2023 AFL Round 18: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 2023 between Geelong and Essendon during round 18 of the 2023 AFL season. Geelong hosted Essendon at GMHBA Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

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

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

Geelong (18.14.122) defeated Essendon (7.3.45).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (5), T. Stengle (3), M. Blicavs (2), B. Close (2), J. Cameron, P. Dangerfield, O. Henry, G. Miers, M. O'Connor, G. Rohan
Essendon: N. Bryan, M. Guelfi, K. Langford, J. Menzie, W. Snelling, J. Stringer, P. Wright

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

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 15 July 2023
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 23,185

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 18.14.122 - 7.3.45

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 7 . 5 9 . 10 14 . 11 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Essendon 0 . 1 3 . 2 4 . 2 7 . 3 7 . 3 (45)
Margin GEEL by 46 GEEL by 44 GEEL by 69 GEEL by 77 GEEL by 77
Duration 31:22 30:41 30:02 30:11 2:02:16

Honour Roll

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

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 3
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 2
Mark Blicavs GEEL 46 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Max Holmes GEEL 9 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Tom Atkins GEEL 30 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Jack Henry GEEL 38 2 0 0 0 1 0
Brad Close GEEL 45 1 0 0 0 0 1
Gryan Miers GEEL 32 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom INT 70% 0 0 28 14 14 4 0 12 9 5 1 3 2 2
46 Blicavs, Mark C 64% 2 0 19 5 14 3 8 5 3 5 1 4 0 3
12 Bowes, Jack INT 86% 0 0 21 13 8 8 0 1 0 3 1 2 1 4
4 Bruhn, Tanner INT 72% 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 4 3 3 2 2 1 5
5 Cameron, Jeremy CHF 92% 1 3 17 13 4 4 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 5
45 Close, Brad FPR 88% 2 0 14 5 9 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR↓ 56% 1 0 15 8 7 4 0 1 3 4 0 2 0 4
16 De Koning, Sam FB 95% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 Duncan, Mitch WL 75% 0 0 21 16 5 5 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 5
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFL 82% 0 1 24 17 7 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 3
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 96% 5 3 16 13 3 8 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 2
38 Henry, Jack BPR 90% 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1
36 Henry, Ollie INT 82% 1 1 10 5 5 4 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 0
9 Holmes, Max RO 84% 0 0 33 19 14 8 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 5
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPL 85% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
32 Miers, Gryan HFFL 86% 1 1 26 11 15 5 0 5 1 6 2 1 0 8
34 Mullin, Oisin SUB↑ 25% 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 O'Connor, Mark HBFR 79% 1 0 15 7 8 4 0 7 3 5 1 4 0 2
23 Rohan, Gary FPL 65% 1 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3
7 Smith, Isaac WR 81% 0 2 22 17 5 8 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 2
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 71% 0 0 12 3 9 2 28 1 1 3 1 1 0 1
18 Stengle, Tyson HFFR 84% 3 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 6
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 92% 0 0 18 14 4 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 18 14 389 230 159 107 38 60 36 57 16 21 20 64

O. Mullin replaced P. Dangerfield.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Bryan, Nick RU 83% 1 0 14 8 6 5 25 2 1 3 1 0 2 1
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 80% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 1
22 Durham, Sam WR 83% 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 2 3 5 1 0 2 1
35 Guelfi, Matt FPL 75% 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 0
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 83% 0 0 25 11 14 7 0 2 1 2 0 1 4 2
19 Hind, Nick SUB↑ 32% 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 1
8 Hobbs, Ben HFFR 68% 0 0 23 12 11 1 0 3 5 8 2 4 1 1
29 Kelly, Jake HBFR 85% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1
4 Langford, Kyle HFFL 94% 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR↓ 60% 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 1
37 Martin, Nic WL 89% 0 0 23 14 9 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 2
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 81% 0 0 23 15 8 7 0 1 0 4 1 0 10 2
47 Menzie, Jye INT 80% 1 0 10 5 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 79% 0 1 18 13 5 2 0 5 7 2 4 0 1 2
3 Parish, Darcy RR 80% 0 0 24 8 16 2 0 9 5 6 1 2 1 3
16 Perkins, Archie RO 82% 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 4 3 5 1 1 2 1
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 76% 0 0 22 17 5 4 0 2 0 4 0 1 5 1
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 86% 0 0 18 14 4 7 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 0
11 Snelling, Will INT 77% 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 3 1
25 Stringer, Jake FPR 59% 1 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 1
10 Weideman, Sam CHF 88% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 2
20 Wright, Peter FF 88% 1 0 7 5 2 2 10 3 0 1 0 1 0 1
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 92% 0 0 12 11 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 7 3 358 215 143 82 35 53 35 62 21 16 46 28

N. Hind replaced J. Laverde.

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 A. McGrath (vc) 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 15 J. Laverde 1 R. Stanley 30 T. Atkins
45 B. Close 26 T. Hawkins 23 G. Rohan 35 P. Dangerfield 12 J. Bowes
FORWARD 9 M. Holmes 4 T. Bruhn
HALF-BACK

36 O. Henry
27 M. Redman 14 J. Ridley 29 J. Kelly

34 O. Mullin
18 T. Stengle 5 J. Cameron 32 G. Miers



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



37 N. Martin 7 Z. Merrett (c) 22 S. Durham



7 I. Smith 46 M. Blicavs 22 M. Duncan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 N. Bryan 6 J. Caldwell
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 21 D. Heppell
4 K. Langford 10 S. Weideman 8 B. Hobbs 16 A. Perkins 47 J. Menzie
42 M. O'Connor 44 T. Stewart 39 Z. Guthrie

11 W. Snelling
HALF-BACK

19 N. Hind
FORWARD



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



38 J. Henry 16 S. De Koning 8 J. Kolodjashnij



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Gryan Miers goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:17
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 06:35
GEEL Isaac Smith behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 11:19
GEEL Brad Close goal 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 12:45
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 3.2.20 - 0.0.0 14:12
GEEL Brad Close goal 4.2.26 - 0.0.0 15:08
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 5.2.32 - 0.0.0 17:15
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 5.2.32 - 0.1.1 18:55
GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 6.2.38 - 0.1.1 20:06
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 6.3.39 - 0.1.1 23:26
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 6.4.40 - 0.1.1 24:33
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 7.4.46 - 0.1.1 25:48
GEEL Zach Guthrie behind 7.5.47 - 0.1.1 27:32
Q2 ESSE Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 0.2.2 03:17
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 7.6.48 - 0.2.2 04:24
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 7.7.49 - 0.2.2 05:15
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 7.7.49 - 1.2.8 06:32
GEEL Isaac Smith behind 7.8.50 - 1.2.8 08:16
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 8.8.56 - 1.2.8 09:47
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 8.9.57 - 1.2.8 20:38
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 9.9.63 - 1.2.8 24:33
ESSE Peter Wright goal 9.9.63 - 2.2.14 27:04
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 9.10.64 - 2.2.14 28:41
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 9.10.64 - 3.2.20 29:51
Q3 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 10.10.70 - 3.2.20 03:17
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 11.10.76 - 3.2.20 05:56
ESSE Will Snelling goal 11.10.76 - 4.2.26 12:41
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 12.10.82 - 4.2.26 19:30
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 13.10.88 - 4.2.26 21:58
GEEL Rushed behind 13.11.89 - 4.2.26 24:24
GEEL Mark O'Connor goal 14.11.95 - 4.2.26 25:55
Q4 GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 14.12.96 - 4.2.26 01:11
GEEL Rushed behind 14.13.97 - 4.2.26 03:12
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 15.13.103 - 4.2.26 08:22
GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 16.13.109 - 4.2.26 10:33
ESSE Nick Bryan goal 16.13.109 - 5.2.32 14:33
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 16.13.109 - 6.2.38 17:12
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 17.13.115 - 6.2.38 21:43
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 17.13.115 - 7.2.44 24:16
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 18.13.121 - 7.2.44 25:49
GEEL Rushed behind 18.14.122 - 7.2.44 27:35
ESSE Rushed behind 18.14.122 - 7.3.45 30:08