2020 AFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 17 July 2020 between Essendon and the Western Bulldogs during round seven of the 2020 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted the 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 (7.9.51) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (14.9.93).

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Essendon) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Worsfold

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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