2025 AFL Season 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 twenty-four of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (11.9.75) were defeated by St Kilda (11.11.77).

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Andrew McGrath (acting)
Coach: Brad Scott

St Kilda

Captain: Jack Steele
Coach: Ross Lyon

Brownlow Votes

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

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	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

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