2006 AFL Grand Final: Sydney v West Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 30 September 2006 between Sydney and West Coast in the grand final of the 2006 AFL season. Sydney hosted West Coast at MCG. Brett Kirk captained the hosts. Chris Judd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

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

West Coast
Back: D. Wirrpanda, D. Glass, A. Selwood
Half-back: B. Waters, A. Hunter, B. Jones
Centre: A. Embley, B. Cousins, M. Braun
Half-forward: D. Chick, A. Hansen, T. Stenglein
Forward: R. Jones, Q. Lynch, C. Fletcher
Follower: D. Cox, C. Judd (capt.), D. Kerr
Int.: S. Armstrong, D. Banfield, S. Butler, M. Seaby

Sydney (12.12.84) were defeated by West Coast (12.13.85).

Goalkickers
Sydney: N. Davis (3), M. O'Loughlin (3), A. Goodes, N. Malceski, B. Mathews, R. O'Keefe, L. Roberts-Thomson, A. Schneider
West Coast: Q. Lynch (3), B. Cousins (2), A. Embley (2), A. Hansen (2), S. Armstrong, A. Hunter, C. Judd

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

Match Details

Season: 2006 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Sydney v West Coast
Date: Saturday 30 September 2006
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 97,431

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by West Coast
Score: 12.12.84 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 1 . 4 4 . 6 8 . 11 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
West Coast 4 . 2 8 . 7 10 . 10 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin WCST by 16 WCST by 25 WCST by 11 WCST by 1 WCST by 1
Duration 31:38 30:28 29:59 31:01 2:03:06

Honour Roll

Coaches: Paul Roos (Sydney), John Worsfold (West Coast)
Captains: Brett Kirk (Sydney), Chris Judd (West Coast)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), D. Goldspink (#32), M. Vozzo (#2)
Goal Umpire: M. Canning, D. Flegg
Boundary Umpire: A. Coote, J. Creasey, D. Wilson

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Andrew Embley WCST 32 10 3 0 1
Brett Kirk SYDN 31 8 0 4 0
Dean Cox WCST 20 6 1 0 3
Daniel Kerr WCST 4 3 1 0 0
Tadhg Kennelly SYDN 17 2 0 1 0
Beau Waters WCST 8 1 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Ablett, Luke WR 32% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0
21 Barry, Leo FB 100% 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 0 3 2 0 6 0
6 Bolton, Craig HBFR 98% 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 4 0 3 4 1 3 1
24 Bolton, Jude HFFR 80% 0 2 14 7 7 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 3
32 Buchanan, Amon WL 80% 0 0 15 5 10 1 0 7 2 3 2 0 1 3
2 Davis, Nick INT 74% 3 0 11 8 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
26 Dempster, Sean INT 84% 0 1 7 5 2 4 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 3
15 Doyle, Stephen INT 53% 0 0 6 2 4 0 10 4 1 2 0 2 0 0
12 Fosdike, Nic INT 88% 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 4 4 2 0 0 1 5
37 Goodes, Adam RR 98% 1 0 22 17 5 5 3 6 3 5 1 2 5 8
1 Hall, Barry FF 100% 0 2 12 5 7 6 0 2 0 4 2 3 0 0
16 Jolly, Darren RU 50% 0 0 5 1 4 0 7 0 1 5 1 3 0 0
17 Kennelly, Tadhg HBFL 94% 0 0 21 8 13 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 2
31 Kirk, Brett (c) C 90% 0 1 27 13 14 4 1 9 9 1 1 0 3 3
9 Malceski, Nick BPR 81% 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 1 2
4 Mathews, Ben FPR 89% 1 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1
3 McVeigh, Jarrad RO 88% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 3
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 93% 1 0 15 11 4 5 1 6 3 3 1 2 0 7
19 O'Loughlin, Michael CHF 89% 3 1 10 8 2 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
25 Richards, Ted BPL 98% 0 1 17 13 4 6 0 2 0 4 2 1 4 5
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis CHB 56% 1 0 8 3 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
13 Schneider, Adam FPL 87% 1 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 12 279 168 111 68 22 69 30 51 21 20 32 51

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
35 Armstrong, Steven INT 53% 1 1 8 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
6 Banfield, Drew INT 67% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0
10 Braun, Michael WR 87% 0 0 22 17 5 7 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 10
26 Butler, Sam INT 66% 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 4 1 1 1 1 3 2
17 Chick, Daniel HFFL 80% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 4 1 2 0 1 2 2
9 Cousins, Ben C 88% 2 1 18 11 7 1 0 2 3 2 3 0 1 2
20 Cox, Dean RU 83% 0 0 20 9 11 3 34 0 7 0 4 0 2 2
32 Embley, Andrew WL 89% 2 2 26 14 12 6 0 0 1 2 2 1 4 4
7 Fletcher, Chad FPR 94% 0 0 25 10 15 2 0 3 7 2 0 0 1 2
23 Glass, Darren FB 96% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 6 0 2 0 2 3 0
29 Hansen, Ashley CHF 80% 2 2 11 10 1 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
39 Hunter, Adam CHB 100% 1 1 22 11 11 6 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 0
38 Jones, Brett HBFR 80% 0 1 16 9 7 6 0 5 1 2 0 1 3 2
18 Jones, Rowan FPL 81% 0 0 13 3 10 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
3 Judd, Chris (c) RR 97% 1 0 28 13 15 0 0 3 8 2 1 1 1 5
4 Kerr, Daniel RO 84% 0 0 20 7 13 2 0 5 6 2 1 0 0 4
21 Lynch, Quinten FF 97% 3 0 11 9 2 6 0 0 0 6 0 4 1 2
14 Seaby, Mark INT 26% 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 0 3 0 2 0 0
37 Selwood, Adam BPR 93% 0 0 26 14 12 10 0 1 1 2 1 1 4 3
5 Stenglein, Tyson HFFR 96% 0 0 23 10 13 7 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 3
8 Waters, Beau HBFL 88% 0 1 26 17 9 10 0 1 0 4 1 2 3 2
44 Wirrpanda, David BPL 75% 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 13 373 198 175 91 40 53 38 43 20 21 35 48

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

Sydney Coach: Paul Roos
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
44 D. Wirrpanda 23 D. Glass 37 A. Selwood 16 D. Jolly 2 N. Davis
4 B. Mathews 1 B. Hall 13 A. Schneider 37 A. Goodes 26 S. Dempster
FORWARD 3 J. McVeigh 15 S. Doyle
HALF-BACK

12 N. Fosdike
8 B. Waters 39 A. Hunter 38 B. Jones



24 J. Bolton 19 M. O'Loughlin 5 R. O'Keefe



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



32 A. Embley 9 B. Cousins 10 M. Braun



20 L. Ablett 31 B. Kirk (c) 32 A. Buchanan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 20 D. Cox 35 S. Armstrong
HALF-FORWARD 3 C. Judd (c) 6 D. Banfield
17 D. Chick 29 A. Hansen 5 T. Stenglein 4 D. Kerr 26 S. Butler
6 C. Bolton 30 L. Roberts-Thomson 17 T. Kennelly

14 M. Seaby
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 R. Jones 21 Q. Lynch 7 C. Fletcher



9 N. Malceski 21 L. Barry 25 T. Richards



BACK



West Coast Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 03:42
WCST Ashley Hansen goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 06:15
WCST Chris Judd goal 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 07:42
WCST Ben Cousins goal 0.1.1 - 3.0.18 11:14
SYDN Barry Hall behind 0.2.2 - 3.0.18 13:31
WCST Beau Waters behind 0.2.2 - 3.1.19 16:42
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 1.2.8 - 3.1.19 18:05
SYDN Jude Bolton behind 1.3.9 - 3.1.19 24:58
WCST Brett Jones behind 1.3.9 - 3.2.20 26:20
SYDN Jude Bolton behind 1.4.10 - 3.2.20 28:37
WCST Ashley Hansen goal 1.4.10 - 4.2.26 29:50
Q2 SYDN Rushed behind 1.5.11 - 4.2.26 02:23
WCST Andrew Embley goal 1.5.11 - 5.2.32 02:53
WCST Adam Hunter behind 1.5.11 - 5.3.33 05:43
WCST Andrew Embley behind 1.5.11 - 5.4.34 06:26
SYDN Ben Mathews goal 2.5.17 - 5.4.34 07:50
SYDN Sean Dempster behind 2.6.18 - 5.4.34 10:09
WCST Quinten Lynch goal 2.6.18 - 6.4.40 12:23
WCST Quinten Lynch goal 2.6.18 - 7.4.46 15:39
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 3.6.24 - 7.4.46 18:52
WCST Steven Armstrong behind 3.6.24 - 7.5.47 21:27
WCST Ben Cousins goal 3.6.24 - 8.5.53 22:31
SYDN Nick Davis goal 4.6.30 - 8.5.53 27:08
WCST Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 8.6.54 29:12
WCST Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 8.7.55 30:15
Q3 SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 5.6.36 - 8.7.55 01:16
WCST Andrew Embley goal 5.6.36 - 9.7.61 03:54
WCST Ashley Hansen behind 5.6.36 - 9.8.62 06:22
SYDN Nick Davis goal 6.6.42 - 9.8.62 07:26
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 6.7.43 - 9.8.62 09:47
WCST Quinten Lynch goal 6.7.43 - 10.8.68 11:17
WCST Andrew Embley behind 6.7.43 - 10.9.69 14:32
WCST Ben Cousins behind 6.7.43 - 10.10.70 15:24
SYDN Lewis Roberts-Thomson goal 7.7.49 - 10.10.70 16:17
SYDN Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 10.10.70 19:59
SYDN Brett Kirk behind 7.9.51 - 10.10.70 22:00
SYDN Barry Hall behind 7.10.52 - 10.10.70 25:17
SYDN Ted Richards behind 7.11.53 - 10.10.70 26:53
SYDN Nick Davis goal 8.11.59 - 10.10.70 27:55
Q4 SYDN Adam Goodes goal 9.11.65 - 10.10.70 00:14
WCST Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 10.11.71 02:02
SYDN Rushed behind 9.12.66 - 10.11.71 03:31
WCST Ashley Hansen behind 9.12.66 - 10.12.72 08:00
WCST Rushed behind 9.12.66 - 10.13.73 09:29
SYDN Adam Schneider goal 10.12.72 - 10.13.73 16:49
WCST Steven Armstrong goal 10.12.72 - 11.13.79 18:27
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 11.12.78 - 11.13.79 19:40
WCST Adam Hunter goal 11.12.78 - 12.13.85 23:08
SYDN Nick Malceski goal 12.12.84 - 12.13.85 26:09