2024 AFL Round 8: Essendon v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 2024 between Essendon and Collingwood during round 8 of the 2024 AFL season. Essendon "hosted" Collingwood at 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
Back: D. Heppell, B. McKay, J. Laverde
Half-back: N. Martin, M. Redman, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: H. Jones, J. Stringer, J. Kelly
Half-forward: S. Durham, K. Langford, A. Davey
Forward: S. Draper, P. Wright, N. Cox
Follower: J. Gresham, J. Caldwell, Z. Merrett (capt.)
Int.: X. Duursma, T. Goldstein, B. Hobbs, D. Parish
Sub.: N. Hind

Collingwood
Back: B. Maynard, I. Quaynor, B. Frampton
Half-back: J. Howe, N. Daicos, D. Moore (capt.)
Centre: S. Sidebottom, S. Pendlebury, J. Daicos
Half-forward: L. Schultz, P. Lipinski, B. Mihocek
Forward: B. Hill, J. Elliott, M. Cox
Follower: D. Cameron, J. Crisp, J. De Goey
Int.: W. Hoskin-Elliott, B. McCreery, T. Mitchell, J. Noble
Sub.: H. Harrison

Essendon (12.13.85) drew with Collingwood (12.13.85).

Goalkickers
Essendon: K. Langford (4), P. Wright (2), A. Davey, S. Draper, H. Jones, N. Martin, D. Parish, J. Stringer
Collingwood: B. Mihocek (3), J. Elliott (2), J. Daicos, N. Daicos, H. Harrison, W. Hoskin-Elliott, P. Lipinski, B. McCreery, L. Schultz

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 7th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Craig McRae (Collingwood)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), Darcy Moore (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Collingwood)

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