1998 AFL Round 2: Sydney v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1998 between Sydney and Brisbane Lions during round 2 of the 1998 AFL season. Sydney hosted Brisbane Lions at SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), L. Barry, S. Carey, T. Cook, D. Cresswell, A. Dunkley, P. Filandia, T. Lockett, T. Luff, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, J. Mooney, M. Nicks, C. O'Brien, M. O'Loughlin, M. Orchard, P. Roos, J. Saddington, W. Schwass, G. Stafford, J. Stevens, R. Warfe

Brisbane Lions
J. Akermanis, M. Ashcroft, T. Bartlett, A. Bews, S. Black, D. Bradshaw, N. Carter, M. Clarke, C. Johnson, M. Kennedy, N. Lappin, S. Lawrence, J. Leppitsch, A. Lynch, T. Lynch, S. O'Bree, L. Power, B. Robbins, C. Scott, D. Scott, M. Voss, D. White

Sydney (20.15.135) defeated Brisbane Lions (14.13.97).

Goalkickers
Sydney: P. Kelly (3), C. O'Brien (3), W. Schwass (3), T. Cook (2), J. Mooney (2), G. Stafford (2), L. Barry, D. Cresswell, T. Lockett, M. Nicks, J. Saddington
Brisbane Lions: J. Leppitsch (3), L. Power (3), C. Scott (2), D. Scott (2), M. Ashcroft, C. Johnson, N. Lappin, S. Lawrence

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 7th) and Brisbane Lions were then 15th on the ladder (up from 16th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Sydney v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 4 April 1998
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 32,111

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 20.15.135 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 6 . 2 7 . 7 13 . 11 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Brisbane Lions 4 . 3 6 . 5 12 . 10 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin SYDN by 11 SYDN by 8 SYDN by 7 SYDN by 38 SYDN by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Sydney), John Northey (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Paul Kelly (Sydney), unknown (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. McKenzie (#24), B. Sheehan (#9), S. Wenn (#22), E: D. McCauley (#31)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Wayne Schwass SYDN 2 3
Matthew Nicks SYDN 23 2
Michael Voss BRIL 3 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
21 Barry, Leo ? ? 1 0 15 8 7 5 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 4
31 Carey, Stefan ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4
41 Cook, Troy ? ? 2 1 10 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Cresswell, Daryn ? ? 1 0 25 11 14 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 5
6 Dunkley, Andrew ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 1
10 Filandia, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Kelly, Paul (c) ? ? 3 2 27 18 9 2 0 5 10 3 1 1 3 3
4 Lockett, Tony ? ? 1 2 5 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
34 Luff, Troy ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 4
13 McPherson, Daniel ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 4
17 Mooney, Jason ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 4 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 6
23 Nicks, Matthew ? ? 1 1 26 15 11 7 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 7
5 O'Brien, Craig ? ? 3 3 14 10 4 4 0 2 2 1 3 1 0 3
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? ? 0 2 9 4 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
24 Orchard, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
1 Roos, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 2 1
22 Saddington, Jason ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1
2 Schwass, Wayne ? ? 3 0 26 22 4 2 0 3 7 0 3 0 3 9
15 Stafford, Greg ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 2 21 0 3 0 1 1 1 0
20 Stevens, John ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 6
33 Warfe, Rowan ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 20 15 298 183 115 56 25 28 43 23 16 13 30 63

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Akermanis, Jason ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 1 1 28 22 6 5 0 1 8 2 0 0 4 5
17 Bartlett, Trent ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 Bews, Andrew ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 1 1 4 1 2 4 1
20 Black, Simon ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 7
36 Bradshaw, Daniel ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1
37 Carter, Nick ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 1
16 Clarke, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 21 0 2 0 1 1 1 2
2 Johnson, Chris ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
41 Kennedy, Matthew ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2
44 Lappin, Nigel ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 3
15 Lawrence, Steven ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 4 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 3
23 Leppitsch, Justin ? ? 3 2 7 7 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 2
11 Lynch, Alastair ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 8 1
42 Lynch, Tristan ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 6
21 O'Bree, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 5 0 0 3 2 0 2 3 7
6 Power, Luke ? ? 3 0 19 14 5 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 2
28 Robbins, Ben ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
22 Scott, Chris ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
38 Scott, Dion ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 Voss, Michael ? ? 0 1 26 12 14 10 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 3
33 White, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 3
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 14 13 293 194 99 77 24 15 37 24 13 16 35 53

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s