2016 AFL Grand Final: Sydney v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 1 October 2016 between Sydney and Western Bulldogs in the grand final of the 2016 AFL season. Sydney hosted Western Bulldogs at MCG. In the absence of Bob Murphy, vice-captain Easton Wood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Sydney
Back: J. Lloyd, H. Grundy, N. Smith
Half-back: Z. Jones, J. Laidler, D. Rampe
Centre: K. Jack, J. Kennedy, J. McVeigh
Half-forward: G. Rohan, L. Franklin, L. Parker
Forward: T. Papley, K. Tippett, B. McGlynn
Follower: S. Naismith, D. Hannebery, I. Heeney
Int.: G. Hewett, C. Mills, T. Mitchell, X. Richards

Western Bulldogs
Back: J. Johannisen, J. Hamling, M. Boyd
Half-back: F. Roberts, D. Morris, E. Wood (capt.)
Centre: L. Hunter, M. Bontempelli, L. Picken
Half-forward: J. Dunkley, Z. Cordy, J. Stringer
Forward: T. Dickson, T. Boyd, C. Smith
Follower: J. Roughead, L. Dahlhaus, T. Liberatore
Int.: S. Biggs, C. Daniel, J. Macrae, T. McLean

Sydney (10.7.67) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (13.11.89).

Goalkickers
Sydney: J. Kennedy (3), T. Mitchell (2), L. Franklin, G. Hewett, L. Parker, G. Rohan, N. Smith
Western Bulldogs: T. Boyd (3), T. Dickson (3), L. Picken (3), Z. Cordy, T. McLean, C. Smith, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, Western Bulldogs were the premiers and Sydney were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Sydney v Western Bulldogs
Date: Saturday 1 October 2016
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 99,981

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 10.7.67 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 1 . 2 7 . 3 8 . 5 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Western Bulldogs 2 . 0 7 . 1 9 . 7 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin WBUL by 4 SYDN by 2 WBUL by 8 WBUL by 22 WBUL by 22
Duration 28:02 32:49 28:48 29:48 1:59:27

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Easton Wood (Western Bulldogs)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Jeffery (#29), S. Meredith (#21), M. Stevic (#9), E: J. Schmitt (#17)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, A. Wojcik, E: C. Roffey
Boundary Umpire: C. Bull, I. Burrows, R. Haala, M. Marantelli, E: M. Konetschka

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Jason Johannisen WBUL 39 10 2 2 0
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 8 1 1 3
Tom Boyd WBUL 17 7 2 0 1
Liam Picken WBUL 42 5 0 2 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 94% 1 1 16 12 4 8 0 7 0 2 1 1 0 3
39 Grundy, Heath FB 92% 0 0 21 15 6 9 0 4 0 2 0 0 6 1
4 Hannebery, Dan RR 70% 0 0 22 7 15 2 0 6 1 4 0 1 2 1
5 Heeney, Isaac RO 80% 0 0 22 13 9 6 0 4 3 4 1 1 3 5
29 Hewett, George INT 55% 1 0 11 7 4 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 2
15 Jack, Kieren WL 83% 0 2 22 10 12 5 0 3 4 1 1 1 0 4
10 Jones, Zak HBFL 81% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 3 3 4 0 3 2 1
12 Kennedy, Josh C 91% 3 0 34 14 20 5 0 6 6 2 0 0 1 6
11 Laidler, Jeremy CHB 76% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 1
44 Lloyd, Jake BPL 84% 0 0 21 12 9 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 3
21 McGlynn, Ben FPR 85% 0 1 9 7 2 5 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 0
3 McVeigh, Jarrad WR 78% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 3 1
14 Mills, Callum INT 83% 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 5 0 3 0 1 3 0
6 Mitchell, Tom INT 82% 2 0 26 13 13 4 0 13 2 5 0 0 2 3
35 Naismith, Sam RU 72% 0 0 13 5 8 3 21 2 2 2 1 2 1 1
41 Papley, Tom FPL 80% 0 1 15 8 7 2 0 5 0 3 1 0 0 3
26 Parker, Luke HFFR 88% 1 0 19 9 10 1 4 9 5 5 1 3 1 2
24 Rampe, Dane HBFR 100% 0 0 24 17 7 11 0 4 0 3 0 2 9 1
42 Richards, Xavier INT 70% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
16 Rohan, Gary HFFL 80% 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 6 0 4 0 3 0 0
40 Smith, Nick BPR 88% 1 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0
8 Tippett, Kurt FF 88% 0 1 10 4 6 3 17 2 2 2 0 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 10 7 372 201 171 91 42 101 31 59 8 20 41 41

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Biggs, Shane INT 78% 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 2
4 Bontempelli, Marcus C 83% 0 0 22 14 8 1 9 7 6 0 1 0 3 3
5 Boyd, Matthew BPR 83% 0 0 27 16 11 4 0 4 1 5 2 2 7 1
17 Boyd, Tom FF 86% 3 2 14 10 4 8 14 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
12 Cordy, Zaine CHF 68% 1 0 11 7 4 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 1
6 Dahlhaus, Luke RR 79% 0 0 23 10 13 3 0 8 1 1 3 0 0 4
35 Daniel, Caleb INT 77% 0 1 14 11 3 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1
29 Dickson, Tory FPL 82% 3 0 11 7 4 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 3
20 Dunkley, Josh HFFL 78% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 7 2 1 1 1 1 3
30 Hamling, Joel FB 97% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1
7 Hunter, Lachie WL 82% 0 1 19 8 11 1 0 4 2 5 1 0 1 4
39 Johannisen, Jason BPL 78% 0 1 33 25 8 7 0 1 0 6 1 1 7 9
21 Liberatore, Tom RO 87% 0 0 22 8 14 2 0 8 8 3 0 0 1 4
11 Macrae, Jack INT 82% 0 1 33 13 20 5 0 3 4 3 0 0 0 5
16 McLean, Toby INT 76% 1 1 18 8 10 2 0 5 2 3 4 0 0 2
38 Morris, Dale CHB 95% 0 0 15 2 13 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 0
42 Picken, Liam WR 88% 3 0 25 12 13 3 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 5
18 Roberts, Fletcher HBFL 91% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
23 Roughead, Jordan RU 75% 0 0 13 8 5 5 17 4 2 2 0 0 2 4
14 Smith, Clay FPR 79% 1 0 13 8 5 1 0 11 3 2 1 1 0 1
9 Stringer, Jake HFFR 78% 1 1 12 8 4 1 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 2
10 Wood, Easton (ac) HBFR 80% 0 0 13 7 6 7 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 13 11 382 210 172 73 40 92 36 53 20 8 28 59

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
39 J. Johannisen 30 J. Hamling 5 M. Boyd 35 S. Naismith 29 G. Hewett
21 B. McGlynn 8 K. Tippett 41 T. Papley 4 D. Hannebery 14 C. Mills
FORWARD 5 I. Heeney 6 T. Mitchell
HALF-BACK

42 X. Richards
18 F. Roberts 38 D. Morris 10 E. Wood (ac)



26 L. Parker 23 L. Franklin 16 G. Rohan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 L. Hunter 4 M. Bontempelli 42 L. Picken



3 J. McVeigh 12 J. Kennedy 15 K. Jack FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 23 J. Roughead 24 S. Biggs
HALF-FORWARD 6 L. Dahlhaus 35 C. Daniel
20 J. Dunkley 12 Z. Cordy 9 J. Stringer 21 T. Liberatore 11 J. Macrae
24 D. Rampe 11 J. Laidler 10 Z. Jones

16 T. McLean
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



29 T. Dickson 17 T. Boyd 14 C. Smith



40 N. Smith 39 H. Grundy 44 J. Lloyd



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Kieren Jack behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 09:25
SYDN Luke Parker goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 12:14
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 14:14
WBUL Zaine Cordy goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 19:54
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 22:28
Q2 WBUL Tom Boyd goal 1.2.8 - 3.0.18 02:42
SYDN Kieren Jack behind 1.3.9 - 3.0.18 04:38
SYDN Nick Smith goal 2.3.15 - 3.0.18 05:32
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 2.3.15 - 4.0.24 09:05
WBUL Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 4.1.25 10:33
WBUL Liam Picken goal 2.3.15 - 5.1.31 11:12
SYDN Tom Mitchell goal 3.3.21 - 5.1.31 12:53
SYDN Gary Rohan goal 4.3.27 - 5.1.31 15:29
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 5.3.33 - 5.1.31 17:52
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 6.3.39 - 5.1.31 19:36
WBUL Tom Boyd goal 6.3.39 - 6.1.37 26:41
SYDN Tom Mitchell goal 7.3.45 - 6.1.37 28:04
WBUL Toby McLean goal 7.3.45 - 7.1.43 31:47
Q3 SYDN Kurt Tippett behind 7.4.46 - 7.1.43 02:03
WBUL Tory Dickson goal 7.4.46 - 8.1.49 04:01
WBUL Jack Macrae behind 7.4.46 - 8.2.50 06:41
WBUL Lachie Hunter behind 7.4.46 - 8.3.51 08:52
SYDN Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 8.3.51 13:46
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 8.5.53 - 8.3.51 16:08
WBUL Clay Smith goal 8.5.53 - 9.3.57 19:29
WBUL Rushed behind 8.5.53 - 9.4.58 21:01
WBUL Caleb Daniel behind 8.5.53 - 9.5.59 24:51
WBUL Jake Stringer behind 8.5.53 - 9.6.60 26:38
WBUL Tom Boyd behind 8.5.53 - 9.7.61 27:46
Q4 SYDN Tom Papley behind 8.6.54 - 9.7.61 04:40
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 9.6.60 - 9.7.61 07:05
WBUL Jake Stringer goal 9.6.60 - 10.7.67 10:30
SYDN George Hewett goal 10.6.66 - 10.7.67 12:14
WBUL Liam Picken goal 10.6.66 - 11.7.73 17:06
WBUL Jason Johannisen behind 10.6.66 - 11.8.74 20:12
WBUL Rushed behind 10.6.66 - 11.9.75 20:56
WBUL Tom Boyd goal 10.6.66 - 12.9.81 21:39
SYDN Ben McGlynn behind 10.7.67 - 12.9.81 23:08
WBUL Tom Boyd behind 10.7.67 - 12.10.82 24:51
WBUL Liam Picken goal 10.7.67 - 13.10.88 26:10
WBUL Toby McLean behind 10.7.67 - 13.11.89 29:44