2023 AFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 2023 between Essendon and the Western Bulldogs during round nineteen of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted the Western Bulldogs 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 Luke Beveridge.

Essendon (7.7.49) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 21 July 2023
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 43,634

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 7.7.49 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	2	5	.	3	6	.	5	7	.	7	7	.	7	(49)
Western Bulldogs	1	.	3	7	.	5	9	.	7	13	.	12	13	.	12	(90)
Margin	ESSE by 11			WBUL by 14			WBUL by 20			WBUL by 41			WBUL by 41
Duration	28:05			29:27			27:33			31:24			1:56:29

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Western Bulldogs

Captain: unknown
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Tom Liberatore	WBUL	21	3
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	2
Tim English	WBUL	44	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Marcus Bontempelli	WBUL	4	10	2	0	0	0	0
Tom Liberatore	WBUL	21	8	0	2	0	0	0
Jordan Ridley	ESSE	14	5	0	0	1	1	0
Bailey Smith	WBUL	6	3	0	0	1	0	0
Adam Treloar	WBUL	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Caleb Daniel	WBUL	35	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan	WBUL	2	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
24	Bryan, Nick	INT↓	31%	0	0	4	2	2	0	15	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
6	Caldwell, Jye	HFFR	70%	0	0	13	6	7	1	0	11	1	3	1	2	0	4
13	Cox, Nik	FPL	82%	0	1	13	7	6	4	0	3	1	4	0	2	0	3
22	Durham, Sam	WR	83%	0	0	15	9	6	6	0	3	3	2	0	1	1	4
35	Guelfi, Matt	HFFL	79%	1	1	10	7	3	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
21	Heppell, Dyson	INT	84%	0	0	22	17	5	9	0	1	0	2	0	0	7	2
19	Hind, Nick	SUB↑	31%	0	0	8	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
8	Hobbs, Ben	INT	77%	0	0	12	5	7	1	0	5	2	3	0	3	0	0
29	Kelly, Jake	HBFR	89%	0	0	21	19	2	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
4	Langford, Kyle	CHF	100%	2	2	14	10	4	7	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
15	Laverde, Jayden	BPR	89%	0	0	27	19	8	15	0	4	0	0	4	0	2	3
37	Martin, Nic	WL	85%	0	0	19	14	5	7	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	7
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	BPL	83%	0	0	26	12	14	10	0	3	0	1	0	0	5	1
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	C	86%	1	0	24	10	14	2	0	5	4	3	1	1	1	2
3	Parish, Darcy	RR	80%	0	0	24	13	11	6	0	7	9	2	1	0	3	5
16	Perkins, Archie	RO	73%	0	0	8	3	5	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
34	Phillips, Andrew	RU	71%	0	0	7	5	2	2	33	6	3	5	1	4	0	1
27	Redman, Mason	HBFL	84%	0	0	28	20	8	9	0	0	0	3	0	1	5	2
14	Ridley, Jordan	CHB	69%	0	0	29	23	6	14	0	2	0	2	0	1	5	0
11	Snelling, Will	INT	81%	0	0	7	4	3	3	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	2
25	Stringer, Jake	FPR	84%	0	1	8	6	2	3	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	2
20	Wright, Peter	FF	94%	3	1	13	10	3	4	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	2
30	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	FB	94%	0	0	17	14	3	10	0	2	0	2	1	1	3	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				7	7	369	242	127	136	51	70	26	45	15	17	36	49

N. Hind replaced N. Bryan.

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Baker, Oskar	WR↓	58%	1	0	12	9	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3
4	Bontempelli, Marcus	C	85%	2	2	29	21	8	11	0	2	4	3	0	2	2	8
17	Bruce, Josh	BPR	100%	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFL	78%	0	0	20	14	6	3	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	1
35	Daniel, Caleb	RR	77%	0	0	28	17	11	9	0	2	3	3	1	0	4	5
15	Duryea, Taylor	INT	74%	0	0	11	8	3	4	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	2
44	English, Tim	RU	86%	0	0	18	12	6	3	33	1	6	0	4	0	3	1
43	Gardner, Ryan	FB	100%	0	0	11	8	3	3	0	2	1	3	0	0	6	0
42	Keath, Alex	CHB	100%	0	0	15	7	8	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	4	0
24	Khamis, Buku	INT	66%	0	0	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	3	0	3	0	0
21	Liberatore, Tom	RO	83%	0	1	36	15	21	5	0	4	12	5	1	0	3	3
11	Macrae, Jack	HFFL	84%	0	0	23	8	15	3	0	2	4	1	1	1	1	2
33	Naughton, Aaron	CHF	87%	1	2	13	10	3	6	0	5	0	2	1	0	1	2
25	Poulter, Caleb	WL	79%	0	1	14	6	8	1	0	5	1	1	0	1	1	1
20	Richards, Ed	HBFR	79%	0	0	21	17	4	4	0	2	0	5	0	2	4	2
28	Scott, Anthony	INT	76%	1	0	13	8	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
6	Smith, Bailey	INT	85%	0	1	25	18	7	7	0	6	6	4	3	1	2	6
1	Treloar, Adam	HFFR	72%	1	0	25	13	12	2	0	4	6	1	1	0	1	4
2	Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra	FF	88%	3	2	15	12	3	7	0	2	0	5	2	3	0	3
23	Vandermeer, Laitham	BPL	70%	0	0	11	6	5	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	1
3	Weightman, Cody	FPL	86%	3	0	9	8	1	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	2
14	West, Rhylee	FPR	71%	1	0	7	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
34	Williams, Bailey	SUB↑	18%	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				13	12	372	228	144	91	35	54	47	47	17	15	40	49

B. Williams replaced O. Baker.

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
	23	L. Vandermeer	43	R. Gardner	17	J. Bruce	34	A. Phillips	24	N. Bryan
	25	J. Stringer	20	P. Wright	13	N. Cox	3	D. Parish	21	D. Heppell
FORWARD							16	A. Perkins	8	B. Hobbs
HALF-BACK									11	W. Snelling
	31	B. Dale	42	A. Keath	20	E. Richards			19	N. Hind
	6	J. Caldwell	4	K. Langford	35	M. Guelfi
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	25	C. Poulter	4	M. Bontempelli	13	O. Baker
	22	S. Durham	7	Z. Merrett (c)	37	N. Martin	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							44	T. English	15	T. Duryea
HALF-FORWARD							35	C. Daniel	24	B. Khamis
	11	J. Macrae	33	A. Naughton	1	A. Treloar	21	T. Liberatore	28	A. Scott
	29	J. Kelly	14	J. Ridley	27	M. Redman			6	B. Smith
HALF-BACK									34	B. Williams
FORWARD
	3	C. Weightman	2	J. Ugle-Hagan	14	R. West
	15	J. Laverde	30	B. Zerk-Thatcher	1	A. McGrath (vc)
BACK
Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:18
	WBUL	Rushed behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	01:39
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	04:51
	WBUL	Caleb Poulter behind	2.0.12	-	0.2.2	08:19
	WBUL	Anthony Scott goal	2.0.12	-	1.2.8	18:58
	ESSE	Matt Guelfi behind	2.1.13	-	1.2.8	21:17
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	2.1.13	-	1.3.9	22:20
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	3.1.19	-	1.3.9	24:56
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	3.2.20	-	1.3.9	26:34
Q2	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	3.2.20	-	2.3.15	01:14
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	3.2.20	-	3.3.21	03:40
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	3.2.20	-	4.3.27	06:40
	ESSE	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	4.3.27	11:40
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	3.3.21	-	5.3.33	16:45
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	4.3.27	-	5.3.33	19:31
	WBUL	Tom Liberatore behind	4.3.27	-	5.4.34	21:50
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	4.3.27	-	6.4.40	23:05
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	4.3.27	-	6.5.41	24:32
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	4.3.27	-	7.5.47	27:11
	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	5.3.33	-	7.5.47	29:21
Q3	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	5.3.33	-	7.6.48	11:25
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	6.3.39	-	7.6.48	12:58
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli goal	6.3.39	-	8.6.54	17:36
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	6.4.40	-	8.6.54	19:58
	WBUL	Oskar Baker goal	6.4.40	-	9.6.60	21:39
	ESSE	Nik Cox behind	6.5.41	-	9.6.60	24:25
	WBUL	Marcus Bontempelli behind	6.5.41	-	9.7.61	26:53
Q4	ESSE	Matt Guelfi goal	7.5.47	-	9.7.61	01:19
	ESSE	Peter Wright behind	7.6.48	-	9.7.61	02:40
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	7.6.48	-	10.7.67	05:02
	WBUL	Bailey Smith behind	7.6.48	-	10.8.68	07:28
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal	7.6.48	-	11.8.74	12:38
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	7.6.48	-	11.9.75	15:55
	WBUL	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	11.10.76	19:03
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	7.7.49	-	11.10.76	20:22
	WBUL	Adam Treloar goal	7.7.49	-	12.10.82	21:46
	WBUL	Rushed behind	7.7.49	-	12.11.83	23:53
	WBUL	Cody Weightman goal	7.7.49	-	13.11.89	26:48
	WBUL	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind	7.7.49	-	13.12.90	30:41

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