2025 AFL Season Round 3: Essendon v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 22 March 2025 between Essendon and Adelaide during round three of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Adelaide at the MCG. 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 (15.10.100) were defeated by Adelaide (25.11.161).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Essendon v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 22 March 2025
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 46,688

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Adelaide
Score: 15.10.100 - 25.11.161

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	2	5	.	4	9	.	7	15	.	10	15	.	10	(100)
Adelaide	5	.	5	11	.	8	18	.	10	25	.	11	25	.	11	(161)
Margin	ADEL by 15			ADEL by 40			ADEL by 57			ADEL by 61			ADEL by 61
Duration	31:32			30:04			34:54			36:36			2:13:06

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 (Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Ben Keays	ADEL	2	3
Jordan Dawson	ADEL	12	2
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Bryan, Nick	RU	70%	0	1	14	12	2	1	23	2	5	1	0	1	1	3
30	Caddy, Nate	CHF↓	54%	0	1	5	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
6	Caldwell, Jye	C	71%	1	0	27	10	17	5	0	3	2	3	0	0	4	3
2	Draper, Sam	FF	91%	3	0	10	5	5	3	15	1	2	3	2	2	1	1
22	Durham, Sam	RR	82%	0	0	21	5	16	2	0	4	7	6	0	3	0	1
28	Duursma, Xavier	INT	78%	0	0	13	6	7	5	0	2	1	5	1	3	1	4
45	Edwards, Thomas	INT	80%	3	1	8	6	2	2	0	3	0	4	2	1	0	1
11	Gresham, Jade	HFFL	82%	1	2	11	5	6	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2
8	Hobbs, Ben	WL	74%	0	0	14	3	11	1	0	1	1	3	1	1	0	1
23	Jones, Harry	FPL	83%	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	6	0	3	1	2	0	2
10	Kako, Isaac	FPR	78%	2	0	9	6	3	2	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	1
37	Martin, Nic	HBFR	97%	1	1	20	9	11	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	2
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	BPL	80%	0	0	19	6	13	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	0
32	McKay, Ben	FB	100%	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	Menzie, Jye	SUB↑	27%	0	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	RO	87%	4	1	36	20	16	2	0	3	6	2	3	0	1	11
16	Perkins, Archie	HFFR	82%	0	0	17	6	11	2	0	4	2	4	1	0	0	3
25	Prior, Jaxon	BPR	83%	0	0	17	13	4	3	0	1	0	5	1	0	4	3
27	Redman, Mason	HBFL	83%	0	0	18	15	3	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	1
31	Reid, Zach	CHB	96%	0	0	10	6	4	4	0	3	0	4	1	0	3	0
21	Roberts, Archie	WR	81%	0	0	19	11	8	3	0	2	1	2	2	0	7	1
9	Shiel, Dylan	INT	77%	0	0	21	8	13	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	5	2
5	Tsatas, Elijah	INT	63%	0	1	25	12	13	1	0	1	11	2	1	0	1	5
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				15	10	351	179	172	59	38	48	39	62	21	17	37	48

J. Menzie replaced N. Caddy.

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
5	Crouch, Matt	INT	73%	0	0	32	13	19	7	0	8	7	2	1	0	2	3
44	Cumming, Isaac	WL	78%	0	0	9	4	5	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
6	Curtin, Dan	INT	76%	1	0	13	8	5	5	0	4	2	1	2	0	1	1
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	C	79%	0	0	33	22	11	8	0	6	5	4	1	1	0	11
34	Draper, Sid	SUB↑	28%	0	1	9	6	3	1	0	4	1	3	0	2	0	2
32	Fogarty, Darcy	FPL	80%	3	1	14	11	3	9	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	3
20	Hinge, Mitch	INT	80%	1	0	16	13	3	1	0	5	2	1	3	1	3	2
48	Keane, Mark	FB	95%	0	0	10	8	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	4	1
2	Keays, Ben	HFFL	81%	4	2	22	17	5	11	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	6
29	Laird, Rory	BPR	81%	0	0	23	14	9	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	1
16	Michalanney, Max	HBFR	90%	0	0	15	12	3	8	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	1
30	Milera, Wayne	HBFL	79%	1	1	18	16	2	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	1
9	Murray, Nick	CHB	88%	0	0	13	8	5	5	0	3	0	3	1	2	5	0
28	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPR	84%	2	0	18	9	9	5	0	4	3	5	0	1	0	3
43	O'Brien, Reilly	RU	86%	0	0	10	4	6	2	32	3	1	4	0	0	0	3
25	Peatling, James	RO	83%	0	0	13	5	8	2	0	3	3	4	1	3	0	2
8	Rachele, Josh	INT	85%	4	2	16	13	3	8	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	0
23	Rankine, Izak	HFFR↓	56%	2	1	15	11	4	5	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	5
38	Sholl, Lachlan	WR	80%	1	0	19	14	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3
14	Soligo, Jake	RR	73%	2	0	27	15	12	6	0	2	5	6	0	2	0	2
7	Thilthorpe, Riley	CHF	82%	3	1	16	10	6	7	1	2	1	3	3	1	0	6
13	Walker, Taylor	FF	76%	1	1	13	10	3	10	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6
24	Worrell, Josh	BPL	87%	0	0	18	11	7	8	0	3	0	5	1	0	2	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				25	11	392	254	138	129	34	60	38	62	17	21	33	63

S. Draper replaced I. Rankine.

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
	24	J. Worrell	48	M. Keane	29	R. Laird	24	N. Bryan	28	X. Duursma
	10	I. Kako	2	S. Draper	23	H. Jones	22	S. Durham	45	T. Edwards
FORWARD							7	Z. Merrett (c)	9	D. Shiel
HALF-BACK									5	E. Tsatas
	30	W. Milera	9	N. Murray	16	M. Michalanney			29	J. Menzie
	16	A. Perkins	30	N. Caddy	11	J. Gresham
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	44	I. Cumming	12	J. Dawson (c)	38	L. Sholl
	21	A. Roberts	6	J. Caldwell	8	B. Hobbs	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							43	R. O'Brien	5	M. Crouch
HALF-FORWARD							14	J. Soligo	6	D. Curtin
	2	B. Keays	7	R. Thilthorpe	23	I. Rankine	25	J. Peatling	20	M. Hinge
	37	N. Martin	31	Z. Reid	27	M. Redman			8	J. Rachele
HALF-BACK									34	S. Draper
FORWARD
	32	D. Fogarty	13	T. Walker	28	A. Neal-Bullen
	25	J. Prior	32	B. McKay	1	A. McGrath (vc)
BACK
Adelaide							Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Zach Merrett behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:29
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	02:18
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	03:36
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	1.1.7	-	0.2.2	04:26
	ESSE	Rushed behind	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	05:57
	ADEL	Wayne Milera goal	1.2.8	-	1.2.8	07:28
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	1.2.8	-	1.3.9	09:01
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	1.2.8	-	2.3.15	09:56
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	1.2.8	-	3.3.21	13:58
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	1.2.8	-	4.3.27	18:04
	ADEL	Josh Rachele behind	1.2.8	-	4.4.28	20:14
	ESSE	Thomas Edwards goal	2.2.14	-	4.4.28	21:12
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	3.2.20	-	4.4.28	24:42
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	3.2.20	-	4.5.29	28:19
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	3.2.20	-	5.5.35	30:24
Q2	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	3.2.20	-	6.5.41	02:16
	ESSE	Nic Martin behind	3.3.21	-	6.5.41	03:40
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	3.3.21	-	7.5.47	05:03
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	3.3.21	-	8.5.53	06:44
	ADEL	Wayne Milera behind	3.3.21	-	8.6.54	10:56
	ESSE	Jade Gresham behind	3.4.22	-	8.6.54	13:02
	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	4.4.28	-	8.6.54	13:18
	ESSE	Nic Martin goal	5.4.34	-	8.6.54	15:39
	ADEL	Josh Rachele behind	5.4.34	-	8.7.55	17:50
	ADEL	Mitch Hinge goal	5.4.34	-	9.7.61	19:31
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	5.4.34	-	10.7.67	21:17
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty behind	5.4.34	-	10.8.68	23:15
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	5.4.34	-	11.8.74	26:11
Q3	ESSE	Jye Caldwell goal	6.4.40	-	11.8.74	02:01
	ESSE	Nick Bryan behind	6.5.41	-	11.8.74	03:21
	ESSE	Jade Gresham goal	7.5.47	-	11.8.74	03:59
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	7.5.47	-	12.8.80	06:01
	ESSE	Nate Caddy behind	7.6.48	-	12.8.80	08:22
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	7.6.48	-	13.8.86	12:26
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	7.6.48	-	14.8.92	14:34
	ADEL	Dan Curtin goal	7.6.48	-	15.8.98	16:37
	ESSE	Thomas Edwards behind	7.7.49	-	15.8.98	18:26
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	7.7.49	-	16.8.104	20:34
	ADEL	Izak Rankine goal	7.7.49	-	17.8.110	22:03
	ESSE	Isaac Kako goal	8.7.55	-	17.8.110	24:30
	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	9.7.61	-	17.8.110	29:16
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe behind	9.7.61	-	17.9.111	31:42
	ADEL	Rushed behind	9.7.61	-	17.10.112	32:25
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	9.7.61	-	18.10.118	34:49
Q4	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	10.7.67	-	18.10.118	00:21
	ADEL	Jake Soligo goal	10.7.67	-	19.10.124	01:46
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	10.7.67	-	20.10.130	03:41
	ESSE	Jade Gresham behind	10.8.68	-	20.10.130	05:19
	ESSE	Thomas Edwards goal	11.8.74	-	20.10.130	06:23
	ESSE	Thomas Edwards goal	12.8.80	-	20.10.130	09:34
	ESSE	Elijah Tsatas behind	12.9.81	-	20.10.130	10:51
	ADEL	Sid Draper behind	12.9.81	-	20.11.131	11:21
	ESSE	Jye Menzie behind	12.10.82	-	20.11.131	12:43
	ADEL	Lachlan Sholl goal	12.10.82	-	21.11.137	14:17
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	12.10.82	-	22.11.143	17:34
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	13.10.88	-	22.11.143	19:32
	ESSE	Isaac Kako goal	14.10.94	-	22.11.143	23:21
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	14.10.94	-	23.11.149	26:48
	ADEL	Jake Soligo goal	14.10.94	-	24.11.155	31:37
	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	15.10.100	-	24.11.155	33:01
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	15.10.100	-	25.11.161	34:35

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