2015 AFL Round 15: Brisbane Lions v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 2015 between Brisbane Lions and Sydney during round 15 of the 2015 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Sydney at Gabba. Tom Rockliff captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Justin Leppitsch and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Brisbane Lions
Back: J. Clarke, D. Merrett, H. Andrews
Half-back: N. Robertson, D. Gardiner, D. Rich
Centre: D. Zorko, D. Beams, J. Redden
Half-forward: S. Mayes, D. McStay, A. Christensen
Forward: J. Adcock, B. Staker, J. Bourke
Follower: M. Leuenberger, T. Rockliff (capt.), P. Hanley
Int.: J. Aish, M. Paparone, L. Taylor
Sub.: R. Bewick

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

Brisbane Lions (7.7.49) were defeated by Sydney (10.10.70).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: D. Zorko (3), D. Beams (2), J. Adcock, P. Hanley
Sydney: L. Franklin (3), K. Tippett (3), K. Jack, L. Jetta, J. McVeigh, D. Robinson

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions remained 18th on the ladder and Sydney remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2015 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Sydney
Date: Sunday 12 July 2015
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 16,936

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Sydney
Score: 7.7.49 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 2 . 3 3 . 3 7 . 5 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Sydney 1 . 2 5 . 3 8 . 6 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin BRIL by 7 SYDN by 12 SYDN by 7 SYDN by 21 SYDN by 21
Duration 29:23 29:47 32:02 28:41 1:59:53

Honour Roll

Coaches: Justin Leppitsch (Brisbane Lions), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Tom Rockliff (Brisbane Lions), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), R. O'Gorman (#10), B. Ryan (#27)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 3
Dan Hannebery SYDN 4 2
Dayne Zorko BRIL 15 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 10 2 0 0 0 0
Dayne Zorko BRIL 15 7 0 1 1 0 0
Dan Hannebery SYDN 4 6 0 1 0 1 0
Dayne Beams BRIL 9 4 0 0 1 0 1
Kurt Tippett SYDN 8 3 0 0 0 1 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Adcock, Jed FPL 93% 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 0
4 Aish, James INT 77% 0 0 17 5 12 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
31 Andrews, Harris BPR 84% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0
9 Beams, Dayne C 80% 2 0 32 18 14 8 0 3 5 3 1 2 2 1
8 Bewick, Rohan SUB↑ 68% 0 1 8 5 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
45 Bourke, Jordon FPR 84% 0 0 6 3 3 3 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
3 Christensen, Allen HFFR 78% 0 1 19 8 11 5 0 0 2 1 4 1 2 3
42 Clarke, Justin BPL 92% 0 0 14 7 7 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
27 Gardiner, Darcy CHB↓ 20% 0 0 6 6 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0
11 Hanley, Pearce RO 83% 1 0 33 19 14 6 2 3 4 1 1 0 3 5
23 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 87% 0 0 11 5 6 1 42 4 2 3 1 2 0 3
32 Mayes, Sam HFFL 88% 0 1 17 13 4 9 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2
25 McStay, Daniel CHF 89% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
21 Merrett, Daniel FB 98% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1
22 Paparone, Marco INT 88% 0 1 25 16 9 9 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 0
30 Redden, Jack WR 80% 0 0 24 12 12 2 4 8 9 2 1 1 4 4
10 Rich, Daniel HBFR 78% 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 2
18 Robertson, Nick HBFL 87% 0 0 21 11 10 8 0 3 3 6 0 2 3 2
38 Rockliff, Tom (c) RR 83% 0 0 27 15 12 5 0 11 5 2 3 1 4 5
14 Staker, Brent FF 90% 0 3 11 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
28 Taylor, Lewis INT 89% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 3
15 Zorko, Dayne WL 83% 3 0 30 20 10 6 0 3 6 6 0 1 3 6
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 7 7 370 206 164 101 53 53 40 43 20 17 35 47

R. Bewick replaced D. Gardiner.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Cunningham, Harry SUB↑ 24% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 1
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 93% 3 2 17 10 7 3 0 1 0 5 2 3 0 2
37 Goodes, Adam FPR 87% 0 1 17 10 7 6 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 4
39 Grundy, Heath FB 100% 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 0
4 Hannebery, Dan HFFR 82% 0 0 34 16 18 6 0 6 4 1 1 0 2 5
15 Jack, Kieren RO 85% 1 0 20 10 10 2 0 9 2 2 3 1 0 4
32 Jetta, Lewis WR 86% 1 0 20 13 7 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 3
10 Jones, Zak INT 77% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 3 2
12 Kennedy, Josh C 87% 0 0 41 13 28 2 1 9 9 7 3 3 2 5
11 Laidler, Jeremy CHB 91% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 3 2 0 0 3 0
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 87% 0 0 24 15 9 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2
3 McVeigh, Jarrad WL 88% 1 0 23 13 10 5 0 5 4 0 0 0 1 5
6 Mitchell, Tom HFFL 80% 0 0 27 8 19 3 0 7 6 4 0 2 2 3
26 Parker, Luke RR 88% 0 0 23 9 14 3 3 7 2 4 0 2 1 0
38 Pyke, Mike RU↓ 66% 0 0 6 1 5 1 18 4 1 1 1 1 1 0
24 Rampe, Dane HBFL 84% 0 0 23 17 6 11 0 3 0 3 1 1 6 0
20 Reid, Sam FPL 95% 0 0 15 8 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
27 Robinson, Dan INT 75% 1 1 12 9 3 5 1 4 0 2 1 1 0 3
2 Shaw, Rhyce BPR 80% 0 1 12 8 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 3
40 Smith, Nick BPL 86% 0 0 10 7 3 6 0 6 1 1 0 1 1 1
8 Tippett, Kurt FF 87% 3 0 10 6 4 5 31 4 2 0 2 0 0 4
22 Towers, Dean INT 73% 0 1 12 3 9 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 10 10 400 208 192 88 55 83 42 46 17 20 34 48

H. Cunningham replaced M. Pyke.

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

Brisbane Lions Coach: Justin Leppitsch
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
40 N. Smith 39 H. Grundy 2 R. Shaw 23 M. Leuenberger 4 J. Aish
45 J. Bourke 14 B. Staker 7 J. Adcock 38 T. Rockliff (c) 22 M. Paparone
FORWARD 11 P. Hanley 28 L. Taylor
HALF-BACK

8 R. Bewick
24 D. Rampe 11 J. Laidler 44 J. Lloyd



3 A. Christensen 25 D. McStay 32 S. Mayes



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



3 J. McVeigh 12 J. Kennedy 32 L. Jetta



30 J. Redden 9 D. Beams 15 D. Zorko FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 38 M. Pyke 10 Z. Jones
HALF-FORWARD 26 L. Parker 27 D. Robinson
6 T. Mitchell 23 L. Franklin 4 D. Hannebery 15 K. Jack 22 D. Towers
10 D. Rich 27 D. Gardiner 18 N. Robertson

7 H. Cunningham
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



20 S. Reid 8 K. Tippett 37 A. Goodes



31 H. Andrews 21 D. Merrett 42 J. Clarke



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Brent Staker behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 05:57
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 07:27
BRIL Marco Paparone behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 08:56
BRIL Dayne Beams goal 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 10:05
BRIL Sam Mayes behind 1.3.9 - 0.1.1 17:32
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 2.3.15 - 0.1.1 18:48
SYDN Rhyce Shaw behind 2.3.15 - 0.2.2 20:34
SYDN Kurt Tippett goal 2.3.15 - 1.2.8 22:57
Q2 SYDN Kurt Tippett goal 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 01:33
SYDN Lewis Jetta goal 2.3.15 - 3.2.20 09:30
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 2.3.15 - 4.2.26 17:05
SYDN Dan Robinson goal 2.3.15 - 5.2.32 22:19
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 3.3.21 - 5.2.32 26:53
SYDN Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 5.3.33 28:35
Q3 SYDN Jarrad McVeigh goal 3.3.21 - 6.3.39 01:27
SYDN Dan Robinson behind 3.3.21 - 6.4.40 05:53
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 4.3.27 - 6.4.40 06:30
BRIL Pearce Hanley goal 5.3.33 - 6.4.40 09:33
BRIL Dayne Beams goal 6.3.39 - 6.4.40 12:46
BRIL Jed Adcock goal 7.3.45 - 6.4.40 16:00
BRIL Brent Staker behind 7.4.46 - 6.4.40 19:55
SYDN Adam Goodes behind 7.4.46 - 6.5.41 21:31
BRIL Brent Staker behind 7.5.47 - 6.5.41 23:59
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 7.5.47 - 7.5.47 25:03
SYDN Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 7.6.48 27:24
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 7.5.47 - 8.6.54 28:26
Q4 SYDN Lance Franklin goal 7.5.47 - 9.6.60 00:28
SYDN Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 9.7.61 05:35
SYDN Dean Towers behind 7.5.47 - 9.8.62 07:24
BRIL Allen Christensen behind 7.6.48 - 9.8.62 08:57
SYDN Kurt Tippett goal 7.6.48 - 10.8.68 15:06
SYDN Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 10.9.69 18:26
BRIL Rohan Bewick behind 7.7.49 - 10.9.69 19:40
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 7.7.49 - 10.10.70 23:27