2023 AFL Round 7: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 April 2023 between Essendon and Geelong during round 7 of the 2023 AFL season. Essendon hosted Geelong at MCG. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

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

Geelong
Back: M. O'Connor, S. De Koning, T. Stewart
Half-back: J. Kolodjashnij, E. Ratugolea, Z. Guthrie
Centre: I. Smith, M. Duncan, J. Bowes
Half-forward: O. Henry, T. Hawkins, G. Rohan
Forward: G. Miers, J. Cameron, B. Close
Follower: M. Blicavs, M. Holmes, P. Dangerfield
Int.: T. Atkins, J. Bews, M. Knevitt, S. Simpson
Sub.: T. Bruhn

Essendon (16.8.104) were defeated by Geelong (20.12.132).

Goalkickers
Essendon: S. Weideman (5), J. Stringer (4), D. Shiel (2), J. Caldwell, S. Draper, B. Hobbs, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, M. Redman
Geelong: T. Hawkins (8), J. Cameron (3), T. Bruhn (2), O. Henry (2), S. Simpson (2), B. Close, M. Holmes, G. Rohan

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Geelong were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Sunday 30 April 2023
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 67,457

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 16.8.104 - 20.12.132

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	2	.	0	7	.	2	11	.	6	16	.	8	16	.	8	(104)
Geelong	6	.	3	14	.	4	17	.	6	20	.	12	20	.	12	(132)
Margin	GEEL by 27			GEEL by 44			GEEL by 36			GEEL by 28			GEEL by 28
Duration	33:09			34:54			30:02			34:18			2:12:23

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Geelong)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Tom Hawkins	GEEL	26	3
Patrick Dangerfield	GEEL	35	2
Jake Stringer	ESSE	25	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Tom Hawkins	GEEL	26	10	2	0	0	0	0
Patrick Dangerfield	GEEL	35	8	0	2	0	0	0
Jake Stringer	ESSE	25	6	0	0	2	0	0
Tom Stewart	GEEL	44	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mark Blicavs	GEEL	46	2	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Weideman	ESSE	10	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	HFFR	78%	1	0	20	7	13	8	0	2	1	3	0	2	1	2
42	D'Ambrosio, Massimo	INT	74%	0	0	13	7	6	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	0
2	Draper, Sam	RU	77%	1	0	7	3	4	0	25	1	3	5	1	4	0	0
22	Durham, Sam	WL	81%	0	1	14	7	7	7	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	3
19	Hind, Nick	FPL	81%	0	1	15	9	6	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	0
8	Hobbs, Ben	INT	67%	1	0	17	12	5	6	0	4	1	4	0	1	1	3
29	Kelly, Jake	BPL	79%	0	0	11	9	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0
4	Langford, Kyle	HBFR	85%	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	1
37	Martin, Nic	WR	91%	0	0	22	12	10	4	0	5	0	2	3	0	2	3
43	McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony	FPR	67%	1	1	6	5	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	HBFL	84%	0	0	20	8	12	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	6	1
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	RR	86%	0	0	19	12	7	1	0	7	1	1	4	1	2	7
3	Parish, Darcy	C	82%	0	0	38	14	24	4	0	4	9	4	3	0	4	6
16	Perkins, Archie	INT	74%	0	0	17	10	7	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	5
34	Phillips, Andrew	INT↓	50%	0	0	3	0	3	0	22	1	1	2	0	0	1	1
27	Redman, Mason	CHB	95%	1	0	16	12	4	3	0	1	1	8	0	2	5	1
14	Ridley, Jordan	BPR	96%	0	0	19	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
12	Setterfield, Will	RO	81%	0	1	19	7	12	2	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	3
9	Shiel, Dylan	HFFL	80%	2	0	22	8	14	4	0	2	3	3	1	1	1	4
11	Snelling, Will	SUB↑	22%	0	0	5	2	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Stringer, Jake	FF	85%	4	1	26	17	9	5	0	2	11	5	1	1	0	6
10	Weideman, Sam	CHF	94%	5	1	14	9	5	4	1	2	1	4	1	1	0	1
30	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	FB	90%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	5	0	2	1	1	2	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				16	8	362	196	166	73	48	52	38	60	18	16	43	47

W. Snelling replaced A. Phillips.

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Atkins, Tom	INT	69%	0	0	17	6	11	0	0	5	6	4	0	1	1	4
24	Bews, Jed	INT	85%	0	0	12	4	8	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1
46	Blicavs, Mark	RU	86%	0	0	15	8	7	2	19	7	6	5	1	1	1	3
12	Bowes, Jack	WR↓	11%	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
4	Bruhn, Tanner	SUB↑	60%	2	0	11	9	2	2	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	3
5	Cameron, Jeremy	FF	100%	3	1	20	13	7	5	0	0	2	3	1	2	0	3
45	Close, Brad	FPR	90%	1	1	15	10	5	4	0	4	2	3	1	2	0	4
35	Dangerfield, Patrick	RO	64%	0	1	28	19	9	5	0	1	10	4	1	1	0	15
16	De Koning, Sam	FB	77%	0	0	14	6	8	2	13	2	2	1	1	1	2	3
22	Duncan, Mitch	C	85%	0	1	16	13	3	6	0	1	2	2	1	1	2	2
39	Guthrie, Zach	HBFR	89%	0	0	18	13	5	8	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	1
26	Hawkins, Tom	CHF	92%	8	1	16	13	3	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
36	Henry, Ollie	HFFL	88%	2	0	17	8	9	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	5
9	Holmes, Max	RR	82%	1	0	18	8	10	3	0	6	3	4	2	2	1	2
10	Knevitt, Mitch	INT	77%	0	0	15	7	8	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	1
8	Kolodjashnij, Jake	HBFL	80%	0	1	9	6	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1
32	Miers, Gryan	FPL	82%	0	0	24	14	10	5	0	1	3	2	0	1	0	5
42	O'Connor, Mark	BPL	83%	0	0	13	10	3	7	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	4
17	Ratugolea, Esava	CHB	98%	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	0
23	Rohan, Gary	HFFR	60%	1	0	5	4	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1
37	Simpson, Sam	INT	75%	2	1	10	7	3	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3
7	Smith, Isaac	WL	81%	0	1	19	10	9	6	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1
44	Stewart, Tom	BPR	87%	0	0	26	24	2	12	0	1	1	4	0	1	13	0
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				20	12	346	216	130	99	36	43	46	49	16	18	30	64

T. Bruhn replaced J. Bowes.

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
	42	M. O'Connor	16	S. De Koning	44	T. Stewart	2	S. Draper	42	M. D'Ambrosio
	43	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti	25	J. Stringer	19	N. Hind	7	Z. Merrett (c)	8	B. Hobbs
FORWARD							12	W. Setterfield	16	A. Perkins
HALF-BACK									34	A. Phillips
	8	J. Kolodjashnij	17	E. Ratugolea	39	Z. Guthrie			11	W. Snelling
	6	J. Caldwell	10	S. Weideman	9	D. Shiel
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	I. Smith	22	M. Duncan	12	J. Bowes
	37	N. Martin	3	D. Parish	22	S. Durham	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							46	M. Blicavs	30	T. Atkins
HALF-FORWARD							9	M. Holmes	24	J. Bews
	36	O. Henry	26	T. Hawkins	23	G. Rohan	35	P. Dangerfield	10	M. Knevitt
	4	K. Langford	27	M. Redman	1	A. McGrath (vc)			37	S. Simpson
HALF-BACK									4	T. Bruhn
FORWARD
	32	G. Miers	5	J. Cameron	45	B. Close
	14	J. Ridley	30	B. Zerk-Thatcher	29	J. Kelly
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Isaac Smith behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	02:58
	GEEL	Brad Close goal	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	04:17
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	05:47
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron behind	0.0.0	-	2.2.14	12:11
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	0.0.0	-	3.2.20	13:55
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	0.0.0	-	4.2.26	16:49
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	0.0.0	-	5.2.32	18:34
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	0.0.0	-	6.2.38	21:10
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	1.0.6	-	6.2.38	23:12
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	2.0.12	-	6.2.38	27:40
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins behind	2.0.12	-	6.3.39	31:54
Q2	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	2.0.12	-	7.3.45	01:22
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	3.0.18	-	7.3.45	03:33
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	3.0.18	-	8.3.51	07:57
	GEEL	Rushed behind	3.0.18	-	8.4.52	09:38
	ESSE	Sam Weideman goal	4.0.24	-	8.4.52	10:50
	GEEL	Gary Rohan goal	4.0.24	-	9.4.58	12:24
	ESSE	Sam Weideman goal	5.0.30	-	9.4.58	13:59
	GEEL	Sam Simpson goal	5.0.30	-	10.4.64	17:48
	ESSE	Dylan Shiel goal	6.0.36	-	10.4.64	21:09
	GEEL	Sam Simpson goal	6.0.36	-	11.4.70	23:22
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	6.0.36	-	12.4.76	25:47
	GEEL	Tanner Bruhn goal	6.0.36	-	13.4.82	27:28
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	7.0.42	-	13.4.82	30:36
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	7.1.43	-	13.4.82	31:55
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	7.1.43	-	14.4.88	33:14
	ESSE	Sam Weideman behind	7.2.44	-	14.4.88	34:52
Q3	ESSE	Jye Caldwell goal	8.2.50	-	14.4.88	01:29
	ESSE	Will Setterfield behind	8.3.51	-	14.4.88	02:45
	GEEL	Jake Kolodjashnij behind	8.3.51	-	14.5.89	03:35
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind	8.4.52	-	14.5.89	04:57
	ESSE	Dylan Shiel goal	9.4.58	-	14.5.89	07:04
	ESSE	Sam Durham behind	9.5.59	-	14.5.89	09:13
	GEEL	Tanner Bruhn goal	9.5.59	-	15.5.95	10:34
	ESSE	Sam Weideman goal	10.5.65	-	15.5.95	12:50
	ESSE	Rushed behind	10.6.66	-	15.5.95	15:14
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	11.6.72	-	15.5.95	17:24
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	11.6.72	-	16.5.101	19:36
	GEEL	Sam Simpson behind	11.6.72	-	16.6.102	26:30
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	11.6.72	-	17.6.108	27:58
Q4	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield behind	11.6.72	-	17.7.109	01:16
	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	11.6.72	-	18.7.115	03:30
	GEEL	Brad Close behind	11.6.72	-	18.8.116	05:08
	GEEL	Rushed behind	11.6.72	-	18.9.117	08:08
	GEEL	Mitch Duncan behind	11.6.72	-	18.10.118	09:11
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal	12.6.78	-	18.10.118	09:55
	GEEL	Rushed behind	12.6.78	-	18.11.119	12:03
	GEEL	Max Holmes goal	12.6.78	-	19.11.125	15:07
	ESSE	Ben Hobbs goal	13.6.84	-	19.11.125	16:46
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	13.6.84	-	20.11.131	19:14
	ESSE	Sam Weideman goal	14.6.90	-	20.11.131	22:11
	ESSE	Mason Redman goal	15.6.96	-	20.11.131	23:53
	ESSE	Nick Hind behind	15.7.97	-	20.11.131	27:31
	ESSE	Rushed behind	15.8.98	-	20.11.131	28:07
	GEEL	Rushed behind	15.8.98	-	20.12.132	30:45
	ESSE	Sam Weideman goal	16.8.104	-	20.12.132	32:32

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