2007 AFL Elimination Final 2: Collingwood v Sydney
This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 2007 between Collingwood and Sydney in the second elimination final of the 2007 AFL season.
Collingwood hosted Sydney at MCG.
Nathan Buckley captained the hosts.
Brett Kirk captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.
Collingwood
Back:
J. Clement, S. Wakelin, T. Lockyer
Half-back:
H. Shaw, H. Lumumba, T. Goldsack
Centre:
M. Clarke, S. Burns, N. Buckley (capt.)
Half-forward:
N. Maxwell, A. Rocca, P. Medhurst
Forward:
D. Thomas, T. Cloke, S. Rusling
Follower:
G. Richards, S. Pendlebury, L. Davis
Int.:
A. Didak, J. Fraser, S. O'Bree, D. Swan
Sydney
Back:
T. Richards, L. Barry, L. Roberts-Thomson
Half-back:
P. Bevan, C. Bolton, S. Dempster
Centre:
N. Malceski, B. Kirk (capt.), J. McVeigh
Half-forward:
R. O'Keefe, M. O'Loughlin, B. Mathews
Forward:
J. Crouch, B. Hall, N. Davis
Follower:
D. Jolly, J. Bolton, A. Goodes
Int.:
E. Barlow, P. Everitt, N. Fosdike, A. Schneider
Collingwood (18.17.125) defeated Sydney (13.9.87).
Goalkickers
Collingwood: A. Rocca (6), T. Cloke (3), S. Rusling (3), N. Buckley, L. Davis, A. Didak, P. Medhurst, S. Pendlebury, D. Swan
Sydney: M. O'Loughlin (4), N. Davis (2), N. Malceski (2), J. Bolton, N. Fosdike, B. Hall, B. Kirk, A. Schneider
As a result of this match, Collingwood faced West Coast in the second semi final and Sydney were eliminated (finishing 7th overall).
Match Details
Season:
2007 AFL Season
Round:
Elimination Final 2
Teams:
Collingwood
v
Sydney
Date:
Saturday 8 September 2007
Time:
7:30 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
64,645
Match Results
Outcome:
Collingwood
def.
Sydney
Score:
18.17.125 - 13.9.87
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Collingwood | 6 | . | 5 | 8 | . | 9 | 13 | . | 12 | 18 | . | 17 | 18 | . | 17 | (125) |
| Sydney | 1 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 8 | 13 | . | 9 | 13 | . | 9 | (87) |
| Margin | COLL by 31 | COLL by 10 | COLL by 28 | COLL by 38 | COLL by 38 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 31:26 | 29:12 | 28:36 | 32:42 | 2:01:56 | |||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Mick Malthouse
(Collingwood),
Paul Roos
(Sydney)
Captains:
Nathan Buckley
(Collingwood),
Brett Kirk
(Sydney)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
S. McBurney
(#3),
S. McInerney
(#30),
M. Stevic
(#9)
Player Statistics
Collingwood
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 5 | Buckley, Nathan (c) | WR | 74% | 1 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Burns, Scott | C | 65% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 | Clarke, Martin | WL | 89% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Clement, James | BPL | 94% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Cloke, Travis | FF | 90% | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Davis, Leon | RO | 75% | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Didak, Alan | INT | 70% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | Fraser, Josh | INT | 64% | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Goldsack, Tyson | HBFR | 88% | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Lockyer, Tarkyn | BPR | 88% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 30 | Lumumba, Heritier | CHB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 27 | Maxwell, Nick | HFFL | 93% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Medhurst, Paul | HFFR | 85% | 1 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | O'Bree, Shane | INT | 60% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Pendlebury, Scott | RR | 83% | 1 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 | Richards, Guy | RU | 59% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Rocca, Anthony | CHF | 89% | 6 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Rusling, Sean | FPR | 99% | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Shaw, Heath | HBFL | 97% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 36 | Swan, Dane | INT | 68% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | Thomas, Dale | FPL | 77% | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Wakelin, Shane | FB | 93% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rushed | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 18 | 17 | 321 | 219 | 102 | 102 | 33 | 68 | 35 | 45 | 27 | 16 | 34 | 53 | |||
Sydney
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 41 | Barlow, Ed | INT | 68% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Barry, Leo | FB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 42 | Bevan, Paul | HBFL | 81% | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Bolton, Craig | CHB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 24 | Bolton, Jude | RR | 87% | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Crouch, Jared | FPL | 74% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Davis, Nick | FPR | 85% | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Dempster, Sean | HBFR | 76% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Everitt, Peter | INT | 49% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Fosdike, Nic | INT | 76% | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 37 | Goodes, Adam | RO | 98% | 0 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | Hall, Barry | FF | 88% | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Jolly, Darren | RU | 51% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Kirk, Brett (c) | C | 88% | 1 | 0 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Malceski, Nick | WL | 89% | 2 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Mathews, Ben | HFFR | 81% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | McVeigh, Jarrad | WR | 71% | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | O'Keefe, Ryan | HFFL | 95% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | O'Loughlin, Michael | CHF | 92% | 4 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Richards, Ted | BPL | 93% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Roberts-Thomson, Lewis | BPR | 91% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Schneider, Adam | INT | 67% | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (22 players) | 13 | 9 | 298 | 181 | 117 | 88 | 36 | 37 | 30 | 55 | 16 | 27 | 32 | 51 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Collingwood | Coach: Mick Malthouse | ||||||||||||||
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| 25 | T. Richards | 21 | L. Barry | 30 | L. Roberts-Thomson | 21 | G. Richards | 4 | A. Didak | ||||||
| 2 | S. Rusling | 32 | T. Cloke | 13 | D. Thomas | 10 | S. Pendlebury | 25 | J. Fraser | ||||||
| FORWARD | 1 | L. Davis | 11 | S. O'Bree | |||||||||||
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| 42 | P. Bevan | 6 | C. Bolton | 26 | S. Dempster |
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| 9 | N. Malceski | 31 | B. Kirk (c) | 3 | J. McVeigh |
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| 5 | N. Buckley (c) | 17 | S. Burns | 43 | M. Clarke | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 16 | D. Jolly | 41 | E. Barlow | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 24 | J. Bolton | 10 | P. Everitt | |||||||||||
| 5 | R. O'Keefe | 19 | M. O'Loughlin | 4 | B. Mathews | 37 | A. Goodes | 12 | N. Fosdike | ||||||
| 38 | T. Goldsack | 30 | H. Lumumba | 39 | H. Shaw |
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| Sydney | Coach: Paul Roos | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | SYDN | Michael O'Loughlin behind | 0.0.0 | - | 0.1.1 | 01:03 |
| COLL | Rushed behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.1.1 | 05:21 | |
| SYDN | Nick Malceski goal | 0.1.1 | - | 1.1.7 | 07:04 | |
| COLL | Travis Cloke goal | 1.1.7 | - | 1.1.7 | 08:54 | |
| SYDN | Adam Goodes behind | 1.1.7 | - | 1.2.8 | 10:30 | |
| COLL | Anthony Rocca goal | 2.1.13 | - | 1.2.8 | 12:09 | |
| COLL | Travis Cloke behind | 2.2.14 | - | 1.2.8 | 14:30 | |
| COLL | Rushed behind | 2.3.15 | - | 1.2.8 | 15:52 | |
| SYDN | Jarrad McVeigh behind | 2.3.15 | - | 1.3.9 | 19:36 | |
| SYDN | Barry Hall behind | 2.3.15 | - | 1.4.10 | 20:37 | |
| COLL | Josh Fraser behind | 2.4.16 | - | 1.4.10 | 21:57 | |
| COLL | Alan Didak goal | 3.4.22 | - | 1.4.10 | 22:38 | |
| COLL | Dale Thomas behind | 3.5.23 | - | 1.4.10 | 23:36 | |
| COLL | Scott Pendlebury goal | 4.5.29 | - | 1.4.10 | 24:21 | |
| COLL | Anthony Rocca goal | 5.5.35 | - | 1.4.10 | 26:50 | |
| COLL | Sean Rusling goal | 6.5.41 | - | 1.4.10 | 30:40 | |
| Q2 | SYDN | Brett Kirk goal | 6.5.41 | - | 2.4.16 | 02:15 |
| SYDN | Nick Davis goal | 6.5.41 | - | 3.4.22 | 05:49 | |
| COLL | Sean Rusling behind | 6.6.42 | - | 3.4.22 | 08:06 | |
| COLL | Leon Davis goal | 7.6.48 | - | 3.4.22 | 11:05 | |
| COLL | Paul Medhurst behind | 7.7.49 | - | 3.4.22 | 12:30 | |
| COLL | Sean Rusling goal | 8.7.55 | - | 3.4.22 | 14:47 | |
| COLL | Sean Rusling behind | 8.8.56 | - | 3.4.22 | 19:24 | |
| SYDN | Nic Fosdike goal | 8.8.56 | - | 4.4.28 | 21:14 | |
| SYDN | Adam Schneider goal | 8.8.56 | - | 5.4.34 | 23:27 | |
| SYDN | Rushed behind | 8.8.56 | - | 5.5.35 | 24:59 | |
| SYDN | Nick Davis goal | 8.8.56 | - | 6.5.41 | 26:20 | |
| COLL | Rushed behind | 8.9.57 | - | 6.5.41 | 27:30 | |
| SYDN | Jude Bolton goal | 8.9.57 | - | 7.5.47 | 29:08 | |
| Q3 | SYDN | Michael O'Loughlin goal | 8.9.57 | - | 8.5.53 | 01:22 |
| COLL | Anthony Rocca goal | 9.9.63 | - | 8.5.53 | 03:15 | |
| COLL | Dane Swan goal | 10.9.69 | - | 8.5.53 | 05:20 | |
| COLL | Sean Rusling goal | 11.9.75 | - | 8.5.53 | 07:05 | |
| COLL | Rushed behind | 11.10.76 | - | 8.5.53 | 08:49 | |
| SYDN | Barry Hall behind | 11.10.76 | - | 8.6.54 | 10:45 | |
| COLL | Travis Cloke goal | 12.10.82 | - | 8.6.54 | 13:11 | |
| SYDN | Paul Bevan behind | 12.10.82 | - | 8.7.55 | 18:19 | |
| SYDN | Jude Bolton behind | 12.10.82 | - | 8.8.56 | 20:00 | |
| COLL | Rushed behind | 12.11.83 | - | 8.8.56 | 21:08 | |
| COLL | Anthony Rocca goal | 13.11.89 | - | 8.8.56 | 24:12 | |
| COLL | Tyson Goldsack behind | 13.12.90 | - | 8.8.56 | 26:25 | |
| SYDN | Michael O'Loughlin goal | 13.12.90 | - | 9.8.62 | 27:11 | |
| Q4 | COLL | Travis Cloke goal | 14.12.96 | - | 9.8.62 | 01:10 |
| COLL | Paul Medhurst behind | 14.13.97 | - | 9.8.62 | 02:20 | |
| SYDN | Michael O'Loughlin goal | 14.13.97 | - | 10.8.68 | 03:40 | |
| COLL | Nathan Buckley goal | 15.13.103 | - | 10.8.68 | 05:37 | |
| COLL | Paul Medhurst goal | 16.13.109 | - | 10.8.68 | 06:59 | |
| SYDN | Nick Malceski goal | 16.13.109 | - | 11.8.74 | 08:51 | |
| COLL | Anthony Rocca goal | 17.13.115 | - | 11.8.74 | 10:31 | |
| SYDN | Adam Goodes behind | 17.13.115 | - | 11.9.75 | 11:42 | |
| COLL | Leon Davis behind | 17.14.116 | - | 11.9.75 | 14:57 | |
| COLL | Rushed behind | 17.15.117 | - | 11.9.75 | 15:33 | |
| SYDN | Michael O'Loughlin goal | 17.15.117 | - | 12.9.81 | 16:40 | |
| COLL | Anthony Rocca goal | 18.15.123 | - | 12.9.81 | 21:54 | |
| SYDN | Barry Hall goal | 18.15.123 | - | 13.9.87 | 23:58 | |
| COLL | Travis Cloke behind | 18.16.124 | - | 13.9.87 | 25:35 | |
| COLL | Dale Thomas behind | 18.17.125 | - | 13.9.87 | 26:27 | |