2016 AFL Round 7: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 2016 between Sydney and Essendon during round 7 of the 2016 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. Brendon Goddard captained the visitors with Mark Baguley as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

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

Essendon
Back: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, N. Grima, M. Baguley (vice-capt.)
Half-back: J. Kelly, M. Hartley, M. Dea
Centre: J. Simpkin, D. Zaharakis, B. Goddard (capt.)
Half-forward: O. Fantasia, M. Brown, A. Cooney
Forward: C. Dempsey, J. Daniher, M. Redman
Follower: M. Leuenberger, Z. Merrett, R. Crowley
Int.: C. Bird, J. Gwilt, S. McKernan, J. Polkinghorne

Sydney (20.15.135) defeated Essendon (7.12.54).

Goalkickers
Sydney: L. Franklin (6), I. Heeney (5), K. Jack (2), T. Papley (2), K. Tippett (2), G. Hewett, B. McGlynn, C. Sinclair
Essendon: D. Zaharakis (2), C. Bird, M. Brown, O. Fantasia, S. McKernan, J. Simpkin

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 3rd on the ladder and Essendon remained 17th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2016 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 May 2016
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 29,527

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 20.15.135 - 7.12.54

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 3 7 . 10 12 . 12 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Margin SYDN by 6 SYDN by 17 SYDN by 39 SYDN by 81 SYDN by 81
Duration 28:04 27:53 28:25 32:52 1:57:14

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Brendon Goddard (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Sydney), Mark Baguley (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Edwards (#22), C. Fleer (#26), M. Nicholls (#15), E: C. Barr (#40)
Goal Umpire: B. Kenny-Bell, R. O'Dea, E: A. McKenzie-Wills
Boundary Umpire: P. Cran, D. Field-Read, M. Saunders, R. Taylor

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 3
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 2
Tom Mitchell SYDN 6 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 9 1 1 0 0 0
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 7 ? ? ? ? 0
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 4 0 0 1 0 1
Dan Hannebery SYDN 4 2 0 0 0 1 0
Heath Grundy SYDN 39 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
7 Cunningham, Harry HFFL 83% 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 92% 6 3 21 16 5 4 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 6
39 Grundy, Heath FB 94% 0 0 22 15 7 9 0 2 0 5 0 1 7 0
4 Hannebery, Dan WL 79% 0 0 31 15 16 5 0 4 5 4 1 1 1 7
5 Heeney, Isaac WR 88% 5 0 22 13 9 9 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
29 Hewett, George INT 76% 1 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 2
15 Jack, Kieren RO 68% 2 0 20 12 8 7 0 4 0 4 0 1 1 1
10 Jones, Zak INT 81% 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 5 1 3 2 1 3 4
12 Kennedy, Josh C 86% 0 0 40 14 26 3 0 3 11 1 0 0 1 7
11 Laidler, Jeremy CHB 81% 0 0 17 5 12 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0
44 Lloyd, Jake INT 85% 0 0 24 12 12 6 0 0 3 4 0 1 2 3
21 McGlynn, Ben FPR 86% 1 2 14 7 7 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0
3 McVeigh, Jarrad HBFL 88% 0 0 28 19 9 10 0 2 1 1 0 0 7 5
14 Mills, Callum HBFR 80% 0 0 16 7 9 4 0 1 0 5 0 3 3 2
6 Mitchell, Tom INT 78% 0 0 37 21 16 10 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 9
41 Papley, Tom FPL 76% 2 1 14 8 6 3 0 7 0 0 3 0 0 2
26 Parker, Luke RR 86% 0 1 29 11 18 6 1 2 7 5 0 2 1 3
24 Rampe, Dane BPL 94% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 4 0 2 2 1 5 1
27 Robinson, Dan HFFR 21% 0 0 7 1 6 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 Sinclair, Callum RU 90% 1 4 16 11 5 6 10 3 2 3 1 0 1 3
40 Smith, Nick BPR 92% 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 2
8 Tippett, Kurt FF 92% 2 1 14 9 5 2 14 5 4 3 2 1 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 20 15 439 231 208 107 25 57 38 56 21 18 38 68

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark (vc) BPR 89% 0 3 16 9 7 5 0 5 1 3 3 2 0 6
24 Bird, Craig INT 75% 1 0 20 11 9 3 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 3
28 Brown, Mitch CHF 74% 1 0 23 14 9 9 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 3
17 Cooney, Adam HFFR 81% 0 0 17 8 9 3 1 3 0 4 0 1 2 1
51 Crowley, Ryan RO 57% 0 0 26 15 11 6 2 1 2 3 0 0 2 3
6 Daniher, Joe FF 85% 0 1 15 7 8 5 2 1 1 4 1 1 0 2
49 Dea, Matt HBFR 89% 0 0 18 9 9 9 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0
15 Dempsey, Courtenay FPL 74% 0 0 24 16 8 8 0 2 1 3 1 1 5 4
13 Fantasia, Orazio HFFL 93% 1 1 13 6 7 2 0 4 0 4 2 3 0 3
9 Goddard, Brendon (c) WR 86% 0 1 28 14 14 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 4
55 Grima, Nathan FB 82% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 1 0 5 0 1 4 1
42 Gwilt, James INT 80% 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 1 0 3 1 2 5 0
36 Hartley, Michael CHB 92% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 4 0 3 0 2 2 1
47 Kelly, James HBFL 91% 0 0 29 13 16 7 0 2 1 3 0 2 3 0
22 Leuenberger, Matthew RU 89% 0 0 12 3 9 1 21 3 2 7 2 3 0 2
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony BPL 81% 0 1 18 14 4 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 2
44 McKernan, Shaun INT 88% 1 0 11 7 4 5 5 2 1 2 0 1 0 2
7 Merrett, Zach RR 84% 0 1 24 11 13 6 0 8 4 0 3 0 2 0
50 Polkinghorne, James INT 76% 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1
27 Redman, Mason FPR 83% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 1 3
52 Simpkin, Jonathan WL 15% 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
11 Zaharakis, David C 60% 2 2 33 22 11 2 0 3 7 1 2 0 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 7 12 395 221 174 99 33 60 26 54 18 21 43 47

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
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 55 N. Grima 12 M. Baguley (vc) 18 C. Sinclair 29 G. Hewett
21 B. McGlynn 8 K. Tippett 41 T. Papley 26 L. Parker 10 Z. Jones
FORWARD 15 K. Jack 44 J. Lloyd
HALF-BACK

6 T. Mitchell
47 J. Kelly 36 M. Hartley 49 M. Dea



27 D. Robinson 23 L. Franklin 7 H. Cunningham



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



52 J. Simpkin 11 D. Zaharakis 9 B. Goddard (c)



5 I. Heeney 12 J. Kennedy 4 D. Hannebery FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 M. Leuenberger 24 C. Bird
HALF-FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett 42 J. Gwilt
13 O. Fantasia 28 M. Brown 17 A. Cooney 51 R. Crowley 44 S. McKernan
14 C. Mills 11 J. Laidler 3 J. McVeigh

50 J. Polkinghorne
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



15 C. Dempsey 6 J. Daniher 27 M. Redman



40 N. Smith 39 H. Grundy 24 D. Rampe



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Joe Daniher behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:54
SYDN Kurt Tippett goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 03:45
ESSE Jonathan Simpkin goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 07:05
SYDN Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 08:51
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 10:18
SYDN Callum Sinclair behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 11:25
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 14:24
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 15:31
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 21:02
SYDN Ben McGlynn behind 3.3.21 - 1.3.9 22:54
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 4.3.27 - 1.3.9 23:49
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 4.3.27 - 2.3.15 25:42
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 4.3.27 - 3.3.21 28:02
Q2 ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 01:01
SYDN Ben McGlynn behind 4.4.28 - 3.4.22 03:51
ESSE Craig Bird goal 4.4.28 - 4.4.28 05:17
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 4.4.28 - 5.4.34 07:22
SYDN Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 5.4.34 10:59
SYDN Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 5.4.34 11:54
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 5.6.36 - 5.4.34 12:57
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 6.6.42 - 5.4.34 14:37
SYDN Callum Sinclair behind 6.7.43 - 5.4.34 17:16
ESSE Brendon Goddard behind 6.7.43 - 5.5.35 18:52
SYDN Luke Parker behind 6.8.44 - 5.5.35 20:22
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 7.8.50 - 5.5.35 23:33
SYDN Kurt Tippett behind 7.9.51 - 5.5.35 25:06
SYDN Callum Sinclair behind 7.10.52 - 5.5.35 27:50
Q3 ESSE Rushed behind 7.10.52 - 5.6.36 01:43
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 8.10.58 - 5.6.36 03:06
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 8.10.58 - 5.7.37 07:30
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 8.10.58 - 6.7.43 08:32
SYDN Tom Papley goal 9.10.64 - 6.7.43 09:43
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 9.11.65 - 6.7.43 12:39
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 10.11.71 - 6.7.43 16:54
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 10.11.71 - 6.8.44 18:42
ESSE Mark Baguley behind 10.11.71 - 6.9.45 20:44
SYDN George Hewett goal 11.11.77 - 6.9.45 22:28
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 12.11.83 - 6.9.45 23:41
SYDN Tom Papley behind 12.12.84 - 6.9.45 26:51
Q4 SYDN Tom Papley goal 13.12.90 - 6.9.45 01:13
SYDN Kurt Tippett goal 14.12.96 - 6.9.45 07:12
ESSE Rushed behind 14.12.96 - 6.10.46 10:19
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 15.12.102 - 6.10.46 10:42
ESSE Mark Baguley behind 15.12.102 - 6.11.47 12:38
ESSE Mark Baguley behind 15.12.102 - 6.12.48 14:25
SYDN Ben McGlynn goal 16.12.108 - 6.12.48 15:28
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 16.12.108 - 7.12.54 16:46
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 17.12.114 - 7.12.54 18:06
SYDN Callum Sinclair behind 17.13.115 - 7.12.54 22:08
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 18.13.121 - 7.12.54 24:01
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 19.13.127 - 7.12.54 25:56
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 20.13.133 - 7.12.54 28:03
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 20.14.134 - 7.12.54 29:35
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 20.15.135 - 7.12.54 32:48