2021 Round 4: Sydney v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Thursday, April 8th, 2021
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 28,039
Capacity: 48,000

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 11.17.83 - 12.8.80
Best on Ground: L. Parker, Z. Merrett, S. Reid, D. Parish

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 5 7 . 9 9 . 11 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Essendon 4 . 1 7 . 4 10 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin ESS by 8 SYD by 5 ESS by 1 SYD by 3 SYD by 3
Duration 30:49 33:17 29:30 31:24 2:05:00

Honour Roll

Coach(es): John Longmire (Sydney), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captain(s): unknown (Sydney), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Craig Fleer (#26), Nick Foot (#2), Jacob Mollison (#32), E: Dean Garroway (#52)
Goal Umpire(s): Brodie Kenny-Bell, Angus McKenzie-Wills, E: Alex Chisholm
Boundary Umpire(s): Michael Barlow, Dan Field-Read, Michael Saunders, David Wood
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Luke Parker (SYD #26) 2 - Zach Merrett (ESS #7) 1 - Chad Warner (SYD #1)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Luke Parker SYD 10 2 0 0 0 0
Sam Reid SYD 8 0 2 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESS 4 0 0 1 0 1
Tom Hickey SYD 3 0 0 1 0 0
Josh Kennedy SYD 2 0 0 0 1 0
Callum Mills SYD 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jordan Ridley ESS 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics (Basic)

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
32 Bell, James SUB↑ 47% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 Blakey, Nick INT 74% 0 2 13 11 2 4 0 1 3 9 0 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 0
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 66% 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 0 4 14 0 6 0 1 7 3 0 0 2 0
7 Cunningham, Harry BPL 83% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 3 4 10 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 0
34 Dawson, Jordan HBFL 84% 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 1 4 11 0 3 2 1 6 2 0 0 4 0
13 Florent, Oliver WL 82% 1 0 20 12 8 1 0 0 6 14 3 1 0 0 3 6 0 0 1 0
23 Franklin, Lance FF 92% 3 1 9 7 2 4 0 4 6 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 4 0 1 0
21 Gulden, Errol HFFL 85% 0 3 17 12 5 5 0 2 7 9 3 4 1 2 1 5 3 1 2 2
5 Heeney, Isaac CHF↓ 30% 0 2 9 7 2 6 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
29 Hewett, George BPR 86% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 1 11 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
31 Hickey, Tom RU 76% 0 1 14 9 5 0 27 2 12 4 8 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 10 0
12 Kennedy, Josh RR 74% 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 2 10 13 5 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 1
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 91% 0 0 25 20 5 7 0 3 8 13 2 4 3 1 3 2 1 0 2 0
30 McCartin, Tom CHB 89% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 3 6 8 1 2 2 1 4 1 0 1 7 0
6 McDonald, Logan INT 74% 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 2 7 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 McInerney, Justin HFFR 73% 2 0 14 6 8 1 0 3 8 7 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1
14 Mills, Callum C 82% 1 1 25 12 13 5 0 2 9 16 7 3 2 2 0 5 0 0 2 1
11 Papley, Tom RO 90% 1 2 12 10 2 1 0 1 7 4 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1
26 Parker, Luke INT 79% 1 1 32 21 11 7 0 3 16 14 6 2 1 0 1 8 1 0 1 0
24 Rampe, Dane FB 100% 0 0 15 11 4 10 0 3 1 13 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 5 0
20 Reid, Sam FPL 79% 2 1 15 7 8 7 9 2 8 7 0 3 0 1 1 2 3 0 7 1
1 Warner, Chad WR 83% 0 1 23 14 9 3 0 6 11 13 6 3 1 0 3 4 1 0 0 0
45 Wicks, Sam FPR 81% 0 1 13 5 8 1 0 8 9 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Rushed 1
Total 11 17 366 230 136 83 36 54 154 204 45 52 29 17 38 56 18 5 52 8

Isaac Heeney was substituted out of the game and was replaced by James Bell.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
13 Cox, Nik RU 84% 1 2 18 11 7 7 4 3 5 13 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0
10 Francis, Aaron BPR 87% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 5 7 0 5 2 3 6 0 0 0 12 0
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 75% 0 0 12 3 9 1 0 3 5 6 0 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
33 Ham, Brayden WR 84% 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 2 2 14 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 1
21 Heppell, Dyson C 90% 0 0 23 13 10 8 0 2 8 13 0 4 1 2 4 1 0 0 3 0
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 83% 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 5 6 12 0 5 0 1 3 5 0 4 2 3
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 84% 3 1 14 7 7 3 0 1 9 5 0 6 1 3 0 2 2 0 5 0
23 Jones, Harry INT 67% 1 0 6 5 1 3 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
4 Langford, Kyle WL 81% 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 3 6 12 1 6 0 4 1 5 0 0 2 0
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 90% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 1 11 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 85% 0 1 12 6 6 3 0 5 4 8 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 80% 0 0 20 8 12 3 0 5 9 11 4 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0
7 Merrett, Zach HFFR 81% 0 0 27 16 11 2 0 9 13 11 3 6 3 0 2 11 0 0 1 0
3 Parish, Darcy RR 78% 1 0 25 7 18 3 0 5 12 13 6 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 1
16 Perkins, Archie INT 61% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 1 7 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 96% 0 0 28 22 6 8 0 2 7 10 0 4 0 0 12 0 0 0 5 0
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 86% 1 1 16 8 8 4 0 3 6 11 1 3 0 1 0 4 2 0 2 0
40 Snelling, Will RO 87% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 11 4 9 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 84% 3 1 10 9 1 3 0 5 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0
45 Waterman, Alec HBFL 85% 2 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 7 3 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0
20 Wright, Peter FF 72% 0 0 8 6 2 0 23 2 5 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 0 0 4 0
11 Zaharakis, David SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 79% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
Rushed 2
Total 12 8 336 189 147 78 27 78 128 188 26 69 17 29 42 53 11 4 52 7

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Sydney Coach: John Longmire
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 J. Laverde 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 10 A. Francis 31 T. Hickey 22 N. Blakey
45 S. Wicks 23 L. Franklin 20 S. Reid 12 J. Kennedy 16 B. Campbell
FORWARD 11 T. Papley 6 L. McDonald
HALF-BACK

26 L. Parker
45 A. Waterman 14 J. Ridley 19 N. Hind

32 J. Bell
27 J. McInerney 5 I. Heeney 21 E. Gulden



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 K. Langford 21 D. Heppell (c) 33 B. Ham



1 C. Warner 14 C. Mills 13 O. Florent FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 13 N. Cox 35 M. Guelfi
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 23 H. Jones
5 D. Smith 26 C. Hooker 7 Z. Merrett 40 W. Snelling 1 A. McGrath
44 J. Lloyd 30 T. McCartin 34 J. Dawson

16 A. Perkins
HALF-BACK

11 D. Zaharakis
FORWARD



25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



29 G. Hewett 24 D. Rampe 7 H. Cunningham



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYD Isaac Heeney behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:56
ESS Jake Stringer goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:45
SYD Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 06:20
SYD Lance Franklin goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 07:14
ESS Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 08:37
SYD Luke Parker goal 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 13:35
SYD Lance Franklin behind 2.3.15 - 1.1.7 15:56
SYD Errol Gulden behind 2.4.16 - 1.1.7 16:33
ESS Alec Waterman goal 2.4.16 - 2.1.13 18:13
SYD Sam Reid behind 2.5.17 - 2.1.13 20:12
ESS Jake Stringer goal 2.5.17 - 3.1.19 24:34
ESS Nik Cox goal 2.5.17 - 4.1.25 25:48
Q2 ESS Cale Hooker goal 2.5.17 - 5.1.31 01:34
SYD Isaac Heeney behind 2.6.18 - 5.1.31 05:58
ESS Devon Smith goal 2.6.18 - 6.1.37 07:06
ESS Darcy Parish goal 2.6.18 - 7.1.43 08:52
SYD Oliver Florent goal 3.6.24 - 7.1.43 10:35
SYD Justin McInerney goal 4.6.30 - 7.1.43 14:04
SYD Nick Blakey behind 4.7.31 - 7.1.43 15:41
ESS Jake Stringer behind 4.7.31 - 7.2.44 16:22
SYD Errol Gulden behind 4.8.32 - 7.2.44 18:10
SYD Sam Reid goal 5.8.38 - 7.2.44 20:58
ESS Cale Hooker behind 5.8.38 - 7.3.45 22:56
SYD Callum Mills goal 6.8.44 - 7.3.45 25:26
SYD Lance Franklin goal 7.8.50 - 7.3.45 27:20
ESS Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 7.4.46 30:10
SYD Nick Blakey behind 7.9.51 - 7.4.46 33:14
Q3 SYD Sam Reid goal 8.9.57 - 7.4.46 03:16
ESS Jake Stringer goal 8.9.57 - 8.4.52 11:12
ESS Cale Hooker goal 8.9.57 - 9.4.58 13:50
SYD Chad Warner behind 8.10.58 - 9.4.58 15:35
ESS Nik Cox behind 8.10.58 - 9.5.59 17:00
SYD Tom Papley goal 9.10.64 - 9.5.59 18:58
SYD Callum Mills behind 9.11.65 - 9.5.59 20:59
ESS Harry Jones goal 9.11.65 - 10.5.65 25:33
ESS Devon Smith behind 9.11.65 - 10.6.66 26:43
Q4 SYD Sam Wicks behind 9.12.66 - 10.6.66 00:44
ESS Alec Waterman goal 9.12.66 - 11.6.72 02:03
SYD Justin McInerney goal 10.12.72 - 11.6.72 07:55
SYD Luke Parker behind 10.13.73 - 11.6.72 14:06
SYD Tom Hickey behind 10.14.74 - 11.6.72 16:25
SYD Tom Papley behind 10.15.75 - 11.6.72 18:06
SYD Tom Papley behind 10.16.76 - 11.6.72 19:48
ESS Nik Cox behind 10.16.76 - 11.7.73 23:34
SYD Lance Franklin goal 11.16.82 - 11.7.73 24:50
ESS Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 11.16.82 - 11.8.74 27:08
ESS Cale Hooker goal 11.16.82 - 12.8.80 28:01
SYD Errol Gulden behind 11.17.83 - 12.8.80 29:03