2021 AFL Round 21: Western Bulldogs v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 August 2021 between Western Bulldogs and Essendon during round 21 of the 2021 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Essendon at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts. In the absence of Dyson Heppell, vice-captain Zach Merrett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Ben Rutten.

Western Bulldogs
Back: E. Wood, Z. Cordy, B. Williams
Half-back: C. Daniel, J. Schache, B. Dale
Centre: A. Treloar, T. Liberatore, L. Hunter
Half-forward: J. Johannisen, A. Naughton, B. Smith
Forward: R. Garcia, J. Bruce, A. Scott
Follower: T. English, J. Macrae, M. Bontempelli (capt.)
Int.: J. Dunkley, T. Duryea, E. Richards, J. Ugle-Hagan
Sub.: R. Smith

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

Western Bulldogs (12.12.84) were defeated by Essendon (15.7.97).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: J. Bruce (3), M. Bontempelli, T. Duryea, T. English, J. Johannisen, T. Liberatore, A. Naughton, A. Treloar, J. Ugle-Hagan, E. Wood
Essendon: P. Wright (7), A. Francis (2), S. Draper, M. Guelfi, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, D. Parish, D. Smith, A. Waterman

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
Date: Sunday 8 August 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Essendon
Score: 12.12.84 - 15.7.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 11 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Essendon 1 . 2 7 . 2 11 . 4 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Margin WBUL by 13 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 13
Duration 29:26 30:59 31:12 31:26 2:03:03

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), C. Fleer (#26), B. Rosebury (#8), E: B. Hosking (#16)
Goal Umpire: S. Piperno, S. Walsh, E: M. Bridges
Boundary Umpire: K. Ferguson, C. Gordon, P. Jackson, M. Konetschka

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Peter Wright ESSE 20 3
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 2
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Peter Wright ESSE 20 10 2 0 0 0 0
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 7 0 1 1 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 7 0 1 1 0 0
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Sam Draper ESSE 2 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RO 85% 1 1 34 17 17 4 0 0 9 3 2 1 0 10
17 Bruce, Josh FF 84% 3 2 15 9 6 7 2 3 1 7 0 3 1 1
12 Cordy, Zaine FB 100% 0 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 0
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 84% 0 0 22 15 7 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2
35 Daniel, Caleb HBFL 75% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 2
5 Dunkley, Josh INT 82% 0 0 19 3 16 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1
15 Duryea, Taylor INT 83% 1 0 17 6 11 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3
44 English, Tim RU 82% 1 1 13 5 8 4 24 2 1 1 1 0 0 2
38 Garcia, Riley FPL 77% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 2
7 Hunter, Lachie WR 85% 0 0 22 12 10 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 5
39 Johannisen, Jason HFFL 82% 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Liberatore, Tom C 80% 1 1 22 12 10 6 0 4 2 3 0 1 1 7
11 Macrae, Jack RR 85% 0 0 37 15 22 2 0 5 9 3 1 1 2 7
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 84% 1 3 11 5 6 5 1 4 1 2 0 1 0 1
20 Richards, Ed INT 78% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
13 Schache, Josh CHB 93% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 1
28 Scott, Anthony FPR 82% 0 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
6 Smith, Bailey HFFR 74% 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 3 1 3 2 0 2 3
37 Smith, Roarke SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Treloar, Adam WL 75% 1 0 22 10 12 7 0 2 0 3 1 0 4 1
22 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra INT 64% 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
34 Williams, Bailey BPR 82% 0 0 24 13 11 4 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 5
10 Wood, Easton BPL 83% 1 0 16 8 8 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 12 370 189 181 81 27 37 31 45 17 14 22 60

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Clarke, Dylan HFFR 85% 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 5
13 Cox, Nik WR 81% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0
12 Cutler, Tom WL 90% 0 1 22 17 5 8 0 3 1 2 1 0 6 4
2 Draper, Sam RU 83% 1 0 11 7 4 3 39 1 4 5 0 3 2 2
42 Durham, Sam FPR 78% 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2
10 Francis, Aaron BPR 88% 2 0 8 8 0 7 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1
8 Gleeson, Martin INT 86% 0 0 12 5 7 3 0 6 1 0 1 0 1 0
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 74% 1 0 7 4 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 87% 0 0 23 15 8 5 0 1 1 5 0 3 5 1
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 83% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 77% 1 0 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach (ac) C 83% 0 0 30 14 16 6 0 4 5 1 1 0 7 2
3 Parish, Darcy RO 80% 1 0 28 12 16 1 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 4
16 Perkins, Archie SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 81% 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 4 2
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 83% 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 5 0
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 69% 0 0 19 7 12 1 0 2 6 5 0 2 1 4
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 81% 1 2 15 10 5 0 0 3 3 3 1 2 0 1
40 Snelling, Will RR 83% 0 1 12 4 8 2 0 10 2 0 1 0 2 0
17 Stewart, James FB 89% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
25 Stringer, Jake CHF 86% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 6 7 1 2 0 1 6
45 Waterman, Alec INT 66% 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 86% 7 0 10 9 1 7 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 15 7 321 187 134 81 48 55 47 41 14 17 46 39

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

Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 J. Laverde 17 J. Stewart 10 A. Francis 44 T. English 5 J. Dunkley
28 A. Scott 17 J. Bruce 38 R. Garcia 11 J. Macrae 15 T. Duryea
FORWARD 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 20 E. Richards
HALF-BACK

22 J. Ugle-Hagan
27 M. Redman 14 J. Ridley 19 N. Hind

37 R. Smith
6 B. Smith 33 A. Naughton 39 J. Johannisen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 T. Cutler 7 Z. Merrett (ac) 13 N. Cox



7 L. Hunter 21 T. Liberatore 1 A. Treloar FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 8 M. Gleeson
HALF-FORWARD 40 W. Snelling 35 M. Guelfi
5 D. Smith 25 J. Stringer 37 D. Clarke 3 D. Parish 9 D. Shiel
31 B. Dale 13 J. Schache 35 C. Daniel

45 A. Waterman
HALF-BACK

16 A. Perkins
FORWARD



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 20 P. Wright 42 S. Durham



34 B. Williams 12 Z. Cordy 10 E. Wood



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Josh Bruce goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:31
ESSE Aaron Francis goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:13
WBUL Tom Liberatore behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 08:43
WBUL Easton Wood goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 11:04
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 15:27
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 17:17
ESSE Devon Smith behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 18:45
ESSE Tom Cutler behind 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 25:44
WBUL Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.2.8 28:08
Q2 WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 4.3.27 - 1.2.8 00:47
ESSE Aaron Francis goal 4.3.27 - 2.2.14 02:35
ESSE Peter Wright goal 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 06:27
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 4.4.28 - 3.2.20 09:51
ESSE Sam Draper goal 4.4.28 - 4.2.26 11:52
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 4.5.29 - 4.2.26 15:14
WBUL Adam Treloar goal 5.5.35 - 4.2.26 18:03
ESSE Peter Wright goal 5.5.35 - 5.2.32 20:06
ESSE Peter Wright goal 5.5.35 - 6.2.38 21:47
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 5.5.35 - 7.2.44 25:06
WBUL Jason Johannisen goal 6.5.41 - 7.2.44 28:10
Q3 ESSE Devon Smith behind 6.5.41 - 7.3.45 05:50
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 6.6.42 - 7.3.45 07:09
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 7.6.48 - 7.3.45 10:21
ESSE Devon Smith goal 7.6.48 - 8.3.51 12:21
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 7.6.48 - 9.3.57 15:25
ESSE Alec Waterman behind 7.6.48 - 9.4.58 17:10
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 8.6.54 - 9.4.58 17:50
WBUL Josh Bruce behind 8.7.55 - 9.4.58 21:42
ESSE Peter Wright goal 8.7.55 - 10.4.64 22:30
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 8.7.55 - 11.4.70 24:17
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 8.8.56 - 11.4.70 26:24
WBUL Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 11.4.70 27:05
WBUL Josh Bruce behind 8.10.58 - 11.4.70 27:43
WBUL Tim English behind 8.11.59 - 11.4.70 29:52
Q4 ESSE Peter Wright goal 8.11.59 - 12.4.76 02:21
WBUL Taylor Duryea goal 9.11.65 - 12.4.76 05:35
WBUL Tim English goal 10.11.71 - 12.4.76 07:46
ESSE Alec Waterman goal 10.11.71 - 13.4.82 09:36
ESSE Will Snelling behind 10.11.71 - 13.5.83 13:32
ESSE Peter Wright goal 10.11.71 - 14.5.89 15:51
ESSE Peter Wright goal 10.11.71 - 15.5.95 17:37
WBUL Anthony Scott behind 10.12.72 - 15.5.95 23:54
WBUL Josh Bruce goal 11.12.78 - 15.5.95 24:48
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 12.12.84 - 15.5.95 26:41
ESSE Rushed behind 12.12.84 - 15.6.96 28:08
ESSE Rushed behind 12.12.84 - 15.7.97 29:55