2026 AFL Season Round 13: West Coast v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 2026 between West Coast and Essendon during round thirteen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted Essendon at Optus Stadium. With the presence of multiple West Coast co-captains, namely Liam Baker and Liam Duggan, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. In the absence of Andrew McGrath, Kyle Langford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Andrew McQualter and the visitors were coached by Dean Solomon.

West Coast (12.13.85) defeated Essendon (8.7.55).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: West Coast v Essendon
Date: Sunday 31 May 2026
Time: 5:20 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 37,623

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. Essendon
Score: 12.13.85 - 8.7.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 2 . 5 5 . 6 10 . 10 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Essendon 0 . 1 2 . 4 4 . 5 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Margin WCST by 16 WCST by 20 WCST by 41 WCST by 30 WCST by 30
Duration 27:51 31:11 33:09 30:17 2:02:28

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Andrew McQualter

Essendon

Captain: Kyle Langford (acting)
Coach: Dean Solomon (caretaker)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Harley Reid WCST 9 3
Reuben Ginbey WCST 7 2
Jake Waterman WCST 2 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
26 Allan, Bo BPR 76% 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 6
3 Baker, Liam HBFR 82% 0 0 25 6 19 1 0 0 1 4 1 2 3 3
33 Bazzo, Rhett HBFL 80% 0 0 16 4 12 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
37 Champion, Malakai FPL 75% 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Cole, Tom HFFR 83% 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 6 0 3 2 1 0 1
38 Davis, Hamish WL 78% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
14 Duggan, Liam BPL 81% 0 1 20 16 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 5
1 Duursma, Willem HFFL 72% 1 0 25 15 10 7 0 5 4 3 0 1 1 6
7 Ginbey, Reuben FB 85% 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 4 0 1 2 0 3 2
19 Hough, Brady INT 74% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
24 Johnston, Harvey INT 76% 1 0 8 5 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
11 Kelly, Tim RO 74% 0 0 28 13 15 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 5
5 Lindsay, Josh INT 69% 0 0 19 13 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 2
23 Maric, Ryan WR 76% 0 1 17 8 9 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0
18 McCarthy, Tom INT 80% 1 0 26 17 9 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1
47 Murdock, Milan FPR 72% 3 0 19 13 6 2 0 4 1 1 5 0 0 4
9 Reid, Harley RR 80% 1 4 24 10 14 1 0 2 4 9 5 4 1 3
35 Shanahan, Jobe CHF 82% 1 1 6 5 1 6 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1
2 Waterman, Jake FF 85% 3 3 16 14 2 9 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 3
32 Williams, Bailey RU 77% 1 0 11 4 7 2 17 0 4 2 2 1 0 1
34 Williams, Jack INT 81% 0 0 7 3 4 3 11 4 1 4 0 2 0 3
6 Yeo, Elliot C 70% 0 2 15 7 8 3 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 3
20 Young, Tylar CHB 91% 0 0 26 15 11 8 0 1 0 3 1 1 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 12 13 389 218 171 99 28 45 23 48 25 18 32 55

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
46 Blakiston, Lachlan RU 100% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 5 0
24 Bryan, Nick FPR 79% 0 0 12 5 7 0 28 1 4 5 0 5 0 0
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 92% 2 1 10 7 3 3 0 5 1 2 2 1 0 2
13 Cox, Nik HFFL 77% 1 0 14 7 7 1 0 1 1 4 2 0 0 2
44 Day-Wicks, Archer WR 75% 2 2 10 8 2 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1
28 Duursma, Xavier WL 77% 0 0 17 12 5 8 0 5 0 1 0 0 4 1
45 Edwards, Thomas CHB 75% 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1
41 El-Hawli, Saad INT 81% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 2
2 Farrow, Jacob HBFR 82% 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 3 0 1 2 1 2 2
11 Gresham, Jade INT 72% 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 2
29 Kondogiannis, Max INT 76% 0 0 10 2 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1
4 Langford, Kyle (ac) FF 88% 0 0 21 12 9 7 0 2 2 5 3 2 6 1
26 May, Archie FPL 8% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 McKay, Ben INT 82% 1 1 14 9 5 3 6 3 6 2 3 1 1 4
7 Merrett, Zach RR 80% 1 0 28 13 15 3 0 6 2 3 1 0 0 3
3 Parish, Darcy C 75% 0 0 27 10 17 5 0 2 4 8 2 2 0 2
16 Perkins, Archie RO 84% 0 0 19 9 10 3 0 2 1 5 0 2 0 3
25 Prior, Jaxon BPR 77% 0 1 14 9 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2
31 Reid, Zach FB 86% 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0
21 Roberts, Archie HBFL 90% 0 0 31 18 13 2 0 1 1 5 0 4 10 0
9 Robey, Sullivan HFFR 83% 0 0 19 8 11 2 0 6 9 5 1 2 3 0
12 Setterfield, Will BPL 83% 0 0 26 13 13 6 0 3 4 1 0 1 2 5
5 Tsatas, Elijah INT 74% 0 0 26 13 13 3 0 2 5 4 0 0 1 6
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 8 7 373 200 173 68 34 56 45 69 18 25 43 40

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

West Coast Coach: Andrew McQualter
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
12 W. Setterfield 31 Z. Reid 25 J. Prior 32 B. Williams 19 B. Hough
47 M. Murdock 2 J. Waterman 37 M. Champion 9 H. Reid 24 H. Johnston
FORWARD 11 T. Kelly 5 J. Lindsay
HALF-BACK

18 T. McCarthy
21 A. Roberts 45 T. Edwards 2 J. Farrow

34 J. Williams
28 T. Cole 35 J. Shanahan 1 W. Duursma



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 X. Duursma 3 D. Parish 44 A. Day-Wicks



23 R. Maric 6 E. Yeo 38 H. Davis FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 46 L. Blakiston 41 S. El-Hawli
HALF-FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett 11 J. Gresham
13 N. Cox 30 N. Caddy 9 S. Robey 16 A. Perkins 29 M. Kondogiannis
3 L. Baker 20 T. Young 33 R. Bazzo

32 B. McKay
HALF-BACK

5 E. Tsatas
FORWARD



26 A. May 4 K. Langford (ac) 24 N. Bryan



26 B. Allan 7 R. Ginbey 14 L. Duggan



BACK



Essendon Coach: Dean Solomon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WCST Jake Waterman behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:20
WCST Milan Murdock goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:31
WCST Harley Reid behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 04:50
WCST Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 06:58
WCST Liam Duggan behind 1.4.10 - 0.0.0 11:00
WCST Jake Waterman goal 2.4.16 - 0.0.0 19:03
WCST Elliot Yeo behind 2.5.17 - 0.0.0 24:52
ESSE Archer Day-Wicks behind 2.5.17 - 0.1.1 26:44
Q2 ESSE Nik Cox goal 2.5.17 - 1.1.7 03:37
ESSE Archer Day-Wicks goal 2.5.17 - 2.1.13 08:22
ESSE Archer Day-Wicks behind 2.5.17 - 2.2.14 12:17
ESSE Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 2.3.15 17:35
ESSE Jaxon Prior behind 2.5.17 - 2.4.16 18:05
WCST Harvey Johnston goal 3.5.23 - 2.4.16 19:14
WCST Ryan Maric behind 3.6.24 - 2.4.16 21:09
WCST Jobe Shanahan goal 4.6.30 - 2.4.16 23:53
WCST Harley Reid goal 5.6.36 - 2.4.16 29:25
Q3 WCST Milan Murdock goal 6.6.42 - 2.4.16 00:58
WCST Jake Waterman behind 6.7.43 - 2.4.16 03:39
WCST Bailey Williams goal 7.7.49 - 2.4.16 05:29
WCST Willem Duursma goal 8.7.55 - 2.4.16 07:41
WCST Jake Waterman goal 9.7.61 - 2.4.16 14:30
WCST Tom McCarthy goal 10.7.67 - 2.4.16 17:29
WCST Harley Reid behind 10.8.68 - 2.4.16 19:05
WCST Elliot Yeo behind 10.9.69 - 2.4.16 21:13
ESSE Ben McKay goal 10.9.69 - 3.4.22 22:26
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 10.9.69 - 3.5.23 24:55
ESSE Archer Day-Wicks goal 10.9.69 - 4.5.29 28:29
WCST Harley Reid behind 10.10.70 - 4.5.29 30:55
Q4 WCST Jake Waterman behind 10.11.71 - 4.5.29 02:34
ESSE Thomas Edwards goal 10.11.71 - 5.5.35 03:00
WCST Jake Waterman goal 11.11.77 - 5.5.35 05:04
WCST Milan Murdock goal 12.11.83 - 5.5.35 09:34
WCST Jobe Shanahan behind 12.12.84 - 5.5.35 12:53
ESSE Rushed behind 12.12.84 - 5.6.36 13:49
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 12.12.84 - 6.6.42 15:24
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 12.12.84 - 7.6.48 20:11
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 12.12.84 - 8.6.54 22:30
WCST Harley Reid behind 12.13.85 - 8.6.54 24:50
ESSE Ben McKay behind 12.13.85 - 8.7.55 29:46