2024 AFL Round 4: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 30 March 2024 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 4 of the 2024 AFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. Jack Steele captained the visitors with Callum Wilkie as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

Essendon
Back: D. Heppell, B. McKay, J. Laverde
Half-back: A. McGrath (vice-capt.), M. Redman, N. Martin
Centre: N. Cox, S. Durham, J. Kelly
Half-forward: J. Gresham, Z. Merrett (capt.), J. Menzie
Forward: H. Jones, K. Langford, J. Stringer
Follower: S. Draper, D. Parish, J. Caldwell
Int.: X. Duursma, T. Goldstein, B. Hobbs, A. Perkins
Sub.: N. Hind

St Kilda
Back: J. Battle, Z. Cordy, C. Wilkie (vice-capt.)
Half-back: L. Stocker, J. Sinclair, N. Wanganeen-Milera
Centre: R. Byrnes, S. Ross, B. Hill
Half-forward: J. Higgins, M. Phillipou, M. Owens
Forward: D. Wilson, A. Caminiti, T. Membrey
Follower: R. Marshall, J. Steele (capt.), M. Windhager
Int.: R. Bonner, D. Butler, Z. Jones, C. Sharman
Sub.: A. Hastie

Essendon (10.11.71) defeated St Kilda (9.13.67).

Goalkickers
Essendon: K. Langford (3), J. Stringer (3), H. Jones (2), X. Duursma, A. McGrath
St Kilda: J. Higgins (3), A. Caminiti (2), D. Butler, M. Owens, S. Ross, J. Sinclair

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (up from 11th) and St Kilda were then 11th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 30 March 2024
Time: 4:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 44,412

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 10.11.71 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 5 . 3 8 . 5 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
St Kilda 4 . 4 6 . 8 8 . 12 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin STKL by 9 STKL by 11 STKL by 7 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration 29:40 28:18 30:48 29:25 1:58:11

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Ross Lyon (St Kilda)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), Jack Steele (St Kilda)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), Callum Wilkie (St Kilda)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nic Martin ESSE 37 3
Sebastian Ross STKL 6 2
Kyle Langford ESSE 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 9 1 1 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 5 1 0 0 0 0
Nic Martin ESSE 37 4 0 ? ? 0 ?
Sebastian Ross STKL 6 4 0 ? ? 0 ?
Jack Steele STKL 9 3 0 0 1 0 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 2 0 0 0 1 0
Bradley Hill STKL 8 2 0 0 0 1 0
Xavier Duursma ESSE 28 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 RO 78% 0 0 20 7 13 5 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 4
13 Cox, Nik WL 81% 0 0 18 6 12 5 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 1
2 Draper, Sam RU 77% 0 0 10 8 2 2 21 1 3 1 2 0 3 3
22 Durham, Sam C↓ 46% 0 0 11 2 9 1 0 5 2 2 2 1 0 0
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 85% 1 0 23 15 8 6 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 1
17 Goldstein, Todd INT 57% 0 0 9 4 5 2 12 0 2 0 2 0 0 2
11 Gresham, Jade HFFL 79% 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 2
21 Heppell, Dyson BPL 83% 0 0 30 23 7 12 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 1
19 Hind, Nick SUB↑ 28% 0 1 5 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 73% 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 5 2 3 0 1 0 5
23 Jones, Harry FPL 81% 2 0 13 9 4 10 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
29 Kelly, Jake WR 94% 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2
4 Langford, Kyle FF 100% 3 2 12 9 3 6 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 98% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 0
37 Martin, Nic HBFR 97% 0 1 44 31 13 8 0 1 3 7 0 1 12 3
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFL 77% 1 0 30 19 11 8 0 2 0 4 2 1 5 8
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 18 11 7 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0
47 Menzie, Jye HFFR 75% 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
7 Merrett, Zach (c) CHF 78% 0 0 30 15 15 3 0 6 7 4 2 0 3 2
3 Parish, Darcy RR 85% 0 1 26 12 14 4 0 8 5 7 1 2 3 3
16 Perkins, Archie INT 71% 0 1 20 11 9 1 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 4
27 Redman, Mason CHB 79% 0 0 25 19 6 8 0 4 0 4 0 0 3 2
25 Stringer, Jake FPR 80% 3 1 11 10 1 5 0 2 1 8 1 3 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 10 11 417 248 169 113 34 66 37 62 16 11 42 53

N. Hind replaced S. Durham.

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Battle, Josh BPL 93% 0 0 18 11 7 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 2
36 Bonner, Riley INT 82% 0 1 32 29 3 9 0 1 1 6 2 0 12 7
16 Butler, Dan INT 76% 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
13 Byrnes, Ryan WL 86% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 5
47 Caminiti, Anthony FF 82% 2 2 11 6 5 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0
21 Cordy, Zaine FB 90% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 4 0
24 Hastie, Angus SUB↑ 22% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Higgins, Jack HFFL 84% 3 1 15 8 7 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Hill, Bradley WR 80% 0 0 25 15 10 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 7
3 Jones, Zak INT 61% 0 0 16 7 9 1 0 2 5 3 1 2 0 3
19 Marshall, Rowan RU 84% 0 0 20 12 8 8 27 7 2 14 1 5 1 3
28 Membrey, Tim FPR 89% 0 1 12 5 7 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
10 Owens, Mitch HFFR 77% 1 0 13 5 8 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2
25 Phillipou, Mattaes CHF 82% 0 1 18 7 11 3 0 6 4 3 0 1 0 1
6 Ross, Sebastian C 74% 1 1 28 15 13 7 0 3 6 3 2 2 2 4
43 Sharman, Cooper INT↓ 60% 0 2 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
35 Sinclair, Jack CHB 81% 1 0 30 16 14 4 0 1 1 5 1 0 3 3
9 Steele, Jack (c) RR 84% 0 0 29 11 18 9 0 7 3 2 0 0 2 4
14 Stocker, Liam HBFL 75% 0 0 13 3 10 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
7 Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah HBFR 81% 0 1 20 13 7 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 0
44 Wilkie, Callum (vc) BPR 100% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 3 0 3 1 0 3 0
22 Wilson, Darcy FPL 75% 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1
2 Windhager, Marcus RO 81% 0 0 18 7 11 1 0 5 4 4 0 2 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 13 392 213 179 93 27 61 32 61 11 16 42 51

A. Hastie replaced C. Sharman.

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
26 J. Battle 21 Z. Cordy 44 C. Wilkie (vc) 2 S. Draper 28 X. Duursma
25 J. Stringer 4 K. Langford 23 H. Jones 3 D. Parish 17 T. Goldstein
FORWARD 6 J. Caldwell 8 B. Hobbs
HALF-BACK

16 A. Perkins
14 L. Stocker 35 J. Sinclair 7 N. Wanganeen-Milera

19 N. Hind
47 J. Menzie 7 Z. Merrett (c) 11 J. Gresham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 R. Byrnes 6 S. Ross 8 B. Hill



29 J. Kelly 22 S. Durham 13 N. Cox FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 R. Marshall 36 R. Bonner
HALF-FORWARD 9 J. Steele (c) 16 D. Butler
1 J. Higgins 25 M. Phillipou 10 M. Owens 2 M. Windhager 3 Z. Jones
37 N. Martin 27 M. Redman 1 A. McGrath (vc)

43 C. Sharman
HALF-BACK

24 A. Hastie
FORWARD



22 D. Wilson 47 A. Caminiti 28 T. Membrey



15 J. Laverde 32 B. McKay 21 D. Heppell



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Anthony Caminiti behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:05
STKL Jack Higgins goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:02
STKL Jack Sinclair goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 04:07
ESSE Harry Jones goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 09:57
STKL Riley Bonner behind 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 11:47
ESSE Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 12:53
STKL Mattaes Phillipou behind 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 13:38
STKL Sebastian Ross behind 1.1.7 - 2.4.16 15:40
STKL Dan Butler goal 1.1.7 - 3.4.22 19:14
STKL Anthony Caminiti goal 1.1.7 - 4.4.28 21:40
ESSE Xavier Duursma goal 2.1.13 - 4.4.28 22:52
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 3.1.19 - 4.4.28 24:56
Q2 STKL Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 4.5.29 01:36
STKL Mitch Owens goal 3.1.19 - 5.5.35 03:17
STKL Jack Higgins goal 3.1.19 - 6.5.41 04:42
ESSE Harry Jones goal 4.1.25 - 6.5.41 08:50
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 5.1.31 - 6.5.41 10:29
STKL Cooper Sharman behind 5.1.31 - 6.6.42 12:19
STKL Cooper Sharman behind 5.1.31 - 6.7.43 14:58
STKL Jack Higgins behind 5.1.31 - 6.8.44 17:38
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 5.2.32 - 6.8.44 23:54
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 5.3.33 - 6.8.44 25:09
Q3 STKL Darcy Wilson behind 5.3.33 - 6.9.45 00:47
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 6.3.39 - 6.9.45 02:14
ESSE Nic Martin behind 6.4.40 - 6.9.45 03:23
STKL Jack Higgins goal 6.4.40 - 7.9.51 06:06
ESSE Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 7.9.51 08:13
ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 7.5.47 - 7.9.51 08:32
STKL Tim Membrey behind 7.5.47 - 7.10.52 11:04
STKL Sebastian Ross goal 7.5.47 - 8.10.58 12:49
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera behind 7.5.47 - 8.11.59 21:53
STKL Anthony Caminiti behind 7.5.47 - 8.12.60 22:53
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 8.5.53 - 8.12.60 24:11
Q4 ESSE Kyle Langford behind 8.6.54 - 8.12.60 00:52
STKL Anthony Caminiti goal 8.6.54 - 9.12.66 04:20
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 9.6.60 - 9.12.66 08:24
ESSE Nick Hind behind 9.7.61 - 9.12.66 11:55
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 9.8.62 - 9.12.66 13:29
ESSE Jye Menzie behind 9.9.63 - 9.12.66 17:08
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 10.9.69 - 9.12.66 20:09
ESSE Jade Gresham behind 10.10.70 - 9.12.66 21:42
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 10.11.71 - 9.12.66 23:40
STKL Rushed behind 10.11.71 - 9.13.67 24:14