2025 AFL Season Round 7: West Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 2025 between West Coast and Essendon during round seven of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted Essendon at Optus Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Andrew McQualter and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

West Coast (11.9.75) were defeated by Essendon (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: West Coast v Essendon
Date: Friday 18 April 2025
Time: 4:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 46,080

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Essendon
Score: 11.9.75 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
West Coast	5	.	0	7	.	3	9	.	7	11	.	9	11	.	9	(75)
Essendon	1	.	2	4	.	3	9	.	7	11	.	11	11	.	11	(77)
Margin	WCST by 22			WCST by 18			level			ESSE by 2			ESSE by 2
Duration	30:10			30:33			31:30			29:57			2:02:10

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (West Coast) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Andrew McQualter

Essendon

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

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Peter Wright	ESSE	20	3
Dylan Shiel	ESSE	9	2
Elijah Hewett	WCST	8	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Baker, Liam	HBFR	86%	0	0	22	12	10	4	0	2	1	5	1	0	3	6
15	Cripps, Jamie	HFFR	86%	1	3	12	9	3	5	0	5	0	3	1	2	0	1
38	Davis, Hamish	INT	72%	0	1	15	9	6	2	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1
43	Dewar, Tyrell	WR↓	61%	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	Duggan, Liam	HBFL	80%	0	0	14	6	8	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
42	Edwards, Harry	FB	73%	0	0	8	5	3	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	1
25	Flynn, Matt	RU	83%	0	0	19	11	8	7	28	1	1	2	1	2	2	6
7	Ginbey, Reuben	BPL	80%	0	0	8	3	5	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	0
17	Graham, Jack	C	85%	0	0	24	9	15	2	0	6	4	4	2	2	0	0
27	Gross, Tom	SUB↑	11%	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Hewett, Elijah	INT	72%	2	1	22	9	13	3	0	2	5	6	3	3	0	6
19	Hough, Brady	BPR	89%	0	0	14	7	7	5	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	1
5	Hunt, Jayden	INT	83%	1	0	17	9	8	2	0	2	1	4	1	1	0	3
44	Hutchinson, Jack	WL	80%	0	0	9	3	6	0	0	6	2	5	1	2	0	2
11	Kelly, Tim	RR	88%	0	0	22	10	12	2	0	5	3	4	1	2	2	6
23	Maric, Ryan	FPL	79%	0	0	20	15	5	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1
20	McGovern, Jeremy	CHB	90%	0	0	23	16	7	7	0	1	1	5	2	1	10	0
16	Owies, Matthew	FPR	87%	0	1	8	7	1	3	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	4
22	Reid, Archer	FF	76%	0	0	6	3	3	1	2	5	0	0	2	0	0	1
9	Reid, Harley	RO	85%	0	0	17	11	6	3	0	4	3	5	2	3	2	2
1	Ryan, Liam	HFFL	81%	0	2	11	9	2	5	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	1
2	Waterman, Jake	CHF	93%	4	0	13	11	2	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
34	Williams, Jack	INT	81%	3	1	15	7	8	5	9	3	0	3	0	1	0	0
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				11	9	326	184	142	81	39	57	22	65	21	26	31	47

T. Gross replaced T. Dewar.

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Caddy, Nate	CHF	82%	0	1	8	4	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2	Draper, Sam	RU	69%	1	0	14	4	10	6	27	4	2	2	2	2	0	3
22	Durham, Sam	RO	80%	0	0	19	8	11	2	0	4	5	5	1	3	1	2
28	Duursma, Xavier	INT	83%	0	0	24	12	12	5	0	2	3	5	0	0	4	2
41	El-Hawli, Saad	SUB↑	30%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
11	Gresham, Jade	HFFL↓	44%	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	Hobbs, Ben	INT	66%	0	0	15	8	7	1	0	6	2	3	2	0	0	2
23	Jones, Harry	FPL	78%	0	0	9	6	3	5	1	3	0	2	0	0	3	3
10	Kako, Isaac	FPR	76%	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	3
37	Martin, Nic	HFFR	100%	1	0	26	13	13	12	0	4	3	3	2	1	0	4
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	BPL	86%	0	1	25	14	11	5	0	1	2	4	0	2	4	1
32	McKay, Ben	FB	100%	0	0	8	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
29	Menzie, Jye	INT	74%	0	1	10	7	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	RR	91%	0	0	26	12	14	4	0	1	7	4	4	1	1	4
16	Perkins, Archie	INT	81%	2	0	12	9	3	4	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	2
25	Prior, Jaxon	HBFR	84%	0	0	18	14	4	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	5	3
27	Redman, Mason	HBFL	90%	0	1	18	11	7	3	0	0	1	3	0	1	4	2
31	Reid, Zach	CHB	95%	0	0	8	6	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	0
14	Ridley, Jordan	BPR	83%	0	0	16	14	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0
21	Roberts, Archie	WR	87%	0	0	17	8	9	6	0	1	2	3	2	2	1	0
12	Setterfield, Will	WL	78%	0	1	20	12	8	5	0	9	5	2	3	0	2	3
9	Shiel, Dylan	C	62%	1	1	23	11	12	4	0	7	5	6	1	4	1	3
20	Wright, Peter	FF	82%	6	1	17	11	6	7	5	3	0	3	2	1	0	2
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				11	11	348	196	152	93	35	51	37	54	26	21	35	42

S. El-Hawli replaced J. Gresham.

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

West Coast							Coach: Andrew McQualter
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	1	A. McGrath (vc)	32	B. McKay	14	J. Ridley	25	M. Flynn	38	H. Davis
	16	M. Owies	22	A. Reid	23	R. Maric	11	T. Kelly	8	E. Hewett
FORWARD							9	H. Reid	5	J. Hunt
HALF-BACK									34	J. Williams
	27	M. Redman	31	Z. Reid	25	J. Prior			27	T. Gross
	15	J. Cripps	2	J. Waterman	1	L. Ryan
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	12	W. Setterfield	9	D. Shiel	21	A. Roberts
	43	T. Dewar	17	J. Graham	44	J. Hutchinson	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	S. Draper	28	X. Duursma
HALF-FORWARD							7	Z. Merrett (c)	8	B. Hobbs
	11	J. Gresham	30	N. Caddy	37	N. Martin	22	S. Durham	29	J. Menzie
	3	L. Baker	20	J. McGovern	14	L. Duggan			16	A. Perkins
HALF-BACK									41	S. El-Hawli
FORWARD
	23	H. Jones	20	P. Wright	10	I. Kako
	19	B. Hough	42	H. Edwards	7	R. Ginbey
BACK
Essendon							Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WCST	Jake Waterman goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	02:09
	ESSE	Will Setterfield behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	06:27
	ESSE	Dylan Shiel behind	1.0.6	-	0.2.2	13:28
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	15:10
	WCST	Jack Williams goal	2.0.12	-	1.2.8	18:51
	WCST	Jake Waterman goal	3.0.18	-	1.2.8	21:21
	WCST	Jake Waterman goal	4.0.24	-	1.2.8	23:39
	WCST	Jake Waterman goal	5.0.30	-	1.2.8	30:08
Q2	WCST	Jamie Cripps goal	6.0.36	-	1.2.8	01:26
	WCST	Jamie Cripps behind	6.1.37	-	1.2.8	04:15
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	6.1.37	-	2.2.14	07:50
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	6.1.37	-	3.2.20	09:42
	ESSE	Dylan Shiel goal	6.1.37	-	4.2.26	12:45
	WCST	Hamish Davis behind	6.2.38	-	4.2.26	17:37
	ESSE	Rushed behind	6.2.38	-	4.3.27	23:27
	WCST	Jack Williams goal	7.2.44	-	4.3.27	25:02
	WCST	Jamie Cripps behind	7.3.45	-	4.3.27	29:25
Q3	ESSE	Mason Redman behind	7.3.45	-	4.4.28	01:18
	WCST	Liam Ryan behind	7.4.46	-	4.4.28	03:36
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	7.4.46	-	5.4.34	04:36
	WCST	Liam Ryan behind	7.5.47	-	5.4.34	10:53
	WCST	Jayden Hunt goal	8.5.53	-	5.4.34	11:50
	WCST	Matthew Owies behind	8.6.54	-	5.4.34	12:59
	ESSE	Nate Caddy behind	8.6.54	-	5.5.35	15:22
	ESSE	Rushed behind	8.6.54	-	5.6.36	15:54
	WCST	Jack Williams behind	8.7.55	-	5.6.36	17:09
	WCST	Elijah Hewett goal	9.7.61	-	5.6.36	17:58
	ESSE	Archie Perkins goal	9.7.61	-	6.6.42	19:47
	ESSE	Archie Perkins goal	9.7.61	-	7.6.48	20:55
	ESSE	Andrew McGrath behind	9.7.61	-	7.7.49	23:12
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	9.7.61	-	8.7.55	25:17
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	9.7.61	-	9.7.61	28:01
Q4	ESSE	Nic Martin goal	9.7.61	-	10.7.67	04:33
	ESSE	Peter Wright behind	9.7.61	-	10.8.68	06:57
	WCST	Jamie Cripps behind	9.8.62	-	10.8.68	08:10
	ESSE	Peter Wright goal	9.8.62	-	11.8.74	11:38
	WCST	Elijah Hewett behind	9.9.63	-	11.8.74	12:52
	ESSE	Rushed behind	9.9.63	-	11.9.75	14:46
	ESSE	Rushed behind	9.9.63	-	11.10.76	19:22
	WCST	Elijah Hewett goal	10.9.69	-	11.10.76	22:32
	ESSE	Jye Menzie behind	10.9.69	-	11.11.77	27:41
	WCST	Jack Williams goal	11.9.75	-	11.11.77	28:25

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