2024 AFL Season 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 sixteen of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (19.8.122) defeated West Coast (13.14.92).

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

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 (West Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Adam Simpson

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

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