2018 AFL Round 1: West Coast v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 25 March 2018 between West Coast and Sydney during round 1 of the 2018 AFL season. West Coast hosted Sydney at Optus Stadium. Shannon Hurn captained the hosts. Josh Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Adam Simpson and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

West Coast
Back: B. Sheppard, T. Barrass, S. Hurn (capt.)
Half-back: L. Duggan, J. McGovern, E. Yeo
Centre: C. Masten, J. Redden, L. Jetta
Half-forward: J. Cripps, J. Waterman, D. Venables
Forward: J. Nelson, J. Darling, M. LeCras
Follower: N. Naitanui, L. Shuey, A. Gaff
Int.: S. Lycett, L. Ryan, W. Schofield, D. Sheed

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

West Coast (13.8.86) were defeated by Sydney (18.7.115).

Goalkickers
West Coast: J. Darling (3), M. LeCras (3), L. Duggan, S. Hurn, C. Masten, N. Naitanui, L. Ryan, J. Waterman, E. Yeo
Sydney: L. Franklin (8), W. Hayward (2), I. Heeney, G. Hewett, K. Jack, Z. Jones, J. Kennedy, J. Lloyd, L. Parker, D. Towers

As a result of this match, West Coast were then 14th on the ladder and Sydney were then 5th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: West Coast v Sydney
Date: Sunday 25 March 2018
Time: 4:20 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 53,553

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Sydney
Score: 13.8.86 - 18.7.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Coast 4 . 2 5 . 3 10 . 7 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Sydney 5 . 1 9 . 5 11 . 6 18 . 7 18 . 7 (115)
Margin SYDN by 5 SYDN by 26 SYDN by 5 SYDN by 29 SYDN by 29
Duration 32:36 28:11 31:08 34:47 2:06:42

Honour Roll

Coaches: Adam Simpson (West Coast), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Shannon Hurn (West Coast), Josh Kennedy (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), N. Foot (#2), D. Margetts (#6)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 3
Luke Parker SYDN 26 2
Jake Lloyd SYDN 44 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 10 2 0 0 0 0
Luke Parker SYDN 26 7 0 1 1 0 0
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 5 0 ? ? ? ?
Mark LeCras WCST 2 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Jack Darling WCST 27 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Shannon Hurn WCST 25 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

West Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Barrass, Tom FB 85% 0 0 20 15 5 8 0 1 0 3 0 2 5 0
15 Cripps, Jamie HFFL 79% 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 5
27 Darling, Jack FF 95% 3 0 12 7 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5
14 Duggan, Liam HBFL 78% 1 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 4
3 Gaff, Andrew RO 89% 0 0 24 15 9 5 0 4 1 1 2 0 2 3
25 Hurn, Shannon (c) BPR 87% 1 1 23 20 3 10 0 3 0 2 0 2 5 4
23 Jetta, Lewis WR 87% 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 1 0 8 0 1 4 4
2 LeCras, Mark FPR 90% 3 2 16 13 3 4 0 9 2 4 2 1 0 1
29 Lycett, Scott INT 71% 0 0 10 6 4 2 32 1 3 7 2 5 2 1
7 Masten, Chris WL 88% 1 0 15 10 5 4 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 6
20 McGovern, Jeremy CHB 81% 0 0 18 11 7 9 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 1
9 Naitanui, Nic RU 54% 1 1 12 9 3 3 33 3 4 1 2 1 1 1
30 Nelson, Jackson FPL 86% 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 2 1 4 2 3 1 2
8 Redden, Jack C 86% 0 0 18 7 11 3 0 6 5 4 1 2 0 2
1 Ryan, Liam INT 70% 1 1 12 9 3 3 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 2
31 Schofield, Will INT 90% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
4 Sheed, Dom INT 80% 0 0 23 15 8 2 0 1 6 3 0 2 0 6
5 Sheppard, Brad BPL 85% 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 5 0 2 1 0 1 0
13 Shuey, Luke RR 88% 0 1 25 16 9 4 0 6 7 1 2 1 0 7
18 Venables, Daniel HFFR 61% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 4 1 3 2 2 0 2
45 Waterman, Jake CHF 80% 1 0 8 4 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Yeo, Elliot HBFR 91% 1 0 26 18 8 5 0 4 4 4 0 1 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 13 8 339 226 113 84 66 64 38 60 20 28 32 60

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
7 Cunningham, Harry HBFR 74% 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1
13 Florent, Oliver INT 67% 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2
42 Fox, Robbie CHF 81% 0 0 10 6 4 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 1
23 Franklin, Lance FF 89% 8 1 21 17 4 9 0 4 0 2 3 1 0 6
39 Grundy, Heath FB 76% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 0
9 Hayward, Will HFFR 75% 2 1 21 11 10 5 0 0 0 6 1 1 1 3
5 Heeney, Isaac RO 85% 1 1 26 13 13 4 0 4 4 4 1 1 2 4
29 Hewett, George HFFL 75% 1 1 19 9 10 6 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 4
15 Jack, Kieren FPR 66% 1 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 7
10 Jones, Zak WL 87% 1 0 20 10 10 3 0 2 5 4 1 2 1 6
12 Kennedy, Josh (c) C 83% 1 1 24 10 14 3 0 3 9 3 0 2 1 3
44 Lloyd, Jake WR 94% 1 0 29 19 10 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 8 1
3 McVeigh, Jarrad INT 80% 0 0 14 7 7 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
43 Melican, Lewis BPR 89% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1
14 Mills, Callum HBFL 94% 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 5 1 1 4 0 5 0
28 Newman, Nic INT 75% 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 2 1 6 2 1 3 3
11 Papley, Tom FPL 79% 0 1 17 8 9 5 0 3 2 3 2 3 1 2
26 Parker, Luke RR 85% 1 0 32 17 15 3 0 9 7 6 1 2 2 3
24 Rampe, Dane CHB 87% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 4 0
18 Sinclair, Callum RU 82% 0 0 21 13 8 3 16 1 8 0 3 0 2 3
40 Smith, Nick BPL 99% 0 0 19 10 9 7 0 3 0 2 2 2 3 0
22 Towers, Dean INT 78% 1 1 12 6 6 1 1 5 3 1 1 1 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 18 7 393 219 174 82 17 62 47 52 28 21 46 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

West Coast Coach: Adam Simpson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
40 N. Smith 39 H. Grundy 43 L. Melican 9 N. Naitanui 29 S. Lycett
2 M. LeCras 27 J. Darling 30 J. Nelson 13 L. Shuey 1 L. Ryan
FORWARD 3 A. Gaff 31 W. Schofield
HALF-BACK

4 D. Sheed
14 C. Mills 24 D. Rampe 7 H. Cunningham



18 D. Venables 45 J. Waterman 15 J. Cripps



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



10 Z. Jones 12 J. Kennedy (c) 44 J. Lloyd



23 L. Jetta 8 J. Redden 7 C. Masten FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 18 C. Sinclair 13 O. Florent
HALF-FORWARD 26 L. Parker 3 J. McVeigh
29 G. Hewett 42 R. Fox 9 W. Hayward 5 I. Heeney 28 N. Newman
6 E. Yeo 20 J. McGovern 14 L. Duggan

22 D. Towers
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 T. Papley 23 L. Franklin 15 K. Jack



25 S. Hurn (c) 37 T. Barrass 5 B. Sheppard



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WCST Luke Shuey behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:29
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 03:40
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 04:40
WCST Shannon Hurn behind 0.2.2 - 2.0.12 06:20
WCST Mark LeCras goal 1.2.8 - 2.0.12 08:57
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 1.2.8 - 3.0.18 13:45
WCST Jack Darling goal 2.2.14 - 3.0.18 15:13
WCST Shannon Hurn goal 3.2.20 - 3.0.18 18:20
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 3.2.20 - 3.1.19 20:50
SYDN Dean Towers goal 3.2.20 - 4.1.25 25:35
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 3.2.20 - 5.1.31 27:28
WCST Mark LeCras goal 4.2.26 - 5.1.31 30:34
Q2 WCST Chris Masten goal 5.2.32 - 5.1.31 00:37
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 5.2.32 - 6.1.37 03:19
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 5.2.32 - 7.1.43 06:14
SYDN Kieren Jack goal 5.2.32 - 8.1.49 07:56
WCST Liam Ryan behind 5.3.33 - 8.1.49 13:17
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 5.3.33 - 9.1.55 16:51
SYDN Tom Papley behind 5.3.33 - 9.2.56 19:09
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 5.3.33 - 9.3.57 21:33
SYDN Dean Towers behind 5.3.33 - 9.4.58 22:48
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 5.3.33 - 9.5.59 25:19
Q3 SYDN George Hewett behind 5.3.33 - 9.6.60 00:23
WCST Mark LeCras behind 5.4.34 - 9.6.60 03:18
WCST Jackson Nelson behind 5.5.35 - 9.6.60 06:17
WCST Mark LeCras behind 5.6.36 - 9.6.60 07:58
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 5.6.36 - 10.6.66 08:48
WCST Liam Duggan goal 6.6.42 - 10.6.66 13:38
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 6.6.42 - 11.6.72 16:03
WCST Liam Ryan goal 7.6.48 - 11.6.72 18:12
WCST Nic Naitanui behind 7.7.49 - 11.6.72 20:23
WCST Jack Darling goal 8.7.55 - 11.6.72 25:40
WCST Nic Naitanui goal 9.7.61 - 11.6.72 29:35
WCST Mark LeCras goal 10.7.67 - 11.6.72 31:05
Q4 SYDN Zak Jones goal 10.7.67 - 12.6.78 01:40
SYDN George Hewett goal 10.7.67 - 13.6.84 03:44
WCST Jake Waterman goal 11.7.73 - 13.6.84 08:20
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 11.7.73 - 14.6.90 09:31
WCST Jack Darling goal 12.7.79 - 14.6.90 11:07
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 12.7.79 - 15.6.96 14:08
WCST Elliot Yeo goal 13.7.85 - 15.6.96 16:52
WCST Rushed behind 13.8.86 - 15.6.96 22:10
SYDN Luke Parker goal 13.8.86 - 16.6.102 24:39
SYDN Will Hayward behind 13.8.86 - 16.7.103 31:10
SYDN Will Hayward goal 13.8.86 - 17.7.109 32:54
SYDN Will Hayward goal 13.8.86 - 18.7.115 33:57