2021 AFL Round 15: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 June 2021 between Essendon and Melbourne during round 15 of the 2021 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Melbourne at MCG. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

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

Melbourne
Back: J. Hunt, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: M. Hibberd, H. Petty, C. Salem
Centre: A. Brayshaw, J. Viney (vice-capt.), E. Langdon
Half-forward: K. Pickett, T. McDonald, J. Harmes
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, L. Jackson, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, C. Petracca
Int.: J. Jordon, T. Rivers, C. Spargo, T. Sparrow
Sub.: N. Jones

Essendon (8.9.57) were defeated by Melbourne (9.14.68).

Goalkickers
Essendon: H. Jones (2), P. Wright (2), D. Heppell, C. Hooker, D. Smith, J. Stringer
Melbourne: J. Jordon (2), C. Petracca (2), J. Harmes, L. Jackson, T. McDonald, C. Spargo, T. Sparrow

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 June 2021
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,414

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 8.9.57 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 7 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Melbourne 1 . 5 4 . 8 8 . 12 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin ESSE by 4 MELB by 3 MELB by 17 MELB by 11 MELB by 11
Duration 26:14 29:10 31:46 29:10 1:56:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ben Rutten (Essendon), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Essendon), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), H. Gavine (#14), A. Stephens (#12), E: M. Rodger (#43)
Goal Umpire: M. Craig, M. Dervan, E: M. Maclure
Boundary Umpire: J. Andrews, P. Jackson, M. Le Fevre, S. Stagg

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2
Christian Petracca MELB 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Steven May MELB 1 10 2 0 0 0 0
Max Gawn MELB 11 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jake Lever MELB 8 4 0 1 0 0 0
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 2 0 0 0 1 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 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 WL 79% 0 0 7 4 3 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Draper, Sam RU 77% 0 0 10 6 4 1 10 1 4 4 2 2 1 1
35 Guelfi, Matt WR 78% 0 0 15 3 12 3 0 9 1 1 1 0 0 3
33 Ham, Brayden RO 80% 0 1 20 9 11 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 3
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFR 88% 1 0 26 15 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
19 Hind, Nick HBFL 84% 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 2 2 3 1 1 5 1
26 Hooker, Cale FF 80% 1 0 13 4 9 3 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 2
23 Jones, Harry CHF 87% 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
4 Langford, Kyle INT 85% 0 0 29 16 13 6 0 6 5 5 1 1 5 5
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 85% 0 0 17 7 10 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 81% 0 2 10 6 4 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 3
7 Merrett, Zach C 86% 0 1 41 23 18 5 0 8 3 2 3 1 3 6
3 Parish, Darcy RR 87% 0 0 37 13 24 5 0 4 8 5 0 1 1 5
16 Perkins, Archie HFFL 74% 0 1 16 7 9 4 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 2
27 Redman, Mason CHB 77% 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 6 1
14 Ridley, Jordan BPR 95% 0 0 28 19 9 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 9 2
5 Smith, Devon INT 76% 1 0 14 7 7 4 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 2
17 Stewart, James FB 88% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 7 1
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 84% 1 2 24 12 12 5 0 5 5 4 0 2 0 7
45 Waterman, Alec HFFR 78% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 2 0 6 0 1 1 3
20 Wright, Peter INT 68% 2 0 8 4 4 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Zaharakis, David SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon INT 84% 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 8 9 397 205 192 93 23 61 35 55 11 15 47 50

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 84% 0 1 24 15 9 8 0 1 0 4 0 1 5 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 96% 0 1 10 9 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 95% 0 0 16 11 5 4 32 3 3 3 1 1 1 2
4 Harmes, James HFFR 77% 1 2 27 10 17 4 0 0 3 5 1 1 1 4
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFL 89% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 1
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 78% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 4 0 3 1 0 4 3
6 Jackson, Luke FF 75% 1 2 11 6 5 3 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 2
2 Jones, Nathan SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Jordon, James INT 62% 2 1 21 9 12 5 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 2
15 Langdon, Ed WR 97% 0 0 23 19 4 10 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 4
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 18 9 9 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 1
1 May, Steven FB 94% 0 0 18 16 2 7 0 3 0 1 2 1 4 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 96% 1 1 13 8 5 6 1 3 0 5 0 3 1 5
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 72% 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 5 1 3 1 0 0 4
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 87% 0 0 34 10 24 6 0 0 6 4 0 1 0 8
5 Petracca, Christian RO 91% 2 0 26 15 11 6 0 4 2 8 0 0 2 6
35 Petty, Harry CHB 85% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 73% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent INT 70% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 87% 0 0 26 21 5 10 0 0 1 0 1 0 8 0
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 68% 1 0 7 6 1 2 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 3
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 50% 1 0 11 2 9 2 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 Viney, Jack (vc) C 74% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 4 4 4 1 0 2 4
Rushed 6
Total (23 players) 9 14 379 225 154 114 40 47 32 54 15 10 41 56

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
29 J. Hunt 1 S. May 8 J. Lever 2 S. Draper 4 K. Langford
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 26 C. Hooker 25 J. Stringer 3 D. Parish 5 D. Smith
FORWARD 33 B. Ham 20 P. Wright
HALF-BACK

30 B. Zerk-Thatcher
14 M. Hibberd 35 H. Petty 3 C. Salem

11 D. Zaharakis
45 A. Waterman 23 H. Jones 16 A. Perkins



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 A. Brayshaw 7 J. Viney (vc) 15 E. Langdon



35 M. Guelfi 7 Z. Merrett 13 N. Cox FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 23 J. Jordon
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 24 T. Rivers
36 K. Pickett 25 T. McDonald 4 J. Harmes 5 C. Petracca 9 C. Spargo
21 D. Heppell (c) 27 M. Redman 19 N. Hind

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

2 N. Jones
FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 6 L. Jackson 31 B. Fritsch



14 J. Ridley 17 J. Stewart 15 J. Laverde



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Zach Merrett behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 04:00
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 06:26
MELB James Jordon behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 11:57
MELB Luke Jackson behind 0.1.1 - 0.3.3 13:01
MELB James Harmes goal 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 16:31
MELB Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.4.10 18:15
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 0.2.2 - 1.4.10 19:57
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 1.2.8 - 1.4.10 21:00
MELB Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.5.11 22:35
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 1.3.9 - 1.5.11 24:13
ESSE Devon Smith goal 2.3.15 - 1.5.11 26:11
Q2 ESSE Harry Jones goal 3.3.21 - 1.5.11 02:35
MELB Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.6.12 07:06
MELB Tom McDonald behind 3.3.21 - 1.7.13 11:37
MELB Luke Jackson behind 3.3.21 - 1.8.14 17:17
MELB Luke Jackson goal 3.3.21 - 2.8.20 18:26
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 3.3.21 - 3.8.26 19:44
ESSE Peter Wright goal 4.3.27 - 3.8.26 23:17
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 4.4.28 - 3.8.26 25:25
ESSE Brayden Ham behind 4.5.29 - 3.8.26 26:20
MELB James Jordon goal 4.5.29 - 4.8.32 27:49
Q3 MELB James Harmes behind 4.5.29 - 4.9.33 01:25
MELB Tom McDonald goal 4.5.29 - 5.9.39 02:13
ESSE Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 5.9.39 05:25
MELB James Jordon goal 4.6.30 - 6.9.45 07:53
MELB Christian Petracca goal 4.6.30 - 7.9.51 12:29
ESSE Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 7.9.51 16:41
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 5.7.37 - 7.9.51 19:01
MELB Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 7.10.52 21:00
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 5.7.37 - 7.11.53 22:23
MELB James Harmes behind 5.7.37 - 7.12.54 24:32
ESSE Harry Jones goal 6.7.43 - 7.12.54 25:48
MELB Christian Petracca goal 6.7.43 - 8.12.60 27:59
Q4 ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 6.8.44 - 8.12.60 02:50
MELB Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 8.13.61 04:10
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 6.9.45 - 8.13.61 10:23
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 6.9.45 - 9.13.67 13:04
ESSE Peter Wright goal 7.9.51 - 9.13.67 14:28
MELB Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 9.14.68 17:45
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 8.9.57 - 9.14.68 19:57