2024 AFL Round 7: Adelaide v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 2024 between Adelaide and Essendon during round 7 of the 2024 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Essendon at Adelaide Oval. Jordan Dawson captained the hosts. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Adelaide
Back: L. Nankervis, J. Borlase, B. Smith
Half-back: J. Worrell, M. Keane, M. Michalanney
Centre: M. Hinge, J. Dawson (capt.), C. Jones
Half-forward: J. Soligo, I. Rankine, J. Rachele
Forward: B. Cook, D. Fogarty, T. Walker
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, B. Keays
Int.: S. Berry, L. Gollant, W. Hamill, N. McHenry
Sub.: L. Sholl

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

Adelaide (11.9.75) were defeated by Essendon (10.18.78).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: J. Dawson (2), B. Keays (2), D. Fogarty, C. Jones, N. McHenry, J. Rachele, I. Rankine, J. Soligo, T. Walker
Essendon: H. Jones (2), K. Langford (2), J. Gresham, B. Hobbs, N. Martin, Z. Merrett, D. Parish, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 15th on the ladder (down from 14th) and Essendon were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Adelaide v Essendon
Date: Friday 19 April 2024
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 46,700

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Essendon
Score: 11.9.75 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 2 . 2 5 . 4 9 . 5 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Essendon 2 . 4 5 . 9 8 . 14 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin ESSE by 2 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 3
Duration 30:39 32:48 33:07 31:07 2:07:41

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: Jordan Dawson (Adelaide), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Adelaide), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Nic Martin ESSE 37 2
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 8 0 2 0 0 0
Nic Martin ESSE 37 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Jake Soligo ADEL 14 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Jade Gresham ESSE 11 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Ben McKay ESSE 32 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Berry, Sam INT↓ 31% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 2
35 Borlase, James FB 100% 0 0 14 6 8 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0
15 Cook, Brayden FPL 75% 0 0 6 1 5 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 89% 2 0 31 22 9 7 0 9 3 3 2 0 3 8
32 Fogarty, Darcy FF 83% 1 2 9 8 1 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3
44 Gollant, Lachlan INT 69% 0 0 7 5 2 2 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
17 Hamill, Will INT 68% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 3 0
20 Hinge, Mitch WL 87% 0 0 26 19 7 4 0 5 0 5 1 1 6 4
1 Jones, Chayce WR 80% 1 0 18 9 9 6 0 0 3 5 1 1 1 3
48 Keane, Mark CHB 93% 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 1 0 5 1 2 4 0
2 Keays, Ben RO 89% 2 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 2
29 Laird, Rory RR 76% 0 1 23 8 15 4 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 3
25 McHenry, Ned INT 74% 1 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 1 3 2 2 0 0
16 Michalanney, Max HBFR 82% 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0
27 Nankervis, Luke BPL 76% 0 0 17 9 8 7 0 4 0 5 0 3 2 2
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 90% 0 0 11 5 6 2 38 5 5 8 1 3 1 0
8 Rachele, Josh HFFR 88% 1 1 20 13 7 6 0 1 4 6 0 0 3 4
23 Rankine, Izak CHF 81% 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 6 5 3 0 2 0 2
38 Sholl, Lachlan SUB↑ 33% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1
33 Smith, Brodie BPR 79% 0 0 22 16 6 2 0 1 0 7 0 1 6 3
14 Soligo, Jake HFFL 78% 1 0 31 17 14 3 0 3 10 7 1 3 1 2
13 Walker, Taylor FPR 90% 1 0 12 8 4 4 5 6 1 2 1 0 0 3
24 Worrell, Josh HBFL 91% 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 11 0
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 11 9 362 217 145 77 46 63 42 76 18 22 52 43

L. Sholl replaced S. Berry.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 74% 0 1 26 13 13 3 0 10 6 0 2 0 1 4
13 Cox, Nik FPR 77% 0 0 16 7 9 3 2 3 1 3 0 2 1 1
33 Davey, Alwyn HFFR 73% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 4
2 Draper, Sam WL 70% 0 1 5 3 2 1 22 1 4 5 1 3 1 2
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 71% 0 0 22 9 13 2 0 9 5 3 0 1 1 5
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 77% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 0
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 73% 0 0 9 1 8 1 25 3 2 2 3 1 0 1
11 Gresham, Jade FPL 86% 1 1 26 14 12 4 0 2 6 2 1 0 0 7
21 Heppell, Dyson BPL 80% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2
19 Hind, Nick FF↓ 70% 0 1 11 9 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 71% 1 0 21 12 9 4 0 6 1 1 3 0 0 2
23 Jones, Harry C 89% 2 0 13 7 6 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3
29 Kelly, Jake WR 96% 0 0 17 7 10 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2
4 Langford, Kyle CHF 95% 2 2 12 9 3 2 0 3 0 8 3 3 1 4
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 100% 0 0 17 11 6 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
37 Martin, Nic HBFL 95% 1 1 28 23 5 7 0 2 1 4 0 2 6 7
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 78% 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 5 2 3 1 1 2 1
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 87% 1 1 28 17 11 2 0 5 7 5 3 2 1 3
3 Parish, Darcy INT 74% 1 2 23 11 12 4 0 3 1 3 0 1 1 3
27 Redman, Mason CHB 74% 0 1 21 18 3 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 11 1
25 Stringer, Jake INT 78% 1 2 11 10 1 3 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 5
5 Tsatas, Elijah SUB↑ 13% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 10 18 376 217 159 70 49 80 43 54 22 18 30 62

E. Tsatas replaced N. Hind.

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

Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
21 D. Heppell 32 B. McKay 15 J. Laverde 43 R. O'Brien 3 S. Berry
13 T. Walker 32 D. Fogarty 15 B. Cook 29 R. Laird 44 L. Gollant
FORWARD 2 B. Keays 17 W. Hamill
HALF-BACK

25 N. McHenry
37 N. Martin 27 M. Redman 1 A. McGrath (vc)

38 L. Sholl
8 J. Rachele 23 I. Rankine 14 J. Soligo



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 S. Draper 23 H. Jones 29 J. Kelly



1 C. Jones 12 J. Dawson (c) 20 M. Hinge FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 T. Goldstein 28 X. Duursma
HALF-FORWARD 6 J. Caldwell 8 B. Hobbs
22 S. Durham 4 K. Langford 33 A. Davey 7 Z. Merrett (c) 3 D. Parish
16 M. Michalanney 48 M. Keane 24 J. Worrell

25 J. Stringer
HALF-BACK

5 E. Tsatas
FORWARD



11 J. Gresham 19 N. Hind 13 N. Cox



33 B. Smith 35 J. Borlase 27 L. Nankervis



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jade Gresham behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:26
ESSE Harry Jones goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 01:28
ADEL Rory Laird behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 07:03
ESSE Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 08:16
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 10:41
ESSE Mason Redman behind 0.1.1 - 1.4.10 12:02
ADEL Ben Keays goal 1.1.7 - 1.4.10 15:30
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 1.1.7 - 2.4.16 18:48
ADEL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 2.4.16 21:08
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 2.2.14 - 2.4.16 26:43
Q2 ESSE Darcy Parish goal 2.2.14 - 3.4.22 00:58
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 2.2.14 - 3.5.23 02:50
ESSE Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 3.6.24 06:42
ADEL Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 3.6.24 08:19
ESSE Ben Hobbs goal 2.3.15 - 4.6.30 12:32
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.3.15 - 5.6.36 16:27
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 3.3.21 - 5.6.36 18:25
ADEL Chayce Jones goal 4.3.27 - 5.6.36 20:01
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 5.3.33 - 5.6.36 22:23
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 5.3.33 - 5.7.37 25:31
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 5.3.33 - 5.8.38 27:10
ESSE Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 5.9.39 28:55
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 5.4.34 - 5.9.39 32:43
Q3 ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 5.4.34 - 5.10.40 06:10
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 6.4.40 - 5.10.40 09:02
ADEL Jake Soligo goal 7.4.46 - 5.10.40 11:44
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 8.4.52 - 5.10.40 13:28
ADEL Rushed behind 8.5.53 - 5.10.40 14:52
ADEL Ned McHenry goal 9.5.59 - 5.10.40 18:06
ESSE Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 5.11.41 19:38
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 9.5.59 - 5.12.42 20:15
ESSE Harry Jones goal 9.5.59 - 6.12.48 20:47
ESSE Nic Martin behind 9.5.59 - 6.13.49 22:02
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 9.5.59 - 7.13.55 23:09
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 9.5.59 - 7.14.56 29:18
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 9.5.59 - 8.14.62 32:07
Q4 ADEL Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 8.14.62 01:08
ESSE Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 8.15.63 03:12
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 9.6.60 - 8.16.64 03:46
ESSE Nick Hind behind 9.6.60 - 8.17.65 07:51
ADEL Ben Keays goal 10.6.66 - 8.17.65 09:30
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 11.6.72 - 8.17.65 12:43
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 11.6.72 - 9.17.71 14:25
ESSE Sam Draper behind 11.6.72 - 9.18.72 18:04
ESSE Nic Martin goal 11.6.72 - 10.18.78 19:14
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 11.7.73 - 10.18.78 23:31
ADEL Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 10.18.78 25:25
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 11.9.75 - 10.18.78 30:08