2007 AFL Round 4: Adelaide v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 2007 between Adelaide and Sydney during round 4 of the 2007 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Sydney at AAMI Stadium. The hosts were coached by Neil Craig and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

Adelaide
Back: R. Douglas, B. Rutten, N. Bassett
Half-back: A. McLeod, S. Stevens, M. Doughty
Centre: N. van Berlo, S. Goodwin, M. Mattner
Half-forward: B. Vince, N. Bock, B. Reilly
Forward: J. Torney, I. Perrie, S. Welsh
Follower: B. Hudson, T. Edwards, S. Thompson
Int.: B. Burton, J. Griffin, C. Knights, J. Porplyzia

Sydney
Back: T. Richards, L. Barry, N. Malceski
Half-back: T. Kennelly, C. Bolton, B. Mathews
Centre: A. Buchanan, B. Kirk, L. Ablett
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, M. O'Loughlin, J. Bolton
Forward: J. McVeigh, B. Hall, P. Everitt
Follower: D. Jolly, A. Goodes, N. Fosdike
Int.: J. Crouch, H. Grundy, T. Schmidt, A. Schneider

Adelaide (9.7.61) defeated Sydney (5.14.44).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: B. Burton (3), S. Welsh (2), N. Bock, T. Edwards, I. Perrie, J. Porplyzia
Sydney: D. Jolly (2), M. O'Loughlin (2), B. Hall

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 5th) and Sydney were then 8th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2007 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Adelaide v Sydney
Date: Saturday 21 April 2007
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: AAMI Stadium
Attendance: 43,752

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. Sydney
Score: 9.7.61 - 5.14.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 3 . 2 6 . 5 8 . 6 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Sydney 0 . 4 1 . 6 5 . 10 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
Margin ADEL by 16 ADEL by 29 ADEL by 14 ADEL by 17 ADEL by 17
Duration 27:51 26:54 28:39 26:31 1:49:55

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neil Craig (Adelaide), Paul Roos (Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Adelaide), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), S. McInerney (#30), B. Rosebury (#8)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Andrew McLeod ADEL 23 3
Ben Rutten ADEL 25 2
Jude Bolton SYDN 24 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Andrew McLeod ADEL 23 9 1 1 0 0 0
Ben Rutten ADEL 25 7 1 0 0 1 0
Tadhg Kennelly SYDN 17 4 0 1 0 0 0
Ryan O'Keefe SYDN 5 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Scott Thompson ADEL 5 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Nathan van Berlo ADEL 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Nathan Bassett ADEL 8 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
8 Bassett, Nathan BPR 100% 0 0 10 10 0 8 0 5 0 0 2 0 3 0
44 Bock, Nathan CHF 90% 1 1 12 9 3 7 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3
24 Burton, Brett INT 77% 3 1 12 10 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
11 Doughty, Michael HBFR 70% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 2 2 3 1 2 3 1
26 Douglas, Richard BPL 74% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 0
9 Edwards, Tyson RR 75% 1 0 14 13 1 6 1 7 1 0 2 0 3 1
36 Goodwin, Simon C 94% 0 0 19 10 9 7 1 4 5 2 3 1 0 3
6 Griffin, Jon INT 44% 0 0 7 4 3 3 10 1 0 1 1 1 1 2
13 Hudson, Ben RU 56% 0 0 9 7 2 4 16 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
21 Knights, Chris INT 72% 0 0 15 11 4 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1
39 Mattner, Martin WR 100% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 2
23 McLeod, Andrew HBFL 100% 0 0 28 20 8 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 7 2
22 Perrie, Ian FF 90% 1 1 12 7 5 7 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0
40 Porplyzia, Jason INT 68% 1 0 11 4 7 4 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0
33 Reilly, Brent HFFR 80% 0 0 24 18 6 12 0 4 2 1 0 1 3 4
25 Rutten, Ben FB 100% 0 0 17 9 8 6 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0
27 Stevens, Scott CHB 78% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
5 Thompson, Scott RO 78% 0 0 24 17 7 7 0 7 5 5 1 1 3 5
15 Torney, Jason FPL 100% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1
7 van Berlo, Nathan WL 80% 0 0 16 12 4 5 1 2 2 1 4 0 0 6
28 Vince, Bernie HFFL 86% 0 1 11 6 5 2 0 3 2 4 2 2 0 3
17 Welsh, Scott FPR 88% 2 1 9 7 2 5 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 7 312 214 98 121 29 58 22 38 24 20 30 38

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Ablett, Luke WR 73% 0 0 17 12 5 7 2 1 3 1 2 0 2 3
21 Barry, Leo FB 100% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 0
6 Bolton, Craig CHB 100% 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 2
24 Bolton, Jude HFFR 85% 0 1 22 7 15 6 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 3
32 Buchanan, Amon WL 63% 0 1 19 14 5 6 0 0 4 4 0 3 2 1
28 Crouch, Jared INT 72% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 6 1 3 2 0 3 1
10 Everitt, Peter FPR 58% 0 0 12 8 4 5 8 0 0 1 1 1 1 3
12 Fosdike, Nic RO 71% 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 4 0 2 2 1 2 0
37 Goodes, Adam RR 96% 0 0 16 10 6 8 3 3 2 3 0 3 3 4
39 Grundy, Heath INT 52% 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
1 Hall, Barry FF 100% 1 2 9 4 5 3 0 4 0 2 1 2 0 1
16 Jolly, Darren RU 62% 2 0 12 10 2 7 13 4 2 0 2 0 0 2
17 Kennelly, Tadhg HBFL 100% 0 0 23 17 6 11 0 4 0 3 2 3 5 4
31 Kirk, Brett C 92% 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 5 5 2 2 2 1 1
9 Malceski, Nick BPR 97% 0 0 20 12 8 8 0 7 1 0 0 0 5 1
4 Mathews, Ben HBFR 75% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
3 McVeigh, Jarrad FPL 90% 0 2 12 10 2 4 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 3
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 96% 0 1 24 17 7 12 0 1 1 6 0 2 0 6
19 O'Loughlin, Michael CHF 91% 2 1 11 8 3 5 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 2
25 Richards, Ted BPL 100% 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0
36 Schmidt, Tim INT 48% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Schneider, Adam INT 80% 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 5 14 316 201 115 114 27 60 29 45 20 24 29 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

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:48
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 03:00
SYDN Amon Buchanan behind 0.0.0 - 0.3.3 04:41
ADEL Ian Perrie behind 0.1.1 - 0.3.3 05:38
ADEL Scott Welsh goal 1.1.7 - 0.3.3 08:27
ADEL Bernie Vince behind 1.2.8 - 0.3.3 10:11
SYDN Barry Hall behind 1.2.8 - 0.4.4 15:56
ADEL Brett Burton goal 2.2.14 - 0.4.4 16:59
ADEL Brett Burton goal 3.2.20 - 0.4.4 21:59
Q2 ADEL Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 0.4.4 02:36
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 3.3.21 - 0.5.5 03:32
SYDN Barry Hall goal 3.3.21 - 1.5.11 05:23
ADEL Brett Burton behind 3.4.22 - 1.5.11 08:28
ADEL Nathan Bock goal 4.4.28 - 1.5.11 11:58
SYDN Jude Bolton behind 4.4.28 - 1.6.12 14:57
ADEL Nathan Bock behind 4.5.29 - 1.6.12 16:09
ADEL Jason Porplyzia goal 5.5.35 - 1.6.12 21:00
ADEL Tyson Edwards goal 6.5.41 - 1.6.12 24:20
Q3 SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 6.5.41 - 2.6.18 04:37
SYDN Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 2.7.19 06:38
SYDN Darren Jolly goal 6.5.41 - 3.7.25 10:11
SYDN Darren Jolly goal 6.5.41 - 4.7.31 11:46
SYDN Adam Schneider behind 6.5.41 - 4.8.32 15:46
SYDN Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 4.9.33 16:08
ADEL Brett Burton goal 7.5.47 - 4.9.33 18:07
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 7.5.47 - 5.9.39 21:00
ADEL Scott Welsh goal 8.5.53 - 5.9.39 22:41
ADEL Scott Welsh behind 8.6.54 - 5.9.39 25:53
SYDN Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 5.10.40 27:14
Q4 ADEL Ian Perrie goal 9.6.60 - 5.10.40 05:54
SYDN Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 5.11.41 07:54
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 9.6.60 - 5.12.42 12:49
ADEL Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 5.12.42 19:22
SYDN Barry Hall behind 9.7.61 - 5.13.43 23:08
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh behind 9.7.61 - 5.14.44 25:30