2022 AFL Round 7: Western Bulldogs v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 2022 between Western Bulldogs and Essendon during round 7 of the 2022 AFL season. 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.

Western Bulldogs
Back: E. Richards, R. Gardner, T. Duryea
Half-back: C. Daniel, T. O'Brien, B. Dale
Centre: L. McNeil, L. Vandermeer, R. Smith
Half-forward: B. Smith, M. Wallis, J. Dunkley
Forward: T. Liberatore, A. Naughton, C. Weightman
Follower: S. Martin, M. Bontempelli (capt.), A. Treloar
Int.: Z. Cordy, J. Macrae, R. McComb, B. Williams
Sub.: J. Schache

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

Western Bulldogs (16.7.103) defeated Essendon (10.11.71).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: L. McNeil (3), J. Dunkley (2), R. McComb (2), M. Wallis (2), C. Weightman (2), M. Bontempelli, Z. Cordy, B. Smith, R. Smith, L. Vandermeer
Essendon: P. Wright (4), T. Cutler (2), K. Baldwin, S. Draper, M. Guelfi, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Essendon remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Western Bulldogs), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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