Essendon v Collingwood, Round 7 2026
2026 AFLRound 7
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESS | 2.3 15 | 3.4 22 | 5.6 36 | 9.6 60 |
| COL | 4.0 24 | 5.6 36 | 11.13 79 | 20.17 137 |
MCG, MelbourneSunny, 25°Lead changes 0
Recap
Collingwood thrash Essendon by 77
Collingwood 20.17 (137) beat Essendon 9.6 (60) at MCG in Round 7, a 77-point win.
Collingwood led at every change.
Jordan De Goey kicked three goals for Collingwood and Daniel McStay two; Nate Caddy kicked three for Essendon.
Scott Pendlebury led the way with 43 disposals, two goals and 10 marks.
A run of five straight goals across the third and last quarters stretched the lead from 29 to 62.
Collingwood won the inside-50 count 62–34 and won the contested ball 141–108.
In context
- A career-high 43 disposals for Scott Pendlebury (previous best 42).
Best on ground
Collingwood · #10 · 83% game time
- 43
- D
- 2
- G
- 10
- M
- 1
- T
4 clearances · 6 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 153
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
Essendon aheadCollingwood aheadGoalFour or more goals in a row
- 4 goals in a row to CollingwoodQ3 5:14 – 13:55
- 5 goals in a row to CollingwoodQ3 20:25 – Q4 6:07
- 5 goals in a row to CollingwoodQ4 16:22 – 24:03
- Collingwood lead by 83Q4 31:17
EssendonGoals
- N. Caddy 3.3
- A. Day-Wicks 2
- K. Langford 2
- S. Durham 1
- I. Kako 1
CollingwoodGoals
- J. De Goey 3.1
- D. McStay 2.3
- A. Anderson 2.2
- J. Elliott 2.2
- B. McCreery 2.1
- S. Pendlebury 2
- R. Steele 2
- J. Crisp 1.1
- P. Lipinski 1.1
- W. Hayes 1
- L. Schultz 1
- S. Sidebottom 1
- Venue
- MCG, Melbourne
- Field umpires
- Brett Rosebury, Hayden Meyer, Jamie Broadbent, Martin Rodger
EssendonFinal team
CollingwoodFinal team
Interchange
EmergenciesW. Parker, N. Long, E. Allan
In
- +Jordan De Goey
- +Steele Sidebottom
Out
- −Edward Allan · Omitted
- −Ned Long · Managed
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.
Collingwood won the inside-50 count 62–34 and won the contested ball 141–108.
ESSAttackCOL
- Inside 50s 62
- Scoring shots 20.1737
- Accuracy 54%
34
159.6
60%
The ball
- Disposals 458
- Contested possessions 141
- Clearances 29
- Marks 134
- Tackles 38
- Free kicks 20
- Biggest lead 83
365
108
28
89
42
14
0
Essendon9.660
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21A. Roberts | 42 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 134 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4K. Langford | 20 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7Z. Merrett | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | |
| 41S. El-HawliInt | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1A. McGrath | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 73 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| 25J. Prior | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3D. Parish | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 69 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
| 44A. Day-Wicks | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6J. Caldwell | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 73 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
| 30N. Caddy | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2J. Farrow | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28X. Duursma | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 72 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 22S. Durham | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 5E. TsatasInt | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| 31Z. Reid | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10I. Kako | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 46L. BlakistonInt | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |
| 45T. Edwards | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32B. McKay | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15D. SharpInt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9S. RobeyInt | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 26A. May | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20P. Wright | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| Team | 365 | 9 | 6 | 89 | 42 | 28 | 1390 | 192 | 173 | 34 | 19 |
Collingwood20.17137
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10S. Pendlebury | 43 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 153 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 0 | |
| 7J. Daicos | 35 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 121 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9D. HoustonInt | 27 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 103 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | |
| 35N. Daicos | 42 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 135 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2J. De GoeyInt | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 89 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| 25J. Crisp | 28 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 127 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 0 | |
| 3I. Quaynor | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 99 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| 45R. Steele | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| 38J. Howe | 18 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 17B. Frampton | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1P. Lipinski | 22 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 83 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | |
| 22S. SidebottomInt | 19 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| 31B. McCreery | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 70 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 41A. Anderson | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 67 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8L. Schultz | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 66 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| 11D. McStay | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 12H. Perryman | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14D. CameronInt | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | |
| 4B. Maynard | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| 5J. Elliott | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 21O. Steene | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 12 | |
| 28T. Membrey | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 39W. HayesInt | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team | 458 | 20 | 16 | 134 | 38 | 29 | 1857 | 244 | 214 | 62 | 29 |
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 2.3 (15) · COL 4.0 (24)
- 1:36GoalR. SteeleCOL0.0 (0) – 1.0 (6)
- 7:34GoalL. SchultzCOL0.0 (0) – 2.0 (12)
- 10:09BehindN. CaddyESS0.1 (1) – 2.0 (12)
- 12:22BehindN. CaddyESS0.2 (2) – 2.0 (12)
- 20:12GoalA. Day-WicksESS1.2 (8) – 2.0 (12)
- 21:31GoalJ. De GoeyCOL1.2 (8) – 3.0 (18)
- 22:54GoalW. HayesCOL1.2 (8) – 4.0 (24)
- 24:59GoalA. Day-WicksESS2.2 (14) – 4.0 (24)
- 26:39BehindN. CaddyESS2.3 (15) – 4.0 (24)
Second quarterESS 1.1 (7) · COL 1.6 (12)
- 0:54BehindN. DaicosCOL2.3 (15) – 4.1 (25)
- 4:11GoalS. DurhamESS3.3 (21) – 4.1 (25)
- 5:24BehindN. DaicosCOL3.3 (21) – 4.2 (26)
- 7:11GoalB. McCreeryCOL3.3 (21) – 5.2 (32)
- 11:48BehindN. DaicosCOL3.3 (21) – 5.3 (33)
- 12:29BehindD. HoustonCOL3.3 (21) – 5.4 (34)
- 13:43BehindJ. ElliottCOL3.3 (21) – 5.5 (35)
- 16:18RushedCollingwoodCOL3.3 (21) – 5.6 (36)
- 18:29BehindA. MayESS3.4 (22) – 5.6 (36)
Third quarterESS 2.2 (14) · COL 6.7 (43)
- 0:59BehindJ. ElliottCOL3.4 (22) – 5.7 (37)
- 1:57GoalN. CaddyESS4.4 (28) – 5.7 (37)
- 3:56BehindJ. De GoeyCOL4.4 (28) – 5.8 (38)
- 5:14GoalS. PendleburyCOL4.4 (28) – 6.8 (44)
- 7:03GoalA. AndersonCOL4.4 (28) – 7.8 (50)
- 9:45BehindP. WrightESS4.5 (29) – 7.8 (50)
- 10:21GoalR. SteeleCOL4.5 (29) – 8.8 (56)
- 12:31BehindN. DaicosCOL4.5 (29) – 8.9 (57)
- 13:55GoalD. McStayCOL4.5 (29) – 9.9 (63)
- 15:22GoalI. KakoESS5.5 (35) – 9.9 (63)
- 17:46BehindD. McStayCOL5.5 (35) – 9.10 (64)
- 20:25GoalJ. ElliottCOL5.5 (35) – 10.10 (70)
- 21:43GoalA. AndersonCOL5.5 (35) – 11.10 (76)
- 23:49BehindA. AndersonCOL5.5 (35) – 11.11 (77)
- 25:32BehindD. McStayCOL5.5 (35) – 11.12 (78)
- 26:29BehindB. McCreeryCOL5.5 (35) – 11.13 (79)
- 29:12BehindP. WrightESS5.6 (36) – 11.13 (79)
Last quarterESS 4.0 (24) · COL 9.4 (58)
- 0:39GoalJ. De GoeyCOL5.6 (36) – 12.13 (85)
- 2:45BehindA. AndersonCOL5.6 (36) – 12.14 (86)
- 3:15GoalJ. De GoeyCOL5.6 (36) – 13.14 (92)
- 6:07GoalB. McCreeryCOL5.6 (36) – 14.14 (98)
- 8:15GoalN. CaddyESS6.6 (42) – 14.14 (98)
- 10:54BehindD. McStayCOL6.6 (42) – 14.15 (99)
- 13:24GoalK. LangfordESS7.6 (48) – 14.15 (99)
- 16:22GoalP. LipinskiCOL7.6 (48) – 15.15 (105)
- 18:13BehindP. LipinskiCOL7.6 (48) – 15.16 (106)
- 18:39GoalJ. CrispCOL7.6 (48) – 16.16 (112)
- 20:29GoalD. McStayCOL7.6 (48) – 17.16 (118)
- 21:47GoalJ. ElliottCOL7.6 (48) – 18.16 (124)
- 24:03GoalS. SidebottomCOL7.6 (48) – 19.16 (130)
- 25:57GoalK. LangfordESS8.6 (54) – 19.16 (130)
- 28:05GoalS. PendleburyCOL8.6 (54) – 20.16 (136)
- 31:17BehindJ. CrispCOL8.6 (54) – 20.17 (137)
- 33:15GoalN. CaddyESS9.6 (60) – 20.17 (137)