2015 AFL Round 7: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 2015 between Sydney and Geelong during round 7 of the 2015 AFL season. Sydney hosted Geelong at ANZ Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

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

Geelong
Back: J. Thurlow, T. Lonergan, J. Bews
Half-back: C. Enright, J. Rivers, H. Taylor
Centre: M. Duncan, J. Selwood (capt.), M. Blicavs
Half-forward: S. Motlop, J. Walker, J. Murdoch
Forward: C. Gregson, M. Clark, D. Lang
Follower: R. Stanley, S. Johnson, C. Guthrie
Int.: J. Caddy, S. Kersten, M. Stokes
Sub.: S. Blease

Sydney (18.12.120) defeated Geelong (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
Sydney: L. Parker (5), L. Franklin (4), T. Mitchell (3), A. Goodes, K. Jack, J. Kennedy, J. McVeigh, G. Rohan, K. Tippett
Geelong: C. Gregson (2), S. Johnson (2), S. Motlop (2), M. Blicavs, C. Guthrie, D. Lang, J. Selwood, J. Thurlow

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Geelong were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Saturday 16 May 2015
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 28,063

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Geelong
Score: 18.12.120 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 3 8 . 4 11 . 9 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Geelong 4 . 4 9 . 7 10 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin GEEL by 1 GEEL by 9 SYDN by 5 SYDN by 43 SYDN by 43
Duration 30:52 33:32 29:14 30:49 2:04:27

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hay (#20), S. Jeffery (#29), M. Nicholls (#15), E: A. Langdon (#37)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, D. Puren, E: R. O'Dea
Boundary Umpire: D. Field-Read, C. Gordon, M. Saunders, R. Taylor

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Parker SYDN 26 3
Tom Mitchell SYDN 6 2
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Luke Parker SYDN 26 10 2 0 0 0 0
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Dan Hannebery SYDN 4 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Tom Mitchell SYDN 6 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Lewis Jetta SYDN 32 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 88% 4 5 22 14 8 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 4
37 Goodes, Adam FPR 83% 1 1 15 9 6 8 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 2
39 Grundy, Heath CHB 96% 0 0 25 9 16 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1
4 Hannebery, Dan WL 94% 0 0 35 13 22 5 0 1 4 1 0 1 2 7
15 Jack, Kieren RO 86% 1 0 24 9 15 4 0 4 3 3 0 1 0 4
32 Jetta, Lewis WR 86% 0 1 21 15 6 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 5
12 Kennedy, Josh C 89% 1 1 33 12 21 9 0 3 4 2 0 1 1 3
11 Laidler, Jeremy INT 73% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
44 Lloyd, Jake INT↓ 60% 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 3
21 McGlynn, Ben RR 86% 0 1 21 12 9 5 0 10 4 2 3 1 1 4
3 McVeigh, Jarrad HFFR 91% 1 0 26 9 17 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 0
6 Mitchell, Tom INT 78% 3 0 33 12 21 4 0 4 5 3 0 1 0 7
26 Parker, Luke HFFL 84% 5 1 31 20 11 11 0 5 3 3 3 1 2 6
38 Pyke, Mike RU 87% 0 0 13 5 8 1 36 4 1 4 1 2 1 5
24 Rampe, Dane HBFR 81% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 2 4 1 2 2 1
20 Reid, Sam HBFL 88% 0 1 11 5 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Richards, Ted FB 95% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 2
16 Rohan, Gary FPL 79% 1 0 10 5 5 3 0 2 0 4 0 2 1 2
2 Shaw, Rhyce BPL 83% 0 0 20 15 5 5 0 0 1 3 0 1 7 3
40 Smith, Nick BPR 91% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 1
8 Tippett, Kurt FF 86% 1 0 7 2 5 2 5 1 1 2 1 2 0 0
22 Towers, Dean SUB↑ 18% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 18 12 426 208 218 96 41 54 33 45 17 20 35 61

D. Towers replaced J. Lloyd.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Bews, Jed BPR 78% 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 1
12 Blease, Sam SUB↑ 33% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
46 Blicavs, Mark WR 89% 1 0 16 6 10 3 14 4 3 1 1 1 3 3
23 Caddy, Josh INT 74% 0 0 12 5 7 1 2 7 8 2 1 2 1 3
19 Clark, Mitch FF 90% 0 1 10 6 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
22 Duncan, Mitch WL↓ 50% 0 0 18 7 11 5 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 5
44 Enright, Corey HBFL 85% 0 0 21 14 7 8 0 0 0 2 1 1 7 1
28 Gregson, Cory FPL 84% 2 0 11 9 2 7 0 5 0 2 2 1 0 2
29 Guthrie, Cameron RO 87% 1 0 16 12 4 6 0 3 2 4 0 3 4 1
20 Johnson, Steve RR 87% 2 0 21 13 8 5 0 4 2 4 0 2 3 5
39 Kersten, Shane INT 79% 0 2 9 5 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
11 Lang, Darcy FPR 82% 1 1 11 7 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3
13 Lonergan, Tom FB 86% 0 0 9 7 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0
32 Motlop, Steven HFFL 86% 2 1 17 11 6 4 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 3
21 Murdoch, Jordan HFFR 78% 0 0 16 15 1 7 0 5 1 2 2 0 1 2
25 Rivers, Jared CHB 94% 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 87% 1 1 19 12 7 1 1 4 8 1 3 0 1 1
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 93% 0 0 12 7 5 4 15 1 4 4 1 1 0 5
27 Stokes, Mathew INT 82% 0 0 27 14 13 3 0 4 3 4 1 1 2 4
7 Taylor, Harry HBFR 94% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 4 0
40 Thurlow, Jackson BPL 93% 1 0 25 16 9 7 0 1 0 2 3 0 7 3
34 Walker, Josh CHF 88% 0 2 9 6 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 11 11 321 194 127 94 35 56 40 41 20 17 39 48

S. Blease replaced M. Duncan.

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
40 J. Thurlow 13 T. Lonergan 24 J. Bews 38 M. Pyke 11 J. Laidler
37 A. Goodes 8 K. Tippett 16 G. Rohan 21 B. McGlynn 44 J. Lloyd
FORWARD 15 K. Jack 6 T. Mitchell
HALF-BACK

22 D. Towers
44 C. Enright 25 J. Rivers 7 H. Taylor



3 J. McVeigh 23 L. Franklin 26 L. Parker



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 M. Duncan 14 J. Selwood (c) 46 M. Blicavs



32 L. Jetta 12 J. Kennedy 4 D. Hannebery FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 R. Stanley 23 J. Caddy
HALF-FORWARD 20 S. Johnson 39 S. Kersten
32 S. Motlop 34 J. Walker 21 J. Murdoch 29 C. Guthrie 27 M. Stokes
24 D. Rampe 39 H. Grundy 20 S. Reid

12 S. Blease
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



28 C. Gregson 19 M. Clark 11 D. Lang



40 N. Smith 25 T. Richards 2 R. Shaw



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:26
GEEL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 05:57
SYDN Luke Parker goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 07:07
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 2.0.12 - 1.1.7 10:13
GEEL Mitch Clark behind 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 12:03
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 12:33
GEEL Cameron Guthrie goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 14:10
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 15:47
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 19:32
GEEL Steven Motlop goal 3.2.20 - 3.2.20 20:47
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 3.2.20 - 4.2.26 23:00
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 3.3.21 - 4.2.26 24:34
GEEL Shane Kersten behind 3.3.21 - 4.3.27 26:49
GEEL Shane Kersten behind 3.3.21 - 4.4.28 28:23
SYDN Tom Mitchell goal 4.3.27 - 4.4.28 29:53
Q2 GEEL Joel Selwood goal 4.3.27 - 5.4.34 01:03
GEEL Jackson Thurlow goal 4.3.27 - 6.4.40 03:19
SYDN Luke Parker goal 5.3.33 - 6.4.40 06:30
GEEL Joel Selwood behind 5.3.33 - 6.5.41 07:35
GEEL Darcy Lang goal 5.3.33 - 7.5.47 10:34
GEEL Rushed behind 5.3.33 - 7.6.48 12:39
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 5.4.34 - 7.6.48 15:19
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 6.4.40 - 7.6.48 16:12
GEEL Josh Walker behind 6.4.40 - 7.7.49 19:36
SYDN Adam Goodes goal 7.4.46 - 7.7.49 22:03
GEEL Steven Motlop goal 7.4.46 - 8.7.55 23:38
SYDN Luke Parker goal 8.4.52 - 8.7.55 27:09
GEEL Cory Gregson goal 8.4.52 - 9.7.61 29:48
Q3 SYDN Kieren Jack goal 9.4.58 - 9.7.61 00:19
GEEL Rushed behind 9.4.58 - 9.8.62 03:03
SYDN Sam Reid behind 9.5.59 - 9.8.62 05:16
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 9.6.60 - 9.8.62 06:01
SYDN Kurt Tippett goal 10.6.66 - 9.8.62 10:00
SYDN Luke Parker goal 11.6.72 - 9.8.62 11:09
SYDN Rushed behind 11.7.73 - 9.8.62 17:00
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 11.8.74 - 9.8.62 20:11
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 11.9.75 - 9.8.62 22:00
GEEL Darcy Lang behind 11.9.75 - 9.9.63 24:33
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 11.9.75 - 10.9.69 25:28
GEEL Steven Motlop behind 11.9.75 - 10.10.70 27:52
Q4 GEEL Josh Walker behind 11.9.75 - 10.11.71 00:38
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 12.9.81 - 10.11.71 04:35
SYDN Ben McGlynn behind 12.10.82 - 10.11.71 06:17
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh goal 13.10.88 - 10.11.71 08:02
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 14.10.94 - 10.11.71 10:15
SYDN Lewis Jetta behind 14.11.95 - 10.11.71 12:37
SYDN Gary Rohan goal 15.11.101 - 10.11.71 16:08
SYDN Luke Parker behind 15.12.102 - 10.11.71 22:36
SYDN Tom Mitchell goal 16.12.108 - 10.11.71 23:36
SYDN Luke Parker goal 17.12.114 - 10.11.71 25:47
GEEL Cory Gregson goal 17.12.114 - 11.11.77 27:39
SYDN Tom Mitchell goal 18.12.120 - 11.11.77 29:18