2017 AFL Round 18: Sydney v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 2017 between Sydney and St Kilda during round 18 of the 2017 AFL season. Sydney hosted St Kilda at SCG. Josh Kennedy captained the hosts. Jarryn Geary captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Alan Richardson.

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

St Kilda
Back: J. Geary (capt.), N. Brown, D. Roberton
Half-back: J. Newnes, J. Carlisle, J. Webster
Centre: L. Montagna, K. Stevens, J. Billings
Half-forward: J. Sinclair, N. Riewoldt, L. Dunstan
Forward: J. Gresham, J. Bruce, R. Marshall
Follower: B. Longer, S. Ross, J. Steven
Int.: B. Acres, J. Lonie, S. Savage, J. Steele

Sydney (14.17.101) defeated St Kilda (9.5.59).

Goalkickers
Sydney: C. Sinclair (5), L. Franklin (3), I. Heeney, G. Hewett, J. Kennedy, J. McVeigh, G. Rohan, D. Towers
St Kilda: J. Bruce (3), J. Billings, L. Dunstan, J. Newnes, N. Riewoldt, S. Savage, K. Stevens

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 6th on the ladder and St Kilda were then 11th on the ladder (down from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Sydney v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 22 July 2017
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 35,773

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. St Kilda
Score: 14.17.101 - 9.5.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 5 7 . 8 11 . 14 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
St Kilda 1 . 2 3 . 2 5 . 4 9 . 5 9 . 5 (59)
Margin SYDN by 15 SYDN by 30 SYDN by 46 SYDN by 42 SYDN by 42
Duration 27:20 29:24 30:21 31:13 1:58:18

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Alan Richardson (St Kilda)
Captains: Josh Kennedy (Sydney), Jarryn Geary (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#4), S. McInerney (#30), A. Stephens (#12), E: E. Tee (#34)
Goal Umpire: B. Kenny-Bell, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: R. O'Dea
Boundary Umpire: M. Baker, D. Field-Read, M. Saunders, R. Taylor

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Callum Sinclair SYDN 18 3
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 2
Heath Grundy SYDN 39 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Callum Sinclair SYDN 18 10 2 0 0 0 0
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Lewis Melican SYDN 43 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Heath Grundy SYDN 39 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Luke Dunstan STKL 7 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 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
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 94% 3 4 16 14 2 6 0 1 2 3 3 1 0 7
39 Grundy, Heath FB 87% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 2
4 Hannebery, Dan RO 86% 0 1 25 13 12 5 0 1 4 1 1 1 2 7
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFR 88% 1 1 19 14 5 4 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 3
29 Hewett, George INT 73% 1 0 19 10 9 2 0 5 7 4 1 1 0 5
15 Jack, Kieren FPR 84% 0 1 18 9 9 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 3
10 Jones, Zak INT 57% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
12 Kennedy, Josh (c) C 88% 1 0 25 13 12 2 0 5 4 7 0 3 1 5
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 93% 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1
3 McVeigh, Jarrad HBFR 81% 1 0 21 10 11 6 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1
43 Melican, Lewis CHB 87% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 2
14 Mills, Callum WR 80% 0 0 18 9 9 6 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2
35 Naismith, Sam RU 72% 0 0 9 2 7 1 21 2 0 1 0 1 1 1
28 Newman, Nic INT 83% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 2 4
41 Papley, Tom WL 72% 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 3 3 5 1 3 0 5
26 Parker, Luke RR 80% 0 2 21 13 8 4 0 6 6 7 2 0 1 4
24 Rampe, Dane BPL 92% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 1
27 Robinson, Dan INT 79% 0 0 11 2 9 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 2
16 Rohan, Gary FPL 78% 1 1 10 8 2 5 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 4
18 Sinclair, Callum FF 85% 5 3 19 13 6 10 4 1 0 3 1 2 0 1
40 Smith, Nick BPR 79% 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0
22 Towers, Dean HFFL 81% 1 2 19 12 7 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 14 17 360 202 158 90 27 53 35 59 15 22 25 65

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
8 Acres, Blake INT 81% 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 4
15 Billings, Jack WR 90% 1 1 23 11 12 5 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 1
22 Brown, Nathan FB 98% 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 1 1 5 2 3 1 0
27 Bruce, Josh FF 85% 3 0 12 5 7 4 0 3 0 4 4 1 1 1
2 Carlisle, Jake CHB 77% 0 0 12 8 4 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Dunstan, Luke HFFR 84% 1 1 29 14 15 7 0 3 7 6 1 2 1 8
14 Geary, Jarryn (c) BPL 88% 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 3 0 2 2 0 4 0
4 Gresham, Jade FPL 78% 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 3
18 Longer, Billy RU 85% 0 1 12 1 11 1 43 4 2 4 1 1 3 0
13 Lonie, Jack INT 64% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 4 0 4 1 1 0 2
43 Marshall, Rowan FPR 83% 0 0 14 5 9 4 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 0
11 Montagna, Leigh WL 51% 0 0 21 13 8 6 0 3 0 2 2 0 3 1
16 Newnes, Jack HBFL 92% 1 0 20 13 7 6 0 1 0 3 0 1 6 2
12 Riewoldt, Nick CHF 90% 1 0 10 6 4 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
17 Roberton, Dylan BPR 90% 0 0 23 18 5 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 6 2
6 Ross, Sebastian RR 89% 0 0 37 16 21 6 0 2 3 1 0 1 3 3
5 Savage, Shane INT 79% 1 0 27 17 10 7 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 6
35 Sinclair, Jack HFFL 82% 0 0 15 6 9 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0
9 Steele, Jack INT 68% 0 0 25 8 17 4 0 5 3 3 1 0 2 2
3 Steven, Jack RO 76% 0 0 21 7 14 2 0 3 1 2 2 1 1 1
25 Stevens, Koby C 86% 1 0 14 5 9 4 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 1
29 Webster, Jimmy HBFR 84% 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 5 402 209 193 93 48 54 28 53 22 15 45 37

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
14 J. Geary (c) 22 N. Brown 17 D. Roberton 35 S. Naismith 29 G. Hewett
15 K. Jack 18 C. Sinclair 16 G. Rohan 26 L. Parker 10 Z. Jones
FORWARD 4 D. Hannebery 28 N. Newman
HALF-BACK

27 D. Robinson
16 J. Newnes 2 J. Carlisle 29 J. Webster



5 I. Heeney 23 L. Franklin 22 D. Towers



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 L. Montagna 25 K. Stevens 15 J. Billings



14 C. Mills 12 J. Kennedy (c) 41 T. Papley FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 18 B. Longer 8 B. Acres
HALF-FORWARD 6 S. Ross 13 J. Lonie
35 J. Sinclair 12 N. Riewoldt 7 L. Dunstan 3 J. Steven 5 S. Savage
3 J. McVeigh 43 L. Melican 44 J. Lloyd

9 J. Steele
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 J. Gresham 27 J. Bruce 43 R. Marshall



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



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Alan Richardson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Callum Sinclair behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:57
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 04:22
SYDN Luke Parker behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 08:58
STKL Koby Stevens goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 11:29
SYDN Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 1.0.6 17:25
STKL Rushed behind 1.3.9 - 1.1.7 18:15
SYDN Dean Towers behind 1.4.10 - 1.1.7 19:11
SYDN George Hewett goal 2.4.16 - 1.1.7 20:33
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 3.4.22 - 1.1.7 22:15
SYDN Gary Rohan behind 3.5.23 - 1.1.7 25:41
STKL Luke Dunstan behind 3.5.23 - 1.2.8 26:51
Q2 SYDN Lance Franklin goal 4.5.29 - 1.2.8 03:35
STKL Josh Bruce goal 4.5.29 - 2.2.14 05:40
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 5.5.35 - 2.2.14 06:42
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 6.5.41 - 2.2.14 12:33
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 7.5.47 - 2.2.14 14:47
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 7.6.48 - 2.2.14 16:37
STKL Shane Savage goal 7.6.48 - 3.2.20 18:18
SYDN Dan Hannebery behind 7.7.49 - 3.2.20 23:58
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 7.8.50 - 3.2.20 27:27
Q3 SYDN Kieren Jack behind 7.9.51 - 3.2.20 00:56
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 7.10.52 - 3.2.20 02:06
SYDN Callum Sinclair behind 7.11.53 - 3.2.20 04:40
STKL Nick Riewoldt goal 7.11.53 - 4.2.26 05:17
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 8.11.59 - 4.2.26 06:40
STKL Josh Bruce goal 8.11.59 - 5.2.32 08:38
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 9.11.65 - 5.2.32 17:49
STKL Jack Billings behind 9.11.65 - 5.3.33 20:56
STKL Billy Longer behind 9.11.65 - 5.4.34 21:31
SYDN Dean Towers goal 10.11.71 - 5.4.34 22:34
SYDN Luke Parker behind 10.12.72 - 5.4.34 24:03
SYDN Callum Sinclair behind 10.13.73 - 5.4.34 25:23
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 10.14.74 - 5.4.34 27:41
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 11.14.80 - 5.4.34 29:02
Q4 SYDN Dean Towers behind 11.15.81 - 5.4.34 00:13
STKL Josh Bruce goal 11.15.81 - 6.4.40 02:17
STKL Rushed behind 11.15.81 - 6.5.41 09:11
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 12.15.87 - 6.5.41 10:37
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 12.16.88 - 6.5.41 13:58
STKL Jack Billings goal 12.16.88 - 7.5.47 15:46
STKL Jack Newnes goal 12.16.88 - 8.5.53 18:21
SYDN Gary Rohan goal 13.16.94 - 8.5.53 22:54
SYDN Rushed behind 13.17.95 - 8.5.53 24:05
STKL Luke Dunstan goal 13.17.95 - 9.5.59 25:41
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh goal 14.17.101 - 9.5.59 26:44