2023 AFL Round 3: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 2023 between St Kilda and Essendon during round 3 of the 2023 AFL season. St Kilda hosted Essendon at MCG. Callum Wilkie captained the hosts. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

St Kilda
Back: J. Battle, D. Howard, C. Wilkie (capt.)
Half-back: L. Stocker, J. Sinclair, N. Wanganeen-Milera
Centre: M. Wood, M. Windhager, R. Byrnes
Half-forward: M. Phillipou, B. Hill, J. Higgins
Forward: M. Owens, J. Gresham, A. Caminiti
Follower: R. Marshall, B. Crouch, S. Ross
Int.: D. Butler, H. Clark, Z. Cordy, J. Webster
Sub.: B. Paton

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

St Kilda (14.8.92) defeated Essendon (11.8.74).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: D. Butler (4), J. Higgins (4), A. Caminiti, J. Gresham, B. Hill, M. Owens, M. Windhager, M. Wood
Essendon: J. Caldwell (2), A. Perkins (2), D. Shiel (2), K. Langford, N. Martin, J. Menzie, D. Parish, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and Essendon were then 6th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 1 April 2023
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 69,255

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Essendon
Score: 14.8.92 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 4 7 . 5 9 . 7 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Essendon 1 . 1 4 . 5 6 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin STKL by 27 STKL by 18 STKL by 19 STKL by 18 STKL by 18
Duration 28:34 31:32 28:40 36:24 2:05:10

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ross Lyon (St Kilda), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: Callum Wilkie (St Kilda), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brad Crouch STKL 5 3
Jack Higgins STKL 22 2
Mason Wood STKL 32 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Mason Wood STKL 32 10 2 0 0 0 0
Callum Wilkie STKL 44 8 0 2 0 0 0
Jack Higgins STKL 22 4 0 0 1 0 1
Nic Martin ESSE 37 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jye Caldwell ESSE 6 2 0 0 0 1 0
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dan Butler STKL 16 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Battle, Josh BPL 95% 0 0 14 10 4 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1
16 Butler, Dan INT 73% 4 0 13 11 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 6
13 Byrnes, Ryan WR 96% 0 1 23 12 11 6 0 5 0 3 1 0 3 1
47 Caminiti, Anthony FPR 70% 1 1 8 6 2 2 0 5 0 2 3 1 0 2
11 Clark, Hunter INT 66% 0 0 21 7 14 2 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 2
21 Cordy, Zaine INT↓ 30% 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Crouch, Brad RR 78% 0 0 32 18 14 6 0 6 8 5 4 2 1 4
4 Gresham, Jade FF 88% 1 1 23 14 9 7 0 0 2 9 1 1 0 6
22 Higgins, Jack HFFR 78% 4 0 18 9 9 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 1
8 Hill, Bradley CHF 95% 1 0 23 11 12 4 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 4
20 Howard, Dougal FB 94% 0 0 13 11 2 7 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 0
19 Marshall, Rowan RU 88% 0 1 19 14 5 8 25 1 3 4 0 2 2 4
10 Owens, Mitch FPL 87% 1 2 14 8 6 3 3 2 1 2 4 1 1 2
33 Paton, Ben SUB↑ 33% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 Phillipou, Mattaes HFFL 88% 0 1 14 4 10 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
6 Ross, Sebastian RO 81% 0 0 24 15 9 5 0 9 4 3 3 0 3 5
35 Sinclair, Jack CHB 90% 0 0 26 14 12 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 2
14 Stocker, Liam HBFL 67% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
7 Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah HBFR 81% 0 0 19 15 4 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 2
29 Webster, Jimmy INT 58% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
44 Wilkie, Callum (c) BPR 100% 0 0 19 15 4 13 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 1
17 Windhager, Marcus C 85% 1 0 14 5 9 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1
32 Wood, Mason WL 80% 1 0 27 21 6 11 0 3 2 8 1 3 3 6
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 8 404 242 162 119 32 49 29 63 20 18 37 52

B. Paton replaced Z. Cordy.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye BPR 88% 2 1 18 7 11 2 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 2
42 D'Ambrosio, Massimo INT 78% 0 0 27 17 10 8 0 2 0 3 0 2 5 3
33 Davey, Alwyn INT 68% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 4
2 Draper, Sam RU 82% 0 0 9 5 4 3 27 5 4 1 0 1 1 3
22 Durham, Sam RO 70% 0 0 16 9 7 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
21 Heppell, Dyson WL 79% 0 0 16 6 10 5 0 4 0 5 1 2 1 0
19 Hind, Nick SUB↑ 34% 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 1
23 Jones, Harry CHF↓ 55% 0 1 11 6 5 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
29 Kelly, Jake HBFL 95% 0 0 29 15 14 11 0 0 0 3 3 0 5 0
4 Langford, Kyle HFFR 81% 1 0 17 13 4 7 0 1 0 3 1 1 4 0
15 Laverde, Jayden CHB 91% 0 0 16 10 6 9 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1
37 Martin, Nic INT 96% 1 2 28 19 9 7 0 1 3 5 1 0 2 2
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 85% 0 0 24 12 12 6 0 1 2 2 0 1 5 0
47 Menzie, Jye FPR 73% 1 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RR 86% 0 0 25 13 12 4 0 7 6 4 3 1 0 3
3 Parish, Darcy INT 78% 1 0 35 17 18 7 0 2 4 3 1 1 4 5
16 Perkins, Archie HFFL 82% 2 1 14 11 3 5 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 5
27 Redman, Mason BPL 87% 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 1 0 5 2 3 4 2
14 Ridley, Jordan FB 78% 0 0 21 17 4 14 0 3 0 7 1 4 4 0
12 Setterfield, Will C 79% 0 0 21 12 9 7 0 4 5 2 0 1 0 3
9 Shiel, Dylan WR 71% 2 0 22 15 7 3 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 7
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 80% 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
10 Weideman, Sam FF 83% 0 0 10 5 5 4 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 11 8 420 250 170 127 32 57 42 59 18 20 38 48

N. Hind 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

St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 M. Redman 14 J. Ridley 6 J. Caldwell 19 R. Marshall 16 D. Butler
47 A. Caminiti 4 J. Gresham 10 M. Owens 5 B. Crouch 11 H. Clark
FORWARD 6 S. Ross 21 Z. Cordy
HALF-BACK

29 J. Webster
29 J. Kelly 15 J. Laverde 1 A. McGrath (vc)

33 B. Paton
22 J. Higgins 8 B. Hill 25 M. Phillipou



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



21 D. Heppell 12 W. Setterfield 9 D. Shiel



13 R. Byrnes 17 M. Windhager 32 M. Wood FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 42 M. D'Ambrosio
HALF-FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett (c) 33 A. Davey
16 A. Perkins 23 H. Jones 4 K. Langford 22 S. Durham 37 N. Martin
7 N. Wanganeen-Milera 35 J. Sinclair 14 L. Stocker

3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK

19 N. Hind
FORWARD



25 J. Stringer 10 S. Weideman 47 J. Menzie



44 C. Wilkie (c) 20 D. Howard 26 J. Battle



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Ryan Byrnes behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:52
STKL Mason Wood goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 01:39
STKL Mattaes Phillipou behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 04:48
STKL Anthony Caminiti goal 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 07:06
STKL Rowan Marshall behind 2.3.15 - 0.0.0 09:22
STKL Mitch Owens goal 3.3.21 - 0.0.0 10:12
STKL Mitch Owens behind 3.4.22 - 0.0.0 12:02
STKL Dan Butler goal 4.4.28 - 0.0.0 13:59
STKL Jack Higgins goal 5.4.34 - 0.0.0 17:47
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 5.4.34 - 0.1.1 19:10
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 5.4.34 - 1.1.7 21:32
Q2 ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 5.4.34 - 2.1.13 03:58
ESSE Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 2.2.14 07:28
ESSE Nic Martin behind 5.4.34 - 2.3.15 14:32
STKL Jack Higgins goal 6.4.40 - 2.3.15 15:45
STKL Mitch Owens behind 6.5.41 - 2.3.15 17:37
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 6.5.41 - 3.3.21 18:56
STKL Jack Higgins goal 7.5.47 - 3.3.21 22:39
ESSE Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 3.4.22 26:00
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 7.5.47 - 4.4.28 26:54
ESSE Nic Martin behind 7.5.47 - 4.5.29 27:59
Q3 STKL Anthony Caminiti behind 7.6.48 - 4.5.29 11:43
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 7.6.48 - 5.5.35 12:49
STKL Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 5.5.35 15:05
ESSE Harry Jones behind 7.7.49 - 5.6.36 16:49
ESSE Nic Martin goal 7.7.49 - 6.6.42 17:58
STKL Dan Butler goal 8.7.55 - 6.6.42 19:38
STKL Dan Butler goal 9.7.61 - 6.6.42 22:27
Q4 ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 9.7.61 - 7.6.48 01:20
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 9.7.61 - 8.6.54 03:04
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 9.7.61 - 8.7.55 07:11
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 9.7.61 - 9.7.61 09:32
STKL Jack Higgins goal 10.7.67 - 9.7.61 13:41
STKL Jade Gresham goal 11.7.73 - 9.7.61 16:25
STKL Marcus Windhager goal 12.7.79 - 9.7.61 20:15
STKL Jade Gresham behind 12.8.80 - 9.7.61 21:35
STKL Dan Butler goal 13.8.86 - 9.7.61 22:07
STKL Bradley Hill goal 14.8.92 - 9.7.61 24:52
ESSE Rushed behind 14.8.92 - 9.8.62 26:27
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 14.8.92 - 10.8.68 30:24
ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 14.8.92 - 11.8.74 35:05