2022 AFL Season Round 7: Western Bulldogs v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 2022 between the Western Bulldogs and Essendon during round seven of the 2022 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Essendon at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Ben Rutten.

The Western Bulldogs (16.7.103) defeated Essendon (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
Date: Sunday 1 May 2022
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 33,677

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Essendon
Score: 16.7.103 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 3 . 1 6 . 3 13 . 4 16 . 7 16 . 7 (103)
Essendon 2 . 3 3 . 7 6 . 10 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin WBUL by 4 WBUL by 14 WBUL by 36 WBUL by 32 WBUL by 32
Duration 30:32 28:31 33:15 29:24 2:01:42

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell
Vice-Captain: Zach Merrett
Coach: Ben Rutten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Donlon (#1)
D. Harris (#24)
D. Johanson (#6)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Josh Dunkley WBUL 5 3
Bailey Smith WBUL 6 2
Jack Macrae WBUL 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Josh Dunkley WBUL 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Bailey Dale WBUL 31 7 0 1 1 0 0
Caleb Daniel WBUL 35 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Ed Richards WBUL 20 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 3 0 0 1 0 0
Nic Martin ESSE 37 1 0 0 0 0 1
Peter Wright ESSE 20 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) RR 81% 1 0 19 10 9 4 0 5 7 3 1 1 0 4
12 Cordy, Zaine INT 70% 1 0 6 3 3 1 5 1 0 6 0 3 0 1
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 87% 0 0 28 19 9 7 0 2 1 2 1 1 9 3
35 Daniel, Caleb HBFL 82% 0 0 32 18 14 4 0 3 0 3 2 1 3 4
5 Dunkley, Josh HFFR 87% 2 1 29 16 13 6 0 6 1 2 4 0 0 6
15 Duryea, Taylor BPR 81% 0 0 19 9 10 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1
43 Gardner, Ryan FB 100% 0 0 7 7 0 7 0 5 0 2 0 2 2 0
21 Liberatore, Tom FPL 81% 0 0 24 14 10 5 0 2 7 3 1 1 0 6
11 Macrae, Jack INT 82% 0 0 28 14 14 5 0 4 5 5 2 3 2 6
8 Martin, Stefan RU 79% 0 0 10 1 9 0 21 0 4 4 3 3 0 0
27 McComb, Robbie INT 80% 2 0 21 12 9 4 0 1 3 5 1 0 2 2
30 McNeil, Lachlan WL 80% 3 0 6 4 2 1 0 5 0 2 3 1 0 1
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 79% 0 1 13 6 7 4 1 3 0 4 1 1 0 2
22 O'Brien, Tim CHB 91% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
20 Richards, Ed BPL 77% 0 0 20 16 4 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 4
13 Schache, Josh SUB↑ 12% 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
6 Smith, Bailey HFFL 92% 1 0 26 16 10 4 0 3 3 4 2 0 2 7
37 Smith, Roarke WR 73% 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
1 Treloar, Adam RO 78% 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 4 6 3 1 2 0 4
23 Vandermeer, Laitham C 81% 1 1 12 6 6 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2
3 Wallis, Mitch CHF↓ 67% 2 1 11 8 3 5 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 3
19 Weightman, Cody FPR 78% 2 1 9 8 1 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 4
34 Williams, Bailey INT 83% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 0 4 1 1 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 16 7 380 223 157 96 27 57 38 66 27 25 29 66

J. Schache replaced M. Wallis.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Baldwin, Kaine FPR 71% 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 0 2
6 Caldwell, Jye HFFL 71% 0 1 20 9 11 3 0 4 4 5 1 3 1 1
13 Cox, Nik WR↓ 28% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
12 Cutler, Tom CHF 96% 2 0 21 11 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
2 Draper, Sam RU 77% 1 2 16 10 6 1 32 0 7 6 4 4 4 0
22 Durham, Sam INT 78% 0 0 17 6 11 3 0 2 1 7 1 3 3 2
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFR 77% 1 0 17 9 8 7 0 2 1 6 1 1 0 4
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) INT 82% 0 0 29 14 15 5 0 2 1 1 3 0 4 3
8 Hobbs, Ben FPL 86% 0 0 10 3 7 3 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 3
29 Kelly, Jake CHB 97% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 84% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 5 0 2 1 1 5 0
37 Martin, Nic WL 89% 0 1 25 14 11 4 0 4 2 1 1 1 2 4
1 McGrath, Andrew HBFL 79% 0 1 21 12 9 0 0 4 3 1 3 0 4 2
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) C 81% 0 0 36 9 27 4 0 2 1 7 0 3 3 2
3 Parish, Darcy RR 82% 0 0 32 13 19 5 0 3 4 2 0 1 2 4
16 Perkins, Archie INT 70% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4
27 Redman, Mason HBFR 81% 0 1 29 20 9 6 0 1 0 3 2 0 4 2
31 Reid, Zach FB 88% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 4 0 1 1 1 1 0
14 Ridley, Jordan BPR 89% 0 0 20 16 4 8 0 2 1 1 1 0 7 0
9 Shiel, Dylan SUB↑ 39% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 2
25 Stringer, Jake RO 79% 1 1 11 9 2 3 0 4 2 4 0 1 0 2
45 Waterman, Alec INT 77% 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Wright, Peter FF 100% 4 1 12 8 4 4 9 1 1 3 1 2 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 11 393 208 185 90 42 52 33 61 25 27 49 39

D. Shiel replaced N. Cox.

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 31 Z. Reid 14 J. Ridley 8 S. Martin 12 Z. Cordy
19 C. Weightman 33 A. Naughton 21 T. Liberatore 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 11 J. Macrae
FORWARD 1 A. Treloar 27 R. McComb
HALF-BACK

34 B. Williams
1 A. McGrath 29 J. Kelly 27 M. Redman

13 J. Schache
5 J. Dunkley 3 M. Wallis 6 B. Smith



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 N. Martin 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 13 N. Cox



37 R. Smith 23 L. Vandermeer 30 L. McNeil FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 22 S. Durham
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 21 D. Heppell (c)
6 J. Caldwell 12 T. Cutler 35 M. Guelfi 25 J. Stringer 16 A. Perkins
31 B. Dale 22 T. O'Brien 35 C. Daniel

45 A. Waterman
HALF-BACK

9 D. Shiel
FORWARD



8 B. Hobbs 20 P. Wright 26 K. Baldwin



15 T. Duryea 43 R. Gardner 20 E. Richards



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:33
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:46
ESSE Peter Wright goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 08:08
WBUL Mitch Wallis goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 16:02
WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 3.0.18 - 2.0.12 18:33
ESSE Sam Draper behind 3.0.18 - 2.1.13 20:32
ESSE Rushed behind 3.0.18 - 2.2.14 22:06
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 3.0.18 - 2.3.15 24:51
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer behind 3.1.19 - 2.3.15 26:40
Q2 WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 4.1.25 - 2.3.15 01:03
ESSE Nic Martin behind 4.1.25 - 2.4.16 04:49
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 4.2.26 - 2.4.16 05:47
WBUL Mitch Wallis behind 4.3.27 - 2.4.16 12:33
ESSE Mason Redman behind 4.3.27 - 2.5.17 13:36
WBUL Robbie McComb goal 5.3.33 - 2.5.17 14:25
WBUL Zaine Cordy goal 6.3.39 - 2.5.17 21:02
ESSE Rushed behind 6.3.39 - 2.6.18 22:36
ESSE Peter Wright goal 6.3.39 - 3.6.24 24:01
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 6.3.39 - 3.7.25 26:18
Q3 WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 7.3.45 - 3.7.25 03:44
WBUL Josh Dunkley goal 8.3.51 - 3.7.25 04:59
ESSE Sam Draper behind 8.3.51 - 3.8.26 07:06
ESSE Kaine Baldwin goal 8.3.51 - 4.8.32 08:35
WBUL Roarke Smith goal 9.3.57 - 4.8.32 13:55
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 10.3.63 - 4.8.32 16:29
ESSE Andrew McGrath behind 10.3.63 - 4.9.33 17:54
ESSE Tom Cutler goal 10.3.63 - 5.9.39 20:59
WBUL Robbie McComb goal 11.3.69 - 5.9.39 23:01
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 11.4.70 - 5.9.39 24:43
ESSE Rushed behind 11.4.70 - 5.10.40 25:27
WBUL Josh Dunkley goal 12.4.76 - 5.10.40 26:54
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 13.4.82 - 5.10.40 29:55
ESSE Sam Draper goal 13.4.82 - 6.10.46 32:15
Q4 WBUL Josh Dunkley behind 13.5.83 - 6.10.46 01:26
WBUL Rushed behind 13.6.84 - 6.10.46 02:29
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 14.6.90 - 6.10.46 06:07
ESSE Tom Cutler goal 14.6.90 - 7.10.52 11:11
WBUL Bailey Smith goal 15.6.96 - 7.10.52 12:48
WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 16.6.102 - 7.10.52 14:38
ESSE Peter Wright goal 16.6.102 - 8.10.58 16:29
ESSE Peter Wright behind 16.6.102 - 8.11.59 18:13
WBUL Josh Schache behind 16.7.103 - 8.11.59 21:33
ESSE Peter Wright goal 16.7.103 - 9.11.65 24:45
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 16.7.103 - 10.11.71 27:05