2025 AFL Round 10: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 2025 between Essendon and Sydney during round 10 of the 2025 AFL season. Essendon hosted Sydney at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

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

Sydney
Back: B. Paton, T. McCartin, M. Roberts
Half-back: S. Wicks, N. Blakey, D. Rampe
Centre: O. Florent, I. Heeney, J. Lloyd
Half-forward: B. Campbell, J. Hamling, J. Jordon
Forward: W. Hayward, A. Francis, C. Cleary
Follower: B. Grundy, Chad Warner, J. McInerney
Int.: R. Bice, H. McLean, J. Rowbottom, Corey Warner
Sub.: A. Sheldrick

Essendon (11.5.71) defeated Sydney (8.15.63).

Goalkickers
Essendon: N. Caddy (3), Z. Merrett (2), A. Day-Wicks, S. Durham, S. El-Hawli, I. Kako, A. Perkins, M. Redman
Sydney: W. Hayward (2), B. Campbell, B. Grundy, J. McInerney, H. McLean, A. Sheldrick, C. Warner

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Sydney remained 14th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Saturday 10 May 2025
Time: 4:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 43,799

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 11.5.71 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 1 9 . 1 11 . 4 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
Sydney 1 . 1 2 . 4 5 . 10 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin ESSE by 12 ESSE by 39 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 8
Duration 29:04 32:03 32:00 27:55 2:01:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Dean Cox (Sydney)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Sydney)
Vice-Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), unknown (Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 3
Nic Martin ESSE 37 2
Nick Blakey SYDN 22 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 70% 3 1 16 12 4 7 0 3 0 5 1 1 0 6
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 68% 0 0 22 8 14 3 0 4 4 4 1 2 1 3
44 Day-Wicks, Archer WR 65% 1 0 6 1 5 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
22 Durham, Sam RO 77% 1 1 21 8 13 2 0 8 4 7 2 4 2 0
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 77% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 4 0 2 1 1 3 2
41 El-Hawli, Saad INT 80% 1 0 21 15 6 6 0 0 2 5 1 0 2 4
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 82% 0 0 19 6 13 6 29 0 5 1 4 1 3 0
18 Hayes, Lewis BPR↓ 67% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 1
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 74% 0 0 15 5 10 2 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 0
10 Kako, Isaac FPR 76% 1 0 6 3 3 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
4 Langford, Kyle FPL 87% 0 1 11 5 6 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2
37 Martin, Nic HFFR 100% 0 0 38 22 16 8 0 5 1 5 2 1 10 6
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 88% 0 0 35 18 17 11 0 1 2 1 0 0 9 4
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 12 6 6 7 0 1 0 3 2 3 1 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 86% 2 0 19 16 3 3 0 2 4 5 0 1 1 6
16 Perkins, Archie HFFL 78% 1 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
25 Prior, Jaxon HBFR 86% 0 0 23 17 6 14 0 2 0 3 2 0 5 2
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 81% 1 0 32 19 13 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3
31 Reid, Zach CHB 100% 0 0 27 18 9 14 0 1 1 3 0 0 5 0
21 Roberts, Archie WL 78% 0 0 27 11 16 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1
12 Setterfield, Will RR 78% 0 1 28 11 17 9 0 8 3 1 1 1 1 1
9 Shiel, Dylan SUB↑ 20% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Wright, Peter FF 81% 0 0 11 6 5 5 6 3 0 2 0 1 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 5 444 234 210 126 35 60 32 56 21 17 53 45

D. Shiel replaced L. Hayes.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Bice, Riley INT 87% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 5
22 Blakey, Nick CHB 78% 0 0 22 21 1 13 0 3 0 0 1 0 8 1
16 Campbell, Braeden HFFL 82% 1 1 15 11 4 7 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 6
33 Cleary, Caiden FPR 74% 0 0 10 2 8 2 0 3 1 3 0 1 1 1
13 Florent, Oliver WL 84% 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 4
10 Francis, Aaron FF 71% 0 2 8 4 4 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 1
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 84% 1 1 23 10 13 2 32 5 7 6 3 3 1 3
29 Hamling, Joel CHF 79% 0 1 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 2
9 Hayward, Will FPL 84% 2 1 14 9 5 2 0 2 0 6 1 1 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac C 89% 0 2 19 11 8 3 0 6 5 2 1 1 0 3
17 Jordon, James HFFR 80% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 8 0 1 0 1 2 1
44 Lloyd, Jake WR 86% 0 1 22 10 12 5 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 0
30 McCartin, Tom FB 98% 0 0 15 10 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 2
27 McInerney, Justin RO 82% 1 1 22 15 7 5 0 0 2 4 2 0 3 5
2 McLean, Hayden INT 69% 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 0
25 Paton, Ben BPL↓ 49% 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
24 Rampe, Dane HBFR 78% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3
34 Roberts, Matt BPR 86% 0 1 26 17 9 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 4
8 Rowbottom, James INT 73% 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 4 6 3 3 1 1 6
12 Sheldrick, Angus SUB↑ 33% 1 0 13 7 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2
1 Warner, Chad RR 93% 0 2 25 13 12 3 0 4 7 4 2 2 0 7
37 Warner, Corey INT 77% 1 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 2
15 Wicks, Sam HBFL 86% 0 0 13 5 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 8 15 348 208 140 92 32 46 32 66 17 21 33 61

A. Sheldrick replaced B. Paton.

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

Essendon Coach: Brad Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
25 B. Paton 30 T. McCartin 34 M. Roberts 17 T. Goldstein 6 J. Caldwell
10 I. Kako 20 P. Wright 4 K. Langford 12 W. Setterfield 28 X. Duursma
FORWARD 22 S. Durham 41 S. El-Hawli
HALF-BACK

8 B. Hobbs
15 S. Wicks 22 N. Blakey 24 D. Rampe

9 D. Shiel
37 N. Martin 30 N. Caddy 16 A. Perkins



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 O. Florent 5 I. Heeney 44 J. Lloyd



44 A. Day-Wicks 7 Z. Merrett (c) 21 A. Roberts FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 B. Grundy 26 R. Bice
HALF-FORWARD 1 C. Warner 2 H. McLean
16 B. Campbell 29 J. Hamling 17 J. Jordon 27 J. McInerney 8 J. Rowbottom
25 J. Prior 31 Z. Reid 27 M. Redman

37 C. Warner
HALF-BACK

12 A. Sheldrick
FORWARD



9 W. Hayward 10 A. Francis 33 C. Cleary



18 L. Hayes 32 B. McKay 1 A. McGrath (vc)



BACK



Sydney Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Matt Roberts behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 03:28
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 07:23
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 13:20
ESSE Saad El-Hawli goal 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 16:36
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 3.0.18 - 1.1.7 18:32
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 25:56
Q2 ESSE Zach Merrett goal 4.1.25 - 1.1.7 05:51
ESSE Archer Day-Wicks goal 5.1.31 - 1.1.7 07:07
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 5.1.31 - 1.2.8 09:38
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 6.1.37 - 1.2.8 10:33
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 7.1.43 - 1.2.8 13:48
SYDN Brodie Grundy goal 7.1.43 - 2.2.14 16:33
SYDN Aaron Francis behind 7.1.43 - 2.3.15 19:32
SYDN Will Hayward behind 7.1.43 - 2.4.16 20:47
ESSE Isaac Kako goal 8.1.49 - 2.4.16 25:34
ESSE Sam Durham goal 9.1.55 - 2.4.16 30:08
Q3 SYDN Will Hayward goal 9.1.55 - 3.4.22 03:58
ESSE Mason Redman goal 10.1.61 - 3.4.22 05:43
SYDN Braeden Campbell goal 10.1.61 - 4.4.28 07:59
SYDN Rushed behind 10.1.61 - 4.5.29 10:50
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 10.2.62 - 4.5.29 12:08
SYDN Aaron Francis behind 10.2.62 - 4.6.30 14:17
SYDN Chad Warner behind 10.2.62 - 4.7.31 15:11
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 11.2.68 - 4.7.31 16:12
ESSE Sam Durham behind 11.3.69 - 4.7.31 20:41
SYDN Corey Warner goal 11.3.69 - 5.7.37 21:33
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 11.3.69 - 5.8.38 25:27
SYDN Brodie Grundy behind 11.3.69 - 5.9.39 28:21
SYDN Chad Warner behind 11.3.69 - 5.10.40 29:13
ESSE Will Setterfield behind 11.4.70 - 5.10.40 31:55
Q4 SYDN Joel Hamling behind 11.4.70 - 5.11.41 04:54
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 11.4.70 - 5.12.42 07:07
SYDN Angus Sheldrick goal 11.4.70 - 6.12.48 09:14
SYDN Justin McInerney goal 11.4.70 - 7.12.54 10:46
SYDN Jake Lloyd behind 11.4.70 - 7.13.55 13:28
SYDN Justin McInerney behind 11.4.70 - 7.14.56 18:13
ESSE Rushed behind 11.5.71 - 7.14.56 19:26
SYDN Will Hayward goal 11.5.71 - 8.14.62 19:53
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 11.5.71 - 8.15.63 21:35