2023 AFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 2023 between Essendon and Greater Western Sydney during round four of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Greater Western Sydney at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

Essendon (11.22.88) defeated Greater Western Sydney (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Sunday 9 April 2023
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 28,815

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 11.22.88 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	2	.	8	3	.	13	8	.	19	11	.	22	11	.	22	(88)
Greater Western Sydney	4	.	0	6	.	5	9	.	7	11	.	9	11	.	9	(75)
Margin	GWSY by 4			GWSY by 10			ESSE by 6			ESSE by 13			ESSE by 13
Duration	31:31			28:10			31:14			29:46			2:00:41

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Greater Western Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Kingsley

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	3
Jake Stringer	ESSE	25	2
Tom Green	GWSY	12	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Jake Stringer	ESSE	25	10	2	0	0	0	0
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	7	0	1	1	0	0
Mason Redman	ESSE	27	6	0	1	0	1	0
Nic Martin	ESSE	37	3	0	0	1	0	0
Sam Draper	ESSE	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Nick Haynes	GWSY	19	1	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Kelly	GWSY	22	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
6	Caldwell, Jye	FPL	79%	0	3	10	5	5	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	1
33	Davey, Alwyn	INT	72%	0	1	10	4	6	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
2	Draper, Sam	RU	83%	1	1	15	9	6	5	24	4	3	4	2	0	0	3
22	Durham, Sam	WL	80%	0	0	15	7	8	4	0	0	1	5	0	1	1	0
21	Heppell, Dyson	SUB↑	59%	0	0	19	9	10	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	3
23	Jones, Harry	HFFR	80%	0	1	10	6	4	4	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	1
29	Kelly, Jake	HBFL	94%	0	0	17	8	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	Langford, Kyle	INT	88%	1	0	12	8	4	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	2
15	Laverde, Jayden	CHB	88%	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	3	0	2	0	2	3	1
37	Martin, Nic	WR	93%	2	1	24	13	11	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	2	3
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	HBFR	84%	0	0	20	9	11	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	4	2
47	Menzie, Jye	FPR	80%	0	2	17	7	10	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	RR	82%	1	1	28	18	10	4	0	4	5	0	0	0	6	6
3	Parish, Darcy	C	73%	0	0	30	18	12	6	0	0	7	3	0	0	3	8
16	Perkins, Archie	INT	84%	1	1	14	10	4	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	5
34	Phillips, Andrew	HFFL	81%	0	1	6	5	1	6	17	0	0	1	1	1	0	5
27	Redman, Mason	BPL	82%	1	0	27	16	11	7	0	6	0	3	1	0	6	4
14	Ridley, Jordan	BPR	78%	0	0	21	18	3	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
12	Setterfield, Will	INT	72%	0	1	21	11	10	5	0	7	4	3	2	0	1	3
9	Shiel, Dylan	RO	72%	0	0	28	15	13	5	0	3	5	4	0	0	1	6
25	Stringer, Jake	CHF	86%	4	6	15	14	1	2	0	3	4	2	1	0	0	2
10	Weideman, Sam	FF↓	23%	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	FB	88%	0	0	8	5	3	4	0	2	0	3	0	1	1	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				11	22	381	223	158	86	41	55	34	42	11	6	38	61

D. Heppell replaced S. Weideman.

Greater Western Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Ash, Lachie	HBFR	80%	0	0	26	15	11	8	0	1	1	6	0	2	8	0
44	Buckley, Jack	CHB	86%	0	0	14	10	4	6	0	7	2	3	0	0	4	1
17	Callaghan, Finn	WL	86%	0	0	25	17	8	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4
3	Coniglio, Stephen	RO	83%	1	0	25	13	12	3	0	1	7	5	0	1	0	5
13	Cumming, Isaac	BPR	83%	0	0	22	17	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
16	Daniels, Brent	FPR	81%	1	1	22	13	9	6	0	3	1	3	1	0	1	6
30	Flynn, Matt	RU	79%	0	0	7	1	6	0	22	4	6	1	0	1	1	1
12	Green, Tom	RR	87%	0	0	34	16	18	6	0	2	5	8	1	0	5	3
4	Greene, Toby	FPL	93%	2	2	18	13	5	8	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	6
43	Hamilton, Cooper	SUB↑	25%	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2
19	Haynes, Nick	HBFL	81%	0	0	26	19	7	17	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	1
27	Himmelberg, Harry	CHF	81%	3	0	5	3	2	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
23	Hogan, Jesse	FF	83%	0	1	15	10	5	6	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	3
39	Idun, Connor	BPL	92%	0	0	15	9	6	7	0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0
22	Kelly, Josh	WR	87%	2	1	28	13	15	2	0	6	2	4	0	2	1	6
40	Kennedy, Adam	INT	75%	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
38	Lloyd, Daniel	HFFL	89%	0	1	13	8	5	5	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	4
26	Riccardi, Jake	INT	57%	0	1	12	6	6	2	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	1
24	Rowston, Harry	INT	57%	0	0	7	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
18	Stone, Conor	C↓	61%	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	Taylor, Sam	FB	96%	0	0	15	6	9	7	0	1	1	1	1	1	4	0
8	Ward, Callan	HFFR	77%	2	1	22	11	11	5	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	3
6	Whitfield, Lachie	INT	82%	0	0	24	20	4	5	0	5	0	4	0	1	9	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				11	9	393	235	158	111	25	46	34	56	6	11	49	50

C. Hamilton replaced C. Stone.

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

Essendon							Coach: Brad Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	39	C. Idun	15	S. Taylor	13	I. Cumming	2	S. Draper	33	A. Davey
	47	J. Menzie	10	S. Weideman	6	J. Caldwell	7	Z. Merrett (c)	4	K. Langford
FORWARD							9	D. Shiel	16	A. Perkins
HALF-BACK									12	W. Setterfield
	19	N. Haynes	44	J. Buckley	7	L. Ash			21	D. Heppell
	23	H. Jones	25	J. Stringer	34	A. Phillips
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	17	F. Callaghan	18	C. Stone	22	J. Kelly
	37	N. Martin	3	D. Parish	22	S. Durham	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							30	M. Flynn	40	A. Kennedy
HALF-FORWARD							12	T. Green	26	J. Riccardi
	38	D. Lloyd	27	H. Himmelberg	8	C. Ward	3	S. Coniglio	24	H. Rowston
	1	A. McGrath (vc)	15	J. Laverde	29	J. Kelly			6	L. Whitfield
HALF-BACK									43	C. Hamilton
FORWARD
	4	T. Greene	23	J. Hogan	16	B. Daniels
	14	J. Ridley	30	B. Zerk-Thatcher	27	M. Redman
BACK
Greater Western Sydney							Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:20
	GWSY	Brent Daniels goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	02:56
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	1.0.6	-	2.0.12	06:04
	ESSE	Jye Caldwell behind	1.1.7	-	2.0.12	07:11
	ESSE	Jye Caldwell behind	1.2.8	-	2.0.12	07:59
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	1.3.9	-	2.0.12	11:55
	ESSE	Rushed behind	1.4.10	-	2.0.12	15:37
	ESSE	Will Setterfield behind	1.5.11	-	2.0.12	16:42
	ESSE	Andrew Phillips behind	1.6.12	-	2.0.12	19:11
	ESSE	Rushed behind	1.7.13	-	2.0.12	20:24
	GWSY	Stephen Coniglio goal	1.7.13	-	3.0.18	23:10
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	1.8.14	-	3.0.18	25:19
	ESSE	Nic Martin goal	2.8.20	-	3.0.18	27:15
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	2.8.20	-	4.0.24	29:44
Q2	GWSY	Jesse Hogan behind	2.8.20	-	4.1.25	01:10
	GWSY	Callan Ward behind	2.8.20	-	4.2.26	02:18
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	2.9.21	-	4.2.26	06:43
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	2.9.21	-	4.3.27	08:19
	GWSY	Brent Daniels behind	2.9.21	-	4.4.28	11:03
	GWSY	Callan Ward goal	2.9.21	-	5.4.34	11:29
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	2.9.21	-	6.4.40	16:05
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	3.9.27	-	6.4.40	17:49
	ESSE	Harry Jones behind	3.10.28	-	6.4.40	21:29
	ESSE	Sam Draper behind	3.11.29	-	6.4.40	22:49
	GWSY	Rushed behind	3.11.29	-	6.5.41	25:10
	ESSE	Jye Menzie behind	3.12.30	-	6.5.41	26:53
	ESSE	Rushed behind	3.13.31	-	6.5.41	27:39
Q3	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	4.13.37	-	6.5.41	01:17
	ESSE	Jye Menzie behind	4.14.38	-	6.5.41	02:34
	GWSY	Toby Greene behind	4.14.38	-	6.6.42	04:38
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	4.15.39	-	6.6.42	07:22
	ESSE	Jye Caldwell behind	4.16.40	-	6.6.42	10:30
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	5.16.46	-	6.6.42	12:38
	GWSY	Callan Ward goal	5.16.46	-	7.6.48	14:26
	ESSE	Nic Martin goal	6.16.52	-	7.6.48	15:39
	ESSE	Archie Perkins behind	6.17.53	-	7.6.48	18:01
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	6.17.53	-	8.6.54	20:42
	GWSY	Josh Kelly goal	6.17.53	-	9.6.60	21:54
	GWSY	Josh Kelly behind	6.17.53	-	9.7.61	23:11
	ESSE	Nic Martin behind	6.18.54	-	9.7.61	24:34
	ESSE	Alwyn Davey behind	6.19.55	-	9.7.61	26:15
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	7.19.61	-	9.7.61	27:36
	ESSE	Mason Redman goal	8.19.67	-	9.7.61	29:33
Q4	ESSE	Archie Perkins goal	9.19.73	-	9.7.61	01:34
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	10.19.79	-	9.7.61	03:37
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	11.19.85	-	9.7.61	05:37
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	11.20.86	-	9.7.61	07:51
	GWSY	Daniel Lloyd behind	11.20.86	-	9.8.62	10:54
	ESSE	Zach Merrett behind	11.21.87	-	9.8.62	13:10
	GWSY	Jake Riccardi behind	11.21.87	-	9.9.63	15:32
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	11.22.88	-	9.9.63	20:10
	GWSY	Toby Greene goal	11.22.88	-	10.9.69	21:48
	GWSY	Harry Himmelberg goal	11.22.88	-	11.9.75	23:03

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