2026 AFL Season Round 8: Essendon v Collingwood
This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 2026 between Essendon and Collingwood during round eight of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League.
Essendon "hosted" Collingwood at the MCG.
Andrew McGrath captained the hosts.
In the absence of Darcy Moore, vice-captain Brayden Maynard captained the visitors with Nick Daicos as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Craig McRae.
Essendon (9.6.60) were defeated by Collingwood (20.17.137).
Match Details
Season:
2026 AFL Season
Round:
Round 8
Teams:
Essendon
v
Collingwood
Date:
Saturday 25 April 2026
Time:
3:20 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
92,231
Match Results
Outcome:
Essendon
def. by
Collingwood
Score:
9.6.60 - 20.17.137
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Essendon | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | . | 4 | 5 | . | 6 | 9 | . | 6 | 9 | . | 6 | (60) |
| Collingwood | 4 | . | 0 | 5 | . | 6 | 11 | . | 13 | 20 | . | 17 | 20 | . | 17 | (137) |
| Margin | COLL by 9 | COLL by 14 | COLL by 43 | COLL by 77 | COLL by 77 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 29:41 | 26:16 | 29:40 | 33:24 | 1:59:01 | |||||||||||
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 (Collingwood) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Essendon
Captain: Andrew McGrathCoach: Brad Scott
Collingwood
Captain: Brayden Maynard (acting)Vice-Captain: Nick Daicos
Coach: Craig McRae
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Pendlebury | COLL | 10 | 3 |
| Nick Daicos | COLL | 35 | 2 |
| Jack Crisp | COLL | 25 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 46 | Blakiston, Lachlan | INT | 82% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Caddy, Nate | CHF | 91% | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Caldwell, Jye | C | 77% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | Day-Wicks, Archer | WR | 82% | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Durham, Sam | HFFL | 74% | 1 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 | Duursma, Xavier | WL | 77% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | Edwards, Thomas | FPR | 77% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | El-Hawli, Saad | INT | 80% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Farrow, Jacob | HBFR | 76% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Kako, Isaac | FPL | 80% | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Langford, Kyle | HFFR | 80% | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | May, Archie | FF | 63% | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | McGrath, Andrew (c) | BPR | 80% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 32 | McKay, Ben | FB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Merrett, Zach | RO | 83% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Parish, Darcy | RR | 80% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | Prior, Jaxon | BPL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Reid, Zach | CHB | 74% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Roberts, Archie | HBFL | 92% | 0 | 0 | 42 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| 9 | Robey, Sullivan | INT | 71% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Sharp, Dyson | INT | 62% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Tsatas, Elijah | INT | 59% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Wright, Peter | RU | 80% | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Rushed | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 9 | 6 | 365 | 192 | 173 | 89 | 19 | 42 | 28 | 53 | 14 | 20 | 41 | 34 | |||
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 41 | Anderson, Angus | RR | 68% | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Cameron, Darcy | INT | 77% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Crisp, Jack | WL | 78% | 1 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Daicos, Josh | HBFR | 85% | 0 | 0 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 35 | Daicos, Nick (vc) | RO | 86% | 0 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | De Goey, Jordan | INT | 82% | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Elliott, Jamie | FF | 75% | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Frampton, Billy | BPL | 90% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | Hayes, Will | INT | 85% | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Houston, Dan | INT | 78% | 0 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 38 | Howe, Jeremy | FB | 92% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Lipinski, Patrick | CHF | 76% | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Maynard, Brayden (ac) | BPR | 77% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | McCreery, Beau | HFFL | 72% | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | McStay, Daniel | FPL | 83% | 2 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Membrey, Tim | FPR | 70% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Pendlebury, Scott | C | 83% | 2 | 0 | 43 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Perryman, Harry | CHB | 83% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Quaynor, Isaac | HBFL | 76% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | Schultz, Lachie | HFFR | 68% | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Sidebottom, Steele | INT | 64% | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 45 | Steele, Roan | WR | 82% | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Steene, Oscar | RU | 70% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 20 | 17 | 458 | 244 | 214 | 134 | 29 | 38 | 29 | 56 | 20 | 14 | 25 | 62 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Essendon | Coach: Brad Scott | ||||||||||||||
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| 17 | B. Frampton | 38 | J. Howe | 4 | B. Maynard (ac) | 20 | P. Wright | 46 | L. Blakiston | ||||||
| 45 | T. Edwards | 26 | A. May | 10 | I. Kako | 3 | D. Parish | 41 | S. El-Hawli | ||||||
| FORWARD | 7 | Z. Merrett | 9 | S. Robey | |||||||||||
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| 3 | I. Quaynor | 12 | H. Perryman | 7 | J. Daicos |
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| 4 | K. Langford | 30 | N. Caddy | 22 | S. Durham |
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| 25 | J. Crisp | 10 | S. Pendlebury | 45 | R. Steele |
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| 44 | A. Day-Wicks | 6 | J. Caldwell | 28 | X. Duursma | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 21 | O. Steene | 14 | D. Cameron | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 41 | A. Anderson | 2 | J. De Goey | |||||||||||
| 31 | B. McCreery | 1 | P. Lipinski | 8 | L. Schultz | 35 | N. Daicos (vc) | 39 | W. Hayes | ||||||
| 2 | J. Farrow | 31 | Z. Reid | 21 | A. Roberts |
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| 11 | D. McStay | 5 | J. Elliott | 28 | T. Membrey |
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| 1 | A. McGrath (c) | 32 | B. McKay | 25 | J. Prior |
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| Collingwood | Coach: Craig McRae | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | COLL | Roan Steele goal | 0.0.0 | - | 1.0.6 | 01:36 |
| COLL | Lachie Schultz goal | 0.0.0 | - | 2.0.12 | 07:34 | |
| ESSE | Nate Caddy behind | 0.1.1 | - | 2.0.12 | 10:09 | |
| ESSE | Nate Caddy behind | 0.2.2 | - | 2.0.12 | 12:22 | |
| ESSE | Archer Day-Wicks goal | 1.2.8 | - | 2.0.12 | 20:12 | |
| COLL | Jordan De Goey goal | 1.2.8 | - | 3.0.18 | 21:31 | |
| COLL | Will Hayes goal | 1.2.8 | - | 4.0.24 | 22:54 | |
| ESSE | Archer Day-Wicks goal | 2.2.14 | - | 4.0.24 | 24:59 | |
| ESSE | Nate Caddy behind | 2.3.15 | - | 4.0.24 | 26:39 | |
| Q2 | COLL | Nick Daicos behind | 2.3.15 | - | 4.1.25 | 00:54 |
| ESSE | Sam Durham goal | 3.3.21 | - | 4.1.25 | 04:11 | |
| COLL | Nick Daicos behind | 3.3.21 | - | 4.2.26 | 05:24 | |
| COLL | Beau McCreery goal | 3.3.21 | - | 5.2.32 | 07:11 | |
| COLL | Nick Daicos behind | 3.3.21 | - | 5.3.33 | 11:48 | |
| COLL | Dan Houston behind | 3.3.21 | - | 5.4.34 | 12:29 | |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott behind | 3.3.21 | - | 5.5.35 | 13:43 | |
| COLL | Rushed behind | 3.3.21 | - | 5.6.36 | 16:18 | |
| ESSE | Archie May behind | 3.4.22 | - | 5.6.36 | 18:29 | |
| Q3 | COLL | Jamie Elliott behind | 3.4.22 | - | 5.7.37 | 00:59 |
| ESSE | Nate Caddy goal | 4.4.28 | - | 5.7.37 | 01:57 | |
| COLL | Jordan De Goey behind | 4.4.28 | - | 5.8.38 | 03:56 | |
| COLL | Scott Pendlebury goal | 4.4.28 | - | 6.8.44 | 05:14 | |
| COLL | Angus Anderson goal | 4.4.28 | - | 7.8.50 | 07:03 | |
| ESSE | Peter Wright behind | 4.5.29 | - | 7.8.50 | 09:45 | |
| COLL | Roan Steele goal | 4.5.29 | - | 8.8.56 | 10:21 | |
| COLL | Nick Daicos behind | 4.5.29 | - | 8.9.57 | 12:31 | |
| COLL | Daniel McStay goal | 4.5.29 | - | 9.9.63 | 13:55 | |
| ESSE | Isaac Kako goal | 5.5.35 | - | 9.9.63 | 15:22 | |
| COLL | Daniel McStay behind | 5.5.35 | - | 9.10.64 | 17:46 | |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott goal | 5.5.35 | - | 10.10.70 | 20:25 | |
| COLL | Angus Anderson goal | 5.5.35 | - | 11.10.76 | 21:43 | |
| COLL | Angus Anderson behind | 5.5.35 | - | 11.11.77 | 23:49 | |
| COLL | Daniel McStay behind | 5.5.35 | - | 11.12.78 | 25:32 | |
| COLL | Beau McCreery behind | 5.5.35 | - | 11.13.79 | 26:29 | |
| ESSE | Peter Wright behind | 5.6.36 | - | 11.13.79 | 29:12 | |
| Q4 | COLL | Jordan De Goey goal | 5.6.36 | - | 12.13.85 | 00:39 |
| COLL | Angus Anderson behind | 5.6.36 | - | 12.14.86 | 02:45 | |
| COLL | Jordan De Goey goal | 5.6.36 | - | 13.14.92 | 03:15 | |
| COLL | Beau McCreery goal | 5.6.36 | - | 14.14.98 | 06:07 | |
| ESSE | Nate Caddy goal | 6.6.42 | - | 14.14.98 | 08:15 | |
| COLL | Daniel McStay behind | 6.6.42 | - | 14.15.99 | 10:54 | |
| ESSE | Kyle Langford goal | 7.6.48 | - | 14.15.99 | 13:24 | |
| COLL | Patrick Lipinski goal | 7.6.48 | - | 15.15.105 | 16:22 | |
| COLL | Patrick Lipinski behind | 7.6.48 | - | 15.16.106 | 18:13 | |
| COLL | Jack Crisp goal | 7.6.48 | - | 16.16.112 | 18:39 | |
| COLL | Daniel McStay goal | 7.6.48 | - | 17.16.118 | 20:29 | |
| COLL | Jamie Elliott goal | 7.6.48 | - | 18.16.124 | 21:47 | |
| COLL | Steele Sidebottom goal | 7.6.48 | - | 19.16.130 | 24:03 | |
| ESSE | Kyle Langford goal | 8.6.54 | - | 19.16.130 | 25:57 | |
| COLL | Scott Pendlebury goal | 8.6.54 | - | 20.16.136 | 28:05 | |
| COLL | Jack Crisp behind | 8.6.54 | - | 20.17.137 | 31:17 | |
| ESSE | Nate Caddy goal | 9.6.60 | - | 20.17.137 | 33:15 | |