2021 AFL Round 1: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 20 March 2021 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round 1 of the 2021 AFL season. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Marvel Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Ben McEvoy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Essendon
Back: J. Laverde, A. Francis, M. Redman
Half-back: N. Hind, C. Hooker, J. Ridley
Centre: W. Snelling, Z. Merrett, D. Heppell (capt.)
Half-forward: B. Ham, N. Cox, K. Langford
Forward: D. Smith, P. Wright, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: S. Draper, J. Caldwell, D. Shiel
Int.: N. Cahill, H. Jones, A. McGrath, D. Parish
Sub.: T. Cutler

Hawthorn
Back: S. Frost, K. Hartigan, D. Moore
Half-back: J. Impey, B. Hardwick, H. Morrison
Centre: T. Phillips, J. O'Meara, W. Day
Half-forward: L. Breust, J. Koschitzke, J. Worpel
Forward: S. Burgoyne, J. Ceglar, T. Brockman
Follower: B. McEvoy (capt.), L. Shiels, T. O'Brien
Int.: O. Hanrahan, D. Howe, C. Jiath, T. Mitchell
Sub.: C. Downie

Essendon (13.13.91) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.8.92).

Goalkickers
Essendon: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (2), D. Shiel (2), D. Smith (2), S. Draper, C. Hooker, A. McGrath, Z. Merrett, D. Parish, W. Snelling, P. Wright
Hawthorn: D. Moore (3), T. Brockman (2), H. Morrison (2), T. O'Brien (2), L. Breust, J. Ceglar, O. Hanrahan, B. McEvoy, T. Phillips

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 20 March 2021
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 25,128

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Hawthorn
Score: 13.13.91 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 4 10 . 6 11 . 10 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Hawthorn 3 . 1 4 . 3 12 . 3 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin HWTH by 3 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 1 HWTH by 1 HWTH by 1
Duration 29:22 34:14 31:02 27:23 2:02:01

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ben Rutten (Essendon), Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Ben McEvoy (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), R. O'Gorman (#10), N. Williamson (#22), E: A. Heffernan (#29)
Goal Umpire: S. Piperno, D. Wilson, E: S. Plumridge
Boundary Umpire: J. Andrews, C. Esler, D. Main, M. Tomkins

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sam Draper ESSE 2 3
Jaeger O'Meara HWTH 10 2
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom Mitchell HWTH 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jaeger O'Meara HWTH 10 8 0 2 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 5 0 0 1 1 0
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 4 0 0 1 0 1
Will Day HWTH 12 2 0 0 0 1 0
Changkuoth Jiath HWTH 29 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
28 Cahill, Ned INT 75% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 4 1
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 74% 0 1 22 9 13 4 0 9 3 4 2 0 0 2
13 Cox, Nik CHF 76% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 3
12 Cutler, Tom SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Draper, Sam RU 84% 1 1 10 5 5 2 24 5 4 4 2 2 1 3
10 Francis, Aaron FB 86% 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 1
33 Ham, Brayden HFFL 87% 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 2
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) WR 82% 0 0 25 13 12 6 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 3
19 Hind, Nick HBFL 84% 0 0 25 18 7 6 0 4 1 5 1 1 6 8
26 Hooker, Cale CHB 85% 1 1 8 3 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
23 Jones, Harry INT 68% 0 3 13 9 4 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0
4 Langford, Kyle HFFR 85% 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 1
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 94% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 75% 2 1 16 9 7 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 81% 1 1 33 17 16 2 0 11 5 3 4 1 4 7
7 Merrett, Zach C 74% 1 0 31 18 13 4 0 3 2 7 1 0 4 8
3 Parish, Darcy INT 82% 1 1 18 9 9 4 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 6
27 Redman, Mason BPR 80% 0 1 15 9 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
14 Ridley, Jordan HBFR 100% 0 0 21 16 5 6 0 3 0 0 2 0 10 0
9 Shiel, Dylan RO 81% 2 0 17 8 9 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4
5 Smith, Devon FPL 77% 2 1 12 7 5 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3
40 Snelling, Will WL 83% 1 0 14 5 9 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 2
20 Wright, Peter FF 88% 1 0 16 9 7 3 6 0 1 4 2 1 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 13 13 377 201 176 75 31 69 29 54 25 12 39 64

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Breust, Luke HFFL 83% 1 2 18 7 11 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
42 Brockman, Tyler FPR 65% 2 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 1
9 Burgoyne, Shaun FPL 79% 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 5 2
18 Ceglar, Jonathon FF 76% 1 0 16 10 6 5 14 2 3 5 2 2 0 7
12 Day, Will WR 90% 0 0 28 17 11 8 0 3 3 5 0 2 7 1
41 Downie, Connor SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Frost, Sam BPL 97% 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
13 Hanrahan, Oliver INT 66% 1 1 12 8 4 4 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 2
15 Hardwick, Blake CHB 83% 0 0 21 14 7 7 0 4 0 1 1 1 6 1
28 Hartigan, Kyle FB 97% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0
17 Howe, Daniel INT 67% 0 0 19 11 8 7 0 1 0 6 1 1 1 6
4 Impey, Jarman HBFL 82% 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 1 2 5 0 0 7 3
29 Jiath, Changkuoth INT 72% 0 1 22 7 15 4 0 2 1 4 1 2 0 3
34 Koschitzke, Jacob CHF 91% 0 1 7 3 4 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1
7 McEvoy, Ben (c) RU 81% 1 0 14 8 6 7 14 4 4 2 1 2 3 0
3 Mitchell, Tom INT 83% 0 0 39 11 28 1 0 5 2 4 0 2 3 4
36 Moore, Dylan BPR 92% 3 0 19 7 12 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0
1 Morrison, Harry HBFR 82% 2 0 20 13 7 5 0 2 2 4 0 1 3 2
23 O'Brien, Tim RO 89% 2 0 8 7 1 6 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 3
10 O'Meara, Jaeger C 88% 0 1 30 11 19 2 0 4 9 4 0 2 3 5
21 Phillips, Tom WL 82% 1 0 21 10 11 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 4 3
26 Shiels, Liam RR 81% 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 6 2 2 0 2 1 6
5 Worpel, James HFFR 73% 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 2 2 0 1 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 14 8 402 207 195 96 28 57 33 62 12 25 51 53

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: Ben Rutten
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
8 S. Frost 28 K. Hartigan 36 D. Moore 2 S. Draper 28 N. Cahill
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 20 P. Wright 5 D. Smith 6 J. Caldwell 23 H. Jones
FORWARD 9 D. Shiel 1 A. McGrath
HALF-BACK

3 D. Parish
4 J. Impey 15 B. Hardwick 1 H. Morrison

12 T. Cutler
4 K. Langford 13 N. Cox 33 B. Ham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



21 T. Phillips 10 J. O'Meara 12 W. Day



21 D. Heppell (c) 7 Z. Merrett 40 W. Snelling FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 7 B. McEvoy (c) 13 O. Hanrahan
HALF-FORWARD 26 L. Shiels 17 D. Howe
22 L. Breust 34 J. Koschitzke 5 J. Worpel 23 T. O'Brien 29 C. Jiath
14 J. Ridley 26 C. Hooker 19 N. Hind

3 T. Mitchell
HALF-BACK

41 C. Downie
FORWARD



9 S. Burgoyne 18 J. Ceglar 42 T. Brockman



27 M. Redman 10 A. Francis 15 J. Laverde



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 HWTH Jonathon Ceglar goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:51
ESSE Sam Draper behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 06:19
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 08:11
HWTH Harry Morrison goal 0.2.2 - 2.0.12 09:45
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 12:42
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 1.3.9 - 2.0.12 14:26
ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 2.3.15 - 2.0.12 18:07
HWTH Tyler Brockman goal 2.3.15 - 3.0.18 21:37
HWTH Oliver Hanrahan behind 2.3.15 - 3.1.19 26:02
ESSE Harry Jones behind 2.4.16 - 3.1.19 28:02
Q2 ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 3.4.22 - 3.1.19 03:05
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 3.5.23 - 3.1.19 05:51
HWTH Changkuoth Jiath behind 3.5.23 - 3.2.20 06:31
ESSE Will Snelling goal 4.5.29 - 3.2.20 09:09
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 5.5.35 - 3.2.20 13:15
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 6.5.41 - 3.2.20 18:11
ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 7.5.47 - 3.2.20 21:31
ESSE Peter Wright goal 8.5.53 - 3.2.20 23:53
ESSE Devon Smith goal 9.5.59 - 3.2.20 25:04
ESSE Andrew McGrath behind 9.6.60 - 3.2.20 26:54
HWTH Oliver Hanrahan goal 9.6.60 - 4.2.26 28:14
HWTH Jaeger O'Meara behind 9.6.60 - 4.3.27 30:51
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 10.6.66 - 4.3.27 34:12
Q3 HWTH Tim O'Brien goal 10.6.66 - 5.3.33 02:24
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 10.6.66 - 6.3.39 04:47
HWTH Tyler Brockman goal 10.6.66 - 7.3.45 07:39
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 10.7.67 - 7.3.45 09:17
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 10.7.67 - 8.3.51 09:56
ESSE Harry Jones behind 10.8.68 - 8.3.51 13:12
HWTH Harry Morrison goal 10.8.68 - 9.3.57 14:09
ESSE Rushed behind 10.9.69 - 9.3.57 18:57
HWTH Tom Phillips goal 10.9.69 - 10.3.63 22:04
ESSE Rushed behind 10.10.70 - 10.3.63 23:30
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 10.10.70 - 11.3.69 24:45
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 11.10.76 - 11.3.69 26:53
HWTH Luke Breust goal 11.10.76 - 12.3.75 28:49
Q4 ESSE Devon Smith behind 11.11.77 - 12.3.75 00:27
ESSE Harry Jones behind 11.12.78 - 12.3.75 02:52
ESSE Mason Redman behind 11.13.79 - 12.3.75 04:20
HWTH Luke Breust behind 11.13.79 - 12.4.76 07:45
HWTH Luke Breust behind 11.13.79 - 12.5.77 09:13
HWTH Rushed behind 11.13.79 - 12.6.78 11:29
HWTH Ben McEvoy goal 11.13.79 - 13.6.84 14:19
HWTH Jacob Koschitzke behind 11.13.79 - 13.7.85 15:45
ESSE Sam Draper goal 12.13.85 - 13.7.85 18:03
HWTH Rushed behind 12.13.85 - 13.8.86 21:47
ESSE Devon Smith goal 13.13.91 - 13.8.86 23:03
HWTH Tim O'Brien goal 13.13.91 - 14.8.92 24:42