2023 AFL Round 23: Greater Western Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 2023 between Greater Western Sydney and Essendon during round 23 of the 2023 AFL season. Greater Western Sydney hosted Essendon at GIANTS Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Adam Kingsley and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Greater Western Sydney
Back: J. Buckley, S. Taylor, C. Idun
Half-back: L. Ash, H. Himmelberg, L. Whitfield
Centre: J. Kelly, T. Green, J. Fahey
Half-forward: T. Bedford, J. Riccardi, B. Daniels
Forward: D. Lloyd, J. Hogan, T. Greene
Follower: K. Briggs, I. Cumming, S. Coniglio
Int.: C. Brown, L. Keeffe, H. Perryman, C. Ward
Sub.: T. McMullin

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

Greater Western Sydney (25.12.162) defeated Essendon (5.6.36).

Goalkickers
Greater Western Sydney: J. Hogan (9), B. Daniels (3), T. Bedford (2), T. Greene (2), L. Ash, C. Brown, S. Coniglio, J. Fahey, T. Green, H. Himmelberg, D. Lloyd, T. McMullin, J. Riccardi
Essendon: K. Langford (2), J. Caldwell, J. Menzie, A. Phillips

As a result of this match, Greater Western Sydney were then 8th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Greater Western Sydney v Essendon
Date: Saturday 19 August 2023
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: GIANTS Stadium
Attendance: 10,281

Match Results

Outcome: Greater Western Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 25.12.162 - 5.6.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Greater Western Sydney 7 . 3 13 . 5 20 . 6 25 . 12 25 . 12 (162)
Essendon 1 . 0 2 . 1 4 . 4 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Margin GWSY by 39 GWSY by 70 GWSY by 98 GWSY by 126 GWSY by 126
Duration 32:03 30:00 32:17 32:21 2:06:41

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Greater Western Sydney), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jesse Hogan GWSY 23 3
Tom Green GWSY 12 2
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jesse Hogan GWSY 23 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom Green GWSY 12 7 0 1 1 0 0
Harry Himmelberg GWSY 27 4 0 1 0 0 0
Brent Daniels GWSY 16 3 0 0 1 0 0
Kieren Briggs GWSY 32 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Callan Ward GWSY 8 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Lachie Whitfield GWSY 6 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Ash, Lachie HBFL 83% 1 0 25 17 8 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 4
14 Bedford, Toby HFFL 81% 2 2 16 8 8 4 0 3 3 4 1 0 0 3
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 68% 0 0 15 10 5 4 22 5 5 2 2 1 3 5
46 Brown, Callum INT 80% 1 2 11 6 5 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
44 Buckley, Jack BPL 86% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 Coniglio, Stephen RO 82% 1 1 31 17 14 4 0 3 8 5 0 2 0 2
13 Cumming, Isaac RR 82% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 4
16 Daniels, Brent HFFR 85% 3 0 15 10 5 5 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 3
34 Fahey, Josh WR 73% 1 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 0 5 1 0 1 3
12 Green, Tom C 85% 1 0 39 16 23 6 0 2 10 5 0 2 1 6
4 Greene, Toby FPR↓ 53% 2 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
27 Himmelberg, Harry CHB 83% 1 0 30 18 12 8 0 1 0 3 2 0 8 5
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 90% 9 1 24 16 8 17 0 4 0 3 2 0 0 4
39 Idun, Connor BPR 85% 0 0 24 12 12 7 0 0 1 3 1 0 4 1
25 Keeffe, Lachie INT 66% 0 1 4 3 1 1 7 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
22 Kelly, Josh WL 86% 0 1 30 10 20 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 2
38 Lloyd, Daniel FPL 85% 1 2 11 7 4 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
31 McMullin, Toby SUB↑ 35% 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
36 Perryman, Harry INT 82% 0 1 24 14 10 5 0 7 0 3 0 1 3 3
26 Riccardi, Jake CHF 76% 1 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1
15 Taylor, Sam FB 100% 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 Ward, Callan INT 74% 0 0 30 17 13 7 0 4 6 5 2 0 2 9
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFR 80% 0 0 30 18 12 7 0 2 3 2 1 2 3 7
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 25 12 431 245 186 108 29 51 43 58 20 11 35 70

T. McMullin replaced T. Greene.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye WL 78% 1 1 18 10 8 5 0 3 3 4 1 1 0 5
13 Cox, Nik HFFR 83% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0
2 Draper, Sam RU 62% 0 1 7 3 4 1 15 5 1 3 0 0 0 1
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 81% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 3 1 1 0 1 3 1
35 Guelfi, Matt FPL↓ 22% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 82% 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 5 2
19 Hind, Nick BPL 80% 0 0 28 21 7 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 6 2
8 Hobbs, Ben FPR 80% 0 0 19 10 9 5 0 7 5 4 2 1 1 6
29 Kelly, Jake BPR 93% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 2
4 Langford, Kyle CHF 97% 2 0 9 7 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0
15 Laverde, Jayden CHB 96% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 0
37 Martin, Nic WR 80% 0 0 15 7 8 0 0 0 1 5 1 2 3 1
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 81% 0 0 32 14 18 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 8 2
47 Menzie, Jye INT 85% 1 1 7 3 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 85% 0 1 27 8 19 3 0 5 7 1 2 0 2 3
3 Parish, Darcy RR 80% 0 0 25 11 14 2 0 7 5 3 1 0 2 4
16 Perkins, Archie C 81% 0 0 16 7 9 5 0 3 0 8 1 4 0 4
34 Phillips, Andrew INT 70% 1 0 11 6 5 4 13 5 3 3 1 1 0 1
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 78% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 1 1 5 0 1 3 1
25 Stringer, Jake SUB↑ 57% 0 1 11 5 6 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 2
5 Tsatas, Elijah INT 65% 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 1 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 90% 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 95% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 0
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 5 6 314 159 155 60 28 62 32 62 11 20 44 41

J. Stringer replaced M. Guelfi.

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

Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
19 N. Hind 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 29 J. Kelly 32 K. Briggs 46 C. Brown
4 T. Greene 23 J. Hogan 38 D. Lloyd 13 I. Cumming 25 L. Keeffe
FORWARD 3 S. Coniglio 36 H. Perryman
HALF-BACK

8 C. Ward
27 M. Redman 15 J. Laverde 1 A. McGrath (vc)

31 T. McMullin
16 B. Daniels 26 J. Riccardi 14 T. Bedford



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 J. Caldwell 16 A. Perkins 37 N. Martin



34 J. Fahey 12 T. Green 22 J. Kelly FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 21 D. Heppell
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 47 J. Menzie
22 S. Durham 4 K. Langford 13 N. Cox 7 Z. Merrett (c) 34 A. Phillips
6 L. Whitfield 27 H. Himmelberg 7 L. Ash

5 E. Tsatas
HALF-BACK

25 J. Stringer
FORWARD



35 M. Guelfi 20 P. Wright 8 B. Hobbs



39 C. Idun 15 S. Taylor 44 J. Buckley



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GWSY Brent Daniels goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:01
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:04
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 06:02
GWSY Daniel Lloyd behind 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 10:13
GWSY Toby Greene goal 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 10:52
GWSY Toby Bedford goal 4.1.25 - 1.0.6 16:50
GWSY Callum Brown behind 4.2.26 - 1.0.6 18:28
GWSY Jake Riccardi goal 5.2.32 - 1.0.6 21:12
GWSY Brent Daniels goal 6.2.38 - 1.0.6 23:14
GWSY Harry Perryman behind 6.3.39 - 1.0.6 27:23
GWSY Stephen Coniglio goal 7.3.45 - 1.0.6 29:11
Q2 GWSY Lachie Ash goal 8.3.51 - 1.0.6 01:22
GWSY Toby Bedford behind 8.4.52 - 1.0.6 05:42
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 8.5.53 - 1.0.6 09:01
GWSY Brent Daniels goal 9.5.59 - 1.0.6 10:23
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 10.5.65 - 1.0.6 14:33
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 11.5.71 - 1.0.6 19:33
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 11.5.71 - 2.0.12 22:21
GWSY Toby Bedford goal 12.5.77 - 2.0.12 25:34
GWSY Toby Greene goal 13.5.83 - 2.0.12 27:21
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 13.5.83 - 2.1.13 28:43
Q3 ESSE Sam Draper behind 13.5.83 - 2.2.14 04:01
GWSY Josh Fahey goal 14.5.89 - 2.2.14 05:40
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 15.5.95 - 2.2.14 07:36
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 16.5.101 - 2.2.14 13:25
ESSE Elijah Tsatas behind 16.5.101 - 2.3.15 15:04
GWSY Daniel Lloyd behind 16.6.102 - 2.3.15 16:31
GWSY Harry Himmelberg goal 17.6.108 - 2.3.15 17:51
GWSY Callum Brown goal 18.6.114 - 2.3.15 19:49
GWSY Tom Green goal 19.6.120 - 2.3.15 22:51
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 19.6.120 - 3.3.21 24:37
ESSE Andrew Phillips goal 19.6.120 - 4.3.27 26:28
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 20.6.126 - 4.3.27 28:51
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 20.6.126 - 4.4.28 30:28
Q4 ESSE Zach Merrett behind 20.6.126 - 4.5.29 00:34
GWSY Callum Brown behind 20.7.127 - 4.5.29 02:25
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 21.7.133 - 4.5.29 05:48
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 22.7.139 - 4.5.29 09:12
GWSY Daniel Lloyd goal 23.7.145 - 4.5.29 11:37
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 24.7.151 - 4.5.29 14:43
GWSY Toby McMullin behind 24.8.152 - 4.5.29 17:43
GWSY Stephen Coniglio behind 24.9.153 - 4.5.29 18:17
GWSY Josh Kelly behind 24.10.154 - 4.5.29 19:12
GWSY Toby Bedford behind 24.11.155 - 4.5.29 22:03
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 24.11.155 - 5.5.35 25:12
GWSY Lachie Keeffe behind 24.12.156 - 5.5.35 27:00
GWSY Toby McMullin goal 25.12.162 - 5.5.35 29:50
ESSE Jye Menzie behind 25.12.162 - 5.6.36 31:10