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Essendon vs Adelaide

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Round: 17   Venue: Docklands   Date: Fri, 09-07-2021 7:50 pm   Crowd: 23,604  
Essendon 2.5.176.8.449.12.6611.18.84 C:  Ben Rutten
Adelaide 0.2.21.3.92.7.192.9.21 C:  Matthew Nicks
  ESS by 15ESS by 35ESS by 47ESS by 63  
Weather
min temp  2.3°C      max temp  12.0°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  100%    air pressure  1018.5mb
wind speed 0km/h      wind direction  CALM
Brownlow Medal 3 Zach Merrett (ESS)2 Archie Perkins (ESS)1 Mason Redman (ESS)

Match Report

GOALS
Essendon: Perkins 3; Wright 2; Hooker, Jones, McDonald-Tipungwuti, Snelling, Stringer, Waterman
Adelaide: Murphy, Schoenberg

BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Callum Twomey)
Essendon: Merrett, Redman, Ridley, Perkins, Hind, Snelling
Adelaide: Laird, Seedsman, Smith, Schoenberg

BEST - THE SATURDAY AGE (Peter Ryan)
Essendon: Merrett, Smith, Parish, Redman, Perkins, Ridley, Hind
Adelaide: Laird, Smith, Schoenberg

INJURIES
Essendon: Langford (hamstring)
Adelaide: Himmelberg (illness) replaced in selected side by Will Hamill, Doedee (concussion), Seedsman (calf)

SUBSTITUTES
Essendon: Ham (replaced Langford in the fourth quarter)
Adelaide: Davis (replaced Doedee in the second quarter)

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, James Brayshaw, Wayne Carey, Daisy Pearce, Matthew Richardson

Match stats

Essendon
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
13 Cox, Nik 9 5 10 19 0 0 0 4 1 2 19y 175d 16 8
12 Cutler, Tom 9 9 9 18 0 1 0 1 0 0 26y 139d 80 34
2 Draper, Sam 5 2 5 10 0 0 17 3 1 1 22y 284d 14 2
8 Gleeson, Martin 8 7 3 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 26y 318d 93 5
35 Guelfi, Matt 3 4 9 12 0 0 0 4 0 1 23y 329d 57 10
33 Ham, Brayden 3 0 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 0 22y 75d 31 8
19 Hind, Nick 23 10 1 24 0 0 0 2 3 0 26y 324d 37 19
26 Hooker, Cale 4 1 7 11 1 3 1 1 1 1 32y 269d 217 120
23 Jones, Harrison 3 3 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 20y 134d 16 20
4 Langford, Kyle 10 5 7 17 0 0 0 3 2 1 24y 220d 97 64
15 Laverde, Jayden 12 11 3 15 0 0 0 1 1 1 25y 88d 62 37
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony 4 1 6 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 28y 78d 122 151
7 Merrett, Zach 18 4 17 35 0 0 0 3 3 0 25y 279d 158 48
3 Parish, Darcy 7 0 12 19 0 0 0 6 2 1 23y 349d 109 44
16 Perkins, Archie 12 4 6 18 3 3 0 2 2 0 19y 105d 14 5
27 Redman, Mason 18 11 7 25 0 1 0 0 0 1 23y 317d 53 6
14 Ridley, Jordan 19 11 4 23 0 0 0 1 1 1 22y 262d 41 0
5 Smith, Devon 9 3 8 17 0 1 0 3 0 3 28y 50d 167 134
40 Snelling, Will 12 4 12 24 1 1 0 2 1 0 23y 337d 35 22
17 Stewart, James 6 4 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 27y 127d 65 66
25 Stringer, Jake 14 3 9 23 1 1 0 6 2 1 27y 75d 150 263
45 Waterman, Alec 9 6 9 18 1 1 0 1 0 0 24y 324d 9 10
20 Wright, Peter 7 4 5 12 2 2 7 3 3 1 24y 304d 80 98
  Rushed   3  
  Totals 224 112 157 381 11 18 26 57 23 16 24y 311d 1723 1174
Adelaide
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
21 Berry, Sam 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 19y 147d 14 5
41 Butts, Jordon 11 10 1 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 21y 190d 18 0
40 Davis, Ben 5 4 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 24y 51d 3 1
39 Doedee, Tom 5 4 2 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 24y 130d 46 3
22 Frampton, Billy 11 11 6 17 0 2 0 0 0 1 24y 231d 16 11
17 Hamill, Will 4 3 10 14 0 0 0 0 3 0 20y 234d 21 0
1 Jones, Chayce 9 4 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 21y 176d 32 9
2 Keays, Ben 13 7 12 25 0 0 0 5 0 4 24y 136d 62 20
8 Kelly, Jake 18 12 1 19 0 0 0 3 0 0 26y 169d 105 1
29 Laird, Rory 12 7 21 33 0 0 0 5 0 1 27y 192d 176 16
14 Mackay, David 10 4 4 14 0 0 0 3 1 0 32y 349d 242 65
25 McHenry, Ned 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 20y 361d 23 7
4 Murphy, Lachlan 7 2 3 10 1 2 0 0 2 0 22y 217d 53 43
28 Murray, Nick 9 7 1 10 0 0 1 3 0 1 20y 203d 9 1
43 O'Brien, Reilly 6 1 4 10 0 0 40 1 1 1 25y 323d 53 5
10 Pedlar, Luke 4 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 19y 53d 2 0
31 Rowe, James 6 3 7 13 0 1 0 1 0 1 21y 295d 16 14
26 Schoenberg, Harry 13 2 7 20 1 0 0 7 2 4 20y 138d 24 11
11 Seedsman, Paul 15 10 12 27 0 1 0 3 1 0 29y 168d 126 64
38 Sholl, Lachlan 7 1 8 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 21y 124d 24 5
9 Sloane, Rory 8 5 9 17 0 0 0 4 1 1 31y 114d 223 130
33 Smith, Brodie 24 8 4 28 0 0 0 1 0 2 29y 176d 199 63
7 Thilthorpe, Riley 5 1 3 8 0 2 2 1 2 1 19y 2d 11 17
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 208 108 122 330 2 9 43 45 16 23 23y 325d 1498 491

Match highlights

Rory Laird had 21 handballs for Adelaide vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
Jake Stringer played his 150th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.