2024 AFL Round 10: Essendon v Greater Western Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 2024 between Essendon and Greater Western Sydney during round 10 of the 2024 AFL season. Essendon hosted Greater Western Sydney at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. Toby Greene captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Adam Kingsley.

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

Greater Western Sydney
Back: C. Idun, S. Taylor, H. Perryman
Half-back: L. Whitfield, J. Buckley, L. Ash
Centre: N. Haynes, J. Kelly, F. Callaghan
Half-forward: B. Daniels, J. Riccardi, D. Jones
Forward: T. Greene (capt.), J. Hogan, C. Stone
Follower: K. Briggs, C. Ward, S. Coniglio
Int.: T. Bedford, A. Cadman, T. Green, H. Himmelberg
Sub.: H. Thomas

Essendon (12.10.82) defeated Greater Western Sydney (9.8.62).

Goalkickers
Essendon: K. Langford (4), M. Guelfi (3), A. Davey, N. Hind, A. Perkins, M. Redman, J. Stringer
Greater Western Sydney: T. Greene (2), J. Hogan (2), T. Bedford, D. Jones, J. Kelly, J. Riccardi, C. Stone

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 5th) and Greater Western Sydney were then 5th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Greater Western Sydney
Date: Saturday 11 May 2024
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 37,295

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Greater Western Sydney
Score: 12.10.82 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 2 4 . 6 9 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Greater Western Sydney 4 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 7 9 . 8 9 . 8 (62)
Margin GWSY by 19 GWSY by 12 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 20 ESSE by 20
Duration 29:10 31:22 30:12 30:35 2:01:19

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Adam Kingsley (Greater Western Sydney)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), Toby Greene (Greater Western Sydney)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Greater Western Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom Green GWSY 12 3
Nic Martin ESSE 37 2
Kyle Langford ESSE 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Kyle Langford ESSE 4 8 1 0 1 0 0
Nic Martin ESSE 37 5 1 0 0 0 0
Sam Durham ESSE 22 4 0 1 0 0 0
Mason Redman ESSE 27 4 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Green GWSY 12 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Matt Guelfi ESSE 35 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Ben McKay ESSE 32 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Sam Taylor GWSY 15 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 76% 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 6 7 3 0 1 2 2
13 Cox, Nik FPR 81% 0 0 13 3 10 4 0 4 1 0 2 0 1 0
33 Davey, Alwyn INT↓ 53% 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 75% 0 1 25 14 11 5 0 4 5 2 1 0 1 8
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 75% 0 1 12 3 9 4 34 4 3 3 1 3 0 0
11 Gresham, Jade INT 77% 0 1 20 10 10 5 0 3 2 5 0 0 0 5
35 Guelfi, Matt WL 75% 3 0 10 6 4 3 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 2
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 82% 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2
19 Hind, Nick HFFR 67% 1 0 20 15 5 4 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 4
8 Hobbs, Ben SUB↑ 16% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 Jones, Harry FPL 72% 0 2 7 4 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
29 Kelly, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 1
4 Langford, Kyle CHF 89% 4 1 14 9 5 5 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 97% 0 0 16 11 5 11 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0
37 Martin, Nic HBFR 96% 0 1 31 24 7 10 0 1 2 5 0 0 4 4
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) CHB 90% 0 0 24 15 9 8 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 2
32 McKay, Ben FB 98% 0 0 16 9 7 9 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 81% 0 0 24 13 11 2 0 5 4 2 0 0 0 7
3 Parish, Darcy C 76% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 4
16 Perkins, Archie INT 70% 1 0 20 11 9 4 0 4 3 5 0 1 1 7
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 89% 1 0 26 21 5 12 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 3
25 Stringer, Jake WR 82% 1 2 12 7 5 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 2
20 Wright, Peter FF 83% 0 0 10 4 6 2 21 2 1 2 1 1 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 12 10 377 221 156 113 55 62 39 46 12 10 30 57

B. Hobbs replaced A. Davey.

Greater Western Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Ash, Lachie HBFR 73% 0 0 21 16 5 9 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 2
14 Bedford, Toby INT 86% 1 0 19 5 14 3 0 7 1 6 0 1 1 0
32 Briggs, Kieren RU 73% 0 1 16 11 5 2 25 5 10 6 2 1 2 3
44 Buckley, Jack CHB 92% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 2
5 Cadman, Aaron INT 64% 0 0 5 3 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 2
17 Callaghan, Finn WR 80% 0 0 13 5 8 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 3
3 Coniglio, Stephen RO 84% 0 2 24 12 12 3 0 4 2 4 1 1 3 3
16 Daniels, Brent HFFL 86% 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 4 2 2 0 1 0 1
12 Green, Tom INT 72% 0 0 34 11 23 2 0 4 7 5 0 1 2 3
4 Greene, Toby (c) FPL 93% 2 0 11 8 3 2 0 2 0 5 1 2 0 5
19 Haynes, Nick WL 83% 0 1 17 10 7 8 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 4
27 Himmelberg, Harry INT 75% 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 0
23 Hogan, Jesse FF 89% 2 1 12 7 5 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
39 Idun, Connor BPL 97% 0 0 20 7 13 4 0 1 2 3 0 0 4 0
2 Jones, Darcy HFFR 74% 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
22 Kelly, Josh C 85% 1 0 21 6 15 1 0 6 1 2 0 1 2 2
36 Perryman, Harry BPR 77% 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 8 0
26 Riccardi, Jake CHF 74% 1 1 6 5 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
18 Stone, Conor FPR↓ 67% 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
15 Taylor, Sam FB 100% 0 0 16 11 5 7 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 2
28 Thomas, Harvey SUB↑ 14% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ward, Callan RR 75% 0 0 18 5 13 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 2 2
6 Whitfield, Lachie HBFL 86% 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 6 1 1 3 1 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 8 350 186 164 74 30 69 40 52 10 12 45 40

H. Thomas replaced C. Stone.

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
39 C. Idun 15 S. Taylor 36 H. Perryman 17 T. Goldstein 33 A. Davey
13 N. Cox 20 P. Wright 23 H. Jones 6 J. Caldwell 11 J. Gresham
FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett (c) 21 D. Heppell
HALF-BACK

16 A. Perkins
6 L. Whitfield 44 J. Buckley 7 L. Ash

8 B. Hobbs
19 N. Hind 4 K. Langford 22 S. Durham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



19 N. Haynes 22 J. Kelly 17 F. Callaghan



25 J. Stringer 3 D. Parish 35 M. Guelfi FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 K. Briggs 14 T. Bedford
HALF-FORWARD 8 C. Ward 5 A. Cadman
16 B. Daniels 26 J. Riccardi 2 D. Jones 3 S. Coniglio 12 T. Green
37 N. Martin 1 A. McGrath (vc) 27 M. Redman

27 H. Himmelberg
HALF-BACK

28 H. Thomas
FORWARD



4 T. Greene (c) 23 J. Hogan 18 C. Stone



29 J. Kelly 32 B. McKay 15 J. Laverde



BACK



Greater Western Sydney Coach: Adam Kingsley

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Todd Goldstein behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:18
GWSY Stephen Coniglio behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:57
GWSY Jake Riccardi goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 06:10
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 07:49
ESSE Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 12:47
ESSE Alwyn Davey goal 1.2.8 - 2.1.13 15:01
GWSY Jesse Hogan behind 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 18:02
GWSY Nick Haynes behind 1.2.8 - 2.3.15 20:57
GWSY Darcy Jones goal 1.2.8 - 3.3.21 23:19
GWSY Conor Stone goal 1.2.8 - 4.3.27 25:03
Q2 ESSE Jade Gresham behind 1.3.9 - 4.3.27 00:21
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 1.4.10 - 4.3.27 04:43
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 1.5.11 - 4.3.27 06:20
GWSY Toby Greene goal 1.5.11 - 5.3.33 07:47
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 2.5.17 - 5.3.33 12:38
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 3.5.23 - 5.3.33 15:08
GWSY Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 5.4.34 16:57
GWSY Stephen Coniglio behind 3.5.23 - 5.5.35 21:19
GWSY Jake Riccardi behind 3.5.23 - 5.6.36 23:03
GWSY Jesse Hogan goal 3.5.23 - 6.6.42 24:36
ESSE Sam Durham behind 3.6.24 - 6.6.42 26:59
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 4.6.30 - 6.6.42 28:43
Q3 GWSY Toby Greene goal 4.6.30 - 7.6.48 01:10
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 5.6.36 - 7.6.48 03:00
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 6.6.42 - 7.6.48 07:50
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 7.6.48 - 7.6.48 09:37
GWSY Josh Kelly goal 7.6.48 - 8.6.54 10:59
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 8.6.54 - 8.6.54 17:43
GWSY Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 8.7.55 22:50
ESSE Harry Jones behind 8.7.55 - 8.7.55 24:40
ESSE Mason Redman goal 9.7.61 - 8.7.55 26:23
ESSE Harry Jones behind 9.8.62 - 8.7.55 28:11
ESSE Nic Martin behind 9.9.63 - 8.7.55 29:47
Q4 ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 10.9.69 - 8.7.55 00:43
GWSY Toby Bedford goal 10.9.69 - 9.7.61 02:49
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 11.9.75 - 9.7.61 06:11
GWSY Kieren Briggs behind 11.9.75 - 9.8.62 11:12
ESSE Nick Hind goal 12.9.81 - 9.8.62 11:56
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 12.10.82 - 9.8.62 18:15