2024 AFL Round 22: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 2024 between Essendon and Fremantle during round 22 of the 2024 AFL season. Essendon hosted Fremantle at MCG. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

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

Fremantle
Back: L. Ryan, J. Draper, B. Cox
Half-back: B. Walker, H. Chapman, J. Clark
Centre: J. O'Meara, H. Young, J. Sharp
Half-forward: S. Sturt, S. Switkowski, M. Frederick
Forward: J. Treacy, J. Amiss, L. Jackson
Follower: S. Darcy, C. Serong, A. Brayshaw
Int.: B. Banfield, T. Emmett, N. Erasmus, C. Wagner
Sub.: J. Aish

Essendon (13.12.90) defeated Fremantle (14.5.89).

Goalkickers
Essendon: J. Stringer (4), J. Gresham (3), K. Langford (2), N. Martin (2), N. Caddy, S. Draper
Fremantle: J. Amiss (4), J. Treacy (3), L. Jackson (2), S. Sturt (2), H. Young (2), M. Frederick

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Fremantle were then 6th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Essendon v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 4 August 2024
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 34,381

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fremantle
Score: 13.12.90 - 14.5.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Fremantle 4 . 1 9 . 1 12 . 4 14 . 5 14 . 5 (89)
Margin ESSE by 9 FREM by 13 FREM by 19 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 1
Duration 31:12 30:05 29:03 30:42 2:01:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Fremantle)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Fremantle)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 3
Kyle Langford ESSE 4 2
Jye Amiss FREM 24 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jye Caldwell ESSE 6 10 2 0 0 0 0
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Hayden Young FREM 26 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Mason Redman ESSE 27 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Darcy Parish ESSE 3 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
24 Bryan, Nick WR↓ 58% 0 0 8 6 2 3 19 4 1 2 3 0 0 2
30 Caddy, Nate INT 74% 1 1 9 7 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 82% 0 1 32 16 16 5 0 6 4 4 2 2 3 7
13 Cox, Nik WL 89% 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 0
33 Davey, Alwyn SUB↑ 18% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Draper, Sam RU 79% 1 1 9 7 2 4 21 5 4 1 1 0 1 3
22 Durham, Sam HFFR 76% 0 1 25 11 14 6 0 5 2 2 0 0 1 5
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 70% 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 0 2 2 1 2 2
11 Gresham, Jade INT 80% 3 1 10 5 5 2 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 1
23 Jones, Harry FF 75% 0 1 13 9 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
29 Kelly, Jake BPL 83% 0 0 13 8 5 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0
4 Langford, Kyle FPL 93% 2 1 14 11 3 5 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 6
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 91% 0 0 14 3 11 4 0 1 0 6 1 4 0 0
37 Martin, Nic HBFL 96% 2 0 25 11 14 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) HBFR 87% 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
47 Menzie, Jye FPR 75% 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 4 0 7 0 2 0 6
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 80% 0 0 29 15 14 6 0 7 2 2 2 1 0 3
3 Parish, Darcy C 79% 0 0 34 18 16 6 0 2 4 3 1 2 1 6
27 Redman, Mason CHB 90% 0 0 27 20 7 8 0 0 2 2 1 2 5 3
38 Roberts, Archie CHF 77% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 4 2 4 2 0 1 4
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 62% 0 0 20 7 13 1 0 4 7 0 1 0 0 2
25 Stringer, Jake HFFL 82% 4 0 8 6 2 3 0 10 0 4 0 1 0 2
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 13 12 372 215 157 102 40 64 32 52 19 17 30 59

A. Davey replaced N. Bryan.

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Aish, James SUB↑ 25% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
24 Amiss, Jye FF 89% 4 0 7 6 1 5 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2
41 Banfield, Bailey INT 75% 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 3 2 3 2 1 2 3
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RO 80% 0 0 33 12 21 6 0 5 8 4 2 3 5 3
5 Chapman, Heath CHB 75% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1
6 Clark, Jordan HBFR 94% 0 0 29 13 16 6 0 1 5 0 0 0 4 0
36 Cox, Brennan BPR 82% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 6 0 0 2 0 1 1
4 Darcy, Sean RU 87% 0 1 12 2 10 2 33 1 2 6 0 2 1 1
37 Draper, Josh FB 88% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
18 Emmett, Tom INT 79% 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
28 Erasmus, Neil INT↓ 46% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 3
32 Frederick, Michael HFFR 75% 1 0 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 1
9 Jackson, Luke FPR 74% 2 0 10 4 6 3 3 0 1 3 0 1 1 1
2 O'Meara, Jaeger WL 71% 0 0 16 5 11 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 1
13 Ryan, Luke BPL 100% 0 0 30 21 9 9 0 3 0 2 1 0 11 1
3 Serong, Caleb RR 82% 0 0 32 15 17 2 0 3 6 5 1 2 3 6
14 Sharp, Jeremy WR 90% 0 1 16 9 7 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3
1 Sturt, Sam HFFL 77% 2 0 13 7 6 7 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1
39 Switkowski, Sam CHF 78% 0 1 16 7 9 5 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 3
35 Treacy, Josh FPL 91% 3 0 9 5 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
34 Wagner, Corey INT 79% 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 1 2 2 0 1 2
31 Walker, Brandon HBFL 82% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 3 0 2 1 1 6 2
26 Young, Hayden C 81% 2 1 27 14 13 1 0 7 7 4 0 2 2 7
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 14 5 361 184 177 83 36 52 35 48 17 19 45 44

J. Aish replaced N. Erasmus.

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
13 L. Ryan 37 J. Draper 36 B. Cox 2 S. Draper 30 N. Caddy
47 J. Menzie 23 H. Jones 4 K. Langford 6 J. Caldwell 28 X. Duursma
FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett (c) 11 J. Gresham
HALF-BACK

9 D. Shiel
31 B. Walker 5 H. Chapman 6 J. Clark

33 A. Davey
22 S. Durham 38 A. Roberts 25 J. Stringer



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 J. O'Meara 26 H. Young 14 J. Sharp



24 N. Bryan 3 D. Parish 13 N. Cox FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 S. Darcy 41 B. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD 3 C. Serong 18 T. Emmett
1 S. Sturt 39 S. Switkowski 32 M. Frederick 8 A. Brayshaw 28 N. Erasmus
1 A. McGrath (vc) 27 M. Redman 37 N. Martin

34 C. Wagner
HALF-BACK

11 J. Aish
FORWARD



35 J. Treacy 24 J. Amiss 9 L. Jackson



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



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Harry Jones behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:14
FREM Hayden Young goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:48
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:16
ESSE Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 07:30
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 08:24
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 10:25
FREM Hayden Young goal 3.2.20 - 2.0.12 11:29
FREM Jeremy Sharp behind 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 14:03
ESSE Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 15:25
FREM Josh Treacy goal 3.3.21 - 3.1.19 16:58
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 4.3.27 - 3.1.19 18:42
ESSE Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 3.1.19 23:42
FREM Luke Jackson goal 4.4.28 - 4.1.25 26:02
ESSE Sam Draper goal 5.4.34 - 4.1.25 27:47
Q2 FREM Jye Amiss goal 5.4.34 - 5.1.31 03:42
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 5.5.35 - 5.1.31 04:56
FREM Josh Treacy goal 5.5.35 - 6.1.37 06:00
FREM Michael Frederick goal 5.5.35 - 7.1.43 10:11
ESSE Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 7.1.43 12:00
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 6.6.42 - 7.1.43 18:43
FREM Sam Sturt goal 6.6.42 - 8.1.49 28:15
FREM Luke Jackson goal 6.6.42 - 9.1.55 30:01
Q3 ESSE Sam Draper behind 6.7.43 - 9.1.55 02:32
FREM Hayden Young behind 6.7.43 - 9.2.56 04:15
FREM Sean Darcy behind 6.7.43 - 9.3.57 07:06
FREM Jye Amiss goal 6.7.43 - 10.3.63 09:39
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 7.7.49 - 10.3.63 11:22
ESSE Jade Gresham behind 7.8.50 - 10.3.63 16:03
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 8.8.56 - 10.3.63 17:49
FREM Sam Switkowski behind 8.8.56 - 10.4.64 18:53
FREM Sam Sturt goal 8.8.56 - 11.4.70 20:14
FREM Josh Treacy goal 8.8.56 - 12.4.76 22:21
ESSE Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 12.4.76 27:18
Q4 FREM Jye Amiss goal 8.9.57 - 13.4.82 02:35
ESSE Nic Martin goal 9.9.63 - 13.4.82 07:55
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 9.10.64 - 13.4.82 10:24
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 9.11.65 - 13.4.82 13:10
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 10.11.71 - 13.4.82 14:25
ESSE Nic Martin goal 11.11.77 - 13.4.82 15:47
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 12.11.83 - 13.4.82 17:40
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 13.11.89 - 13.4.82 19:22
FREM Tom Emmett behind 13.11.89 - 13.5.83 23:00
FREM Jye Amiss goal 13.11.89 - 14.5.89 29:01
ESSE Sam Durham behind 13.12.90 - 14.5.89 30:09