2017 AFL Round 15: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 2017 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 15 of the 2017 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Jack Viney captained the hosts. Josh Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Melbourne
Back: M. Hibberd, O. McDonald, N. Jetta
Half-back: J. Lewis, S. Frost, J. Wagner
Centre: T. Bugg, D. Tyson, B. Vince
Half-forward: B. Stretch, C. Pedersen, C. Petracca
Forward: M. Hannan, T. McDonald, A. Neal-Bullen
Follower: M. Gawn, J. Melksham, J. Viney (capt.)
Int.: J. Harmes, J. Hunt, C. Oliver, M. White

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

Melbourne (7.8.50) were defeated by Sydney (11.19.85).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: T. McDonald (2), C. Petracca (2), M. Hannan, J. Hunt, J. Melksham
Sydney: L. Franklin (4), T. Papley (2), I. Heeney, K. Jack, J. Lloyd, L. Parker, S. Reid

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Sydney were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Friday 30 June 2017
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 47,464

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 7.8.50 - 11.19.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 0 4 . 1 5 . 4 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Sydney 1 . 8 5 . 15 8 . 16 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Margin MELB by 10 SYDN by 20 SYDN by 30 SYDN by 35 SYDN by 35
Duration 29:47 28:44 29:04 28:55 1:56:30

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Jack Viney (Melbourne), Josh Kennedy (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Fisher (#3), S. McInerney (#30), M. Stevic (#9), E: P. Burns (#46)
Goal Umpire: L. Walker, A. Wojcik, E: D. Benwell
Boundary Umpire: M. Jenkinson, B. MacDonald, J. Mather, T. Morrison

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Parker SYDN 26 3
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 2
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Luke Parker SYDN 26 10 2 0 0 0 0
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 8 0 2 0 0 0
Zak Jones SYDN 10 4 0 0 ? ? ?
George Hewett SYDN 29 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Dane Rampe SYDN 24 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bugg, Tomas WL 82% 0 1 6 3 3 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1
17 Frost, Sam CHB 95% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 78% 0 0 12 7 5 5 29 2 1 1 1 1 2 0
19 Hannan, Mitch FPL 87% 1 1 11 6 5 0 0 5 3 3 4 2 2 1
43 Harmes, James INT 74% 0 1 12 6 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 90% 0 0 33 21 12 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 11 2
29 Hunt, Jayden INT 81% 1 0 7 3 4 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 2
39 Jetta, Neville BPR 91% 0 0 16 5 11 3 0 8 0 3 1 1 1 0
6 Lewis, Jordan HBFL 91% 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 1 3 4 2 2 0 5
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 95% 0 0 18 12 6 8 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 0
25 McDonald, Tom FF 94% 2 0 19 8 11 6 2 2 1 5 3 4 0 3
18 Melksham, Jake RR 87% 1 0 17 8 9 3 0 3 4 5 1 4 0 4
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPR 84% 0 2 12 5 7 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 Oliver, Clayton INT 71% 0 0 24 7 17 4 0 6 3 2 0 0 2 3
21 Pedersen, Cameron CHF 86% 0 0 15 5 10 3 6 4 1 4 2 1 1 1
5 Petracca, Christian HFFR 86% 2 0 19 5 14 1 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 4
15 Stretch, Billy HFFL 83% 0 0 9 2 7 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2
12 Tyson, Dom C 76% 0 0 21 10 11 1 0 8 3 3 2 1 1 4
23 Vince, Bernie WR 84% 0 1 20 14 6 1 0 3 1 1 2 1 5 2
7 Viney, Jack (c) RO 43% 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 2
42 Wagner, Josh HBFR 70% 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 2 0 6 0 1 2 0
41 White, Mitch INT 71% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 7 8 347 171 176 68 37 70 27 54 20 21 39 39

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Florent, Oliver INT 75% 0 1 9 5 4 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 2
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 98% 4 3 19 15 4 11 0 1 0 4 1 3 0 8
39 Grundy, Heath FB 94% 0 0 20 10 10 7 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 1
4 Hannebery, Dan RR 77% 0 0 16 5 11 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac WL 87% 1 1 24 16 8 3 0 2 5 2 1 1 2 1
29 Hewett, George HFFL 85% 0 0 29 15 14 10 0 4 3 5 3 3 2 2
15 Jack, Kieren HFFR 86% 1 0 23 16 7 5 0 10 2 1 2 0 1 5
10 Jones, Zak HBFL 78% 0 0 26 17 9 6 0 5 1 5 2 1 2 7
12 Kennedy, Josh (c) C 90% 0 1 28 12 16 3 0 6 10 4 1 1 0 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 88% 1 0 27 19 8 5 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
3 McVeigh, Jarrad INT 70% 0 0 24 14 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2
43 Melican, Lewis BPL 91% 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 3 0 2 1 2 4 1
14 Mills, Callum WR 4% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
35 Naismith, Sam RU 82% 0 1 12 5 7 4 27 2 1 2 0 1 1 1
28 Newman, Nic INT 85% 0 1 25 19 6 8 0 5 1 5 2 0 1 3
41 Papley, Tom FPR 80% 2 1 25 12 13 5 0 4 2 5 0 3 1 0
26 Parker, Luke RO 90% 1 2 38 20 18 6 0 6 9 3 2 0 3 5
24 Rampe, Dane CHB 98% 0 0 21 11 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
20 Reid, Sam FF 95% 1 1 14 9 5 8 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 1
16 Rohan, Gary FPL 81% 0 3 16 11 5 8 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 6
40 Smith, Nick BPR 86% 0 0 13 4 9 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
22 Towers, Dean INT 79% 0 1 16 10 6 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 11 19 439 254 185 126 29 65 38 54 21 20 30 54

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

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
43 L. Melican 39 H. Grundy 40 N. Smith 11 M. Gawn 43 J. Harmes
30 A. Neal-Bullen 25 T. McDonald 19 M. Hannan 18 J. Melksham 29 J. Hunt
FORWARD 7 J. Viney (c) 13 C. Oliver
HALF-BACK

41 M. White
10 Z. Jones 24 D. Rampe 44 J. Lloyd



5 C. Petracca 21 C. Pedersen 15 B. Stretch



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 I. Heeney 12 J. Kennedy (c) 14 C. Mills



23 B. Vince 12 D. Tyson 32 T. Bugg FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 35 S. Naismith 13 O. Florent
HALF-FORWARD 4 D. Hannebery 3 J. McVeigh
29 G. Hewett 23 L. Franklin 15 K. Jack 26 L. Parker 28 N. Newman
42 J. Wagner 17 S. Frost 6 J. Lewis

22 D. Towers
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



16 G. Rohan 20 S. Reid 41 T. Papley



39 N. Jetta 28 O. McDonald 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Gary Rohan behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:50
SYDN Gary Rohan behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 03:41
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 0.0.0 - 0.3.3 06:45
SYDN Luke Parker behind 0.0.0 - 0.4.4 07:25
SYDN Nic Newman behind 0.0.0 - 0.5.5 08:34
SYDN Gary Rohan behind 0.0.0 - 0.6.6 09:23
MELB Tom McDonald goal 1.0.6 - 0.6.6 12:06
SYDN Sam Reid behind 1.0.6 - 0.7.7 19:38
MELB Mitch Hannan goal 2.0.12 - 0.7.7 23:43
MELB Jayden Hunt goal 3.0.18 - 0.7.7 25:47
MELB Christian Petracca goal 4.0.24 - 0.7.7 27:41
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 4.0.24 - 0.8.8 28:44
SYDN Luke Parker goal 4.0.24 - 1.8.14 29:45
Q2 SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 4.0.24 - 1.9.15 03:33
SYDN Rushed behind 4.0.24 - 1.10.16 05:33
SYDN Rushed behind 4.0.24 - 1.11.17 06:35
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 4.0.24 - 2.11.23 09:45
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 4.0.24 - 2.12.24 13:53
SYDN Luke Parker behind 4.0.24 - 2.13.25 16:27
SYDN Rushed behind 4.0.24 - 2.14.26 17:44
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 4.0.24 - 3.14.32 18:15
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 4.0.24 - 4.14.38 22:30
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 4.1.25 - 4.14.38 23:36
SYDN Tom Papley goal 4.1.25 - 5.14.44 25:56
SYDN Sam Naismith behind 4.1.25 - 5.15.45 28:41
Q3 MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 4.2.26 - 5.15.45 03:33
MELB Tom McDonald goal 5.2.32 - 5.15.45 04:29
MELB Tomas Bugg behind 5.3.33 - 5.15.45 06:34
MELB James Harmes behind 5.4.34 - 5.15.45 07:10
SYDN Sam Reid goal 5.4.34 - 6.15.51 11:59
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 5.4.34 - 6.16.52 15:36
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 5.4.34 - 7.16.58 17:03
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 5.4.34 - 8.16.64 20:48
Q4 MELB Jake Melksham goal 6.4.40 - 8.16.64 00:49
MELB Mitch Hannan behind 6.5.41 - 8.16.64 03:09
MELB Bernie Vince behind 6.6.42 - 8.16.64 05:02
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 6.6.42 - 9.16.70 06:53
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 6.6.42 - 9.17.71 08:59
MELB Rushed behind 6.7.43 - 9.17.71 09:44
SYDN Tom Papley behind 6.7.43 - 9.18.72 14:34
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 6.7.43 - 10.18.78 17:17
SYDN Dean Towers behind 6.7.43 - 10.19.79 18:21
MELB Christian Petracca goal 7.7.49 - 10.19.79 20:17
SYDN Tom Papley goal 7.7.49 - 11.19.85 22:04
MELB Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 11.19.85 27:34