2017 AFL Round 20: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 2017 between Geelong and Sydney during round 20 of the 2017 AFL season. Geelong hosted Sydney at Simonds Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Geelong
Back: J. Bews, T. Lonergan, J. Kolodjashnij
Half-back: T. Stewart, L. Henderson, Z. Tuohy
Centre: A. Mackie, J. Selwood (capt.), J. Murdoch
Half-forward: S. Menegola, H. Taylor, S. Selwood
Forward: J. Thurlow, T. Hawkins, J. Parsons
Follower: Z. Smith, M. Duncan, C. Guthrie
Int.: W. Buzza, Z. Guthrie, B. Parfitt, S. Simpson

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

Geelong (8.13.61) were defeated by Sydney (16.11.107).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Hawkins (3), S. Menegola (2), C. Guthrie, J. Parsons, Z. Smith
Sydney: W. Hayward (3), T. Papley (3), D. Hannebery (2), S. Reid (2), G. Rohan (2), L. Franklin, I. Heeney, N. Newman, L. Parker

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 4th on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Sydney remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Friday 4 August 2017
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Simonds Stadium
Attendance: 30,833

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Sydney
Score: 8.13.61 - 16.11.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 3 5 . 6 7 . 8 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Sydney 7 . 5 10 . 5 11 . 9 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Margin SYDN by 32 SYDN by 29 SYDN by 25 SYDN by 46 SYDN by 46
Duration 34:22 30:09 26:55 29:48 2:01:14

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Joel Selwood (Geelong), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Donlon (#1), B. Hosking (#16), M. Nicholls (#15), E: A. Whetton (#39)
Goal Umpire: M. Dervan, S. Piperno, E: A. Wojcik
Boundary Umpire: D. Cusack, J. Moore, T. Morrison, M. Tomkins

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Parker SYDN 26 3
Dan Hannebery SYDN 4 2
Sam Menegola GEEL 27 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Luke Parker SYDN 26 9 1 1 0 0 0
Jarrad McVeigh SYDN 3 6 0 1 0 1 0
Mitch Duncan GEEL 22 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Dan Hannebery SYDN 4 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Sam Reid SYDN 20 3 0 0 1 0 0
Sam Menegola GEEL 27 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Papley SYDN 41 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Bews, Jed BPL 85% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 3
12 Buzza, Wylie INT 70% 0 0 7 4 3 1 7 3 0 3 3 1 1 2
22 Duncan, Mitch RR 81% 0 1 32 13 19 9 0 6 3 4 0 3 1 2
29 Guthrie, Cameron RO 66% 1 2 14 8 6 4 0 5 2 4 0 3 0 2
39 Guthrie, Zach INT 62% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 91% 3 0 13 9 4 9 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 0
25 Henderson, Lachie CHB 98% 0 0 23 15 8 11 0 2 0 5 1 2 0 2
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPR 81% 0 0 19 10 9 7 0 2 1 4 0 2 2 3
13 Lonergan, Tom FB 89% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Mackie, Andrew WL 94% 0 0 23 17 6 8 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 6
27 Menegola, Sam HFFL 84% 2 3 25 14 11 6 0 7 3 4 1 2 2 2
21 Murdoch, Jordan WR 88% 0 1 18 12 6 5 0 3 1 2 2 0 1 2
3 Parfitt, Brandan INT 71% 0 0 9 4 5 1 0 4 1 3 0 2 0 0
34 Parsons, James FPR 88% 1 0 10 3 7 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 63% 0 0 20 11 9 2 0 2 7 3 5 2 0 3
16 Selwood, Scott HFFR 79% 0 1 26 12 14 5 0 13 8 3 5 2 1 5
37 Simpson, Sam INT 72% 0 1 13 8 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
9 Smith, Zac RU 77% 1 1 16 8 8 1 32 3 7 1 2 0 3 3
44 Stewart, Tom HBFL 87% 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 6 0 2 0 1 1 1
7 Taylor, Harry CHF 96% 0 0 13 6 7 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1
40 Thurlow, Jackson FPL 78% 0 0 23 15 8 6 0 3 5 6 2 1 4 5
2 Tuohy, Zach HBFR 98% 0 0 26 10 16 4 0 6 1 4 1 1 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (22 players) 8 13 375 205 170 99 39 83 42 61 25 25 24 48

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 90% 1 1 8 5 3 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 1
39 Grundy, Heath FB 85% 0 0 13 7 6 3 0 1 0 4 1 1 3 1
4 Hannebery, Dan C 84% 2 0 21 8 13 4 0 5 4 1 1 1 0 2
9 Hayward, Will INT 73% 3 1 12 9 3 4 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 2
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFL 87% 1 1 19 10 9 4 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 4
29 Hewett, George HFFR 81% 0 0 17 6 11 2 0 8 4 5 2 4 1 0
15 Jack, Kieren RO 84% 0 0 21 16 5 2 0 1 3 5 1 0 4 5
10 Jones, Zak WR 76% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 5 1 6 1 3 1 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 82% 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 3 0 3 1 1 3 3
3 McVeigh, Jarrad BPR 88% 0 1 21 11 10 5 0 6 1 0 1 0 3 1
43 Melican, Lewis CHB 91% 0 1 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 1
14 Mills, Callum INT 71% 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 4 0 3 1 1 3 2
28 Newman, Nic INT 66% 1 0 19 9 10 3 0 7 2 4 2 1 2 0
41 Papley, Tom FPR 81% 3 2 12 8 4 2 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 1
26 Parker, Luke RR 89% 1 1 23 11 12 2 0 13 8 6 3 3 1 2
24 Rampe, Dane HBFL 93% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 4
20 Reid, Sam FPL 93% 2 1 16 12 4 7 1 1 0 1 4 0 3 1
16 Rohan, Gary WL 64% 2 1 9 7 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
18 Sinclair, Callum FF 77% 0 1 17 11 6 3 18 6 2 7 3 2 0 8
40 Smith, Nick BPL 92% 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
8 Tippett, Kurt RU 72% 0 0 8 6 2 2 16 4 1 2 1 2 0 2
22 Towers, Dean INT 79% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 16 11 331 194 137 71 35 84 32 61 25 25 39 47

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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
40 N. Smith 39 H. Grundy 3 J. McVeigh 9 Z. Smith 12 W. Buzza
34 J. Parsons 26 T. Hawkins 40 J. Thurlow 22 M. Duncan 39 Z. Guthrie
FORWARD 29 C. Guthrie 3 B. Parfitt
HALF-BACK

37 S. Simpson
24 D. Rampe 43 L. Melican 44 J. Lloyd



16 S. Selwood 7 H. Taylor 27 S. Menegola



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 G. Rohan 4 D. Hannebery 10 Z. Jones



21 J. Murdoch 14 J. Selwood (c) 4 A. Mackie FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 8 K. Tippett 9 W. Hayward
HALF-FORWARD 26 L. Parker 14 C. Mills
5 I. Heeney 23 L. Franklin 29 G. Hewett 15 K. Jack 28 N. Newman
2 Z. Tuohy 25 L. Henderson 44 T. Stewart

22 D. Towers
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



20 S. Reid 18 C. Sinclair 41 T. Papley



8 J. Kolodjashnij 13 T. Lonergan 24 J. Bews



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:35
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:15
SYDN Sam Reid goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:52
SYDN Tom Papley goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 08:01
SYDN Luke Parker goal 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 09:42
SYDN Sam Reid behind 1.1.7 - 3.1.19 12:26
SYDN Will Hayward goal 1.1.7 - 4.1.25 12:55
SYDN Lewis Melican behind 1.1.7 - 4.2.26 14:07
SYDN Tom Papley goal 1.1.7 - 5.2.32 18:12
GEEL Zac Smith goal 2.1.13 - 5.2.32 20:15
GEEL Cameron Guthrie behind 2.2.14 - 5.2.32 22:18
SYDN Dan Hannebery goal 2.2.14 - 6.2.38 24:11
GEEL Zac Smith behind 2.3.15 - 6.2.38 27:00
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 2.3.15 - 6.3.39 28:59
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 2.3.15 - 6.4.40 30:30
SYDN Sam Reid goal 2.3.15 - 7.4.46 30:58
SYDN Tom Papley behind 2.3.15 - 7.5.47 34:19
Q2 GEEL Jordan Murdoch behind 2.4.16 - 7.5.47 03:28
SYDN Gary Rohan goal 2.4.16 - 8.5.53 13:32
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 3.4.22 - 8.5.53 14:31
GEEL Mitch Duncan behind 3.5.23 - 8.5.53 19:11
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 4.5.29 - 8.5.53 19:35
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 5.5.35 - 8.5.53 21:20
GEEL Cameron Guthrie behind 5.6.36 - 8.5.53 23:55
SYDN Gary Rohan goal 5.6.36 - 9.5.59 25:49
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 5.6.36 - 10.5.65 28:30
Q3 GEEL Rushed behind 5.7.37 - 10.5.65 02:41
GEEL James Parsons goal 6.7.43 - 10.5.65 04:17
SYDN Tom Papley behind 6.7.43 - 10.6.66 13:41
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 6.8.44 - 10.6.66 16:53
SYDN Luke Parker behind 6.8.44 - 10.7.67 18:07
SYDN Nic Newman goal 6.8.44 - 11.7.73 19:25
GEEL Cameron Guthrie goal 7.8.50 - 11.7.73 20:45
SYDN Callum Sinclair behind 7.8.50 - 11.8.74 23:13
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh behind 7.8.50 - 11.9.75 25:58
Q4 SYDN Dan Hannebery goal 7.8.50 - 12.9.81 00:54
SYDN Tom Papley goal 7.8.50 - 13.9.87 02:04
SYDN Gary Rohan behind 7.8.50 - 13.10.88 03:15
GEEL Sam Simpson behind 7.9.51 - 13.10.88 08:15
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 7.9.51 - 14.10.94 09:06
SYDN Will Hayward goal 7.9.51 - 15.10.100 11:54
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 7.10.52 - 15.10.100 14:51
GEEL Rushed behind 7.11.53 - 15.10.100 16:47
GEEL Scott Selwood behind 7.12.54 - 15.10.100 18:47
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 7.13.55 - 15.10.100 21:52
SYDN Will Hayward behind 7.13.55 - 15.11.101 23:46
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 8.13.61 - 15.11.101 24:48
SYDN Will Hayward goal 8.13.61 - 16.11.107 27:18