2023 AFL Round 15: Fremantle v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 2023 between Fremantle and Essendon during round 15 of the 2023 AFL season. Fremantle hosted Essendon at Optus Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Fremantle
Back: B. Cox, A. Pearce, H. Young
Half-back: E. Hughes, L. Ryan, J. Clark
Centre: L. Henry, C. Serong, A. Brayshaw
Half-forward: J. Treacy, L. Jackson, M. Walters
Forward: S. Switkowski, J. Amiss, L. Schultz
Follower: S. Darcy, N. Erasmus, N. Fyfe
Int.: M. Frederick, M. Johnson, J. O'Meara, B. Walker
Sub.: S. Sturt

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

Fremantle (14.9.93) defeated Essendon (9.7.61).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: L. Jackson (3), J. Amiss (2), M. Frederick (2), M. Walters (2), A. Brayshaw, M. Johnson, L. Schultz, C. Serong, S. Switkowski
Essendon: J. Caldwell, M. Guelfi, B. Hobbs, K. Langford, N. Martin, J. Menzie, Z. Merrett, D. Parish, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, Fremantle were then 11th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Essendon remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fremantle v Essendon
Date: Saturday 24 June 2023
Time: 5:25 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 43,063

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Essendon
Score: 14.9.93 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 3 . 3 8 . 7 12 . 8 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Essendon 2 . 3 5 . 3 6 . 5 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin FREM by 6 FREM by 22 FREM by 39 FREM by 32 FREM by 32
Duration 27:46 32:59 30:29 28:25 1:59:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Justin Longmuir (Fremantle), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Fremantle), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Fremantle), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Liam Henry FREM 23 3
Caleb Serong FREM 3 2
Luke Jackson FREM 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Caleb Serong FREM 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
Luke Jackson FREM 9 8 0 2 0 0 0
Liam Henry FREM 23 6 0 0 2 0 0
Luke Ryan FREM 13 3 0 0 0 1 1
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jordan Ridley ESSE 14 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Amiss, Jye FF 83% 2 1 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
8 Brayshaw, Andrew WR 85% 1 0 29 15 14 7 0 8 4 1 0 1 1 5
6 Clark, Jordan HBFR 83% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 3
36 Cox, Brennan BPL 91% 0 0 13 7 6 7 0 2 0 3 0 3 4 1
4 Darcy, Sean RU 72% 0 1 14 8 6 5 24 2 0 2 1 1 1 4
28 Erasmus, Neil RR 74% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 1 3 3 1 0 1
32 Frederick, Michael INT 77% 2 1 9 8 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 Fyfe, Nat RO 78% 0 0 19 7 12 4 0 4 5 4 0 0 1 4
23 Henry, Liam WL 84% 0 1 32 25 7 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 4
15 Hughes, Ethan HBFL 86% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
9 Jackson, Luke CHF 86% 3 1 17 9 8 7 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
44 Johnson, Matthew INT 74% 1 0 16 12 4 8 0 7 1 2 0 1 2 2
2 O'Meara, Jaeger INT 79% 0 1 21 14 7 5 0 6 5 2 2 1 1 4
25 Pearce, Alex FB↓ 71% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 91% 0 0 31 25 6 18 0 1 0 3 1 1 6 0
5 Schultz, Lachie FPR 86% 1 0 10 5 5 5 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1
3 Serong, Caleb C 80% 1 0 32 20 12 2 0 1 10 3 2 0 1 6
1 Sturt, Sam SUB↑ 16% 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
39 Switkowski, Sam FPL 78% 1 0 16 4 12 4 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 3
35 Treacy, Josh HFFL 81% 0 1 9 5 4 4 1 4 0 5 1 2 0 3
31 Walker, Brandon INT 79% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 0
10 Walters, Michael HFFR 85% 2 0 6 3 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0
26 Young, Hayden BPR 82% 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 14 9 362 226 136 113 31 56 34 45 18 15 31 52

S. Sturt replaced A. Pearce.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Bryan, Nick INT↓ 34% 0 0 7 4 3 1 12 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
6 Caldwell, Jye RO 77% 1 0 21 10 11 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 2 2
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 90% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 2 0 7 0 3 1 2
35 Guelfi, Matt FPL 80% 1 0 12 3 9 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 84% 0 0 24 11 13 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 2
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 71% 1 0 26 16 10 7 0 4 3 2 0 2 2 3
29 Kelly, Jake WR 82% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 1 2 2 1 5 1
4 Langford, Kyle HBFR 87% 1 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 93% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 0
37 Martin, Nic WL 95% 1 0 26 17 9 9 0 3 0 3 1 1 7 3
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 83% 0 0 27 21 6 8 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 4
47 Menzie, Jye SUB↑ 35% 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 83% 1 0 29 15 14 5 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 5
3 Parish, Darcy RR 76% 1 1 24 13 11 3 0 2 9 4 1 1 1 4
16 Perkins, Archie INT 77% 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 4
34 Phillips, Andrew RU 74% 0 1 11 7 4 5 21 0 1 4 1 0 2 2
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 80% 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 4 1
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 92% 0 0 23 12 11 10 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0
11 Snelling, Will HFFR 82% 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
25 Stringer, Jake FPR 82% 1 3 16 11 5 5 0 2 5 2 0 1 0 4
10 Weideman, Sam CHF 82% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0
20 Wright, Peter FF 89% 0 1 7 5 2 4 6 3 0 3 1 1 0 2
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 72% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 9 7 362 208 154 102 39 45 31 51 15 18 37 42

J. Menzie 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

Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 A. McGrath (vc) 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 15 J. Laverde 4 S. Darcy 32 M. Frederick
5 L. Schultz 24 J. Amiss 39 S. Switkowski 28 N. Erasmus 44 M. Johnson
FORWARD 7 N. Fyfe 2 J. O'Meara
HALF-BACK

31 B. Walker
27 M. Redman 14 J. Ridley 4 K. Langford

1 S. Sturt
10 M. Walters 9 L. Jackson 35 J. Treacy



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 N. Martin 7 Z. Merrett (c) 29 J. Kelly



8 A. Brayshaw 3 C. Serong 23 L. Henry FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 34 A. Phillips 24 N. Bryan
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 21 D. Heppell
22 S. Durham 10 S. Weideman 11 W. Snelling 6 J. Caldwell 8 B. Hobbs
6 J. Clark 13 L. Ryan 15 E. Hughes

16 A. Perkins
HALF-BACK

47 J. Menzie
FORWARD



35 M. Guelfi 20 P. Wright 25 J. Stringer



26 H. Young 25 A. Pearce 36 B. Cox



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Kyle Langford goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:23
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 04:20
FREM Sean Darcy behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 05:26
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 07:05
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 0.1.1 - 2.2.14 08:34
FREM Jye Amiss behind 0.2.2 - 2.2.14 09:16
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 13:07
ESSE Andrew Phillips behind 1.2.8 - 2.3.15 18:49
FREM Luke Jackson goal 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 24:06
FREM Michael Walters goal 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 26:00
FREM Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 2.3.15 27:17
Q2 FREM Josh Treacy behind 3.4.22 - 2.3.15 01:15
ESSE Ben Hobbs goal 3.4.22 - 3.3.21 03:19
FREM Matthew Johnson goal 4.4.28 - 3.3.21 06:54
FREM Jaeger O'Meara behind 4.5.29 - 3.3.21 08:03
FREM Jye Amiss goal 5.5.35 - 3.3.21 09:58
ESSE Nic Martin goal 5.5.35 - 4.3.27 12:15
FREM Jye Amiss goal 6.5.41 - 4.3.27 16:51
FREM Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 4.3.27 20:51
FREM Luke Jackson goal 7.6.48 - 4.3.27 22:57
FREM Luke Jackson behind 7.7.49 - 4.3.27 25:35
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 7.7.49 - 5.3.33 28:41
FREM Michael Frederick goal 8.7.55 - 5.3.33 30:27
Q3 FREM Michael Walters goal 9.7.61 - 5.3.33 00:43
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 10.7.67 - 5.3.33 02:26
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 10.7.67 - 6.3.39 05:25
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 10.7.67 - 6.4.40 06:51
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 10.7.67 - 6.5.41 13:34
FREM Michael Frederick behind 10.8.68 - 6.5.41 19:16
FREM Lachie Schultz goal 11.8.74 - 6.5.41 21:07
FREM Luke Jackson goal 12.8.80 - 6.5.41 26:08
Q4 ESSE Darcy Parish goal 12.8.80 - 7.5.47 03:50
FREM Liam Henry behind 12.9.81 - 7.5.47 06:55
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 12.9.81 - 8.5.53 09:37
ESSE Peter Wright behind 12.9.81 - 8.6.54 17:36
ESSE Jye Menzie behind 12.9.81 - 8.7.55 18:12
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 12.9.81 - 9.7.61 19:40
FREM Michael Frederick goal 13.9.87 - 9.7.61 21:24
FREM Caleb Serong goal 14.9.93 - 9.7.61 24:07