2008 AFL Round 8: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 2008 between Sydney and Essendon during round 8 of the 2008 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at ANZ Stadium. Matthew Lloyd captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Matthew Knights.

Sydney
L. Ablett, L. Barry, P. Bevan, C. Bird, C. Bolton, J. Bolton, A. Buchanan, P. Everitt, A. Goodes, K. Jack, D. Jolly, T. Kennelly, B. Kirk, N. Malceski, M. Mattner, J. McVeigh, J. Moore, R. O'Keefe, M. O'Loughlin, H. Playfair, T. Richards, L. Roberts-Thomson

Essendon
M. Lloyd (capt.), D. Daniher, D. Fletcher, D. Hille, T. Hislop, B. Houli, L. Jetta, J. Laycock, S. Lonergan, A. Lovett, M. McVeigh, M. Michael, A. Monfries, D. Myers, J. Neagle, A. Ramanauskas, K. Reimers, P. Ryder, H. Slattery, B. Stanton, A. Welsh, J. Winderlich

Sydney (21.17.143) defeated Essendon (7.10.52).

Goalkickers
Sydney: M. O'Loughlin (6), D. Jolly (3), H. Playfair (3), J. Moore (2), R. O'Keefe (2), L. Barry, A. Buchanan, K. Jack, B. Kirk, T. Richards
Essendon: D. Hille (2), A. Welsh (2), L. Jetta, M. Lloyd, J. Neagle

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Essendon remained 13th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Sunday 18 May 2008
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 34,904

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 21.17.143 - 7.10.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 5 6 . 11 13 . 15 21 . 17 21 . 17 (143)
Essendon 0 . 2 4 . 7 7 . 9 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Margin SYDN by 27 SYDN by 16 SYDN by 42 SYDN by 91 SYDN by 91
Duration 29:59 31:21 31:54 32:38 2:05:52

Honour Roll

Coaches: Paul Roos (Sydney), Matthew Knights (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Matthew Lloyd (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Armstrong (#26), M. Avon (#27), S. McBurney (#3)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brett Kirk SYDN 31 3
Jude Bolton SYDN 24 2
Jarred Moore SYDN 33 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brett Kirk SYDN 31 9 1 1 0 0 0
Michael O'Loughlin SYDN 19 9 1 1 0 0 0
Darren Jolly SYDN 16 4 0 0 0 2 0
Leo Barry SYDN 21 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jarred Moore SYDN 33 3 0 0 1 0 0
Adam Goodes SYDN 37 1 0 0 0 0 1
Martin Mattner SYDN 29 1 0 0 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 ? 68% 0 0 18 11 7 1 1 3 3 4 0 1 1 3
21 Barry, Leo ? 97% 1 0 21 10 11 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 1
42 Bevan, Paul ? 89% 0 0 10 3 7 3 0 8 0 4 1 1 1 1
14 Bird, Craig ? 66% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 1
6 Bolton, Craig ? 98% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 2
24 Bolton, Jude ? 82% 0 1 16 8 8 3 0 5 7 1 1 0 1 2
32 Buchanan, Amon ? 82% 1 0 19 7 12 4 0 6 1 1 2 0 1 5
10 Everitt, Peter ? 54% 0 0 10 4 6 0 26 1 4 1 2 1 1 2
37 Goodes, Adam ? 97% 0 0 27 12 15 6 0 4 1 3 0 1 4 5
15 Jack, Kieren ? 88% 1 0 12 6 6 3 0 5 2 7 0 6 1 2
16 Jolly, Darren ? 74% 3 3 20 15 5 8 25 3 4 3 4 3 2 1
17 Kennelly, Tadhg ? 35% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
31 Kirk, Brett ? 89% 1 0 29 12 17 3 0 5 9 1 4 1 2 4
9 Malceski, Nick ? 58% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
29 Mattner, Martin ? 100% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 12 1 1 1 0 2 1
3 McVeigh, Jarrad ? 89% 0 0 17 7 10 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 3
33 Moore, Jarred ? 89% 2 1 18 10 8 3 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2
5 O'Keefe, Ryan ? 96% 2 2 19 12 7 3 0 4 1 1 3 1 0 3
19 O'Loughlin, Michael ? 80% 6 0 19 12 7 8 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 4
26 Playfair, Henry ? 88% 3 1 12 8 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
25 Richards, Ted ? 91% 1 0 13 8 5 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis ? 92% 0 0 7 5 2 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0
Rushed 9
Total (22 players) 21 17 346 180 166 82 53 73 44 39 24 21 28 53

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
28 Daniher, Darcy ? 79% 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 4 2 1 2 0 0 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin ? 95% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0
19 Hille, David ? 81% 2 0 10 6 4 1 17 1 3 3 1 3 2 2
35 Hislop, Tom ? 82% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 3 2 1 1 1 2 2
43 Houli, Bachar ? 82% 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 3
7 Jetta, Leroy ? 83% 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
27 Laycock, Jason ? 48% 0 0 7 2 5 1 10 1 1 3 1 2 1 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew (c) ? 97% 1 0 9 3 6 2 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 1
36 Lonergan, Sam ? 69% 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lovett, Andrew ? 87% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 2
10 McVeigh, Mark ? 75% 0 1 18 9 9 2 0 5 8 4 1 3 0 2
22 Michael, Mal ? 78% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0
6 Monfries, Angus ? 83% 0 1 21 11 10 2 0 3 1 6 4 2 1 5
23 Myers, David ? 81% 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 0
1 Neagle, Jay ? 82% 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Ramanauskas, Adam ? 84% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 2 2
37 Reimers, Kyle ? 85% 0 0 16 12 4 9 0 3 0 5 0 1 4 4
30 Ryder, Paddy ? 93% 0 0 8 4 4 2 8 3 0 3 0 1 0 1
20 Slattery, Henry ? 96% 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 3 2 2 1 2 0 0
5 Stanton, Brent ? 89% 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 1 5 4 5 2 3 5
12 Welsh, Andrew ? 89% 2 0 19 11 8 9 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 2
8 Winderlich, Jason ? 62% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 7 10 249 143 106 51 36 56 38 50 20 24 27 37

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 Darren Jolly goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:34
SYDN Jarred Moore goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 09:30
SYDN Henry Playfair behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 11:22
SYDN Darren Jolly goal 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 16:11
ESSE Mark McVeigh behind 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 19:21
SYDN Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 0.1.1 21:28
SYDN Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 0.1.1 22:23
SYDN Rushed behind 3.4.22 - 0.1.1 22:35
SYDN Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 0.1.1 23:32
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 4.5.29 - 0.1.1 26:49
ESSE Henry Slattery behind 4.5.29 - 0.2.2 29:48
Q2 ESSE Andrew Welsh goal 4.5.29 - 1.2.8 00:19
ESSE Angus Monfries behind 4.5.29 - 1.3.9 01:50
ESSE Matthew Lloyd goal 4.5.29 - 2.3.15 03:21
ESSE Jay Neagle behind 4.5.29 - 2.4.16 05:16
ESSE David Hille goal 4.5.29 - 3.4.22 06:25
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 4.6.30 - 3.4.22 07:31
SYDN Darren Jolly behind 4.7.31 - 3.4.22 07:59
SYDN Darren Jolly behind 4.8.32 - 3.4.22 10:00
ESSE Rushed behind 4.8.32 - 3.5.23 13:10
ESSE Rushed behind 4.8.32 - 3.6.24 13:35
SYDN Rushed behind 4.9.33 - 3.6.24 15:32
ESSE David Hille goal 4.9.33 - 4.6.30 16:25
ESSE Bachar Houli behind 4.9.33 - 4.7.31 18:34
SYDN Henry Playfair goal 5.9.39 - 4.7.31 20:31
SYDN Rushed behind 5.10.40 - 4.7.31 25:20
SYDN Jude Bolton behind 5.11.41 - 4.7.31 28:42
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 6.11.47 - 4.7.31 30:10
Q3 SYDN Jarred Moore behind 6.12.48 - 4.7.31 01:56
ESSE Rushed behind 6.12.48 - 4.8.32 02:54
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 7.12.54 - 4.8.32 04:46
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 8.12.60 - 4.8.32 06:33
ESSE Andrew Welsh goal 8.12.60 - 5.8.38 08:37
SYDN Rushed behind 8.13.61 - 5.8.38 10:25
ESSE Leroy Jetta goal 8.13.61 - 6.8.44 12:08
SYDN Darren Jolly behind 8.14.62 - 6.8.44 14:49
ESSE Jay Neagle goal 8.14.62 - 7.8.50 18:01
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe goal 9.14.68 - 7.8.50 19:10
ESSE Rushed behind 9.14.68 - 7.9.51 20:48
SYDN Amon Buchanan goal 10.14.74 - 7.9.51 23:25
SYDN Leo Barry goal 11.14.80 - 7.9.51 24:52
SYDN Henry Playfair goal 12.14.86 - 7.9.51 27:22
SYDN Brett Kirk goal 13.14.92 - 7.9.51 28:40
SYDN Rushed behind 13.15.93 - 7.9.51 30:01
Q4 ESSE Rushed behind 13.15.93 - 7.10.52 02:58
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 14.15.99 - 7.10.52 05:40
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 15.15.105 - 7.10.52 10:34
SYDN Ted Richards goal 16.15.111 - 7.10.52 16:21
SYDN Henry Playfair goal 17.15.117 - 7.10.52 18:54
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 18.15.123 - 7.10.52 21:02
SYDN Rushed behind 18.16.124 - 7.10.52 23:17
SYDN Jarred Moore goal 19.16.130 - 7.10.52 25:54
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 19.17.131 - 7.10.52 26:53
SYDN Darren Jolly goal 20.17.137 - 7.10.52 28:47
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 21.17.143 - 7.10.52 30:46