2025 AFL Season Round 11: Western Bulldogs v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 2025 between the Western Bulldogs and Essendon during round eleven of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted Essendon at Marvel Stadium. Marcus Bontempelli captained the hosts with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

The Western Bulldogs (18.19.127) defeated Essendon (5.6.36).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Essendon
Date: Saturday 17 May 2025
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 47,266

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. Essendon
Score: 18.19.127 - 5.6.36

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Western Bulldogs 7 . 3 10 . 8 15 . 13 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
Essendon 0 . 3 1 . 3 4 . 4 5 . 6 5 . 6 (36)
Margin WBUL by 42 WBUL by 59 WBUL by 75 WBUL by 91 WBUL by 91
Duration 32:51 29:01 31:47 27:24 2:01:03

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Vice-Captain: Tom Liberatore
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bailey Dale WBUL 31 3
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 2
Matthew Kennedy WBUL 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RR 78% 2 0 24 13 11 5 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 7
29 Bramble, Lachie SUB↑ 62% 0 0 14 6 8 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
36 Cleary, Luke BPL 83% 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 84% 0 0 49 37 12 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 5 6
42 Davidson, Sam INT 84% 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 5
15 Duryea, Taylor INT 83% 0 0 16 11 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3
44 English, Tim RU 81% 0 1 26 7 19 8 17 1 8 2 0 1 1 1
27 Freijah, Joel WR 82% 0 0 21 9 12 3 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 5
22 Harmes, James HFFL 79% 0 0 27 14 13 5 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 4
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFL 73% 0 1 20 16 4 7 0 2 0 3 1 2 3 3
32 Jones, Arthur INT↓ 21% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
8 Kennedy, Matthew HFFR 84% 1 2 31 16 15 5 0 3 4 6 0 0 2 3
24 Khamis, Buku CHF 85% 3 1 14 8 6 6 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
21 Liberatore, Tom (vc) RO 80% 1 0 33 17 16 4 0 2 8 5 2 1 2 5
7 Lobb, Rory CHB 94% 0 0 11 6 5 6 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 0
30 McNeil, Lachlan INT 82% 1 2 15 8 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
33 Naughton, Aaron FF 81% 1 3 11 7 4 5 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0
18 O'Donnell, James FB 94% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 1
20 Richards, Ed C 79% 2 2 27 14 13 3 0 5 2 7 1 3 2 6
9 Sanders, Ryley FPL 81% 0 0 24 4 20 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0
23 Vandermeer, Laitham BPR 66% 1 2 15 9 6 4 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 5
14 West, Rhylee FPR 79% 4 1 19 11 8 5 0 5 0 4 3 1 1 3
34 Williams, Bailey WL 83% 1 1 19 9 10 9 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 18 19 469 250 219 112 20 44 34 57 13 17 32 61

L. Bramble replaced A. Jones.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 81% 0 0 8 6 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 65% 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 2 1 6 0 3 1 2
44 Day-Wicks, Archer INT 60% 0 0 12 4 8 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
22 Durham, Sam RO 83% 1 0 24 8 16 2 0 4 4 2 4 0 0 3
28 Duursma, Xavier WL 85% 1 0 20 13 7 13 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0
41 El-Hawli, Saad INT↓ 37% 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 80% 0 0 8 2 6 4 29 1 2 1 1 0 1 1
8 Hobbs, Ben WR 73% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
10 Kako, Isaac FPR 84% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
4 Langford, Kyle FPL 81% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 3
15 Laverde, Jayden RR 79% 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 2 0 4 1 1 4 0
37 Martin, Nic HFFR 90% 1 2 25 12 13 9 0 2 3 1 0 0 3 5
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 91% 0 0 25 13 12 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 10 1
32 McKay, Ben FB 91% 0 0 15 8 7 8 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 88% 0 1 20 10 10 2 0 0 3 4 0 1 1 3
16 Perkins, Archie INT 75% 1 0 14 4 10 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1 0
25 Prior, Jaxon HBFR 84% 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 92% 0 0 27 17 10 4 0 4 0 2 1 2 2 1
31 Reid, Zach CHB 93% 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 5 0 3 0 0 5 0
21 Roberts, Archie BPR 91% 0 0 29 10 19 6 0 2 3 4 0 2 3 3
12 Setterfield, Will HFFL 79% 0 1 26 12 14 3 0 6 5 2 2 1 1 1
9 Shiel, Dylan SUB↑ 32% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 2
20 Wright, Peter FF 84% 1 2 16 10 6 8 15 0 0 4 1 0 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 5 6 385 203 182 102 44 46 26 56 17 13 41 37

D. Shiel replaced S. El-Hawli.

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

Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 A. McGrath (vc) 32 B. McKay 21 A. Roberts 44 T. English 42 S. Davidson
14 R. West 33 A. Naughton 9 R. Sanders 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 15 T. Duryea
FORWARD 21 T. Liberatore (vc) 32 A. Jones
HALF-BACK

30 L. McNeil
27 M. Redman 31 Z. Reid 25 J. Prior

29 L. Bramble
8 M. Kennedy 24 B. Khamis 22 J. Harmes



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 X. Duursma 7 Z. Merrett (c) 8 B. Hobbs



27 J. Freijah 20 E. Richards 34 B. Williams FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 T. Goldstein 6 J. Caldwell
HALF-FORWARD 15 J. Laverde 44 A. Day-Wicks
12 W. Setterfield 30 N. Caddy 37 N. Martin 22 S. Durham 41 S. El-Hawli
31 B. Dale 7 R. Lobb 39 J. Johannisen

16 A. Perkins
HALF-BACK

9 D. Shiel
FORWARD



4 K. Langford 20 P. Wright 10 I. Kako



23 L. Vandermeer 18 J. O'Donnell 36 L. Cleary



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Nic Martin behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:24
WBUL Ed Richards behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:34
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 09:05
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 0.2.2 - 0.2.2 09:52
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 1.2.8 - 0.2.2 11:01
WBUL Rhylee West goal 2.2.14 - 0.2.2 14:38
WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 3.2.20 - 0.2.2 17:56
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 4.2.26 - 0.2.2 19:05
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer behind 4.3.27 - 0.2.2 21:26
WBUL Buku Khamis goal 5.3.33 - 0.2.2 24:22
ESSE Nic Martin behind 5.3.33 - 0.3.3 27:52
WBUL Ed Richards goal 6.3.39 - 0.3.3 29:15
WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 7.3.45 - 0.3.3 31:29
Q2 WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 7.4.46 - 0.3.3 05:42
WBUL Rhylee West goal 8.4.52 - 0.3.3 06:45
WBUL Ed Richards goal 9.4.58 - 0.3.3 09:53
WBUL Rushed behind 9.5.59 - 0.3.3 11:40
WBUL Lachlan McNeil behind 9.6.60 - 0.3.3 12:08
ESSE Xavier Duursma goal 9.6.60 - 1.3.9 16:54
WBUL Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 1.3.9 24:08
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 10.7.67 - 1.3.9 25:45
WBUL Lachlan McNeil behind 10.8.68 - 1.3.9 27:10
Q3 WBUL Matthew Kennedy behind 10.9.69 - 1.3.9 00:46
ESSE Nic Martin goal 10.9.69 - 2.3.15 02:19
WBUL Sam Davidson goal 11.9.75 - 2.3.15 04:35
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 11.10.76 - 2.3.15 06:15
WBUL Matthew Kennedy goal 12.10.82 - 2.3.15 08:44
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 13.10.88 - 2.3.15 10:27
WBUL Rhylee West behind 13.11.89 - 2.3.15 13:12
WBUL Rhylee West goal 14.11.95 - 2.3.15 16:30
ESSE Peter Wright behind 14.11.95 - 2.4.16 24:00
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 14.11.95 - 3.4.22 24:50
ESSE Sam Durham goal 14.11.95 - 4.4.28 26:07
WBUL Buku Khamis behind 14.12.96 - 4.4.28 27:53
WBUL Bailey Williams goal 15.12.102 - 4.4.28 29:10
WBUL Tim English behind 15.13.103 - 4.4.28 31:42
Q4 WBUL Rhylee West goal 16.13.109 - 4.4.28 03:54
ESSE Peter Wright goal 16.13.109 - 5.4.34 06:25
WBUL Rushed behind 16.14.110 - 5.4.34 09:50
WBUL Bailey Williams behind 16.15.111 - 5.4.34 10:29
WBUL Buku Khamis goal 17.15.117 - 5.4.34 11:56
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer behind 17.16.118 - 5.4.34 14:07
WBUL Buku Khamis goal 18.16.124 - 5.4.34 15:22
ESSE Peter Wright behind 18.16.124 - 5.5.35 21:13
WBUL Ed Richards behind 18.17.125 - 5.5.35 22:08
ESSE Will Setterfield behind 18.17.125 - 5.6.36 24:14
WBUL Matthew Kennedy behind 18.18.126 - 5.6.36 25:37
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 18.19.127 - 5.6.36 26:14