2017 AFL Season Round 14: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 2017 between Sydney and Essendon during round fourteen of the 2017 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Essendon at the 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 (11.20.86) defeated Essendon (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Friday 23 June 2017
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 34,575

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 11.20.86 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 5 5 . 11 8 . 17 11 . 20 11 . 20 (86)
Essendon 2 . 4 4 . 9 7 . 11 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin SYDN by 1 SYDN by 8 SYDN by 12 SYDN by 1 SYDN by 1
Duration 26:45 29:36 28:22 33:31 1:58:14

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Josh Kennedy
Coach: John Longmire

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell
Vice-Captain: Zach Merrett
Coach: John Worsfold

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Fleer (#26)
J. Mollison (#32)
J. Schmitt (#17)
E: C. Barr (#37)

Goal Umpires

M. Ensbey
B. Kenny-Bell
E: A. McKenzie-Wills

Boundary Umpires

P. Cran
D. Field-Read
M. Saunders
R. Taylor

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 3
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 2
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 10 2 0 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 7 0 1 1 0 0
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Heath Grundy SYDN 39 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Callum Mills SYDN 14 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
13 Florent, Oliver WL 81% 1 0 13 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 97% 0 6 17 15 2 5 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 4
39 Grundy, Heath FB 90% 0 0 26 15 11 8 0 1 0 2 1 1 3 3
4 Hannebery, Dan RR 85% 1 0 29 9 20 3 0 3 3 5 0 2 3 2
9 Hayward, Will HFFL 80% 1 1 8 6 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
5 Heeney, Isaac WR 91% 2 0 21 16 5 5 0 9 3 4 1 0 1 4
29 Hewett, George INT 68% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 3 4 1 0 1 2 4
15 Jack, Kieren FPL 77% 0 2 13 9 4 6 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 2
12 Kennedy, Josh (c) C 89% 0 0 36 19 17 5 0 3 7 3 0 0 1 5
44 Lloyd, Jake BPR 92% 0 0 31 19 12 10 0 1 2 3 1 0 7 0
43 Melican, Lewis HBFR 75% 0 0 15 5 10 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1
14 Mills, Callum HBFL 88% 0 0 26 17 9 8 0 4 2 2 0 0 5 5
35 Naismith, Sam RU 61% 0 1 10 6 4 1 24 1 1 5 0 4 0 1
28 Newman, Nic INT 85% 2 1 13 9 4 4 0 5 2 1 1 1 1 1
41 Papley, Tom FPR 82% 1 0 12 5 7 4 0 6 2 3 1 0 0 2
26 Parker, Luke RO 89% 1 1 26 12 14 9 0 4 2 5 1 5 0 1
24 Rampe, Dane CHB 95% 0 1 17 11 6 4 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 2
20 Reid, Sam FF 91% 1 3 13 12 1 9 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 3
16 Rohan, Gary INT 74% 1 0 12 7 5 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1
18 Sinclair, Callum INT 50% 0 0 12 7 5 2 10 4 3 1 2 0 0 4
40 Smith, Nick BPL 85% 0 1 13 10 3 5 0 1 1 4 2 1 4 0
22 Towers, Dean HFFR 73% 0 1 12 10 2 3 0 6 0 4 0 0 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 20 391 234 157 112 34 64 35 51 18 18 38 51

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark BPL 90% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 3 0 5 2 3 1 0
2 Bellchambers, Tom FPL 84% 1 0 9 6 3 4 25 1 1 0 3 0 1 2
32 Colyer, Travis RO 68% 1 1 18 8 10 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1
6 Daniher, Joe FF 94% 1 2 16 12 4 7 0 2 0 3 2 2 2 5
13 Fantasia, Orazio WL 83% 1 4 16 11 5 6 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 3
8 Gleeson, Martin HBFR 89% 0 0 16 7 9 9 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 0
9 Goddard, Brendon CHB 87% 0 0 23 9 14 6 0 4 1 4 0 0 3 2
15 Green, Josh FPR 80% 0 3 13 10 3 3 0 4 1 0 2 0 2 0
36 Hartley, Michael FB 97% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 4 0 1 0 1 3 0
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFL 82% 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 2 3 4 0 0 1 1
40 Howlett, Ben HFFR 74% 0 0 16 5 11 1 0 6 2 4 0 2 0 4
18 Hurley, Michael CHF 95% 1 0 30 21 9 8 0 0 0 4 0 2 9 3
47 Kelly, James WR 88% 0 0 15 9 6 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 3
30 Langford, Kyle INT 69% 0 1 16 8 8 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 3
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony INT 70% 1 1 13 5 8 2 0 3 3 3 1 1 0 4
1 McGrath, Andrew BPR 69% 0 0 13 6 7 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 2
45 McKenna, Conor INT 77% 1 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
44 McKernan, Shaun RU 77% 2 0 7 4 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) C 76% 0 0 33 16 17 4 0 6 8 3 2 0 4 5
17 Stewart, James HFFL 91% 2 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 2
4 Watson, Jobe RR 79% 0 0 18 11 7 7 0 6 1 3 1 1 1 2
11 Zaharakis, David INT 79% 1 0 28 16 12 6 0 2 2 1 1 0 4 6
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 12 13 361 198 163 95 27 55 31 49 18 18 39 52

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
12 M. Baguley 36 M. Hartley 1 A. McGrath 35 S. Naismith 29 G. Hewett
41 T. Papley 20 S. Reid 15 K. Jack 4 D. Hannebery 28 N. Newman
FORWARD 26 L. Parker 16 G. Rohan
HALF-BACK

18 C. Sinclair
21 D. Heppell (c) 9 B. Goddard 8 M. Gleeson



22 D. Towers 23 L. Franklin 9 W. Hayward



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 O. Fantasia 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 47 J. Kelly



5 I. Heeney 12 J. Kennedy (c) 13 O. Florent FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 S. McKernan 30 K. Langford
HALF-FORWARD 4 J. Watson 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
17 J. Stewart 18 M. Hurley 40 B. Howlett 32 T. Colyer 45 C. McKenna
43 L. Melican 24 D. Rampe 14 C. Mills

11 D. Zaharakis
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



2 T. Bellchambers 6 J. Daniher 15 J. Green



44 J. Lloyd 39 H. Grundy 40 N. Smith



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Nick Smith behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:41
SYDN Luke Parker goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:29
ESSE Joe Daniher goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 08:43
ESSE James Stewart goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 10:23
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 14:50
SYDN Sam Naismith behind 1.3.9 - 2.0.12 17:04
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 1.3.9 - 2.1.13 18:34
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 1.3.9 - 2.2.14 19:53
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 1.3.9 - 2.3.15 20:57
SYDN Dean Towers behind 1.4.10 - 2.3.15 21:54
SYDN Tom Papley goal 2.4.16 - 2.3.15 22:39
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 2.4.16 - 2.4.16 26:03
SYDN Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 2.4.16 26:43
Q2 SYDN Luke Parker behind 2.6.18 - 2.4.16 02:13
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 2.6.18 - 2.5.17 04:05
SYDN Sam Reid behind 2.7.19 - 2.5.17 05:39
SYDN Rushed behind 2.8.20 - 2.5.17 07:27
ESSE James Stewart goal 2.8.20 - 3.5.23 07:55
SYDN Sam Reid goal 3.8.26 - 3.5.23 09:01
SYDN Nic Newman goal 4.8.32 - 3.5.23 14:08
SYDN Nic Newman behind 4.9.33 - 3.5.23 15:18
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 5.9.39 - 3.5.23 16:44
ESSE Josh Green behind 5.9.39 - 3.6.24 17:48
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 5.9.39 - 3.7.25 19:06
ESSE Travis Colyer behind 5.9.39 - 3.8.26 19:37
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 5.10.40 - 3.8.26 22:30
SYDN Sam Reid behind 5.11.41 - 3.8.26 23:06
ESSE Josh Green behind 5.11.41 - 3.9.27 24:19
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 5.11.41 - 4.9.33 25:59
Q3 SYDN Will Hayward behind 5.12.42 - 4.9.33 02:36
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 5.12.42 - 5.9.39 03:57
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 5.12.42 - 5.10.40 04:59
SYDN Sam Reid behind 5.13.43 - 5.10.40 07:16
SYDN Dan Hannebery goal 6.13.49 - 5.10.40 10:17
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 6.14.50 - 5.10.40 14:39
ESSE Rushed behind 6.14.50 - 5.11.41 16:21
SYDN Kieren Jack behind 6.15.51 - 5.11.41 17:25
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 6.16.52 - 5.11.41 18:17
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 7.16.58 - 5.11.41 18:50
SYDN Dane Rampe behind 7.17.59 - 5.11.41 21:01
SYDN Will Hayward goal 8.17.65 - 5.11.41 22:51
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 8.17.65 - 6.11.47 24:36
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 8.17.65 - 7.11.53 26:25
Q4 ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 8.17.65 - 8.11.59 02:32
SYDN Kieren Jack behind 8.18.66 - 8.11.59 07:12
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 8.18.66 - 9.11.65 09:54
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 8.18.66 - 10.11.71 14:27
ESSE Travis Colyer goal 8.18.66 - 11.11.77 18:01
ESSE Josh Green behind 8.18.66 - 11.12.78 19:15
ESSE Joe Daniher behind 8.18.66 - 11.13.79 21:44
ESSE Michael Hurley goal 8.18.66 - 12.13.85 23:10
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 9.18.72 - 12.13.85 25:14
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 9.19.73 - 12.13.85 29:02
SYDN Nic Newman goal 10.19.79 - 12.13.85 30:50
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 10.20.80 - 12.13.85 32:20
SYDN Gary Rohan goal 11.20.86 - 12.13.85 33:27