2023 AFL Season Round 21: Essendon v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 2023 between Essendon and West Coast during round twenty-one of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted West Coast 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 Adam Simpson.

Essendon (10.13.73) defeated West Coast (11.6.72).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Essendon v West Coast
Date: Saturday 5 August 2023
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 30,742

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. West Coast
Score: 10.13.73 - 11.6.72

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	1	.	6	7	.	8	8	.	10	10	.	13	10	.	13	(73)
West Coast	2	.	2	4	.	3	6	.	5	11	.	6	11	.	6	(72)
Margin	WCST by 2			ESSE by 23			ESSE by 17			ESSE by 1			ESSE by 1
Duration	26:06			31:03			28:34			32:28			1:58:11

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 (West Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Simpson

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Tim Kelly	WCST	11	3
Darcy Parish	ESSE	3	2
Kyle Langford	ESSE	4	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Tim Kelly	WCST	11	8	?	?	?	0	0
Kyle Langford	ESSE	4	8	?	?	?	0	0
Darcy Parish	ESSE	3	7	1	0	0	1	0
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	3	0	0	1	0	0
Liam Duggan	WCST	14	2	0	0	0	1	0
Nick Hind	ESSE	19	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jayden Hunt	WCST	5	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	52%	0	0	8	3	5	2	19	2	2	1	0	1	1	0
6	Caldwell, Jye	INT↓	47%	0	1	11	6	5	6	0	4	2	2	0	1	0	2
13	Cox, Nik	HFFR	85%	0	1	15	4	11	2	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	0
33	Davey, Alwyn	SUB↑	24%	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Durham, Sam	WL	82%	1	0	22	9	13	5	0	2	1	5	0	0	1	1
35	Guelfi, Matt	INT	78%	0	1	7	3	4	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2
21	Heppell, Dyson	INT	83%	0	0	23	14	9	7	0	6	1	3	1	1	5	0
19	Hind, Nick	BPL	85%	0	0	31	24	7	5	0	3	2	1	0	0	7	6
8	Hobbs, Ben	FPR	73%	0	0	17	12	5	0	0	3	8	8	6	3	2	4
29	Kelly, Jake	BPR	90%	0	0	14	6	8	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1
4	Langford, Kyle	FF	92%	5	3	13	11	2	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
15	Laverde, Jayden	CHB	91%	0	0	15	9	6	4	0	4	0	4	1	2	1	2
37	Martin, Nic	WR	91%	0	0	16	6	10	3	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	2
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	HBFR	78%	0	0	19	11	8	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	5	6
47	Menzie, Jye	C	84%	0	1	8	4	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	RO	84%	0	0	29	14	15	7	0	8	4	3	3	0	1	7
3	Parish, Darcy	RR	83%	1	0	33	17	16	5	0	2	9	6	1	0	1	7
16	Perkins, Archie	FPL	82%	1	1	16	7	9	5	0	4	4	2	1	1	0	3
34	Phillips, Andrew	RU	69%	0	1	7	4	3	4	33	4	2	1	0	1	0	0
27	Redman, Mason	HBFL	83%	1	0	22	17	5	6	0	3	1	0	3	0	7	2
5	Tsatas, Elijah	HFFL	75%	0	1	14	10	4	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
20	Wright, Peter	CHF	94%	1	3	13	7	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
30	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	FB	97%	0	0	17	12	5	7	0	2	0	0	1	0	5	1
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				10	13	371	210	161	96	52	60	39	46	22	12	40	55

A. Davey replaced J. Caldwell.

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
12	Allen, Oscar	FF	96%	2	1	11	7	4	6	0	4	0	4	2	1	1	0
18	Chesser, Campbell	INT	73%	0	0	16	5	11	2	0	0	3	4	0	1	1	2
39	Clark, Greg	SUB↑	11%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Cole, Tom	HBFR	85%	0	0	21	13	8	11	0	1	0	4	0	0	4	1
15	Cripps, Jamie	HFFL	87%	2	2	16	11	5	3	0	4	2	2	2	1	0	3
27	Darling, Jack	CHF	100%	2	0	11	7	4	4	0	4	1	2	0	1	0	3
14	Duggan, Liam	BPR	80%	0	0	29	21	8	6	0	1	5	6	1	2	3	9
16	Edwards, Luke	HFFR	74%	0	0	20	10	10	5	0	5	1	2	1	2	2	2
3	Gaff, Andrew	WL	86%	0	0	23	9	14	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
8	Hewett, Elijah	RO	70%	1	0	13	9	4	1	0	1	1	4	0	1	2	3
19	Hough, Brady	HBFL	87%	0	0	13	9	4	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2
5	Hunt, Jayden	WR	95%	0	0	24	13	11	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	3
11	Kelly, Tim	C	85%	0	0	30	16	14	10	0	4	5	6	2	4	5	4
44	Long, Noah	FPL	79%	0	0	14	6	8	3	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1
41	Maric, Ryan	FPR	84%	2	0	8	5	3	2	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	3
20	McGovern, Jeremy	FB	83%	0	0	12	10	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0
24	O'Neill, Xavier	INT	65%	0	0	6	3	3	1	0	5	0	4	0	2	0	2
21	Petruccelle, Jack	RR	77%	1	1	13	8	5	3	0	2	3	2	0	0	1	3
35	Rotham, Josh	BPL	91%	0	0	18	13	5	8	0	0	0	4	0	2	3	1
32	Williams, Bailey	RU	76%	0	0	9	2	7	3	12	1	3	3	1	3	0	1
34	Williams, Jack	INT↓	59%	1	0	8	4	4	3	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	2
23	Witherden, Alex	INT	78%	0	0	22	18	4	9	0	4	0	2	1	0	6	4
6	Yeo, Elliot	CHB	77%	0	0	15	12	3	6	0	3	0	1	1	0	5	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				11	6	352	211	141	111	13	46	29	61	12	22	43	51

G. Clark replaced J. Williams.

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
	35	J. Rotham	20	J. McGovern	14	L. Duggan	34	A. Phillips	24	N. Bryan
	8	B. Hobbs	4	K. Langford	16	A. Perkins	3	D. Parish	6	J. Caldwell
FORWARD							7	Z. Merrett (c)	35	M. Guelfi
HALF-BACK									21	D. Heppell
	19	B. Hough	6	E. Yeo	28	T. Cole			33	A. Davey
	13	N. Cox	20	P. Wright	5	E. Tsatas
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	3	A. Gaff	11	T. Kelly	5	J. Hunt
	37	N. Martin	47	J. Menzie	22	S. Durham	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							32	B. Williams	18	C. Chesser
HALF-FORWARD							21	J. Petruccelle	24	X. O'Neill
	15	J. Cripps	27	J. Darling	16	L. Edwards	8	E. Hewett	34	J. Williams
	1	A. McGrath (vc)	15	J. Laverde	27	M. Redman			23	A. Witherden
HALF-BACK									39	G. Clark
FORWARD
	44	N. Long	12	O. Allen	41	R. Maric
	29	J. Kelly	30	B. Zerk-Thatcher	19	N. Hind
BACK
West Coast							Coach: Adam Simpson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WCST	Rushed behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:42
	ESSE	Archie Perkins behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	01:56
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	05:57
	WCST	Jamie Cripps behind	0.2.2	-	0.2.2	11:21
	ESSE	Jye Caldwell behind	0.3.3	-	0.2.2	14:08
	WCST	Oscar Allen goal	0.3.3	-	1.2.8	16:28
	ESSE	Sam Durham goal	1.3.9	-	1.2.8	18:09
	ESSE	Peter Wright behind	1.4.10	-	1.2.8	22:24
	ESSE	Jye Menzie behind	1.5.11	-	1.2.8	23:11
	WCST	Elijah Hewett goal	1.5.11	-	2.2.14	24:18
	ESSE	Peter Wright behind	1.6.12	-	2.2.14	25:45
Q2	ESSE	Peter Wright behind	1.7.13	-	2.2.14	00:47
	ESSE	Archie Perkins goal	2.7.19	-	2.2.14	03:26
	WCST	Ryan Maric goal	2.7.19	-	3.2.20	04:37
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	3.7.25	-	3.2.20	07:32
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	4.7.31	-	3.2.20	11:10
	WCST	Jack Williams goal	4.7.31	-	4.2.26	13:56
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	5.7.37	-	4.2.26	18:10
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	6.7.43	-	4.2.26	20:03
	WCST	Rushed behind	6.7.43	-	4.3.27	23:11
	ESSE	Darcy Parish goal	7.7.49	-	4.3.27	26:18
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	7.8.50	-	4.3.27	29:18
Q3	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	8.8.56	-	4.3.27	00:47
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	8.9.57	-	4.3.27	03:06
	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	8.9.57	-	5.3.33	12:56
	WCST	Jack Petruccelle goal	8.9.57	-	6.3.39	14:14
	WCST	Oscar Allen behind	8.9.57	-	6.4.40	16:43
	WCST	Jamie Cripps behind	8.9.57	-	6.5.41	24:52
	ESSE	Nik Cox behind	8.10.58	-	6.5.41	28:29
Q4	WCST	Jack Petruccelle behind	8.10.58	-	6.6.42	01:46
	WCST	Jack Darling goal	8.10.58	-	7.6.48	04:31
	ESSE	Matt Guelfi behind	8.11.59	-	7.6.48	08:36
	ESSE	Mason Redman goal	9.11.65	-	7.6.48	10:40
	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	9.11.65	-	8.6.54	13:18
	ESSE	Andrew Phillips behind	9.12.66	-	8.6.54	20:00
	WCST	Jack Darling goal	9.12.66	-	9.6.60	21:10
	ESSE	Elijah Tsatas behind	9.13.67	-	9.6.60	22:50
	WCST	Oscar Allen goal	9.13.67	-	10.6.66	25:07
	WCST	Ryan Maric goal	9.13.67	-	11.6.72	28:47
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	10.13.73	-	11.6.72	30:16

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