2025 AFL Round 16: Fremantle v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 2025 between Fremantle and Essendon during round 16 of the 2025 AFL season. Fremantle hosted Essendon at Optus Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Fremantle
Back: L. Ryan, J. Draper, B. Cox
Half-back: H. Chapman, K. Worner, J. Clark
Centre: M. Johnson, S. Bolton, N. O'Driscoll
Half-forward: M. Reid, N. Fyfe, M. Frederick
Forward: P. Voss, J. Treacy, J. Amiss
Follower: L. Jackson, C. Serong, A. Brayshaw
Int.: B. Banfield, N. Erasmus, J. Sharp, C. Wagner
Sub.: J. Aish

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

Fremantle (16.8.104) defeated Essendon (9.9.63).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: L. Jackson (3), J. Treacy (3), S. Bolton (2), M. Frederick (2), C. Serong (2), A. Brayshaw, N. O'Driscoll, M. Reid, P. Voss
Essendon: L. Lual (2), A. May (2), N. Caddy, X. Duursma, J. Gresham, I. Kako, P. Wright

As a result of this match, Fremantle were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Essendon remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Fremantle v Essendon
Date: Thursday 19 June 2025
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 37,570

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Essendon
Score: 16.8.104 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 3 . 2 9 . 3 13 . 3 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Essendon 2 . 2 6 . 5 6 . 8 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Margin FREM by 6 FREM by 16 FREM by 37 FREM by 41 FREM by 41
Duration 28:17 36:39 27:44 31:19 2:03:59

Honour Roll

Coaches: Justin Longmuir (Fremantle), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Fremantle), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Fremantle), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Jackson FREM 9 3
Caleb Serong FREM 3 2
Luke Ryan FREM 13 1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Aish, James SUB↑ 18% 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
24 Amiss, Jye FPR 85% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2
41 Banfield, Bailey INT 76% 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 0
15 Bolton, Shai C 84% 2 2 15 7 8 0 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 1
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RO 79% 1 1 29 14 15 3 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 3
5 Chapman, Heath HBFL 78% 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 4 3
6 Clark, Jordan HBFR 92% 0 0 33 23 10 8 0 5 0 5 3 1 3 3
36 Cox, Brennan BPR 84% 0 0 13 7 6 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
37 Draper, Josh FB 93% 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0
28 Erasmus, Neil INT 61% 0 0 21 7 14 4 0 1 7 2 1 0 0 1
32 Frederick, Michael HFFR 80% 2 1 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
7 Fyfe, Nat CHF↓ 67% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 4
9 Jackson, Luke RU 81% 3 0 21 11 10 4 48 4 10 3 3 2 1 2
44 Johnson, Matthew WL 79% 0 0 18 5 13 5 0 1 3 3 1 2 1 4
30 O'Driscoll, Nathan WR 80% 1 1 17 11 6 7 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4
16 Reid, Murphy HFFL 86% 1 0 13 7 6 3 0 4 1 3 0 2 0 4
13 Ryan, Luke BPL 93% 0 0 32 24 8 12 0 2 0 2 1 2 5 1
3 Serong, Caleb RR 83% 2 0 35 24 11 5 0 4 7 2 3 1 1 10
14 Sharp, Jeremy INT 74% 0 1 12 8 4 6 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1
35 Treacy, Josh FF 88% 3 0 11 6 5 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 3
20 Voss, Patrick FPL 81% 1 2 13 6 7 2 4 3 3 3 1 2 1 1
34 Wagner, Corey INT 72% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 2 3 1 1 3 6
23 Worner, Karl CHB 84% 0 0 18 10 8 7 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 16 8 392 225 167 99 53 49 44 48 23 16 25 57

J. Aish replaced N. Fyfe.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
46 Blakiston, Lachlan HFFL 88% 0 0 11 3 8 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 100% 1 0 15 9 6 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 4
6 Caldwell, Jye RR 77% 0 1 32 17 15 2 0 5 8 1 1 0 3 6
36 Clarke, Angus HBFR 86% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0
28 Duursma, Xavier INT↓ 40% 1 0 11 6 5 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0
11 Gresham, Jade HBFL 66% 1 1 9 7 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 1
35 Guelfi, Matt WR 78% 0 1 7 3 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 62% 0 0 16 6 10 1 0 5 1 3 3 2 2 0
40 Johnson, Zak INT 68% 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
10 Kako, Isaac FPR 85% 1 1 12 7 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
15 Laverde, Jayden FB 96% 0 0 18 12 6 9 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 0
34 Lual, Luamon INT 65% 2 0 9 5 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 4
37 Martin, Nic HFFR 83% 0 0 21 14 7 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 2
26 May, Archie FPL 78% 2 0 14 8 6 6 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 3
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 93% 0 0 22 8 14 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
7 Merrett, Zach (c) C 92% 0 0 17 6 11 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 4
3 Parish, Darcy RO 79% 0 1 31 11 20 4 0 3 6 1 1 1 3 2
16 Perkins, Archie SUB↑ 40% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 1 6 0 2 3 1
25 Prior, Jaxon CHB 100% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 2 1 2 0 1 6 1
21 Roberts, Archie BPR 77% 0 0 25 12 13 8 0 2 1 1 2 0 6 0
12 Setterfield, Will WL 82% 0 0 17 11 6 4 0 5 1 6 0 3 2 1
39 Visentini, Vigo RU 79% 0 0 15 5 10 3 17 2 4 5 3 3 1 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 85% 1 1 8 5 3 5 7 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 9 9 365 190 175 85 24 52 26 49 16 23 40 34

A. Perkins replaced X. Duursma.

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

Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
1 A. McGrath (vc) 15 J. Laverde 21 A. Roberts 9 L. Jackson 41 B. Banfield
24 J. Amiss 35 J. Treacy 20 P. Voss 3 C. Serong 28 N. Erasmus
FORWARD 8 A. Brayshaw 14 J. Sharp
HALF-BACK

34 C. Wagner
11 J. Gresham 25 J. Prior 36 A. Clarke

11 J. Aish
32 M. Frederick 7 N. Fyfe 16 M. Reid



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 W. Setterfield 7 Z. Merrett (c) 35 M. Guelfi



30 N. O'Driscoll 15 S. Bolton 44 M. Johnson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 39 V. Visentini 28 X. Duursma
HALF-FORWARD 6 J. Caldwell 8 B. Hobbs
46 L. Blakiston 30 N. Caddy 37 N. Martin 3 D. Parish 40 Z. Johnson
6 J. Clark 23 K. Worner 5 H. Chapman

34 L. Lual
HALF-BACK

16 A. Perkins
FORWARD



26 A. May 20 P. Wright 10 I. Kako



36 B. Cox 37 J. Draper 13 L. Ryan



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Shai Bolton behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:14
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 05:08
ESSE Peter Wright goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 09:01
FREM Shai Bolton goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 12:55
ESSE Isaac Kako goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 16:27
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 18:34
FREM Josh Treacy goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 20:14
FREM Luke Jackson goal 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 22:46
FREM Andrew Brayshaw behind 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 25:00
Q2 FREM Luke Jackson goal 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 00:22
ESSE Peter Wright behind 4.2.26 - 2.3.15 02:08
FREM Caleb Serong goal 5.2.32 - 2.3.15 03:10
FREM Michael Frederick goal 6.2.38 - 2.3.15 06:13
FREM Murphy Reid goal 7.2.44 - 2.3.15 09:15
ESSE Rushed behind 7.2.44 - 2.4.16 13:42
ESSE Archie May goal 7.2.44 - 3.4.22 14:48
FREM Patrick Voss behind 7.3.45 - 3.4.22 17:34
ESSE Luamon Lual goal 7.3.45 - 4.4.28 23:47
FREM Josh Treacy goal 8.3.51 - 4.4.28 26:28
FREM Shai Bolton goal 9.3.57 - 4.4.28 28:47
ESSE Isaac Kako behind 9.3.57 - 4.5.29 30:07
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 9.3.57 - 5.5.35 31:10
ESSE Xavier Duursma goal 9.3.57 - 6.5.41 33:46
Q3 FREM Josh Treacy goal 10.3.63 - 6.5.41 02:14
ESSE Rushed behind 10.3.63 - 6.6.42 07:32
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 10.3.63 - 6.7.43 11:35
ESSE Jade Gresham behind 10.3.63 - 6.8.44 16:23
FREM Caleb Serong goal 11.3.69 - 6.8.44 19:20
FREM Luke Jackson goal 12.3.75 - 6.8.44 23:10
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 13.3.81 - 6.8.44 24:32
Q4 ESSE Archie May goal 13.3.81 - 7.8.50 01:52
FREM Patrick Voss goal 14.3.87 - 7.8.50 03:05
FREM Nathan O'Driscoll goal 15.3.93 - 7.8.50 08:50
FREM Shai Bolton behind 15.4.94 - 7.8.50 10:20
FREM Nathan O'Driscoll behind 15.5.95 - 7.8.50 11:48
ESSE Luamon Lual goal 15.5.95 - 8.8.56 14:03
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 15.5.95 - 9.8.62 18:17
FREM Jeremy Sharp behind 15.6.96 - 9.8.62 21:38
FREM Michael Frederick behind 15.7.97 - 9.8.62 23:10
ESSE Rushed behind 15.7.97 - 9.9.63 25:01
FREM Michael Frederick goal 16.7.103 - 9.9.63 27:18
FREM Patrick Voss behind 16.8.104 - 9.9.63 30:33