2025 AFL 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 7 of the 2025 AFL season. 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
Back: R. Ginbey, H. Edwards, B. Hough
Half-back: L. Duggan, J. McGovern, L. Baker
Centre: J. Hutchinson, J. Graham, T. Dewar
Half-forward: L. Ryan, J. Waterman, J. Cripps
Forward: R. Maric, A. Reid, M. Owies
Follower: M. Flynn, T. Kelly, H. Reid
Int.: H. Davis, E. Hewett, J. Hunt, J. Williams
Sub.: T. Gross

Essendon
Back: A. McGrath (vice-capt.), B. McKay, J. Ridley
Half-back: M. Redman, Z. Reid, J. Prior
Centre: W. Setterfield, D. Shiel, A. Roberts
Half-forward: J. Gresham, N. Caddy, N. Martin
Forward: H. Jones, P. Wright, I. Kako
Follower: S. Draper, Z. Merrett (capt.), S. Durham
Int.: X. Duursma, B. Hobbs, J. Menzie, A. Perkins
Sub.: S. El-Hawli

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

Goalkickers
West Coast: J. Waterman (4), J. Williams (3), E. Hewett (2), J. Cripps, J. Hunt
Essendon: P. Wright (6), A. Perkins (2), S. Draper, N. Martin, D. Shiel

As a result of this match, West Coast remained 18th on the ladder and Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (up from 13th) by the end of the day.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Andrew McQualter (West Coast), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (West Coast), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (West Coast), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

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