2023 AFL Round 19: Essendon v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 2023 between Essendon and Western Bulldogs during round 19 of the 2023 AFL season. Essendon hosted 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
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: M. Guelfi, K. Langford, J. Caldwell
Forward: N. Cox, P. Wright, J. Stringer
Follower: A. Phillips, D. Parish, A. Perkins
Int.: N. Bryan, D. Heppell, B. Hobbs, W. Snelling
Sub.: N. Hind

Western Bulldogs
Back: L. Vandermeer, R. Gardner, J. Bruce
Half-back: B. Dale, A. Keath, E. Richards
Centre: C. Poulter, M. Bontempelli, O. Baker
Half-forward: J. Macrae, A. Naughton, A. Treloar
Forward: C. Weightman, J. Ugle-Hagan, R. West
Follower: T. English, C. Daniel, T. Liberatore
Int.: T. Duryea, B. Khamis, A. Scott, B. Smith
Sub.: B. Williams

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

Goalkickers
Essendon: P. Wright (3), K. Langford (2), M. Guelfi, Z. Merrett
Western Bulldogs: J. Ugle-Hagan (3), C. Weightman (3), M. Bontempelli (2), O. Baker, A. Naughton, A. Scott, A. Treloar, R. West

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Western Bulldogs were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Western Bulldogs)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Western Bulldogs)

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