2024 AFL Round 9: West Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 2024 between West Coast and Essendon during round 9 of the 2024 AFL season. West Coast hosted Essendon at Optus Stadium. Liam Duggan captained the hosts with Tom Barrass as vice-captain. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Adam Simpson and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

West Coast
Back: A. Witherden, T. Barrass (vice-capt.), J. Rotham
Half-back: L. Duggan (capt.), J. McGovern, B. Hough
Centre: R. Ginbey, E. Yeo, L. Edwards
Half-forward: C. Chesser, J. Waterman, J. Cripps
Forward: N. Long, J. Darling, J. Petruccelle
Follower: B. Williams, T. Kelly, H. Reid
Int.: T. Cole, L. Ryan, D. Sheed, J. Williams
Sub.: H. Johnston

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

West Coast (11.5.71) were defeated by Essendon (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
West Coast: J. Waterman (3), J. Williams (3), J. Darling (2), C. Chesser, B. Williams, E. Yeo
Essendon: K. Langford (3), Z. Merrett (3), P. Wright (2), S. Durham, X. Duursma, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, West Coast remained 15th on the ladder and Essendon were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: West Coast v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 May 2024
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 51,751

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Essendon
Score: 11.5.71 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 1 . 1 4 . 2 8 . 5 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
Essendon 2 . 5 7 . 6 10 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 15 ESSE by 6 ESSE by 6
Duration 28:14 32:33 33:08 31:19 2:05:14

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Simpson (West Coast), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: Liam Duggan (West Coast), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: Tom Barrass (West Coast), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Liam Duggan WCST 14 2
Nic Martin ESSE 37 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Nic Martin ESSE 37 7 0 1 1 0 0
Tim Kelly WCST 11 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Jake Waterman WCST 2 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Sam Durham ESSE 22 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Barrass, Tom (vc) FB 96% 0 0 22 14 8 8 0 0 2 2 1 0 8 1
18 Chesser, Campbell HFFL 92% 1 1 12 6 6 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
28 Cole, Tom INT 80% 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 5 2 2 2 1 2 1
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFR 85% 0 1 20 8 12 4 0 3 4 3 0 2 0 4
27 Darling, Jack FF 96% 2 0 11 7 4 3 4 0 0 4 1 1 0 1
14 Duggan, Liam (c) HBFL 87% 0 0 26 20 6 6 0 2 2 4 0 0 10 3
16 Edwards, Luke WR 83% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 2 1 4 0 2 0 4
7 Ginbey, Reuben WL 80% 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
19 Hough, Brady HBFR 90% 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 1
24 Johnston, Harvey SUB↑ 25% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Kelly, Tim RR 84% 0 0 29 18 11 2 0 4 9 2 2 0 3 6
13 Long, Noah FPL↓ 56% 0 1 9 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 85% 0 0 16 11 5 4 2 2 0 1 2 1 6 0
21 Petruccelle, Jack FPR 84% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 2 2 2 0 2 2
9 Reid, Harley RO 80% 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 5 2 3 2 1 2 0
35 Rotham, Josh BPR 76% 0 0 10 9 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1
1 Ryan, Liam INT 72% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
4 Sheed, Dom INT 70% 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 3 2 4 2 0 2 1
2 Waterman, Jake CHF 95% 3 1 11 9 2 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
32 Williams, Bailey RU 76% 1 0 17 10 7 4 18 1 5 4 0 1 3 3
34 Williams, Jack INT 71% 3 1 15 9 6 3 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 4
23 Witherden, Alex BPL 86% 0 0 20 8 12 4 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 3
6 Yeo, Elliot C 50% 1 0 13 7 6 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 11 5 337 202 135 82 28 45 40 46 18 13 48 44

H. Johnston replaced N. Long.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye RR↓ 49% 0 1 15 4 11 3 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0
13 Cox, Nik HFFR 80% 0 0 16 8 8 4 0 2 4 2 0 0 3 0
33 Davey, Alwyn INT 59% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 80% 1 0 25 10 15 2 0 3 7 5 0 4 1 3
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 86% 1 0 22 13 9 5 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 3
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 79% 0 0 12 5 7 3 31 5 3 6 2 3 0 4
11 Gresham, Jade FPR 90% 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 7
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 69% 0 2 10 5 5 3 0 4 1 1 1 1 1 0
21 Heppell, Dyson BPL 83% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1
8 Hobbs, Ben SUB↑ 26% 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2
23 Jones, Harry FPL 75% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2
29 Kelly, Jake WR 92% 0 0 19 13 6 8 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 1
4 Langford, Kyle CHF 97% 3 3 12 6 6 4 2 4 0 3 2 2 0 1
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 89% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 5 0
37 Martin, Nic HBFL 97% 0 0 32 22 10 8 0 2 2 5 1 0 6 4
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 84% 0 0 23 7 16 4 0 4 2 2 0 1 2 1
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 18 8 10 7 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 85% 3 1 29 12 17 4 0 3 3 3 0 1 1 4
3 Parish, Darcy C 84% 0 0 36 22 14 11 0 5 6 2 0 0 5 6
16 Perkins, Archie INT 63% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 5 2 4 1 0 0 8
27 Redman, Mason CHB 79% 0 1 20 15 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4
25 Stringer, Jake WL 66% 1 2 9 8 1 2 0 2 2 4 1 2 0 5
20 Wright, Peter FF 86% 2 0 8 6 2 4 16 2 1 2 1 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 11 381 210 171 96 53 67 41 58 13 18 33 60

B. Hobbs replaced J. Caldwell.

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

West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
21 D. Heppell 32 B. McKay 15 J. Laverde 32 B. Williams 28 T. Cole
21 J. Petruccelle 27 J. Darling 13 N. Long 11 T. Kelly 1 L. Ryan
FORWARD 9 H. Reid 4 D. Sheed
HALF-BACK

34 J. Williams
37 N. Martin 27 M. Redman 1 A. McGrath (vc)

24 H. Johnston
15 J. Cripps 2 J. Waterman 18 C. Chesser



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



25 J. Stringer 3 D. Parish 29 J. Kelly



16 L. Edwards 6 E. Yeo 7 R. Ginbey FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 T. Goldstein 33 A. Davey
HALF-FORWARD 6 J. Caldwell 28 X. Duursma
22 S. Durham 4 K. Langford 13 N. Cox 7 Z. Merrett (c) 35 M. Guelfi
19 B. Hough 20 J. McGovern 14 L. Duggan (c)

16 A. Perkins
HALF-BACK

8 B. Hobbs
FORWARD



23 H. Jones 20 P. Wright 11 J. Gresham



35 J. Rotham 37 T. Barrass (vc) 23 A. Witherden



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Mason Redman behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:58
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 02:36
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 06:02
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 0.1.1 - 0.3.3 12:38
ESSE Peter Wright goal 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 14:04
WCST Jake Waterman goal 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 16:00
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 1.1.7 - 2.3.15 18:42
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 1.1.7 - 2.4.16 21:49
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 1.1.7 - 2.5.17 24:47
Q2 WCST Jake Waterman goal 2.1.13 - 2.5.17 01:06
WCST Elliot Yeo goal 3.1.19 - 2.5.17 04:28
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 3.1.19 - 3.5.23 07:15
ESSE Peter Wright goal 3.1.19 - 4.5.29 09:23
WCST Campbell Chesser behind 3.2.20 - 4.5.29 13:16
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 3.2.20 - 5.5.35 15:21
ESSE Sam Durham goal 3.2.20 - 6.5.41 18:35
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 3.2.20 - 6.6.42 20:43
WCST Jack Williams goal 4.2.26 - 6.6.42 23:14
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 4.2.26 - 7.6.48 27:17
Q3 WCST Jake Waterman behind 4.3.27 - 7.6.48 01:08
WCST Bailey Williams goal 5.3.33 - 7.6.48 04:17
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 5.3.33 - 8.6.54 09:22
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 5.3.33 - 8.7.55 11:22
WCST Noah Long behind 5.4.34 - 8.7.55 14:07
WCST Campbell Chesser goal 6.4.40 - 8.7.55 15:18
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 6.4.40 - 8.8.56 16:58
WCST Jack Williams goal 7.4.46 - 8.8.56 19:21
WCST Jack Darling goal 8.4.52 - 8.8.56 21:20
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 8.4.52 - 9.8.62 22:56
WCST Jack Williams behind 8.5.53 - 9.8.62 26:58
ESSE Xavier Duursma goal 8.5.53 - 10.8.68 29:04
Q4 WCST Jack Darling goal 9.5.59 - 10.8.68 01:03
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 9.5.59 - 10.9.69 03:59
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 9.5.59 - 11.9.75 10:12
WCST Jake Waterman goal 10.5.65 - 11.9.75 15:04
ESSE Rushed behind 10.5.65 - 11.10.76 18:22
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 10.5.65 - 11.11.77 24:33
WCST Jack Williams goal 11.5.71 - 11.11.77 29:05