1996 AFL Season: Sydney

Season Team Details

Season: 1996 AFL Season
Team: Sydney
Home Ground: SCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 16-1-5, P%: 123.9%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Paul Kelly, Tony Lockett, Paul Roos (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tony Lockett (114)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Paul Kelly

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Paul Kelly

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Arnott, Simon #42 10 R04-R11, R22, QF 4 0
Barry, Leo #21 5 R10-R11, R13, R20-R21 2 0
Bayes, Mark #30 8 R18-R22, QF, PF, GF 7 0
Carey, Stefan #31 4 R06-R07, R20-R21 1 0
Chapman, Wade #27 15 R01-R12, R22, PF, GF 8 2
Crawford, Justin #23 7 R05-R07, R15, R18, R20, QF 4 0
Cresswell, Daryn #8 24 R01-R15, R17-R22, QF, PF, GF 11 3
Direen, Scott #18 13 R01-R04, R13-R21 1 0
Dunkley, Andrew #6 25 R01-R22, QF, PF, GF 0 7
Dyson, Kevin #12 22 R01-R12, R14-R16, R19-R22, QF, PF, GF 1 3
Filandia, Peter #10 13 R01-R09, R18-R21 1 0
Garlick, Simon #29 19 R07-R22, QF, PF, GF 9 0
Grant, Shannon #9 25 R01-R22, QF, PF, GF 11 4
Gray, Troy #25 4 R03-R04, R16-R17 1 0
Heuskes, Adam #39 22 R01-R04, R08-R22, QF, PF, GF 3 1
Kelly, Paul #14 25 R01-R22, QF, PF, GF 18 14
Kickett, Derek #24 25 R01-R22, QF, PF, GF 18 1
King, Clinton #37 5 R12, R16-R19 3 0
Lewis, Dale #3 12 R01-R03, R10-R14, R22, QF, PF, GF 10 2
Lockett, Tony #4 22 R01-R16, R18-R21, PF, GF 121 14
Luff, Troy #34 23 R03-R22, QF, PF, GF 20 7
Maxfield, Stuart #11 24 R01-R20, R22, QF, PF, GF 14 6
McPherson, Daniel #32 19 R05-R19, R22, QF, PF, GF 3 0
McRae, Dean #2 3 R01-R02, R06 0 0
Mooney, Jason #17 14 R12-R22, QF, PF, GF 13 0
Myles, Dion #26 2 R16-R17 1 0
Nicks, Matthew #36 6 R03-R05, R07-R09 2 0
O'Brien, Craig #5 18 R01-R03, R05-R06, R09-R10, R12-R17, R21-R22, QF, PF, GF 34 4
O'Loughlin, Michael #19 25 R01-R22, QF, PF, GF 21 1
Rocca, Anthony #16 10 R01-R05, R11-R12, R14-R15, R17 3 0
Roos, Paul #1 24 R01-R02, R04-R22, QF, PF, GF 4 14
Rose, Gavin #22 6 R01-R02, R08, R12-R13, R18 1 0
Seymour, Brad #7 24 R01-R11, R13-R22, QF, PF, GF 0 0
Stafford, Greg #15 22 R01-R11, R13-R17, R19, R21-R22, QF, PF, GF 3 9

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Eade, Rodney 25 18 -1- 6 R01-R22, QF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
31/03/1996 Round 1 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 90 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
07/04/1996 Round 2 Fremantle HOME LOSS FRE by 29 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
14/04/1996 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN SYD by 34 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
21/04/1996 Round 4 Richmond AWAY WIN SYD by 1 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
27/04/1996 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME WIN SYD by 12 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
03/05/1996 Round 6 Essendon HOME DRAW drawn Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
11/05/1996 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY WIN SYD by 44 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
18/05/1996 Round 8 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 36 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
26/05/1996 Round 9 Brisbane Bears HOME WIN SYD by 58 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
08/06/1996 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SYD by 70 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
15/06/1996 Round 11 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SYD by 79 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
23/06/1996 Round 12 Footscray HOME WIN SYD by 46 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
29/06/1996 Round 13 Carlton AWAY WIN SYD by 11 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
07/07/1996 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN SYD by 51 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
13/07/1996 Round 15 St Kilda AWAY WIN SYD by 17 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
21/07/1996 Round 16 Adelaide HOME WIN SYD by 22 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
28/07/1996 Round 17 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 26 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
04/08/1996 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN SYD by 63 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
11/08/1996 Round 19 Richmond HOME WIN SYD by 48 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
17/08/1996 Round 20 Hawthorn AWAY WIN SYD by 23 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
24/08/1996 Round 21 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 18 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
31/08/1996 Round 22 West Coast HOME WIN SYD by 35 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
07/09/1996 Qualifying Final Hawthorn HOME WIN SYD by 6 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
21/09/1996 Preliminary Final Essendon HOME WIN SYD by 1 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
28/09/1996 Grand Final North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 43 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly