2025 AFL Round 24: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 2025 between Essendon and St Kilda during round 24 of the 2025 AFL season. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Marvel Stadium. In the absence of Zach Merrett, vice-captain Andrew McGrath captained the hosts. Jack Steele captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

Essendon
Back: A. McGrath (capt.), J. Laverde, J. Nguyen
Half-back: M. Redman, L. Blakiston, A. Roberts
Centre: X. Duursma, S. Durham, J. Menzie
Half-forward: K. Langford, P. Wright, J. Gresham
Forward: M. Guelfi, L. McMahon, I. Kako
Follower: T. Goldstein, A. Perkins, A. Clarke
Int.: B. Hobbs, L. Lual, J. Prior, R. Unwin
Sub.: S. El-Hawli

St Kilda
Back: A. Tauru, C. Wilkie, A. Caminiti
Half-back: L. Stocker, N. Wanganeen-Milera, J. Sinclair
Centre: M. Windhager, H. Boxshall, B. Hill
Half-forward: M. Wood, H. Garcia, D. Wilson
Forward: J. Higgins, A. Dodson, C. Sharman
Follower: R. Marshall, J. Steele (capt.), M. Hall
Int.: Z. Jones, J. Macrae, M. Phillipou, T. Travaglia
Sub.: L. Collard

Essendon (11.9.75) were defeated by St Kilda (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
Essendon: L. McMahon (3), K. Langford (2), A. Perkins (2), L. Lual, J. Menzie, R. Unwin, P. Wright
St Kilda: J. Higgins (3), C. Sharman (3), M. Wood (2), R. Marshall, N. Wanganeen-Milera, D. Wilson

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 15th on the ladder and St Kilda remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Friday 15 August 2025
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 31,107

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 11.9.75 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 5 . 6 8 . 7 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
St Kilda 1 . 3 5 . 5 9 . 7 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin ESSE by 11 ESSE by 1 STKL by 6 STKL by 2 STKL by 2
Duration 29:00 31:06 30:58 34:10 2:05:14

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brad Scott (Essendon), Ross Lyon (St Kilda)
Captains: Andrew McGrath (Essendon), Jack Steele (St Kilda)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 3
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera STKL 7 2
Marcus Windhager STKL 2 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
46 Blakiston, Lachlan CHB 100% 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 2
36 Clarke, Angus RO 87% 0 0 18 15 3 10 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 3
22 Durham, Sam C 75% 0 1 28 13 15 3 0 7 7 4 2 2 1 6
28 Duursma, Xavier WL 75% 0 0 24 15 9 9 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 2
41 El-Hawli, Saad SUB↑ 56% 0 0 8 7 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 2
17 Goldstein, Todd RU 80% 0 0 14 4 10 3 41 4 4 4 2 2 0 2
11 Gresham, Jade HFFR 86% 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 0
35 Guelfi, Matt FPL 94% 0 1 8 3 5 2 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 1
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 63% 0 1 14 8 6 3 0 7 1 1 3 1 1 1
10 Kako, Isaac FPR 78% 0 1 12 6 6 0 0 4 1 3 0 2 0 2
4 Langford, Kyle HFFL 78% 2 0 15 12 3 6 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden FB↓ 30% 0 0 13 10 3 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1
34 Lual, Luamon INT 78% 1 0 10 8 2 6 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew (ac) BPL 86% 0 1 35 14 21 4 0 9 6 1 1 0 2 6
48 McMahon, Liam FF 73% 3 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
29 Menzie, Jye WR 86% 1 3 11 5 6 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
42 Nguyen, Jayden BPR 83% 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 0
16 Perkins, Archie RR 73% 2 0 13 8 5 4 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
25 Prior, Jaxon INT 88% 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 4
27 Redman, Mason HBFL 89% 0 1 36 29 7 12 0 1 0 1 1 0 9 1
21 Roberts, Archie HBFR 86% 0 0 27 19 8 9 0 0 1 6 0 2 3 5
38 Unwin, Rhys INT 70% 1 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
20 Wright, Peter CHF 86% 1 0 10 5 5 3 11 3 1 3 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 11 9 369 225 144 115 52 66 28 53 21 24 31 45

S. El-Hawli replaced J. Laverde.

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
38 Boxshall, Hugh C 84% 0 1 16 8 8 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
47 Caminiti, Anthony BPR 100% 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Collard, Lance SUB↑ 29% 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
30 Dodson, Alex FF↓ 48% 0 1 8 3 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1
34 Garcia, Hugo CHF 77% 0 1 20 11 9 2 0 12 3 3 0 0 1 5
40 Hall, Max RO 85% 0 1 20 12 8 5 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 3
1 Higgins, Jack FPL 86% 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1
8 Hill, Bradley WR 81% 0 0 22 10 12 8 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1
3 Jones, Zak INT 73% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 3
6 Macrae, Jack INT 55% 0 0 17 6 11 3 0 4 5 2 1 0 2 2
19 Marshall, Rowan RU 85% 1 1 18 15 3 5 29 5 4 4 5 2 0 4
25 Phillipou, Mattaes INT 71% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
43 Sharman, Cooper FPR 92% 3 1 17 11 6 6 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 4
35 Sinclair, Jack HBFR 86% 0 1 23 16 7 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2
9 Steele, Jack (c) RR 77% 0 1 27 9 18 5 0 9 7 6 2 4 1 3
14 Stocker, Liam HBFL 80% 0 0 10 5 5 2 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 0
26 Tauru, Alix BPL 78% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 0 4 2 4 1 0
5 Travaglia, Tobie INT 67% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 0
7 Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah CHB 87% 1 0 24 14 10 1 0 3 5 3 1 1 3 5
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 100% 0 0 10 10 0 6 0 1 0 3 1 1 4 0
22 Wilson, Darcy HFFR 83% 1 0 14 9 5 2 0 5 1 3 1 1 3 2
2 Windhager, Marcus WL 87% 0 0 26 12 14 4 0 3 3 3 3 1 5 6
32 Wood, Mason HFFL 90% 2 1 8 6 2 5 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 11 331 191 140 82 32 67 37 50 25 21 33 43

L. Collard replaced A. Dodson.

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
26 A. Tauru 44 C. Wilkie 47 A. Caminiti 17 T. Goldstein 8 B. Hobbs
10 I. Kako 48 L. McMahon 35 M. Guelfi 16 A. Perkins 34 L. Lual
FORWARD 36 A. Clarke 25 J. Prior
HALF-BACK

38 R. Unwin
14 L. Stocker 7 N. Wanganeen-Milera 35 J. Sinclair

41 S. El-Hawli
11 J. Gresham 20 P. Wright 4 K. Langford



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



2 M. Windhager 38 H. Boxshall 8 B. Hill



29 J. Menzie 22 S. Durham 28 X. Duursma FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 R. Marshall 3 Z. Jones
HALF-FORWARD 9 J. Steele (c) 6 J. Macrae
32 M. Wood 34 H. Garcia 22 D. Wilson 40 M. Hall 25 M. Phillipou
21 A. Roberts 46 L. Blakiston 27 M. Redman

5 T. Travaglia
HALF-BACK

4 L. Collard
FORWARD



1 J. Higgins 30 A. Dodson 43 C. Sharman



42 J. Nguyen 15 J. Laverde 1 A. McGrath (ac)



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Jack Higgins goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:21
ESSE Peter Wright goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:11
ESSE Liam McMahon goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 06:00
ESSE Sam Durham behind 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 08:33
ESSE Jye Menzie behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 10:17
ESSE Rhys Unwin goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 21:08
STKL Alex Dodson behind 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 23:05
STKL Mason Wood behind 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 24:57
STKL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 28:11
Q2 STKL Jack Steele behind 3.2.20 - 1.4.10 01:25
ESSE Jye Menzie behind 3.3.21 - 1.4.10 02:50
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 3.3.21 - 2.4.16 05:39
ESSE Luamon Lual goal 4.3.27 - 2.4.16 07:44
ESSE Jye Menzie behind 4.4.28 - 2.4.16 10:46
ESSE Isaac Kako behind 4.5.29 - 2.4.16 11:50
STKL Hugh Boxshall behind 4.5.29 - 2.5.17 14:50
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 5.5.35 - 2.5.17 15:58
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 5.5.35 - 3.5.23 18:24
STKL Jack Higgins goal 5.5.35 - 4.5.29 20:32
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 5.6.36 - 4.5.29 25:32
STKL Mason Wood goal 5.6.36 - 5.5.35 28:56
Q3 STKL Rowan Marshall goal 5.6.36 - 6.5.41 01:13
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 6.6.42 - 6.5.41 03:00
STKL Rowan Marshall behind 6.6.42 - 6.6.42 08:05
ESSE Archie Perkins goal 7.6.48 - 6.6.42 10:46
STKL Max Hall behind 7.6.48 - 6.7.43 13:08
STKL Darcy Wilson goal 7.6.48 - 7.7.49 16:24
ESSE Andrew McGrath behind 7.7.49 - 7.7.49 19:13
STKL Jack Higgins goal 7.7.49 - 8.7.55 23:37
ESSE Liam McMahon goal 8.7.55 - 8.7.55 26:14
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 8.7.55 - 9.7.61 27:14
Q4 ESSE Liam McMahon goal 9.7.61 - 9.7.61 00:23
STKL Cooper Sharman behind 9.7.61 - 9.8.62 04:14
ESSE Jye Menzie goal 10.7.67 - 9.8.62 06:28
ESSE Ben Hobbs behind 10.8.68 - 9.8.62 11:04
STKL Jack Sinclair behind 10.8.68 - 9.9.63 14:51
STKL Hugo Garcia behind 10.8.68 - 9.10.64 17:05
STKL Mason Wood goal 10.8.68 - 10.10.70 21:43
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 10.8.68 - 11.10.76 24:44
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 11.8.74 - 11.10.76 27:44
STKL Lance Collard behind 11.8.74 - 11.11.77 29:08
ESSE Mason Redman behind 11.9.75 - 11.11.77 33:53