2017 AFL Semi Final 2: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 2017 between Geelong and Sydney in the second semi final of the 2017 AFL season. Geelong hosted Sydney at MCG. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Josh Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Geelong
Back: T. Stewart, J. Kolodjashnij, Z. Tuohy
Half-back: A. Mackie, L. Henderson, J. Bews
Centre: M. Duncan, J. Selwood (capt.), M. Blicavs
Half-forward: S. Motlop, H. Taylor, B. Parfitt
Forward: D. Menzel, T. Hawkins, R. Stanley
Follower: Z. Smith, P. Dangerfield, S. Selwood
Int.: Z. Guthrie, D. Lang, S. Menegola, J. Parsons

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

Geelong (15.8.98) defeated Sydney (5.9.39).

Goalkickers
Geelong: P. Dangerfield (4), M. Duncan (2), S. Menegola (2), D. Menzel (2), M. Blicavs, T. Hawkins, S. Motlop, Z. Smith, R. Stanley
Sydney: K. Jack, J. McVeigh, C. Mills, T. Papley, S. Reid

As a result of this match, Geelong faced Adelaide in the first preliminary final and Sydney were eliminated (finishing 5th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2017 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Friday 15 September 2017
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 55,529

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Sydney
Score: 15.8.98 - 5.9.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 1 9 . 4 13 . 4 15 . 8 15 . 8 (98)
Sydney 2 . 2 3 . 4 4 . 9 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Margin GEEL by 5 GEEL by 36 GEEL by 49 GEEL by 59 GEEL by 59
Duration 31:10 30:00 29:59 26:33 1:57:42

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Meredith (#21), M. Nicholls (#15), B. Rosebury (#8), E: R. Chamberlain (#18)
Goal Umpire: C. Appleton, L. Walker, E: D. Wilson
Boundary Umpire: D. Cusack, M. Marantelli, J. Moore, C. Roberts

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Bews, Jed HBFR 85% 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
46 Blicavs, Mark WR 89% 1 0 19 6 13 1 0 14 3 3 3 1 0 2
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 95% 4 3 26 18 8 8 0 4 2 3 3 0 0 3
22 Duncan, Mitch WL 82% 2 0 36 24 12 14 0 3 4 3 1 1 2 6
39 Guthrie, Zach INT 75% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 95% 1 0 13 7 6 3 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 2
25 Henderson, Lachie CHB 94% 0 0 22 17 5 13 0 1 0 3 0 2 6 1
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake FB 78% 0 0 18 10 8 7 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 5
11 Lang, Darcy INT 70% 0 1 24 16 8 10 0 6 1 1 1 0 2 2
4 Mackie, Andrew HBFL 91% 0 0 21 14 7 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 4
27 Menegola, Sam INT 66% 2 1 26 16 10 7 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 1
10 Menzel, Daniel FPL 80% 2 1 12 10 2 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 4
32 Motlop, Steven HFFL 83% 1 0 23 15 8 3 0 6 1 3 1 0 2 4
3 Parfitt, Brandan HFFR 78% 0 0 17 10 7 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 6
34 Parsons, James INT 67% 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 5 0 4 0 4 0 1
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 80% 0 0 18 11 7 3 0 2 3 7 1 1 0 2
16 Selwood, Scott RO 86% 0 0 26 7 19 7 0 10 7 5 1 4 1 0
9 Smith, Zac RU 82% 1 0 19 7 12 2 30 1 4 2 0 0 1 2
1 Stanley, Rhys FPR 74% 1 1 13 7 6 7 6 4 0 2 1 0 0 4
44 Stewart, Tom BPL 58% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 0
7 Taylor, Harry CHF 97% 0 0 24 14 10 9 0 3 0 1 3 1 4 0
2 Tuohy, Zach BPR 97% 0 0 25 18 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 1
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 15 8 430 256 174 129 36 83 33 62 19 17 33 53

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Cunningham, Harry INT 63% 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 92% 0 3 14 10 4 4 0 3 1 5 1 2 0 5
39 Grundy, Heath FB 91% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 3 0 5 0 1 2 2
4 Hannebery, Dan RR 84% 0 0 27 7 20 1 0 5 3 5 2 3 3 0
5 Heeney, Isaac WL 86% 0 0 20 12 8 4 0 5 5 2 0 0 1 3
29 Hewett, George INT 79% 0 1 16 8 8 3 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 3
15 Jack, Kieren FPL 65% 1 0 23 14 9 3 0 6 6 5 2 0 1 5
10 Jones, Zak HBFR 91% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 3 2 5 2 1 3 1
12 Kennedy, Josh (c) C 86% 0 0 20 7 13 2 0 4 3 1 1 1 0 3
44 Lloyd, Jake WR 86% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 7 1
3 McVeigh, Jarrad HBFL 87% 1 1 19 13 6 4 0 1 1 4 1 1 3 2
14 Mills, Callum BPR 81% 1 0 17 10 7 2 0 2 0 4 0 1 3 0
35 Naismith, Sam RU 69% 0 0 8 3 5 1 31 5 3 1 0 0 0 0
28 Newman, Nic INT 73% 0 1 17 11 6 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 3 2
41 Papley, Tom HFFR 74% 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 2 5 1 2 0 4
26 Parker, Luke RO 84% 0 1 13 5 8 1 0 5 4 3 2 0 0 3
24 Rampe, Dane CHB 99% 0 0 11 4 7 6 0 1 0 4 0 3 3 0
20 Reid, Sam FPR 93% 1 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 2
16 Rohan, Gary HFFL 86% 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 2 2
18 Sinclair, Callum FF 68% 0 0 2 1 1 0 9 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
40 Smith, Nick BPL 89% 0 0 8 2 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Towers, Dean INT 75% 0 0 12 5 7 3 1 9 3 2 0 0 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 5 9 311 164 147 53 41 76 36 67 17 19 37 41

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 14 C. Mills 9 Z. Smith 39 Z. Guthrie
1 R. Stanley 26 T. Hawkins 10 D. Menzel 35 P. Dangerfield 11 D. Lang
FORWARD 16 S. Selwood 27 S. Menegola
HALF-BACK

34 J. Parsons
3 J. McVeigh 24 D. Rampe 10 Z. Jones



3 B. Parfitt 7 H. Taylor 32 S. Motlop



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 I. Heeney 12 J. Kennedy (c) 44 J. Lloyd



46 M. Blicavs 14 J. Selwood (c) 22 M. Duncan FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 35 S. Naismith 7 H. Cunningham
HALF-FORWARD 4 D. Hannebery 29 G. Hewett
16 G. Rohan 23 L. Franklin 41 T. Papley 26 L. Parker 28 N. Newman
24 J. Bews 25 L. Henderson 4 A. Mackie

22 D. Towers
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



15 K. Jack 18 C. Sinclair 20 S. Reid



2 Z. Tuohy 8 J. Kolodjashnij 44 T. Stewart



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Sam Reid goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 02:31
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 04:06
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 07:16
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 14:24
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 3.0.18 - 2.0.12 18:40
SYDN Nic Newman behind 3.0.18 - 2.1.13 21:25
SYDN Luke Parker behind 3.0.18 - 2.2.14 24:41
GEEL Daniel Menzel behind 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 29:26
Q2 GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 3.2.20 - 2.2.14 02:00
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 4.2.26 - 2.2.14 04:35
GEEL Rhys Stanley goal 5.2.32 - 2.2.14 10:33
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 6.2.38 - 2.2.14 12:41
SYDN George Hewett behind 6.2.38 - 2.3.15 15:55
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 6.3.39 - 2.3.15 17:15
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 7.3.45 - 2.3.15 18:10
GEEL Zac Smith goal 8.3.51 - 2.3.15 20:57
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 8.4.52 - 2.3.15 23:47
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh goal 8.4.52 - 3.3.21 24:49
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 8.4.52 - 3.4.22 26:57
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 9.4.58 - 3.4.22 28:37
Q3 GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 10.4.64 - 3.4.22 01:12
SYDN Rushed behind 10.4.64 - 3.5.23 03:02
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh behind 10.4.64 - 3.6.24 04:27
SYDN Rushed behind 10.4.64 - 3.7.25 05:29
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 10.4.64 - 3.8.26 06:15
GEEL Steven Motlop goal 11.4.70 - 3.8.26 09:53
GEEL Daniel Menzel goal 12.4.76 - 3.8.26 20:22
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 12.4.76 - 3.9.27 22:20
SYDN Tom Papley goal 12.4.76 - 4.9.33 27:32
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 13.4.82 - 4.9.33 29:07
Q4 GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 14.4.88 - 4.9.33 02:36
GEEL Rushed behind 14.5.89 - 4.9.33 04:53
SYDN Callum Mills goal 14.5.89 - 5.9.39 05:48
GEEL Darcy Lang behind 14.6.90 - 5.9.39 15:38
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 14.7.91 - 5.9.39 19:14
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 14.8.92 - 5.9.39 21:09
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 15.8.98 - 5.9.39 23:20