2025 AFL Season Round 8: Collingwood v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 2025 between Collingwood and Essendon during round eight of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League.
Collingwood hosted Essendon at the MCG.
In the absence of Darcy Moore, vice-captain Nick Daicos captained the hosts with Brayden Maynard as vice-captain.
Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Craig McRae and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.
Collingwood (16.11.107) defeated Essendon (10.6.66).
Match Details
Season:
2025 AFL Season
Round:
Round 8
Teams:
Collingwood
v
Essendon
Date:
Friday 25 April 2025
Time:
3:20 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
92,044
Match Results
Outcome:
Collingwood
def.
Essendon
Score:
16.11.107 - 10.6.66
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Collingwood | 3 | . | 4 | 6 | . | 5 | 11 | . | 9 | 16 | . | 11 | 16 | . | 11 | (107) |
| Essendon | 1 | . | 1 | 5 | . | 3 | 8 | . | 3 | 10 | . | 6 | 10 | . | 6 | (66) |
| Margin | COLL by 15 | COLL by 8 | COLL by 24 | COLL by 41 | COLL by 41 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 29:26 | 30:28 | 34:01 | 32:59 | 2:06:54 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Collingwood) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Collingwood
Captain: Nick Daicos (acting)Vice-Captain: Brayden Maynard
Coach: Craig McRae
Essendon
Captain: Zach MerrettVice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steele Sidebottom | COLL | 22 | 3 |
| Scott Pendlebury | COLL | 10 | 2 |
| Nick Daicos | COLL | 35 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Player Statistics
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 14 | Cameron, Darcy | RU | 80% | 1 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Crisp, Jack | WL | 79% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Daicos, Josh | HBFR | 87% | 0 | 0 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 35 | Daicos, Nick (ac) | RO | 86% | 1 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | De Goey, Jordan | HFFR | 87% | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Elliott, Jamie | INT | 79% | 5 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Frampton, Billy | CHB | 95% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Hill, Bobby | HFFL | 76% | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Hoskin-Elliott, Will | INT | 78% | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Houston, Dan | BPR | 87% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 38 | Howe, Jeremy | FB | 83% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1 | Lipinski, Patrick | WR | 82% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 44 | Long, Ned | INT | 67% | 1 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Maynard, Brayden (vc) | BPL | 80% | 1 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | McCreery, Beau | FPL | 76% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | McStay, Daniel | FF↓ | 52% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Membrey, Tim | CHF | 86% | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Mihocek, Brody | FPR | 86% | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Pendlebury, Scott | C | 80% | 0 | 2 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Perryman, Harry | INT | 83% | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Quaynor, Isaac | HBFL | 84% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Sidebottom, Steele | RR | 76% | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 33 | Sullivan, Lachlan | SUB↑ | 31% | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 16 | 11 | 375 | 221 | 154 | 95 | 39 | 62 | 48 | 65 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 59 | |||
L. Sullivan replaced D. McStay.
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Caddy, Nate | INT | 76% | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Durham, Sam | RO | 75% | 2 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 28 | Duursma, Xavier | INT | 82% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | Goldstein, Todd | RU | 79% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Gresham, Jade | HFFL | 84% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Hobbs, Ben | CHF | 76% | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Jones, Harry | WL↓ | 62% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Kako, Isaac | FPR | 86% | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Langford, Kyle | FPL | 79% | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Martin, Nic | HFFR | 85% | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | McGrath, Andrew (vc) | BPL | 87% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | McKay, Ben | FB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Menzie, Jye | SUB↑ | 26% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Merrett, Zach (c) | RR | 88% | 0 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | Perkins, Archie | INT | 80% | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Prior, Jaxon | HBFR | 73% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | Redman, Mason | HBFL | 84% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 31 | Reid, Zach | CHB | 95% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Ridley, Jordan | BPR | 80% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | Roberts, Archie | WR | 84% | 0 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | Setterfield, Will | INT | 77% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Shiel, Dylan | C | 65% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Wright, Peter | FF | 77% | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 10 | 6 | 349 | 216 | 133 | 79 | 50 | 49 | 34 | 69 | 19 | 14 | 43 | 43 | |||
J. Menzie replaced H. Jones.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Collingwood | Coach: Craig McRae | ||||||||||||||
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| 1 | A. McGrath (vc) | 32 | B. McKay | 14 | J. Ridley | 14 | D. Cameron | 5 | J. Elliott | ||||||
| 41 | B. Mihocek | 11 | D. McStay | 31 | B. McCreery | 22 | S. Sidebottom | 32 | W. Hoskin-Elliott | ||||||
| FORWARD | 35 | N. Daicos (ac) | 44 | N. Long | |||||||||||
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| 27 | M. Redman | 31 | Z. Reid | 25 | J. Prior |
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| 23 | H. Jones | 9 | D. Shiel | 21 | A. Roberts |
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| 1 | P. Lipinski | 10 | S. Pendlebury | 25 | J. Crisp | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 17 | T. Goldstein | 30 | N. Caddy | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 7 | Z. Merrett (c) | 28 | X. Duursma | |||||||||||
| 11 | J. Gresham | 8 | B. Hobbs | 37 | N. Martin | 22 | S. Durham | 16 | A. Perkins | ||||||
| 7 | J. Daicos | 17 | B. Frampton | 3 | I. Quaynor |
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| 4 | K. Langford | 20 | P. Wright | 10 | I. Kako |
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| 9 | D. Houston | 38 | J. Howe | 4 | B. Maynard (vc) |
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| Essendon | Coach: Brad Scott | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | COLL | Nick Daicos goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.0.0 | 02:14 |
| COLL | Tim Membrey goal | 2.0.12 | - | 0.0.0 | 04:45 | |
| ESSE | Peter Wright goal | 2.0.12 | - | 1.0.6 | 08:43 | |
| COLL | Harry Perryman goal | 3.0.18 | - | 1.0.6 | 10:19 | |
| COLL | Nick Daicos behind | 3.1.19 | - | 1.0.6 | 13:23 | |
| COLL | Scott Pendlebury behind | 3.2.20 | - | 1.0.6 | 15:59 | |
| ESSE | Nate Caddy behind | 3.2.20 | - | 1.1.7 | 20:20 | |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott behind | 3.3.21 | - | 1.1.7 | 23:39 | |
| COLL | Rushed behind | 3.4.22 | - | 1.1.7 | 24:10 | |
| Q2 | ESSE | Nic Martin behind | 3.4.22 | - | 1.2.8 | 01:43 |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott goal | 4.4.28 | - | 1.2.8 | 02:36 | |
| COLL | Nick Daicos behind | 4.5.29 | - | 1.2.8 | 03:42 | |
| COLL | Tim Membrey goal | 5.5.35 | - | 1.2.8 | 06:33 | |
| ESSE | Kyle Langford goal | 5.5.35 | - | 2.2.14 | 09:30 | |
| ESSE | Sam Durham goal | 5.5.35 | - | 3.2.20 | 12:42 | |
| ESSE | Sam Durham goal | 5.5.35 | - | 4.2.26 | 14:06 | |
| ESSE | Archie Perkins goal | 5.5.35 | - | 5.2.32 | 16:13 | |
| ESSE | Zach Merrett behind | 5.5.35 | - | 5.3.33 | 20:55 | |
| COLL | Brayden Maynard goal | 6.5.41 | - | 5.3.33 | 23:04 | |
| Q3 | ESSE | Nate Caddy goal | 6.5.41 | - | 6.3.39 | 03:53 |
| ESSE | Isaac Kako goal | 6.5.41 | - | 7.3.45 | 05:41 | |
| COLL | Bobby Hill behind | 6.6.42 | - | 7.3.45 | 07:58 | |
| COLL | Bobby Hill goal | 7.6.48 | - | 7.3.45 | 09:17 | |
| COLL | Tim Membrey behind | 7.7.49 | - | 7.3.45 | 13:54 | |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott goal | 8.7.55 | - | 7.3.45 | 15:37 | |
| ESSE | Ben Hobbs goal | 8.7.55 | - | 8.3.51 | 17:00 | |
| COLL | Rushed behind | 8.8.56 | - | 8.3.51 | 21:12 | |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott goal | 9.8.62 | - | 8.3.51 | 22:01 | |
| COLL | Jordan De Goey goal | 10.8.68 | - | 8.3.51 | 23:22 | |
| COLL | Ned Long goal | 11.8.74 | - | 8.3.51 | 27:27 | |
| COLL | Scott Pendlebury behind | 11.9.75 | - | 8.3.51 | 33:20 | |
| Q4 | ESSE | Peter Wright goal | 11.9.75 | - | 9.3.57 | 02:39 |
| COLL | Darcy Cameron goal | 12.9.81 | - | 9.3.57 | 04:57 | |
| ESSE | Nate Caddy goal | 12.9.81 | - | 10.3.63 | 07:06 | |
| ESSE | Rushed behind | 12.9.81 | - | 10.4.64 | 09:47 | |
| COLL | Jordan De Goey behind | 12.10.82 | - | 10.4.64 | 11:33 | |
| COLL | Bobby Hill behind | 12.11.83 | - | 10.4.64 | 12:53 | |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott goal | 13.11.89 | - | 10.4.64 | 15:47 | |
| ESSE | Nate Caddy behind | 13.11.89 | - | 10.5.65 | 21:09 | |
| ESSE | Nate Caddy behind | 13.11.89 | - | 10.6.66 | 22:22 | |
| COLL | Will Hoskin-Elliott goal | 14.11.95 | - | 10.6.66 | 23:34 | |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott goal | 15.11.101 | - | 10.6.66 | 25:17 | |
| COLL | Brody Mihocek goal | 16.11.107 | - | 10.6.66 | 28:22 | |