2023 AFL Season Round 15: Fremantle v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 2023 between Fremantle and Essendon during round fifteen of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (14.9.93) defeated Essendon (9.7.61).

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Fremantle

Captain: unknown
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Essendon

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

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

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