Match Summary

Best On Ground

Essendon

Zach MerrettZ Merrett41 disposals

Darcy ParishD Parish37 disposals

Peter WrightP Wright2 goals

Melbourne

Clayton OliverC Oliver34 disposals

James HarmesJ Harmes27 disposals
1 goal

Christian PetraccaC Petracca2 goals

Team Stats

Essendon

Melbourne

Disposals

397

379

Contested Possessions

121

150

Kicks

205

225

Handballs

192

154

Free Kicks

11

15

Clearances

36

32

Centre Clearances

9

9

Stoppages

27

23

Inside 50

50

56

Marks

93

114

Marks in 50

8

14

Contested Marks

9

10

Tackles

61

47

Hit-Outs

23

40

Player Stats

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Alec Waterman	7	6	13	5	0	0	1	2	0	0
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	6	4	10	3	0	1	0	5	0	2
Archie Perkins	7	9	16	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher	6	7	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brayden Ham	9	11	20	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
Cale Hooker	4	9	13	3	1	0	1	0	1	0
Darcy Parish	13	24	37	5	0	0	1	4	0	0
David Zaharakis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devon Smith	7	7	14	4	0	0	0	4	1	0
Dyson Heppell	15	11	26	10	0	0	0	1	1	0
Harrison Jones	3	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
Jake Stringer	12	12	24	5	0	0	2	5	1	2
James Stewart	9	5	14	6	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jayden Laverde	7	10	17	5	0	0	1	2	0	0
Jordan Ridley	19	9	28	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
Kyle Langford	16	13	29	6	0	1	1	6	0	0
Mason Redman	14	7	21	2	0	0	0	4	0	0
Matt Guelfi	3	12	15	3	0	1	0	9	0	0
Nick Hind	11	6	17	1	0	1	1	2	0	0
Nikolas Cox	4	3	7	4	1	0	0	5	0	0
Peter Wright	4	4	8	3	11	0	0	1	2	0
Sam Draper	6	4	10	1	10	2	2	1	0	0
Zach Merrett	23	18	41	5	0	3	1	8	0	1

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Alex Neal-Bullen	10	3	13	2	0	1	0	5	0	0
Angus Brayshaw	15	9	24	8	0	0	1	1	0	1
Bayley Fritsch	9	1	10	5	0	1	0	1	0	1
Charlie Spargo	6	1	7	2	0	2	1	3	1	0
Christian Petracca	15	11	26	6	0	0	0	4	2	0
Christian Salem	21	5	26	10	0	1	0	0	0	0
Clayton Oliver	10	24	34	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Langdon	19	4	23	10	0	1	0	0	0	0
Harrison Petty	4	1	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jack Viney	10	7	17	4	0	1	0	4	0	0
Jake Lever	9	9	18	8	0	0	0	1	0	0
James Harmes	10	17	27	4	0	1	1	0	1	2
James Jordon	9	12	21	5	0	1	0	3	2	1
Jayden Hunt	10	6	16	6	0	1	0	4	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	4	8	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Luke Jackson	6	5	11	3	7	1	0	0	1	2
Max Gawn	11	5	16	4	32	1	1	3	0	0
Michael Hibberd	12	6	18	7	0	0	0	3	0	0
Nathan Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steven May	16	2	18	7	0	2	1	3	0	0
Tom McDonald	8	5	13	6	1	0	3	3	1	1
Tom Sparrow	2	9	11	2	0	0	0	5	1	0
Trent Rivers	9	4	13	5	0	1	0	2	0	0

Team Line-Ups

Essendon

Melbourne

IN Alec Waterman, David Zaharakis OUT Ned Cahill (Omitted), Tom Cutler (Medi-Sub)

IN Jack Viney, Nathan Jones OUT Kade Chandler, Sam Weideman

FB 15 Jayden Laverde 17 James Stewart 14 Jordan Ridley FF 30 Alex Neal-Bullen 6 Luke Jackson 31 Bayley Fritsch HB 19 Nick Hind 27 Mason Redman 21 Dyson Heppell HF 36 Kysaiah Pickett 25 Tom McDonald 4 James Harmes C 13 Nikolas Cox 7 Zach Merrett 35 Matt Guelfi C 10 Angus Brayshaw 7 Jack Viney 15 Ed Langdon HF 16 Archie Perkins 23 Harrison Jones 45 Alec Waterman HB 14 Michael Hibberd 35 Harrison Petty 3 Christian Salem FF 25 Jake Stringer 26 Cale Hooker 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti FB 29 Jayden Hunt 1 Steven May 8 Jake Lever

FOLLOWERS
2	Sam Draper
3	Darcy Parish
33	Brayden Ham

INTERCHANGE
4	Kyle Langford
5	Devon Smith
20	Peter Wright
30	B. Zerk-Thatcher

EMERGENCIES
11	David Zaharakis

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
13	Clayton Oliver
5	Christian Petracca

INTERCHANGE
9	Charlie Spargo
23	James Jordon
24	Trent Rivers
32	Tom Sparrow

EMERGENCIES
2	Nathan Jones

Essendon
IN	A. Waterman, D. Zaharakis
OUT	N. Cahill, T. Cutler
B J. Laverde, J. Stewart, J. Ridley HB N. Hind, M. Redman, D. Heppell C N. Cox, Z. Merrett, M. Guelfi HF A. Perkins, H. Jones, A. Waterman F J. Stringer, C. Hooker, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti FOL S. Draper, D. Parish, B. Ham I/C K. Langford, D. Smith, P. Wright, B. Zerk-Thatcher EMG D. Zaharakis, . , .
Melbourne
IN	J. Viney, N. Jones
OUT	K. Chandler (Medi-Sub), S. Weideman (Omitted)
B J. Hunt, S. May, J. Lever HB M. Hibberd, H. Petty, C. Salem C A. Brayshaw, J. Viney, E. Langdon HF K. Pickett, T. McDonald, J. Harmes F A. Neal-Bullen, L. Jackson, B. Fritsch FOL M. Gawn, C. Oliver, C. Petracca I/C C. Spargo, J. Jordon, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow EMG N. Jones, . , .

Preview

Previous 5 Games

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
20/6/21	Hawks	W 73 - 86
5/6/21	Tigers	L 84 - 123
29/5/21	Eagles	W 71 - 87
23/5/21	Kangaroos	W 141 - 69
16/5/21	Dockers	W 68 - 61

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
14/6/21	Magpies	L 63 - 80
4/6/21	Lions	W 97 - 75
28/5/21	Bulldogs	W 59 - 87
22/5/21	Crows	L 96 - 95
16/5/21	Blues	W 94 - 68