2024 AFL Round 20: Essendon v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 19 July 2024 between Essendon and Adelaide during round 20 of the 2024 AFL season. Essendon hosted Adelaide at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

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

Adelaide
Back: M. Keane, N. Murray, J. Butts
Half-back: M. Michalanney, L. Nankervis, B. Smith
Centre: L. Sholl, H. Bond, B. Dowling
Half-forward: B. Keays, L. Murphy, J. Soligo
Forward: E. Himmelberg, R. Thilthorpe, D. Fogarty
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, J. Dawson (capt.)
Int.: S. Berry, M. Hinge, J. Rachele, Z. Taylor
Sub.: B. Cook

Essendon (17.11.113) were defeated by Adelaide (17.13.115).

Goalkickers
Essendon: N. Cox (3), N. Caddy (2), J. Gresham (2), H. Jones (2), K. Langford (2), J. Caldwell, S. Draper, S. Durham, Z. Merrett, M. Redman, J. Stringer
Adelaide: B. Keays (5), D. Fogarty (4), J. Rachele (3), R. Thilthorpe (2), S. Berry, B. Dowling, Z. Taylor

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (down from 6th) and Adelaide remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Adelaide
Date: Friday 19 July 2024
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 36,020

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Adelaide
Score: 17.11.113 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 7 . 5 15 . 8 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Adelaide 2 . 3 11 . 4 13 . 10 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin ESSE by 5 ADEL by 23 ESSE by 10 ADEL by 2 ADEL by 2
Duration 28:52 35:27 34:23 32:21 2:11:03

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Matthew Nicks (Adelaide)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), Jordan Dawson (Adelaide)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Ben Keays ADEL 2 3
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2
Sam Durham ESSE 22 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Ben Keays ADEL 2 10 2 0 0 0 0
Darcy Fogarty ADEL 32 8 0 2 0 0 0
Sam Durham ESSE 22 5 0 0 1 1 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 5 0 0 1 1 0
Sam Berry ADEL 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
Max Michalanney ADEL 16 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 79% 2 1 11 9 2 3 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 3
6 Caldwell, Jye RR↓ 63% 1 0 20 11 9 3 0 6 3 3 2 2 2 1
13 Cox, Nik INT 78% 3 0 11 9 2 5 0 3 1 4 2 1 1 2
2 Draper, Sam RU 84% 1 1 14 9 5 5 21 1 5 2 2 1 0 5
22 Durham, Sam HFFR 80% 1 0 27 13 14 3 0 5 8 8 1 4 2 7
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 79% 0 0 22 11 11 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 4
17 Goldstein, Todd INT 59% 0 0 5 0 5 0 19 3 3 1 1 1 0 0
11 Gresham, Jade FPR 70% 2 0 12 6 6 1 0 2 2 5 0 2 1 1
35 Guelfi, Matt WR 59% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
23 Jones, Harry HFFL 89% 2 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
29 Kelly, Jake C 86% 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 1
4 Langford, Kyle FF 97% 2 1 22 15 7 12 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 5
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 92% 0 0 17 10 7 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0
37 Martin, Nic HBFL 97% 0 0 22 12 10 6 0 6 1 3 2 1 0 4
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 88% 0 0 23 16 7 2 0 5 2 3 3 0 5 2
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 19 5 14 5 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 1
47 Menzie, Jye WL 77% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 83% 1 1 30 17 13 1 0 5 8 2 2 0 0 7
16 Perkins, Archie SUB↑ 17% 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
27 Redman, Mason CHB 86% 1 0 24 17 7 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 5
14 Ridley, Jordan BPL 90% 0 0 22 14 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 66% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 4 3 4 0 2 3 2
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 81% 1 0 9 3 6 2 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 4
Rushed 7
Total (23 players) 17 11 376 215 161 89 40 66 42 54 20 15 36 60

A. Perkins replaced J. Caldwell.

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Berry, Sam INT 69% 1 0 18 10 8 1 0 4 3 4 1 2 1 5
40 Bond, Hugh C 85% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 3
41 Butts, Jordon BPR 56% 0 0 8 4 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0
15 Cook, Brayden SUB↑ 72% 0 1 11 6 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 2
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) RO 61% 0 0 20 14 6 2 0 5 3 3 1 0 3 6
31 Dowling, Billy WR 83% 1 0 19 12 7 7 0 1 5 3 0 2 3 5
32 Fogarty, Darcy FPR 90% 4 0 17 10 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
34 Himmelberg, Elliott FPL 90% 0 0 9 3 6 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 Hinge, Mitch INT 82% 0 0 24 17 7 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 8 0
48 Keane, Mark BPL 100% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 1 5 0 1 4 1
2 Keays, Ben HFFL 87% 5 1 22 16 6 2 0 8 5 2 3 1 2 6
29 Laird, Rory RR 70% 0 0 29 11 18 2 0 7 7 3 3 3 0 3
16 Michalanney, Max HBFL 96% 0 0 15 9 6 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 6
4 Murphy, Lachlan CHF 88% 0 2 15 7 8 3 0 2 0 4 1 3 0 3
28 Murray, Nick FB↓ 6% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Nankervis, Luke CHB 82% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 1
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 91% 0 1 14 6 8 5 47 2 4 5 1 2 1 1
8 Rachele, Josh INT 86% 3 1 12 6 6 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
38 Sholl, Lachlan WL 87% 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 2
33 Smith, Brodie HBFR 80% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 3 1
14 Soligo, Jake HFFR 81% 0 1 21 9 12 4 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 1
19 Taylor, Zac INT 68% 1 0 17 6 11 2 0 6 4 1 2 0 1 3
7 Thilthorpe, Riley FF 89% 2 1 10 6 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 17 13 347 192 155 71 49 58 40 51 15 20 42 53

B. Cook replaced N. Murray.

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
48 M. Keane 28 N. Murray 41 J. Butts 2 S. Draper 13 N. Cox
11 J. Gresham 4 K. Langford 25 J. Stringer 6 J. Caldwell 28 X. Duursma
FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett (c) 17 T. Goldstein
HALF-BACK

9 D. Shiel
16 M. Michalanney 27 L. Nankervis 33 B. Smith

16 A. Perkins
22 S. Durham 30 N. Caddy 23 H. Jones



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



38 L. Sholl 40 H. Bond 31 B. Dowling



35 M. Guelfi 29 J. Kelly 47 J. Menzie FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 43 R. O'Brien 3 S. Berry
HALF-FORWARD 29 R. Laird 20 M. Hinge
2 B. Keays 4 L. Murphy 14 J. Soligo 12 J. Dawson (c) 8 J. Rachele
1 A. McGrath (vc) 27 M. Redman 37 N. Martin

19 Z. Taylor
HALF-BACK

15 B. Cook
FORWARD



34 E. Himmelberg 7 R. Thilthorpe 32 D. Fogarty



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



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:43
ESSE Harry Jones goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 01:30
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 03:21
ESSE Harry Jones goal 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 06:13
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 07:33
ESSE Nik Cox goal 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 08:43
ADEL Jake Soligo behind 3.2.20 - 0.2.2 12:08
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 13:08
ADEL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 17:45
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 25:45
Q2 ADEL Billy Dowling goal 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 01:08
ESSE Sam Durham goal 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 02:14
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 5.2.32 - 3.3.21 05:58
ADEL Zac Taylor goal 5.2.32 - 4.3.27 08:41
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 5.3.33 - 4.3.27 10:32
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 5.3.33 - 5.3.33 10:53
ADEL Ben Keays goal 5.3.33 - 6.3.39 13:03
ESSE Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 6.3.39 16:40
ADEL Ben Keays goal 5.4.34 - 7.3.45 17:12
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 5.4.34 - 8.3.51 21:19
ADEL Lachlan Murphy behind 5.4.34 - 8.4.52 22:28
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 5.4.34 - 9.4.58 23:27
ADEL Ben Keays goal 5.4.34 - 10.4.64 24:39
ADEL Sam Berry goal 5.4.34 - 11.4.70 25:54
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 6.4.40 - 11.4.70 28:52
ESSE Mason Redman goal 7.4.46 - 11.4.70 31:48
ESSE Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 11.4.70 33:56
Q3 ADEL Reilly O'Brien behind 7.5.47 - 11.5.71 01:00
ESSE Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 11.5.71 02:40
ADEL Ben Keays behind 7.6.48 - 11.6.72 04:19
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 8.6.54 - 11.6.72 05:23
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 9.6.60 - 11.6.72 06:59
ADEL Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 11.7.73 08:16
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 9.7.61 - 11.7.73 08:55
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 10.7.67 - 11.7.73 10:01
ADEL Brayden Cook behind 10.7.67 - 11.8.74 11:37
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 11.7.73 - 11.8.74 12:51
ESSE Nik Cox goal 12.7.79 - 11.8.74 15:24
ADEL Rushed behind 12.7.79 - 11.9.75 17:35
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 12.7.79 - 12.9.81 19:28
ADEL Ben Keays goal 12.7.79 - 13.9.87 21:33
ESSE Sam Draper goal 13.7.85 - 13.9.87 23:54
ESSE Nik Cox goal 14.7.91 - 13.9.87 26:53
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 15.7.97 - 13.9.87 28:13
ADEL Rushed behind 15.7.97 - 13.10.88 32:37
ESSE Rushed behind 15.8.98 - 13.10.88 33:40
Q4 ESSE Sam Draper behind 15.9.99 - 13.10.88 01:00
ADEL Rushed behind 15.9.99 - 13.11.89 06:49
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 16.9.105 - 13.11.89 09:18
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 16.9.105 - 13.12.90 10:47
ADEL Ben Keays goal 16.9.105 - 14.12.96 11:57
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 17.9.111 - 14.12.96 18:23
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 17.9.111 - 15.12.102 19:45
ADEL Darcy Fogarty goal 17.9.111 - 16.12.108 25:03
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 17.9.111 - 16.13.109 26:27
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 17.9.111 - 17.13.115 29:30
ESSE Rushed behind 17.10.112 - 17.13.115 30:44
ESSE Rushed behind 17.11.113 - 17.13.115 31:32