2026 AFL Season Round 11: Essendon v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 17 May 2026 between Essendon and Fremantle during round eleven of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Fremantle at the MCG. Andrew McGrath captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

Essendon (8.13.61) were defeated by Fremantle (16.8.104).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Essendon v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 17 May 2026
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 25,100

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fremantle
Score: 8.13.61 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 3 1 . 8 3 . 12 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Fremantle 5 . 4 10 . 6 13 . 6 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin FREM by 25 FREM by 52 FREM by 54 FREM by 43 FREM by 43
Duration 28:46 28:18 28:15 31:59 1:57:18

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 (Fremantle) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Fremantle

Captain: unknown
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Murphy Reid FREM 16 3
Shai Bolton FREM 10 2
Patrick Voss FREM 20 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 C 100% 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
24 Bryan, Nick INT 56% 0 0 12 5 7 2 11 2 2 3 2 2 1 1
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 86% 2 1 10 6 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
6 Caldwell, Jye HFFL 71% 0 1 20 12 8 3 0 4 3 2 1 1 4 4
13 Cox, Nik HBFR 79% 0 0 7 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
44 Day-Wicks, Archer WR 82% 0 1 13 4 9 2 0 5 2 2 1 2 0 2
22 Durham, Sam RO 79% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 4 7 7 0 3 1 4
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 66% 0 1 16 9 7 3 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 1
2 Farrow, Jacob INT 77% 0 0 18 10 8 7 0 4 0 2 0 1 3 2
4 Langford, Kyle FF 85% 0 1 15 5 10 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
26 May, Archie FPL 77% 2 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 6 1 5 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew (c) BPR 81% 0 0 22 14 8 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 5
7 Merrett, Zach RR 76% 0 1 26 11 15 3 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 3
42 Nguyen, Jayden INT 74% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 2
3 Parish, Darcy INT 69% 1 0 25 14 11 5 0 3 4 1 2 0 2 6
16 Perkins, Archie FPR 79% 0 1 16 9 7 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 3
25 Prior, Jaxon BPL 85% 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1
27 Redman, Mason CHB 73% 0 1 11 7 4 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 4 1
31 Reid, Zach FB 92% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 3 0 3 1 1 4 0
21 Roberts, Archie HBFL 92% 0 0 30 22 8 6 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 3
9 Robey, Sullivan HFFR 73% 2 0 22 10 12 6 0 2 5 5 0 1 0 6
12 Setterfield, Will WL 77% 1 1 16 13 3 3 0 6 1 1 1 0 2 2
20 Wright, Peter RU 73% 0 0 6 2 4 2 16 8 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 8 13 350 189 161 79 28 64 33 51 19 21 36 47

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Amiss, Jye FF 85% 2 2 10 7 3 4 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 1
10 Bolton, Shai RR 76% 2 0 24 16 8 3 0 2 3 4 0 0 1 6
8 Brayshaw, Andrew C 78% 0 0 26 14 12 4 0 5 4 5 1 3 1 4
5 Chapman, Heath BPR 77% 0 0 17 13 4 9 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 1
6 Clark, Jordan HBFL 84% 0 0 22 15 7 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 4 3
36 Cox, Brennan FB 79% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0
18 Cox, Mason INT 55% 0 0 8 6 2 1 16 2 3 2 2 1 1 1
43 Dudley, Isaiah INT 70% 1 0 11 6 5 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 4
28 Erasmus, Neil INT 70% 0 0 18 13 5 6 0 5 0 4 1 3 1 4
32 Frederick, Michael WL 79% 1 0 13 8 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1
9 Jackson, Luke RU 68% 1 0 16 6 10 1 19 1 2 4 3 1 1 0
44 Johnson, Matthew WR 74% 0 0 22 11 11 4 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 4
21 McDonald, Oscar BPL 92% 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 1 2 4 1 5 2
17 McVee, Judd HBFR 81% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 1 1 5 1 2 2 2
30 O'Driscoll, Nathan INT 81% 0 0 17 9 8 5 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 0
16 Reid, Murphy HFFL 81% 1 2 30 15 15 5 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 7
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 91% 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 3 0 4 0 2 5 2
45 Scerri, Chris FPR 77% 1 0 9 3 6 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 0
3 Serong, Caleb RO 72% 0 0 24 10 14 3 0 5 6 1 1 0 2 4
39 Switkowski, Sam HFFR 74% 0 0 11 3 8 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
35 Treacy, Josh CHF 83% 2 1 11 6 5 6 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 1
20 Voss, Patrick FPL 86% 5 0 12 7 5 2 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 2
23 Worner, Karl INT 85% 0 1 27 14 13 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 16 8 384 224 160 88 35 65 29 57 21 19 39 52

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
21 O. McDonald 36 B. Cox 5 H. Chapman 20 P. Wright 24 N. Bryan
16 A. Perkins 4 K. Langford 26 A. May 7 Z. Merrett 28 X. Duursma
FORWARD 22 S. Durham 2 J. Farrow
HALF-BACK

42 J. Nguyen
6 J. Clark 13 L. Ryan 17 J. McVee

3 D. Parish
9 S. Robey 30 N. Caddy 6 J. Caldwell



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



32 M. Frederick 8 A. Brayshaw 44 M. Johnson



44 A. Day-Wicks 46 L. Blakiston 12 W. Setterfield FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 9 L. Jackson 18 M. Cox
HALF-FORWARD 10 S. Bolton 43 I. Dudley
16 M. Reid 35 J. Treacy 39 S. Switkowski 3 C. Serong 28 N. Erasmus
13 N. Cox 27 M. Redman 21 A. Roberts

30 N. O'Driscoll
HALF-BACK

23 K. Worner
FORWARD



20 P. Voss 24 J. Amiss 45 C. Scerri



1 A. McGrath (c) 31 Z. Reid 25 J. Prior



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Shai Bolton goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:30
FREM Josh Treacy goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 02:12
FREM Michael Frederick goal 0.0.0 - 3.0.18 04:32
FREM Jye Amiss behind 0.0.0 - 3.1.19 06:36
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 0.1.1 - 3.1.19 08:31
ESSE Sullivan Robey goal 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 09:33
FREM Josh Treacy behind 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 11:06
ESSE Archer Day-Wicks behind 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 17:56
FREM Isaiah Dudley goal 1.2.8 - 4.2.26 18:39
FREM Murphy Reid behind 1.2.8 - 4.3.27 19:55
FREM Josh Treacy goal 1.2.8 - 5.3.33 22:08
FREM Jye Amiss behind 1.2.8 - 5.4.34 24:31
ESSE Will Setterfield behind 1.3.9 - 5.4.34 28:28
Q2 FREM Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 5.5.35 00:48
FREM Chris Scerri goal 1.3.9 - 6.5.41 05:16
FREM Patrick Voss goal 1.3.9 - 7.5.47 10:16
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 1.4.10 - 7.5.47 11:51
FREM Patrick Voss goal 1.4.10 - 8.5.53 13:28
FREM Rushed behind 1.4.10 - 8.6.54 14:58
ESSE Rushed behind 1.5.11 - 8.6.54 17:21
ESSE Rushed behind 1.6.12 - 8.6.54 21:30
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 1.7.13 - 8.6.54 22:30
ESSE Rushed behind 1.8.14 - 8.6.54 24:14
FREM Patrick Voss goal 1.8.14 - 9.6.60 24:52
FREM Patrick Voss goal 1.8.14 - 10.6.66 28:08
Q3 FREM Jye Amiss goal 1.8.14 - 11.6.72 07:41
ESSE Xavier Duursma behind 1.9.15 - 11.6.72 09:34
FREM Patrick Voss goal 1.9.15 - 12.6.78 10:56
ESSE Jye Caldwell behind 1.10.16 - 12.6.78 12:27
ESSE Archie May goal 2.10.22 - 12.6.78 14:32
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 3.10.28 - 12.6.78 16:45
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 3.11.29 - 12.6.78 20:20
ESSE Rushed behind 3.12.30 - 12.6.78 23:22
FREM Luke Jackson goal 3.12.30 - 13.6.84 25:16
Q4 FREM Karl Worner behind 3.12.30 - 13.7.85 01:37
ESSE Archie May goal 4.12.36 - 13.7.85 03:26
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 5.12.42 - 13.7.85 04:58
FREM Murphy Reid behind 5.12.42 - 13.8.86 13:19
FREM Shai Bolton goal 5.12.42 - 14.8.92 15:02
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 6.12.48 - 14.8.92 20:26
ESSE Sullivan Robey goal 7.12.54 - 14.8.92 22:17
FREM Murphy Reid goal 7.12.54 - 15.8.98 25:32
FREM Jye Amiss goal 7.12.54 - 16.8.104 27:41
ESSE Mason Redman behind 7.13.55 - 16.8.104 29:35
ESSE Will Setterfield goal 8.13.61 - 16.8.104 31:49