Western Bulldogs v Essendon – Round 4 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 4Sun, 5 Apr, 7:20 pm AEST

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9965

14.159.11

Bulldogs by 34

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
WBD	7.2 44	10.7 67	10.14 74	14.15 99
ESS	1.3 9	1.7 13	5.9 39	9.11 65

Marvel Stadium, MelbourneLead changes 0

Recap

The Western Bulldogs 14.15 (99) beat Essendon 9.11 (65) at Marvel Stadium in Round 4, a 34-point win.

Bulldogs led at every change.

Sam Darcy kicked three goals for Bulldogs and Aaron Naughton three; Jade Gresham kicked three for Essendon.

Marcus Bontempelli led the way with 35 disposals, a goal and 7 clearances.

A run of five straight goals in the first quarter broke the deadlock to lead by 30.

Bulldogs won the inside-50 count 54–36 and won the clearances 38–24.

Best on ground

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Western Bulldogs14.1599

Essendon9.1165

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

5:15BehindA. NaughtonWBD0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
6:41BehindX. DuursmaESSLevel0.1 (1) – 0.1 (1)
7:22GoalM. BontempelliWBD1.1 (7) – 0.1 (1)
9:58GoalL. BrambleWBD2.1 (13) – 0.1 (1)
11:09GoalB. WilliamsWBD3.1 (19) – 0.1 (1)
12:47GoalS. DarcyWBD4.1 (25) – 0.1 (1)
15:49GoalS. DarcyWBD5.1 (31) – 0.1 (1)
19:11GoalA. MayESS5.1 (31) – 1.1 (7)
24:04BehindM. GuelfiESS5.1 (31) – 1.2 (8)
24:30GoalA. JonesWBD6.1 (37) – 1.2 (8)
26:30GoalA. JonesWBD7.1 (43) – 1.2 (8)
29:22RushedBulldogsWBD7.2 (44) – 1.2 (8)
31:01RushedEssendonESS7.2 (44) – 1.3 (9)

4:44BehindS. DarcyWBD7.3 (45) – 1.3 (9)
6:29GoalA. NaughtonWBD8.3 (51) – 1.3 (9)
8:25GoalM. KennedyWBD9.3 (57) – 1.3 (9)
9:42BehindA. NaughtonWBD9.4 (58) – 1.3 (9)
12:24BehindA. MayESS9.4 (58) – 1.4 (10)
15:44BehindA. Day-WicksESS9.4 (58) – 1.5 (11)
16:58GoalA. JonesWBD10.4 (64) – 1.5 (11)
18:32RushedEssendonESS10.4 (64) – 1.6 (12)
19:38BehindJ. DolanWBD10.5 (65) – 1.6 (12)
20:51BehindS. DarcyWBD10.6 (66) – 1.6 (12)
22:41BehindS. El-HawliESS10.6 (66) – 1.7 (13)
24:51BehindL. BrambleWBD10.7 (67) – 1.7 (13)

0:52GoalT. EdwardsESS10.7 (67) – 2.7 (19)
2:20GoalJ. GreshamESS10.7 (67) – 3.7 (25)
4:29BehindL. JaquesWBD10.8 (68) – 3.7 (25)
6:19GoalT. EdwardsESS10.8 (68) – 4.7 (31)
8:02BehindA. JonesWBD10.9 (69) – 4.7 (31)
9:26BehindR. WestWBD10.10 (70) – 4.7 (31)
12:49GoalP. WrightESS10.10 (70) – 5.7 (37)
14:44BehindR. WestWBD10.11 (71) – 5.7 (37)
16:45BehindL. McNeilWBD10.12 (72) – 5.7 (37)
18:44BehindT. EdwardsESS10.12 (72) – 5.8 (38)
20:43RushedBulldogsWBD10.13 (73) – 5.8 (38)
23:23BehindP. WrightESS10.13 (73) – 5.9 (39)
27:35BehindS. DarcyWBD10.14 (74) – 5.9 (39)