2024 AFL Season Round 22: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 2024 between Essendon and Fremantle during round twenty-two of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Fremantle at the 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 (13.12.90) defeated Fremantle (14.5.89).

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

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 (Fremantle) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Fremantle

Captain: unknown
Coach: Justin Longmuir

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

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