2022 AFL Round 5: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 17 April 2022 between Essendon and Fremantle during round 5 of the 2022 AFL season. Essendon hosted Fremantle at Marvel Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts with, in the absence of Zach Merrett, deputy vice-captain Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

Essendon
Back: B. Zerk-Thatcher, J. Laverde, J. Kelly
Half-back: M. Redman, J. Ridley, D. Heppell (capt.)
Centre: S. Durham, A. McGrath (vice-capt.), N. Martin
Half-forward: N. Cox, A. Waterman, A. Perkins
Forward: B. Hobbs, P. Wright, M. Guelfi
Follower: A. Phillips, D. Parish, D. Shiel
Int.: J. Caldwell, S. Draper, N. Hind, D. Smith
Sub.: T. Cutler

Fremantle
Back: B. Cox, A. Pearce, J. Clark
Half-back: H. Young, L. Ryan, H. Chapman
Centre: N. O'Driscoll, A. Brayshaw, B. Acres
Half-forward: T. Colyer, M. Taberner, S. Switkowski
Forward: M. Frederick, R. Lobb, M. Walters
Follower: S. Darcy, W. Brodie, C. Serong
Int.: J. Aish, B. Banfield, D. Mundy, B. Walker
Sub.: D. Tucker

Essendon (8.11.59) were defeated by Fremantle (16.11.107).

Goalkickers
Essendon: N. Martin (2), A. Waterman (2), J. Caldwell, N. Cox, S. Draper, M. Guelfi
Fremantle: M. Taberner (7), B. Banfield (2), S. Darcy (2), M. Frederick (2), S. Switkowski (2), A. Brayshaw

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 15th on the ladder (up from 16th) and Fremantle were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 17 April 2022
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 23,935

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fremantle
Score: 8.11.59 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 4 5 . 8 5 . 10 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Fremantle 2 . 2 6 . 5 12 . 8 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Margin FREM by 4 FREM by 3 FREM by 40 FREM by 48 FREM by 48
Duration 28:44 32:26 31:48 28:49 2:01:47

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ben Rutten (Essendon), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), unknown (Fremantle)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Fremantle)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), J. Power (#4), N. Toner (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matt Taberner FREM 20 3
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 2
Sean Darcy FREM 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Matt Taberner FREM 20 10 2 0 0 0 0
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 8 0 2 0 0 0
Will Brodie FREM 17 4 0 0 0 2 0
Brennan Cox FREM 36 3 0 0 1 0 0
Sean Darcy FREM 4 3 0 0 1 0 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 1 0 0 0 0 1
Alex Pearce FREM 25 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
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 78% 1 1 23 7 16 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 4
13 Cox, Nik HFFL 80% 1 2 10 6 4 3 0 3 1 2 3 1 0 2
12 Cutler, Tom SUB↑ 69% 0 1 12 7 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
2 Draper, Sam INT 84% 1 0 8 5 3 0 30 0 3 6 2 3 1 4
22 Durham, Sam WL 77% 0 0 15 5 10 1 0 1 2 6 2 2 0 2
35 Guelfi, Matt FPR 78% 1 0 15 10 5 7 0 3 1 4 0 2 0 7
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFR 79% 0 0 34 13 21 7 0 0 1 3 1 0 6 0
19 Hind, Nick INT 77% 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
8 Hobbs, Ben FPL 72% 0 0 15 6 9 6 0 5 0 2 1 1 1 1
29 Kelly, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 26 19 7 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 8 0
15 Laverde, Jayden FB 82% 0 0 15 11 4 9 0 0 0 7 1 4 6 1
37 Martin, Nic WR 85% 2 1 17 11 6 3 0 0 3 3 1 0 1 1
1 McGrath, Andrew (avc) C 83% 0 0 23 10 13 3 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1
3 Parish, Darcy RR 86% 0 0 33 11 22 4 0 2 7 5 0 3 1 4
16 Perkins, Archie HFFR 70% 0 1 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
34 Phillips, Andrew RU↓ 9% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 78% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 2 0 5 2 2 2 1
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 87% 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
9 Shiel, Dylan RO 78% 0 0 19 6 13 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 1 4
5 Smith, Devon INT 75% 0 3 16 13 3 0 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 3
45 Waterman, Alec CHF 80% 2 0 6 3 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 95% 0 1 7 3 4 2 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 3
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon BPL 97% 0 0 20 9 11 6 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 8 11 362 191 171 86 39 37 30 61 21 22 37 41

T. Cutler replaced A. Phillips during the first quarter.

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Acres, Blake WR 87% 0 0 21 11 10 6 0 2 2 3 0 1 3 2
11 Aish, James INT 61% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 1
41 Banfield, Bailey INT 85% 2 2 10 9 1 2 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 2
8 Brayshaw, Andrew C 78% 1 1 34 15 19 5 0 4 5 3 2 0 2 5
17 Brodie, Will RR 63% 0 0 26 8 18 3 0 2 9 3 2 1 0 4
27 Chapman, Heath HBFR 82% 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 0
6 Clark, Jordan BPR 81% 0 0 20 6 14 3 0 7 1 5 0 1 1 2
33 Colyer, Travis HFFL 86% 0 1 15 14 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
36 Cox, Brennan BPL 90% 0 0 20 17 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0
4 Darcy, Sean RU 83% 2 2 18 9 9 5 23 2 8 7 1 2 1 1
32 Frederick, Michael FPL 85% 2 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 4
37 Lobb, Rory FF 100% 0 1 12 5 7 2 8 6 3 2 2 2 1 3
16 Mundy, David INT 69% 0 1 20 8 12 2 0 3 4 1 0 0 1 3
30 O'Driscoll, Nathan WL 80% 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 6
25 Pearce, Alex FB 86% 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 1 0 4 1 1 3 0
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 87% 0 0 19 15 4 7 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 1
3 Serong, Caleb RO 76% 0 1 30 18 12 7 0 2 3 4 2 1 3 6
39 Switkowski, Sam HFFR 81% 2 0 9 5 4 4 0 5 1 3 0 2 0 2
20 Taberner, Matt CHF 85% 7 0 11 10 1 6 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0
18 Tucker, Darcy SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Walker, Brandon INT 79% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 0 1 7 0 3 2 1
10 Walters, Michael FPR 89% 0 1 15 9 6 5 0 2 0 6 2 1 0 0
26 Young, Hayden HBFL 86% 0 0 24 14 10 9 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 16 11 398 226 172 105 31 49 42 77 22 21 30 53

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
36 B. Cox 25 A. Pearce 6 J. Clark 34 A. Phillips 6 J. Caldwell
35 M. Guelfi 20 P. Wright 8 B. Hobbs 3 D. Parish 2 S. Draper
FORWARD 9 D. Shiel 19 N. Hind
HALF-BACK

5 D. Smith
26 H. Young 13 L. Ryan 27 H. Chapman

12 T. Cutler
16 A. Perkins 45 A. Waterman 13 N. Cox



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



30 N. O'Driscoll 8 A. Brayshaw 9 B. Acres



37 N. Martin 1 A. McGrath (avc) 22 S. Durham FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 S. Darcy 11 J. Aish
HALF-FORWARD 17 W. Brodie 41 B. Banfield
33 T. Colyer 20 M. Taberner 39 S. Switkowski 3 C. Serong 16 D. Mundy
21 D. Heppell (c) 14 J. Ridley 27 M. Redman

31 B. Walker
HALF-BACK

18 D. Tucker
FORWARD



32 M. Frederick 37 R. Lobb 10 M. Walters



29 J. Kelly 15 J. Laverde 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:24
FREM Caleb Serong behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 02:56
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 07:51
FREM Michael Frederick goal 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 09:38
FREM Matt Taberner goal 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 12:53
ESSE Nic Martin behind 0.3.3 - 2.1.13 16:07
ESSE Nic Martin goal 1.3.9 - 2.1.13 20:13
ESSE Tom Cutler behind 1.4.10 - 2.1.13 23:08
FREM Bailey Banfield behind 1.4.10 - 2.2.14 26:28
Q2 ESSE Devon Smith behind 1.5.11 - 2.2.14 00:43
ESSE Nic Martin goal 2.5.17 - 2.2.14 01:53
FREM David Mundy behind 2.5.17 - 2.3.15 04:48
ESSE Nik Cox goal 3.5.23 - 2.3.15 06:06
FREM Matt Taberner goal 3.5.23 - 3.3.21 08:06
ESSE Alec Waterman goal 4.5.29 - 3.3.21 10:01
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 4.5.29 - 4.3.27 11:51
FREM Andrew Brayshaw behind 4.5.29 - 4.4.28 15:53
ESSE Devon Smith behind 4.6.30 - 4.4.28 18:26
FREM Bailey Banfield goal 4.6.30 - 5.4.34 19:35
FREM Michael Walters behind 4.6.30 - 5.5.35 21:20
ESSE Nik Cox behind 4.7.31 - 5.5.35 22:24
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 5.7.37 - 5.5.35 24:44
FREM Bailey Banfield goal 5.7.37 - 6.5.41 26:08
ESSE Nik Cox behind 5.8.38 - 6.5.41 32:23
Q3 FREM Rory Lobb behind 5.8.38 - 6.6.42 00:49
FREM Matt Taberner goal 5.8.38 - 7.6.48 03:19
FREM Matt Taberner goal 5.8.38 - 8.6.54 15:37
FREM Sean Darcy goal 5.8.38 - 9.6.60 16:53
FREM Matt Taberner goal 5.8.38 - 10.6.66 18:34
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 5.8.38 - 11.6.72 22:19
FREM Matt Taberner goal 5.8.38 - 12.6.78 24:30
FREM Bailey Banfield behind 5.8.38 - 12.7.79 26:26
ESSE Devon Smith behind 5.9.39 - 12.7.79 27:25
FREM Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 12.8.80 29:45
ESSE Peter Wright behind 5.10.40 - 12.8.80 30:40
Q4 FREM Travis Colyer behind 5.10.40 - 12.9.81 04:43
FREM Matt Taberner goal 5.10.40 - 13.9.87 06:54
FREM Michael Frederick goal 5.10.40 - 14.9.93 08:40
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 5.11.41 - 14.9.93 10:16
FREM Sean Darcy goal 5.11.41 - 15.9.99 12:24
ESSE Alec Waterman goal 6.11.47 - 15.9.99 17:23
ESSE Sam Draper goal 7.11.53 - 15.9.99 18:37
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 8.11.59 - 15.9.99 20:27
FREM Sean Darcy behind 8.11.59 - 15.10.100 23:20
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 8.11.59 - 16.10.106 26:16
FREM Sean Darcy behind 8.11.59 - 16.11.107 28:25