2021 AFL Round 7: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 2021 between Essendon and Carlton during round 7 of the 2021 AFL season. Essendon hosted Carlton at MCG. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by David Teague.

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

Carlton
Back: L. Plowman, L. Jones, A. Saad
Half-back: L. Stocker, J. Weitering, S. Docherty
Centre: E. Curnow, P. Cripps, M. Cottrell
Half-forward: D. Cuningham, M. McGovern, M. Gibbons
Forward: L. Casboult, H. McKay, E. Betts
Follower: M. Pittonet, S. Walsh, P. Dow
Int.: L. Fogarty, J. Newnes, M. Owies, L. Parks
Sub.: S. Petrevski-Seton

Essendon (16.11.107) were defeated by Carlton (19.9.123).

Goalkickers
Essendon: C. Hooker (5), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (4), H. Jones (3), J. Stringer (3), D. Smith
Carlton: H. McKay (4), E. Betts (3), M. Owies (3), D. Cuningham (2), L. Fogarty (2), P. Cripps, E. Curnow, M. McGovern, A. Saad, S. Walsh

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 15th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Carlton were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Sunday 2 May 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 57,447

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 16.11.107 - 19.9.123

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 4 8 . 7 12 . 8 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Carlton 4 . 2 8 . 5 14 . 7 19 . 9 19 . 9 (123)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 2 CARL by 11 CARL by 16 CARL by 16
Duration 34:09 32:00 34:19 33:25 2:13:53

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ben Rutten (Essendon), David Teague (Carlton)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), unknown (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), R. Findlay (#23), J. Howorth (#17), E: N. Toner (#38)
Goal Umpire: S. Walsh, D. Wilson, E: C. Roffey
Boundary Umpire: P. Dineen, K. Ferguson, T. Lougoon, B. MacDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sam Walsh CARL 18 3
Ed Curnow CARL 35 2
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Sam Walsh CARL 18 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jacob Weitering CARL 23 8 0 2 0 0 0
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 5 0 0 1 1 0
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
Cale Hooker ESSE 26 2 0 0 0 1 0
Archie Perkins ESSE 16 1 0 0 0 0 1
Adam Saad CARL 42 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
24 Bryan, Nick RU 61% 0 0 12 5 7 3 18 3 4 2 1 1 1 0
13 Cox, Nik WR 85% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 3 3 2 1 1 1
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 70% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2
33 Ham, Brayden HFFR 71% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFL 88% 0 0 23 13 10 3 0 4 1 3 2 0 6 3
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 76% 0 1 21 13 8 5 0 3 2 2 1 0 2 4
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 94% 5 1 15 10 5 7 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
23 Jones, Harry INT 74% 3 0 10 7 3 8 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 4
4 Langford, Kyle WL 90% 0 1 19 11 8 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 2
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 85% 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 2 0 5 0 2 4 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 87% 4 1 10 9 1 3 0 6 1 2 0 2 0 0
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 76% 0 0 28 19 9 2 0 5 6 8 0 3 3 7
7 Merrett, Zach C 81% 0 0 25 16 9 3 0 7 2 2 3 1 1 5
3 Parish, Darcy RR 83% 0 0 26 17 9 4 0 7 6 4 0 1 2 7
16 Perkins, Archie INT 73% 0 2 18 7 11 6 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 3
27 Redman, Mason FB 89% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 100% 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 3
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 78% 1 0 12 5 7 4 0 9 1 3 2 0 1 2
40 Snelling, Will RO 88% 0 0 18 6 12 7 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 5
17 Stewart, James BPR 93% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 1
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 79% 3 2 18 13 5 2 0 3 6 4 3 1 0 6
20 Wright, Peter FF 81% 0 1 15 10 5 5 10 4 2 4 2 1 1 3
11 Zaharakis, David SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 16 11 362 219 143 97 30 74 39 53 21 18 36 63

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
19 Betts, Eddie FPR 76% 3 0 13 12 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3
41 Casboult, Levi FPL 80% 0 0 11 6 5 4 6 0 1 6 1 4 0 2
46 Cottrell, Matt WR 85% 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 6 0 6 1 1 5 3
9 Cripps, Patrick C 84% 1 1 24 13 11 5 0 2 3 7 1 3 2 7
28 Cuningham, David HFFL 83% 2 1 25 12 13 4 0 0 3 6 0 1 0 5
35 Curnow, Ed WL 87% 1 1 26 15 11 3 0 6 0 2 1 1 3 5
15 Docherty, Sam HBFR 93% 0 0 19 15 4 5 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 2
2 Dow, Paddy RO↓ 14% 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 2
8 Fogarty, Lachie INT 79% 2 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 2
40 Gibbons, Michael HFFR 83% 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 5 6 2 0 0 1 4
14 Jones, Liam FB 97% 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 1 3 2 1 6 1
11 McGovern, Mitch CHF 68% 1 0 9 5 4 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2
10 McKay, Harry FF 92% 4 2 12 7 5 6 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1
32 Newnes, Jack INT 79% 0 1 16 8 8 5 0 3 2 2 1 2 2 1
44 Owies, Matthew INT 69% 3 0 7 3 4 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
26 Parks, Luke INT 72% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 4 0 1 3 1 4 2
5 Petrevski-Seton, Sam SUB↑ 46% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
27 Pittonet, Marc RU 80% 0 0 15 4 11 0 35 4 6 2 2 1 0 2
20 Plowman, Lachie BPL 85% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
42 Saad, Adam BPR 80% 1 0 21 16 5 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 6
13 Stocker, Liam HBFL 76% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 6 0 0 1 0 2 1
18 Walsh, Sam RR 93% 1 1 33 21 12 6 0 5 7 5 1 2 1 4
23 Weitering, Jacob CHB 97% 0 0 19 14 5 11 0 5 0 5 0 1 5 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 19 9 352 218 134 83 41 67 38 59 18 21 46 57

S. Petrevski-Seton replaced P. Dow.

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
20 L. Plowman 14 L. Jones 42 A. Saad 24 N. Bryan 35 M. Guelfi
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 20 P. Wright 25 J. Stringer 3 D. Parish 23 H. Jones
FORWARD 40 W. Snelling 1 A. McGrath
HALF-BACK

16 A. Perkins
13 L. Stocker 23 J. Weitering 15 S. Docherty

11 D. Zaharakis
33 B. Ham 26 C. Hooker 5 D. Smith



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



35 E. Curnow 9 P. Cripps 46 M. Cottrell



13 N. Cox 7 Z. Merrett 4 K. Langford FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 M. Pittonet 8 L. Fogarty
HALF-FORWARD 18 S. Walsh 32 J. Newnes
28 D. Cuningham 11 M. McGovern 40 M. Gibbons 2 P. Dow 44 M. Owies
19 N. Hind 14 J. Ridley 21 D. Heppell (c)

26 L. Parks
HALF-BACK

5 S. Petrevski-Seton
FORWARD



41 L. Casboult 10 H. McKay 19 E. Betts



17 J. Stewart 27 M. Redman 15 J. Laverde



BACK



Carlton Coach: David Teague

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:00
CARL Sam Walsh behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 03:25
ESSE Peter Wright behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 04:32
CARL Mitch McGovern goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 05:27
CARL Sam Walsh goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 07:12
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 08:26
CARL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 12:13
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 2.2.14 - 2.2.14 14:00
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 17:12
ESSE Nick Hind behind 2.4.16 - 2.2.14 18:32
CARL Eddie Betts goal 2.4.16 - 3.2.20 21:11
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 3.4.22 - 3.2.20 22:37
ESSE Harry Jones goal 4.4.28 - 3.2.20 24:25
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 5.4.34 - 3.2.20 27:32
CARL Adam Saad goal 5.4.34 - 4.2.26 29:17
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 6.4.40 - 4.2.26 30:51
Q2 CARL David Cuningham behind 6.4.40 - 4.3.27 01:24
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 6.5.41 - 4.3.27 03:01
ESSE Devon Smith goal 7.5.47 - 4.3.27 04:22
CARL David Cuningham goal 7.5.47 - 5.3.33 05:49
ESSE Harry Jones goal 8.5.53 - 5.3.33 08:38
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 8.6.54 - 5.3.33 11:49
CARL Matthew Owies goal 8.6.54 - 6.3.39 14:23
CARL Eddie Betts goal 8.6.54 - 7.3.45 18:34
CARL Ed Curnow behind 8.6.54 - 7.4.46 23:55
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 8.6.54 - 7.5.47 28:28
CARL Ed Curnow goal 8.6.54 - 8.5.53 29:23
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 8.7.55 - 8.5.53 31:37
Q3 CARL Harry McKay goal 8.7.55 - 9.5.59 02:31
CARL Matthew Owies goal 8.7.55 - 10.5.65 05:07
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 9.7.61 - 10.5.65 07:13
CARL Lachie Fogarty goal 9.7.61 - 11.5.71 08:48
ESSE Harry Jones goal 10.7.67 - 11.5.71 10:59
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 11.7.73 - 11.5.71 12:41
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 11.8.74 - 11.5.71 15:24
CARL Matthew Owies goal 11.8.74 - 12.5.77 18:05
CARL Eddie Betts goal 11.8.74 - 13.5.83 22:30
CARL Harry McKay behind 11.8.74 - 13.6.84 24:23
CARL Harry McKay goal 11.8.74 - 14.6.90 30:30
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 12.8.80 - 14.6.90 32:01
CARL Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 14.7.91 34:12
Q4 ESSE Rushed behind 12.9.81 - 14.7.91 01:04
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 13.9.87 - 14.7.91 02:38
ESSE Rushed behind 13.10.88 - 14.7.91 04:29
CARL Jack Newnes behind 13.10.88 - 14.8.92 07:30
CARL Lachie Fogarty goal 13.10.88 - 15.8.98 10:04
CARL Harry McKay goal 13.10.88 - 16.8.104 12:05
CARL Harry McKay goal 13.10.88 - 17.8.110 18:39
CARL Patrick Cripps goal 13.10.88 - 18.8.116 19:54
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 14.10.94 - 18.8.116 21:47
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 15.10.100 - 18.8.116 24:46
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 15.11.101 - 18.8.116 28:29
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 16.11.107 - 18.8.116 29:55
CARL David Cuningham goal 16.11.107 - 19.8.122 31:48
CARL Harry McKay behind 16.11.107 - 19.9.123 33:21