2022 AFL Round 21: Greater Western Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 6 August 2022 between Greater Western Sydney and Essendon during round 21 of the 2022 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Essendon at GIANTS Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Mark McVeigh and the visitors were coached by Ben Rutten.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: I. Cumming, S. Taylor, N. Haynes
Half-back: A. Kennedy, L. Keeffe, H. Perryman
Centre: J. Kelly, L. Ash, L. Whitfield
Half-forward: K. Briggs, T. Greene, J. Peatling
Forward: H. Himmelberg, J. Hogan, D. Lloyd
Follower: B. Preuss, J. Hopper, S. Coniglio
Int.: L. Aleer, T. Green, J. Riccardi, C. Ward
Sub.: T. Bruhn

Essendon
Back: J. Ridley, J. Laverde, B. Zerk-Thatcher
Half-back: M. Redman, J. Kelly, N. Hind
Centre: S. Durham, K. Langford, D. Heppell (capt.)
Half-forward: M. Guelfi, N. Martin, B. Hobbs
Forward: P. Wright, J. Stringer, J. Stewart
Follower: S. Draper, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), D. Parish
Int.: H. Jones, A. McGrath, A. Perkins, W. Snelling
Sub.: M. D'Ambrosio

Greater Western Sydney (14.12.96) defeated Essendon (10.9.69).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: J. Hogan (4), T. Greene (2), T. Bruhn, S. Coniglio, H. Himmelberg, J. Kelly, D. Lloyd, H. Perryman, C. Ward, L. Whitfield
Essendon: M. Guelfi (4), P. Wright (2), B. Hobbs, K. Langford, A. Perkins, J. Stewart

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney remained 16th on the ladder and Essendon remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Essendon
Date: Saturday 6 August 2022
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: GIANTS Stadium
Attendance: 7,772

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 14.12.96 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 3 . 5 7 . 7 11 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Essendon 3 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 8 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Margin GWSY by 2 GWSY by 2 GWSY by 13 GWSY by 27 GWSY by 27
Duration 31:03 32:12 30:29 27:55 2:01:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark McVeigh (Greater Western Sydney), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Dore (#28), L. Fisher (#3), A. Gianfagna (#27)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jesse Hogan GWSY 23 3
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 2
Callan Ward GWSY 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jesse Hogan GWSY 23 10 2 0 0 0 0
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 8 0 2 0 0 0
Harry Perryman GWSY 36 6 0 0 2 0 0
Sam Taylor GWSY 15 3 0 0 0 1 1
Callan Ward GWSY 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Matt Guelfi ESSE 35 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Aleer, Leek INT 79% 0 0 7 7 0 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
7 Ash, Lachie C 82% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 5
32 Briggs, Kieren HFFL 65% 0 1 10 8 2 3 14 1 2 1 1 1 0 2
5 Bruhn, Tanner SUB↑ 62% 1 0 10 4 6 4 0 1 1 6 0 2 0 1
3 Coniglio, Stephen RO 86% 1 1 20 16 4 4 0 7 3 2 0 0 0 3
13 Cumming, Isaac BPL 85% 0 0 21 17 4 10 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 2
12 Green, Tom INT 72% 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 6 3 2 1 1 1 3
4 Greene, Toby CHF 93% 2 2 14 12 2 7 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3
19 Haynes, Nick BPR 84% 0 0 17 14 3 9 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 3
27 Himmelberg, Harry FPL 89% 1 0 23 18 5 11 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 1
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 87% 4 2 17 13 4 12 1 3 0 5 1 2 0 2
2 Hopper, Jacob RR 73% 0 1 21 7 14 2 0 2 7 7 1 4 0 1
25 Keeffe, Lachie CHB 79% 0 0 8 7 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
22 Kelly, Josh WL 82% 1 0 19 16 3 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 2
40 Kennedy, Adam HBFL 88% 0 0 18 10 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
38 Lloyd, Daniel FPR 83% 1 0 10 9 1 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 2
20 Peatling, James HFFR↓ 27% 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
36 Perryman, Harry HBFR 86% 1 0 23 10 13 3 0 4 6 6 1 3 1 4
11 Preuss, Braydon RU 72% 0 1 9 8 1 4 23 1 3 4 0 2 2 5
26 Riccardi, Jake INT 77% 0 1 17 12 5 9 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 3
15 Taylor, Sam FB 95% 0 0 14 10 4 8 0 4 0 1 2 1 2 0
8 Ward, Callan INT 77% 1 0 25 14 11 10 0 1 5 4 1 1 1 3
6 Whitfield, Lachie WR 78% 1 1 29 19 10 8 0 2 3 6 2 2 4 5
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 12 366 251 115 144 38 53 36 61 18 23 27 53

T. Bruhn replaced J. Peatling during the second quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
42 D'Ambrosio, Massimo SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Draper, Sam RU 76% 0 0 13 10 3 1 22 1 6 2 0 0 1 4
22 Durham, Sam WL 82% 0 1 23 9 14 2 0 3 1 3 1 2 2 3
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFL 75% 4 1 9 6 3 4 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) WR 78% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 85% 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 5 2
8 Hobbs, Ben HFFR 70% 1 0 13 5 8 2 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 2
23 Jones, Harry INT 75% 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
29 Kelly, Jake CHB 96% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0
4 Langford, Kyle C 87% 1 0 18 8 10 5 0 7 1 2 0 0 0 4
15 Laverde, Jayden FB 84% 0 0 17 10 7 8 0 3 2 2 1 1 2 1
37 Martin, Nic CHF 84% 0 0 17 6 11 7 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 78% 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) RR 85% 0 0 18 11 7 1 0 1 2 2 4 1 1 4
3 Parish, Darcy RO 85% 0 1 28 12 16 2 0 6 7 3 2 1 1 6
16 Perkins, Archie INT 76% 1 1 10 5 5 5 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 0
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 79% 0 1 15 9 6 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 1
14 Ridley, Jordan BPL 96% 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 0
11 Snelling, Will INT 81% 0 0 13 3 10 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 2
17 Stewart, James FPR 72% 1 0 10 7 3 4 2 1 3 3 2 0 1 1
25 Stringer, Jake FF 76% 0 3 12 7 5 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2
20 Wright, Peter FPL 100% 2 0 11 7 4 5 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon BPR 78% 0 0 16 16 0 9 0 1 0 3 2 1 7 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 9 320 180 140 81 27 47 30 51 23 18 38 38

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

Greater Western Sydney Coach: Mark McVeigh
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 J. Ridley 15 J. Laverde 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 11 B. Preuss 21 L. Aleer
38 D. Lloyd 23 J. Hogan 27 H. Himmelberg 2 J. Hopper 12 T. Green
FORWARD 3 S. Coniglio 26 J. Riccardi
HALF-BACK

8 C. Ward
27 M. Redman 29 J. Kelly 19 N. Hind

5 T. Bruhn
20 J. Peatling 4 T. Greene 32 K. Briggs



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 S. Durham 4 K. Langford 21 D. Heppell (c)



6 L. Whitfield 7 L. Ash 22 J. Kelly FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 23 H. Jones
HALF-FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 1 A. McGrath
35 M. Guelfi 37 N. Martin 8 B. Hobbs 3 D. Parish 16 A. Perkins
36 H. Perryman 25 L. Keeffe 40 A. Kennedy

11 W. Snelling
HALF-BACK

42 M. D'Ambrosio
FORWARD



20 P. Wright 25 J. Stringer 17 J. Stewart



19 N. Haynes 15 S. Taylor 13 I. Cumming



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:47
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 02:02
ESSE Rushed behind 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 03:09
ESSE Mason Redman behind 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 05:06
GWSY Toby Greene behind 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 08:00
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 2.1.13 - 0.3.3 10:06
GWSY Stephen Coniglio behind 2.2.14 - 0.3.3 10:48
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 3.2.20 - 0.3.3 16:56
ESSE Peter Wright goal 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 19:38
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 21:27
GWSY Lachie Whitfield behind 3.3.21 - 2.3.15 23:34
GWSY James Peatling behind 3.4.22 - 2.3.15 25:40
GWSY Jake Riccardi behind 3.5.23 - 2.3.15 26:23
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 3.5.23 - 3.3.21 28:16
Q2 GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 4.5.29 - 3.3.21 06:57
GWSY Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 3.3.21 08:38
GWSY Toby Greene goal 5.6.36 - 3.3.21 09:33
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 5.6.36 - 3.4.22 12:15
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 5.6.36 - 3.5.23 12:51
GWSY Tanner Bruhn goal 6.6.42 - 3.5.23 13:55
GWSY Toby Greene behind 6.7.43 - 3.5.23 16:00
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 6.7.43 - 4.5.29 22:20
ESSE Peter Wright goal 6.7.43 - 5.5.35 24:09
ESSE James Stewart goal 6.7.43 - 6.5.41 26:14
GWSY Harry Perryman goal 7.7.49 - 6.5.41 27:47
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 7.7.49 - 7.5.47 30:16
Q3 ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 7.7.49 - 8.5.53 00:58
ESSE Ben Hobbs goal 7.7.49 - 9.5.59 03:20
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 7.7.49 - 9.6.60 07:42
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 8.7.55 - 9.6.60 09:30
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 8.7.55 - 9.7.61 12:30
GWSY Jacob Hopper behind 8.8.56 - 9.7.61 14:23
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 9.8.62 - 9.7.61 17:46
ESSE Sam Durham behind 9.8.62 - 9.8.62 21:36
GWSY Toby Greene goal 10.8.68 - 9.8.62 24:12
GWSY Callan Ward goal 11.8.74 - 9.8.62 26:32
GWSY Braydon Preuss behind 11.9.75 - 9.8.62 29:22
Q4 GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 12.9.81 - 9.8.62 02:27
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 12.10.82 - 9.8.62 04:21
GWSY Kieren Briggs behind 12.11.83 - 9.8.62 05:34
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 12.12.84 - 9.8.62 08:55
GWSY Lachie Whitfield goal 13.12.90 - 9.8.62 10:37
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 14.12.96 - 9.8.62 14:06
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 14.12.96 - 10.8.68 21:23
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 14.12.96 - 10.9.69 25:35