2021 AFL Season Round 17: Essendon v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 2021 between Essendon and Adelaide during round seventeen of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Adelaide at Marvel Stadium. In the absence of Dyson Heppell, vice-captain Zach Merrett captained the hosts. Rory Sloane captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

Essendon (11.18.84) defeated Adelaide (2.9.21).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Adelaide
Date: Friday 9 July 2021
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 23,604

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Adelaide
Score: 11.18.84 - 2.9.21

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 6 . 8 9 . 12 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Adelaide 0 . 2 1 . 3 2 . 7 2 . 9 2 . 9 (21)
Margin ESSE by 15 ESSE by 35 ESSE by 47 ESSE by 63 ESSE by 63
Duration 30:18 31:20 28:45 26:08 1:56:31

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Essendon) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett (acting)
Coach: Ben Rutten

Adelaide

Captain: Rory Sloane
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Chamberlain (#18)
C. Deboy (#11)
A. Whetton (#19)
E: P. Rebeschini (#31)

Goal Umpires

L. Edwards
C. Roffey
E: C. Leonard

Boundary Umpires

J. Andrews
P. Cran
P. Dineen
L. Rayner

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Archie Perkins ESSE 16 2
Mason Redman ESSE 27 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Mason Redman ESSE 27 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Archie Perkins ESSE 16 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Nick Hind ESSE 19 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 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 WR 80% 0 0 19 9 10 5 0 4 1 2 1 2 1 3
12 Cutler, Tom INT 78% 0 1 18 9 9 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 4
2 Draper, Sam RU 74% 0 0 10 5 5 2 17 3 6 2 1 1 0 2
8 Gleeson, Martin HBFR 83% 0 0 11 8 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
35 Guelfi, Matt WL 72% 0 0 12 3 9 4 0 4 1 2 0 1 2 0
33 Ham, Brayden SUB↑ 22% 0 1 7 3 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3
19 Hind, Nick HBFL 84% 0 0 24 23 1 10 0 2 2 1 3 0 3 5
26 Hooker, Cale INT 81% 1 3 11 4 7 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 0 0
23 Jones, Harry FF 81% 1 0 5 3 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Langford, Kyle RO↓ 62% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 3 3 2 2 1 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 93% 0 0 15 12 3 11 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony HFFR 86% 1 0 10 4 6 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
7 Merrett, Zach (ac) C 85% 0 0 35 18 17 4 0 3 5 2 3 0 0 6
3 Parish, Darcy RR 85% 0 0 19 7 12 0 0 6 5 3 2 1 0 2
16 Perkins, Archie INT 73% 3 3 18 12 6 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
27 Redman, Mason CHB 79% 0 1 25 18 7 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 4
14 Ridley, Jordan BPR 97% 0 0 23 19 4 11 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1
5 Smith, Devon FPL 83% 0 1 17 9 8 3 0 3 1 4 0 3 0 7
40 Snelling, Will INT 74% 1 1 24 12 12 4 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 2
17 Stewart, James FB 85% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 0
25 Stringer, Jake HFFL 83% 1 1 23 14 9 3 0 6 8 4 2 1 1 7
45 Waterman, Alec FPR 80% 1 1 18 9 9 6 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2
20 Wright, Peter CHF 77% 2 2 12 7 5 4 7 3 1 1 3 1 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 11 18 381 224 157 112 26 57 36 43 23 16 28 61

B. Ham replaced K. Langford.

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Berry, Sam FPL 71% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 1
41 Butts, Jordon FB 89% 0 0 12 11 1 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0
40 Davis, Ben SUB↑ 49% 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
39 Doedee, Tom BPL↓ 23% 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
22 Frampton, Billy FPR 93% 0 2 17 11 6 11 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 1
17 Hamill, Will HBFR 82% 0 0 14 4 10 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
1 Jones, Chayce INT 85% 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 6 0
2 Keays, Ben C 81% 0 0 25 13 12 7 0 5 5 6 0 4 3 3
8 Kelly, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 19 18 1 12 0 3 0 3 0 0 4 1
29 Laird, Rory RR 82% 0 0 33 12 21 7 0 5 6 3 0 1 1 2
14 MacKay, David INT 76% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 1
25 McHenry, Ned HFFL 74% 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 1
4 Murphy, Lachlan HFFR 74% 1 2 10 7 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3
28 Murray, Nick CHB 90% 0 0 10 9 1 7 1 3 0 1 0 1 4 1
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 96% 0 0 10 6 4 1 40 1 1 4 1 1 2 2
10 Pedlar, Luke INT 73% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 0
31 Rowe, James INT 75% 0 1 13 6 7 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
26 Schoenberg, Harry CHF 85% 1 0 20 13 7 2 0 7 4 8 2 4 1 4
11 Seedsman, Paul WR 75% 0 1 27 15 12 10 0 3 2 4 1 0 5 4
38 Sholl, Lachlan WL 80% 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
9 Sloane, Rory (c) RO 89% 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3
33 Smith, Brodie HBFL 72% 0 0 28 24 4 8 0 1 2 6 0 2 7 3
7 Thilthorpe, Riley FF 86% 0 2 8 5 3 1 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 2 9 330 208 122 108 43 45 30 61 16 23 48 31

B. Davis replaced T. Doedee.

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
39 T. Doedee 41 J. Butts 8 J. Kelly 2 S. Draper 12 T. Cutler
45 A. Waterman 23 H. Jones 5 D. Smith 3 D. Parish 26 C. Hooker
FORWARD 4 K. Langford 16 A. Perkins
HALF-BACK

40 W. Snelling
33 B. Smith 28 N. Murray 17 W. Hamill

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



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



38 L. Sholl 2 B. Keays 11 P. Seedsman



13 N. Cox 7 Z. Merrett (ac) 35 M. Guelfi FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 43 R. O'Brien 1 C. Jones
HALF-FORWARD 29 R. Laird 14 D. MacKay
25 N. McHenry 26 H. Schoenberg 4 L. Murphy 9 R. Sloane (c) 10 L. Pedlar
8 M. Gleeson 27 M. Redman 19 N. Hind

31 J. Rowe
HALF-BACK

40 B. Davis
FORWARD



21 S. Berry 7 R. Thilthorpe 22 B. Frampton



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



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:20
ADEL Billy Frampton behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 02:54
ESSE Mason Redman behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 05:47
ESSE Tom Cutler behind 0.3.3 - 0.1.1 08:43
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 0.3.3 - 0.2.2 10:43
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 0.4.4 - 0.2.2 16:23
ESSE Peter Wright behind 0.5.5 - 0.2.2 20:54
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 1.5.11 - 0.2.2 23:54
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.5.17 - 0.2.2 25:55
Q2 ESSE Cale Hooker behind 2.6.18 - 0.2.2 04:34
ESSE Peter Wright goal 3.6.24 - 0.2.2 09:18
ESSE Alec Waterman behind 3.7.25 - 0.2.2 11:02
ESSE Will Snelling behind 3.8.26 - 0.2.2 14:16
ADEL Paul Seedsman behind 3.8.26 - 0.3.3 15:39
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 4.8.32 - 0.3.3 17:46
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 5.8.38 - 0.3.3 21:03
ADEL Harry Schoenberg goal 5.8.38 - 1.3.9 22:38
ESSE Alec Waterman goal 6.8.44 - 1.3.9 24:38
Q3 ESSE Harry Jones goal 7.8.50 - 1.3.9 02:24
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 7.8.50 - 1.4.10 04:24
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 7.9.51 - 1.4.10 04:59
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 7.9.51 - 1.5.11 05:58
ADEL Lachlan Murphy goal 7.9.51 - 2.5.17 11:45
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 8.9.57 - 2.5.17 13:25
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 8.10.58 - 2.5.17 16:12
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 9.10.64 - 2.5.17 17:08
ESSE Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 2.5.17 18:44
ADEL Billy Frampton behind 9.11.65 - 2.6.18 22:57
ESSE Devon Smith behind 9.12.66 - 2.6.18 25:22
ADEL Rushed behind 9.12.66 - 2.7.19 26:30
Q4 ESSE Will Snelling goal 10.12.72 - 2.7.19 02:46
ESSE Peter Wright goal 11.12.78 - 2.7.19 05:13
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 11.13.79 - 2.7.19 06:40
ESSE Rushed behind 11.14.80 - 2.7.19 08:54
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 11.15.81 - 2.7.19 10:04
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 11.16.82 - 2.7.19 11:56
ESSE Brayden Ham behind 11.17.83 - 2.7.19 12:18
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 11.17.83 - 2.8.20 13:28
ESSE Peter Wright behind 11.18.84 - 2.8.20 17:46
ADEL James Rowe behind 11.18.84 - 2.9.21 26:02