2024 AFL Round 2: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 16 March 2024 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round 2 of the 2024 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Hawthorn at MCG. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. James Sicily captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Sam Mitchell.

Essendon
Back: D. Heppell, B. McKay, Z. Reid
Half-back: M. Redman, N. Martin, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: N. Cox, W. Setterfield, X. Duursma
Half-forward: M. Guelfi, J. Gresham, J. Caldwell
Forward: J. Stringer, P. Wright, K. Langford
Follower: T. Goldstein, Z. Merrett (capt.), S. Durham
Int.: H. Jones, J. Kelly, J. Menzie, A. Perkins
Sub.: E. Tsatas

Hawthorn
Back: J. Impey, S. Frost, J. Scrimshaw
Half-back: M. D'Ambrosio, J. Sicily (capt.), C. Mackenzie
Centre: C. MacDonald, J. Newcombe, K. Amon
Half-forward: M. Chol, L. Breust, N. Watson
Forward: B. Hardwick, M. Lewis, J. Ginnivan
Follower: N. Reeves, J. Ward, J. Worpel
Int.: J. Gunston, D. Moore, C. Nash, J. Weddle
Sub.: F. Maginness

Essendon (17.5.107) defeated Hawthorn (11.17.83).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Stringer (4), K. Langford (3), M. Guelfi (2), A. Perkins (2), P. Wright (2), J. Caldwell, S. Durham, J. Gresham, J. Menzie
Hawthorn: D. Moore (3), M. Chol (2), J. Ginnivan (2), K. Amon, J. Gunston, M. Lewis, J. Worpel

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 7th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Hawthorn were then 13th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 16 March 2024
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 73,805

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 17.5.107 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 7 . 3 12 . 3 17 . 5 17 . 5 (107)
Hawthorn 2 . 7 5 . 11 9 . 14 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 24
Duration 30:57 30:15 30:40 32:31 2:04:23

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), James Sicily (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Hawthorn)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Archie Perkins ESSE 16 3
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 2
James Worpel HWTH 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Archie Perkins ESSE 16 10 2 0 0 0 0
Massimo D'Ambrosio HWTH 16 6 0 0 2 0 0
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 4 0 1 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dylan Moore HWTH 13 2 0 0 0 1 0
James Worpel HWTH 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
6 Caldwell, Jye HFFR 74% 1 0 13 4 9 1 0 7 3 3 3 3 0 3
13 Cox, Nik WL 91% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 5 0 3 1 2 2 1
22 Durham, Sam RO 75% 1 1 16 8 8 2 0 3 5 1 2 0 2 4
28 Duursma, Xavier WR 81% 0 0 12 4 8 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 85% 0 0 9 4 5 1 41 2 1 1 1 0 0 3
11 Gresham, Jade CHF 74% 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFL 83% 2 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1 6 1 1 0 1
21 Heppell, Dyson BPL 93% 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0
23 Jones, Harry INT 61% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0
29 Kelly, Jake INT 91% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0
4 Langford, Kyle FPR 100% 3 0 7 6 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
37 Martin, Nic CHB 92% 0 1 25 16 9 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 6 4
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 85% 0 0 33 19 14 5 0 2 1 3 1 0 9 4
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0
47 Menzie, Jye INT 63% 1 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RR 87% 0 0 31 18 13 8 0 5 6 2 1 0 4 4
16 Perkins, Archie INT 79% 2 0 24 14 10 4 0 12 8 5 2 2 3 5
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 80% 0 1 22 18 4 4 0 0 1 2 3 1 4 0
31 Reid, Zach BPR↓ 33% 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Setterfield, Will C 79% 0 1 24 15 9 6 0 8 7 1 1 0 4 7
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 80% 4 1 11 9 2 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
5 Tsatas, Elijah SUB↑ 40% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 3
20 Wright, Peter FF 75% 2 0 8 5 3 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 17 5 346 205 141 92 44 61 40 44 18 11 46 51

E. Tsatas replaced Z. Reid.

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Amon, Karl WR 87% 1 0 18 14 4 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 4 2
22 Breust, Luke CHF 72% 0 2 12 8 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
18 Chol, Mabior HFFL↓ 59% 2 2 9 8 1 5 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 1
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo HBFL 82% 0 0 29 15 14 4 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 1
8 Frost, Sam FB 97% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1
33 Ginnivan, Jack FPR 78% 2 0 17 11 6 5 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 4
19 Gunston, Jack INT 85% 1 2 13 7 6 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
15 Hardwick, Blake FPL 88% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0
4 Impey, Jarman BPL 82% 0 0 16 14 2 7 0 6 2 0 0 0 2 3
2 Lewis, Mitch FF 96% 1 2 10 7 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 2
31 MacDonald, Connor WL 81% 0 0 22 13 9 7 0 2 2 6 1 1 2 5
28 Mackenzie, Cam HBFR 79% 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 4
32 Maginness, Finn SUB↑ 20% 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Moore, Dylan INT 78% 3 0 17 11 6 7 0 4 0 1 2 1 1 3
11 Nash, Conor INT 80% 0 1 19 11 8 5 1 5 2 3 0 1 1 3
3 Newcombe, Jai C 83% 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 1 2 5 3 3 2 3
7 Reeves, Ned RU 81% 0 0 8 5 3 1 28 2 3 6 0 3 1 0
14 Scrimshaw, Jack BPR 70% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
6 Sicily, James (c) CHB 94% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 0
25 Ward, Josh RR 79% 0 0 17 5 12 5 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 2
34 Watson, Nick HFFR 73% 0 3 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
23 Weddle, Josh INT 81% 0 1 20 11 9 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6
5 Worpel, James RO 73% 1 0 28 14 14 2 0 3 10 7 0 3 4 7
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 11 17 339 201 138 95 35 44 31 51 11 18 33 57

F. Maginness replaced M. Chol.

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
4 J. Impey 8 S. Frost 14 J. Scrimshaw 17 T. Goldstein 23 H. Jones
4 K. Langford 20 P. Wright 25 J. Stringer 7 Z. Merrett (c) 29 J. Kelly
FORWARD 22 S. Durham 47 J. Menzie
HALF-BACK

16 A. Perkins
16 M. D'Ambrosio 6 J. Sicily (c) 28 C. Mackenzie

5 E. Tsatas
6 J. Caldwell 11 J. Gresham 35 M. Guelfi



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



31 C. MacDonald 3 J. Newcombe 10 K. Amon



28 X. Duursma 12 W. Setterfield 13 N. Cox FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 7 N. Reeves 19 J. Gunston
HALF-FORWARD 25 J. Ward 13 D. Moore
18 M. Chol 22 L. Breust 34 N. Watson 5 J. Worpel 11 C. Nash
1 A. McGrath (vc) 37 N. Martin 27 M. Redman

23 J. Weddle
HALF-BACK

32 F. Maginness
FORWARD



15 B. Hardwick 2 M. Lewis 33 J. Ginnivan



31 Z. Reid 32 B. McKay 21 D. Heppell



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Sam Mitchell

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:04
ESSE Mason Redman behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:00
HWTH Mitch Lewis behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 04:12
ESSE Nic Martin behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 05:32
ESSE Peter Wright goal 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 06:18
HWTH Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 08:27
HWTH Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 0.3.3 10:37
HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 12:00
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 18:07
HWTH Luke Breust behind 3.2.20 - 1.4.10 21:30
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 3.2.20 - 1.5.11 23:42
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 4.2.26 - 1.5.11 24:51
HWTH Conor Nash behind 4.2.26 - 1.6.12 27:31
HWTH James Worpel goal 4.2.26 - 2.6.18 27:59
HWTH Mabior Chol behind 4.2.26 - 2.7.19 30:04
Q2 HWTH Dylan Moore goal 4.2.26 - 3.7.25 01:10
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 4.3.27 - 3.7.25 04:25
HWTH Josh Weddle behind 4.3.27 - 3.8.26 05:13
HWTH Luke Breust behind 4.3.27 - 3.9.27 14:34
HWTH Mabior Chol behind 4.3.27 - 3.10.28 15:43
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 4.3.27 - 4.10.34 18:03
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 5.3.33 - 4.10.34 20:13
HWTH Jack Ginnivan goal 5.3.33 - 5.10.40 22:01
HWTH Nick Watson behind 5.3.33 - 5.11.41 23:37
ESSE Peter Wright goal 6.3.39 - 5.11.41 25:21
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 7.3.45 - 5.11.41 28:35
Q3 HWTH Mabior Chol goal 7.3.45 - 6.11.47 03:08
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 8.3.51 - 6.11.47 05:39
HWTH Rushed behind 8.3.51 - 6.12.48 12:12
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 8.3.51 - 7.12.54 14:01
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 9.3.57 - 7.12.54 15:10
HWTH Jack Gunston behind 9.3.57 - 7.13.55 16:43
HWTH Nick Watson behind 9.3.57 - 7.14.56 18:21
HWTH Jack Gunston goal 9.3.57 - 8.14.62 19:13
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 10.3.63 - 8.14.62 20:44
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 11.3.69 - 8.14.62 25:58
HWTH Karl Amon goal 11.3.69 - 9.14.68 27:22
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 12.3.75 - 9.14.68 29:33
Q4 ESSE Sam Durham behind 12.4.76 - 9.14.68 01:16
ESSE Sam Durham goal 13.4.82 - 9.14.68 03:14
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 14.4.88 - 9.14.68 08:10
HWTH Mitch Lewis goal 14.4.88 - 10.14.74 10:39
HWTH Finn Maginness behind 14.4.88 - 10.15.75 13:46
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 14.4.88 - 11.15.81 15:55
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 15.4.94 - 11.15.81 18:06
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 16.4.100 - 11.15.81 19:13
HWTH Nick Watson behind 16.4.100 - 11.16.82 22:48
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 17.4.106 - 11.16.82 25:51
ESSE Will Setterfield behind 17.5.107 - 11.16.82 27:20
HWTH Mitch Lewis behind 17.5.107 - 11.17.83 30:54