2021 AFL Round 6: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 2021 between Collingwood and Essendon during round 6 of the 2021 AFL season. Collingwood hosted Essendon at MCG. Scott Pendlebury captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Nathan Buckley and the visitors were coached by Ben Rutten.

Collingwood
Back: B. Maynard, J. Roughead, W. Kelly
Half-back: J. Crisp, I. Quaynor, J. Noble
Centre: N. Murphy, S. Pendlebury (capt.), W. Hoskin-Elliott
Half-forward: D. Cameron, D. Moore, B. McCreery
Forward: C. Brown, B. Mihocek, J. Thomas
Follower: B. Grundy, J. Daicos, S. Sidebottom
Int.: F. Macrae, J. Madgen, J. Rantall, T. Ruscoe
Sub.: T. Brown

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

Collingwood (13.7.85) were defeated by Essendon (16.13.109).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: D. Cameron (3), B. McCreery (3), C. Brown, J. Crisp, B. Grundy, W. Hoskin-Elliott, B. Mihocek, D. Moore, T. Ruscoe
Essendon: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (5), D. Parish (2), W. Snelling (2), P. Wright (2), J. Laverde, A. Phillips, M. Redman, D. Smith, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 17th on the ladder (down from 16th) and Essendon were then 12th on the ladder (up from 14th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Sunday 25 April 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 78,113

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Essendon
Score: 13.7.85 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 1 8 . 1 11 . 5 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Essendon 4 . 4 8 . 7 11 . 10 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin ESSE by 3 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 24
Duration 32:37 32:23 29:12 30:48 2:05:00

Honour Roll

Coaches: Nathan Buckley (Collingwood), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captains: Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), N. Foot (#2), M. Stevic (#9), E: L. Rowe (#36)
Goal Umpire: S. Walsh, D. Wilson, E: S. Williams
Boundary Umpire: P. Cran, C. Gordon, D. Main, L. Rayner

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 2
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 8 0 2 0 0 0
Peter Wright ESSE 20 4 0 0 0 2 0
Jayden Laverde ESSE 15 3 0 0 1 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3 0 0 1 0 0
Darcy Cameron COLL 14 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Crisp COLL 25 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Brown, Callum FPL 71% 1 0 14 4 10 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
6 Brown, Tyler SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Cameron, Darcy HFFL 91% 3 1 22 15 7 10 9 1 3 1 2 1 0 3
25 Crisp, Jack HBFL 89% 1 0 30 14 16 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 6 3
7 Daicos, Josh RR 80% 0 0 26 9 17 2 0 3 7 6 4 2 1 1
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 83% 1 1 19 12 7 1 40 7 4 6 5 3 0 3
32 Hoskin-Elliott, Will WR 90% 1 1 18 14 4 9 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 4
20 Kelly, Will BPR 79% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1
18 Macrae, Finlay INT 77% 0 0 9 1 8 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
44 Madgen, Jack INT 83% 0 0 16 7 9 1 0 1 1 5 1 1 3 0
37 Maynard, Brayden BPL 81% 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 4 0 5 2 2 2 2
31 McCreery, Beau HFFR 76% 3 0 6 5 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 3
41 Mihocek, Brody FF 93% 1 2 6 6 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
30 Moore, Darcy CHF 96% 1 0 12 5 7 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 0
28 Murphy, Nathan WL 79% 0 0 14 6 8 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2
9 Noble, John HBFR 75% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 6 0 1 3 0 4 0
10 Pendlebury, Scott (c) C 78% 0 0 30 16 14 3 0 2 5 3 0 1 0 4
3 Quaynor, Isaac CHB 87% 0 1 21 18 3 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 2
1 Rantall, Jay INT 68% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
23 Roughead, Jordan FB 96% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 6 0
21 Ruscoe, Trey INT 72% 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
22 Sidebottom, Steele RO 87% 0 0 30 18 12 3 0 12 9 8 1 2 1 6
24 Thomas, Josh FPR 69% 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 13 7 356 200 156 81 49 56 38 58 23 17 38 43

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Cox, Nik WR 87% 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
10 Francis, Aaron BPR↓ 35% 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 81% 0 1 13 10 3 8 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
33 Ham, Brayden INT 78% 0 2 22 12 10 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) CHB 89% 0 0 29 20 9 13 0 7 0 4 0 1 4 2
19 Hind, Nick HBFL 88% 0 0 23 18 5 8 0 2 3 6 1 1 3 4
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 86% 0 2 6 3 3 1 1 2 0 5 0 3 0 3
23 Jones, Harry INT 68% 0 1 6 4 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
4 Langford, Kyle INT 81% 0 0 21 9 12 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden HBFR 87% 1 0 21 17 4 13 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFL 83% 5 0 10 7 3 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew RR 80% 0 2 21 11 10 1 0 7 3 1 0 0 2 2
7 Merrett, Zach C 78% 0 1 34 16 18 6 0 6 7 2 1 1 0 3
3 Parish, Darcy FPL 75% 2 0 42 24 18 6 0 3 9 3 0 0 2 7
16 Perkins, Archie WL 73% 0 1 12 8 4 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4
34 Phillips, Andrew RU 71% 1 0 12 3 9 2 19 5 6 4 3 4 2 1
27 Redman, Mason BPL 80% 1 0 13 10 3 4 0 4 0 2 0 2 4 2
5 Smith, Devon FPR 84% 1 0 11 7 4 5 0 10 2 5 0 4 0 3
40 Snelling, Will RO 85% 2 1 14 6 8 1 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 1
25 Stringer, Jake FF 81% 1 1 17 11 6 0 0 8 4 5 2 2 0 5
20 Wright, Peter HFFR 90% 2 0 16 10 6 10 11 6 0 2 1 2 1 1
11 Zaharakis, David SUB↑ 56% 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 85% 0 0 9 9 0 6 0 2 0 4 1 2 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 16 13 376 233 143 114 31 86 39 54 17 23 29 54

D. Zaharakis replaced A. Francis during the second quarter.

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

Collingwood Coach: Nathan Buckley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 M. Redman 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 10 A. Francis 4 B. Grundy 18 F. Macrae
24 J. Thomas 41 B. Mihocek 17 C. Brown 7 J. Daicos 44 J. Madgen
FORWARD 22 S. Sidebottom 1 J. Rantall
HALF-BACK

21 T. Ruscoe
19 N. Hind 21 D. Heppell (c) 15 J. Laverde

6 T. Brown
31 B. McCreery 30 D. Moore 14 D. Cameron



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 A. Perkins 7 Z. Merrett 13 N. Cox



32 W. Hoskin-Elliott 10 S. Pendlebury (c) 28 N. Murphy FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 A. Phillips 35 M. Guelfi
HALF-FORWARD 1 A. McGrath 33 B. Ham
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 26 C. Hooker 20 P. Wright 40 W. Snelling 23 H. Jones
9 J. Noble 3 I. Quaynor 25 J. Crisp

4 K. Langford
HALF-BACK

11 D. Zaharakis
FORWARD



3 D. Parish 25 J. Stringer 5 D. Smith



20 W. Kelly 23 J. Roughead 37 B. Maynard



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 COLL Darcy Cameron goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:25
COLL Callum Brown goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 01:47
ESSE Andrew McGrath behind 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 02:58
COLL Beau McCreery goal 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 05:40
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 3.0.18 - 1.1.7 09:51
ESSE Andrew Phillips goal 3.0.18 - 2.1.13 12:28
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 3.0.18 - 2.2.14 15:16
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 3.0.18 - 2.3.15 16:06
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 3.0.18 - 2.4.16 17:45
COLL Brodie Grundy behind 3.1.19 - 2.4.16 21:17
COLL Darcy Moore goal 4.1.25 - 2.4.16 22:47
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 4.1.25 - 3.4.22 24:37
ESSE Devon Smith goal 4.1.25 - 4.4.28 28:04
Q2 COLL Brodie Grundy goal 5.1.31 - 4.4.28 01:57
COLL Darcy Cameron goal 6.1.37 - 4.4.28 03:46
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 6.1.37 - 5.4.34 05:14
ESSE Brayden Ham behind 6.1.37 - 5.5.35 06:27
COLL Will Hoskin-Elliott goal 7.1.43 - 5.5.35 08:52
ESSE Will Snelling goal 7.1.43 - 6.5.41 11:34
ESSE Jayden Laverde goal 7.1.43 - 7.5.47 20:08
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 7.1.43 - 8.5.53 21:55
ESSE Rushed behind 7.1.43 - 8.6.54 24:13
COLL Jack Crisp goal 8.1.49 - 8.6.54 26:56
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 8.1.49 - 8.7.55 28:14
Q3 ESSE Cale Hooker behind 8.1.49 - 8.8.56 02:33
COLL Brody Mihocek behind 8.2.50 - 8.8.56 05:30
ESSE Mason Redman goal 8.2.50 - 9.8.62 06:15
COLL Trey Ruscoe goal 9.2.56 - 9.8.62 10:41
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 9.2.56 - 9.9.63 12:56
COLL Darcy Cameron goal 10.2.62 - 9.9.63 15:25
ESSE Will Snelling behind 10.2.62 - 9.10.64 17:57
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 10.2.62 - 10.10.70 18:47
COLL Darcy Cameron behind 10.3.63 - 10.10.70 20:55
COLL Isaac Quaynor behind 10.4.64 - 10.10.70 22:04
ESSE Peter Wright goal 10.4.64 - 11.10.76 24:20
COLL Beau McCreery goal 11.4.70 - 11.10.76 26:25
COLL Rushed behind 11.5.71 - 11.10.76 28:44
Q4 COLL Brody Mihocek goal 12.5.77 - 11.10.76 00:47
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 12.5.77 - 12.10.82 03:17
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 12.5.77 - 13.10.88 05:23
COLL Brody Mihocek behind 12.6.78 - 13.10.88 09:56
ESSE Peter Wright goal 12.6.78 - 14.10.94 11:29
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 12.6.78 - 15.10.100 17:21
ESSE Andrew McGrath behind 12.6.78 - 15.11.101 18:41
ESSE Harry Jones behind 12.6.78 - 15.12.102 20:04
COLL Beau McCreery goal 13.6.84 - 15.12.102 21:05
ESSE Brayden Ham behind 13.6.84 - 15.13.103 22:43
ESSE Will Snelling goal 13.6.84 - 16.13.109 26:44
COLL Will Hoskin-Elliott behind 13.7.85 - 16.13.109 30:45