2006 AFL Round 1: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 2006 between Essendon and Sydney during round 1 of the 2006 AFL season. Essendon hosted Sydney at Telstra Dome. Matthew Lloyd captained the hosts. Brett Kirk captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

Essendon
Back: H. Slattery, D. Fletcher, K. Bradley
Half-back: N. Lovett-Murray, D. Solomon, M. McVeigh
Centre: A. McPhee, J. Watson, S. Camporeale
Half-forward: M. Johnson, S. Lucas, A. Welsh
Forward: A. Monfries, M. Lloyd (capt.), C. Heffernan
Follower: D. Hille, B. Stanton, A. Lovett
Int.: J. Johnson, D. Peverill, P. Ryder, J. Winderlich

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

Essendon (17.6.108) defeated Sydney (12.9.81).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Lloyd (8), S. Lucas (4), S. Camporeale, C. Heffernan, M. Johnson, A. Lovett, M. McVeigh
Sydney: B. Hall (7), M. O'Loughlin (2), C. Bolton, A. Goodes, B. Mathews

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 5th on the ladder and Sydney were then 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2006 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Saturday 1 April 2006
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Telstra Dome
Attendance: 45,355

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 17.6.108 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 9 . 1 11 . 3 13 . 6 17 . 6 17 . 6 (108)
Sydney 2 . 2 8 . 4 10 . 6 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin ESSE by 41 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 27
Duration 32:11 30:08 28:54 28:27 1:59:40

Honour Roll

Coaches: Kevin Sheedy (Essendon), Paul Roos (Sydney)
Captains: Matthew Lloyd (Essendon), Brett Kirk (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Avon (#27), S. Ryan (#25), M. Stevic (#9)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 3
Scott Lucas ESSE 25 2
Barry Hall SYDN 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Matthew Lloyd ESSE 18 10 2 0 0 0 0
Barry Hall SYDN 1 8 0 2 0 0 0
Dustin Fletcher ESSE 31 6 0 0 2 0 0
Adam Goodes SYDN 37 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dean Solomon ESSE 7 2 0 0 0 1 0
Scott Lucas ESSE 25 1 0 0 0 0 1
Jobe Watson ESSE 4 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Bradley, Kepler BPR 100% 0 0 17 11 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
17 Camporeale, Scott WR 85% 1 0 20 14 6 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 3
31 Fletcher, Dustin FB 100% 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 6 0
26 Heffernan, Chris FPR 68% 1 0 19 10 9 3 0 5 3 6 1 3 1 5
19 Hille, David RU 88% 0 0 16 8 8 4 18 2 5 0 4 0 0 5
14 Johnson, Jason INT 64% 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 1
1 Johnson, Mark HFFL 88% 1 0 15 11 4 4 0 3 2 2 2 1 3 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) FF 98% 8 2 26 19 7 10 0 0 1 5 3 2 0 7
13 Lovett, Andrew RO 71% 1 1 17 11 6 6 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 6
42 Lovett-Murray, Nathan HBFL 77% 0 0 16 10 6 6 1 3 2 2 0 1 0 5
25 Lucas, Scott CHF 97% 4 1 14 12 2 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 6
33 McPhee, Adam WL 96% 0 0 18 12 6 8 1 5 0 3 0 1 3 1
10 McVeigh, Mark HBFR 71% 1 0 10 4 6 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0
6 Monfries, Angus FPL 87% 0 1 11 9 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2
11 Peverill, Damien INT 49% 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1
30 Ryder, Paddy INT 46% 0 0 4 4 0 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
20 Slattery, Henry BPL 100% 0 0 9 4 5 5 0 3 1 3 2 2 1 0
7 Solomon, Dean CHB 93% 0 0 18 8 10 2 0 0 2 8 0 3 3 4
24 Stanton, Brent RR 81% 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 4
4 Watson, Jobe C 75% 0 0 23 6 17 3 0 6 8 2 2 0 1 1
12 Welsh, Andrew HFFR 100% 0 0 23 12 11 8 0 2 1 4 1 2 3 2
8 Winderlich, Jason INT 66% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 17 6 342 209 133 95 27 50 34 47 24 19 40 54

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Ablett, Luke WL 82% 0 0 18 14 4 1 1 2 5 4 2 3 1 6
21 Barry, Leo HBFL 95% 0 0 17 6 11 8 0 0 0 4 1 3 4 0
6 Bolton, Craig HBFR 100% 1 1 18 17 1 9 0 4 1 2 1 1 3 2
24 Bolton, Jude FPL 81% 0 0 17 8 9 1 0 1 6 2 1 2 1 2
32 Buchanan, Amon RO 86% 0 0 20 13 7 8 0 3 1 5 2 2 4 5
23 Chambers, Paul INT 30% 0 0 3 0 3 0 8 2 1 2 1 1 0 0
28 Crouch, Jared BPR 77% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 4 1 3 1 1 3 3
2 Davis, Nick HFFR 85% 0 1 19 11 8 8 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6
26 Dempster, Sean WR 95% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
12 Fosdike, Nic INT 61% 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 4
37 Goodes, Adam CHF 96% 1 0 24 15 9 8 2 3 0 3 2 1 2 2
1 Hall, Barry FF 100% 7 2 19 14 5 10 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 2
16 Jolly, Darren RU 70% 0 0 8 5 3 4 19 0 3 3 0 2 4 1
31 Kirk, Brett (c) RR 86% 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 1
4 Mathews, Ben BPL 86% 1 1 11 6 5 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1
3 McVeigh, Jarrad INT 45% 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 99% 0 0 20 12 8 8 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 8
19 O'Loughlin, Michael FPR 98% 2 0 8 7 1 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
25 Richards, Ted FB 100% 0 1 8 3 5 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis CHB 78% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1
13 Schneider, Adam INT 77% 0 1 16 13 3 3 0 4 0 3 2 2 3 3
10 Williams, Paul C 71% 0 1 13 7 6 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 4
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 12 9 304 193 111 93 30 44 32 46 19 24 34 55

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 SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:46
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:42
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 06:18
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 3.0.18 - 1.0.6 08:07
ESSE Scott Lucas behind 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 09:45
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 4.1.25 - 1.0.6 11:42
ESSE Chris Heffernan goal 5.1.31 - 1.0.6 13:39
SYDN Ted Richards behind 5.1.31 - 1.1.7 16:43
ESSE Mark Johnson goal 6.1.37 - 1.1.7 18:16
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 7.1.43 - 1.1.7 20:25
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 8.1.49 - 1.1.7 23:55
SYDN Ben Mathews goal 8.1.49 - 2.1.13 28:27
SYDN Barry Hall behind 8.1.49 - 2.2.14 31:14
ESSE Scott Camporeale goal 9.1.55 - 2.2.14 32:06
Q2 SYDN Adam Goodes goal 9.1.55 - 3.2.20 01:05
SYDN Barry Hall goal 9.1.55 - 4.2.26 04:10
SYDN Craig Bolton behind 9.1.55 - 4.3.27 06:34
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 10.1.61 - 4.3.27 08:09
ESSE Mark McVeigh goal 11.1.67 - 4.3.27 09:37
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 11.2.68 - 4.3.27 13:18
SYDN Barry Hall goal 11.2.68 - 5.3.33 14:54
SYDN Adam Schneider behind 11.2.68 - 5.4.34 16:28
SYDN Barry Hall goal 11.2.68 - 6.4.40 19:41
SYDN Barry Hall goal 11.2.68 - 7.4.46 23:04
ESSE Rushed behind 11.3.69 - 7.4.46 25:11
SYDN Craig Bolton goal 11.3.69 - 8.4.52 28:12
Q3 ESSE Scott Lucas goal 12.3.75 - 8.4.52 04:54
ESSE Andrew Lovett goal 13.3.81 - 8.4.52 08:57
SYDN Barry Hall behind 13.3.81 - 8.5.53 12:04
ESSE Angus Monfries behind 13.4.82 - 8.5.53 13:11
ESSE Matthew Lloyd behind 13.5.83 - 8.5.53 15:31
SYDN Nick Davis behind 13.5.83 - 8.6.54 16:58
SYDN Barry Hall goal 13.5.83 - 9.6.60 21:31
SYDN Barry Hall goal 13.5.83 - 10.6.66 25:52
ESSE Andrew Lovett behind 13.6.84 - 10.6.66 26:52
Q4 ESSE Scott Lucas goal 14.6.90 - 10.6.66 07:06
ESSE Scott Lucas goal 15.6.96 - 10.6.66 08:36
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 16.6.102 - 10.6.66 10:26
SYDN Barry Hall goal 16.6.102 - 11.6.72 12:08
SYDN Ben Mathews behind 16.6.102 - 11.7.73 13:21
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 16.6.102 - 12.7.79 16:23
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 17.6.108 - 12.7.79 21:30
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh behind 17.6.108 - 12.8.80 26:07
SYDN Paul Williams behind 17.6.108 - 12.9.81 27:20