2011 AFL Round 23: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 2011 between Geelong and Sydney during round 23 of the 2011 AFL season. Geelong hosted Sydney at Skilled Stadium. Cameron Ling captained the hosts. Adam Goodes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Geelong
Back: J. Hunt, M. Scarlett, T. Lonergan
Half-back: C. Enright, H. Taylor, D. Wojcinski
Centre: J. Bartel, C. Ling (capt.), M. Stokes
Half-forward: S. Johnson, T. Hawkins, T. Varcoe
Forward: T. West, J. Podsiadly, D. Menzel
Follower: B. Ottens, J. Kelly, P. Chapman
Int.: S. Byrnes, A. Mackie, J. Selwood
Sub.: A. Christensen

Sydney
Back: R. Shaw, T. Richards, A. Johnson
Half-back: M. Mattner, H. Grundy, N. Smith
Centre: J. Kennedy, A. Goodes (capt.), L. Parker
Half-forward: R. O'Keefe, J. White, M. Spangher
Forward: D. Hannebery, S. Reid, B. McGlynn
Follower: S. Mumford, J. Bolton, K. Jack
Int.: T. Kennelly, B. Meredith, G. Rohan
Sub.: C. Bird

Geelong (12.14.86) were defeated by Sydney (15.9.99).

Goalkickers
Geelong: C. Ling (3), J. Bartel (2), S. Byrnes, S. Johnson, D. Menzel, M. Stokes, T. Varcoe, T. West, D. Wojcinski
Sydney: J. Bolton (2), L. Parker (2), S. Reid (2), G. Rohan (2), A. Goodes, J. Kennedy, B. McGlynn, B. Meredith, S. Mumford, M. Spangher, J. White

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 2nd on the ladder and Sydney remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2011 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Saturday 27 August 2011
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Skilled Stadium
Attendance: 25,900

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Sydney
Score: 12.14.86 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 5 5 . 7 8 . 10 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Sydney 3 . 1 7 . 5 10 . 9 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin SYDN by 2 SYDN by 10 SYDN by 11 SYDN by 13 SYDN by 13
Duration 30:55 31:33 31:19 34:20 2:08:07

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Cameron Ling (Geelong), Adam Goodes (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Armstrong (#26), M. Nicholls (#15), M. Vozzo (#2), E: H. Ryan (#14)
Goal Umpire: M. Hammond, C. Roffey, E: C. Lai
Boundary Umpire: G. Large, C. Morrison, T. Morrison, P. Tongue

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adam Goodes SYDN 37 3
Rhyce Shaw SYDN 2 2
Ted Richards SYDN 25 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Cameron Ling GEEL 45 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Adam Goodes SYDN 37 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Ben McGlynn SYDN 21 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Shane Mumford SYDN 41 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Corey Enright GEEL 44 2 0 0 0 1 0
James Kelly GEEL 9 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rhyce Shaw SYDN 2 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Bartel, Jimmy WL 91% 2 0 24 13 11 3 0 5 3 3 2 1 2 2
17 Byrnes, Shannon INT 83% 1 1 14 9 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
35 Chapman, Paul RO 86% 0 1 26 14 12 4 0 6 5 2 1 0 0 4
28 Christensen, Allen SUB↑ 45% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 3 0 4 0 3 0 4
44 Enright, Corey HBFL 92% 0 0 23 14 9 6 0 3 0 4 0 2 5 4
26 Hawkins, Tom CHF 87% 0 1 13 8 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 4
8 Hunt, Josh BPL 79% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 5 3
20 Johnson, Steve HFFL 88% 1 1 17 11 6 4 0 4 2 3 2 1 2 3
9 Kelly, James RR 86% 0 0 25 10 15 1 0 13 7 3 1 1 3 4
45 Ling, Cameron (c) C 90% 3 0 26 15 11 3 0 9 4 2 1 0 1 1
13 Lonergan, Tom BPR 96% 0 0 7 0 7 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0
4 Mackie, Andrew INT 89% 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 6 1 3 1 1 6 2
10 Menzel, Daniel FPR 78% 1 1 16 11 5 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 5
6 Ottens, Brad RU 84% 0 2 16 6 10 3 32 1 2 6 2 6 1 2
31 Podsiadly, James FF 95% 0 2 9 4 5 3 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 0
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 95% 0 0 19 7 12 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 4 0
14 Selwood, Joel INT 80% 0 2 22 13 9 2 0 7 1 2 7 0 2 2
27 Stokes, Mathew WR 89% 1 2 24 12 12 4 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 5
7 Taylor, Harry CHB↓ 34% 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
5 Varcoe, Travis HFFR 81% 1 0 17 7 10 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 4
12 West, Trent FPL 73% 1 0 9 5 4 3 23 3 1 4 0 3 0 3
40 Wojcinski, David HBFR 79% 1 0 14 4 10 0 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 14 366 192 174 58 58 89 34 50 26 23 36 58

A. Christensen replaced H. Taylor.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Bird, Craig SUB↑ 21% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2
24 Bolton, Jude RR 81% 2 0 21 8 13 0 0 13 2 3 4 1 1 1
37 Goodes, Adam (c) C 94% 1 3 30 17 13 5 0 4 7 5 0 3 0 9
39 Grundy, Heath CHB 100% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1 5 1 4 4 0
4 Hannebery, Dan FPL 86% 0 0 20 8 12 3 0 5 0 3 0 2 1 2
15 Jack, Kieren RO 83% 0 0 20 9 11 4 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 6
34 Johnson, Alex BPR 82% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1
12 Kennedy, Josh WL 87% 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 12 2 2 0 1 1 4
17 Kennelly, Tadhg INT 56% 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 5 1
29 Mattner, Martin HBFL 90% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 4 0 4 0 2 2 0
21 McGlynn, Ben FPR 85% 1 0 22 11 11 2 0 9 10 3 4 1 3 5
7 Meredith, Brett INT↓ 52% 1 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1
41 Mumford, Shane RU 92% 1 0 22 7 15 4 39 7 9 4 5 2 1 3
5 O'Keefe, Ryan HFFL 85% 0 0 24 15 9 3 0 4 11 1 0 0 2 3
26 Parker, Luke WR 84% 2 1 16 9 7 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 3
20 Reid, Sam FF 92% 2 1 8 7 1 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
25 Richards, Ted FB 100% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 9 1
16 Rohan, Gary INT 74% 2 0 12 10 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2
2 Shaw, Rhyce BPL 90% 0 0 26 17 9 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 11 2
40 Smith, Nick HBFR 86% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 0
27 Spangher, Matt HFFR 93% 1 1 11 9 2 4 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 4
18 White, Jesse CHF 88% 1 2 11 6 5 3 6 3 2 4 3 4 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 9 324 186 138 53 45 93 56 51 23 26 43 52

C. Bird replaced B. Meredith.

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 R. Shaw 25 T. Richards 34 A. Johnson 6 B. Ottens 17 S. Byrnes
10 D. Menzel 31 J. Podsiadly 12 T. West 9 J. Kelly 4 A. Mackie
FORWARD 35 P. Chapman 14 J. Selwood
HALF-BACK

28 A. Christensen
29 M. Mattner 39 H. Grundy 40 N. Smith



5 T. Varcoe 26 T. Hawkins 20 S. Johnson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 J. Kennedy 37 A. Goodes (c) 26 L. Parker



27 M. Stokes 45 C. Ling (c) 3 J. Bartel FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 41 S. Mumford 17 T. Kennelly
HALF-FORWARD 24 J. Bolton 7 B. Meredith
5 R. O'Keefe 18 J. White 27 M. Spangher 15 K. Jack 16 G. Rohan
40 D. Wojcinski 7 H. Taylor 44 C. Enright

14 C. Bird
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 D. Hannebery 20 S. Reid 21 B. McGlynn



13 T. Lonergan 30 M. Scarlett 8 J. Hunt



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Trent West goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:55
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 05:19
SYDN Gary Rohan goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:34
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 09:46
GEEL David Wojcinski goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 11:59
GEEL Mathew Stokes behind 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 14:35
SYDN Jesse White behind 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 16:07
GEEL Mathew Stokes behind 2.3.15 - 2.1.13 18:07
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 2.4.16 - 2.1.13 21:07
GEEL James Podsiadly behind 2.5.17 - 2.1.13 25:54
SYDN Brett Meredith goal 2.5.17 - 3.1.19 27:56
Q2 GEEL Paul Chapman behind 2.6.18 - 3.1.19 00:28
SYDN Jesse White goal 2.6.18 - 4.1.25 01:31
SYDN Sam Reid goal 2.6.18 - 5.1.31 04:59
SYDN Jesse White behind 2.6.18 - 5.2.32 07:45
GEEL Brad Ottens behind 2.7.19 - 5.2.32 09:45
SYDN Luke Parker behind 2.7.19 - 5.3.33 11:45
GEEL Mathew Stokes goal 3.7.25 - 5.3.33 13:08
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 4.7.31 - 5.3.33 14:58
SYDN Gary Rohan goal 4.7.31 - 6.3.39 17:31
SYDN Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 6.4.40 19:18
GEEL Shannon Byrnes goal 5.7.37 - 6.4.40 26:05
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 5.7.37 - 7.4.46 27:37
SYDN Sam Reid behind 5.7.37 - 7.5.47 29:51
Q3 SYDN Adam Goodes behind 5.7.37 - 7.6.48 00:31
SYDN Matt Spangher behind 5.7.37 - 7.7.49 01:39
GEEL Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 7.7.49 02:54
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 6.8.44 - 7.7.49 03:43
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 6.8.44 - 7.8.50 07:40
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 6.8.44 - 8.8.56 10:09
GEEL Brad Ottens behind 6.9.45 - 8.8.56 11:55
SYDN Ben McGlynn goal 6.9.45 - 9.8.62 15:45
GEEL James Podsiadly behind 6.10.46 - 9.8.62 17:56
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 6.10.46 - 9.9.63 21:07
GEEL Jimmy Bartel goal 7.10.52 - 9.9.63 23:52
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 8.10.58 - 9.9.63 24:54
SYDN Shane Mumford goal 8.10.58 - 10.9.69 27:28
Q4 SYDN Matt Spangher goal 8.10.58 - 11.9.75 00:14
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 9.10.64 - 11.9.75 02:08
SYDN Luke Parker goal 9.10.64 - 12.9.81 06:06
GEEL Daniel Menzel behind 9.11.65 - 12.9.81 07:13
GEEL Shannon Byrnes behind 9.12.66 - 12.9.81 08:04
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 10.12.72 - 12.9.81 10:45
SYDN Sam Reid goal 10.12.72 - 13.9.87 12:54
SYDN Luke Parker goal 10.12.72 - 14.9.93 16:39
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 10.12.72 - 15.9.99 20:20
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 10.13.73 - 15.9.99 22:09
GEEL Travis Varcoe goal 11.13.79 - 15.9.99 22:47
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 11.14.80 - 15.9.99 30:19
GEEL Cameron Ling goal 12.14.86 - 15.9.99 32:30