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Western Bulldogs vs Essendon
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| Round: 21 Venue: Docklands Date: Sun, 08-08-2021 3:20 pm | |||||
| Western Bulldogs | 3.3.21 | 6.5.41 | 8.11.59 | 12.12.84 | C: Luke Beveridge |
| Essendon | 1.2.8 | 7.2.44 | 11.4.70 | 15.7.97 | C: Ben Rutten |
| WBULL by 13 | ESS by 3 | ESS by 11 | ESS by 13 | ||
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| Brownlow Medal | 3 Peter Wright (ESS) | 2 Jack Macrae (WBULL) | 1 Zach Merrett (ESS) |
Match Report
GOALS
Western Bulldogs: Bruce 3; Bontempelli, Duryea, English, Johannisen, Liberatore, Naughton, Treloar, Ugle-Hagan, Wood
Essendon: Wright 7; Francis 2; Draper, Guelfi, McDonald-Tipungwuti, Parish, Smith, Waterman
BEST - AFL.COM.AU (Callum Twomey)
Western Bulldogs: Macrae, Bontempelli, Williams, Dale, Bruce, Liberatore
Essendon: Wright, Parish, Merrett, Draper, Ridley, Shiel
BEST - THE AGE (Michael Lynch)
Western Bulldogs: Bontempelli, Macrae, Liberatore, Bruce, Wright
Essendon: Wright, Parish, Stringer, Draper, Francis, Merrett
INJURIES
Western Bulldogs: Schache (ankle), Bruce (knee)
Essendon: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Western Bulldogs: R.Smith (unused)
Essendon: Perkins (unused)
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network
COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, James Brayshaw, Jimmy Bartel, Chris Johnson, Abbey Holmes
Match stats
| Western Bulldogs | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 4 | Bontempelli, Marcus | 17 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25y 257d | 165 | 151 |
| 17 | Bruce, Josh | 9 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 29y 61d | 150 | 233 |
| 12 | Cordy, Zaine | 5 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24y 285d | 100 | 10 |
| 31 | Dale, Bailey | 15 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25y 17d | 79 | 69 |
| 35 | Daniel, Caleb | 9 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25y 32d | 128 | 37 |
| 5 | Dunkley, Josh | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24y 211d | 87 | 46 |
| 15 | Duryea, Taylor | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30y 106d | 154 | 24 |
| 44 | English, Tim | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23y 363d | 63 | 34 |
| 38 | Garcia, Riley | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20y 190d | 8 | 3 |
| 7 | Hunter, Lachie | 12 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26y 238d | 157 | 69 |
| 39 | Johannisen, Jason | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28y 273d | 162 | 58 |
| 21 | Liberatore, Tom | 12 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29y 84d | 167 | 62 |
| 11 | Macrae, Jack | 15 | 2 | 22 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27y 5d | 179 | 42 |
| 33 | Naughton, Aaron | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21y 251d | 72 | 87 |
| 20 | Richards, Ed | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22y 36d | 63 | 24 |
| 13 | Schache, Josh | 10 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23y 352d | 60 | 69 |
| 28 | Scott, Anthony | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26y 161d | 19 | 9 |
| 6 | Smith, Bailey | 13 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20y 244d | 61 | 26 |
| 37 | Smith, Roarke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24y 331d | 32 | 7 |
| 1 | Treloar, Adam | 10 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28y 152d | 184 | 105 |
| 22 | Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19y 126d | 5 | 7 |
| 34 | Williams, Bailey | 13 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23y 302d | 76 | 11 |
| 10 | Wood, Easton | 8 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31y 338d | 182 | 20 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 189 | 81 | 181 | 370 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 25y 144d | 2353 | 1203 | |
| Essendon | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
| 37 | Clarke, Dylan | 10 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22y 336d | 22 | 5 |
| 13 | Cox, Nik | 6 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19y 205d | 20 | 9 |
| 12 | Cutler, Tom | 17 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26y 169d | 84 | 35 |
| 2 | Draper, Sam | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22y 314d | 18 | 3 |
| 42 | Durham, Sam | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 30d | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Francis, Aaron | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23y 363d | 47 | 8 |
| 8 | Gleeson, Martin | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26y 348d | 95 | 5 |
| 35 | Guelfi, Matt | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23y 359d | 60 | 12 |
| 19 | Hind, Nick | 15 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26y 354d | 41 | 20 |
| 15 | Laverde, Jayden | 11 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25y 118d | 66 | 37 |
| 43 | McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28y 108d | 126 | 153 |
| 7 | Merrett, Zach | 14 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25y 309d | 162 | 50 |
| 3 | Parish, Darcy | 12 | 1 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24y 14d | 113 | 46 |
| 16 | Perkins, Archie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19y 135d | 18 | 7 |
| 27 | Redman, Mason | 9 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 23y 347d | 57 | 6 |
| 14 | Ridley, Jordan | 13 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22y 292d | 45 | 0 |
| 9 | Shiel, Dylan | 7 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28y 152d | 177 | 80 |
| 5 | Smith, Devon | 10 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 28y 80d | 171 | 139 |
| 40 | Snelling, Will | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 24y 2d | 39 | 22 |
| 17 | Stewart, James | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27y 157d | 69 | 66 |
| 25 | Stringer, Jake | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 27y 105d | 154 | 270 |
| 45 | Waterman, Alec | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24y 354d | 11 | 11 |
| 20 | Wright, Peter | 9 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24y 334d | 84 | 110 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 187 | 81 | 134 | 321 | 15 | 7 | 48 | 55 | 14 | 17 | 24y 264d | 1683 | 1094 | |
Match highlights
Peter Wright kicked 7 goals for Essendon against Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)Jack Macrae had 22 handballs for Western Bulldogs vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)
Will Snelling had 10 tackles for Essendon vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)
Zaine Cordy played his 100th V/AFL game: Western Bulldogs vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)
Josh Bruce played his 150th V/AFL game: Western Bulldogs vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R21)