2021 AFL Round 19: Essendon v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 25 July 2021 between Essendon and Greater Western Sydney during round 19 of the 2021 AFL season. Essendon hosted Greater Western Sydney at Metricon Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by Leon Cameron.

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

Greater Western Sydney
Back: S. Taylor, P. Davis, I. Cumming
Half-back: H. Perryman, N. Haynes, A. Kennedy
Centre: J. Kelly, L. Ash, L. Whitfield
Half-forward: B. Daniels, H. Himmelberg, T. Taranto
Forward: D. Lloyd, J. Hogan, S. Reid
Follower: S. Mumford, C. Ward, J. Hopper
Int.: T. Bruhn, T. Green, C. Idun, X. O'Halloran
Sub.: J. Riccardi

Essendon (7.11.53) were defeated by Greater Western Sydney (9.12.66).

Goalkickers
Essendon: N. Cox, C. Hooker, D. Parish, A. Perkins, D. Smith, J. Stringer, D. Zaharakis
Greater Western Sydney: J. Hogan (2), L. Ash, B. Daniels, H. Himmelberg, D. Lloyd, S. Mumford, S. Reid, C. Ward

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Greater Western Sydney were then 8th on the ladder (up from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Sunday 25 July 2021
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 2,681

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Greater Western Sydney
Score: 7.11.53 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 3 6 . 4 6 . 8 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Greater Western Sydney 2 . 4 3 . 6 7 . 10 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 16 GWSY by 8 GWSY by 13 GWSY by 13
Duration 31:58 27:03 28:20 27:53 1:55:14

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Broadbent (#20), R. Chamberlain (#18), N. Foot (#2), E: A. Whetton (#19)
Goal Umpire: J. Baird, D. Wilson, E: A. McKenzie-Wills
Boundary Umpire: P. Cran, T. Lougoon, N. Swanson, D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 3
Tom Green GWSY 12 2
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Green GWSY 12 7 0 1 1 0 0
Sam Taylor GWSY 15 4 0 1 0 0 0
Brent Daniels GWSY 16 3 0 0 1 0 0
Shane Mumford GWSY 41 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 2 0 0 0 1 0
Lachie Ash GWSY 7 1 0 0 0 0 1
Will Snelling ESSE 40 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 86% 1 1 15 10 5 5 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 3
12 Cutler, Tom INT 79% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
2 Draper, Sam RU 77% 0 0 11 6 5 1 27 1 7 5 4 4 2 3
42 Durham, Sam WL 75% 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 0
35 Guelfi, Matt SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Ham, Brayden HFFR 82% 0 0 9 2 7 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFL 95% 0 0 28 17 11 6 0 4 0 5 2 2 3 3
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 81% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 81% 1 2 12 8 4 4 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 88% 0 0 14 10 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony INT 72% 0 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach C 86% 0 0 20 7 13 1 0 7 4 6 1 4 0 3
3 Parish, Darcy RO 84% 1 0 15 6 9 2 0 6 2 4 0 1 0 4
16 Perkins, Archie HFFL 79% 1 0 8 3 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
27 Redman, Mason BPR 75% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 94% 0 0 25 19 6 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 3
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 69% 0 1 13 6 7 1 0 4 2 1 1 1 3 1
5 Smith, Devon FPL 80% 1 2 16 8 8 3 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 0
40 Snelling, Will RR 89% 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 6 2 0 0 0 2 3
17 Stewart, James FB 94% 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
25 Stringer, Jake FPR 73% 1 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 4 2 2 1 0 7
20 Wright, Peter FF 86% 0 3 13 9 4 6 5 1 2 3 4 2 0 3
11 Zaharakis, David INT 76% 1 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 7 11 314 190 124 90 33 49 27 48 22 21 34 43

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Ash, Lachie C 82% 1 0 13 9 4 6 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 4
5 Bruhn, Tanner INT 61% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0
13 Cumming, Isaac BPR 81% 0 0 22 17 5 11 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 0
16 Daniels, Brent HFFL 80% 1 0 17 10 7 3 0 5 2 2 3 1 1 4
1 Davis, Phil FB 92% 0 0 14 11 3 8 0 1 0 4 1 3 2 1
12 Green, Tom INT 70% 0 1 29 18 11 7 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 4
19 Haynes, Nick CHB 87% 0 0 13 9 4 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 0
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHF 89% 1 3 9 7 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 85% 2 1 13 10 3 7 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
2 Hopper, Jacob RO 78% 0 0 22 10 12 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 3
39 Idun, Connor INT 86% 0 0 16 11 5 9 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2
22 Kelly, Josh WL 86% 0 0 23 13 10 6 0 5 2 3 2 1 3 4
40 Kennedy, Adam HBFR 83% 0 0 18 8 10 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
38 Lloyd, Daniel FPL 87% 1 2 9 8 1 4 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 4
41 Mumford, Shane RU 77% 1 0 11 5 6 2 20 2 6 6 2 5 0 0
33 O'Halloran, Xavier INT 77% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1
36 Perryman, Harry HBFL 77% 0 0 25 16 9 9 0 2 0 3 0 1 6 2
50 Reid, Sam FPR 84% 1 1 8 6 2 6 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1
26 Riccardi, Jake SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Taranto, Tim HFFR 83% 0 3 21 9 12 6 0 0 2 5 1 2 0 3
15 Taylor, Sam BPL 88% 0 0 21 15 6 11 0 3 0 2 1 0 5 0
8 Ward, Callan RR 77% 1 0 17 14 3 4 0 1 2 4 3 2 1 4
6 Whitfield, Lachie WR 90% 0 0 35 25 10 10 0 2 3 2 2 1 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 12 374 244 130 139 20 39 30 50 21 22 35 43

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
15 S. Taylor 1 P. Davis 13 I. Cumming 2 S. Draper 12 T. Cutler
25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 5 D. Smith 40 W. Snelling 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
FORWARD 3 D. Parish 9 D. Shiel
HALF-BACK

11 D. Zaharakis
36 H. Perryman 19 N. Haynes 40 A. Kennedy

35 M. Guelfi
33 B. Ham 26 C. Hooker 16 A. Perkins



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 J. Kelly 7 L. Ash 6 L. Whitfield



13 N. Cox 7 Z. Merrett 42 S. Durham FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 41 S. Mumford 5 T. Bruhn
HALF-FORWARD 8 C. Ward 12 T. Green
16 B. Daniels 27 H. Himmelberg 14 T. Taranto 2 J. Hopper 39 C. Idun
19 N. Hind 14 J. Ridley 21 D. Heppell (c)

33 X. O'Halloran
HALF-BACK

26 J. Riccardi
FORWARD



38 D. Lloyd 23 J. Hogan 50 S. Reid



27 M. Redman 17 J. Stewart 15 J. Laverde



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Leon Cameron

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Tim Taranto behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:26
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 04:48
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 07:16
GWSY Harry Himmelberg behind 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 08:59
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 10:21
GWSY Callan Ward goal 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 20:08
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 21:55
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 23:00
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 4.1.25 - 2.2.14 24:19
ESSE Peter Wright behind 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 26:00
GWSY Harry Himmelberg behind 4.2.26 - 2.3.15 27:36
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 4.2.26 - 2.4.16 29:25
ESSE Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 2.4.16 30:55
Q2 GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 04:28
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 5.3.33 - 3.4.22 06:30
GWSY Tim Taranto behind 5.3.33 - 3.5.23 09:21
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 5.4.34 - 3.5.23 12:44
GWSY Daniel Lloyd behind 5.4.34 - 3.6.24 18:11
ESSE Devon Smith goal 6.4.40 - 3.6.24 20:49
Q3 GWSY Lachie Ash goal 6.4.40 - 4.6.30 01:19
GWSY Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 4.7.31 02:38
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 6.4.40 - 5.7.37 06:09
GWSY Shane Mumford goal 6.4.40 - 6.7.43 10:53
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 6.5.41 - 6.7.43 12:06
ESSE Peter Wright behind 6.6.42 - 6.7.43 14:58
GWSY Tim Taranto behind 6.6.42 - 6.8.44 15:54
ESSE Nik Cox behind 6.7.43 - 6.8.44 19:21
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 6.8.44 - 6.8.44 22:37
GWSY Daniel Lloyd behind 6.8.44 - 6.9.45 23:00
GWSY Harry Himmelberg behind 6.8.44 - 6.10.46 25:51
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 6.8.44 - 7.10.52 28:17
Q4 GWSY Sam Reid goal 6.8.44 - 8.10.58 01:56
ESSE Nik Cox goal 7.8.50 - 8.10.58 08:45
ESSE Devon Smith behind 7.9.51 - 8.10.58 13:38
GWSY Tom Green behind 7.9.51 - 8.11.59 16:10
GWSY Sam Reid behind 7.9.51 - 8.12.60 17:14
ESSE Devon Smith behind 7.10.52 - 8.12.60 19:25
GWSY Brent Daniels goal 7.10.52 - 9.12.66 24:59
ESSE Peter Wright behind 7.11.53 - 9.12.66 26:41