FINAL TEAMS: GWS vs Essendon – Round 9, 2026

GWS and Essendon have finalised their lineups for the match at ENGIE Stadium.

 2026-05-09T06:15:00Z 

GWS WON BY 14 POINTS

ENGIE Stadium

GWS   

103

FT

89

   ESS

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MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   

IN Jake Riccardi, Toby McMullin, Oliver Hannaford, Max Gruzewski OUT Ryan Angwin (Injured), Jesse Hogan (Injured), Leek Aleer (Injured), Xavier O'Halloran (Injured)

IN Mason Redman, Archer May, Archie Perkins, Nick Bryan, Zak Johnson, Darcy Parish OUT Ben McKay (Omitted), Jye Caldwell (Injured), Saad El-Hawli (Injured), Jade Gresham (Omitted), Max Kondogiannis (Omitted), Tom Edwards (Omitted)

FB 25 Jayden Laverde 44 Jack Buckley 39 Connor Idun FF 26 Archer May 4 Kyle Langford 16 Archie Perkins HB 27 H. Himmelberg 37 Joe Fonti 6 Lachie Whitfield HF 15 Dyson Sharp 30 Nate Caddy 9 Sullivan Robey C 3 Stephen Coniglio 10 Clayton Oliver 1 Harvey Thomas C 13 Nikolas Cox 42 Jayden Nguyen 46 Lachie Blakiston HF 14 Toby Bedford 16 Brent Daniels 4 Toby Greene HB 21 Archie Roberts 27 Mason Redman 2 Jacob Farrow FF 5 Aaron Cadman 20 Jake Stringer 26 Jake Riccardi FB 25 Jaxon Prior 31 Zach Reid 1 Andrew McGrath

FOLLOWERS
32	Kieren Briggs
7	Lachie Ash
17	Finn Callaghan

INTERCHANGE
30	James Leake
31	Toby McMullin
11	Phoenix Gothard
13	Oliver Hannaford
35	Max Gruzewski

EMERGENCIES
46	Callum M Brown
24	Harry Rowston
19	Harrison Oliver

FOLLOWERS
20	Peter Wright
7	Zach Merrett
22	Sam Durham

INTERCHANGE
28	Xavier Duursma
24	Nick Bryan
40	Zak Johnson
3	Darcy Parish
44	Archer Day-Wicks

EMERGENCIES
5	Elijah Tsatas
12	Will Setterfield
45	Tom Edwards

GWS
IN	J. Riccardi, T. McMullin, O. Hannaford, M. Gruzewski
OUT	R. Angwin, J. Hogan, L. Aleer, X. O'Halloran
B J. Laverde, J. Buckley, C. Idun HB H. Himmelberg, J. Fonti, L. Whitfield C S. Coniglio, C. Oliver, H. Thomas HF T. Bedford, B. Daniels, T. Greene F A. Cadman, J. Stringer, J. Riccardi FOL K. Briggs, L. Ash, F. Callaghan I/C J. Leake, T. McMullin, P. Gothard, O. Hannaford, M. Gruzewski EMG C. Brown, H. Rowston, H. Oliver
Essendon
IN	M. Redman, A. May, A. Perkins, N. Bryan, Z. Johnson, D. Parish
OUT	B. McKay, J. Caldwell, S. El-Hawli, J. Gresham, M. Kondogiannis, T. Edwards
B J. Prior, Z. Reid, A. McGrath HB A. Roberts, M. Redman, J. Farrow C N. Cox, J. Nguyen, L. Blakiston HF D. Sharp, N. Caddy, S. Robey F A. May, K. Langford, A. Perkins FOL P. Wright, Z. Merrett, S. Durham I/C X. Duursma, N. Bryan, Z. Johnson, D. Parish, A. Day-Wicks EMG E. Tsatas, W. Setterfield, T. Edwards