BPR 85% 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 1
44 English, Tim RU 87% 1 1 22 10 12 7 17 4 6 1 3 1 0 2
7 Hunter, Lachie INT 81% 0 0 26 12 14 4 0 5 2 4 2 1 4 1
39 Johannisen, Jason INT 80% 1 0 14 7 7 5 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 1
42 Keath, Alex FB 86% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
21 Liberatore, Tom RR 81% 0 1 22 9 13 3 0 6 5 3 0 2 0 3
27 Lipinski, Patrick WR 84% 1 0 14 6 8 2 0 3 2 2 0 1 2 2
11 Macrae, Jack WL 82% 0 0 29 14 15 2 0 2 4 3 1 0 0 3
20 Richards, Ed INT 76% 1 1 11 6 5 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1
6 Smith, Bailey RO 80% 0 1 20 15 5 2 0 2 4 3 2 1 2 4
1 Suckling, Matt INT 75% 2 0 13 11 2 8 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7
23 Vandermeer, Laitham HFFR 74% 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4
3 Wallis, Mitch FPL 76% 3 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
19 Weightman, Cody FPR 76% 2 1 9 5 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
34 Williams, Bailey BPL 84% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 0 5 1 2 7 3
10 Wood, Easton CHB 81% 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 1
40 Young, Lachie HBFL 88% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 14 9 315 180 135 73 17 44 30 42 17 12 35 48

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: John Worsfold
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
34 B. Williams 42 A. Keath 35 C. Daniel 34 A. Phillips 46 M. Hibberd
20 J. Townsend 44 S. McKernan 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 4 K. Langford 15 J. Laverde
FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett 45 C. McKenna
HALF-BACK

5 D. Smith
40 L. Young 10 E. Wood 9 H. Crozier



13 O. Fantasia 40 W. Snelling 28 N. Cahill



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 J. Macrae 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 27 P. Lipinski



3 D. Parish 1 A. McGrath 33 B. Ham FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 7 L. Hunter
HALF-FORWARD 21 T. Liberatore 39 J. Johannisen
31 B. Dale 12 Z. Cordy 23 L. Vandermeer 6 B. Smith 20 E. Richards
11 D. Zaharakis 14 J. Ridley 42 A. Saad

1 M. Suckling
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



3 M. Wallis 17 J. Bruce 19 C. Weightman



27 M. Redman 26 C. Hooker 18 M. Hurley



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:19
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 00:59
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 01:39
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 03:25
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 08:27
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 11:27
ESSE Will Snelling goal 3.1.19 - 2.1.13 18:25
WBUL Matt Suckling goal 3.1.19 - 3.1.19 20:19
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 3.1.19 - 4.1.25 22:58
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 3.2.20 - 4.1.25 25:34
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 3.3.21 - 4.1.25 26:55
Q2 WBUL Tim English goal 3.3.21 - 5.1.31 03:34
WBUL Josh Bruce behind 3.3.21 - 5.2.32 05:42
WBUL Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 5.3.33 07:59
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 4.3.27 - 5.3.33 17:12
WBUL Bailey Smith behind 4.3.27 - 5.4.34 19:29
WBUL Patrick Lipinski goal 4.3.27 - 6.4.40 21:07
Q3 WBUL Cody Weightman behind 4.3.27 - 6.5.41 02:25
WBUL Matt Suckling goal 4.3.27 - 7.5.47 05:05
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 4.3.27 - 8.5.53 06:38
ESSE Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 8.5.53 08:23
WBUL Ed Richards behind 4.4.28 - 8.6.54 14:37
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 4.5.29 - 8.6.54 15:54
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 4.5.29 - 9.6.60 17:27
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 4.5.29 - 10.6.66 19:32
ESSE Andrew Phillips behind 4.6.30 - 10.6.66 22:37
WBUL Ed Richards goal 4.6.30 - 11.6.72 23:38
WBUL Tim English behind 4.6.30 - 11.7.73 25:51
Q4 WBUL Cody Weightman goal 4.6.30 - 12.7.79 00:24
WBUL Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 12.8.80 04:29
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 4.7.31 - 12.8.80 07:24
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 4.7.31 - 13.8.86 10:27
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 5.7.37 - 13.8.86 13:06
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 6.7.43 - 13.8.86 15:08
WBUL Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 13.9.87 16:42
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 6.8.44 - 13.9.87 18:49
WBUL Bailey Dale goal 6.8.44 - 14.9.93 19:25
ESSE Mitchell Hibberd behind 6.9.45 - 14.9.93 21:50
ESSE Devon Smith goal 7.9.51 - 14.9.93 23:47