2021 AFL Round 16: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 2021 between Geelong and Essendon during round 16 of the 2021 AFL season. Geelong hosted Essendon at GMHBA Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Ben Rutten.

Geelong
Back: T. Atkins, J. Kolodjashnij, J. Henry
Half-back: Z. Tuohy, T. Stewart, M. Blicavs
Centre: I. Smith, L. Henderson, S. Menegola
Half-forward: P. Dangerfield, J. Cameron, G. Miers
Forward: L. Dahlhaus, T. Hawkins, G. Rohan
Follower: R. Stanley, C. Guthrie, J. Selwood (capt.)
Int.: J. Bews, B. Close, Q. Narkle, B. Parfitt
Sub.: M. Holmes

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

Geelong (15.8.98) defeated Essendon (8.9.57).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (6), J. Cameron (3), G. Miers (2), P. Dangerfield, G. Rohan, I. Smith, Z. Tuohy
Essendon: J. Stringer (3), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (2), H. Jones, Z. Merrett, D. Parish

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 5th on the ladder and Essendon were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Friday 2 July 2021
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 15,579

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 15.8.98 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 1 9 . 3 11 . 5 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Essendon 4 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin ESSE by 19 GEEL by 24 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 41 GEEL by 41
Duration 31:23 33:56 30:21 30:21 2:06:01

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Gianfagna (#27), S. Meredith (#21), J. Mollison (#32), E: N. Toner (#25)
Goal Umpire: L. Edwards, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: M. Ensbey
Boundary Umpire: C. Delany, B. MacDonald, L. Rayner, A. Reardon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 2
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 9 1 1 0 0 0
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 8 1 0 1 0 0
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 7 0 1 1 0 0
Tom Atkins GEEL 30 3 0 0 0 1 1
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 2 0 0 0 1 0
Isaac Smith GEEL 7 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom BPL 85% 0 0 29 14 15 5 0 6 2 8 1 2 4 1
24 Bews, Jed INT 86% 0 0 20 15 5 8 0 0 1 3 2 0 4 2
46 Blicavs, Mark HBFR 88% 0 0 8 6 2 3 17 6 1 0 0 0 2 0
5 Cameron, Jeremy CHF↓ 35% 3 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
45 Close, Brad INT 87% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 5 3 0 3 0 1 2
40 Dahlhaus, Luke FPL 65% 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 3
35 Dangerfield, Patrick HFFL 75% 1 0 37 24 13 11 0 4 11 5 2 2 4 8
29 Guthrie, Cameron RR 66% 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 2
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 98% 6 1 15 9 6 6 2 1 1 3 1 2 0 1
25 Henderson, Lachie C 100% 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 1
38 Henry, Jack BPR 97% 0 0 10 8 2 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 0
9 Holmes, Max SUB↑ 53% 0 1 8 3 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake FB 74% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 Menegola, Sam WR 92% 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 2 3 6 0 2 3 4
32 Miers, Gryan HFFR 91% 2 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
19 Narkle, Quinton INT 63% 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 2 4 2 1 0 2 3
3 Parfitt, Brandan INT 66% 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 6 2 2 1 0 0 3
23 Rohan, Gary FPR 90% 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
14 Selwood, Joel (c) RO 64% 0 0 28 13 15 4 0 3 5 5 1 2 1 2
7 Smith, Isaac WL 86% 1 1 25 17 8 6 0 2 2 4 0 0 5 5
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 63% 0 0 11 7 4 2 22 1 4 1 3 0 1 1
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 92% 0 0 25 20 5 13 0 0 0 3 1 0 9 0
2 Tuohy, Zach HBFL 84% 1 1 26 19 7 8 0 1 4 3 1 1 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 15 8 369 235 134 99 41 52 48 56 23 14 54 45

M. Holmes replaced J. Cameron during the second quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Cox, Nik INT 81% 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0
12 Cutler, Tom INT 74% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
2 Draper, Sam RU 82% 0 0 7 5 2 1 34 0 0 3 0 1 1 2
35 Guelfi, Matt SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Ham, Brayden WR 79% 0 1 8 5 3 3 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFR 83% 0 0 25 11 14 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 3
19 Hind, Nick HBFL 82% 0 0 21 14 7 7 0 2 0 4 0 4 2 0
26 Hooker, Cale FF 73% 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 0
23 Jones, Harry INT 80% 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 Langford, Kyle RO 86% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 4 5 6 2 2 1 3
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 82% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 2 0 2 2 1 4 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 82% 2 0 7 6 1 2 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 4
7 Merrett, Zach C 87% 1 0 36 21 15 5 0 7 2 7 1 0 0 9
3 Parish, Darcy RR 86% 1 0 43 23 20 5 0 3 13 6 1 0 0 15
16 Perkins, Archie INT 64% 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 4 0 3 1 3 0 1
27 Redman, Mason CHB 88% 0 0 12 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 1
14 Ridley, Jordan BPR 97% 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 3 0 2 0 1 5 0
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 82% 0 2 12 9 3 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 5
40 Snelling, Will WL 83% 0 0 24 13 11 2 0 7 6 1 2 0 2 3
17 Stewart, James FB 94% 0 0 13 10 3 8 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 2
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 82% 3 1 25 14 11 4 0 5 8 7 0 1 0 8
45 Waterman, Alec HFFR 73% 0 1 9 4 5 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3
20 Wright, Peter CHF 79% 0 1 12 5 7 1 8 2 1 2 2 1 1 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 8 9 339 194 145 66 42 66 35 65 14 23 30 62

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 J. Laverde 17 J. Stewart 14 J. Ridley 1 R. Stanley 24 J. Bews
23 G. Rohan 26 T. Hawkins 40 L. Dahlhaus 29 C. Guthrie 45 B. Close
FORWARD 14 J. Selwood (c) 19 Q. Narkle
HALF-BACK

3 B. Parfitt
19 N. Hind 27 M. Redman 21 D. Heppell (c)

9 M. Holmes
32 G. Miers 5 J. Cameron 35 P. Dangerfield



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



40 W. Snelling 7 Z. Merrett 33 B. Ham



27 S. Menegola 25 L. Henderson 7 I. Smith FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 13 N. Cox
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 12 T. Cutler
5 D. Smith 20 P. Wright 45 A. Waterman 4 K. Langford 23 H. Jones
46 M. Blicavs 44 T. Stewart 2 Z. Tuohy

16 A. Perkins
HALF-BACK

35 M. Guelfi
FORWARD



25 J. Stringer 26 C. Hooker 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



38 J. Henry 8 J. Kolodjashnij 30 T. Atkins



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jake Stringer goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:44
ESSE Brayden Ham behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 12:50
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 14:53
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 18:15
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 19:51
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 0.1.1 - 3.2.20 23:17
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 0.1.1 - 4.2.26 27:45
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 1.1.7 - 4.2.26 30:19
Q2 GEEL Luke Dahlhaus behind 1.2.8 - 4.2.26 02:55
GEEL Zach Tuohy goal 2.2.14 - 4.2.26 04:42
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 3.2.20 - 4.2.26 06:41
ESSE Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 4.3.27 10:40
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 4.2.26 - 4.3.27 13:20
GEEL Isaac Smith behind 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 15:23
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 5.3.33 - 4.3.27 18:14
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 6.3.39 - 4.3.27 21:21
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 7.3.45 - 4.3.27 24:29
ESSE Harry Jones goal 7.3.45 - 5.3.33 27:52
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 8.3.51 - 5.3.33 29:26
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 9.3.57 - 5.3.33 31:44
Q3 ESSE Zach Merrett goal 9.3.57 - 6.3.39 03:05
GEEL Zach Tuohy behind 9.4.58 - 6.3.39 05:42
ESSE Devon Smith behind 9.4.58 - 6.4.40 09:55
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 9.4.58 - 7.4.46 11:05
ESSE Peter Wright behind 9.4.58 - 7.5.47 14:08
GEEL Max Holmes behind 9.5.59 - 7.5.47 18:56
ESSE Alec Waterman behind 9.5.59 - 7.6.48 20:50
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 10.5.65 - 7.6.48 23:14
ESSE Rushed behind 10.5.65 - 7.7.49 24:20
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 11.5.71 - 7.7.49 27:07
ESSE Rushed behind 11.5.71 - 7.8.50 29:46
Q4 GEEL Rushed behind 11.6.72 - 7.8.50 00:59
GEEL Rushed behind 11.7.73 - 7.8.50 02:23
ESSE Devon Smith behind 11.7.73 - 7.9.51 09:55
GEEL Isaac Smith goal 12.7.79 - 7.9.51 11:30
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 13.7.85 - 7.9.51 13:14
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 13.8.86 - 7.9.51 19:42
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 13.8.86 - 8.9.57 21:45
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 14.8.92 - 8.9.57 23:55
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 15.8.98 - 8.9.57 29:00