2021 AFL Round 9: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 2021 between Essendon and Fremantle during round 9 of the 2021 AFL season. Essendon hosted Fremantle at Marvel Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Nat Fyfe captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

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

Fremantle
Back: J. Aish, G. Logue, T. Duman
Half-back: N. Wilson, B. Cox, D. Tucker
Centre: B. Acres, A. Brayshaw, A. Cerra
Half-forward: L. Schultz, R. Lobb, S. Switkowski
Forward: T. Colyer, M. Taberner, M. Walters
Follower: S. Darcy, N. Fyfe (capt.), C. Serong
Int.: M. Crowden, L. Henry, D. Mundy, T. Watson
Sub.: R. Conca

Essendon (10.8.68) defeated Fremantle (8.13.61).

Goalkickers
Essendon: H. Jones (2), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (2), B. Ham, K. Langford, D. Parish, A. Phillips, M. Redman, P. Wright
Fremantle: M. Taberner (4), A. Cerra, R. Lobb, D. Mundy, M. Walters

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 12th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Fremantle remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Essendon v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 16 May 2021
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 26,357

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fremantle
Score: 10.8.68 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 5 . 2 7 . 6 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Fremantle 2 . 2 4 . 6 7 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 2 FREM by 3 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 7
Duration 27:30 28:24 31:48 31:00 1:58:42

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ben Rutten (Essendon), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Nat Fyfe (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Mollison (#32), M. Stevic (#9), A. Whetton (#19), E: L. Porter (#45)
Goal Umpire: M. Maclure, S. Piperno, E: S. Walsh
Boundary Umpire: J. Andrews, P. Cran, P. Jackson, B. MacDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3
David Mundy FREM 16 2
Matt Taberner FREM 20 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Sean Darcy FREM 4 7 0 1 1 0 0
Matt Taberner FREM 20 7 0 1 1 0 0
Adam Cerra FREM 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Mason Redman ESSE 27 2 0 0 0 1 0
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 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 SUB↑ 26% 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 1
10 Francis, Aaron BPR 94% 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 1 0 4 1 0 5 0
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 70% 0 1 13 10 3 8 0 4 3 2 1 1 1 3
33 Ham, Brayden RO 75% 1 2 10 9 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFL 94% 0 0 27 16 11 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2
19 Hind, Nick INT 83% 0 0 31 24 7 8 0 3 2 4 3 1 4 5
26 Hooker, Cale INT 87% 0 1 15 2 13 6 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0
23 Jones, Harry CHF 79% 2 0 6 5 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
4 Langford, Kyle WR 88% 1 0 13 7 6 4 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 75% 0 0 11 6 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 75% 2 0 17 10 7 4 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 3
1 McGrath, Andrew WL 80% 0 0 27 15 12 3 0 8 3 4 2 1 3 4
7 Merrett, Zach C 81% 0 1 22 10 12 0 0 4 0 4 2 2 3 5
3 Parish, Darcy RR 84% 1 0 39 18 21 4 0 4 10 7 1 0 0 7
16 Perkins, Archie INT 72% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 1 2 4 1 2 0 2
34 Phillips, Andrew RU 72% 1 0 6 3 3 1 20 5 1 0 0 0 1 1
27 Redman, Mason FPL 78% 1 0 24 14 10 4 0 4 1 1 1 0 5 1
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 96% 0 0 27 17 10 7 0 2 0 3 0 1 7 0
5 Smith, Devon HFFL↓ 56% 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1
40 Snelling, Will HFFR 89% 0 0 18 8 10 4 0 7 3 7 2 0 0 4
17 Stewart, James FB 79% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 83% 1 0 9 5 4 4 8 2 0 3 0 1 1 0
11 Zaharakis, David HBFR 84% 0 1 16 6 10 4 0 4 3 0 0 0 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 8 378 214 164 96 28 68 33 60 17 13 41 47

N. Cox replaced D. Smith.

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Acres, Blake WL 73% 0 0 18 12 6 8 0 3 2 3 0 2 3 2
11 Aish, James BPL 84% 0 1 19 11 8 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 4 2
8 Brayshaw, Andrew C 82% 0 0 33 14 19 8 0 8 7 2 1 0 3 4
5 Cerra, Adam WR 80% 1 0 28 14 14 4 0 0 4 5 1 1 1 5
33 Colyer, Travis FPL 70% 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
6 Conca, Reece SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Cox, Brennan CHB 100% 0 0 19 12 7 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
12 Crowden, Mitch INT 70% 0 0 9 0 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
4 Darcy, Sean RU 83% 0 0 22 9 13 4 39 8 7 6 1 1 1 4
44 Duman, Taylin BPR 82% 0 0 18 10 8 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 6 1
7 Fyfe, Nat (c) RR 90% 0 1 28 16 12 6 0 3 5 6 0 0 3 2
23 Henry, Liam INT 64% 0 1 8 2 6 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
37 Lobb, Rory CHF 100% 1 2 12 10 2 6 5 2 0 3 1 1 2 3
2 Logue, Griffin FB 97% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 6 0 2 0 1 3 0
16 Mundy, David INT 77% 1 0 22 7 15 1 0 5 6 5 1 3 0 2
28 Schultz, Lachie HFFL 78% 0 1 14 10 4 6 0 2 0 6 0 2 1 5
3 Serong, Caleb RO 80% 0 1 19 8 11 1 0 5 2 3 3 1 0 3
39 Switkowski, Sam HFFR 69% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3
20 Taberner, Matt FF 100% 4 3 16 13 3 7 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1
18 Tucker, Darcy HBFR 80% 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 1
10 Walters, Michael FPR 83% 1 1 13 7 6 6 0 4 0 3 0 1 1 1
38 Watson, Tobe INT 74% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 0
14 Wilson, Nathan HBFL 83% 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 8 13 381 209 172 102 44 70 35 59 13 17 37 49

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
11 J. Aish 2 G. Logue 44 T. Duman 34 A. Phillips 35 M. Guelfi
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 20 P. Wright 27 M. Redman 3 D. Parish 19 N. Hind
FORWARD 33 B. Ham 26 C. Hooker
HALF-BACK

16 A. Perkins
14 N. Wilson 36 B. Cox 18 D. Tucker

13 N. Cox
40 W. Snelling 23 H. Jones 5 D. Smith



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



9 B. Acres 8 A. Brayshaw 5 A. Cerra



4 K. Langford 7 Z. Merrett 1 A. McGrath FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 S. Darcy 12 M. Crowden
HALF-FORWARD 7 N. Fyfe (c) 23 L. Henry
28 L. Schultz 37 R. Lobb 39 S. Switkowski 3 C. Serong 16 D. Mundy
11 D. Zaharakis 14 J. Ridley 21 D. Heppell (c)

38 T. Watson
HALF-BACK

6 R. Conca
FORWARD



33 T. Colyer 20 M. Taberner 10 M. Walters



10 A. Francis 17 J. Stewart 15 J. Laverde



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Brayden Ham behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:42
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:35
ESSE Harry Jones goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 04:21
ESSE Harry Jones goal 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 07:37
FREM Liam Henry behind 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 12:55
FREM Caleb Serong behind 3.1.19 - 0.2.2 13:46
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 3.2.20 - 0.2.2 15:09
FREM Rory Lobb goal 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 16:46
FREM Matt Taberner goal 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 21:04
Q2 FREM Matt Taberner behind 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 01:31
FREM Matt Taberner behind 3.2.20 - 2.4.16 06:14
FREM Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 2.5.17 08:04
FREM Adam Cerra goal 3.2.20 - 3.5.23 09:20
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 4.2.26 - 3.5.23 14:13
FREM Matt Taberner goal 4.2.26 - 4.5.29 18:42
ESSE Peter Wright goal 5.2.32 - 4.5.29 23:04
FREM Rory Lobb behind 5.2.32 - 4.6.30 25:02
Q3 FREM Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 4.7.31 01:50
FREM Michael Walters goal 5.2.32 - 5.7.37 05:39
FREM Matt Taberner goal 5.2.32 - 6.7.43 07:38
ESSE Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 6.7.43 09:02
ESSE Mason Redman goal 6.3.39 - 6.7.43 10:29
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 6.4.40 - 6.7.43 11:48
FREM Nat Fyfe behind 6.4.40 - 6.8.44 17:02
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 6.5.41 - 6.8.44 19:34
FREM Matt Taberner goal 6.5.41 - 7.8.50 21:26
FREM Matt Taberner behind 6.5.41 - 7.9.51 25:56
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 7.5.47 - 7.9.51 28:54
ESSE Devon Smith behind 7.6.48 - 7.9.51 30:08
Q4 ESSE Andrew Phillips goal 8.6.54 - 7.9.51 05:29
FREM Lachie Schultz behind 8.6.54 - 7.10.52 10:49
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 9.6.60 - 7.10.52 11:46
FREM David Mundy goal 9.6.60 - 8.10.58 15:49
FREM James Aish behind 9.6.60 - 8.11.59 17:40
FREM Michael Walters behind 9.6.60 - 8.12.60 18:13
ESSE Brayden Ham goal 10.6.66 - 8.12.60 22:31
ESSE Brayden Ham behind 10.7.67 - 8.12.60 25:39
FREM Rory Lobb behind 10.7.67 - 8.13.61 26:11
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 10.8.68 - 8.13.61 30:11