2014 AFL Preliminary Final 1: Sydney v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 2014 between Sydney and North Melbourne in the first preliminary final of the 2014 AFL season. Sydney hosted North Melbourne at ANZ Stadium. Andrew Swallow captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

Sydney
Back: N. Smith, T. Richards, R. Shaw
Half-back: N. Malceski, H. Grundy, D. Rampe
Centre: G. Rohan, J. Kennedy, B. McGlynn
Half-forward: J. McVeigh, L. Franklin, H. Cunningham
Forward: A. Goodes, K. Tippett, S. Reid
Follower: M. Pyke, L. Parker, K. Jack
Int.: D. Hannebery, L. Jetta, J. Lloyd
Sub.: C. Bird

North Melbourne
Back: S. Wright, S. Thompson, M. Firrito
Half-back: N. Dal Santo, N. Grima, L. McDonald
Centre: B. Jacobs, A. Swallow (capt.), S. Atley
Half-forward: L. Greenwood, B. Brown, B. Harvey
Forward: L. Thomas, D. Petrie, K. Turner
Follower: T. Goldstein, B. Cunnington, J. Ziebell
Int.: A. Black, S. Gibson, D. Wells
Sub.: R. Bastinac

Sydney (19.22.136) defeated North Melbourne (9.11.65).

Goalkickers
Sydney: L. Franklin (5), K. Tippett (4), A. Goodes (3), L. Parker (3), C. Bird, K. Jack, L. Jetta, B. McGlynn
North Melbourne: D. Petrie (3), B. Brown (2), S. Atley, T. Goldstein, L. Greenwood, B. Harvey

As a result of this match, Sydney faced Hawthorn in the grand final and North Melbourne were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2014 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 1
Teams: Sydney v North Melbourne
Date: Friday 19 September 2014
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 48,029

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. North Melbourne
Score: 19.22.136 - 9.11.65

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	4	.	5	9	.	10	13	.	17	19	.	22	19	.	22	(136)
North Melbourne	1	.	2	4	.	4	6	.	7	9	.	11	9	.	11	(65)
Margin	SYDN by 21			SYDN by 36			SYDN by 52			SYDN by 71			SYDN by 71
Duration	29:56			30:47			30:11			30:37			2:01:31

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Brad Scott (North Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Andrew Swallow (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Meredith (#21), M. Nicholls (#15), T. Pannell (#28), E: D. Margetts (#6)
Goal Umpire: L. Walker, A. Wojcik, E: S. Williams
Boundary Umpire: J. Creasey, M. Konetschka, C. Roberts, M. Tomkins

Player Statistics

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
14	Bird, Craig	SUB↑	25%	1	0	9	4	5	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
7	Cunningham, Harry	HFFR	95%	0	2	14	7	7	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	3
23	Franklin, Lance	CHF	86%	5	2	23	18	5	11	0	3	0	3	2	2	0	6
37	Goodes, Adam	FPL	89%	3	1	17	10	7	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	6
39	Grundy, Heath	CHB	100%	0	0	9	4	5	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	1
4	Hannebery, Dan	INT	87%	0	1	22	8	14	3	0	4	3	4	0	2	1	5
15	Jack, Kieren	RO	82%	1	0	23	13	10	3	0	4	5	4	1	1	2	5
32	Jetta, Lewis	INT	80%	1	0	11	9	2	5	0	3	1	3	0	3	2	2
12	Kennedy, Josh	C	83%	0	2	27	12	15	2	0	7	8	1	1	0	0	4
44	Lloyd, Jake	INT	83%	0	0	14	6	8	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	3
9	Malceski, Nick	HBFL	73%	0	0	18	16	2	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	6
21	McGlynn, Ben	WR	83%	1	0	19	12	7	3	0	4	2	1	2	1	1	6
3	McVeigh, Jarrad	HFFL	91%	0	0	14	11	3	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	3
26	Parker, Luke	RR	86%	3	1	26	9	17	8	2	8	6	2	1	2	1	2
38	Pyke, Mike	RU	84%	0	0	10	5	5	1	30	1	2	2	1	1	0	1
24	Rampe, Dane	HBFR	88%	0	0	11	7	4	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	3
20	Reid, Sam	FPR↓	55%	0	2	8	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
25	Richards, Ted	FB	98%	0	0	10	4	6	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	2
16	Rohan, Gary	WL	79%	0	0	23	12	11	5	0	0	2	2	1	0	3	6
2	Shaw, Rhyce	BPR	86%	0	0	20	14	6	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	5	0
40	Smith, Nick	BPL	89%	0	0	13	8	5	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	1
8	Tippett, Kurt	FF	78%	4	2	15	10	5	9	12	2	0	3	0	2	0	3
Rushed					9
Total (22 players)				19	22	356	202	154	87	44	61	34	35	14	18	34	69

C. Bird replaced S. Reid.

North Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
18	Atley, Shaun	WR	91%	1	0	19	10	9	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	3
3	Bastinac, Ryan	SUB↑	34%	0	1	6	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Black, Aaron	INT↓	44%	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
50	Brown, Ben	CHF	93%	2	0	8	6	2	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
10	Cunnington, Ben	RR	77%	0	0	28	14	14	3	0	4	7	5	0	0	1	4
15	Dal Santo, Nick	HBFL	93%	0	0	24	7	17	3	2	2	5	1	1	0	4	2
11	Firrito, Michael	BPR	98%	0	0	20	9	11	8	0	4	0	3	1	1	9	2
43	Gibson, Sam	INT	91%	0	0	19	9	10	2	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	2
22	Goldstein, Todd	RU	87%	1	0	12	4	8	1	29	2	4	2	1	1	0	1
24	Greenwood, Levi	HFFL	90%	1	0	21	13	8	1	0	1	6	3	4	1	1	4
17	Grima, Nathan	CHB	80%	0	0	11	8	3	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	4	1
29	Harvey, Brent	HFFR	95%	1	1	19	13	6	3	0	6	2	0	1	0	4	4
5	Jacobs, Ben	WL	72%	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0
21	McDonald, Luke	HBFR	83%	0	1	13	7	6	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	2
20	Petrie, Drew	FF	100%	3	4	15	14	1	8	0	3	0	3	2	1	0	5
9	Swallow, Andrew (c)	C	83%	0	0	18	10	8	4	0	6	5	4	0	2	2	1
12	Thomas, Lindsay	FPL	88%	0	0	15	6	9	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
16	Thompson, Scott	FB	81%	0	0	9	2	7	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	1
40	Turner, Kayne	FPR	77%	0	0	7	5	2	3	0	2	0	4	0	2	1	4
8	Wells, Daniel	INT	75%	0	1	15	9	6	7	0	0	4	2	0	0	3	2
19	Wright, Sam	BPL	93%	0	0	22	13	9	7	0	0	0	4	0	2	5	1
7	Ziebell, Jack	RO	73%	0	1	15	5	10	2	0	5	3	5	1	2	0	2
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				9	11	329	175	154	74	32	50	40	44	18	14	45	44

R. Bastinac replaced A. Black.

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: John Longmire
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	19	S. Wright	16	S. Thompson	11	M. Firrito	38	M. Pyke	4	D. Hannebery
	20	S. Reid	8	K. Tippett	37	A. Goodes	26	L. Parker	32	L. Jetta
FORWARD							15	K. Jack	44	J. Lloyd
HALF-BACK									14	C. Bird
	15	N. Dal Santo	17	N. Grima	21	L. McDonald
	7	H. Cunningham	23	L. Franklin	3	J. McVeigh
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	5	B. Jacobs	9	A. Swallow (c)	18	S. Atley
	21	B. McGlynn	12	J. Kennedy	16	G. Rohan	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							22	T. Goldstein	35	A. Black
HALF-FORWARD							10	B. Cunnington	43	S. Gibson
	24	L. Greenwood	50	B. Brown	29	B. Harvey	7	J. Ziebell	8	D. Wells
	24	D. Rampe	39	H. Grundy	9	N. Malceski			3	R. Bastinac
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	12	L. Thomas	20	D. Petrie	40	K. Turner
	2	R. Shaw	25	T. Richards	40	N. Smith
BACK
North Melbourne							Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Sam Reid behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:34
	NMLB	Ben Brown goal	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	07:55
	SYDN	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	1.0.6	09:50
	SYDN	Adam Goodes goal	1.2.8	-	1.0.6	15:18
	SYDN	Dan Hannebery behind	1.3.9	-	1.0.6	18:21
	SYDN	Kurt Tippett goal	2.3.15	-	1.0.6	20:07
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	3.3.21	-	1.0.6	21:53
	SYDN	Lance Franklin behind	3.4.22	-	1.0.6	23:23
	SYDN	Rushed behind	3.5.23	-	1.0.6	24:11
	NMLB	Drew Petrie behind	3.5.23	-	1.1.7	26:52
	NMLB	Luke McDonald behind	3.5.23	-	1.2.8	28:07
	SYDN	Lewis Jetta goal	4.5.29	-	1.2.8	28:53
Q2	NMLB	Todd Goldstein goal	4.5.29	-	2.2.14	01:18
	NMLB	Drew Petrie behind	4.5.29	-	2.3.15	02:46
	SYDN	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	2.3.15	04:18
	SYDN	Adam Goodes goal	5.6.36	-	2.3.15	05:00
	NMLB	Jack Ziebell behind	5.6.36	-	2.4.16	06:58
	SYDN	Rushed behind	5.7.37	-	2.4.16	08:10
	SYDN	Harry Cunningham behind	5.8.38	-	2.4.16	08:59
	SYDN	Luke Parker goal	6.8.44	-	2.4.16	11:19
	SYDN	Kieren Jack goal	7.8.50	-	2.4.16	12:53
	NMLB	Levi Greenwood goal	7.8.50	-	3.4.22	14:34
	SYDN	Sam Reid behind	7.9.51	-	3.4.22	16:35
	SYDN	Harry Cunningham behind	7.10.52	-	3.4.22	19:14
	SYDN	Luke Parker goal	8.10.58	-	3.4.22	24:45
	NMLB	Ben Brown goal	8.10.58	-	4.4.28	26:15
	SYDN	Kurt Tippett goal	9.10.64	-	4.4.28	30:43
Q3	SYDN	Rushed behind	9.11.65	-	4.4.28	00:30
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	10.11.71	-	4.4.28	01:38
	NMLB	Drew Petrie behind	10.11.71	-	4.5.29	02:37
	SYDN	Ben McGlynn goal	11.11.77	-	4.5.29	04:31
	SYDN	Rushed behind	11.12.78	-	4.5.29	07:14
	SYDN	Rushed behind	11.13.79	-	4.5.29	12:19
	SYDN	Kurt Tippett behind	11.14.80	-	4.5.29	13:49
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	11.14.80	-	5.5.35	14:55
	NMLB	Brent Harvey goal	11.14.80	-	6.5.41	16:26
	SYDN	Kurt Tippett goal	12.14.86	-	6.5.41	18:29
	NMLB	Ryan Bastinac behind	12.14.86	-	6.6.42	21:17
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	13.14.92	-	6.6.42	22:25
	NMLB	Brent Harvey behind	13.14.92	-	6.7.43	24:51
	SYDN	Josh Kennedy behind	13.15.93	-	6.7.43	26:17
	SYDN	Lance Franklin behind	13.16.94	-	6.7.43	27:24
	SYDN	Kurt Tippett behind	13.17.95	-	6.7.43	30:04
Q4	NMLB	Shaun Atley goal	13.17.95	-	7.7.49	00:45
	SYDN	Rushed behind	13.18.96	-	7.7.49	02:36
	SYDN	Luke Parker behind	13.19.97	-	7.7.49	03:11
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	14.19.103	-	7.7.49	04:35
	NMLB	Rushed behind	14.19.103	-	7.8.50	05:49
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	14.19.103	-	8.8.56	07:35
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	15.19.109	-	8.8.56	10:12
	SYDN	Rushed behind	15.20.110	-	8.8.56	11:45
	SYDN	Luke Parker goal	16.20.116	-	8.8.56	12:50
	SYDN	Adam Goodes goal	17.20.122	-	8.8.56	15:00
	SYDN	Josh Kennedy behind	17.21.123	-	8.8.56	17:59
	NMLB	Drew Petrie goal	17.21.123	-	9.8.62	19:42
	NMLB	Daniel Wells behind	17.21.123	-	9.9.63	21:30
	NMLB	Drew Petrie behind	17.21.123	-	9.10.64	21:58
	SYDN	Adam Goodes behind	17.22.124	-	9.10.64	24:05
	SYDN	Kurt Tippett goal	18.22.130	-	9.10.64	25:03
	NMLB	Rushed behind	18.22.130	-	9.11.65	29:20
	SYDN	Craig Bird goal	19.22.136	-	9.11.65	30:33

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