2008 AFL Round 20: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2008 between Sydney and Geelong during round 20 of the 2008 AFL season. Sydney hosted Geelong at ANZ Stadium. Tom Harley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Mark Thompson.

Sydney
Back: L. Roberts-Thomson, C. Bolton, M. Mattner
Half-back: J. Crouch, T. Richards, T. Kennelly
Centre: L. Ablett, J. McVeigh, A. Buchanan
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, H. Grundy, A. Goodes
Forward: J. Moore, B. Hall, P. Bevan
Follower: D. Jolly, B. Kirk, J. Bolton
Int.: C. Bird, P. Everitt, N. Fosdike, N. Malceski

Geelong
Back: T. Harley (capt.), H. Taylor, A. Mackie
Half-back: S. Byrnes, J. Hunt, C. Enright
Centre: J. Kelly, G. Ablett, J. Bartel
Half-forward: S. Johnson, C. Mooney, R. Gamble
Forward: J. Selwood, T. Lonergan, M. Stokes
Follower: B. Ottens, C. Ling, J. Corey
Int.: M. Blake, B. Prismall, M. Rooke, T. Varcoe

Sydney (14.10.94) were defeated by Geelong (20.13.133).

Goalkickers
Sydney: B. Hall (5), A. Goodes (2), J. McVeigh (2), J. Moore (2), C. Bird, B. Kirk, M. Mattner
Geelong: G. Ablett (3), S. Byrnes (3), T. Lonergan (3), S. Johnson (2), C. Mooney (2), T. Varcoe (2), J. Bartel, R. Gamble, B. Ottens, B. Prismall, M. Stokes

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Geelong remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Saturday 16 August 2008
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 44,955

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Geelong
Score: 14.10.94 - 20.13.133

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	4	.	1	6	.	4	8	.	5	14	.	10	14	.	10	(94)
Geelong	7	.	4	9	.	8	16	.	10	20	.	13	20	.	13	(133)
Margin	GEEL by 21			GEEL by 22			GEEL by 53			GEEL by 39			GEEL by 39
Duration	34:40			29:28			31:09			32:56			2:08:13

Honour Roll

Coaches: Paul Roos (Sydney), Mark Thompson (Geelong)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Tom Harley (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), H. Kennedy (#7), S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Gary Ablett	GEEL	29	3
Cam Mooney	GEEL	21	2
Tom Harley	GEEL	2	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Gary Ablett	GEEL	29	10	2	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Bartel	GEEL	3	7	0	1	1	0	0
Joel Corey	GEEL	11	6	0	1	0	1	0
Barry Hall	SYDN	1	5	0	0	1	1	0
Cam Mooney	GEEL	21	1	0	0	0	0	1
Brent Prismall	GEEL	32	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	WL	70%	0	1	13	9	4	2	2	1	3	3	0	1	3	1
42	Bevan, Paul	FPR	92%	0	0	13	5	8	3	0	6	0	2	1	2	3	3
14	Bird, Craig	INT	70%	1	0	18	9	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	3
6	Bolton, Craig	FB	98%	0	0	20	10	10	8	0	3	1	0	1	0	4	1
24	Bolton, Jude	RO	87%	0	0	21	7	14	3	0	6	3	4	1	2	1	3
32	Buchanan, Amon	WR	86%	0	0	21	7	14	7	0	7	2	3	1	2	2	3
28	Crouch, Jared	HBFL	64%	0	0	16	9	7	1	0	5	3	2	1	0	0	4
10	Everitt, Peter	INT	55%	0	1	13	11	2	4	8	0	0	3	1	1	2	2
12	Fosdike, Nic	INT	62%	0	1	15	11	4	1	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	3
37	Goodes, Adam	HFFR	95%	2	1	15	7	8	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	3
39	Grundy, Heath	CHF	88%	0	0	15	3	12	2	0	1	0	5	0	4	0	2
1	Hall, Barry	FF	98%	5	3	17	14	3	15	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2
16	Jolly, Darren	RU	57%	0	1	5	3	2	1	13	0	3	0	2	0	0	1
17	Kennelly, Tadhg	HBFR	93%	0	0	24	12	12	3	0	1	3	2	0	1	7	3
31	Kirk, Brett	RR	86%	1	2	23	11	12	3	1	7	4	2	1	2	0	4
9	Malceski, Nick	INT	72%	0	0	10	4	6	4	0	4	1	3	1	2	2	1
29	Mattner, Martin	BPR	92%	1	0	26	13	13	6	0	5	1	3	2	1	3	1
3	McVeigh, Jarrad	C	89%	2	0	12	10	2	5	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	3
33	Moore, Jarred	FPL	62%	2	0	15	5	10	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
5	O'Keefe, Ryan	HFFL	97%	0	0	12	4	8	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	2
25	Richards, Ted	CHB	95%	0	0	17	6	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
30	Roberts-Thomson, Lewis	BPL	93%	0	0	18	8	10	6	0	2	0	4	0	1	3	0
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				14	10	359	178	181	88	24	57	31	46	14	23	34	48

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Ablett, Gary	C	89%	3	1	32	17	15	3	0	5	5	3	0	1	1	11
3	Bartel, Jimmy	WR	82%	1	0	29	14	15	9	0	4	5	1	1	0	1	3
24	Blake, Mark	INT	57%	0	1	9	2	7	2	26	1	1	2	0	0	1	0
17	Byrnes, Shannon	HBFL	89%	3	1	18	13	5	5	0	3	2	4	2	3	0	7
11	Corey, Joel	RO	95%	0	0	28	15	13	6	0	3	0	2	1	0	1	4
44	Enright, Corey	HBFR	88%	0	0	24	9	15	5	0	5	3	1	2	1	1	1
15	Gamble, Ryan	HFFR	79%	1	0	5	2	3	2	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0
2	Harley, Tom (c)	BPL	83%	0	0	20	8	12	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	0
8	Hunt, Josh	CHB	88%	0	0	18	7	11	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	3	0
20	Johnson, Steve	HFFL	85%	2	0	15	10	5	7	0	4	2	4	1	1	3	2
9	Kelly, James	WL	83%	0	0	15	9	6	4	0	8	1	1	2	0	1	2
45	Ling, Cameron	RR	86%	0	0	22	8	14	8	0	6	5	2	2	1	3	2
13	Lonergan, Tom	FF	89%	3	1	14	11	3	3	0	1	0	1	4	1	0	2
4	Mackie, Andrew	BPR	93%	0	1	21	12	9	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	2
21	Mooney, Cam	CHF	87%	2	1	16	12	4	10	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	4
6	Ottens, Brad	RU	66%	1	1	12	7	5	7	23	4	1	4	0	2	0	0
32	Prismall, Brent	INT	67%	1	0	23	13	10	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	6
33	Rooke, Max	INT	65%	0	0	5	2	3	2	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0
14	Selwood, Joel	FPL	75%	0	0	25	12	13	1	0	1	2	3	2	0	2	4
27	Stokes, Mathew	FPR	81%	1	1	23	12	11	5	0	3	3	2	2	1	2	4
7	Taylor, Harry	FB	94%	0	0	19	10	9	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	0
5	Varcoe, Travis	INT	81%	2	1	9	8	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	1	1	2
Rushed					4
Total (22 players)				20	13	402	213	189	105	49	73	35	38	23	14	33	56

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
	2	T. Harley (c)	7	H. Taylor	4	A. Mackie	16	D. Jolly	14	C. Bird
	42	P. Bevan	1	B. Hall	33	J. Moore	31	B. Kirk	10	P. Everitt
FORWARD							24	J. Bolton	12	N. Fosdike
HALF-BACK									9	N. Malceski
	17	S. Byrnes	8	J. Hunt	44	C. Enright
	37	A. Goodes	39	H. Grundy	5	R. O'Keefe
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	9	J. Kelly	29	G. Ablett	3	J. Bartel
	32	A. Buchanan	3	J. McVeigh	20	L. Ablett	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							6	B. Ottens	24	M. Blake
HALF-FORWARD							45	C. Ling	32	B. Prismall
	20	S. Johnson	21	C. Mooney	15	R. Gamble	11	J. Corey	33	M. Rooke
	17	T. Kennelly	25	T. Richards	28	J. Crouch			5	T. Varcoe
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	14	J. Selwood	13	T. Lonergan	27	M. Stokes
	29	M. Mattner	6	C. Bolton	30	L. Roberts-Thomson
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Mark Thompson

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Brett Kirk goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:44
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	02:38
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes behind	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	05:05
	GEEL	Mathew Stokes goal	1.0.6	-	2.1.13	05:58
	SYDN	Nic Fosdike behind	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	07:40
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan goal	1.1.7	-	3.1.19	08:54
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	1.1.7	-	4.1.25	11:16
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan behind	1.1.7	-	4.2.26	14:53
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	1.1.7	-	5.2.32	16:52
	GEEL	Travis Varcoe behind	1.1.7	-	5.3.33	18:57
	GEEL	Shannon Byrnes goal	1.1.7	-	6.3.39	20:56
	GEEL	Shannon Byrnes goal	1.1.7	-	7.3.45	23:17
	SYDN	Martin Mattner goal	2.1.13	-	7.3.45	27:01
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	3.1.19	-	7.3.45	28:55
	GEEL	Rushed behind	3.1.19	-	7.4.46	30:22
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	4.1.25	-	7.4.46	31:30
Q2	GEEL	Rushed behind	4.1.25	-	7.5.47	03:15
	SYDN	Jarred Moore goal	5.1.31	-	7.5.47	06:18
	GEEL	Rushed behind	5.1.31	-	7.6.48	09:24
	GEEL	Shannon Byrnes behind	5.1.31	-	7.7.49	10:52
	SYDN	Adam Goodes behind	5.2.32	-	7.7.49	13:12
	GEEL	Travis Varcoe goal	5.2.32	-	8.7.55	14:37
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	5.2.32	-	9.7.61	18:08
	SYDN	Brett Kirk behind	5.3.33	-	9.7.61	21:23
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	5.4.34	-	9.7.61	24:12
	SYDN	Adam Goodes goal	6.4.40	-	9.7.61	25:30
	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	6.4.40	-	9.8.62	26:53
Q3	GEEL	Andrew Mackie behind	6.4.40	-	9.9.63	00:48
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	6.5.41	-	9.9.63	03:42
	SYDN	Jarred Moore goal	7.5.47	-	9.9.63	05:33
	GEEL	Cam Mooney behind	7.5.47	-	9.10.64	07:05
	GEEL	Shannon Byrnes goal	7.5.47	-	10.10.70	08:27
	GEEL	Brent Prismall goal	7.5.47	-	11.10.76	10:01
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	7.5.47	-	12.10.82	13:37
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	7.5.47	-	13.10.88	17:05
	GEEL	Tom Lonergan goal	7.5.47	-	14.10.94	18:35
	GEEL	Steve Johnson goal	7.5.47	-	15.10.100	21:35
	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh goal	8.5.53	-	15.10.100	26:25
	GEEL	Cam Mooney goal	8.5.53	-	16.10.106	29:31
Q4	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	9.5.59	-	16.10.106	02:20
	GEEL	Rushed behind	9.5.59	-	16.11.107	05:05
	SYDN	Peter Everitt behind	9.6.60	-	16.11.107	05:50
	SYDN	Luke Ablett behind	9.7.61	-	16.11.107	08:10
	GEEL	Travis Varcoe goal	9.7.61	-	17.11.113	09:35
	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh goal	10.7.67	-	17.11.113	11:47
	SYDN	Adam Goodes goal	11.7.73	-	17.11.113	13:51
	GEEL	Mark Blake behind	11.7.73	-	17.12.114	15:30
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel goal	11.7.73	-	18.12.120	16:41
	SYDN	Craig Bird goal	12.7.79	-	18.12.120	18:01
	SYDN	Barry Hall behind	12.8.80	-	18.12.120	21:02
	GEEL	Ryan Gamble goal	12.8.80	-	19.12.126	22:59
	SYDN	Brett Kirk behind	12.9.81	-	19.12.126	24:24
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	13.9.87	-	19.12.126	25:21
	SYDN	Barry Hall goal	14.9.93	-	19.12.126	27:23
	GEEL	Brad Ottens behind	14.9.93	-	19.13.127	28:51
	SYDN	Darren Jolly behind	14.10.94	-	19.13.127	30:57
	GEEL	Brad Ottens goal	14.10.94	-	20.13.133	32:50

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