2023 AFL Round 17: Essendon v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 2023 between Essendon and Adelaide during round 17 of the 2023 AFL season. Essendon hosted Adelaide 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 Matthew Nicks.

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, J. Caldwell
Forward: M. Guelfi, P. Wright, J. Stringer
Follower: A. Phillips, D. Parish, A. Perkins
Int.: D. Heppell, B. Hobbs, J. Menzie, W. Snelling
Sub.: D. Shiel

Adelaide
Back: B. Smith, N. Murray, M. Michalanney
Half-back: M. Hinge, J. Worrell, W. Milera
Centre: L. Pedlar, J. Dawson, R. Sloane
Half-forward: L. Sholl, D. Fogarty, J. Rachele
Forward: L. Murphy, T. Walker, I. Rankine
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, B. Keays
Int.: C. Jones, N. McHenry, J. Soligo, R. Thilthorpe
Sub.: H. Schoenberg

Essendon (17.13.115) defeated Adelaide (15.7.97).

Goalkickers
Essendon: K. Langford (3), P. Wright (3), M. Guelfi (2), N. Martin (2), J. Menzie (2), B. Hobbs, J. Kelly, Z. Merrett, M. Redman, J. Stringer
Adelaide: B. Keays (2), L. Pedlar (2), I. Rankine (2), T. Walker (2), D. Fogarty, C. Jones, N. McHenry, L. Murphy, R. Sloane, B. Smith, R. Thilthorpe

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 5th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Adelaide were then 9th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Essendon v Adelaide
Date: Sunday 9 July 2023
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 39,606

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Adelaide
Score: 17.13.115 - 15.7.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 6 12 . 9 14 . 13 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Adelaide 5 . 1 7 . 2 9 . 5 15 . 7 15 . 7 (97)
Margin ESSE by 17 ESSE by 37 ESSE by 38 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 18
Duration 34:33 31:23 29:01 33:53 2:08:50

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Matthew Nicks (Adelaide)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Adelaide)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3
Nic Martin ESSE 37 2
Rory Laird ADEL 29 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 9 1 1 0 0 0
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 9 1 1 0 0 0
Peter Wright ESSE 20 5 0 0 1 1 0
Nic Martin ESSE 37 3 0 0 1 0 0
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ben Hobbs ESSE 8 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rory Laird ADEL 29 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 77% 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 8 5 7 2 3 4 2
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 81% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 5 1 2 1 0 2 2
35 Guelfi, Matt FPL 78% 2 1 18 7 11 2 0 6 4 1 2 0 1 1
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 87% 0 0 25 16 9 9 0 5 0 2 1 0 4 1
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 65% 1 0 20 11 9 2 0 3 6 4 1 2 1 3
29 Kelly, Jake WR 88% 1 0 16 7 9 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
4 Langford, Kyle HBFR 92% 3 0 12 12 0 5 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 4
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 92% 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1
37 Martin, Nic WL 88% 2 0 28 17 11 9 0 1 3 3 1 0 4 1
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 84% 0 1 31 12 19 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 4
47 Menzie, Jye INT 70% 2 0 6 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 88% 1 0 39 21 18 7 0 6 4 7 3 1 1 7
3 Parish, Darcy RR 78% 0 0 39 18 21 6 0 3 8 3 0 0 2 9
16 Perkins, Archie RO 82% 0 1 24 11 13 6 0 6 3 3 1 0 1 5
34 Phillips, Andrew RU 84% 0 0 8 5 3 0 31 3 3 6 0 3 2 1
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 80% 1 0 19 14 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB↓ 52% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 Shiel, Dylan SUB↑ 25% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
11 Snelling, Will INT 71% 0 0 10 3 7 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
25 Stringer, Jake FPR 80% 1 1 8 6 2 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1
10 Weideman, Sam CHF 68% 0 0 6 2 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
20 Wright, Peter FF 97% 3 3 19 11 8 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 94% 0 0 18 7 11 8 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 1
Rushed 6
Total (23 players) 17 13 425 228 197 107 33 59 40 56 17 13 37 58

D. Shiel replaced J. Ridley.

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Dawson, Jordan C 87% 0 0 28 19 9 8 0 8 5 3 0 1 5 6
32 Fogarty, Darcy CHF 80% 1 1 6 5 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
20 Hinge, Mitch HBFL 86% 0 1 27 22 5 4 0 1 1 3 1 0 8 1
1 Jones, Chayce INT 94% 1 0 16 12 4 5 0 3 0 2 1 0 6 1
2 Keays, Ben RO 82% 2 0 20 8 12 2 0 6 2 2 1 0 0 2
29 Laird, Rory RR 83% 0 0 31 10 21 5 0 9 10 5 2 3 0 7
25 McHenry, Ned INT 79% 1 0 18 14 4 5 0 1 2 8 1 3 1 2
16 Michalanney, Max BPR 86% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 80% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 3
4 Murphy, Lachlan FPL 75% 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
28 Murray, Nick FB 93% 0 0 9 8 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 88% 0 0 14 5 9 3 40 4 6 0 3 0 1 2
10 Pedlar, Luke WL 80% 2 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
8 Rachele, Josh HFFR 81% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 5 4 2 0 1 1 3
22 Rankine, Izak FPR 96% 2 1 11 8 3 4 0 5 0 4 0 2 1 4
26 Schoenberg, Harry SUB↑ 25% 0 0 9 1 8 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1
38 Sholl, Lachlan HFFL 78% 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 1 0 4 0 1 3 4
9 Sloane, Rory WR 69% 1 0 12 6 6 3 0 8 0 3 0 1 0 2
33 Smith, Brodie BPL 83% 1 0 21 18 3 5 0 3 0 2 1 0 4 6
14 Soligo, Jake INT↓ 53% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
7 Thilthorpe, Riley INT 60% 1 0 8 5 3 4 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
13 Walker, Taylor FF 79% 2 2 12 11 1 4 3 1 3 2 0 1 0 0
24 Worrell, Josh CHB 82% 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 4 1 3 2 1 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 15 7 326 211 115 84 46 69 39 56 13 17 40 53

H. Schoenberg replaced J. Soligo.

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
33 B. Smith 28 N. Murray 16 M. Michalanney 34 A. Phillips 21 D. Heppell
25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 35 M. Guelfi 3 D. Parish 8 B. Hobbs
FORWARD 16 A. Perkins 47 J. Menzie
HALF-BACK

11 W. Snelling
20 M. Hinge 24 J. Worrell 30 W. Milera

9 D. Shiel
6 J. Caldwell 10 S. Weideman 22 S. Durham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 L. Pedlar 12 J. Dawson 9 R. Sloane



29 J. Kelly 7 Z. Merrett (c) 37 N. Martin FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 43 R. O'Brien 1 C. Jones
HALF-FORWARD 29 R. Laird 25 N. McHenry
38 L. Sholl 32 D. Fogarty 8 J. Rachele 2 B. Keays 14 J. Soligo
4 K. Langford 14 J. Ridley 27 M. Redman

7 R. Thilthorpe
HALF-BACK

26 H. Schoenberg
FORWARD



4 L. Murphy 13 T. Walker 22 I. Rankine



15 J. Laverde 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 1 A. McGrath (vc)



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Mason Redman goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:37
ESSE Peter Wright behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:10
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 03:57
ESSE Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 04:35
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 06:02
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 07:19
ADEL Ben Keays goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 08:21
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 4.2.26 - 1.1.7 11:01
ESSE Nic Martin goal 5.2.32 - 1.1.7 12:45
ESSE Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 1.1.7 15:08
ESSE Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 1.1.7 16:45
ADEL Luke Pedlar goal 5.4.34 - 2.1.13 18:07
ESSE Peter Wright behind 5.5.35 - 2.1.13 19:31
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 5.5.35 - 3.1.19 20:34
ESSE Peter Wright goal 6.5.41 - 3.1.19 23:29
ADEL Ned McHenry goal 6.5.41 - 4.1.25 25:17
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 6.5.41 - 5.1.31 26:55
ESSE Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 5.1.31 30:55
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 7.6.48 - 5.1.31 31:55
Q2 ADEL Taylor Walker behind 7.6.48 - 5.2.32 00:20
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 8.6.54 - 5.2.32 00:52
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 8.7.55 - 5.2.32 02:03
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 8.7.55 - 6.2.38 03:35
ESSE Peter Wright behind 8.8.56 - 6.2.38 05:07
ESSE Ben Hobbs goal 9.8.62 - 6.2.38 07:23
ADEL Luke Pedlar goal 9.8.62 - 7.2.44 09:05
ESSE Jake Kelly goal 10.8.68 - 7.2.44 13:06
ESSE Peter Wright goal 11.8.74 - 7.2.44 18:27
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 12.8.80 - 7.2.44 22:07
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 12.9.81 - 7.2.44 27:41
Q3 ADEL Izak Rankine goal 12.9.81 - 8.2.50 00:42
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 13.9.87 - 8.2.50 05:27
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 13.10.88 - 8.2.50 07:17
ESSE Rushed behind 13.11.89 - 8.2.50 08:40
ESSE Andrew McGrath behind 13.12.90 - 8.2.50 09:06
ADEL Rushed behind 13.12.90 - 8.3.51 10:02
ADEL Mitch Hinge behind 13.12.90 - 8.4.52 11:56
ADEL Chayce Jones goal 13.12.90 - 9.4.58 14:05
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 13.12.90 - 9.5.59 19:49
ESSE Rushed behind 13.13.91 - 9.5.59 25:56
ESSE Peter Wright goal 14.13.97 - 9.5.59 27:10
Q4 ESSE Jake Stringer goal 15.13.103 - 9.5.59 01:47
ADEL Rushed behind 15.13.103 - 9.6.60 03:33
ADEL Brodie Smith goal 15.13.103 - 10.6.66 04:46
ADEL Ben Keays goal 15.13.103 - 11.6.72 13:19
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 15.13.103 - 11.7.73 14:28
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 15.13.103 - 12.7.79 17:06
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 16.13.109 - 12.7.79 18:42
ESSE Nic Martin goal 17.13.115 - 12.7.79 21:53
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 17.13.115 - 13.7.85 23:26
ADEL Rory Sloane goal 17.13.115 - 14.7.91 29:21
ADEL Lachlan Murphy goal 17.13.115 - 15.7.97 30:41