2016 AFL Season Preliminary Final 2: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 23 September 2016 between Geelong and Sydney in the second preliminary final of the 2016 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted Sydney at the MCG. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Kieren Jack captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Geelong (8.12.60) were defeated by Sydney (15.7.97).

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Second Preliminary Final
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Friday 23 September 2016
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 71,772

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Sydney
Score: 8.12.60 - 15.7.97

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	0	.	5	2	.	8	7	.	10	8	.	12	8	.	12	(60)
Sydney	7	.	2	11	.	3	14	.	4	15	.	7	15	.	7	(97)
Margin	SYDN by 39			SYDN by 49			SYDN by 36			SYDN by 37			SYDN by 37
Duration	32:13			30:15			30:09			27:03			1:59:40

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Joel Selwood
Coach: Chris Scott

Sydney

Captain: Kieren Jack
Coach: John Longmire

Match Umpires

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Bartel, Jimmy	FPR	87%	1	1	26	14	12	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	7
24	Bews, Jed	HBFR	88%	0	2	13	8	5	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3
46	Blicavs, Mark	CHF	80%	0	0	13	6	7	3	17	8	2	5	2	4	2	2
23	Caddy, Josh	RO	80%	1	1	12	7	5	2	0	3	2	3	0	1	0	1
18	Cowan, Josh	HFFR	78%	0	0	14	7	7	1	0	5	2	4	1	3	0	1
35	Dangerfield, Patrick	RR	83%	1	0	39	19	20	5	0	5	9	5	3	1	1	9
22	Duncan, Mitch	INT	87%	0	2	20	14	6	6	0	5	1	2	3	1	2	8
44	Enright, Corey	BPL	90%	0	0	26	10	16	2	0	5	0	4	1	2	2	2
29	Guthrie, Cameron	WL	77%	0	0	20	8	12	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	5
26	Hawkins, Tom	FF	87%	1	1	10	5	5	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
25	Henderson, Lachie	BPR	85%	0	0	8	3	5	2	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	2
8	Kolodjashnij, Jake	HBFL	88%	0	0	10	5	5	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	4
13	Lonergan, Tom	FB	95%	0	0	16	9	7	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	1
4	Mackie, Andrew	INT	82%	0	0	15	6	9	4	0	4	0	2	1	2	0	3
6	McCarthy, Lincoln	FPL	77%	0	1	9	3	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
27	Menegola, Sam	INT	67%	0	0	17	6	11	1	2	6	1	4	0	2	0	1
32	Motlop, Steven	HFFL	84%	0	1	13	6	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
14	Selwood, Joel (c)	C	84%	1	1	39	17	22	2	0	13	9	3	6	0	1	8
16	Selwood, Scott	WR	79%	0	0	18	4	14	2	0	6	2	2	0	1	0	3
9	Smith, Zac	INT	61%	0	0	5	4	1	0	18	3	3	2	2	0	0	2
1	Stanley, Rhys	RU	75%	1	0	11	5	6	2	11	2	0	5	1	3	0	5
7	Taylor, Harry	CHB	88%	2	0	9	7	2	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	5	1
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				8	12	363	173	190	58	48	81	34	55	24	22	23	72

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
36	Aliir, Aliir	FB	26%	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Franklin, Lance	CHF	95%	2	0	19	7	12	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	4
39	Grundy, Heath	CHB	98%	0	0	17	10	7	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	7	0
4	Hannebery, Dan	RR	89%	0	0	29	10	19	4	0	8	2	2	1	2	1	1
5	Heeney, Isaac	WR	87%	1	0	28	20	8	6	0	7	6	3	4	0	2	2
29	Hewett, George	INT	79%	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	9	3	2	1	1	0	3
15	Jack, Kieren (c)	RO	88%	0	1	20	13	7	4	0	13	3	5	2	4	2	5
10	Jones, Zak	HBFL	84%	0	0	22	17	5	1	0	4	3	4	1	2	15	4
12	Kennedy, Josh	C	83%	0	1	25	10	15	2	0	8	5	5	0	3	1	2
11	Laidler, Jeremy	HBFR	81%	0	0	13	8	5	3	0	2	2	2	2	0	3	0
44	Lloyd, Jake	WL	95%	0	0	25	18	7	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	2
31	Marsh, Harry	INT	82%	0	0	8	3	5	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
21	McGlynn, Ben	FPR	81%	1	1	15	11	4	3	0	7	1	3	2	2	2	3
6	Mitchell, Tom	INT	78%	0	0	27	8	19	1	0	6	4	2	2	0	2	2
35	Naismith, Sam	RU	73%	1	1	4	3	1	2	18	9	0	2	0	2	1	0
41	Papley, Tom	FPL	75%	3	0	8	5	3	2	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	1
26	Parker, Luke	HFFR	79%	2	0	17	7	10	2	1	6	5	4	0	3	1	0
24	Rampe, Dane	BPL	97%	0	0	26	18	8	11	0	4	0	1	1	0	13	0
42	Richards, Xavier	INT	88%	1	1	13	8	5	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	3
16	Rohan, Gary	HFFL	82%	2	1	18	12	6	6	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	4
40	Smith, Nick	BPR	88%	0	0	16	10	6	6	0	3	0	3	0	1	2	2
8	Tippett, Kurt	FF	74%	2	0	13	8	5	2	5	1	3	4	1	2	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				15	7	376	214	162	83	24	102	39	49	22	24	63	40

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

Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	24	D. Rampe	36	A. Aliir	40	N. Smith	1	R. Stanley	22	M. Duncan
	3	J. Bartel	26	T. Hawkins	6	L. McCarthy	35	P. Dangerfield	4	A. Mackie
FORWARD							23	J. Caddy	27	S. Menegola
HALF-BACK									9	Z. Smith
	10	Z. Jones	39	H. Grundy	11	J. Laidler
	18	J. Cowan	46	M. Blicavs	32	S. Motlop
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	44	J. Lloyd	12	J. Kennedy	5	I. Heeney
	16	S. Selwood	14	J. Selwood (c)	29	C. Guthrie	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							35	S. Naismith	29	G. Hewett
HALF-FORWARD							4	D. Hannebery	31	H. Marsh
	16	G. Rohan	23	L. Franklin	26	L. Parker	15	K. Jack (c)	6	T. Mitchell
	24	J. Bews	7	H. Taylor	8	J. Kolodjashnij			42	X. Richards
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	41	T. Papley	8	K. Tippett	21	B. McGlynn
	25	L. Henderson	13	T. Lonergan	44	C. Enright
BACK
Sydney							Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Ben McGlynn goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:29
	SYDN	Kieren Jack behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	03:09
	SYDN	Ben McGlynn behind	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	05:31
	SYDN	Kurt Tippett goal	0.0.0	-	2.2.14	07:40
	SYDN	Luke Parker goal	0.0.0	-	3.2.20	11:05
	SYDN	Luke Parker goal	0.0.0	-	4.2.26	12:39
	SYDN	Kurt Tippett goal	0.0.0	-	5.2.32	13:50
	GEEL	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	5.2.32	15:46
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	0.1.1	-	6.2.38	20:53
	GEEL	Joel Selwood behind	0.2.2	-	6.2.38	23:06
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	0.2.2	-	7.2.44	25:52
	GEEL	Josh Caddy behind	0.3.3	-	7.2.44	27:55
	GEEL	Mitch Duncan behind	0.4.4	-	7.2.44	31:02
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins behind	0.5.5	-	7.2.44	32:07
Q2	SYDN	Gary Rohan goal	0.5.5	-	8.2.50	01:45
	GEEL	Rushed behind	0.6.6	-	8.2.50	02:45
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	1.6.12	-	8.2.50	04:30
	SYDN	Xavier Richards goal	1.6.12	-	9.2.56	07:05
	GEEL	Steven Motlop behind	1.7.13	-	9.2.56	10:32
	SYDN	Josh Kennedy behind	1.7.13	-	9.3.57	13:42
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	1.7.13	-	10.3.63	15:15
	GEEL	Mitch Duncan behind	1.8.14	-	10.3.63	18:44
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	1.8.14	-	11.3.69	26:03
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel goal	2.8.20	-	11.3.69	28:56
Q3	GEEL	Jed Bews behind	2.9.21	-	11.3.69	03:20
	SYDN	Xavier Richards behind	2.9.21	-	11.4.70	05:32
	SYDN	Sam Naismith goal	2.9.21	-	12.4.76	07:01
	GEEL	Joel Selwood goal	3.9.27	-	12.4.76	08:53
	GEEL	Josh Caddy goal	4.9.33	-	12.4.76	09:52
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	4.9.33	-	13.4.82	14:59
	GEEL	Harry Taylor goal	5.9.39	-	13.4.82	16:35
	GEEL	Jimmy Bartel behind	5.10.40	-	13.4.82	17:43
	GEEL	Harry Taylor goal	6.10.46	-	13.4.82	19:56
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	6.10.46	-	14.4.88	22:52
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	7.10.52	-	14.4.88	26:05
Q4	GEEL	Rhys Stanley goal	8.10.58	-	14.4.88	01:51
	SYDN	Gary Rohan behind	8.10.58	-	14.5.89	04:53
	SYDN	Gary Rohan goal	8.10.58	-	15.5.95	05:14
	SYDN	Sam Naismith behind	8.10.58	-	15.6.96	10:32
	SYDN	Rushed behind	8.10.58	-	15.7.97	14:46
	GEEL	Jed Bews behind	8.11.59	-	15.7.97	25:16
	GEEL	Lincoln McCarthy behind	8.12.60	-	15.7.97	26:16

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2016 AFL Season Preliminary Final 2: Geelong v Sydney

Match Details

Match Results

Quarter Breakdown

Score Worm

Honour Roll

Geelong

Sydney

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

Goal Umpires

Boundary Umpires

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Statistics

Geelong

Sydney

Legend

Player Line-Up

Score Timeline

Links