2025 AFL Round 8: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 2025 between Collingwood and Essendon during round 8 of the 2025 AFL season. Collingwood hosted Essendon at 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
Back: B. Maynard (vice-capt.), J. Howe, D. Houston
Half-back: I. Quaynor, B. Frampton, J. Daicos
Centre: J. Crisp, S. Pendlebury, P. Lipinski
Half-forward: B. Hill, T. Membrey, J. De Goey
Forward: B. McCreery, D. McStay, B. Mihocek
Follower: D. Cameron, S. Sidebottom, N. Daicos (capt.)
Int.: J. Elliott, W. Hoskin-Elliott, N. Long, H. Perryman
Sub.: L. Sullivan

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

Collingwood (16.11.107) defeated Essendon (10.6.66).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: J. Elliott (5), T. Membrey (2), D. Cameron, N. Daicos, J. De Goey, B. Hill, W. Hoskin-Elliott, N. Long, B. Maynard, B. Mihocek, H. Perryman
Essendon: N. Caddy (2), S. Durham (2), P. Wright (2), B. Hobbs, I. Kako, K. Langford, A. Perkins

As a result of this match, Collingwood remained 1st on the ladder and Essendon were then 12th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the day.

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
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Craig McRae (Collingwood), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: Nick Daicos (Collingwood), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: Brayden Maynard (Collingwood), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Steele Sidebottom COLL 22 3
Scott Pendlebury COLL 10 2
Nick Daicos COLL 35 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
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 50s

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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