2023 AFL 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 4 of the 2023 AFL season. 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
Back: M. Redman, B. Zerk-Thatcher, J. Ridley
Half-back: J. Kelly, J. Laverde, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: S. Durham, D. Parish, N. Martin
Half-forward: A. Phillips, J. Stringer, H. Jones
Forward: J. Caldwell, S. Weideman, J. Menzie
Follower: S. Draper, Z. Merrett (capt.), D. Shiel
Int.: A. Davey, K. Langford, A. Perkins, W. Setterfield
Sub.: D. Heppell

Greater Western Sydney
Back: C. Idun, S. Taylor, I. Cumming
Half-back: N. Haynes, J. Buckley, L. Ash
Centre: F. Callaghan, C. Stone, J. Kelly
Half-forward: D. Lloyd, H. Himmelberg, C. Ward
Forward: T. Greene, J. Hogan, B. Daniels
Follower: M. Flynn, T. Green, S. Coniglio
Int.: A. Kennedy, J. Riccardi, H. Rowston, L. Whitfield
Sub.: C. Hamilton

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

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Stringer (4), N. Martin (2), S. Draper, K. Langford, Z. Merrett, A. Perkins, M. Redman
Greater Western Sydney: H. Himmelberg (3), T. Greene (2), J. Kelly (2), C. Ward (2), S. Coniglio, B. Daniels

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Greater Western Sydney were then 15th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

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