2025 AFL Round 14: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 2025 between Carlton and Essendon during round 14 of the 2025 AFL season. Carlton hosted Essendon at MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the hosts. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Michael Voss and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Carlton
Back: J. Silvagni, J. Weitering, O. Hollands
Half-back: A. Saad, N. Haynes, A. Cincotta
Centre: C. Lord, P. Cripps (capt.), B. Acres
Half-forward: M. Carroll, C. Curnow, L. Fogarty
Forward: M. McGovern, H. O'Keeffe, Z. Williams
Follower: T. De Koning, A. Cerra, S. Walsh
Int.: S. Docherty, O. Fantasia, G. Hewett, J. Motlop
Sub.: W. White

Essendon
Back: A. McGrath (vice-capt.), J. Laverde, A. Roberts
Half-back: J. Gresham, L. Lual, J. Prior
Centre: M. Guelfi, Z. Merrett (capt.), A. Clarke
Half-forward: A. Perkins, N. Caddy, N. Martin
Forward: B. Hobbs, P. Wright, W. Setterfield
Follower: T. Goldstein, J. Caldwell, S. Durham
Int.: X. Duursma, Z. Johnson, I. Kako, D. Parish
Sub.: A. Day-Wicks

Carlton (11.12.78) defeated Essendon (11.4.70).

Goalkickers
Carlton: C. Curnow (2), J. Motlop (2), Z. Williams (2), B. Acres, T. De Koning, O. Fantasia, M. McGovern, A. Saad
Essendon: P. Wright (3), J. Gresham (2), J. Caldwell, X. Duursma, M. Guelfi, L. Lual, N. Martin, A. Perkins

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 11th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Essendon remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Sunday 8 June 2025
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 74,280

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 11.12.78 - 11.4.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 6 . 4 8 . 6 9 . 8 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Essendon 1 . 1 4 . 2 8 . 3 11 . 4 11 . 4 (70)
Margin CARL by 33 CARL by 28 CARL by 11 CARL by 8 CARL by 8
Duration 33:54 32:44 31:37 29:37 2:07:52

Honour Roll

Coaches: Michael Voss (Carlton), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: Patrick Cripps (Carlton), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Carlton), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom De Koning CARL 12 3
Sam Walsh CARL 18 2
Nic Martin ESSE 37 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Acres, Blake WR 91% 1 1 29 17 12 8 0 1 4 4 1 2 4 5
32 Carroll, Matt HFFL↓ 62% 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 1 5 1 2 4 2
5 Cerra, Adam RR 70% 0 0 24 14 10 5 0 7 7 4 2 0 0 6
39 Cincotta, Alex HBFR 83% 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 87% 0 1 15 8 7 0 0 6 4 3 2 3 1 2
30 Curnow, Charlie CHF 92% 2 2 13 11 2 7 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 2
12 De Koning, Tom RU 79% 1 1 23 12 11 5 29 3 7 3 3 1 1 2
15 Docherty, Sam INT 82% 0 0 26 21 5 13 0 0 2 1 0 0 8 0
14 Fantasia, Orazio INT 72% 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 1
8 Fogarty, Lachie HFFR 80% 0 0 10 3 7 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0
26 Haynes, Nick CHB 87% 0 0 17 16 1 11 0 3 0 4 1 1 6 4
29 Hewett, George INT 75% 0 0 29 14 15 5 0 9 1 3 2 0 1 8
4 Hollands, Oliver BPR 85% 0 0 23 16 7 10 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 4
36 Lord, Cooper WL 84% 0 0 21 13 8 4 0 4 1 3 1 1 3 2
11 McGovern, Mitch FPL 75% 1 1 11 8 3 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 4
3 Motlop, Jesse INT 81% 2 2 12 9 3 8 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 2
40 O'Keeffe, Hudson FF 73% 0 1 7 5 2 5 8 4 0 3 0 1 0 0
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 84% 1 0 16 13 3 1 0 4 0 5 2 0 4 2
1 Silvagni, Jack BPL 86% 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1
18 Walsh, Sam RO 80% 0 1 32 14 18 5 0 3 7 5 2 1 2 4
23 Weitering, Jacob FB 100% 0 0 8 8 0 5 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 0
38 White, Will SUB↑ 21% 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
6 Williams, Zac FPR 73% 2 1 15 13 2 3 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 12 371 239 132 115 37 73 39 66 25 25 44 56

W. White replaced M. Carroll.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 91% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 79% 1 0 26 16 10 2 0 8 5 8 1 1 0 5
36 Clarke, Angus WR 85% 0 1 14 10 4 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
44 Day-Wicks, Archer SUB↑ 18% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
22 Durham, Sam RO 84% 0 0 27 13 14 4 0 3 6 11 2 4 3 5
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 86% 1 0 20 9 11 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 2 1
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 77% 0 0 9 0 9 0 20 1 3 3 1 3 0 0
11 Gresham, Jade HBFL 77% 2 1 19 9 10 4 0 4 1 5 0 2 2 2
35 Guelfi, Matt WL 79% 1 1 9 5 4 2 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 1
8 Hobbs, Ben FPL 68% 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 3
40 Johnson, Zak INT 67% 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 3 0 2 5 1 5 3
10 Kako, Isaac INT 77% 0 0 10 1 9 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden FB 96% 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 3 0 5 1 2 3 0
34 Lual, Luamon CHB 71% 1 0 11 5 6 3 0 5 0 4 0 1 1 1
37 Martin, Nic HFFR 90% 1 0 32 16 16 3 0 4 0 5 1 2 7 5
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 83% 0 0 23 10 13 5 0 2 1 0 3 0 6 2
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 83% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 9 1 1 1 0 4 1
3 Parish, Darcy INT 71% 0 0 31 12 19 2 0 2 10 5 1 0 1 6
16 Perkins, Archie HFFL↓ 65% 1 0 11 5 6 1 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 3
25 Prior, Jaxon HBFR 100% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1
21 Roberts, Archie BPR 90% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 0 6 1 2 5 2
12 Setterfield, Will FPR 76% 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 7 3 1 2 1 1 6
20 Wright, Peter FF 88% 3 0 10 7 3 4 12 4 2 1 3 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 4 362 188 174 65 32 78 38 74 25 25 44 55

A. Day-Wicks replaced A. Perkins.

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

Carlton Coach: Michael Voss
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 A. McGrath (vc) 15 J. Laverde 21 A. Roberts 12 T. De Koning 15 S. Docherty
6 Z. Williams 40 H. O'Keeffe 11 M. McGovern 5 A. Cerra 14 O. Fantasia
FORWARD 18 S. Walsh 29 G. Hewett
HALF-BACK

3 J. Motlop
11 J. Gresham 34 L. Lual 25 J. Prior

38 W. White
8 L. Fogarty 30 C. Curnow 32 M. Carroll



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



35 M. Guelfi 7 Z. Merrett (c) 36 A. Clarke



13 B. Acres 9 P. Cripps (c) 36 C. Lord FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 T. Goldstein 28 X. Duursma
HALF-FORWARD 6 J. Caldwell 40 Z. Johnson
16 A. Perkins 30 N. Caddy 37 N. Martin 22 S. Durham 10 I. Kako
39 A. Cincotta 26 N. Haynes 42 A. Saad

3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK

44 A. Day-Wicks
FORWARD



8 B. Hobbs 20 P. Wright 12 W. Setterfield



4 O. Hollands 23 J. Weitering 1 J. Silvagni



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 CARL Adam Saad goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:25
CARL Tom De Koning behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 05:49
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 07:28
CARL Jesse Motlop goal 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 09:53
CARL Sam Walsh behind 3.2.20 - 0.0.0 10:57
CARL Zac Williams behind 3.3.21 - 0.0.0 11:21
CARL Mitch McGovern goal 4.3.27 - 0.0.0 14:28
CARL Charlie Curnow behind 4.4.28 - 0.0.0 19:01
ESSE Luamon Lual goal 4.4.28 - 1.0.6 21:28
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 5.4.34 - 1.0.6 24:56
CARL Zac Williams goal 6.4.40 - 1.0.6 27:27
ESSE Angus Clarke behind 6.4.40 - 1.1.7 30:48
Q2 ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 6.4.40 - 1.2.8 06:53
CARL Orazio Fantasia goal 7.4.46 - 1.2.8 10:45
ESSE Jye Caldwell goal 7.4.46 - 2.2.14 15:32
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 7.4.46 - 3.2.20 17:29
CARL Jesse Motlop behind 7.5.47 - 3.2.20 23:44
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 7.6.48 - 3.2.20 24:48
CARL Tom De Koning goal 8.6.54 - 3.2.20 30:18
ESSE Peter Wright goal 8.6.54 - 4.2.26 32:39
Q3 ESSE Matt Guelfi goal 8.6.54 - 5.2.32 00:29
ESSE Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 5.3.33 05:47
ESSE Peter Wright goal 8.6.54 - 6.3.39 07:31
ESSE Peter Wright goal 8.6.54 - 7.3.45 11:27
CARL Charlie Curnow behind 8.7.55 - 7.3.45 18:09
CARL Jesse Motlop goal 9.7.61 - 7.3.45 25:23
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 9.7.61 - 8.3.51 26:58
CARL Mitch McGovern behind 9.8.62 - 8.3.51 30:50
Q4 CARL Blake Acres goal 10.8.68 - 8.3.51 01:22
CARL Hudson O'Keeffe behind 10.9.69 - 8.3.51 04:27
ESSE Jade Gresham behind 10.9.69 - 8.4.52 10:00
CARL Zac Williams goal 11.9.75 - 8.4.52 11:15
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 11.9.75 - 9.4.58 15:05
CARL Jesse Motlop behind 11.10.76 - 9.4.58 17:27
ESSE Nic Martin goal 11.10.76 - 10.4.64 18:52
ESSE Xavier Duursma goal 11.10.76 - 11.4.70 22:53
CARL Rushed behind 11.11.77 - 11.4.70 25:10
CARL Blake Acres behind 11.12.78 - 11.4.70 28:01