2002 AFL Round 1: Sydney v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 31 March 2002 between Sydney and Brisbane Lions during round 1 of the 2002 AFL season. Sydney hosted Brisbane Lions at SCG. Paul Kelly captained the hosts. Michael Voss captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Rodney Eade and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

Sydney
P. Kelly (capt.), L. Barry, G. Bennett, J. Bolton, D. Cresswell, J. Crouch, N. Fosdike, A. Goodes, B. Hall, T. Kennelly, B. Kirk, T. Lockett, B. Mathews, S. Maxfield, D. McPherson, R. Mott, M. Nicks, M. O'Loughlin, J. Saddington, A. Schauble, S. Stevens, P. Williams

Brisbane Lions
M. Voss (capt.), J. Akermanis, M. Ashcroft, S. Black, D. Bradshaw, J. Brown, R. Copeland, S. Hart, N. Lappin, J. Leppitsch, A. Lynch, B. McDonald, A. McGrath, D. McLaren, C. McRae, M. Michael, T. Notting, M. Pike, L. Power, B. Scott, C. Scott, D. White

Sydney (12.15.87) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (17.8.110).

Goalkickers
Sydney: B. Hall (4), M. Nicks (3), P. Kelly, T. Lockett, D. McPherson, M. O'Loughlin, P. Williams
Brisbane Lions: J. Leppitsch (5), J. Akermanis (3), D. White (2), R. Copeland, A. Lynch, B. McDonald, C. McRae, T. Notting, M. Pike, M. Voss

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 13th on the ladder and Brisbane Lions were then 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2002 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Sydney v Brisbane Lions
Date: Sunday 31 March 2002
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 24,052

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 12.15.87 - 17.8.110

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	2	.	3	8	.	8	8	.	12	12	.	15	12	.	15	(87)
Brisbane Lions	3	.	2	5	.	3	11	.	6	17	.	8	17	.	8	(110)
Margin	BRIL by 5			SYDN by 23			BRIL by 12			BRIL by 23			BRIL by 23
Duration	31:00			33:02			29:39			33:14			2:06:55

Honour Roll

Coaches: Rodney Eade (Sydney), Leigh Matthews (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Paul Kelly (Sydney), Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Dore (#19), D. Goldspink (#32), B. Rosebury (#8)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Nigel Lappin	BRIL	44	3
Justin Leppitsch	BRIL	23	2
Beau McDonald	BRIL	43	1

Player Statistics

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Barry, Leo	?	?	0	0	13	4	9	0	0	3	1	2	1	2	3	0
42	Bennett, Gerrard	?	?	0	0	17	7	10	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	3
24	Bolton, Jude	?	?	0	0	11	7	4	4	0	3	0	4	1	1	0	4
8	Cresswell, Daryn	?	?	0	0	24	10	14	3	0	1	5	2	1	0	2	6
28	Crouch, Jared	?	?	0	0	10	5	5	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	2	2
12	Fosdike, Nic	?	?	0	1	17	12	5	1	0	4	5	2	0	1	1	3
37	Goodes, Adam	?	?	0	1	15	10	5	4	3	3	4	4	1	1	1	4
1	Hall, Barry	?	?	4	4	14	10	4	6	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	2
14	Kelly, Paul (c)	?	?	1	1	17	13	4	6	0	3	4	0	0	0	1	5
17	Kennelly, Tadhg	?	?	0	0	5	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1
31	Kirk, Brett	?	?	0	0	7	2	5	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	1	1
46	Lockett, Tony	?	?	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	Mathews, Ben	?	?	0	0	19	10	9	5	0	3	5	0	0	0	5	3
11	Maxfield, Stuart	?	?	0	0	22	17	5	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	9
13	McPherson, Daniel	?	?	1	0	11	8	3	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	4
38	Mott, Ricky	?	?	0	0	9	7	2	0	38	3	2	0	1	0	2	3
23	Nicks, Matthew	?	?	3	2	14	11	3	4	0	3	1	1	1	1	1	4
19	O'Loughlin, Michael	?	?	1	2	20	17	3	4	0	5	5	3	0	2	2	2
22	Saddington, Jason	?	?	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
25	Schauble, Andrew	?	?	0	0	12	6	6	6	0	2	0	2	3	0	6	0
16	Stevens, Scott	?	?	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Williams, Paul	?	?	1	2	20	12	8	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	5
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				12	15	287	176	111	57	44	50	48	25	15	8	32	62

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
12	Akermanis, Jason	?	?	3	0	26	20	6	8	0	3	7	2	0	1	3	6
10	Ashcroft, Marcus	?	?	0	0	17	8	9	2	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	4
20	Black, Simon	?	?	0	0	21	9	12	3	0	3	7	5	0	3	2	2
36	Bradshaw, Daniel	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1
16	Brown, Jonathan	?	?	0	1	16	11	5	6	1	3	1	4	2	3	0	3
30	Copeland, Robert	?	?	1	0	8	7	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4
32	Hart, Shaun	?	?	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
44	Lappin, Nigel	?	?	0	1	27	22	5	5	0	2	4	2	2	1	3	8
23	Leppitsch, Justin	?	?	5	1	18	15	3	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	1
11	Lynch, Alastair	?	?	1	0	10	5	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
43	McDonald, Beau	?	?	1	1	6	5	1	2	30	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
9	McGrath, Ashley	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	1	2	0
25	McLaren, Dylan	?	?	0	0	3	1	2	2	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
4	McRae, Craig	?	?	1	1	10	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
15	Michael, Mal	?	?	0	0	7	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	3	0
8	Notting, Tim	?	?	1	0	19	8	11	3	1	3	3	2	1	0	2	6
13	Pike, Martin	?	?	1	0	18	11	7	7	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	1
6	Power, Luke	?	?	0	0	13	6	7	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	6
5	Scott, Brad	?	?	0	0	17	7	10	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	3	1
22	Scott, Chris	?	?	0	0	16	8	8	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	1
3	Voss, Michael (c)	?	?	1	1	22	9	13	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3
33	White, Darryl	?	?	2	0	10	4	6	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				17	8	297	180	117	69	39	32	40	35	8	15	37	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

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRIL	Craig McRae goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	06:52
	BRIL	Michael Voss goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	08:19
	BRIL	Alastair Lynch goal	0.0.0	-	3.0.18	12:22
	BRIL	Michael Voss behind	0.0.0	-	3.1.19	13:55
	SYDN	Paul Williams goal	1.0.6	-	3.1.19	15:01
	SYDN	Matthew Nicks behind	1.1.7	-	3.1.19	16:18
	SYDN	Paul Williams behind	1.2.8	-	3.1.19	22:10
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	2.2.14	-	3.1.19	24:41
	SYDN	Matthew Nicks behind	2.3.15	-	3.1.19	27:14
	BRIL	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	3.2.20	30:41
Q2	SYDN	Adam Goodes behind	2.4.16	-	3.2.20	00:26
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	2.5.17	-	3.2.20	01:24
	BRIL	Robert Copeland goal	2.5.17	-	4.2.26	03:46
	SYDN	Matthew Nicks goal	3.5.23	-	4.2.26	12:50
	SYDN	Tony Lockett goal	4.5.29	-	4.2.26	15:08
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	5.5.35	-	4.2.26	18:05
	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin goal	6.5.41	-	4.2.26	20:04
	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin behind	6.6.42	-	4.2.26	21:56
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	7.6.48	-	4.2.26	23:59
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	7.7.49	-	4.2.26	28:11
	SYDN	Paul Kelly goal	8.7.55	-	4.2.26	29:12
	BRIL	Nigel Lappin behind	8.7.55	-	4.3.27	30:21
	BRIL	Darryl White goal	8.7.55	-	5.3.33	31:28
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	8.8.56	-	5.3.33	33:01
Q3	BRIL	Justin Leppitsch goal	8.8.56	-	6.3.39	02:05
	BRIL	Beau McDonald behind	8.8.56	-	6.4.40	04:27
	SYDN	Nic Fosdike behind	8.9.57	-	6.4.40	07:38
	SYDN	Paul Kelly behind	8.10.58	-	6.4.40	08:15
	BRIL	Jason Akermanis goal	8.10.58	-	7.4.46	10:58
	SYDN	Rushed behind	8.11.59	-	7.4.46	12:59
	SYDN	Paul Williams behind	8.12.60	-	7.4.46	16:57
	BRIL	Justin Leppitsch goal	8.12.60	-	8.4.52	18:27
	BRIL	Jonathan Brown behind	8.12.60	-	8.5.53	20:47
	BRIL	Martin Pike goal	8.12.60	-	9.5.59	21:41
	BRIL	Justin Leppitsch goal	8.12.60	-	10.5.65	23:56
	BRIL	Beau McDonald goal	8.12.60	-	11.5.71	27:45
	BRIL	Craig McRae behind	8.12.60	-	11.6.72	28:41
Q4	BRIL	Justin Leppitsch goal	8.12.60	-	12.6.78	01:12
	BRIL	Justin Leppitsch behind	8.12.60	-	12.7.79	04:00
	BRIL	Jason Akermanis goal	8.12.60	-	13.7.85	04:47
	SYDN	Matthew Nicks goal	9.12.66	-	13.7.85	05:47
	SYDN	Daniel McPherson goal	10.12.72	-	13.7.85	07:09
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	10.13.73	-	13.7.85	08:52
	BRIL	Justin Leppitsch goal	10.13.73	-	14.7.91	10:16
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	11.13.79	-	14.7.91	12:23
	SYDN	Matthew Nicks goal	12.13.85	-	14.7.91	13:47
	BRIL	Darryl White goal	12.13.85	-	15.7.97	16:25
	SYDN	Rushed behind	12.14.86	-	15.7.97	19:55
	SYDN	Michael O'Loughlin behind	12.15.87	-	15.7.97	22:01
	BRIL	Jason Akermanis goal	12.15.87	-	16.7.103	23:38
	BRIL	Rushed behind	12.15.87	-	16.8.104	25:01
	BRIL	Tim Notting goal	12.15.87	-	17.8.110	32:00

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