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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 26-Jun-2021 Final Round 15
Essendon logo
ESS
57 8.9
Coach: Ben Rutten
68 9.14
MEL
Melbourne logo
Coach: Simon Goodwin
M.C.G. Melbourne by 11 MEL by 11
Summary Lineups Player Statistics
The team sheet

Who takes the field

↑ Attacking this way

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Scoring timeline

2Q3Q4Q
Zach MerrettQ1 - 4:00 - Behind - 1-0 Angus BrayshawQ1 - 6:26 - Behind - 1-1 James JordonQ1 - 11:57 - Behind - 1-2 Luke JacksonQ1 - 13:01 - Behind - 1-3 James HarmesQ1 - 16:31 - Goal - 1-9
RushedQ1 - 18:15 - Behind - 1-10
Jake StringerQ1 - 19:57 - Behind - 2-10 Jake StringerQ1 - 21:00 - Goal - 8-10
RushedQ1 - 22:35 - Behind - 8-11
Anthony McDonald-TipungwutiQ1 - 24:13 - Behind - 9-11 Devon SmithQ1 - 26:11 - Goal - 15-11 Harry JonesQ2 - 2:35 - Goal - 21-11
RushedQ2 - 7:06 - Behind - 21-12
Tom McDonaldQ2 - 11:37 - Behind - 21-13 Luke JacksonQ2 - 17:17 - Behind - 21-14 Luke JacksonQ2 - 18:26 - Goal - 21-20 Charlie SpargoQ2 - 19:44 - Goal - 21-26 Peter WrightQ2 - 23:17 - Goal - 27-26 Archie PerkinsQ2 - 25:25 - Behind - 28-26 Brayden HamQ2 - 26:20 - Behind - 29-26 James JordonQ2 - 27:49 - Goal - 29-32 James HarmesQ3 - 1:25 - Behind - 29-33 Tom McDonaldQ3 - 2:13 - Goal - 29-39
RushedQ3 - 5:25 - Behind - 30-39
James JordonQ3 - 7:53 - Goal - 30-45 Christian PetraccaQ3 - 12:29 - Goal - 30-51
RushedQ3 - 16:41 - Behind - 31-51
Dyson HeppellQ3 - 19:01 - Goal - 37-51
RushedQ3 - 21:00 - Behind - 37-52
Bayley FritschQ3 - 22:23 - Behind - 37-53 James HarmesQ3 - 24:32 - Behind - 37-54 Harry JonesQ3 - 25:48 - Goal - 43-54 Christian PetraccaQ3 - 27:59 - Goal - 43-60 Anthony McDonald-TipungwutiQ4 - 2:50 - Behind - 44-60
RushedQ4 - 4:10 - Behind - 44-61
Jake StringerQ4 - 10:23 - Behind - 45-61 Tom SparrowQ4 - 13:04 - Goal - 45-67 Peter WrightQ4 - 14:28 - Goal - 51-67
RushedQ4 - 17:45 - Behind - 51-68
Cale HookerQ4 - 19:57 - Goal - 57-68

Scoring Events

Most recent first
  • Cale HookerGoal
    4Q 19:5757-68
  • RushedBehind
    4Q 17:4551-68
  • Peter WrightGoal
    4Q 14:2851-67
  • Tom SparrowGoal
    4Q 13:0445-67
  • Jake StringerBehind
    4Q 10:2345-61
  • RushedBehind
    4Q 4:1044-61
  • Anthony McDonald-TipungwutiBehind
    4Q 2:5044-60
  • Christian PetraccaGoal
    3Q 27:5943-60
  • Harry JonesGoal
    3Q 25:4843-54
  • James HarmesBehind
    3Q 24:3237-54
  • Bayley FritschBehind
    3Q 22:2337-53
  • RushedBehind
    3Q 21:0037-52
  • Dyson HeppellGoal
    3Q 19:0137-51
  • RushedBehind
    3Q 16:4131-51
  • Christian PetraccaGoal
    3Q 12:2930-51
  • James JordonGoal
    3Q 7:5330-45
  • RushedBehind
    3Q 5:2530-39
  • Tom McDonaldGoal
    3Q 2:1329-39
  • James HarmesBehind
    3Q 1:2529-33
  • James JordonGoal
    2Q 27:4929-32
  • Brayden HamBehind
    2Q 26:2029-26
  • Archie PerkinsBehind
    2Q 25:2528-26
  • Peter WrightGoal
    2Q 23:1727-26
  • Charlie SpargoGoal
    2Q 19:4421-26
  • Luke JacksonGoal
    2Q 18:2621-20
  • Luke JacksonBehind
    2Q 17:1721-14
  • Tom McDonaldBehind
    2Q 11:3721-13
  • RushedBehind
    2Q 7:0621-12
  • Harry JonesGoal
    2Q 2:3521-11
  • Devon SmithGoal
    1Q 26:1115-11
  • Anthony McDonald-TipungwutiBehind
    1Q 24:139-11
  • RushedBehind
    1Q 22:358-11
  • Jake StringerGoal
    1Q 21:008-10
  • Jake StringerBehind
    1Q 19:572-10
  • RushedBehind
    1Q 18:151-10
  • James HarmesGoal
    1Q 16:311-9
  • Luke JacksonBehind
    1Q 13:011-3
  • James JordonBehind
    1Q 11:571-2
  • Angus BrayshawBehind
    1Q 6:261-1
  • Zach MerrettBehind
    1Q 4:001-0

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.32.22.22.257
MEL1.53.34.41.268

Match Leaders

Goals
2
4 tied leaders
Peter WrightESS
Behinds
2
4 tied leaders
Jake StringerESS
SuperCoach
147
Zach MerrettESS
Tackles
9
Matt GuelfiESS

Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

8Goals9
7Behinds8
19Shots At Goal25
50Inside 50s56
4Goal Assists6
85Score Involvements97
8Marks Inside 5014
2Behinds Rushed6

Possession

397Disposals379
205Kicks225
192Handballs154
121Contested Possessions150
267Uncontested Possessions229
5,995Metres Gained6,064
91Ground Ball Gets100

Clearance / Contest

35Clearances32
9Centre Clearances9
26Stoppage Clearances23
61Tackles47
23Hitouts40
6Hitouts To Advantage16
290Pressure Acts332
9Contested Marks10

Other

93Marks114
11Frees For15
15Frees Against10
47Rebound 50s41
55Clangers54
43One Percenters52
10Bounces7
1,568Supercoach Points1,730
1,566Dream Team Points1,600
72Turnovers61
14Hitout To Advantage Rate39
28Spoils37
62Intercepts73
14Intercept Marks17

Match Summary

Biggest Lead
MEL 22 pts
Longest Unanswered Run
MEL 15 pts
Lead Changes
5
Score Ties
1

Player Statistics

Every player, every statistic

Browse statistics

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#7
Zach Merrett ESS Centre
147 41 23 18 5 0 1 8 0 6 3 3 7 34 0 0 2 8 563 4 0 26 4 0 3 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 1 2 2 2 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 153 86% 100
#3
Darcy Parish ESS Ruck Rover
121 37 13 24 5 0 0 4 0 5 1 8 14 25 0 0 0 8 536 5 0 20 10 2 6 9 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 115 87% 101
#4
Kyle Langford ESS Interchange
103 29 16 13 6 0 0 6 0 5 5 5 10 19 0 0 0 3 499 4 1 21 8 2 3 9 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 5 0 3 1 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 114 85% 99
#14
Jordan Ridley ESS Back Pocket Right
111 28 19 9 6 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 7 13 2 0 0 3 531 7 2 10 5 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 5 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 90 95% 111
#21
Dyson Heppell ESS Half Back Flank Right
121 26 15 11 10 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 20 1 1 0 6 313 5 2 9 3 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 3 3 33.3% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — 0% — 107 88% 102
#25
Jake Stringer ESS Forward Pocket Left
84 24 12 12 5 1 2 5 0 7 0 5 7 17 0 1 0 7 534 1 0 21 6 3 2 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 2 4 0 0 3 3 100.0% 33.3% — — — 0% — 97 84% 98
#27
Mason Redman ESS Centre Half Back
77 21 14 7 2 0 0 4 0 1 6 0 2 16 0 0 0 2 447 1 0 17 2 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 78 77% 90
#33
Brayden Ham ESS Rover
50 20 9 11 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 17 0 0 0 4 302 1 0 12 4 0 0 7 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 62 80% 93
#19
Nick Hind ESS Half Back Flank Left
61 17 11 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 5 2 7 10 0 0 0 2 291 3 0 11 7 0 2 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 54 84% 98
#15
Jayden Laverde ESS Back Pocket Left
59 17 7 10 5 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 14 1 0 0 3 291 3 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 3 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 61 85% 99
#16
Archie Perkins ESS Half Forward Flank Left
46 16 7 9 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 9 7 0 1 1 4 155 2 0 8 9 0 3 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 53 74% 86
#35
Matt Guelfi ESS Wing Right
74 15 3 12 3 0 0 9 0 3 0 1 6 9 0 0 0 2 149 4 0 22 4 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 79 78% 91
#17
James Stewart ESS Full Back
54 14 9 5 6 0 0 2 0 1 7 0 3 11 0 0 0 0 323 6 3 5 2 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 61 88% 102
#5
Devon Smith ESS Interchange
62 14 7 7 4 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 5 9 0 2 0 6 169 2 1 17 5 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 50.0% 50.0% — — — 0% — 69 76% 88
#45
Alec Waterman ESS Half Forward Flank Right
33 13 7 6 5 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 5 9 2 0 0 3 206 1 1 13 3 0 0 7 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 0 1 6 0 0 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 53 78% 91
#30
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher ESS Interchange
46 13 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 9 1 0 0 2 93 4 2 10 2 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 50 84% 98
#26
Cale Hooker ESS Full Forward
39 13 4 9 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 7 6 0 1 0 4 57 1 0 7 6 0 1 5 0 9.1% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — 0% — 43 80% 93
#43
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESS Forward Pocket Right
68 10 6 4 3 0 2 5 0 3 1 1 4 7 0 1 1 7 233 3 0 17 2 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 100.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 58 81% 94
#2
Sam Draper ESS Ruck
55 10 6 4 1 0 0 1 10 1 1 4 6 4 0 0 0 2 116 2 0 7 2 2 2 4 3 23.3% 30.0% 7 1 100.0% 1 100.0% 2 2 4 0 9 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 39 77% 90
#20
Peter Wright ESS Interchange
73 8 4 4 3 2 0 1 11 0 0 0 4 4 2 1 0 4 112 2 1 7 2 0 0 1 3 73.3% 27.3% 3 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 100.0% 100.0% — — — 0% — 56 68% 79
#13
Nik Cox ESS Wing Left
43 7 4 3 4 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 10 1 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 11.1% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 51 79% 92
#23
Harry Jones ESS Centre Half Forward
41 4 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 65 0 0 8 3 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 3 0.0% 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 100.0% 100.0% — — — 0% — 23 87% 101
#11
David Zaharakis ESS Interchange
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 0 0% 0
Essendon logo
Team totals ESS
1568 397 205 192 93 8 7 61 23 50 47 35 121 267 9 8 4 85 5995 62 14 290 91 9 26 72 6 29.2% 14.3% 28 18 333.3% 14 200.0% 11 15 55 2 43 10 19 78.9% 42.1% — — — 0% — 1566 78% 2095

#13
Clayton Oliver MEL Ruck Rover
105 34 10 24 6 0 0 0 0 8 0 6 14 20 0 0 0 7 453 2 0 21 10 3 3 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 4 3 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 93 87% 101
#4
James Harmes MEL Half Forward Flank Right
88 27 10 17 4 1 2 0 0 4 1 3 13 15 0 2 0 5 320 7 0 20 11 2 1 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 1 5 0 4 0 3 100.0% 33.3% — — — 0% — 82 77% 90
#3
Christian Salem MEL Half Back Flank Right
114 26 21 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 4 21 0 0 0 5 314 4 1 11 3 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 3 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 104 87% 101
#5
Christian Petracca MEL Rover
94 26 15 11 6 2 0 4 0 6 2 2 12 14 0 2 0 8 398 2 0 26 5 1 1 7 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0 8 1 1 0 4 50.0% 50.0% — — — 0% — 113 91% 106
#10
Angus Brayshaw MEL Wing Left
85 24 15 9 8 0 1 1 0 1 5 0 5 19 1 1 2 8 393 3 1 7 4 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 50.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 89 84% 98
#15
Ed Langdon MEL Wing Right
89 23 19 4 10 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 8 14 0 0 1 5 602 6 1 11 5 0 3 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 96 97% 113
#23
James Jordon MEL Interchange
86 21 9 12 5 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 5 16 0 0 0 5 325 1 0 12 3 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 100.0% 66.7% — — — 0% — 92 62% 72
#1
Steven May MEL Full Back
107 18 16 2 7 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 5 8 1 0 0 4 240 8 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 7 4 25.0% 0 0.0% 2 1 1 0 9 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 84 94% 109
#14
Michael Hibberd MEL Half Back Flank Left
71 18 12 6 7 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 6 12 0 0 0 0 277 3 1 11 6 0 1 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 81 89% 104
#8
Jake Lever MEL Back Pocket Right
117 18 9 9 8 0 0 1 0 1 5 1 8 10 2 0 0 2 247 10 5 11 6 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 5 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 73 100% 12
#7
Jack Viney MEL Centre
67 17 10 7 4 0 0 4 0 4 2 4 8 10 0 0 0 5 329 1 0 34 5 1 3 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 73 74% 86
#11
Max Gawn MEL Ruck
103 16 11 5 4 0 0 3 32 2 1 3 13 3 2 0 0 4 314 3 1 14 5 2 1 2 10 56.1% 31.3% 2 1 100.0% 1 100.0% 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 97 95% 111
#29
Jayden Hunt MEL Back Pocket Left
86 16 10 6 6 0 0 4 0 3 4 0 6 10 1 0 0 3 266 6 1 12 4 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 3 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 3 0 4 3 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 77 78% 91
#30
Alex Neal-Bullen MEL Forward Pocket Left
50 13 10 3 2 0 0 5 0 4 0 1 4 9 0 0 1 3 237 1 0 31 3 0 1 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 63 72% 84
#24
Trent Rivers MEL Interchange
62 13 9 4 5 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 4 8 1 0 0 1 142 5 2 16 2 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 59 70% 81
#25
Tom McDonald MEL Centre Half Forward
64 13 8 5 6 1 1 3 1 5 1 0 4 10 0 1 1 9 211 2 0 13 4 0 0 5 0 14.3% 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 4 25.0% 0 3 5 0 2 0 3 66.7% 33.3% — — — 0% — 63 96% 112
#36
Kysaiah Pickett MEL Half Forward Flank Left
45 12 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 9 5 0 1 0 5 193 1 0 20 8 0 3 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 28 73% 85
#6
Luke Jackson MEL Full Forward
88 11 6 5 3 1 2 0 7 2 0 1 9 4 1 2 0 4 139 4 0 12 6 0 1 1 6 53.8% 85.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 100.0% 33.3% — — — 0% — 53 75% 87
#32
Tom Sparrow MEL Interchange
58 11 2 9 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 3 8 0 1 0 1 126 1 0 10 3 0 2 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — 0% — 56 50% 58
#31
Bayley Fritsch MEL Forward Pocket Right
52 10 9 1 5 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 3 7 0 2 1 6 283 0 0 15 2 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 5 0.0% 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 50.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 50 96% 112
#9
Charlie Spargo MEL Interchange
56 7 6 1 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 6 2 1 2 0 6 159 2 0 10 3 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 2 50.0% 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 50.0% 50.0% — — — 0% — 43 68% 79
#35
Harry Petty MEL Centre Half Back
43 5 4 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 96 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 4 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 31 85% 99
#2
Nathan Jones MEL Interchange
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — 0% — 0 0% 0
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Team totals MEL
1730 379 225 154 114 9 8 47 40 56 41 32 150 229 10 14 6 97 6064 73 17 332 100 9 23 61 16 41.4% 39.0% 37 14 225.0% 18 275.0% 15 10 54 6 52 7 25 68.0% 36.0% — — — 0% — 1600 78% 1989
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