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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Collingwood | Coach: Craig McRae | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| 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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| 2 | J. De Goey | 28 | T. Membrey | 23 | B. Hill |
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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 | |