2023 AFL 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 21 of the 2023 AFL season. 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
Back: N. Hind, B. Zerk-Thatcher, J. Kelly
Half-back: M. Redman, J. Laverde, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: S. Durham, J. Menzie, N. Martin
Half-forward: E. Tsatas, P. Wright, N. Cox
Forward: A. Perkins, K. Langford, B. Hobbs
Follower: A. Phillips, D. Parish, Z. Merrett (capt.)
Int.: N. Bryan, J. Caldwell, M. Guelfi, D. Heppell
Sub.: A. Davey

West Coast
Back: J. Rotham, J. McGovern, L. Duggan
Half-back: B. Hough, E. Yeo, T. Cole
Centre: A. Gaff, T. Kelly, J. Hunt
Half-forward: J. Cripps, J. Darling, L. Edwards
Forward: N. Long, O. Allen, R. Maric
Follower: B. Williams, J. Petruccelle, E. Hewett
Int.: C. Chesser, X. O'Neill, J. Williams, A. Witherden
Sub.: G. Clark

Essendon (10.13.73) defeated West Coast (11.6.72).

Goalkickers
Essendon: K. Langford (5), S. Durham, D. Parish, A. Perkins, M. Redman, P. Wright
West Coast: O. Allen (2), J. Cripps (2), J. Darling (2), R. Maric (2), E. Hewett, J. Petruccelle, J. Williams

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 12th on the ladder (up from 13th) and West Coast remained 18th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Adam Simpson (West Coast)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (West Coast)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (West Coast)

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