2024 AFL Round 17: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 29 June 2024 between Geelong and Essendon during round 17 of the 2024 AFL season. Geelong hosted Essendon at MCG. Patrick Dangerfield captained the hosts with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Geelong
Back: J. Henry, S. De Koning, J. Kolodjashnij
Half-back: M. Duncan, T. Stewart (vice-capt.), Z. Guthrie
Centre: Z. Tuohy, M. Holmes, O. Dempsey
Half-forward: M. Knevitt, J. Cameron, G. Miers
Forward: T. Stengle, S. Neale, G. Rohan
Follower: M. Blicavs, P. Dangerfield (capt.), T. Atkins
Int.: J. Bowes, J. Clark, B. Close, L. Humphries
Sub.: M. O'Connor

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

Geelong (16.9.105) defeated Essendon (9.6.60).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Stengle (3), J. Cameron (2), O. Dempsey (2), G. Rohan (2), M. Blicavs, J. Bowes, B. Close, M. Duncan, M. Holmes, M. Knevitt, S. Neale
Essendon: J. Stringer (2), P. Wright (2), J. Gresham, M. Guelfi, N. Hind, K. Langford, Z. Merrett

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) and Essendon were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 29 June 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 54,698

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 16.9.105 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 2 6 . 4 11 . 6 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Essendon 4 . 2 7 . 3 8 . 3 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin ESSE by 6 ESSE by 5 GEEL by 21 GEEL by 45 GEEL by 45
Duration 30:04 30:29 30:57 30:58 2:02:28

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: Tom Stewart (Geelong), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 3
Tyson Stengle GEEL 18 2
Oliver Dempsey GEEL 28 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Oliver Dempsey GEEL 28 9 1 1 0 0 0
Jye Caldwell ESSE 6 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Max Holmes GEEL 9 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Zach Tuohy GEEL 2 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Mitch Duncan GEEL 22 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 2 0 0 0 1 0
Nic Martin ESSE 37 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom RO 78% 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 4 3 4 0 0 3 4
46 Blicavs, Mark RU 79% 1 0 15 10 5 4 8 6 4 1 1 1 2 4
12 Bowes, Jack INT 62% 1 0 26 17 9 6 0 7 4 4 2 0 3 8
5 Cameron, Jeremy CHF 93% 2 3 12 8 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
13 Clark, Jhye INT 70% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 1
45 Close, Brad INT 81% 1 0 10 8 2 3 0 6 0 3 0 2 0 2
35 Dangerfield, Patrick (c) RR 76% 0 0 22 11 11 5 0 6 1 5 1 1 2 3
16 De Koning, Sam FB 78% 0 0 21 7 14 3 16 1 5 7 0 5 1 3
28 Dempsey, Oliver WR 95% 2 0 25 16 9 4 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 7
22 Duncan, Mitch HBFL↓ 69% 1 0 20 13 7 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 3
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFR 81% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 0
38 Henry, Jack BPL 100% 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 1 1 3 1 0 7 2
9 Holmes, Max C 80% 1 0 23 15 8 6 0 4 1 3 0 0 5 1
17 Humphries, Lawson INT 77% 0 0 15 8 7 6 0 3 3 1 1 0 5 0
10 Knevitt, Mitch HFFL 78% 1 1 13 10 3 8 0 5 1 2 1 0 2 4
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 5 0 3 0 1 1 0
32 Miers, Gryan HFFR 89% 0 1 20 12 8 3 0 8 3 2 1 1 2 1
33 Neale, Shannon FF 78% 1 1 8 5 3 2 3 2 0 3 0 1 0 1
42 O'Connor, Mark SUB↑ 16% 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
23 Rohan, Gary FPR 81% 2 1 12 11 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 6
18 Stengle, Tyson FPL 81% 3 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
44 Stewart, Tom (vc) CHB 82% 0 0 23 17 6 8 0 5 4 4 1 1 2 4
2 Tuohy, Zach WL 76% 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 3 2 4 2 1 5 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 16 9 371 244 127 103 27 78 38 64 15 18 50 56

M. O'Connor replaced M. Duncan.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 87% 0 0 32 18 14 4 0 12 12 5 2 0 4 4
13 Cox, Nik SUB↑ 24% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
2 Draper, Sam RU 77% 0 0 9 5 4 1 24 2 3 7 0 3 0 2
22 Durham, Sam C 81% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 10 4 3 0 2 0 5
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 79% 0 0 15 12 3 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 4
17 Goldstein, Todd INT 67% 0 0 13 2 11 1 33 0 5 1 2 0 0 3
11 Gresham, Jade WL 83% 1 1 13 11 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 3
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFL 89% 1 0 17 12 5 1 0 7 4 2 2 1 0 3
21 Heppell, Dyson FPL 84% 0 0 22 11 11 5 0 2 2 4 2 1 3 1
19 Hind, Nick HFFR 75% 1 0 13 10 3 0 0 6 4 4 1 1 0 4
23 Jones, Harry CHF↓ 67% 0 0 12 9 3 8 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2
4 Langford, Kyle FPR 82% 1 1 10 7 3 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 91% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 2
37 Martin, Nic HBFL 88% 0 0 27 17 10 2 0 1 1 6 1 1 2 10
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 77% 0 0 18 11 7 7 0 2 0 3 0 1 7 2
32 McKay, Ben FB 96% 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 1
47 Menzie, Jye INT 77% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 0 4 1 1 4 1
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 81% 1 1 23 11 12 2 0 5 4 6 2 1 1 4
16 Perkins, Archie WR 63% 0 1 14 7 7 2 0 4 2 4 0 0 0 2
27 Redman, Mason CHB 82% 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 4 1 2 0 0 3 1
14 Ridley, Jordan BPL 91% 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 0 4 1 2 6 0
25 Stringer, Jake INT 70% 2 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 2 5 0 1 0 2
20 Wright, Peter FF 88% 2 1 15 8 7 6 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 6 343 211 132 79 59 76 46 78 18 15 39 60

N. Cox replaced H. Jones.

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 J. Ridley 32 B. McKay 15 J. Laverde 46 M. Blicavs 12 J. Bowes
23 G. Rohan 33 S. Neale 18 T. Stengle 35 P. Dangerfield (c) 13 J. Clark
FORWARD 30 T. Atkins 45 B. Close
HALF-BACK

17 L. Humphries
37 N. Martin 27 M. Redman 1 A. McGrath (vc)

42 M. O'Connor
32 G. Miers 5 J. Cameron 10 M. Knevitt



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 J. Gresham 22 S. Durham 16 A. Perkins



28 O. Dempsey 9 M. Holmes 2 Z. Tuohy FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 28 X. Duursma
HALF-FORWARD 6 J. Caldwell 17 T. Goldstein
35 M. Guelfi 23 H. Jones 19 N. Hind 7 Z. Merrett (c) 47 J. Menzie
39 Z. Guthrie 44 T. Stewart (vc) 22 M. Duncan

25 J. Stringer
HALF-BACK

13 N. Cox
FORWARD



21 D. Heppell 20 P. Wright 4 K. Langford



8 J. Kolodjashnij 16 S. De Koning 38 J. Henry



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jade Gresham goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 05:04
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 06:25
GEEL Shannon Neale goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 10:44
ESSE Peter Wright goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 12:23
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.0.12 - 3.0.18 13:54
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.0.12 - 4.0.24 19:24
GEEL Max Holmes goal 3.0.18 - 4.0.24 22:01
ESSE Peter Wright behind 3.0.18 - 4.1.25 24:08
GEEL Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 4.1.25 26:11
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 3.2.20 - 4.1.25 28:29
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 3.2.20 - 4.2.26 30:02
Q2 ESSE Zach Merrett goal 3.2.20 - 5.2.32 01:09
GEEL Mitch Knevitt behind 3.3.21 - 5.2.32 06:26
ESSE Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 5.3.33 08:42
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 4.3.27 - 5.3.33 11:50
ESSE Nick Hind goal 4.3.27 - 6.3.39 16:00
GEEL Jack Bowes goal 5.3.33 - 6.3.39 23:35
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 6.3.39 - 6.3.39 25:32
ESSE Peter Wright goal 6.3.39 - 7.3.45 27:19
GEEL Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 7.3.45 30:08
Q3 GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 7.4.46 - 7.3.45 01:18
ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 7.4.46 - 8.3.51 03:05
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 7.5.47 - 8.3.51 07:17
GEEL Shannon Neale behind 7.6.48 - 8.3.51 08:31
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 8.6.54 - 8.3.51 09:05
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 9.6.60 - 8.3.51 12:36
GEEL Oliver Dempsey goal 10.6.66 - 8.3.51 14:51
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 11.6.72 - 8.3.51 19:42
Q4 GEEL Brad Close goal 12.6.78 - 8.3.51 01:14
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 13.6.84 - 8.3.51 06:44
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 13.6.84 - 9.3.57 10:01
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 14.6.90 - 9.3.57 12:06
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 15.6.96 - 9.3.57 14:20
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 15.6.96 - 9.4.58 16:47
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 15.7.97 - 9.4.58 19:37
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 15.8.98 - 9.4.58 20:29
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 15.8.98 - 9.5.59 22:41
ESSE Jade Gresham behind 15.8.98 - 9.6.60 23:53
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 15.9.99 - 9.6.60 26:06
GEEL Mitch Knevitt goal 16.9.105 - 9.6.60 28:59