2023 AFL Round 11: West Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 2023 between West Coast and Essendon during round 11 of the 2023 AFL season. West Coast hosted Essendon at Optus Stadium. Oscar Allen captained the hosts. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Adam Simpson and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

West Coast
Back: R. Bazzo, T. Barrass, A. Witherden
Half-back: S. Hurn, J. Rotham, L. Duggan
Centre: J. Hunt, T. Kelly, L. Edwards
Half-forward: D. Sheed, C. West, B. Hough
Forward: N. Long, O. Allen (capt.), R. Ginbey
Follower: B. Williams, E. Yeo, A. Gaff
Int.: L. Foley, X. O'Neill, J. Petruccelle, J. Waterman
Sub.: G. Clark

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

West Coast (6.10.46) were defeated by Essendon (14.12.96).

Goalkickers
West Coast: O. Allen (4), J. Petruccelle, J. Waterman
Essendon: K. Langford (3), B. Hobbs (2), J. Menzie (2), W. Snelling (2), S. Draper, M. Guelfi, A. Perkins, M. Redman, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, West Coast remained 18th on the ladder and Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: West Coast v Essendon
Date: Saturday 27 May 2023
Time: 5:40 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 39,269

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Essendon
Score: 6.10.46 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 2 . 3 4 . 5 5 . 9 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Essendon 4 . 1 8 . 5 11 . 6 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 50 ESSE by 50
Duration 29:57 28:23 26:21 28:36 1:53:17

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Simpson (West Coast), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: Oscar Allen (West Coast), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (West Coast), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Nic Martin ESSE 37 2
Mason Redman ESSE 27 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Nic Martin ESSE 37 8 0 2 0 0 0
Mason Redman ESSE 27 6 0 0 2 0 0
Oscar Allen WCST 12 3 0 0 0 1 1
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Kyle Langford ESSE 4 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Allen, Oscar (c) FF 89% 4 1 12 9 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
37 Barrass, Tom FB 100% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Bazzo, Rhett BPL 86% 0 0 13 4 9 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
39 Clark, Greg SUB↑ 49% 0 0 7 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Duggan, Liam HBFR 84% 0 0 35 18 17 12 0 4 2 3 0 0 4 1
16 Edwards, Luke WR↓ 33% 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
29 Foley, Luke INT 86% 0 0 12 9 3 8 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 3
3 Gaff, Andrew RO 92% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 2
7 Ginbey, Reuben FPR 76% 0 0 19 8 11 1 0 5 1 5 1 1 3 1
19 Hough, Brady HFFR 78% 0 0 21 9 12 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1
5 Hunt, Jayden WL 89% 0 1 34 21 13 9 0 2 0 5 1 2 7 4
25 Hurn, Shannon HBFL 78% 0 0 27 21 6 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 2
11 Kelly, Tim C 85% 0 0 29 13 16 4 0 3 7 5 0 2 0 8
44 Long, Noah FPL 76% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
24 O'Neill, Xavier INT 76% 0 1 15 9 6 4 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 3
21 Petruccelle, Jack INT 71% 1 0 8 4 4 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
35 Rotham, Josh CHB 87% 0 0 2 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
4 Sheed, Dom HFFL 75% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 2 1 4 1 2 1 3
2 Waterman, Jake INT 74% 1 1 13 12 1 10 0 1 0 4 2 1 1 3
36 West, Connor CHF 81% 0 2 13 7 6 3 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0
32 Williams, Bailey RU 81% 0 1 12 6 6 2 33 4 4 3 2 1 0 4
23 Witherden, Alex BPR 80% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 3 2 4 0 2 1 1
6 Yeo, Elliot RR 74% 0 0 24 11 13 3 0 4 5 5 0 0 2 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 6 10 367 205 162 116 37 42 28 52 17 16 32 48

G. Clark replaced L. Edwards.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Bryan, Nick INT↓ 50% 0 0 6 3 3 2 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
6 Caldwell, Jye HFFR 78% 0 0 20 4 16 3 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 2
42 D'Ambrosio, Massimo SUB↑ 29% 0 1 8 4 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1
2 Draper, Sam RU 81% 1 1 13 9 4 3 8 2 4 2 1 2 2 1
22 Durham, Sam WL 83% 0 0 10 2 8 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 0
35 Guelfi, Matt FPL 62% 1 1 12 8 4 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5
21 Heppell, Dyson WR 87% 0 0 24 14 10 13 0 0 0 5 1 3 1 1
19 Hind, Nick INT 84% 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 0
8 Hobbs, Ben RR 78% 2 0 17 12 5 8 0 5 4 5 1 2 2 1
4 Langford, Kyle HBFR 93% 3 2 15 10 5 7 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 80% 0 0 15 12 3 8 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
37 Martin, Nic HFFL 92% 0 0 31 22 9 10 0 3 0 5 1 1 5 6
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 76% 0 2 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 0
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 81% 0 0 26 14 12 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
47 Menzie, Jye RO 79% 2 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 81% 0 0 32 13 19 7 0 3 5 2 1 0 2 5
16 Perkins, Archie INT 76% 1 1 15 13 2 4 0 5 2 2 1 0 2 4
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 86% 1 0 31 23 8 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 86% 0 0 28 18 10 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 1
11 Snelling, Will INT 69% 2 0 14 9 5 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1
25 Stringer, Jake CHF 79% 1 0 18 13 5 5 0 5 2 1 0 1 1 5
10 Weideman, Sam FF 94% 0 2 10 5 5 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 97% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 14 12 390 238 152 133 19 45 26 41 16 17 41 46

M. D'Ambrosio replaced N. Bryan.

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

West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 A. McGrath (vc) 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 15 J. Laverde 32 B. Williams 29 L. Foley
7 R. Ginbey 12 O. Allen (c) 44 N. Long 6 E. Yeo 24 X. O'Neill
FORWARD 3 A. Gaff 21 J. Petruccelle
HALF-BACK

2 J. Waterman
27 M. Redman 14 J. Ridley 4 K. Langford

39 G. Clark
19 B. Hough 36 C. West 4 D. Sheed



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 S. Durham 7 Z. Merrett (c) 21 D. Heppell



16 L. Edwards 11 T. Kelly 5 J. Hunt FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 24 N. Bryan
HALF-FORWARD 8 B. Hobbs 19 N. Hind
37 N. Martin 25 J. Stringer 6 J. Caldwell 47 J. Menzie 16 A. Perkins
14 L. Duggan 35 J. Rotham 25 S. Hurn

11 W. Snelling
HALF-BACK

42 M. D'Ambrosio
FORWARD



35 M. Guelfi 10 S. Weideman 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



23 A. Witherden 37 T. Barrass 33 R. Bazzo



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Kyle Langford goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:58
ESSE Sam Weideman behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 06:31
ESSE Mason Redman goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 08:44
WCST Jake Waterman behind 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 11:43
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 0.1.1 - 3.1.19 13:32
WCST Oscar Allen goal 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 15:56
WCST Oscar Allen goal 2.1.13 - 3.1.19 19:00
ESSE Sam Draper goal 2.1.13 - 4.1.25 21:06
WCST Bailey Williams behind 2.2.14 - 4.1.25 26:00
WCST Jayden Hunt behind 2.3.15 - 4.1.25 28:50
Q2 ESSE Will Snelling goal 2.3.15 - 5.1.31 01:49
WCST Jack Petruccelle goal 3.3.21 - 5.1.31 04:52
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 3.3.21 - 5.2.32 08:56
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 3.3.21 - 6.2.38 10:16
WCST Oscar Allen goal 4.3.27 - 6.2.38 12:44
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 4.3.27 - 7.2.44 15:20
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 4.3.27 - 7.3.45 17:13
ESSE Sam Draper behind 4.3.27 - 7.4.46 19:21
WCST Connor West behind 4.4.28 - 7.4.46 20:31
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 4.4.28 - 7.5.47 24:30
WCST Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 7.5.47 26:42
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 4.5.29 - 8.5.53 28:19
Q3 WCST Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 8.5.53 05:04
ESSE Ben Hobbs goal 4.6.30 - 9.5.59 07:06
WCST Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 9.5.59 08:53
WCST Xavier O'Neill behind 4.8.32 - 9.5.59 12:57
WCST Jake Waterman goal 5.8.38 - 9.5.59 13:52
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 5.8.38 - 9.6.60 18:01
WCST Connor West behind 5.9.39 - 9.6.60 19:30
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 5.9.39 - 10.6.66 20:05
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 5.9.39 - 11.6.72 21:35
Q4 WCST Oscar Allen behind 5.10.40 - 11.6.72 01:38
ESSE Rushed behind 5.10.40 - 11.7.73 08:11
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 5.10.40 - 12.7.79 09:17
ESSE Sam Weideman behind 5.10.40 - 12.8.80 11:16
ESSE Ben Hobbs goal 5.10.40 - 13.8.86 12:25
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 5.10.40 - 13.9.87 16:02
ESSE Massimo D'Ambrosio behind 5.10.40 - 13.10.88 16:38
ESSE Rushed behind 5.10.40 - 13.11.89 18:44
ESSE Will Snelling goal 5.10.40 - 14.11.95 19:51
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 5.10.40 - 14.12.96 26:56
WCST Oscar Allen goal 6.10.46 - 14.12.96 28:30