2015 AFL Qualifying Final 1: Fremantle v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 2015 between Fremantle and Sydney in the first qualifying final of the 2015 AFL season. Fremantle hosted Sydney at Domain Stadium. Matthew Pavlich captained the hosts. Jarrad McVeigh captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ross Lyon and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Fremantle
Back: L. Spurr, M. Johnson, Z. Dawson
Half-back: S. Hill, G. Ibbotson, C. Sutcliffe
Centre: N. Suban, M. de Boer, T. Sheridan
Half-forward: M. Barlow, M. Pavlich (capt.), T. Mzungu
Forward: Z. Clarke, C. Mayne, M. Walters
Follower: A. Sandilands, D. Mundy, L. Neale
Int.: H. Ballantyne, N. Fyfe, D. Pearce
Sub.: C. Pearce

Sydney
Back: R. Shaw, T. Richards, D. Rampe
Half-back: B. McGlynn, H. Grundy, J. Laidler
Centre: H. Cunningham, T. Mitchell, I. Heeney
Half-forward: J. McVeigh (capt.), S. Reid, J. Lloyd
Forward: G. Rohan, K. Tippett, A. Goodes
Follower: M. Pyke, J. Kennedy, D. Hannebery
Int.: B. Jack, L. Jetta, D. Towers
Sub.: Z. Jones

Fremantle (10.9.69) defeated Sydney (7.18.60).

Goalkickers
Fremantle: H. Ballantyne (3), M. Walters (3), M. Barlow, Z. Clarke, C. Mayne, L. Neale
Sydney: K. Tippett (3), J. Laidler, J. McVeigh, S. Reid, D. Towers

As a result of this match, Fremantle faced Hawthorn in the first preliminary final and Sydney faced North Melbourne in the first semi final.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final 1
Teams: Fremantle v Sydney
Date: Saturday 12 September 2015
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: Domain Stadium
Attendance: 40,071

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Sydney
Score: 10.9.69 - 7.18.60

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Fremantle	4	.	1	6	.	4	8	.	8	10	.	9	10	.	9	(69)
Sydney	1	.	6	2	.	11	5	.	13	7	.	18	7	.	18	(60)
Margin	FREM by 13			FREM by 17			FREM by 13			FREM by 9			FREM by 9
Duration	29:25			27:49			29:33			29:54			1:56:41

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ross Lyon (Fremantle), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle), Jarrad McVeigh (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), R. Findlay (#23), D. Margetts (#6), E: J. Bannister (#5)
Goal Umpire: D. Dixon, B. Rogers, E: M. Palm
Boundary Umpire: J. Creasey, M. Jenkinson, M. Konetschka, M. Tomkins

Player Statistics

Fremantle

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
1	Ballantyne, Hayden	INT	78%	3	0	16	11	5	6	0	2	1	2	0	1	2	1
21	Barlow, Michael	HFFL	82%	1	0	18	8	10	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1
30	Clarke, Zac	FPL	89%	1	0	8	3	5	3	11	3	2	3	0	3	0	0
3	Dawson, Zac	BPR	96%	0	0	10	3	7	3	1	3	0	3	2	2	3	0
9	de Boer, Matt	C	82%	0	0	22	6	16	3	0	7	2	5	1	2	0	3
7	Fyfe, Nat	INT	85%	0	0	32	15	17	4	3	4	8	6	1	4	1	5
32	Hill, Stephen	HBFL	79%	0	0	26	18	8	4	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	8
5	Ibbotson, Garrick	CHB	98%	0	0	17	10	7	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1
37	Johnson, Michael	FB	87%	0	0	18	12	6	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	1
23	Mayne, Chris	FF	90%	1	2	11	4	7	4	0	5	1	2	0	1	0	0
16	Mundy, David	RR	79%	0	0	27	10	17	3	1	1	6	0	0	0	1	1
13	Mzungu, Tendai	HFFR	78%	0	0	14	11	3	6	0	6	1	1	1	1	7	0
27	Neale, Lachie	RO	78%	1	0	32	11	21	3	0	2	7	2	0	1	2	0
29	Pavlich, Matthew (c)	CHF	92%	0	1	16	11	5	5	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	2
46	Pearce, Clancee	SUB↑	15%	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	Pearce, Danyle	INT	75%	0	1	20	15	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	8
31	Sandilands, Aaron	RU	82%	0	0	17	1	16	3	43	3	5	1	2	1	2	4
11	Sheridan, Tom	WR	94%	0	1	25	16	9	4	0	3	0	2	1	1	3	2
34	Spurr, Lee	BPL	99%	0	1	14	9	5	6	0	5	1	3	0	0	5	0
8	Suban, Nick	WL↓	62%	0	0	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
33	Sutcliffe, Cam	HBFR	94%	0	0	12	7	5	6	0	4	0	1	0	0	4	0
10	Walters, Michael	FPR	86%	3	0	21	14	7	3	0	2	3	1	2	0	0	4
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				10	9	383	197	186	86	60	56	42	41	14	21	39	41

C. Pearce replaced N. Suban.

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
7	Cunningham, Harry	WL	87%	0	0	18	8	10	3	0	4	0	2	1	1	0	5
37	Goodes, Adam	FPR	92%	0	2	25	15	10	7	0	5	0	2	0	0	1	3
39	Grundy, Heath	CHB	95%	0	0	14	5	9	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1
4	Hannebery, Dan	RO	86%	0	0	34	13	21	3	0	5	4	2	0	1	2	2
5	Heeney, Isaac	WR	86%	0	2	13	8	5	5	0	6	0	3	0	1	0	3
33	Jack, Brandon	INT	66%	0	1	8	3	5	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	0	0
32	Jetta, Lewis	INT	80%	0	0	16	9	7	3	0	3	1	1	1	0	1	5
10	Jones, Zak	SUB↑	55%	0	0	10	3	7	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	2	1
12	Kennedy, Josh	RR	88%	0	2	39	16	23	5	0	8	4	4	1	1	1	8
11	Laidler, Jeremy	HBFR	75%	1	0	16	9	7	2	0	2	2	3	0	2	2	1
44	Lloyd, Jake	HFFR	90%	0	0	20	11	9	4	0	3	3	5	2	2	2	1
21	McGlynn, Ben	HBFL	74%	0	2	10	6	4	5	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	1
3	McVeigh, Jarrad (c)	HFFL	87%	1	0	23	15	8	5	0	11	2	5	1	0	3	2
6	Mitchell, Tom	C	86%	0	1	29	14	15	4	0	5	4	6	2	1	1	6
38	Pyke, Mike	RU	87%	0	0	5	3	2	2	11	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
24	Rampe, Dane	BPR	92%	0	0	16	11	5	2	0	2	1	4	0	0	4	3
20	Reid, Sam	CHF↓	30%	1	1	5	3	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
25	Richards, Ted	FB	97%	0	0	16	2	14	1	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	0
16	Rohan, Gary	FPL	85%	0	1	8	5	3	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0
2	Shaw, Rhyce	BPL	85%	0	0	27	15	12	7	0	1	1	2	1	1	4	3
8	Tippett, Kurt	FF	92%	3	1	15	12	3	6	12	6	3	3	6	2	1	4
22	Towers, Dean	INT	84%	1	2	15	9	6	7	4	2	0	2	0	1	1	2
Rushed					3
Total (22 players)				7	18	382	195	187	81	27	83	28	51	21	14	30	53

Z. Jones replaced S. Reid during the second quarter.

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

Fremantle							Coach: Ross Lyon
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	2	R. Shaw	25	T. Richards	24	D. Rampe	31	A. Sandilands	1	H. Ballantyne
	10	M. Walters	23	C. Mayne	30	Z. Clarke	16	D. Mundy	7	N. Fyfe
FORWARD							27	L. Neale	6	D. Pearce
HALF-BACK									46	C. Pearce
	21	B. McGlynn	39	H. Grundy	11	J. Laidler
	13	T. Mzungu	29	M. Pavlich (c)	21	M. Barlow
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	H. Cunningham	6	T. Mitchell	5	I. Heeney
	11	T. Sheridan	9	M. de Boer	8	N. Suban	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							38	M. Pyke	33	B. Jack
HALF-FORWARD							12	J. Kennedy	32	L. Jetta
	3	J. McVeigh (c)	20	S. Reid	44	J. Lloyd	4	D. Hannebery	22	D. Towers
	33	C. Sutcliffe	5	G. Ibbotson	32	S. Hill			10	Z. Jones
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	16	G. Rohan	8	K. Tippett	37	A. Goodes
	3	Z. Dawson	37	M. Johnson	34	L. Spurr
BACK
Sydney							Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Kurt Tippett behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	03:44
	FREM	Michael Walters goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	04:20
	FREM	Hayden Ballantyne goal	2.0.12	-	0.1.1	06:43
	SYDN	Ben McGlynn behind	2.0.12	-	0.2.2	12:18
	SYDN	Dean Towers behind	2.0.12	-	0.3.3	14:24
	SYDN	Ben McGlynn behind	2.0.12	-	0.4.4	15:42
	SYDN	Rushed behind	2.0.12	-	0.5.5	16:16
	FREM	Chris Mayne behind	2.1.13	-	0.5.5	17:30
	FREM	Michael Walters goal	3.1.19	-	0.5.5	20:44
	FREM	Chris Mayne goal	4.1.25	-	0.5.5	23:47
	SYDN	Sam Reid behind	4.1.25	-	0.6.6	25:13
	SYDN	Sam Reid goal	4.1.25	-	1.6.12	26:54
Q2	SYDN	Josh Kennedy behind	4.1.25	-	1.7.13	02:37
	FREM	Zac Clarke goal	5.1.31	-	1.7.13	04:15
	SYDN	Brandon Jack behind	5.1.31	-	1.8.14	11:07
	FREM	Rushed behind	5.2.32	-	1.8.14	13:17
	SYDN	Kurt Tippett goal	5.2.32	-	2.8.20	14:42
	FREM	Danyle Pearce behind	5.3.33	-	2.8.20	15:59
	FREM	Michael Walters goal	6.3.39	-	2.8.20	17:13
	SYDN	Adam Goodes behind	6.3.39	-	2.9.21	20:15
	SYDN	Rushed behind	6.3.39	-	2.10.22	21:48
	FREM	Lee Spurr behind	6.4.40	-	2.10.22	25:00
	SYDN	Dean Towers behind	6.4.40	-	2.11.23	26:36
Q3	FREM	Tom Sheridan behind	6.5.41	-	2.11.23	02:01
	FREM	Hayden Ballantyne goal	7.5.47	-	2.11.23	02:52
	SYDN	Jeremy Laidler goal	7.5.47	-	3.11.29	04:33
	SYDN	Jarrad McVeigh goal	7.5.47	-	4.11.35	08:50
	FREM	Rushed behind	7.6.48	-	4.11.35	12:00
	FREM	Lachie Neale goal	8.6.54	-	4.11.35	14:20
	FREM	Matthew Pavlich behind	8.7.55	-	4.11.35	18:43
	SYDN	Adam Goodes behind	8.7.55	-	4.12.36	21:50
	SYDN	Dean Towers goal	8.7.55	-	5.12.42	22:26
	FREM	Chris Mayne behind	8.8.56	-	5.12.42	24:29
	SYDN	Josh Kennedy behind	8.8.56	-	5.13.43	27:49
Q4	FREM	Hayden Ballantyne goal	9.8.62	-	5.13.43	00:59
	FREM	Michael Barlow goal	10.8.68	-	5.13.43	04:06
	SYDN	Kurt Tippett goal	10.8.68	-	6.13.49	09:13
	SYDN	Tom Mitchell behind	10.8.68	-	6.14.50	10:54
	FREM	Rushed behind	10.9.69	-	6.14.50	13:06
	SYDN	Kurt Tippett goal	10.9.69	-	7.14.56	19:52
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	10.9.69	-	7.15.57	21:34
	SYDN	Gary Rohan behind	10.9.69	-	7.16.58	25:24
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	10.9.69	-	7.17.59	28:07
	SYDN	Rushed behind	10.9.69	-	7.18.60	28:31

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