GWS Giants v Essendon – Round 8 2021 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2021 AFLRound 8Sat, 8 May, 2:10 pm AEST

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107105

16.1116.9

GWS by 2

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
GWS	6.2 38	7.4 46	14.8 92	16.11 107
ESS	2.2 14	5.7 37	10.7 67	16.9 105

ENGIE Stadium, SydneyMostly sunny, 25°Lead changes 1

Recap

GWS 16.11 (107) beat Essendon 16.9 (105) at ENGIE Stadium in Round 8, a 2-point win.

GWS led at every change.

Jeremy Finlayson kicked three goals for GWS and Toby Greene two; Kyle Langford kicked three for Essendon.

Tim Taranto led the way with 29 disposals, a goal and 8 tackles.

A run of six straight goals in the first quarter turned a 6-point deficit into a 30-point lead.

Essendon won the inside-50 count 61–49 but couldn’t convert it.

Best on ground

More from Round 8

GWS Giants16.11107

Essendon16.9105

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

0:43GoalP. WrightESS0.0 (0) – 1.0 (6)
2:04GoalJ. FinlaysonGWSLevel1.0 (6) – 1.0 (6)
4:31GoalT. GreeneGWSLead change2.0 (12) – 1.0 (6)
9:24BehindD. LloydGWS2.1 (13) – 1.0 (6)
10:04BehindJ. StringerESS2.1 (13) – 1.1 (7)
12:25GoalH. HimmelbergGWS3.1 (19) – 1.1 (7)
16:05BehindZ. SprouleGWS3.2 (20) – 1.1 (7)
18:12GoalZ. SprouleGWS4.2 (26) – 1.1 (7)
21:11GoalT. BruhnGWS5.2 (32) – 1.1 (7)
25:18GoalD. LloydGWS6.2 (38) – 1.1 (7)
29:26BehindZ. MerrettESS6.2 (38) – 1.2 (8)
31:12GoalW. SnellingESS6.2 (38) – 2.2 (14)

1:16BehindC. HookerESS6.2 (38) – 2.3 (15)
2:40GoalP. WrightESS6.2 (38) – 3.3 (21)
4:28BehindJ. StringerESS6.2 (38) – 3.4 (22)
5:10BehindB. HamESS6.2 (38) – 3.5 (23)
7:02BehindN. CoxESS6.2 (38) – 3.6 (24)
8:54GoalC. HookerESS6.2 (38) – 4.6 (30)
11:20BehindJ. FinlaysonGWS6.3 (39) – 4.6 (30)
12:06BehindB. HillGWS6.4 (40) – 4.6 (30)
18:07GoalA. McDonald-TipungwutiESS6.4 (40) – 5.6 (36)
22:42GoalZ. SprouleGWS7.4 (46) – 5.6 (36)
24:44BehindA. PerkinsESS7.4 (46) – 5.7 (37)

1:02GoalK. LangfordESS7.4 (46) – 6.7 (43)
2:49RushedGWSGWS7.5 (47) – 6.7 (43)
4:56GoalJ. FinlaysonGWS8.5 (53) – 6.7 (43)
6:52GoalJ. FinlaysonGWS9.5 (59) – 6.7 (43)
8:13GoalT. BruhnGWS10.5 (65) – 6.7 (43)
10:28BehindT. GreeneGWS10.6 (66) – 6.7 (43)
11:41BehindH. HimmelbergGWS10.7 (67) – 6.7 (43)
12:09GoalT. GreeneGWS11.7 (73) – 6.7 (43)
14:53GoalA. PerkinsESS11.7 (73) – 7.7 (49)
19:13GoalN. CoxESS11.7 (73) – 8.7 (55)
21:38GoalJ. KellyGWS12.7 (79) – 8.7 (55)
24:48GoalA. McDonald-TipungwutiESS12.7 (79) – 9.7 (61)
27:17GoalM. RedmanESS12.7 (79) – 10.7 (67)
29:37BehindH. HimmelbergGWS12.8 (80) – 10.7 (67)
30:47GoalT. TarantoGWS13.8 (86) – 10.7 (67)
32:32GoalB. HillGWS14.8 (92) – 10.7 (67)