2021 AFL Round 23: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 2021 between Essendon and Collingwood during round 23 of the 2021 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Collingwood at MCG. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by Robert Harvey.

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

Collingwood
Back: J. Howe, J. Roughead, B. Maynard
Half-back: T. Wilson, J. Madgen, J. Noble
Centre: C. Mayne, T. Adams, J. Daicos
Half-forward: J. Thomas, O. Henry, W. Hoskin-Elliott
Forward: J. Ginnivan, J. De Goey, J. Elliott
Follower: B. Grundy, S. Sidebottom, J. Rantall
Int.: T. Bianco, D. Cameron, J. Crisp, N. Murphy
Sub.: B. McCreery

Essendon (16.6.102) defeated Collingwood (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Essendon: A. Waterman (4), P. Wright (4), M. Redman (2), D. Smith (2), J. Stringer (2), A. Perkins, W. Snelling
Collingwood: J. Elliott (4), D. Cameron, J. Daicos, J. De Goey, W. Hoskin-Elliott, J. Thomas

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 8th on the ladder and Collingwood were then 17th on the ladder (down from 16th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Sunday 22 August 2021
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Collingwood
Score: 16.6.102 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 2 11 . 2 13 . 5 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Collingwood 4 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 34 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 38
Duration 32:44 28:21 28:20 27:03 1:56:28

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ben Rutten (Essendon), Robert Harvey (Collingwood)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), unknown (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), J. Howorth (#17), B. Rosebury (#8), E: N. McGinness (#42)
Goal Umpire: S. Piperno, D. Wilson, E: C. Roffey
Boundary Umpire: C. Esler, P. Jackson, J. Mather, S. Thiele

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Devon Smith ESSE 5 3
Peter Wright ESSE 20 2
Alec Waterman ESSE 45 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Devon Smith ESSE 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jamie Elliott COLL 5 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Peter Wright ESSE 20 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Nick Hind ESSE 19 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
37 Clarke, Dylan RO 79% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 3
13 Cox, Nik SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Cutler, Tom BPR 85% 0 0 24 18 6 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2
2 Draper, Sam RU 79% 0 0 7 6 1 1 20 1 4 4 2 3 1 2
42 Durham, Sam WR 73% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 3
10 Francis, Aaron CHF 81% 0 1 9 6 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 70% 0 1 20 14 6 4 0 2 1 6 2 2 0 6
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFL 78% 0 0 22 13 9 8 0 5 0 0 2 0 2 4
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 88% 0 0 23 22 1 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 4
15 Laverde, Jayden FB 92% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 1 1 2 2 1 4 1
1 McGrath, Andrew WL 83% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1
7 Merrett, Zach C 83% 0 0 27 9 18 4 0 4 3 3 2 1 1 1
3 Parish, Darcy RR 85% 0 1 21 6 15 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 3
16 Perkins, Archie HFFR 78% 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 3
27 Redman, Mason BPL 84% 2 0 21 16 5 10 0 1 0 1 1 1 5 3
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 88% 0 0 19 16 3 9 0 1 0 2 1 1 6 0
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 74% 0 0 21 7 14 5 0 3 4 2 0 1 0 1
5 Smith, Devon FPR 83% 2 2 23 14 9 7 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 2
40 Snelling, Will HFFL 85% 1 0 14 5 9 4 0 6 1 3 2 1 0 0
17 Stewart, James INT 85% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 2
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 84% 2 1 24 17 7 6 0 1 6 4 0 1 1 6
45 Waterman, Alec INT 75% 4 0 13 7 6 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2
20 Wright, Peter FF 87% 4 0 13 9 4 8 3 1 0 5 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 16 6 391 233 158 121 24 45 26 51 20 14 36 54

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Adams, Taylor C 74% 0 0 31 19 12 6 0 6 10 6 2 0 3 4
8 Bianco, Trent INT 80% 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2
14 Cameron, Darcy INT 75% 1 1 14 9 5 9 4 0 1 5 0 3 1 2
25 Crisp, Jack INT 86% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 2 4 2 1 2 3 2
7 Daicos, Josh WR 80% 1 2 17 11 6 3 0 4 2 3 2 0 2 1
2 De Goey, Jordan FF 85% 1 1 23 16 7 8 0 4 2 4 0 0 2 6
5 Elliott, Jamie FPR 81% 4 1 18 15 3 8 0 4 1 5 1 2 0 5
33 Ginnivan, Jack FPL 74% 0 2 12 10 2 5 0 1 1 4 2 2 0 4
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 79% 0 0 11 3 8 1 23 3 3 4 1 1 0 2
35 Henry, Ollie CHF↓ 54% 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
32 Hoskin-Elliott, Will HFFR 91% 1 0 9 4 5 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
38 Howe, Jeremy BPL 84% 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 2 0 5 1 0 4 0
44 Madgen, Jack CHB 87% 0 0 17 10 7 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1
37 Maynard, Brayden BPR 86% 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 1 5 0 3 3 4
16 Mayne, Chris WL 96% 0 0 23 6 17 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 1
31 McCreery, Beau SUB↑ 27% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
28 Murphy, Nathan INT 78% 0 1 14 9 5 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 4 1
9 Noble, John HBFR 83% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 0
1 Rantall, Jay RO 75% 0 0 8 3 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
23 Roughead, Jordan FB 89% 0 0 11 9 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
22 Sidebottom, Steele RR 80% 0 0 22 12 10 8 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 3
24 Thomas, Josh HFFL 76% 1 1 16 9 7 5 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 3
12 Wilson, Tom HBFL 80% 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 9 10 350 206 144 111 27 40 30 69 14 20 37 45

B. McCreery replaced O. Henry during the third quarter.

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
38 J. Howe 23 J. Roughead 37 B. Maynard 2 S. Draper 35 M. Guelfi
5 D. Smith 20 P. Wright 25 J. Stringer 3 D. Parish 9 D. Shiel
FORWARD 37 D. Clarke 17 J. Stewart
HALF-BACK

45 A. Waterman
12 T. Wilson 44 J. Madgen 9 J. Noble

13 N. Cox
16 A. Perkins 10 A. Francis 40 W. Snelling



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 C. Mayne 13 T. Adams 7 J. Daicos



42 S. Durham 7 Z. Merrett 1 A. McGrath FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 B. Grundy 8 T. Bianco
HALF-FORWARD 22 S. Sidebottom 14 D. Cameron
24 J. Thomas 35 O. Henry 32 W. Hoskin-Elliott 1 J. Rantall 25 J. Crisp
19 N. Hind 14 J. Ridley 21 D. Heppell (c)

28 N. Murphy
HALF-BACK

31 B. McCreery
FORWARD



33 J. Ginnivan 2 J. De Goey 5 J. Elliott



12 T. Cutler 15 J. Laverde 27 M. Redman



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Robert Harvey

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Archie Perkins goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:19
COLL Jack Ginnivan behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 07:21
ESSE Devon Smith goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 10:03
ESSE Aaron Francis behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 12:03
ESSE Peter Wright goal 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 13:16
COLL Jordan De Goey behind 3.1.19 - 0.2.2 14:57
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 3.1.19 - 1.2.8 19:09
COLL Darcy Cameron goal 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 20:56
ESSE Alec Waterman goal 4.1.25 - 2.2.14 22:57
COLL Josh Daicos goal 4.1.25 - 3.2.20 26:15
ESSE Devon Smith behind 4.2.26 - 3.2.20 28:07
COLL Jordan De Goey goal 4.2.26 - 4.2.26 28:55
ESSE Mason Redman goal 5.2.32 - 4.2.26 30:50
Q2 ESSE Alec Waterman goal 6.2.38 - 4.2.26 02:56
COLL Nathan Murphy behind 6.2.38 - 4.3.27 05:41
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 7.2.44 - 4.3.27 06:40
ESSE Peter Wright goal 8.2.50 - 4.3.27 08:38
ESSE Peter Wright goal 9.2.56 - 4.3.27 13:18
COLL Josh Thomas goal 9.2.56 - 5.3.33 16:38
ESSE Will Snelling goal 10.2.62 - 5.3.33 20:02
COLL Darcy Cameron behind 10.2.62 - 5.4.34 21:56
ESSE Peter Wright goal 11.2.68 - 5.4.34 28:17
Q3 ESSE Devon Smith goal 12.2.74 - 5.4.34 02:33
COLL Ollie Henry behind 12.2.74 - 5.5.35 04:05
COLL Josh Daicos behind 12.2.74 - 5.6.36 05:46
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 12.2.74 - 6.6.42 07:27
COLL Josh Thomas behind 12.2.74 - 6.7.43 11:10
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 12.3.75 - 6.7.43 12:53
ESSE Alec Waterman goal 13.3.81 - 6.7.43 16:52
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 13.3.81 - 7.7.49 18:55
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 13.4.82 - 7.7.49 20:52
ESSE Devon Smith behind 13.5.83 - 7.7.49 25:27
COLL Josh Daicos behind 13.5.83 - 7.8.50 28:03
Q4 ESSE Alec Waterman goal 14.5.89 - 7.8.50 02:41
COLL Jack Ginnivan behind 14.5.89 - 7.9.51 05:19
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 14.5.89 - 8.9.57 09:41
COLL Will Hoskin-Elliott goal 14.5.89 - 9.9.63 14:34
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 15.5.95 - 9.9.63 18:06
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 15.6.96 - 9.9.63 20:24
ESSE Mason Redman goal 16.6.102 - 9.9.63 22:29
COLL Jamie Elliott behind 16.6.102 - 9.10.64 26:49