2015 AFL Season Round 6: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 2015 between Melbourne and Sydney during round six of the 2015 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted Sydney at the MCG. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Melbourne (7.8.50) were defeated by Sydney (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 9 May 2015
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 26,894

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 7.8.50 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 1 1 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Sydney 4 . 3 7 . 7 11 . 9 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin SYDN by 20 SYDN by 40 SYDN by 46 SYDN by 38 SYDN by 38
Duration 28:08 29:03 30:16 30:22 1:57:49

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Melbourne) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Nathan Jones
Coach: Paul Roos

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Longmire

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Findlay (#23)
D. Harris (#24)
D. Margetts (#6)
E: H. Ryan (#14)

Goal Umpires

R. O'Dea
C. Roffey
E: J. Venkataya

Boundary Umpires

G. Bergroth
R. Haala
T. Lougoon
S. Thiele

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Tom Mitchell SYDN 6 3
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 2
Kurt Tippett SYDN 8 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 10 2 0 0 0 0
Tom McDonald MELB 25 6 0 1 0 1 0
Kieren Jack SYDN 15 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jarrad McVeigh SYDN 3 3 0 0 1 0 0
Luke Parker SYDN 26 3 0 0 1 0 0
Lewis Jetta SYDN 32 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Kurt Tippett SYDN 8 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus INT 75% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 3
18 Cross, Daniel WR 89% 0 0 23 14 9 8 4 7 5 2 2 2 1 2
6 Dawes, Chris FF 84% 1 1 9 5 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
14 Dunn, Lynden CHB 98% 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 0
20 Garland, Colin BPL 92% 0 0 15 8 7 1 0 8 1 3 1 0 4 0
36 Garlett, Jeff HFFL 95% 2 2 14 13 1 1 0 3 2 4 1 1 1 4
1 Hogan, Jesse CHF 91% 2 1 14 9 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
38 Howe, Jeremy BPR 90% 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0
2 Jones, Nathan (c) RR 80% 0 0 25 9 16 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 2
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay HFFR 85% 0 2 6 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Lumumba, Heritier HBFR 92% 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 4 1 2 0 0 4 1
25 McDonald, Tom FB 92% 0 0 25 15 10 10 0 5 1 0 1 0 6 1
19 Newton, Ben WL 75% 1 0 14 7 7 1 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 5
21 Pedersen, Cameron FPL↓ 54% 0 0 8 4 4 3 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 0
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 90% 0 0 24 16 8 6 0 4 0 3 0 2 7 2
42 Spencer, Jake RU 88% 0 0 10 1 9 1 30 7 4 3 5 2 0 1
15 Stretch, Billy INT 80% 1 0 7 6 1 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 0
5 Toumpas, Jimmy INT 81% 0 0 14 7 7 5 0 2 1 3 0 1 1 1
12 Tyson, Dom RO 80% 0 0 25 13 12 9 0 3 4 4 2 0 3 1
37 vandenBerg, Aaron FPR 76% 0 2 15 8 7 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 5
23 Vince, Bernie C 79% 0 0 26 17 9 6 0 3 2 2 1 1 3 1
4 Watts, Jack SUB↑ 35% 0 0 7 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 7 8 337 189 148 87 37 73 38 39 17 14 40 31

J. Watts replaced C. Pedersen during the third quarter.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 84% 0 2 22 17 5 6 0 2 0 8 0 1 0 5
37 Goodes, Adam SUB↑ 50% 1 0 12 8 4 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
39 Grundy, Heath CHB 94% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1
4 Hannebery, Dan HFFR 87% 1 0 18 9 9 2 0 6 4 5 2 3 0 2
5 Heeney, Isaac INT↓ 36% 0 1 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
15 Jack, Kieren RR 84% 0 0 25 13 12 6 0 8 4 3 0 1 1 7
32 Jetta, Lewis INT 81% 1 1 24 16 8 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 7
12 Kennedy, Josh C 88% 2 1 31 13 18 6 1 8 7 4 0 1 1 3
11 Laidler, Jeremy INT 78% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 84% 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3
21 McGlynn, Ben HFFL 84% 1 0 19 11 8 6 0 8 5 4 1 1 0 4
3 McVeigh, Jarrad WL 90% 0 0 24 17 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 6
6 Mitchell, Tom RO 83% 0 0 28 12 16 4 0 5 6 0 1 0 0 0
26 Parker, Luke FPL 86% 1 2 24 13 11 5 2 9 4 5 1 1 0 3
38 Pyke, Mike RU 82% 1 2 11 8 3 0 39 2 3 5 1 4 0 2
24 Rampe, Dane WR 89% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 4
20 Reid, Sam FPR 85% 0 0 16 7 9 5 2 6 1 0 3 0 1 2
25 Richards, Ted FB 81% 0 1 9 5 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
16 Rohan, Gary HBFL 84% 0 2 14 7 7 5 0 5 0 3 0 1 0 4
2 Shaw, Rhyce BPR 89% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 4 1 2 0 0 3 2
40 Smith, Nick BPL 88% 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Tippett, Kurt FF 92% 4 0 15 7 8 3 15 6 2 4 2 3 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 16 375 217 158 94 59 87 38 49 14 17 22 60

A. Goodes replaced I. Heeney.

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

Melbourne Coach: Paul Roos
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
40 N. Smith 25 T. Richards 2 R. Shaw 42 J. Spencer 10 A. Brayshaw
37 A. vandenBerg 6 C. Dawes 21 C. Pedersen 2 N. Jones (c) 15 B. Stretch
FORWARD 12 D. Tyson 5 J. Toumpas
HALF-BACK

4 J. Watts
16 G. Rohan 39 H. Grundy 44 J. Lloyd



24 J. Kennedy Harris 1 J. Hogan 36 J. Garlett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



3 J. McVeigh 12 J. Kennedy 24 D. Rampe



18 D. Cross 23 B. Vince 19 B. Newton FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 M. Pyke 5 I. Heeney
HALF-FORWARD 15 K. Jack 32 L. Jetta
21 B. McGlynn 23 L. Franklin 4 D. Hannebery 6 T. Mitchell 11 J. Laidler
8 H. Lumumba 14 L. Dunn 3 C. Salem

37 A. Goodes
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



26 L. Parker 8 K. Tippett 20 S. Reid



38 J. Howe 25 T. McDonald 20 C. Garland



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Aaron vandenBerg behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:49
SYDN Mike Pyke goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:09
SYDN Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 08:57
MELB Billy Stretch goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 11:04
SYDN Kurt Tippett goal 1.1.7 - 2.1.13 12:34
SYDN Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 14:15
SYDN Kurt Tippett goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 15:44
SYDN Kurt Tippett goal 1.1.7 - 4.2.26 22:42
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 1.1.7 - 4.3.27 27:11
Q2 SYDN Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 4.4.28 00:32
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 1.2.8 - 4.4.28 04:56
SYDN Luke Parker behind 1.2.8 - 4.5.29 07:52
SYDN Ben McGlynn goal 1.2.8 - 5.5.35 08:24
SYDN Lewis Jetta goal 1.2.8 - 6.5.41 18:22
MELB Chris Dawes behind 1.3.9 - 6.5.41 19:47
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 1.3.9 - 6.6.42 20:22
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 1.3.9 - 7.6.48 21:05
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 1.3.9 - 7.7.49 22:44
Q3 SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 1.3.9 - 8.7.55 00:55
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 1.3.9 - 8.8.56 03:00
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 2.3.15 - 8.8.56 04:34
SYDN Kurt Tippett goal 2.3.15 - 9.8.62 05:35
SYDN Dan Hannebery goal 2.3.15 - 10.8.68 11:46
SYDN Gary Rohan behind 2.3.15 - 10.9.69 14:02
MELB Aaron vandenBerg behind 2.4.16 - 10.9.69 16:15
SYDN Luke Parker goal 2.4.16 - 11.9.75 19:16
MELB Jay Kennedy Harris behind 2.5.17 - 11.9.75 24:46
MELB Ben Newton goal 3.5.23 - 11.9.75 27:38
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 4.5.29 - 11.9.75 29:18
Q4 SYDN Gary Rohan behind 4.5.29 - 11.10.76 00:29
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 4.6.30 - 11.10.76 01:10
SYDN Luke Parker behind 4.6.30 - 11.11.77 05:04
MELB Jay Kennedy Harris behind 4.7.31 - 11.11.77 07:22
MELB Chris Dawes goal 5.7.37 - 11.11.77 10:24
SYDN Mike Pyke behind 5.7.37 - 11.12.78 11:47
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 5.8.38 - 11.12.78 13:25
SYDN Rushed behind 5.8.38 - 11.13.79 15:57
SYDN Ted Richards behind 5.8.38 - 11.14.80 20:13
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 6.8.44 - 11.14.80 21:14
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 7.8.50 - 11.14.80 22:52
SYDN Lewis Jetta behind 7.8.50 - 11.15.81 23:56
SYDN Mike Pyke behind 7.8.50 - 11.16.82 26:02
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 7.8.50 - 12.16.88 27:09