2026 AFL Season Round 18: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 2026 between Essendon and St Kilda during round eighteen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Marvel Stadium. Andrew McGrath captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Dean Solomon and the visitors were coached by Ross Lyon.

Essendon (7.8.50) were defeated by St Kilda (17.15.117).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Sunday 5 July 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 34,713

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by St Kilda
Score: 7.8.50 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 1 3 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
St Kilda 5 . 4 13 . 8 14 . 10 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin STKL by 21 STKL by 65 STKL by 65 STKL by 67 STKL by 67
Duration 30:13 34:02 25:10 30:49 2:00:14

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
Coach: Dean Solomon (caretaker)

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ross Lyon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera STKL 7 3
Max Hall STKL 40 2
Bradley Hill STKL 8 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
24 Bryan, Nick RU 74% 0 0 8 3 5 3 34 4 0 4 1 4 0 2
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 90% 3 3 12 10 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0
6 Caldwell, Jye HFFR 75% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 5 2 5 1 1 1 4
13 Cox, Nik INT 71% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 2
44 Day-Wicks, Archer WR 65% 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 4 0 5 0 3 2 3
22 Durham, Sam C 70% 0 1 24 11 13 3 0 1 9 2 2 2 1 3
28 Duursma, Xavier HBFL 81% 0 0 19 11 8 9 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1
41 El-Hawli, Saad INT 77% 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
2 Farrow, Jacob CHB 83% 0 0 21 12 9 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 1
10 Kako, Isaac INT 71% 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew (c) BPL 82% 0 0 17 7 10 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 1
32 McKay, Ben FF 83% 1 0 5 3 2 0 4 1 1 3 2 3 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach RR 90% 0 0 28 13 15 6 0 7 2 2 1 0 3 1
3 Parish, Darcy INT 70% 0 1 15 9 6 0 0 2 7 6 0 2 1 2
16 Perkins, Archie WL 78% 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2
25 Prior, Jaxon BPR 88% 0 1 13 11 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0
27 Redman, Mason HBFR 83% 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 0 2 2 1 5 1
31 Reid, Zach FB 86% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 0 4 0 1 3 1
14 Ridley, Jordan INT 66% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1
9 Robey, Sullivan FPL 78% 1 0 20 9 11 1 0 3 6 2 1 0 0 8
12 Setterfield, Will RO 79% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 1
15 Sharp, Dyson HFFL 80% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
20 Wright, Peter FPR 82% 1 1 8 4 4 5 11 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 7 8 332 184 148 82 49 46 33 54 17 24 38 37

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Byrnes, Ryan HBFR 80% 0 0 18 8 10 8 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 2
47 Caminiti, Anthony BPR 90% 2 1 13 7 6 3 0 6 1 3 2 1 1 2
34 Garcia, Hugo RR 73% 1 0 29 13 16 6 0 5 5 1 3 1 0 5
40 Hall, Max HFFR 80% 1 2 33 16 17 9 0 9 5 2 2 1 0 6
24 Hastie, Angus CHB 75% 0 0 14 10 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
23 Henry, Liam INT 58% 1 1 12 5 7 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 3
1 Higgins, Jack HFFL 78% 2 2 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0
8 Hill, Bradley HBFL 87% 1 0 42 27 15 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 5
39 Lake, Campbell INT 72% 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1
19 Marshall, Rowan RU 80% 2 1 20 13 7 3 20 6 8 3 5 2 1 3
45 O'Connell, Liam WR 78% 0 0 11 4 7 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Owens, Mitch FPR 78% 1 0 20 11 9 7 8 2 1 3 3 2 1 3
25 Phillipou, Mattaes INT 68% 0 0 25 8 17 3 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 3
31 Ryan, Liam CHF 87% 2 2 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
43 Sharman, Cooper FF 84% 1 1 9 4 5 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
3 Silvagni, Jack BPL 89% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 2 0 3 1 2 1 0
14 Stocker, Liam INT 71% 0 0 10 3 7 5 0 1 0 4 0 3 1 2
5 Travaglia, Tobie INT 57% 0 0 14 4 10 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0
7 Wanganeen-Milera, Nasiah RO 78% 1 1 46 33 13 7 0 2 1 7 2 1 7 6
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 95% 0 0 21 17 4 11 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 0
22 Wilson, Darcy WL 78% 2 1 25 13 12 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 5
2 Windhager, Marcus C 80% 0 0 22 13 9 6 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 6
32 Wood, Mason FPL 83% 0 0 27 18 9 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 17 15 447 244 203 127 28 65 34 44 24 17 30 55

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: Dean Solomon
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
3 J. Silvagni 44 C. Wilkie 47 A. Caminiti 24 N. Bryan 13 N. Cox
20 P. Wright 32 B. McKay 9 S. Robey 7 Z. Merrett 41 S. El-Hawli
FORWARD 12 W. Setterfield 10 I. Kako
HALF-BACK

3 D. Parish
8 B. Hill 24 A. Hastie 13 R. Byrnes

14 J. Ridley
6 J. Caldwell 30 N. Caddy 15 D. Sharp



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 D. Wilson 2 M. Windhager 45 L. O'Connell



44 A. Day-Wicks 22 S. Durham 16 A. Perkins FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 R. Marshall 23 L. Henry
HALF-FORWARD 34 H. Garcia 39 C. Lake
1 J. Higgins 31 L. Ryan 40 M. Hall 7 N. Wanganeen-Milera 25 M. Phillipou
27 M. Redman 2 J. Farrow 28 X. Duursma

14 L. Stocker
HALF-BACK

5 T. Travaglia
FORWARD



32 M. Wood 43 C. Sharman 10 M. Owens



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



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Ross Lyon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 STKL Darcy Wilson goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:37
STKL Anthony Caminiti behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:12
ESSE Archer Day-Wicks goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 04:32
STKL Rowan Marshall goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 10:57
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 13:16
STKL Liam Henry behind 1.0.6 - 3.2.20 15:18
ESSE Peter Wright goal 2.0.12 - 3.2.20 21:36
STKL Liam Ryan behind 2.0.12 - 3.3.21 23:28
STKL Jack Higgins goal 2.0.12 - 4.3.27 24:26
STKL Darcy Wilson behind 2.0.12 - 4.4.28 27:25
ESSE Jaxon Prior behind 2.1.13 - 4.4.28 28:21
STKL Rowan Marshall goal 2.1.13 - 5.4.34 30:08
Q2 STKL Anthony Caminiti goal 2.1.13 - 6.4.40 01:29
STKL Bradley Hill goal 2.1.13 - 7.4.46 03:37
ESSE Sam Durham behind 2.2.14 - 7.4.46 05:38
STKL Mitch Owens goal 2.2.14 - 8.4.52 06:15
STKL Rowan Marshall behind 2.2.14 - 8.5.53 08:13
STKL Anthony Caminiti goal 2.2.14 - 9.5.59 13:51
STKL Jack Higgins goal 2.2.14 - 10.5.65 16:04
STKL Liam Henry goal 2.2.14 - 11.5.71 22:02
STKL Jack Higgins behind 2.2.14 - 11.6.72 23:24
STKL Max Hall goal 2.2.14 - 12.6.78 25:19
STKL Hugo Garcia goal 2.2.14 - 13.6.84 26:29
STKL Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera behind 2.2.14 - 13.7.85 28:07
ESSE Darcy Parish behind 2.3.15 - 13.7.85 29:14
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 3.3.21 - 13.7.85 30:05
STKL Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 13.8.86 33:32
Q3 STKL Darcy Wilson goal 3.3.21 - 14.8.92 05:09
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 3.4.22 - 14.8.92 06:52
STKL Cooper Sharman behind 3.4.22 - 14.9.93 11:08
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 4.4.28 - 14.9.93 12:04
STKL Jack Higgins behind 4.4.28 - 14.10.94 19:36
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 4.5.29 - 14.10.94 21:09
Q4 ESSE Peter Wright behind 4.6.30 - 14.10.94 03:05
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 5.6.36 - 14.10.94 05:48
ESSE Ben McKay goal 6.6.42 - 14.10.94 07:29
ESSE Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 14.10.94 08:45
STKL Max Hall behind 6.7.43 - 14.11.95 10:25
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 6.7.43 - 15.11.101 12:54
STKL Liam Ryan goal 6.7.43 - 16.11.107 16:06
ESSE Sullivan Robey goal 7.7.49 - 16.11.107 18:10
STKL Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 16.12.108 19:38
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 7.8.50 - 16.12.108 19:58
STKL Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 16.13.109 21:32
STKL Liam Ryan goal 7.8.50 - 17.13.115 22:20
STKL Liam Ryan behind 7.8.50 - 17.14.116 25:00
STKL Max Hall behind 7.8.50 - 17.15.117 26:08