2024 AFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 2024 between Essendon and Collingwood during round eight of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon "hosted" Collingwood at the MCG. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. Darcy Moore captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Craig McRae.

Essendon (12.13.85) drew with Collingwood (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Essendon v Collingwood
Date: Thursday 25 April 2024
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 93,644

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon drew with Collingwood
Score: 12.13.85 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 1 7 . 6 9 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Collingwood 2 . 6 6 . 11 9 . 12 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin ESSE by 19 ESSE by 1 COLL by 1 level drawn
Duration 32:02 31:11 27:49 30:02 2:01:04

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Essendon) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Collingwood) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Collingwood

Captain: Darcy Moore
Coach: Craig McRae

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Kyle Langford ESSE 4 2
Scott Pendlebury COLL 10 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Brody Mihocek COLL 41 7 0 1 1 0 0
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 6 0 1 0 1 0
Kyle Langford ESSE 4 4 0 0 1 0 1
Darcy Moore COLL 30 3 0 0 0 1 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 72% 0 0 24 8 16 2 0 3 3 3 3 2 0 5
13 Cox, Nik FPR 80% 0 0 17 10 7 7 0 3 1 4 2 0 1 2
33 Davey, Alwyn HFFR 77% 1 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 3
2 Draper, Sam FPL 70% 1 0 11 6 5 5 12 2 2 3 0 2 1 2
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 76% 0 0 22 11 11 5 0 2 3 6 1 2 2 4
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 89% 0 0 20 9 11 5 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1
17 Goldstein, Todd INT 69% 0 0 7 1 6 2 19 0 2 4 1 3 0 1
11 Gresham, Jade RU 88% 0 1 16 5 11 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4
21 Heppell, Dyson BPL 81% 0 0 27 15 12 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3
19 Hind, Nick SUB↑ 18% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 52% 0 0 14 4 10 1 0 5 1 3 2 2 1 1
23 Jones, Harry WL↓ 63% 1 3 11 8 3 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
29 Kelly, Jake WR 100% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 3 1 4 0 1 5 0
4 Langford, Kyle CHF 93% 4 2 14 9 5 7 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 89% 0 0 12 8 4 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0
37 Martin, Nic HBFL 97% 1 0 30 19 11 4 0 4 2 4 0 0 3 2
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 85% 0 0 31 23 8 8 0 3 1 3 2 0 5 1
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 11 6 5 6 0 2 0 3 0 3 3 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 84% 0 1 30 17 13 3 0 9 6 4 3 1 2 5
3 Parish, Darcy INT 68% 1 0 25 18 7 6 0 5 5 3 1 2 2 7
27 Redman, Mason CHB 77% 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 2
25 Stringer, Jake C 79% 1 3 19 11 8 3 0 2 8 0 2 0 0 6
20 Wright, Peter FF 94% 2 1 8 6 2 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 13 396 225 171 102 31 51 40 60 22 22 39 55

N. Hind replaced H. Jones.

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Cameron, Darcy RU 76% 0 0 15 7 8 3 16 4 3 6 3 4 2 3
46 Cox, Mason FPR 65% 0 0 6 5 1 3 9 1 2 1 4 0 0 3
25 Crisp, Jack RR 71% 0 0 11 2 9 1 0 8 3 1 2 1 0 1
7 Daicos, Josh WR 90% 1 0 16 12 4 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 5
35 Daicos, Nick CHB 87% 1 0 27 18 9 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 3 8
2 De Goey, Jordan RO 83% 0 1 23 8 15 4 0 6 4 6 2 3 1 2
5 Elliott, Jamie FF 89% 2 1 11 6 5 2 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 2
17 Frampton, Billy BPR 100% 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1
36 Harrison, Harvey SUB↑ 25% 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
23 Hill, Bobby FPL 75% 0 3 9 8 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
32 Hoskin-Elliott, Will INT 80% 1 0 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Howe, Jeremy HBFL 95% 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 8 0
1 Lipinski, Patrick CHF 83% 1 0 13 6 7 3 0 5 0 3 0 1 0 2
4 Maynard, Brayden BPL 81% 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 2 0 3 1 1 3 4
31 McCreery, Beau INT 74% 1 1 7 6 1 1 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 1
41 Mihocek, Brody HFFR 88% 3 3 15 11 4 7 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 3
6 Mitchell, Tom INT↓ 56% 0 0 19 5 14 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 2
30 Moore, Darcy (c) HBFR 95% 0 0 23 14 9 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 2
9 Noble, John INT 84% 0 0 19 10 9 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 4 2
10 Pendlebury, Scott C 75% 0 0 23 14 9 6 0 5 4 3 3 1 1 4
3 Quaynor, Isaac FB 71% 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 2 0 4 0 3 3 2
8 Schultz, Lachie HFFL 82% 1 1 13 8 5 4 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 2
22 Sidebottom, Steele WL 77% 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 1 4 0 2 3 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 13 318 188 130 79 25 67 23 60 22 22 41 53

H. Harrison replaced T. Mitchell.

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 B. Maynard 3 I. Quaynor 17 B. Frampton 11 J. Gresham 28 X. Duursma
13 N. Cox 20 P. Wright 2 S. Draper 6 J. Caldwell 17 T. Goldstein
FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett (c) 8 B. Hobbs
HALF-BACK

3 D. Parish
38 J. Howe 35 N. Daicos 30 D. Moore (c)

19 N. Hind
33 A. Davey 4 K. Langford 22 S. Durham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 S. Sidebottom 10 S. Pendlebury 7 J. Daicos



29 J. Kelly 25 J. Stringer 23 H. Jones FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 D. Cameron 32 W. Hoskin-Elliott
HALF-FORWARD 25 J. Crisp 31 B. McCreery
8 L. Schultz 1 P. Lipinski 41 B. Mihocek 2 J. De Goey 6 T. Mitchell
1 A. McGrath (vc) 27 M. Redman 37 N. Martin

9 J. Noble
HALF-BACK

36 H. Harrison
FORWARD



23 B. Hill 5 J. Elliott 46 M. Cox



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



BACK



Collingwood Coach: Craig McRae

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Kyle Langford goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:10
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 04:09
ESSE Harry Jones goal 3.0.18 - 0.0.0 05:48
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 4.0.24 - 0.0.0 07:27
COLL Brody Mihocek goal 4.0.24 - 1.0.6 09:55
COLL Beau McCreery behind 4.0.24 - 1.1.7 13:07
COLL Jamie Elliott behind 4.0.24 - 1.2.8 13:49
COLL Brody Mihocek behind 4.0.24 - 1.3.9 15:02
ESSE Peter Wright goal 5.0.30 - 1.3.9 17:18
ESSE Peter Wright goal 6.0.36 - 1.3.9 21:05
COLL Rushed behind 6.0.36 - 1.4.10 26:31
COLL Bobby Hill behind 6.0.36 - 1.5.11 27:54
ESSE Harry Jones behind 6.1.37 - 1.5.11 29:32
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 6.1.37 - 2.5.17 29:54
COLL Brody Mihocek behind 6.1.37 - 2.6.18 31:32
Q2 ESSE Jake Stringer behind 6.2.38 - 2.6.18 01:21
COLL Rushed behind 6.2.38 - 2.7.19 02:55
COLL Brody Mihocek behind 6.2.38 - 2.8.20 04:56
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 6.3.39 - 2.8.20 08:17
COLL Brody Mihocek goal 6.3.39 - 3.8.26 09:26
COLL Bobby Hill behind 6.3.39 - 3.9.27 11:07
ESSE Jade Gresham behind 6.4.40 - 3.9.27 12:23
COLL Will Hoskin-Elliott goal 6.4.40 - 4.9.33 15:11
COLL Lachie Schultz behind 6.4.40 - 4.10.34 17:01
COLL Brody Mihocek goal 6.4.40 - 5.10.40 17:35
COLL Nick Daicos goal 6.4.40 - 6.10.46 20:31
ESSE Sam Draper goal 7.4.46 - 6.10.46 23:48
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 7.5.47 - 6.10.46 26:06
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 7.6.48 - 6.10.46 27:43
COLL Billy Frampton behind 7.6.48 - 6.11.47 30:08
Q3 ESSE Peter Wright behind 7.7.49 - 6.11.47 01:27
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 8.7.55 - 6.11.47 04:19
ESSE Harry Jones behind 8.8.56 - 6.11.47 06:13
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 8.9.57 - 6.11.47 08:45
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 8.9.57 - 7.11.53 09:59
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 9.9.63 - 7.11.53 12:34
COLL Bobby Hill behind 9.9.63 - 7.12.54 16:46
COLL Patrick Lipinski goal 9.9.63 - 8.12.60 19:24
COLL Lachie Schultz goal 9.9.63 - 9.12.66 24:00
ESSE Rushed behind 9.10.64 - 9.12.66 25:10
ESSE Harry Jones behind 9.11.65 - 9.12.66 27:47
Q4 COLL Josh Daicos goal 9.11.65 - 10.12.72 01:51
ESSE Rushed behind 9.12.66 - 10.12.72 03:25
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 10.12.72 - 10.12.72 05:19
ESSE Nic Martin goal 11.12.78 - 10.12.72 06:44
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 12.12.84 - 10.12.72 08:49
COLL Jordan De Goey behind 12.12.84 - 10.13.73 10:20
COLL Harvey Harrison goal 12.12.84 - 11.13.79 11:02
COLL Beau McCreery goal 12.12.84 - 12.13.85 13:11
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 12.13.85 - 12.13.85 28:25