2012 AFL Grand Final: Hawthorn v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 2012 between Hawthorn and Sydney in the grand final of the 2012 AFL season. Hawthorn hosted Sydney at MCG. Luke Hodge captained the hosts. Jarrad McVeigh captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Hawthorn
Back: G. Birchall, J. Gibson, B. Stratton
Half-back: M. Suckling, R. Schoenmakers, S. Burgoyne
Centre: J. Lewis, S. Mitchell, I. Smith
Half-forward: J. Gunston, L. Franklin, L. Breust
Forward: C. Rioli, J. Roughead, P. Puopolo
Follower: D. Hale, L. Hodge (capt.), B. Sewell
Int.: X. Ellis, L. Shiels, C. Young
Sub.: S. Savage

Sydney
Back: R. Shaw, T. Richards, M. Mattner
Half-back: A. Johnson, H. Grundy, N. Smith
Centre: L. Jetta, K. Jack, J. McVeigh (capt.)
Half-forward: C. Bird, S. Reid, R. O'Keefe
Forward: M. Pyke, A. Goodes, L. Roberts-Thomson
Follower: S. Mumford, J. Kennedy, J. Bolton
Int.: D. Hannebery, N. Malceski, M. Morton
Sub.: L. Parker

Hawthorn (11.15.81) were defeated by Sydney (14.7.91).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: L. Franklin (3), L. Breust (2), J. Gunston (2), D. Hale (2), X. Ellis, I. Smith
Sydney: K. Jack (2), J. Kennedy (2), N. Malceski (2), J. McVeigh (2), M. Morton (2), A. Goodes, D. Hannebery, S. Reid, L. Roberts-Thomson

As a result of this match, Sydney were the premiers and Hawthorn were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 2012 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Hawthorn v Sydney
Date: Saturday 29 September 2012
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 99,683

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Sydney
Score: 11.15.81 - 14.7.91

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Hawthorn	4	.	5	4	.	6	9	.	10	11	.	15	11	.	15	(81)
Sydney	1	.	4	7	.	4	10	.	5	14	.	7	14	.	7	(91)
Margin	HWTH by 19			SYDN by 16			SYDN by 1			SYDN by 10			SYDN by 10
Duration	30:07			29:19			32:04			33:31			2:05:01

Honour Roll

Coaches: Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Luke Hodge (Hawthorn), Jarrad McVeigh (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Meredith (#21), B. Rosebury (#8), M. Stevic (#9), E: M. Nicholls (#15)
Goal Umpire: C. Roffey, L. Walker, E: A. Wojcik
Boundary Umpire: I. Burrows, J. Creasey, M. Foster, R. Haala, E: C. Gordon

Norm Smith Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	3	2	1
Ryan O'Keefe	SYDN	5	12	3	1	1
Brad Sewell	HWTH	12	7	1	2	0
Lance Franklin	HWTH	23	5	0	2	1
Dan Hannebery	SYDN	4	5	1	0	2
Jarrad McVeigh	SYDN	3	1	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
14	Birchall, Grant	BPL	82%	0	0	14	10	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1
22	Breust, Luke	HFFR	83%	2	0	14	7	7	1	0	8	2	2	2	0	0	2
9	Burgoyne, Shaun	HBFR	90%	0	0	21	11	10	2	0	10	8	1	1	0	3	2
8	Ellis, Xavier	INT↓	43%	1	0	11	9	2	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	3	2
23	Franklin, Lance	CHF	97%	3	4	24	14	10	8	1	6	1	4	2	1	0	7
6	Gibson, Josh	FB	100%	0	0	11	3	8	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
19	Gunston, Jack	HFFL	83%	2	1	8	6	2	4	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	1
20	Hale, David	RU	85%	2	2	12	6	6	3	30	2	4	0	1	0	0	2
15	Hodge, Luke (c)	RR	82%	0	0	18	14	4	3	2	1	2	5	3	1	1	1
3	Lewis, Jordan	WL	90%	0	0	20	7	13	1	8	7	3	2	3	1	0	2
5	Mitchell, Sam	C	87%	0	0	24	9	15	1	0	5	10	2	2	1	0	5
28	Puopolo, Paul	FPR	81%	0	0	7	5	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	2
33	Rioli, Cyril	FPL	79%	0	0	14	4	10	4	0	4	1	2	1	1	0	3
2	Roughead, Jarryd	FF	82%	0	3	15	10	5	3	18	0	3	4	0	2	1	2
21	Savage, Shane	SUB↑	35%	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
25	Schoenmakers, Ryan	CHB	100%	0	0	12	7	5	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	3
12	Sewell, Brad	RO	83%	0	2	34	17	17	4	1	11	11	5	0	0	2	6
26	Shiels, Liam	INT	81%	0	0	18	13	5	2	0	3	1	3	1	1	0	5
16	Smith, Isaac	WR	84%	1	0	15	10	5	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	3	2
24	Stratton, Ben	BPR	98%	0	0	9	5	4	1	0	3	1	3	0	1	1	0
4	Suckling, Matt	HBFL	76%	0	1	17	15	2	5	0	1	0	3	1	1	3	5
11	Young, Clinton	INT	78%	0	0	19	13	6	3	0	3	1	3	1	0	3	6
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				11	15	341	199	142	56	60	84	58	42	21	10	26	61

S. Savage replaced X. Ellis during the third quarter.

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
14	Bird, Craig	HFFL	82%	0	1	19	10	9	4	0	6	3	4	0	2	4	1
24	Bolton, Jude	RO	75%	0	0	13	6	7	2	0	7	2	1	0	0	0	5
37	Goodes, Adam	FF	93%	1	0	14	7	7	2	0	6	1	1	0	0	1	2
39	Grundy, Heath	CHB	97%	0	0	14	7	7	3	0	2	1	3	0	3	5	1
4	Hannebery, Dan	INT	80%	1	0	29	12	17	4	0	5	3	1	0	0	2	2
15	Jack, Kieren	C	78%	2	0	15	10	5	3	0	9	1	2	1	2	0	1
32	Jetta, Lewis	WL	85%	0	1	12	12	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
34	Johnson, Alex	HBFL	87%	0	1	15	10	5	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	1
12	Kennedy, Josh	RR	85%	2	1	26	14	12	2	0	4	5	7	0	3	1	2
9	Malceski, Nick	INT	80%	2	0	17	14	3	2	0	7	1	1	0	1	10	2
29	Mattner, Martin	BPR	83%	0	0	11	5	6	1	0	6	0	2	0	1	3	1
3	McVeigh, Jarrad (c)	WR	89%	2	0	21	17	4	7	0	9	4	3	2	1	2	5
10	Morton, Mitch	INT	60%	2	0	11	6	5	2	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	2
41	Mumford, Shane	RU↓	63%	0	0	6	3	3	2	14	3	1	2	1	2	0	1
5	O'Keefe, Ryan	HFFR	87%	0	0	29	16	13	3	0	15	7	6	0	0	1	4
26	Parker, Luke	SUB↑	16%	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1
38	Pyke, Mike	FPL	93%	0	0	17	8	9	6	29	3	4	2	2	0	0	2
20	Reid, Sam	CHF	96%	1	1	13	6	7	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	6
25	Richards, Ted	FB	98%	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	5	0	2	0	1	4	0
30	Roberts-Thomson, Lewis	FPR	97%	1	1	14	6	8	7	1	4	0	1	2	1	1	1
2	Shaw, Rhyce	BPL	83%	0	0	15	9	6	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	1
40	Smith, Nick	HBFR	93%	0	0	11	6	5	4	0	4	0	2	0	1	3	0
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				14	7	336	193	143	69	44	110	35	49	10	21	46	43

L. Parker replaced S. Mumford.

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

Hawthorn							Coach: Alastair Clarkson
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	R. Shaw	25	T. Richards	29	M. Mattner	20	D. Hale	8	X. Ellis
	28	P. Puopolo	2	J. Roughead	33	C. Rioli	15	L. Hodge (c)	26	L. Shiels
FORWARD							12	B. Sewell	11	C. Young
HALF-BACK									21	S. Savage
	34	A. Johnson	39	H. Grundy	40	N. Smith
	22	L. Breust	23	L. Franklin	19	J. Gunston
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	32	L. Jetta	15	K. Jack	3	J. McVeigh (c)
	16	I. Smith	5	S. Mitchell	3	J. Lewis	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							41	S. Mumford	4	D. Hannebery
HALF-FORWARD							12	J. Kennedy	9	N. Malceski
	14	C. Bird	20	S. Reid	5	R. O'Keefe	24	J. Bolton	10	M. Morton
	9	S. Burgoyne	25	R. Schoenmakers	4	M. Suckling			26	L. Parker
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	38	M. Pyke	37	A. Goodes	30	L. Roberts-Thomson
	24	B. Stratton	6	J. Gibson	14	G. Birchall
BACK
Sydney							Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	HWTH	Lance Franklin behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:43
	SYDN	Lewis Jetta behind	0.1.1	-	0.1.1	04:19
	HWTH	Xavier Ellis goal	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	08:31
	SYDN	Nick Malceski goal	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	10:29
	HWTH	Lance Franklin behind	1.2.8	-	1.1.7	13:19
	HWTH	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	1.1.7	15:21
	HWTH	David Hale behind	1.4.10	-	1.1.7	19:23
	SYDN	Alex Johnson behind	1.4.10	-	1.2.8	20:47
	HWTH	Jarryd Roughead behind	1.5.11	-	1.2.8	21:37
	HWTH	Lance Franklin goal	2.5.17	-	1.2.8	23:21
	SYDN	Craig Bird behind	2.5.17	-	1.3.9	25:47
	SYDN	Lewis Roberts-Thomson behind	2.5.17	-	1.4.10	26:40
	HWTH	Luke Breust goal	3.5.23	-	1.4.10	27:58
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	4.5.29	-	1.4.10	28:58
Q2	SYDN	Josh Kennedy goal	4.5.29	-	2.4.16	01:00
	SYDN	Kieren Jack goal	4.5.29	-	3.4.22	05:22
	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh goal	4.5.29	-	4.4.28	08:12
	SYDN	Sam Reid goal	4.5.29	-	5.4.34	13:50
	HWTH	David Hale behind	4.6.30	-	5.4.34	17:35
	SYDN	Mitch Morton goal	4.6.30	-	6.4.40	18:54
	SYDN	Mitch Morton goal	4.6.30	-	7.4.46	22:39
Q3	HWTH	Jarryd Roughead behind	4.7.31	-	7.4.46	01:39
	SYDN	Josh Kennedy goal	4.7.31	-	8.4.52	03:46
	SYDN	Lewis Roberts-Thomson goal	4.7.31	-	9.4.58	08:16
	SYDN	Josh Kennedy behind	4.7.31	-	9.5.59	10:22
	HWTH	David Hale goal	5.7.37	-	9.5.59	14:04
	HWTH	Lance Franklin goal	6.7.43	-	9.5.59	16:15
	HWTH	Lance Franklin behind	6.8.44	-	9.5.59	18:35
	HWTH	Rushed behind	6.9.45	-	9.5.59	19:36
	HWTH	Jack Gunston goal	7.9.51	-	9.5.59	21:59
	HWTH	Lance Franklin goal	8.9.57	-	9.5.59	23:34
	HWTH	Isaac Smith goal	9.9.63	-	9.5.59	24:35
	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh goal	9.9.63	-	10.5.65	27:29
	HWTH	Jarryd Roughead behind	9.10.64	-	10.5.65	29:22
Q4	HWTH	Luke Breust goal	10.10.70	-	10.5.65	00:57
	HWTH	David Hale goal	11.10.76	-	10.5.65	02:21
	HWTH	Lance Franklin behind	11.11.77	-	10.5.65	06:02
	SYDN	Sam Reid behind	11.11.77	-	10.6.66	07:46
	HWTH	Matt Suckling behind	11.12.78	-	10.6.66	11:00
	SYDN	Dan Hannebery goal	11.12.78	-	11.6.72	12:53
	SYDN	Kieren Jack goal	11.12.78	-	12.6.78	19:10
	SYDN	Rushed behind	11.12.78	-	12.7.79	21:52
	SYDN	Adam Goodes goal	11.12.78	-	13.7.85	22:29
	HWTH	Jack Gunston behind	11.13.79	-	13.7.85	24:53
	HWTH	Brad Sewell behind	11.14.80	-	13.7.85	27:53
	HWTH	Brad Sewell behind	11.15.81	-	13.7.85	28:42
	SYDN	Nick Malceski goal	11.15.81	-	14.7.91	32:06

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