2021 Round 8: Melbourne v Sydney

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday, May 8th, 2021
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,567
Capacity: 100,024

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 10.7.67 - 8.10.58
Best on Ground: C. Oliver, J. Harmes, C. Mills, T. McDonald

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 6 8 . 6 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Sydney 3 . 3 3 . 7 6 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin SYD by 2 MEL by 11 MEL by 10 MEL by 9 MEL by 9
Duration 30:30 28:54 32:55 32:38 2:04:57

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captain(s): Max Gawn (Melbourne), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jeff Dalgleish (#7), Curtis Deboy (#11), Brendan Hosking (#16), E: Jamie Broadbent (#20)
Goal Umpire(s): Luke Edwards, Mark Ensbey, E: Stephen Williams
Boundary Umpire(s): Pat Dineen, Chris Esler, Chris Gordon, Josh Mather
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Brownlow Votes

3 - Clayton Oliver (MEL #13) 2 - Tom McDonald (MEL #25) 1 - Callum Mills (SYD #14)

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team Vote(s) 5 4 3 2 1
Tom McDonald MEL 10 2 0 0 0 0
Callum Mills SYD 7 0 1 1 0 0
Clayton Oliver MEL 6 0 1 0 1 0
Steven May MEL 3 0 0 1 0 0
James Harmes MEL 2 0 0 0 1 0
Christian Salem MEL 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Hickey SYD 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics (Basic)

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 83% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 1 9 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
50 Brown, Ben FF 81% 3 0 9 7 2 6 1 0 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0
37 Chandler, Kade SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 82% 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 84% 0 1 16 8 8 3 44 3 6 10 3 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
4 Harmes, James INT 75% 0 0 31 7 24 3 0 7 21 11 5 6 0 2 6 3 0 0 2 1
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFR 76% 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 2 7 9 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 76% 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 3 3 5 1 3 1 0 4 1 0 2 1 0
6 Jackson, Luke INT 70% 0 0 11 4 7 1 7 4 6 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0
23 Jordon, James HFFL 71% 0 0 23 10 13 2 0 8 13 11 2 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
15 Langdon, Ed WR 98% 0 0 24 15 9 5 0 5 4 21 0 3 1 1 3 3 0 0 3 0
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 1 1 3 1 0 0 8 0
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 6 6 3 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 8 0
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 83% 4 0 18 13 5 5 1 1 5 13 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2
18 Melksham, Jake INT 71% 1 0 12 4 8 3 0 3 3 9 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 74% 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 8 3 13 2 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 3 1
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 87% 0 0 35 15 20 1 0 5 19 17 10 6 0 2 5 4 0 0 1 0
5 Petracca, Christian C 89% 1 1 28 16 12 0 0 8 17 12 5 10 0 5 1 6 0 0 1 0
35 Petty, Harry CHB 83% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 4 7 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah RO 83% 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 6 4 5 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
24 Rivers, Trent INT 69% 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 3 6 10 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 3 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 96% 0 0 27 19 8 4 0 3 10 11 1 4 0 2 9 5 0 1 0 2
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 69% 1 0 13 6 7 0 0 3 3 11 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
Rushed 3
Total 10 7 372 193 179 56 53 76 159 205 37 63 15 17 49 46 9 3 48 7

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CP UP CL CR FF FA RF IF MF RB OP GA
22 Blakey, Nick SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cunningham, Harry HBFL 84% 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 2 8 15 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1
34 Dawson, Jordan BPR 88% 0 0 21 19 2 9 0 3 4 16 0 2 0 2 5 3 0 1 8 0
13 Florent, Oliver WR 74% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 6 7 8 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
42 Fox, Robbie CHB 92% 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 2 7 13 2 2 0 1 6 2 0 1 6 0
23 Franklin, Lance FF 80% 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 5 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0
21 Gulden, Errol HFFL 76% 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 6 7 3 1 4 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 2
9 Hayward, Will FPL 94% 2 1 15 8 7 4 0 4 5 9 0 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
31 Hickey, Tom RU 80% 1 0 16 9 7 0 16 4 14 3 6 3 0 2 0 5 0 0 6 0
12 Kennedy, Josh C 70% 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 7 8 14 5 2 0 0 2 4 2 1 0 1
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 84% 1 0 28 20 8 7 0 3 3 19 1 2 0 0 7 4 0 0 1 0
30 McCartin, Tom FB 95% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 8 5 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 7 0
27 McInerney, Justin WL 72% 1 0 15 10 5 6 0 1 3 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
41 McLean, Hayden CHF 93% 0 0 6 5 1 5 0 2 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
14 Mills, Callum RR 83% 1 0 33 14 19 2 0 10 18 16 6 5 1 0 2 1 1 0 3 0
38 O'Riordan, Colin INT 71% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
11 Papley, Tom HFFR 95% 1 3 17 14 3 5 0 3 8 9 2 5 1 2 0 7 1 2 2 0
26 Parker, Luke INT 81% 0 0 32 16 16 4 0 5 16 15 7 4 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 1
24 Rampe, Dane BPL 87% 0 0 21 12 9 7 0 1 7 13 0 2 2 0 6 1 0 0 3 0
8 Rowbottom, James INT 63% 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 12 9 15 0 6 2 1 2 2 0 1 2 0
18 Sinclair, Callum INT 76% 1 0 8 4 4 2 12 3 5 6 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1 Warner, Chad RO 83% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 4 7 8 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1
45 Wicks, Sam FPR 80% 0 1 13 7 6 0 0 6 8 5 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 5
Total 8 10 380 234 146 87 28 92 165 211 39 60 17 15 36 58 6 6 56 6

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

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
24 D. Rampe 30 T. McCartin 34 J. Dawson 11 M. Gawn (c) 4 J. Harmes
31 B. Fritsch 50 B. Brown 30 A. Neal-Bullen 13 C. Oliver 6 L. Jackson
FORWARD 36 K. Pickett 18 J. Melksham
HALF-BACK

24 T. Rivers
7 H. Cunningham 42 R. Fox 44 J. Lloyd

37 K. Chandler
9 C. Spargo 25 T. McDonald 23 J. Jordon



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 J. McInerney 12 J. Kennedy 13 O. Florent



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 38 C. O'Riordan
HALF-FORWARD 14 C. Mills 26 L. Parker
21 E. Gulden 41 H. McLean 11 T. Papley 1 C. Warner 8 J. Rowbottom
14 M. Hibberd 35 H. Petty 3 C. Salem

18 C. Sinclair
HALF-BACK

22 N. Blakey
FORWARD



9 W. Hayward 23 L. Franklin 45 S. Wicks



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 29 J. Hunt



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYD Justin McInerney goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:46
SYD Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:21
SYD Will Hayward goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 05:05
MEL Tom McDonald goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 07:15
SYD Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 09:02
SYD Tom Papley behind 1.0.6 - 2.3.15 11:14
MEL Jake Melksham goal 2.0.12 - 2.3.15 15:09
MEL Ben Brown goal 3.0.18 - 2.3.15 18:59
MEL Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 2.3.15 21:18
SYD Tom Hickey goal 3.1.19 - 3.3.21 27:39
Q2 MEL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 02:47
MEL Ben Brown goal 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 04:42
SYD Will Hayward behind 4.2.26 - 3.4.22 06:38
MEL Christian Petracca goal 5.2.32 - 3.4.22 07:42
SYD Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 3.5.23 09:24
MEL Max Gawn behind 5.3.33 - 3.5.23 10:38
MEL Christian Petracca behind 5.4.34 - 3.5.23 11:11
SYD Tom Papley behind 5.4.34 - 3.6.24 16:44
MEL Kysaiah Pickett behind 5.5.35 - 3.6.24 20:21
SYD Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 3.7.25 22:41
MEL Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 3.7.25 23:28
Q3 SYD Tom Papley behind 5.6.36 - 3.8.26 02:58
SYD Will Hayward goal 5.6.36 - 4.8.32 04:42
MEL Ben Brown goal 6.6.42 - 4.8.32 06:51
MEL Tom McDonald goal 7.6.48 - 4.8.32 08:46
MEL Tom McDonald goal 8.6.54 - 4.8.32 21:14
SYD Jake Lloyd goal 8.6.54 - 5.8.38 23:38
SYD Tom Papley goal 8.6.54 - 6.8.44 28:10
Q4 SYD Callum Sinclair goal 8.6.54 - 7.8.50 00:19
SYD Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 7.9.51 03:32
MEL Charlie Spargo goal 9.6.60 - 7.9.51 09:57
SYD Callum Mills goal 9.6.60 - 8.9.57 14:51
MEL Bayley Fritsch behind 9.7.61 - 8.9.57 18:13
MEL Tom McDonald goal 10.7.67 - 8.9.57 21:39
SYD Sam Wicks behind 10.7.67 - 8.10.58 31:41