2024 AFL Round 6: Western Bulldogs v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 2024 between Western Bulldogs and Essendon during round 6 of the 2024 AFL season. Western Bulldogs hosted Essendon at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Western Bulldogs
Back: E. Richards, L. Jones, B. Williams
Half-back: T. Duryea, B. Khamis, J. Johannisen
Centre: J. Macrae, A. Treloar, H. Gallagher
Half-forward: L. Bramble, A. Naughton, R. West
Forward: S. Darcy, J. Ugle-Hagan, C. Weightman
Follower: T. English, M. Bontempelli (capt.), T. Liberatore (vice-capt.)
Int.: O. Baker, J. O'Donnell, R. Sanders, L. Vandermeer
Sub.: B. Dale

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

Western Bulldogs (9.13.67) were defeated by Essendon (15.6.96).

Goalkickers
Western Bulldogs: J. Ugle-Hagan (3), A. Naughton (2), R. West (2), S. Darcy, L. Vandermeer
Essendon: K. Langford (3), X. Duursma (2), H. Jones (2), J. Stringer (2), J. Caldwell, A. Davey, S. Durham, T. Goldstein, J. Gresham, N. Martin

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were then 11th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (up from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
Date: Friday 12 April 2024
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 50,144

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Essendon
Score: 9.13.67 - 15.6.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 4 . 2 6 . 6 7 . 9 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Essendon 5 . 0 8 . 2 10 . 5 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
Margin ESSE by 4 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 29 ESSE by 29
Duration 32:06 27:58 27:45 32:31 2:00:20

Honour Roll

Coaches: Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Nic Martin ESSE 37 2
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Sam Draper ESSE 2 10 2 0 0 0 0
Xavier Duursma ESSE 28 6 0 0 2 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 4 0 1 0 0 0
Mason Redman ESSE 27 4 0 1 0 0 0
Harry Jones ESSE 23 2 0 0 0 1 0
Kyle Langford ESSE 4 2 0 0 0 1 0
Taylor Duryea WBUL 15 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan WBUL 2 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Baker, Oskar INT 74% 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 1 2 5 0 2 3 2
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RR 81% 0 0 17 9 8 0 0 3 5 2 1 1 0 2
29 Bramble, Lachie HFFL 82% 0 0 21 10 11 6 0 3 0 6 1 1 5 0
31 Dale, Bailey SUB↑ 30% 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Darcy, Sam FPL 76% 1 3 13 9 4 8 7 5 0 5 1 0 0 1
15 Duryea, Taylor HBFL 84% 0 0 25 12 13 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 4
44 English, Tim RU 86% 0 0 13 6 7 7 16 2 1 6 0 3 0 1
12 Gallagher, Harvey WR 74% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 1 1 6 0 2 0 1
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFR 79% 0 0 22 12 10 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
19 Jones, Liam FB 100% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0
24 Khamis, Buku CHB 92% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1
21 Liberatore, Tom (vc) RO 80% 0 0 25 10 15 3 0 6 10 4 2 1 1 6
11 Macrae, Jack WL 84% 0 0 25 10 15 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 6
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 86% 2 2 11 9 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
18 O'Donnell, James INT 85% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0
20 Richards, Ed BPL 79% 0 0 22 16 6 7 0 1 1 4 0 3 3 4
9 Sanders, Ryley INT↓ 42% 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 Treloar, Adam C 82% 0 0 28 11 17 2 0 8 4 6 0 1 2 5
2 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra FF 87% 3 3 12 9 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
23 Vandermeer, Laitham INT 74% 1 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
3 Weightman, Cody FPR 77% 0 1 10 6 4 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 3
14 West, Rhylee HFFR 83% 2 1 12 7 5 2 0 4 2 4 2 2 0 0
34 Williams, Bailey BPR 83% 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 6
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 13 357 199 158 91 23 50 28 66 15 21 32 50

B. Dale replaced R. Sanders.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 75% 1 0 23 18 5 10 0 4 4 8 1 3 1 5
13 Cox, Nik FPR 77% 0 0 13 6 7 5 0 3 2 4 1 1 1 3
33 Davey, Alwyn HFFR 80% 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
2 Draper, Sam RR 80% 0 1 9 8 1 2 13 0 3 2 1 1 0 4
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 68% 1 0 21 8 13 4 0 3 6 3 1 0 2 3
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 82% 2 0 20 16 4 13 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 1
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 83% 1 0 12 4 8 3 22 0 2 1 3 0 0 2
11 Gresham, Jade FPL 88% 1 0 10 5 5 2 0 2 4 1 1 1 1 2
21 Heppell, Dyson BPL 73% 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0
19 Hind, Nick SUB↑ 27% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 78% 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 4
23 Jones, Harry WL 72% 2 1 13 12 1 6 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 3
29 Kelly, Jake WR 95% 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
4 Langford, Kyle CHF 87% 3 2 13 11 2 5 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden FF 96% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 1
37 Martin, Nic HBFL 93% 1 0 25 19 6 4 0 0 3 3 1 1 8 1
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 88% 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 4 1 3 0 1 5 4
32 McKay, Ben FB 98% 0 0 13 9 4 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
47 Menzie, Jye BPR↓ 56% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 82% 0 0 27 16 11 6 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 5
3 Parish, Darcy C 75% 0 0 22 7 15 1 0 5 4 5 0 2 1 2
27 Redman, Mason CHB 75% 0 0 21 18 3 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 8 3
25 Stringer, Jake INT 71% 2 1 12 11 1 5 0 3 2 2 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 15 6 354 239 115 108 35 47 34 53 21 15 40 49

N. Hind replaced J. Menzie.

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

Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
21 D. Heppell 32 B. McKay 47 J. Menzie 44 T. English 13 O. Baker
3 C. Weightman 2 J. Ugle-Hagan 10 S. Darcy 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 18 J. O'Donnell
FORWARD 21 T. Liberatore (vc) 9 R. Sanders
HALF-BACK

23 L. Vandermeer
37 N. Martin 27 M. Redman 1 A. McGrath (vc)

31 B. Dale
14 R. West 33 A. Naughton 29 L. Bramble



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



23 H. Jones 3 D. Parish 29 J. Kelly



12 H. Gallagher 1 A. Treloar 11 J. Macrae FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 T. Goldstein 6 J. Caldwell
HALF-FORWARD 2 S. Draper 28 X. Duursma
22 S. Durham 4 K. Langford 33 A. Davey 7 Z. Merrett (c) 8 B. Hobbs
39 J. Johannisen 24 B. Khamis 15 T. Duryea

25 J. Stringer
HALF-BACK

19 N. Hind
FORWARD



11 J. Gresham 15 J. Laverde 13 N. Cox



34 B. Williams 19 L. Jones 20 E. Richards



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Todd Goldstein goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:07
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:01
WBUL Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:58
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 09:49
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 14:08
WBUL Rhylee West goal 3.1.19 - 2.0.12 16:08
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 3.1.19 - 3.0.18 20:29
WBUL Rhylee West behind 3.2.20 - 3.0.18 22:39
ESSE Nic Martin goal 3.2.20 - 4.0.24 26:17
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 4.2.26 - 4.0.24 28:19
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 4.2.26 - 5.0.30 30:49
Q2 WBUL Sam Darcy behind 4.3.27 - 5.0.30 03:01
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 5.3.33 - 5.0.30 04:03
WBUL Sam Darcy behind 5.4.34 - 5.0.30 06:33
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 5.4.34 - 5.1.31 08:54
WBUL Rhylee West goal 6.4.40 - 5.1.31 09:53
WBUL Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 5.1.31 13:28
ESSE Xavier Duursma goal 6.5.41 - 6.1.37 14:50
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 6.5.41 - 7.1.43 16:04
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 6.6.42 - 7.1.43 21:51
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 6.6.42 - 8.1.49 24:41
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 6.6.42 - 8.2.50 26:42
Q3 ESSE Harry Jones goal 6.6.42 - 9.2.56 05:38
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 7.6.48 - 9.2.56 08:10
WBUL Oskar Baker behind 7.7.49 - 9.2.56 10:06
ESSE Harry Jones behind 7.7.49 - 9.3.57 11:34
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 7.8.50 - 9.3.57 12:47
ESSE Sam Draper behind 7.8.50 - 9.4.58 14:45
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 7.8.50 - 9.5.59 16:56
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 7.8.50 - 10.5.65 19:48
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 7.9.51 - 10.5.65 24:16
Q4 ESSE Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 10.6.66 00:20
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 7.10.52 - 10.6.66 01:19
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 7.11.53 - 10.6.66 03:06
ESSE Harry Jones goal 7.11.53 - 11.6.72 05:10
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 7.11.53 - 12.6.78 08:28
ESSE Sam Durham goal 7.11.53 - 13.6.84 11:37
ESSE Xavier Duursma goal 7.11.53 - 14.6.90 14:44
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 7.11.53 - 15.6.96 16:22
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 7.12.54 - 15.6.96 20:55
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 8.12.60 - 15.6.96 22:40
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 9.12.66 - 15.6.96 26:03
WBUL Sam Darcy behind 9.13.67 - 15.6.96 27:48