2024 AFL Round 16: Essendon v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 2024 between Essendon and West Coast during round 16 of the 2024 AFL season. Essendon hosted West Coast at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. With the presence of multiple West Coast co-captains, namely Oscar Allen and Liam Duggan, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Adam Simpson.

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

West Coast
Back: B. Hough, T. Barrass, A. Witherden
Half-back: J. Rotham, J. McGovern, L. Duggan
Centre: J. Jones, E. Yeo, J. Hunt
Half-forward: J. Cripps, J. Waterman, L. Ryan
Forward: C. Chesser, O. Allen, J. Darling
Follower: M. Flynn, R. Ginbey, J. Petruccelle
Int.: T. Brockman, T. Cole, R. Maric, B. Williams
Sub.: J. Hutchinson

Essendon (19.8.122) defeated West Coast (13.14.92).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Stringer (5), N. Caddy (2), M. Guelfi (2), K. Langford (2), P. Wright (2), J. Caldwell, S. Durham, X. Duursma, D. Heppell, N. Hind, Z. Merrett
West Coast: J. Waterman (3), O. Allen (2), J. Cripps (2), J. Darling (2), J. Petruccelle (2), C. Chesser, E. Yeo

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and West Coast remained 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v West Coast
Date: Sunday 23 June 2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 40,840

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. West Coast
Score: 19.8.122 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 2 10 . 4 14 . 5 19 . 8 19 . 8 (122)
West Coast 4 . 3 6 . 5 11 . 10 13 . 14 13 . 14 (92)
Margin WCST by 1 ESSE by 23 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 30
Duration 32:38 31:04 34:50 34:42 2:13:14

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Adam Simpson (West Coast)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (West Coast)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (West Coast)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Sam Durham ESSE 22 3
Jye Caldwell ESSE 6 2
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Sam Durham ESSE 22 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 6 0 1 0 1 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 4 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Barrass WCST 37 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jye Caldwell ESSE 6 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jamie Cripps WCST 15 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Liam Ryan WCST 1 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Caddy, Nate INT 66% 2 1 11 5 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 86% 1 1 27 20 7 6 0 11 6 9 1 5 2 3
13 Cox, Nik INT↓ 59% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 6 1 1 1 0 1 2
2 Draper, Sam RU 81% 0 0 17 9 8 4 32 3 6 4 1 2 1 7
22 Durham, Sam C 74% 1 0 29 13 16 3 0 2 5 3 2 0 0 10
28 Duursma, Xavier WL 80% 1 0 20 10 10 9 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 1
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFL 80% 2 1 15 6 9 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 3
21 Heppell, Dyson INT 81% 1 0 20 10 10 5 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 1
19 Hind, Nick HFFR 77% 1 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
23 Jones, Harry CHF 70% 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2
29 Kelly, Jake WR 85% 0 0 15 13 2 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1
4 Langford, Kyle FPR 95% 2 0 7 5 2 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 84% 0 0 28 18 10 11 0 5 0 1 1 0 5 0
37 Martin, Nic HBFL 88% 0 1 21 14 7 9 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 83% 0 0 24 12 12 3 0 6 1 2 0 0 6 1
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
47 Menzie, Jye SUB↑ 14% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 86% 1 0 28 18 10 8 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 5
16 Perkins, Archie INT 75% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 3
27 Redman, Mason CHB 83% 0 0 22 13 9 10 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 2
14 Ridley, Jordan BPL 93% 0 0 25 18 7 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 1
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 81% 5 1 20 14 6 10 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 3
20 Wright, Peter FF 81% 2 1 12 8 4 6 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 19 8 400 240 160 126 40 54 35 47 8 13 42 54

J. Menzie replaced N. Cox.

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Allen, Oscar FF 86% 2 4 13 11 2 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1
37 Barrass, Tom FB 94% 0 0 16 11 5 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
10 Brockman, Tyler INT 71% 0 0 14 6 8 3 0 2 5 0 1 0 2 2
18 Chesser, Campbell FPL 81% 1 0 14 9 5 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 2
28 Cole, Tom INT 79% 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFL 88% 2 3 19 14 5 4 0 4 4 3 0 0 0 5
27 Darling, Jack FPR 85% 2 1 9 4 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Duggan, Liam HBFR 89% 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 4 3 0 1 0 1 7
25 Flynn, Matt RU 67% 0 0 6 0 6 0 26 5 1 1 1 1 0 1
7 Ginbey, Reuben RR 80% 0 0 17 5 12 1 0 5 5 3 2 0 0 3
19 Hough, Brady BPL 80% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 0
5 Hunt, Jayden WR 84% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 2
44 Hutchinson, Jack SUB↑ 14% 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Jones, Jamaine WL 84% 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 4
41 Maric, Ryan INT↓ 72% 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 1 2 5
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 90% 0 0 20 18 2 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 8 3
21 Petruccelle, Jack RO 86% 2 1 11 8 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 2
35 Rotham, Josh HBFL 89% 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1 Ryan, Liam HFFR 79% 0 1 19 12 7 3 0 2 6 2 1 1 0 7
2 Waterman, Jake CHF 95% 3 1 13 9 4 7 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1
32 Williams, Bailey INT 60% 0 0 5 1 4 0 13 2 1 3 1 2 0 1
23 Witherden, Alex BPR 78% 0 0 16 6 10 5 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 1
6 Yeo, Elliot C 70% 1 0 20 14 6 2 0 13 7 2 2 1 3 5
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 13 14 292 182 110 77 41 60 44 33 13 8 35 56

J. Hutchinson replaced R. Maric.

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
19 B. Hough 37 T. Barrass 23 A. Witherden 2 S. Draper 30 N. Caddy
4 K. Langford 20 P. Wright 25 J. Stringer 6 J. Caldwell 13 N. Cox
FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett (c) 21 D. Heppell
HALF-BACK

16 A. Perkins
35 J. Rotham 20 J. McGovern 14 L. Duggan

47 J. Menzie
19 N. Hind 23 H. Jones 35 M. Guelfi



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



31 J. Jones 6 E. Yeo 5 J. Hunt



29 J. Kelly 22 S. Durham 28 X. Duursma FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 25 M. Flynn 10 T. Brockman
HALF-FORWARD 7 R. Ginbey 28 T. Cole
15 J. Cripps 2 J. Waterman 1 L. Ryan 21 J. Petruccelle 41 R. Maric
1 A. McGrath (vc) 27 M. Redman 37 N. Martin

32 B. Williams
HALF-BACK

44 J. Hutchinson
FORWARD



18 C. Chesser 12 O. Allen 27 J. Darling



15 J. Laverde 32 B. McKay 14 J. Ridley



BACK



West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Kyle Langford goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:59
ESSE Peter Wright goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 05:23
WCST Jake Waterman goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 06:38
ESSE Peter Wright goal 3.0.18 - 1.0.6 08:44
WCST Jake Waterman goal 3.0.18 - 2.0.12 11:43
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 3.0.18 - 3.0.18 14:12
WCST Liam Ryan behind 3.0.18 - 3.1.19 15:16
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 4.0.24 - 3.1.19 18:07
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 4.0.24 - 3.2.20 19:27
WCST Jamie Cripps goal 4.0.24 - 4.2.26 21:42
ESSE Rushed behind 4.1.25 - 4.2.26 24:23
ESSE Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 4.2.26 27:22
WCST Jake Waterman behind 4.2.26 - 4.3.27 32:34
Q2 ESSE Peter Wright behind 4.3.27 - 4.3.27 01:52
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 4.4.28 - 4.3.27 05:41
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 5.4.34 - 4.3.27 07:37
ESSE Nick Hind goal 6.4.40 - 4.3.27 10:26
WCST Campbell Chesser goal 6.4.40 - 5.3.33 12:13
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 7.4.46 - 5.3.33 15:01
WCST Jack Darling goal 7.4.46 - 6.3.39 18:57
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 7.4.46 - 6.4.40 20:06
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 8.4.52 - 6.4.40 23:38
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 9.4.58 - 6.4.40 25:04
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 10.4.64 - 6.4.40 27:22
WCST Rushed behind 10.4.64 - 6.5.41 29:07
Q3 WCST Jack Darling goal 10.4.64 - 7.5.47 03:39
WCST Oscar Allen behind 10.4.64 - 7.6.48 06:25
WCST Oscar Allen goal 10.4.64 - 8.6.54 08:22
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 11.4.70 - 8.6.54 09:40
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 12.4.76 - 8.6.54 13:06
WCST Jake Waterman goal 12.4.76 - 9.6.60 14:55
WCST Oscar Allen behind 12.4.76 - 9.7.61 16:32
ESSE Nic Martin behind 12.5.77 - 9.7.61 17:19
WCST Elliot Yeo goal 12.5.77 - 10.7.67 21:01
WCST Jack Petruccelle goal 12.5.77 - 11.7.73 23:22
ESSE Xavier Duursma goal 13.5.83 - 11.7.73 25:43
WCST Jack Petruccelle behind 13.5.83 - 11.8.74 27:59
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 14.5.89 - 11.8.74 30:46
WCST Oscar Allen behind 14.5.89 - 11.9.75 32:27
WCST Jack Darling behind 14.5.89 - 11.10.76 33:30
Q4 ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 14.6.90 - 11.10.76 03:32
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 15.6.96 - 11.10.76 08:55
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 15.7.97 - 11.10.76 10:22
WCST Rushed behind 15.7.97 - 11.11.77 11:11
WCST Jamie Cripps behind 15.7.97 - 11.12.78 15:38
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 15.8.98 - 11.12.78 18:22
WCST Oscar Allen behind 15.8.98 - 11.13.79 19:44
WCST Jack Petruccelle goal 15.8.98 - 12.13.85 22:12
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 16.8.104 - 12.13.85 23:23
WCST Rushed behind 16.8.104 - 12.14.86 24:30
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 17.8.110 - 12.14.86 27:37
WCST Oscar Allen goal 17.8.110 - 13.14.92 29:11
ESSE Sam Durham goal 18.8.116 - 13.14.92 30:52
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 19.8.122 - 13.14.92 32:55