2021 AFL Round 3: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 2021 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 3 of the 2021 AFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Marvel Stadium. Jack Steele captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by Brett Ratten.

Essendon
Back: J. Laverde, B. Zerk-Thatcher, A. Francis
Half-back: M. Guelfi, J. Ridley, N. Hind
Centre: J. Stringer, Z. Merrett, N. Cox
Half-forward: D. Smith, C. Hooker, W. Snelling
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, K. Langford, A. Waterman
Follower: P. Wright, D. Parish, B. Ham
Int.: H. Jones, A. McGrath, A. Perkins, M. Redman
Sub.: T. Cutler

St Kilda
Back: J. Carlisle, D. Howard, C. Wilkie
Half-back: J. Sinclair, J. Battle, H. Clark
Centre: J. Billings, Z. Jones, B. Hill
Half-forward: D. Butler, J. Higgins, J. Gresham
Forward: D. McKenzie, M. King, T. Membrey
Follower: S. McKernan, S. Ross, J. Steele (capt.)
Int.: N. Coffield, B. Crouch, J. Lonie, M. Wood
Sub.: B. Long

Essendon (22.11.143) defeated St Kilda (9.14.68).

Goalkickers
Essendon: C. Hooker (5), J. Stringer (4), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (3), H. Jones (2), W. Snelling (2), A. Waterman (2), N. Cox, A. McGrath, M. Redman, D. Smith
St Kilda: J. Higgins (3), J. Billings (2), B. Crouch, M. King, T. Membrey, J. Steele

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (up from 17th) and St Kilda were then 16th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 3 April 2021
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 29,234

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 22.11.143 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 4 12 . 6 16 . 10 22 . 11 22 . 11 (143)
St Kilda 3 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 9 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 49 ESSE by 61 ESSE by 75 ESSE by 75
Duration 31:46 31:47 32:20 32:09 2:08:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ben Rutten (Essendon), Brett Ratten (St Kilda)
Captains: unknown (Essendon), Jack Steele (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), L. Fisher (#3), H. Gavine (#14), E: A. Whetton (#19)
Goal Umpire: D. Benwell, M. Maclure, E: A. Wojcik
Boundary Umpire: J. Andrews, P. Jackson, J. Mather, S. Stagg

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 2
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 9 1 1 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 4 0 0 1 0 1
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Steele STKL 9 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
13 Cox, Nik WR 81% 1 1 17 8 9 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 2
12 Cutler, Tom SUB↑ 50% 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
10 Francis, Aaron BPR 88% 0 0 20 12 8 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 0
35 Guelfi, Matt HBFL 79% 0 0 18 9 9 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2
33 Ham, Brayden RO 86% 0 0 25 12 13 8 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 5
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 76% 0 0 25 19 6 9 0 1 0 3 0 1 6 2
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 90% 5 2 13 9 4 6 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 2
23 Jones, Harry INT 76% 2 0 9 6 3 5 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 0
4 Langford, Kyle FF 84% 0 0 22 11 11 8 1 1 0 4 0 2 3 1
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 83% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 2 1 2 0 1 5 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 83% 3 1 13 9 4 5 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 79% 1 0 23 12 11 6 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 3
7 Merrett, Zach C 73% 0 0 34 18 16 7 0 4 4 3 1 1 1 7
3 Parish, Darcy RR 79% 0 0 34 17 17 9 0 2 10 6 0 1 2 4
16 Perkins, Archie INT 68% 0 1 14 8 6 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 6
27 Redman, Mason INT↓ 39% 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 90% 0 0 35 22 13 10 0 2 0 3 0 2 9 0
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 86% 1 1 26 12 14 8 0 5 2 3 1 1 0 5
40 Snelling, Will HFFR 85% 2 1 23 9 14 6 0 6 0 1 2 0 1 1
25 Stringer, Jake WL 77% 4 0 12 10 2 4 0 2 3 2 3 1 1 5
45 Waterman, Alec FPR 76% 2 2 12 9 3 4 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 3
20 Wright, Peter RU 88% 0 1 14 8 6 4 19 2 5 3 3 1 2 1
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 91% 0 0 15 8 7 3 1 1 0 4 1 2 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 22 11 443 255 188 136 22 54 33 54 22 18 44 56

T. Cutler replaced M. Redman.

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Battle, Josh CHB 77% 0 1 10 6 4 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1
15 Billings, Jack WL 86% 2 1 17 14 3 7 0 0 2 4 1 1 2 4
16 Butler, Dan HFFL 91% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
2 Carlisle, Jake BPL 76% 0 2 13 8 5 6 15 0 4 1 1 1 0 1
11 Clark, Hunter HBFR 67% 0 0 17 7 10 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 2 0
1 Coffield, Nick INT 79% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 1 0 5 1 2 4 0
5 Crouch, Brad INT 73% 1 2 15 7 8 3 0 5 4 2 1 1 1 2
4 Gresham, Jade HFFR↓ 24% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 2
22 Higgins, Jack CHF 87% 3 0 17 8 9 6 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 2
8 Hill, Bradley WR 89% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1
20 Howard, Dougal FB 95% 0 0 13 9 4 5 1 1 0 2 1 0 5 0
3 Jones, Zak C 62% 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 5
12 King, Max FF 84% 1 2 8 7 1 5 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
21 Long, Ben SUB↑ 58% 0 0 6 2 4 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 1 0
13 Lonie, Jack INT 85% 0 1 17 9 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
36 McKenzie, Daniel FPL 81% 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 2
27 McKernan, Shaun RU 69% 0 0 12 5 7 2 14 2 2 8 0 2 0 1
28 Membrey, Tim FPR 92% 1 2 17 10 7 9 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 4
6 Ross, Sebastian RR 89% 0 1 18 9 9 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 5
35 Sinclair, Jack HBFL 87% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 3 4
9 Steele, Jack (c) RO 83% 1 1 35 18 17 5 0 4 7 4 2 1 4 7
44 Wilkie, Callum BPR 95% 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0
32 Wood, Mason INT 73% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 14 326 192 134 95 31 32 27 62 18 22 32 53

B. Long replaced J. Gresham.

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
2 J. Carlisle 20 D. Howard 44 C. Wilkie 20 P. Wright 23 H. Jones
45 A. Waterman 4 K. Langford 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 3 D. Parish 1 A. McGrath
FORWARD 33 B. Ham 16 A. Perkins
HALF-BACK

27 M. Redman
35 J. Sinclair 26 J. Battle 11 H. Clark

12 T. Cutler
40 W. Snelling 26 C. Hooker 5 D. Smith



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 J. Billings 3 Z. Jones 8 B. Hill



13 N. Cox 7 Z. Merrett 25 J. Stringer FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 S. McKernan 1 N. Coffield
HALF-FORWARD 6 S. Ross 5 B. Crouch
16 D. Butler 22 J. Higgins 4 J. Gresham 9 J. Steele (c) 13 J. Lonie
19 N. Hind 14 J. Ridley 35 M. Guelfi

32 M. Wood
HALF-BACK

21 B. Long
FORWARD



36 D. McKenzie 12 M. King 28 T. Membrey



10 A. Francis 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 15 J. Laverde



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Brett Ratten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jake Stringer goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:54
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:27
STKL Max King behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 03:26
ESSE Nik Cox goal 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 05:10
ESSE Will Snelling goal 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 08:47
STKL Tim Membrey goal 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 10:48
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 12:47
STKL Jake Carlisle behind 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 13:47
STKL Jake Carlisle behind 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 15:06
STKL Jack Billings goal 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 16:06
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 4.2.26 - 2.3.15 19:52
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 4.3.27 - 2.3.15 21:37
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 5.3.33 - 2.3.15 21:56
STKL Jack Billings goal 5.3.33 - 3.3.21 24:53
ESSE Alec Waterman behind 5.4.34 - 3.3.21 26:48
ESSE Mason Redman goal 6.4.40 - 3.3.21 27:45
Q2 ESSE Jake Stringer goal 7.4.46 - 3.3.21 01:47
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 8.4.52 - 3.3.21 05:00
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 8.5.53 - 3.3.21 08:15
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 9.5.59 - 3.3.21 09:18
STKL Jack Higgins goal 9.5.59 - 4.3.27 13:18
STKL Josh Battle behind 9.5.59 - 4.4.28 17:11
ESSE Harry Jones goal 10.5.65 - 4.4.28 19:34
ESSE Nik Cox behind 10.6.66 - 4.4.28 22:03
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 11.6.72 - 4.4.28 23:44
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 12.6.78 - 4.4.28 27:21
STKL Jack Billings behind 12.6.78 - 4.5.29 30:25
Q3 ESSE Peter Wright behind 12.7.79 - 4.5.29 02:01
ESSE Alec Waterman goal 13.7.85 - 4.5.29 03:04
STKL Brad Crouch goal 13.7.85 - 5.5.35 06:47
STKL Brad Crouch behind 13.7.85 - 5.6.36 13:17
ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 14.7.91 - 5.6.36 14:56
STKL Brad Crouch behind 14.7.91 - 5.7.37 18:02
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 15.7.97 - 5.7.37 20:14
ESSE Devon Smith behind 15.8.98 - 5.7.37 21:29
ESSE Rushed behind 15.9.99 - 5.7.37 22:19
STKL Tim Membrey behind 15.9.99 - 5.8.38 26:07
STKL Rushed behind 15.9.99 - 5.9.39 26:37
STKL Jack Steele goal 15.9.99 - 6.9.45 27:12
ESSE Devon Smith goal 16.9.105 - 6.9.45 28:35
ESSE Alec Waterman behind 16.10.106 - 6.9.45 29:49
Q4 STKL Jack Steele behind 16.10.106 - 6.10.46 00:52
ESSE Will Snelling goal 17.10.112 - 6.10.46 03:08
ESSE Alec Waterman goal 18.10.118 - 6.10.46 04:50
ESSE Harry Jones goal 19.10.124 - 6.10.46 06:04
STKL Max King behind 19.10.124 - 6.11.47 07:56
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 20.10.130 - 6.11.47 09:21
STKL Jack Higgins goal 20.10.130 - 7.11.53 11:14
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 21.10.136 - 7.11.53 12:27
STKL Tim Membrey behind 21.10.136 - 7.12.54 15:19
STKL Max King goal 21.10.136 - 8.12.60 19:47
STKL Jack Higgins goal 21.10.136 - 9.12.66 21:35
STKL Jack Lonie behind 21.10.136 - 9.13.67 22:56
ESSE Will Snelling behind 21.11.137 - 9.13.67 25:59
STKL Sebastian Ross behind 21.11.137 - 9.14.68 27:45
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 22.11.143 - 9.14.68 29:34