2023 AFL Season Round 1: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 March 2023 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round one of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at the MCG. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Sam Mitchell and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Hawthorn (9.11.65) were defeated by Essendon (19.10.124).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Hawthorn v Essendon
Date: Sunday 19 March 2023
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 68,691

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Essendon
Score: 9.11.65 - 19.10.124

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 4 . 5 5 . 7 5 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Essendon 3 . 1 8 . 5 14 . 8 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
Margin HWTH by 10 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 53 ESSE by 59 ESSE by 59
Duration 30:54 29:37 28:16 31:35 2:00:22

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: unknown
Coach: Sam Mitchell

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 2
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 8 1 0 1 0 0
Archie Perkins ESSE 16 8 1 0 1 0 0
Mason Redman ESSE 27 6 0 1 0 1 0
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher ESSE 30 6 0 1 0 1 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 1 0 0 0 0 1
Will Setterfield ESSE 12 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Amon, Karl WR 80% 1 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 1
36 Blanck, James FB 83% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
16 Bramble, Lachie WL 87% 0 0 18 12 6 8 0 2 0 3 0 1 3 1
22 Breust, Luke HFFR 80% 3 1 11 8 3 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
12 Day, Will HBFR 88% 0 0 22 12 10 8 0 4 0 3 2 0 3 7
8 Frost, Sam BPR 91% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 2 0 4 0 1 3 0
26 Greene, Fergus FF 82% 1 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3
15 Hardwick, Blake HFFL 90% 2 0 17 12 5 9 0 5 0 4 0 1 3 1
4 Impey, Jarman INT 75% 0 0 18 12 6 7 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 2
9 Jiath, Changkuoth BPL 76% 1 0 19 11 8 3 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 3
23 Koschitzke, Jacob CHF↓ 49% 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1
31 MacDonald, Connor INT 79% 0 0 20 15 5 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2
28 Mackenzie, Cam INT 80% 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 3
32 Maginness, Finn RR 96% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 2
17 Meek, Lloyd INT 71% 0 0 9 3 6 6 12 0 2 1 1 1 1 0
13 Moore, Dylan FPR 80% 0 0 20 10 10 9 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2
11 Nash, Conor SUB↑ 41% 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 2
3 Newcombe, Jai C 86% 0 0 19 8 11 3 0 3 4 5 0 0 2 3
7 Reeves, Ned HBFL 71% 0 0 6 3 3 1 18 0 0 2 1 1 1 1
6 Sicily, James CHB 93% 0 1 30 22 8 15 0 1 3 5 1 1 10 1
25 Ward, Josh RU 83% 0 1 26 12 14 8 0 4 3 1 0 1 6 2
20 Wingard, Chad FPL 59% 1 2 13 8 5 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3
5 Worpel, James RO 81% 0 2 29 18 11 3 0 3 7 2 3 2 1 7
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 9 11 370 224 146 124 30 43 26 54 17 16 45 49

C. Nash replaced J. Koschitzke during the third quarter.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 78% 1 0 16 9 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4
33 Davey, Alwyn FPL 78% 1 0 9 7 2 5 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 5
2 Draper, Sam RU 77% 2 0 8 7 1 1 11 1 2 5 3 3 1 1
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 76% 1 0 19 12 7 6 0 3 3 0 3 0 1 1
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 81% 1 0 16 8 8 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1
23 Jones, Harry FF↓ 62% 1 1 12 6 6 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2
29 Kelly, Jake HBFL 95% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1
4 Langford, Kyle HFFR 91% 0 1 22 17 5 10 0 3 0 5 0 3 3 3
15 Laverde, Jayden CHB 93% 0 0 22 11 11 14 0 0 0 3 0 1 8 0
37 Martin, Nic WL 93% 0 0 21 11 10 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 8
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony SUB↑ 21% 1 1 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 79% 0 0 25 12 13 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 3
47 Menzie, Jye C 80% 2 1 12 7 5 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RR 88% 0 1 29 14 15 7 0 3 4 3 1 0 1 6
3 Parish, Darcy RO 81% 0 0 37 22 15 4 0 1 13 4 1 2 1 10
16 Perkins, Archie FPR 86% 3 3 20 17 3 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 5
34 Phillips, Andrew INT 58% 0 0 4 3 1 1 9 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
27 Redman, Mason BPL 79% 2 0 24 22 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
14 Ridley, Jordan FB 88% 1 0 20 16 4 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0
12 Setterfield, Will INT 77% 1 0 25 12 13 10 0 6 1 1 0 0 4 3
9 Shiel, Dylan WR 71% 0 0 23 12 11 3 0 2 2 2 1 2 3 7
10 Weideman, Sam CHF 83% 2 1 11 7 4 3 0 4 1 1 4 0 0 0
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon BPR 88% 0 0 19 12 7 8 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 19 10 414 255 159 131 20 37 32 49 16 17 40 66

A. McDonald-Tipungwuti replaced H. Jones.

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

Hawthorn Coach: Sam Mitchell
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 M. Redman 14 J. Ridley 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 25 J. Ward 4 J. Impey
13 D. Moore 26 F. Greene 20 C. Wingard 32 F. Maginness 31 C. MacDonald
FORWARD 5 J. Worpel 28 C. Mackenzie
HALF-BACK

17 L. Meek
29 J. Kelly 15 J. Laverde 1 A. McGrath (vc)

11 C. Nash
22 L. Breust 23 J. Koschitzke 15 B. Hardwick



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 N. Martin 47 J. Menzie 9 D. Shiel



10 K. Amon 3 J. Newcombe 16 L. Bramble FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 6 J. Caldwell
HALF-FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett (c) 21 D. Heppell
22 S. Durham 10 S. Weideman 4 K. Langford 3 D. Parish 34 A. Phillips
12 W. Day 6 J. Sicily 7 N. Reeves

12 W. Setterfield
HALF-BACK

43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
FORWARD



33 A. Davey 23 H. Jones 16 A. Perkins



8 S. Frost 36 J. Blanck 9 C. Jiath



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Kyle Langford behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:27
HWTH Chad Wingard behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 04:11
ESSE Mason Redman goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 06:11
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 09:09
HWTH James Sicily behind 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 13:06
HWTH Fergus Greene goal 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 14:47
HWTH James Worpel behind 1.3.9 - 2.1.13 16:57
HWTH Jacob Koschitzke behind 1.4.10 - 2.1.13 18:33
HWTH Karl Amon goal 2.4.16 - 2.1.13 20:29
HWTH Chad Wingard goal 3.4.22 - 2.1.13 21:55
HWTH Luke Breust behind 3.5.23 - 2.1.13 23:23
HWTH Luke Breust goal 4.5.29 - 2.1.13 25:57
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 4.5.29 - 3.1.19 27:15
Q2 ESSE Zach Merrett behind 4.5.29 - 3.2.20 03:14
ESSE Jye Menzie behind 4.5.29 - 3.3.21 04:16
ESSE Sam Draper goal 4.5.29 - 4.3.27 06:07
ESSE Harry Jones goal 4.5.29 - 5.3.33 08:33
HWTH James Worpel behind 4.6.30 - 5.3.33 11:23
HWTH Changkuoth Jiath goal 5.6.36 - 5.3.33 15:18
ESSE Sam Weideman goal 5.6.36 - 6.3.39 18:21
HWTH Josh Ward behind 5.7.37 - 6.3.39 19:44
ESSE Sam Weideman goal 5.7.37 - 7.3.45 21:50
ESSE Sam Weideman behind 5.7.37 - 7.4.46 24:00
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 5.7.37 - 7.5.47 25:35
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 5.7.37 - 8.5.53 28:12
Q3 ESSE Will Setterfield goal 5.7.37 - 9.5.59 01:24
ESSE Jordan Ridley goal 5.7.37 - 10.5.65 03:07
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 5.7.37 - 11.5.71 08:30
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 5.7.37 - 12.5.77 10:39
ESSE Harry Jones behind 5.7.37 - 12.6.78 12:57
ESSE Sam Draper goal 5.7.37 - 13.6.84 17:02
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 5.7.37 - 13.7.85 19:00
HWTH Chad Wingard behind 5.8.38 - 13.7.85 21:34
HWTH Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 13.7.85 23:40
ESSE Rushed behind 5.9.39 - 13.8.86 24:41
ESSE Mason Redman goal 5.9.39 - 14.8.92 25:10
Q4 ESSE Archie Perkins behind 5.9.39 - 14.9.93 02:41
HWTH Luke Breust goal 6.9.45 - 14.9.93 04:27
HWTH Blake Hardwick goal 7.9.51 - 14.9.93 06:02
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 7.9.51 - 15.9.99 07:42
HWTH Rushed behind 7.10.52 - 15.9.99 09:01
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 7.10.52 - 16.9.105 10:55
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 7.10.52 - 16.10.106 12:43
HWTH Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 16.10.106 14:06
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 7.11.53 - 17.10.112 15:32
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 7.11.53 - 18.10.118 19:10
ESSE Sam Durham goal 7.11.53 - 19.10.124 25:16
HWTH Luke Breust goal 8.11.59 - 19.10.124 27:45
HWTH Blake Hardwick goal 9.11.65 - 19.10.124 29:27