2021 AFL Round 8: Greater Western Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 2021 between Greater Western Sydney and Essendon during round 8 of the 2021 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Essendon at GIANTS Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Leon Cameron and the visitors were coached by Ben Rutten.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Buckley, S. Taylor, L. Keeffe
Half-back: L. Whitfield, I. Cumming, L. Ash
Centre: J. Kelly, J. Hopper, H. Perryman
Half-forward: B. Hill, T. Greene, T. Bruhn
Forward: Z. Sproule, J. Finlayson, H. Himmelberg
Follower: S. Mumford, T. Taranto, C. Ward
Int.: T. Green, C. Idun, D. Lloyd, X. O'Halloran
Sub.: C. Stone

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

Greater Western Sydney (16.11.107) defeated Essendon (16.9.105).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: J. Finlayson (3), T. Bruhn (2), T. Greene (2), J. Kelly (2), Z. Sproule (2), B. Hill, H. Himmelberg, J. Hopper, D. Lloyd, T. Taranto
Essendon: K. Langford (3), H. Jones (2), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (2), W. Snelling (2), P. Wright (2), N. Cox, M. Guelfi, C. Hooker, A. Perkins, M. Redman

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 9th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Essendon remained 15th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 May 2021
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: GIANTS Stadium
Attendance: 8,526

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 16.11.107 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 6 . 2 7 . 4 14 . 8 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Essendon 2 . 2 5 . 7 10 . 7 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin GWSY by 24 GWSY by 9 GWSY by 25 GWSY by 2 GWSY by 2
Duration 31:15 27:18 34:48 32:42 2:06:03

Honour Roll

Coaches: Leon Cameron (Greater Western Sydney), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), H. Gavine (#14), J. Power (#4), E: D. Garroway (#52)
Goal Umpire: B. Kenny-Bell, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: A. Chisholm
Boundary Umpire: M. Barlow, D. Field-Read, M. Saunders, D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tim Taranto GWSY 14 3
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 2
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 9 1 1 0 0 0
Josh Kelly GWSY 22 8 1 0 1 0 0
Sam Taylor GWSY 15 5 0 0 1 1 0
Tim Taranto GWSY 14 4 0 1 0 0 0
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Green GWSY 12 1 0 0 0 0 1
Will Snelling ESSE 40 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Ash, Lachie HBFR 86% 0 0 23 9 14 5 0 2 2 3 0 1 5 1
5 Bruhn, Tanner HFFR 68% 2 0 6 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
44 Buckley, Jack BPL 87% 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1
13 Cumming, Isaac CHB 77% 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 9 2
31 Finlayson, Jeremy FF 83% 3 1 13 9 4 2 4 1 1 3 1 2 0 2
12 Green, Tom INT 76% 0 0 28 14 14 7 0 3 4 3 2 1 2 5
4 Greene, Toby CHF 93% 2 2 21 17 4 6 0 5 1 3 0 1 0 6
37 Hill, Bobby HFFL 73% 1 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
27 Himmelberg, Harry FPR 90% 1 2 12 9 3 5 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 2
2 Hopper, Jacob C 75% 1 0 23 11 12 4 0 0 8 7 1 1 1 2
39 Idun, Connor INT 82% 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 0
25 Keeffe, Lachie BPR 97% 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
22 Kelly, Josh WL 84% 2 0 30 14 16 4 0 3 7 3 1 2 2 3
38 Lloyd, Daniel INT 72% 1 1 17 11 6 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 4
41 Mumford, Shane RU 80% 0 0 10 3 7 0 24 1 2 3 1 2 0 2
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT 87% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 0 5 1 1 1 4
36 Perryman, Harry WR 80% 0 0 24 14 10 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 2
28 Sproule, Zach FPL 76% 2 1 10 5 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
18 Stone, Conor SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Taranto, Tim RR 82% 1 0 29 17 12 5 0 8 5 3 0 1 1 4
15 Taylor, Sam FB 92% 0 0 16 11 5 8 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 0
8 Ward, Callan RO 84% 0 0 23 11 12 4 0 2 3 1 1 0 3 3
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFL 77% 0 0 19 9 10 9 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 16 11 380 226 154 88 28 43 37 56 17 17 44 49

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Cox, Nik WR 85% 1 1 11 6 5 2 0 5 0 4 0 4 1 0
10 Francis, Aaron BPR 89% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
35 Guelfi, Matt SUB↑ 28% 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 6 2 1 2 0 0 4
33 Ham, Brayden HFFR 81% 0 1 17 8 9 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFL 88% 0 0 27 14 13 8 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 2
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 84% 0 0 29 22 7 5 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 5
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 90% 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1
23 Jones, Harry INT 80% 2 0 8 6 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
4 Langford, Kyle WL 86% 3 0 20 10 10 9 0 2 1 4 0 1 1 3
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 76% 0 0 16 10 6 10 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 82% 2 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew RR 80% 0 0 25 11 14 3 0 1 12 3 1 0 1 2
7 Merrett, Zach C 79% 0 2 37 22 15 6 0 3 4 5 3 1 1 13
3 Parish, Darcy INT 80% 0 1 35 17 18 5 0 4 7 5 1 1 3 6
16 Perkins, Archie HFFL 71% 1 1 13 5 8 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3
34 Phillips, Andrew RU 74% 0 0 13 8 5 6 26 4 2 2 1 2 0 3
27 Redman, Mason INT 78% 1 0 23 16 7 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 2
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 96% 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 2
5 Smith, Devon INT 78% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 3 2 3 1 1 0 3
40 Snelling, Will RO 82% 2 0 19 9 10 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 3
17 Stewart, James FB 88% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 0 3 1 2 5 0
25 Stringer, Jake FPL↓ 46% 0 2 5 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 77% 2 0 8 4 4 2 10 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 16 9 393 227 166 103 36 44 32 56 17 17 33 61

M. Guelfi replaced J. Stringer.

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

Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 J. Laverde 17 J. Stewart 10 A. Francis 41 S. Mumford 12 T. Green
27 H. Himmelberg 31 J. Finlayson 28 Z. Sproule 14 T. Taranto 39 C. Idun
FORWARD 8 C. Ward 38 D. Lloyd
HALF-BACK

33 X. O'Halloran
21 D. Heppell (c) 14 J. Ridley 19 N. Hind

18 C. Stone
5 T. Bruhn 4 T. Greene 37 B. Hill



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 K. Langford 7 Z. Merrett 13 N. Cox



36 H. Perryman 2 J. Hopper 22 J. Kelly FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 A. Phillips 23 H. Jones
HALF-FORWARD 1 A. McGrath 3 D. Parish
16 A. Perkins 26 C. Hooker 33 B. Ham 40 W. Snelling 27 M. Redman
7 L. Ash 13 I. Cumming 6 L. Whitfield

5 D. Smith
HALF-BACK

35 M. Guelfi
FORWARD



25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



25 L. Keeffe 15 S. Taylor 44 J. Buckley



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Peter Wright goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:43
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 02:04
GWSY Toby Greene goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 04:31
GWSY Daniel Lloyd behind 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 09:24
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 10:04
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 12:25
GWSY Zach Sproule behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 16:05
GWSY Zach Sproule goal 4.2.26 - 1.1.7 18:12
GWSY Tanner Bruhn goal 5.2.32 - 1.1.7 21:11
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 6.2.38 - 1.1.7 25:18
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 6.2.38 - 1.2.8 29:26
ESSE Will Snelling goal 6.2.38 - 2.2.14 31:12
Q2 ESSE Cale Hooker behind 6.2.38 - 2.3.15 01:16
ESSE Peter Wright goal 6.2.38 - 3.3.21 02:40
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 6.2.38 - 3.4.22 04:28
ESSE Brayden Ham behind 6.2.38 - 3.5.23 05:10
ESSE Nik Cox behind 6.2.38 - 3.6.24 07:02
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 6.2.38 - 4.6.30 08:54
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson behind 6.3.39 - 4.6.30 11:20
GWSY Bobby Hill behind 6.4.40 - 4.6.30 12:06
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 6.4.40 - 5.6.36 18:07
GWSY Zach Sproule goal 7.4.46 - 5.6.36 22:42
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 7.4.46 - 5.7.37 24:44
Q3 ESSE Kyle Langford goal 7.4.46 - 6.7.43 01:02
GWSY Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 6.7.43 02:49
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson goal 8.5.53 - 6.7.43 04:56
GWSY Jeremy Finlayson goal 9.5.59 - 6.7.43 06:52
GWSY Tanner Bruhn goal 10.5.65 - 6.7.43 08:13
GWSY Toby Greene behind 10.6.66 - 6.7.43 10:28
GWSY Harry Himmelberg behind 10.7.67 - 6.7.43 11:41
GWSY Toby Greene goal 11.7.73 - 6.7.43 12:09
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 11.7.73 - 7.7.49 14:53
ESSE Nik Cox goal 11.7.73 - 8.7.55 19:13
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 12.7.79 - 8.7.55 21:38
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 12.7.79 - 9.7.61 24:48
ESSE Mason Redman goal 12.7.79 - 10.7.67 27:17
GWSY Harry Himmelberg behind 12.8.80 - 10.7.67 29:37
GWSY Tim Taranto goal 13.8.86 - 10.7.67 30:47
GWSY Bobby Hill goal 14.8.92 - 10.7.67 32:32
Q4 ESSE Harry Jones goal 14.8.92 - 11.7.73 01:04
GWSY Rushed behind 14.9.93 - 11.7.73 02:44
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 14.9.93 - 12.7.79 03:07
GWSY Rushed behind 14.10.94 - 12.7.79 05:59
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 15.10.100 - 12.7.79 09:57
ESSE Harry Jones goal 15.10.100 - 13.7.85 12:05
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 15.10.100 - 13.8.86 13:29
ESSE Will Snelling goal 15.10.100 - 14.8.92 14:26
GWSY Toby Greene behind 15.11.101 - 14.8.92 16:05
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 15.11.101 - 14.9.93 22:56
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 15.11.101 - 15.9.99 27:15
GWSY Jacob Hopper goal 16.11.107 - 15.9.99 30:19
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 16.11.107 - 16.9.105 31:36