Essendon v St Kilda, Round 17 2026
2026 AFLRound 17
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESS | 2.1 13 | 3.3 21 | 4.5 29 | 7.8 50 |
| STK | 5.4 34 | 13.8 86 | 14.10 94 | 17.15 117 |
Marvel Stadium, MelbourneLead changes 0
Recap
St Kilda thrash Essendon by 67
St Kilda 17.15 (117) beat Essendon 7.8 (50) at Marvel Stadium in Round 17, a 67-point win.
St Kilda led at every change.
Jack Higgins kicked two goals for St Kilda and Liam Ryan two; Nate Caddy kicked three for Essendon.
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera led the way with 46 disposals and a goal.
A run of ten straight goals across the first and second quarters stretched the lead from 9 to 70.
St Kilda won the inside-50 count 55–37 and laid 65 tackles to 46.
In context
- Essendon’s 11th loss in a row.
- A career-high 46 disposals for Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (previous best 44).
- A career-high 42 disposals for Bradley Hill (previous best 37).
- A career-high 33 disposals for Max Hall (previous best 27).
Best on ground
St Kilda · #7 · 78% game time
- 46
- D
- 1
- G
- 7
- M
- 2
- T
1 clearances · 6 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 160
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
Essendon aheadSt Kilda aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- 10 goals in a row to St KildaQ1 24:26 – Q2 26:29
- St Kilda lead by 71Q2 28:07
EssendonGoals
- N. Caddy 3.3
- P. Wright 1.1
- A. Day-Wicks 1
- B. McKay 1
- S. Robey 1
St KildaGoals
- J. Higgins 2.2
- L. Ryan 2.2
- A. Caminiti 2.1
- R. Marshall 2.1
- D. Wilson 2.1
- M. Hall 1.2
- L. Henry 1.1
- C. Sharman 1.1
- N. Wanganeen-Milera 1.1
- H. Garcia 1
- B. Hill 1
- M. Owens 1
- Field umpires
- Nick Jankovskis, Daniel Johanson, John Howorth, Sam Morgan
EssendonFinal team
St KildaFinal team
How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: Champion Data rating points and AFL Fantasy points together, on a 0–10 scale against every AFL game since 2001 (Fantasy points alone before 2012). 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need 15% game time to be rated.
St Kilda won the inside-50 count 55–37 and laid 65 tackles to 46.
ESSAttackSTK
- Inside 50s 55
- Scoring shots 17.1532
- Accuracy 53%
37
157.8
47%
The ball
- Disposals 447
- Contested possessions 115
- Clearances 34
- Marks 127
- Tackles 65
- Free kicks 24
- Biggest lead 71
332
109
33
82
46
17
0
Essendon7.850
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7Z. Merrett | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 116 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| 22S. Durham | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 69 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| 28X. Duursma | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2J. Farrow | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 84 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9S. Robey | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | |
| 6J. Caldwell | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 72 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| 15D. Sharp | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 27M. Redman | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 30N. Caddy | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24N. Bryan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 34 | |
| 31Z. Reid | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13N. CoxInt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 20P. Wright | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | |
| 41S. El-HawliInt | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16A. Perkins | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1A. McGrath | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25J. Prior | 13 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3D. ParishInt | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 14J. RidleyInt | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 44A. Day-Wicks | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 32B. McKay | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 12W. Setterfield | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10I. KakoInt | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 332 | 7 | 7 | 82 | 46 | 33 | 1321 | 184 | 148 | 37 | 49 |
St Kilda17.15117
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7N. Wanganeen-Milera | 46 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 160 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 0 | |
| 8B. Hill | 42 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 0 | |
| 40M. Hall | 33 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 152 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 0 | |
| 34H. Garcia | 29 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 115 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 0 | |
| 19R. Marshall | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 118 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 20 | |
| 32M. Wood | 27 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 110 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| 22D. Wilson | 25 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 96 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |
| 25M. PhillipouInt | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 84 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | |
| 44C. Wilkie | 21 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2M. Windhager | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 88 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | |
| 10M. Owens | 20 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 91 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 8 | |
| 47A. Caminiti | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 78 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 13R. Byrnes | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 84 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| 45L. O'Connell | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24A. Hastie | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1J. Higgins | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23L. HenryInt | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| 5T. TravagliaInt | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3J. Silvagni | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43C. Sharman | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 31L. Ryan | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39C. LakeInt | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14L. StockerInt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team | 447 | 17 | 12 | 127 | 65 | 34 | 1894 | 244 | 203 | 55 | 28 |
Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.
First quarterESS 2.1 (13) · STK 5.4 (34)
- 0:37GoalD. WilsonSTK0.0 (0) – 1.0 (6)
- 2:12BehindA. CaminitiSTK0.0 (0) – 1.1 (7)
- 4:32GoalA. Day-WicksESS1.0 (6) – 1.1 (7)
- 10:57GoalR. MarshallSTK1.0 (6) – 2.1 (13)
- 13:16GoalN. Wanganeen-MileraSTK1.0 (6) – 3.1 (19)
- 15:18BehindL. HenrySTK1.0 (6) – 3.2 (20)
- 21:36GoalP. WrightESS2.0 (12) – 3.2 (20)
- 23:28BehindL. RyanSTK2.0 (12) – 3.3 (21)
- 24:26GoalJ. HigginsSTK2.0 (12) – 4.3 (27)
- 27:25BehindD. WilsonSTK2.0 (12) – 4.4 (28)
- 28:21BehindJ. PriorESS2.1 (13) – 4.4 (28)
- 30:08GoalR. MarshallSTK2.1 (13) – 5.4 (34)
Second quarterESS 1.2 (8) · STK 8.4 (52)
- 1:29GoalA. CaminitiSTK2.1 (13) – 6.4 (40)
- 3:37GoalB. HillSTK2.1 (13) – 7.4 (46)
- 5:38BehindS. DurhamESS2.2 (14) – 7.4 (46)
- 6:15GoalM. OwensSTK2.2 (14) – 8.4 (52)
- 8:13BehindR. MarshallSTK2.2 (14) – 8.5 (53)
- 13:51GoalA. CaminitiSTK2.2 (14) – 9.5 (59)
- 16:04GoalJ. HigginsSTK2.2 (14) – 10.5 (65)
- 22:02GoalL. HenrySTK2.2 (14) – 11.5 (71)
- 23:24BehindJ. HigginsSTK2.2 (14) – 11.6 (72)
- 25:19GoalM. HallSTK2.2 (14) – 12.6 (78)
- 26:29GoalH. GarciaSTK2.2 (14) – 13.6 (84)
- 28:07BehindN. Wanganeen-MileraSTK2.2 (14) – 13.7 (85)
- 29:14BehindD. ParishESS2.3 (15) – 13.7 (85)
- 30:05GoalN. CaddyESS3.3 (21) – 13.7 (85)
- 33:32RushedSt KildaSTK3.3 (21) – 13.8 (86)
Third quarterESS 1.2 (8) · STK 1.2 (8)
- 5:09GoalD. WilsonSTK3.3 (21) – 14.8 (92)
- 6:52BehindN. CaddyESS3.4 (22) – 14.8 (92)
- 11:08BehindC. SharmanSTK3.4 (22) – 14.9 (93)
- 12:04GoalN. CaddyESS4.4 (28) – 14.9 (93)
- 19:36BehindJ. HigginsSTK4.4 (28) – 14.10 (94)
- 21:09BehindN. CaddyESS4.5 (29) – 14.10 (94)
Last quarterESS 3.3 (21) · STK 3.5 (23)
- 3:05BehindP. WrightESS4.6 (30) – 14.10 (94)
- 5:48GoalN. CaddyESS5.6 (36) – 14.10 (94)
- 7:29GoalB. McKayESS6.6 (42) – 14.10 (94)
- 8:45RushedEssendonESS6.7 (43) – 14.10 (94)
- 10:25BehindM. HallSTK6.7 (43) – 14.11 (95)
- 12:54GoalC. SharmanSTK6.7 (43) – 15.11 (101)
- 16:06GoalL. RyanSTK6.7 (43) – 16.11 (107)
- 18:10GoalS. RobeyESS7.7 (49) – 16.11 (107)
- 19:38RushedSt KildaSTK7.7 (49) – 16.12 (108)
- 19:58BehindN. CaddyESS7.8 (50) – 16.12 (108)
- 21:32RushedSt KildaSTK7.8 (50) – 16.13 (109)
- 22:20GoalL. RyanSTK7.8 (50) – 17.13 (115)
- 25:00BehindL. RyanSTK7.8 (50) – 17.14 (116)
- 26:08BehindM. HallSTK7.8 (50) – 17.15 (117)