2016 AFL 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 AFL season. Geelong hosted Sydney at 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
Back: C. Enright, T. Lonergan, L. Henderson
Half-back: J. Kolodjashnij, H. Taylor, J. Bews
Centre: C. Guthrie, J. Selwood (capt.), S. Selwood
Half-forward: S. Motlop, M. Blicavs, J. Cowan
Forward: L. McCarthy, T. Hawkins, J. Bartel
Follower: R. Stanley, P. Dangerfield, J. Caddy
Int.: M. Duncan, A. Mackie, S. Menegola, Z. Smith

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

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

Goalkickers
Geelong: H. Taylor (2), J. Bartel, J. Caddy, P. Dangerfield, T. Hawkins, J. Selwood, R. Stanley
Sydney: T. Papley (3), L. Franklin (2), L. Parker (2), G. Rohan (2), K. Tippett (2), I. Heeney, B. McGlynn, S. Naismith, X. Richards

As a result of this match, Sydney faced Western Bulldogs in the grand final and Geelong were eliminated (finishing 3rd overall).

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 2
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

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), S. Jeffery (#29), M. Stevic (#9), E: L. Farmer (#4)
Goal Umpire: C. Roffey, A. Wojcik, E: B. Kenny-Bell
Boundary Umpire: C. Bull, R. Haala, M. Konetschka, M. Marantelli

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