2017 AFL Elimination Final 2: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 2017 between Sydney and Essendon in the second elimination final of the 2017 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. Josh Kennedy captained the hosts. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Sydney
Back: N. Smith, H. Grundy, D. Rampe
Half-back: C. Mills, Z. Jones, J. McVeigh
Centre: J. Lloyd, J. Kennedy (capt.), I. Heeney
Half-forward: T. Papley, L. Franklin, G. Rohan
Forward: K. Jack, C. Sinclair, S. Reid
Follower: S. Naismith, L. Parker, D. Hannebery
Int.: H. Cunningham, G. Hewett, N. Newman, D. Towers

Essendon
Back: J. Kelly, M. Hartley, M. Baguley
Half-back: A. McGrath, P. Ambrose, M. Hurley
Centre: J. Watson, D. Parish, B. Goddard
Half-forward: O. Fantasia, J. Stewart, M. Gleeson
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, J. Daniher, J. Begley
Follower: T. Bellchambers, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), D. Heppell (capt.)
Int.: T. Colyer, C. McKenna, D. Myers, D. Zaharakis

Sydney (19.7.121) defeated Essendon (8.8.56).

Goalkickers
Sydney: L. Franklin (4), C. Sinclair (3), D. Towers (3), I. Heeney (2), J. Kennedy (2), G. Rohan (2), K. Jack, J. Lloyd, T. Papley
Essendon: J. Daniher (3), J. Begley (2), O. Fantasia, D. Heppell, D. Myers

As a result of this match, Sydney faced Geelong in the second semi final and Essendon were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 2
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Saturday 9 September 2017
Time: 4:20 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 46,323

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 19.7.121 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 2 13 . 5 17 . 5 19 . 7 19 . 7 (121)
Essendon 1 . 3 3 . 4 5 . 8 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin SYDN by 11 SYDN by 61 SYDN by 69 SYDN by 65 SYDN by 65
Duration 31:10 32:45 30:05 29:08 2:03:08

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: Josh Kennedy (Sydney), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Sydney), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), B. Hosking (#16), S. Meredith (#21), E: A. Stephens (#12)
Goal Umpire: M. Craig, A. Wojcik, E: M. Ensbey
Boundary Umpire: B. Dalgleish, M. Jenkinson, C. Roberts, S. Thiele

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Cunningham, Harry INT 73% 0 0 19 9 10 6 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 3
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 75% 4 1 8 7 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1
39 Grundy, Heath FB 91% 0 0 22 10 12 10 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1
4 Hannebery, Dan RO 82% 0 0 21 8 13 8 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3
5 Heeney, Isaac WR 83% 2 2 13 9 4 6 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 3
29 Hewett, George INT 69% 0 0 19 7 12 4 0 6 2 2 0 1 0 2
15 Jack, Kieren FPL 81% 1 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 3
10 Jones, Zak CHB 81% 0 0 21 19 2 9 0 4 1 4 1 3 3 3
12 Kennedy, Josh (c) C 87% 2 0 29 11 18 3 0 5 8 5 2 1 0 4
44 Lloyd, Jake WL 90% 1 0 25 16 9 14 0 0 1 3 0 2 2 1
3 McVeigh, Jarrad HBFR 84% 0 0 21 17 4 5 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 4
14 Mills, Callum HBFL 86% 0 0 16 11 5 9 0 5 0 2 0 0 3 1
35 Naismith, Sam RU 73% 0 0 10 4 6 2 33 5 6 2 2 1 1 1
28 Newman, Nic INT 79% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 1
41 Papley, Tom HFFL 71% 1 0 16 8 8 2 0 3 1 4 0 2 1 1
26 Parker, Luke RR 91% 0 1 27 15 12 3 0 7 7 4 3 4 0 6
24 Rampe, Dane BPR 84% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 2 0 5 0 5 1 4
20 Reid, Sam FPR 85% 0 0 12 7 5 6 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 3
16 Rohan, Gary HFFR 77% 2 0 7 5 2 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 3
18 Sinclair, Callum FF 94% 3 1 10 9 1 9 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 4
40 Smith, Nick BPL 87% 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
22 Towers, Dean INT 76% 3 1 14 9 5 2 2 5 3 3 3 1 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 19 7 372 226 146 127 38 73 39 52 20 26 23 54

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick CHB 97% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
12 Baguley, Mark BPR 80% 0 0 14 8 6 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0
16 Begley, Josh FPR 84% 2 0 8 4 4 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 85% 0 0 3 1 2 1 44 5 0 6 0 4 1 0
32 Colyer, Travis INT 78% 0 2 20 14 6 6 0 6 2 2 1 0 2 1
6 Daniher, Joe FF 94% 3 2 17 14 3 6 1 1 0 3 5 1 0 5
13 Fantasia, Orazio HFFL 67% 1 1 17 7 10 5 0 5 1 4 0 1 1 4
8 Gleeson, Martin HFFR 86% 0 0 25 16 9 7 0 2 0 2 1 1 4 2
9 Goddard, Brendon WR 94% 0 0 25 11 14 6 0 3 1 4 1 1 0 1
36 Hartley, Michael FB 92% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 0
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) RO 81% 1 0 24 15 9 2 0 6 4 4 3 1 4 4
18 Hurley, Michael HBFR 93% 0 0 30 16 14 10 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 1
47 Kelly, James BPL 74% 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 5 2 0 1 0 3 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 73% 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 5 0 2 2 1 1 0
1 McGrath, Andrew HBFL 80% 0 0 22 9 13 4 0 6 1 2 3 0 1 2
45 McKenna, Conor INT 74% 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 1 1 4 1 0 2 1
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) RR 73% 0 0 21 12 9 2 0 6 3 1 2 0 1 1
23 Myers, David INT 67% 1 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 2
3 Parish, Darcy C 74% 0 0 21 7 14 3 0 5 8 5 0 2 0 2
17 Stewart, James CHF 95% 0 1 8 5 3 5 1 2 0 3 1 1 0 2
4 Watson, Jobe WL 75% 0 0 20 7 13 3 0 3 5 4 1 0 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David INT 86% 0 2 21 10 11 4 0 11 3 2 2 2 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 8 8 374 197 177 94 46 82 35 55 26 20 34 32

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
47 J. Kelly 36 M. Hartley 12 M. Baguley 35 S. Naismith 7 H. Cunningham
20 S. Reid 18 C. Sinclair 15 K. Jack 26 L. Parker 29 G. Hewett
FORWARD 4 D. Hannebery 28 N. Newman
HALF-BACK

22 D. Towers
1 A. McGrath 29 P. Ambrose 18 M. Hurley



16 G. Rohan 23 L. Franklin 41 T. Papley



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 J. Watson 3 D. Parish 9 B. Goddard



5 I. Heeney 12 J. Kennedy (c) 44 J. Lloyd FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 32 T. Colyer
HALF-FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 45 C. McKenna
13 O. Fantasia 17 J. Stewart 8 M. Gleeson 21 D. Heppell (c) 23 D. Myers
3 J. McVeigh 10 Z. Jones 14 C. Mills

11 D. Zaharakis
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 6 J. Daniher 16 J. Begley



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



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Joe Daniher goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 03:13
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 05:25
SYDN Dean Towers goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 07:59
SYDN Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 09:32
ESSE James Stewart behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 11:17
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 15:00
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 16:36
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 3.2.20 - 1.2.8 23:22
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 27:52
Q2 SYDN Lance Franklin goal 4.2.26 - 1.3.9 00:53
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 5.2.32 - 1.3.9 02:24
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 6.2.38 - 1.3.9 05:38
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 6.3.39 - 1.3.9 09:02
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 7.3.45 - 1.3.9 10:38
SYDN Callum Sinclair behind 7.4.46 - 1.3.9 11:56
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 8.4.52 - 1.3.9 13:07
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 9.4.58 - 1.3.9 14:54
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 10.4.64 - 1.3.9 16:22
ESSE Josh Begley goal 10.4.64 - 2.3.15 18:29
SYDN Luke Parker behind 10.5.65 - 2.3.15 19:30
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 11.5.71 - 2.3.15 23:07
ESSE David Myers goal 11.5.71 - 3.3.21 24:31
ESSE Travis Colyer behind 11.5.71 - 3.4.22 26:32
SYDN Dean Towers goal 12.5.77 - 3.4.22 27:44
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 13.5.83 - 3.4.22 29:48
Q3 ESSE Joe Daniher goal 13.5.83 - 4.4.28 00:58
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 13.5.83 - 4.5.29 03:29
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 13.5.83 - 4.6.30 07:39
ESSE Travis Colyer behind 13.5.83 - 4.7.31 08:12
SYDN Gary Rohan goal 14.5.89 - 4.7.31 11:01
ESSE David Zaharakis behind 14.5.89 - 4.8.32 12:43
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 15.5.95 - 4.8.32 16:23
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 16.5.101 - 4.8.32 17:44
SYDN Gary Rohan goal 17.5.107 - 4.8.32 25:37
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 17.5.107 - 5.8.38 30:02
Q4 SYDN Dean Towers behind 17.6.108 - 5.8.38 02:17
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 17.6.108 - 6.8.44 05:56
SYDN Tom Papley goal 18.6.114 - 6.8.44 12:28
SYDN Dean Towers goal 19.6.120 - 6.8.44 13:32
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 19.6.120 - 7.8.50 15:21
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 19.7.121 - 7.8.50 18:13
ESSE Josh Begley goal 19.7.121 - 8.8.56 26:33