2023 AFL Round 1: Hawthorn v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 March 2023 between Hawthorn and Essendon during round 1 of the 2023 AFL season. Hawthorn hosted Essendon at 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
Back: C. Jiath, J. Blanck, S. Frost
Half-back: N. Reeves, J. Sicily, W. Day
Centre: L. Bramble, J. Newcombe, K. Amon
Half-forward: B. Hardwick, J. Koschitzke, L. Breust
Forward: C. Wingard, F. Greene, D. Moore
Follower: J. Ward, F. Maginness, J. Worpel
Int.: J. Impey, C. MacDonald, C. Mackenzie, L. Meek
Sub.: C. Nash

Essendon
Back: M. Redman, J. Ridley, B. Zerk-Thatcher
Half-back: J. Kelly, J. Laverde, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: N. Martin, J. Menzie, D. Shiel
Half-forward: S. Durham, S. Weideman, K. Langford
Forward: A. Davey, H. Jones, A. Perkins
Follower: S. Draper, Z. Merrett (capt.), D. Parish
Int.: J. Caldwell, D. Heppell, A. Phillips, W. Setterfield
Sub.: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti

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

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Breust (3), B. Hardwick (2), K. Amon, F. Greene, C. Jiath, C. Wingard
Essendon: A. Perkins (3), S. Draper (2), J. Menzie (2), M. Redman (2), S. Weideman (2), J. Caldwell, A. Davey, S. Durham, D. Heppell, H. Jones, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, J. Ridley, W. Setterfield

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were then 18th on the ladder and Essendon were then 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Hawthorn), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

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