2017 AFL Round 7: Sydney v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 7 May 2017 between Sydney and Brisbane Lions during round 7 of the 2017 AFL season. Sydney hosted Brisbane Lions at SCG. Josh Kennedy captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

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

Brisbane Lions
Back: D. Gardiner, H. Andrews, D. Rich
Half-back: S. Mayes, D. McStay, M. Paparone
Centre: L. Taylor, D. Zorko, R. Lester
Half-forward: M. Close, E. Hipwood, J. Barrett
Forward: M. Robinson, J. Schache, B. Keays
Follower: S. Martin, N. Robertson, T. Rockliff
Int.: C. Beams, J. Berry, R. Harwood, H. McCluggage

Sydney (20.15.135) defeated Brisbane Lions (12.9.81).

Goalkickers
Sydney: L. Franklin (8), H. Cunningham (2), W. Hayward (2), C. Sinclair (2), D. Hannebery, I. Heeney, Z. Jones, J. Kennedy, L. Parker, D. Towers
Brisbane Lions: R. Lester (2), T. Rockliff (2), J. Schache (2), J. Barrett, J. Berry, M. Close, B. Keays, N. Robertson, D. Zorko

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 17th on the ladder (up from 18th) and Brisbane Lions were then 18th on the ladder (down from 16th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Sydney v Brisbane Lions
Date: Sunday 7 May 2017
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 25,619

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 20.15.135 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 7 . 5 12 . 10 17 . 13 20 . 15 20 . 15 (135)
Brisbane Lions 2 . 0 6 . 2 9 . 5 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin SYDN by 35 SYDN by 44 SYDN by 56 SYDN by 54 SYDN by 54
Duration 31:17 33:36 31:54 27:26 2:04:13

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Josh Kennedy (Sydney), unknown (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), L. Fisher (#3), D. Margetts (#6), E: H. Gavine (#14)
Goal Umpire: A. McKenzie-Wills, R. O'Dea, E: B. Kenny-Bell
Boundary Umpire: M. Baker, P. Cran, M. Saunders, R. Taylor

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 3
Zak Jones SYDN 10 2
Luke Parker SYDN 26 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 10 2 0 0 0 0
Zak Jones SYDN 10 8 0 2 0 0 0
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 5 0 0 1 1 0
Tom Rockliff BRIL 38 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jake Lloyd SYDN 44 1 0 0 0 0 1
Luke Parker SYDN 26 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 FPR 81% 2 0 17 13 4 8 0 5 0 2 1 2 1 5
13 Florent, Oliver INT 77% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 88% 8 4 16 16 0 9 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 7
39 Grundy, Heath FB 91% 0 1 20 10 10 7 0 4 0 4 0 1 4 1
4 Hannebery, Dan RR 86% 1 0 26 13 13 5 0 8 2 5 0 1 1 5
9 Hayward, Will FPL 79% 2 2 9 6 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 0
5 Heeney, Isaac WL 81% 1 0 22 15 7 5 0 5 7 2 2 0 0 4
29 Hewett, George INT 70% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 4 2 3 0 1 0 2
10 Jones, Zak WR 87% 1 1 27 13 14 6 0 2 6 1 1 0 2 4
12 Kennedy, Josh (c) C 84% 1 0 20 7 13 1 0 3 7 6 2 4 0 4
44 Lloyd, Jake INT 84% 0 0 29 15 14 7 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 2
31 Marsh, Harry BPR 86% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2
3 McVeigh, Jarrad HBFL 68% 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
43 Melican, Lewis CHB 94% 0 0 16 10 6 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 7 0
14 Mills, Callum HBFR 87% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1
35 Naismith, Sam RU 61% 0 0 9 5 4 3 16 3 3 0 2 0 1 1
41 Papley, Tom HFFR 80% 0 1 19 10 9 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4
26 Parker, Luke RO 89% 1 1 30 15 15 4 0 1 4 7 1 3 2 4
20 Reid, Sam FF 86% 0 1 12 4 8 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
18 Sinclair, Callum HFFL 81% 2 0 15 8 7 5 16 0 3 4 0 1 0 3
40 Smith, Nick BPL 84% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 2
22 Towers, Dean INT 75% 1 0 20 9 11 4 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 2
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 20 15 391 214 177 102 32 55 36 56 15 18 35 54

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
31 Andrews, Harris FB 99% 0 0 15 7 8 7 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0
43 Barrett, Jake HFFR 81% 1 0 13 7 6 2 0 6 3 2 0 0 0 1
17 Beams, Claye INT 67% 0 0 13 5 8 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
13 Berry, Jarrod INT 66% 1 0 11 5 6 2 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 4
33 Close, Michael HFFL 81% 1 0 13 7 6 6 3 3 1 4 1 1 0 1
27 Gardiner, Darcy BPL 87% 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
2 Harwood, Ryan INT 77% 0 0 17 9 8 8 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 1
30 Hipwood, Eric CHF 86% 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 1
1 Keays, Ben FPR 81% 1 0 18 9 9 4 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 6
35 Lester, Ryan WR 85% 2 1 18 12 6 7 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 1
12 Martin, Stefan RU 90% 0 0 21 10 11 4 40 2 8 5 1 3 1 4
32 Mayes, Sam HBFL 90% 0 1 15 10 5 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 3
6 McCluggage, Hugh INT 77% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 3
25 McStay, Daniel CHB 93% 0 0 10 5 5 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0
22 Paparone, Marco HBFR 78% 0 0 28 19 9 9 0 1 2 3 0 0 2 4
10 Rich, Daniel BPR 85% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 3 1
18 Robertson, Nick RR 81% 1 0 12 7 5 3 0 2 0 3 2 3 0 3
5 Robinson, Mitch FPL 57% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 1
38 Rockliff, Tom RO 83% 2 1 32 21 11 7 0 11 7 2 4 0 2 6
23 Schache, Josh FF 84% 2 2 11 8 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
28 Taylor, Lewis WL 84% 0 1 17 10 7 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1
15 Zorko, Dayne C 89% 1 1 21 11 10 5 0 6 4 5 1 1 5 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 12 9 341 202 139 97 43 55 37 51 18 15 30 48

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
27 D. Gardiner 31 H. Andrews 10 D. Rich 35 S. Naismith 13 O. Florent
7 H. Cunningham 20 S. Reid 9 W. Hayward 4 D. Hannebery 29 G. Hewett
FORWARD 26 L. Parker 44 J. Lloyd
HALF-BACK

22 D. Towers
32 S. Mayes 25 D. McStay 22 M. Paparone



41 T. Papley 23 L. Franklin 18 C. Sinclair



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 L. Taylor 15 D. Zorko 35 R. Lester



10 Z. Jones 12 J. Kennedy (c) 5 I. Heeney FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 12 S. Martin 17 C. Beams
HALF-FORWARD 18 N. Robertson 13 J. Berry
33 M. Close 30 E. Hipwood 43 J. Barrett 38 T. Rockliff 2 R. Harwood
14 C. Mills 43 L. Melican 3 J. McVeigh

6 H. McCluggage
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



5 M. Robinson 23 J. Schache 1 B. Keays



31 H. Marsh 39 H. Grundy 40 N. Smith



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Lance Franklin goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:53
SYDN Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:11
SYDN Dean Towers goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 05:46
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 2.2.14 - 0.0.0 09:20
SYDN Will Hayward goal 3.2.20 - 0.0.0 13:17
BRIL Ryan Lester goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 15:47
SYDN Will Hayward behind 3.3.21 - 1.0.6 17:04
SYDN Tom Papley behind 3.4.22 - 1.0.6 18:08
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 4.4.28 - 1.0.6 20:23
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 5.4.34 - 1.0.6 22:04
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 6.4.40 - 1.0.6 25:11
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 6.4.40 - 2.0.12 26:19
SYDN Sam Reid behind 6.5.41 - 2.0.12 28:12
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 7.5.47 - 2.0.12 30:02
Q2 SYDN Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 2.0.12 02:46
SYDN Harry Cunningham goal 8.6.54 - 2.0.12 03:32
SYDN Harry Cunningham goal 9.6.60 - 2.0.12 06:07
BRIL Michael Close goal 9.6.60 - 3.0.18 09:37
BRIL Tom Rockliff behind 9.6.60 - 3.1.19 13:36
SYDN Will Hayward behind 9.7.61 - 3.1.19 15:32
BRIL Josh Schache goal 9.7.61 - 4.1.25 16:51
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 10.7.67 - 4.1.25 17:53
BRIL Jarrod Berry goal 10.7.67 - 5.1.31 19:46
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 11.7.73 - 5.1.31 22:24
SYDN Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 5.1.31 23:36
BRIL Tom Rockliff goal 11.8.74 - 6.1.37 26:11
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 11.9.75 - 6.1.37 28:34
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 12.9.81 - 6.1.37 29:25
SYDN Zak Jones behind 12.10.82 - 6.1.37 30:36
BRIL Rushed behind 12.10.82 - 6.2.38 32:32
Q3 SYDN Luke Parker goal 13.10.88 - 6.2.38 03:01
BRIL Jake Barrett goal 13.10.88 - 7.2.44 08:50
SYDN Zak Jones goal 14.10.94 - 7.2.44 10:59
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 14.10.94 - 7.3.45 12:32
SYDN Heath Grundy behind 14.11.95 - 7.3.45 15:44
SYDN Luke Parker behind 14.12.96 - 7.3.45 16:13
BRIL Ryan Lester behind 14.12.96 - 7.4.46 17:14
BRIL Josh Schache goal 14.12.96 - 8.4.52 17:47
SYDN Dan Hannebery goal 15.12.102 - 8.4.52 19:11
BRIL Ben Keays goal 15.12.102 - 9.4.58 20:21
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 16.12.108 - 9.4.58 23:10
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 17.12.114 - 9.4.58 26:04
SYDN Rushed behind 17.13.115 - 9.4.58 28:42
BRIL Sam Mayes behind 17.13.115 - 9.5.59 31:50
Q4 BRIL Josh Schache behind 17.13.115 - 9.6.60 02:04
BRIL Lewis Taylor behind 17.13.115 - 9.7.61 03:16
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 17.14.116 - 9.7.61 04:31
SYDN Will Hayward goal 18.14.122 - 9.7.61 06:58
BRIL Nick Robertson goal 18.14.122 - 10.7.67 13:18
BRIL Rushed behind 18.14.122 - 10.8.68 14:44
BRIL Tom Rockliff goal 18.14.122 - 11.8.74 16:36
BRIL Josh Schache behind 18.14.122 - 11.9.75 18:41
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 18.15.123 - 11.9.75 20:14
BRIL Ryan Lester goal 18.15.123 - 12.9.81 22:00
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 19.15.129 - 12.9.81 26:06
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 20.15.135 - 12.9.81 27:21