2005 AFL Grand Final: West Coast v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 2005 between West Coast and Sydney in the grand final of the 2005 AFL season. West Coast hosted Sydney at MCG. Ben Cousins captained the hosts. Barry Hall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

West Coast
Back: A. Hunter, D. Glass, D. Wirrpanda
Half-back: D. Chick, K. Green, D. Banfield
Centre: A. Embley, B. Cousins (capt.), T. Stenglein
Half-forward: D. Kerr, A. Hansen, B. Staker
Forward: A. Selwood, M. Gardiner, A. Sampi
Follower: D. Cox, C. Judd, C. Fletcher
Int.: S. Butler, T. Gaspar, M. Nicoski, M. Seaby

Sydney
Back: J. Crouch, L. Barry, L. Roberts-Thomson
Half-back: B. Mathews, C. Bolton, T. Kennelly
Centre: A. Buchanan, A. Goodes, S. Dempster
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, B. Hall (capt.), J. Bolton
Forward: P. Williams, M. O'Loughlin, N. Davis
Follower: D. Jolly, B. Kirk, L. Ablett
Int.: J. Ball, P. Bevan, N. Fosdike, A. Schneider

West Coast (7.12.54) were defeated by Sydney (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
West Coast: A. Hunter (2), B. Cousins, D. Cox, A. Embley, A. Hansen, M. Nicoski
Sydney: B. Hall (2), A. Buchanan, A. Goodes, D. Jolly, T. Kennelly, M. O'Loughlin, A. Schneider

As a result of this match, Sydney were the premiers and West Coast were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 2005 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: West Coast v Sydney
Date: Saturday 24 September 2005
Time: 2:35 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 91,828

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Sydney
Score: 7.12.54 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 2 . 4 2 . 7 5 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Sydney 3 . 0 6 . 3 6 . 5 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin SYDN by 2 SYDN by 20 SYDN by 2 SYDN by 4 SYDN by 4
Duration 32:06 28:56 27:48 32:47 2:01:37

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (West Coast), Paul Roos (Sydney)
Captains: Ben Cousins (West Coast), Barry Hall (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), D. Goldspink (#32), S. McLaren (#11)
Goal Umpire: A. Black, D. Dixon
Boundary Umpire: G. Muir, G. Sinclair, D. Wilson

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Chris Judd WCST 3 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Banfield, Drew HBFR 88% 0 1 16 10 6 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 3
26 Butler, Sam INT 35% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Chick, Daniel HBFL 94% 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0
9 Cousins, Ben (c) C 94% 1 0 27 18 9 7 0 4 6 2 0 0 3 5
20 Cox, Dean RU 78% 1 0 19 11 8 7 29 3 4 6 0 4 5 4
32 Embley, Andrew WL 86% 1 0 16 14 2 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 4 5
7 Fletcher, Chad RO 100% 0 0 20 9 11 2 0 5 3 4 0 1 1 0
1 Gardiner, Michael FF 78% 0 2 6 5 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
11 Gaspar, Travis INT 35% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1
23 Glass, Darren FB 100% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 1
35 Green, Kasey CHB 84% 0 0 13 6 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
29 Hansen, Ashley CHF 89% 1 1 12 11 1 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
39 Hunter, Adam BPL 100% 2 1 10 7 3 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
3 Judd, Chris RR 97% 0 0 29 14 15 1 0 2 11 3 3 0 3 5
4 Kerr, Daniel HFFL 67% 0 1 15 7 8 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 3
31 Nicoski, Mark INT 92% 1 0 17 12 5 4 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 5
28 Sampi, Ashley FPR 92% 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 5
14 Seaby, Mark INT 51% 0 0 4 4 0 1 11 4 0 0 0 0 1 1
37 Selwood, Adam FPL 76% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3
41 Staker, Brent HFFR 81% 0 1 11 8 3 6 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 2
5 Stenglein, Tyson WR 96% 0 1 14 6 8 0 0 6 3 1 2 0 0 2
44 Wirrpanda, David BPR 87% 0 0 20 17 3 5 0 3 1 3 1 1 2 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 7 12 285 181 104 68 43 59 36 35 13 12 31 51

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Ablett, Luke RO 52% 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 1
27 Ball, Jason INT 37% 0 0 4 3 1 3 13 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
21 Barry, Leo FB 100% 0 0 16 10 6 5 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 1
42 Bevan, Paul INT 47% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Bolton, Craig CHB 96% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
24 Bolton, Jude HFFR 72% 0 2 14 10 4 3 2 6 3 4 0 1 0 3
32 Buchanan, Amon WL 92% 1 1 19 9 10 4 0 5 5 1 0 0 0 4
28 Crouch, Jared BPL 91% 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 3 2 3 0 0 3 5
2 Davis, Nick FPR 83% 0 0 8 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
26 Dempster, Sean WR 92% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 2 1
12 Fosdike, Nic INT 76% 0 0 26 16 10 8 0 7 7 0 0 0 5 4
37 Goodes, Adam C 92% 1 1 20 12 8 7 1 1 2 5 0 2 2 3
1 Hall, Barry (c) CHF 100% 2 1 17 15 2 10 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2
16 Jolly, Darren RU 63% 1 0 10 8 2 1 12 1 5 4 3 2 1 4
17 Kennelly, Tadhg HBFR 100% 1 0 14 7 7 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 4 3
31 Kirk, Brett RR 86% 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 7 3 1 0 1 2 1
4 Mathews, Ben HBFL 94% 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 6 0 2 1 0 1 0
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 79% 0 1 11 8 3 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0
19 O'Loughlin, Michael FF 93% 1 2 12 9 3 8 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis BPR 100% 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 2
13 Schneider, Adam INT 62% 1 1 9 5 4 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1
10 Williams, Paul FPL 93% 0 1 18 10 8 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 8 10 293 188 105 84 29 62 32 41 12 13 40 41

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

Player Line-Up

West Coast Coach: John Worsfold
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
28 J. Crouch 21 L. Barry 30 L. Roberts-Thomson 20 D. Cox 26 S. Butler
28 A. Sampi 1 M. Gardiner 37 A. Selwood 3 C. Judd 11 T. Gaspar
FORWARD 7 C. Fletcher 31 M. Nicoski
HALF-BACK

14 M. Seaby
4 B. Mathews 6 C. Bolton 17 T. Kennelly



41 B. Staker 29 A. Hansen 4 D. Kerr



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



32 A. Buchanan 37 A. Goodes 26 S. Dempster



5 T. Stenglein 9 B. Cousins (c) 32 A. Embley FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 16 D. Jolly 27 J. Ball
HALF-FORWARD 31 B. Kirk 42 P. Bevan
5 R. O'Keefe 1 B. Hall (c) 24 J. Bolton 20 L. Ablett 12 N. Fosdike
6 D. Banfield 35 K. Green 17 D. Chick

13 A. Schneider
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



10 P. Williams 19 M. O'Loughlin 2 N. Davis



44 D. Wirrpanda 23 D. Glass 39 A. Hunter



BACK



Sydney Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WCST Mark Nicoski goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:34
SYDN Darren Jolly goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 06:59
WCST Dean Cox goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 17:28
WCST Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 19:11
WCST Brent Staker behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 20:36
WCST Michael Gardiner behind 2.3.15 - 1.0.6 23:14
WCST Michael Gardiner behind 2.4.16 - 1.0.6 24:42
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 2.4.16 - 2.0.12 26:18
SYDN Barry Hall goal 2.4.16 - 3.0.18 31:08
Q2 SYDN Adam Schneider behind 2.4.16 - 3.1.19 01:28
WCST Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 3.1.19 06:41
WCST Ashley Hansen behind 2.6.18 - 3.1.19 08:43
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 2.6.18 - 4.1.25 10:25
SYDN Tadhg Kennelly goal 2.6.18 - 5.1.31 14:15
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 2.6.18 - 5.2.32 16:06
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 2.6.18 - 6.2.38 16:58
SYDN Jude Bolton behind 2.6.18 - 6.3.39 19:22
WCST Rushed behind 2.7.19 - 6.3.39 26:08
Q3 WCST Andrew Embley goal 3.7.25 - 6.3.39 05:50
SYDN Barry Hall behind 3.7.25 - 6.4.40 08:33
SYDN Amon Buchanan behind 3.7.25 - 6.5.41 09:51
WCST Ashley Hansen goal 4.7.31 - 6.5.41 12:52
WCST Tyson Stenglein behind 4.8.32 - 6.5.41 18:47
WCST Adam Hunter behind 4.9.33 - 6.5.41 20:23
WCST Adam Hunter goal 5.9.39 - 6.5.41 25:33
Q4 WCST Ben Cousins goal 6.9.45 - 6.5.41 04:07
WCST Adam Hunter goal 7.9.51 - 6.5.41 05:58
SYDN Barry Hall goal 7.9.51 - 7.5.47 09:39
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 7.9.51 - 7.6.48 11:34
WCST Daniel Kerr behind 7.10.52 - 7.6.48 16:14
WCST Drew Banfield behind 7.11.53 - 7.6.48 16:55
SYDN Amon Buchanan goal 7.11.53 - 8.6.54 18:50
SYDN Jude Bolton behind 7.11.53 - 8.7.55 21:41
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 7.11.53 - 8.8.56 23:10
SYDN Paul Williams behind 7.11.53 - 8.9.57 24:12
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 7.11.53 - 8.10.58 29:38
WCST Rushed behind 7.12.54 - 8.10.58 32:07