2018 AFL Round 19: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 2018 between Essendon and Sydney during round 19 of the 2018 AFL season. Essendon hosted Sydney at Etihad Stadium. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. Josh Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Essendon
Back: M. Dea, C. Hooker, A. McGrath
Half-back: A. Saad, M. Hurley, C. McKenna
Centre: D. Heppell (capt.), Z. Merrett, D. Zaharakis
Half-forward: D. Smith, J. Stringer, M. Baguley
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, M. Brown, O. Fantasia
Follower: T. Bellchambers, B. Goddard, D. Myers
Int.: A. Francis, M. Guelfi, K. Langford, D. Parish

Sydney
Back: D. Rampe, H. Grundy, N. Smith
Half-back: J. Lloyd, A. Aliir, Z. Jones
Centre: H. Cunningham, J. Kennedy (capt.), I. Heeney
Half-forward: O. Florent, L. Franklin, T. Papley
Forward: B. Ronke, T. McCartin, W. Hayward
Follower: C. Sinclair, G. Hewett, L. Parker
Int.: J. Dawson, R. Fox, N. Newman, C. O'Riordan

Essendon (15.19.109) defeated Sydney (10.6.66).

Goalkickers
Essendon: M. Baguley (2), M. Brown (2), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (2), D. Smith (2), O. Fantasia, C. McKenna, Z. Merrett, D. Myers, D. Parish, J. Stringer, D. Zaharakis
Sydney: L. Franklin (2), J. Dawson, H. Grundy, I. Heeney, N. Newman, T. Papley, L. Parker, B. Ronke, C. Sinclair

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 11th on the ladder and Sydney were then 9th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Friday 27 July 2018
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 42,251

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 15.19.109 - 10.6.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 6 . 7 11 . 11 15 . 19 15 . 19 (109)
Sydney 3 . 3 6 . 4 10 . 5 10 . 6 10 . 6 (66)
Margin SYDN by 6 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 43
Duration 33:02 30:59 31:59 28:11 2:04:11

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), Josh Kennedy (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. Hay (#20), S. Ryan (#25), J. Schmitt (#17)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 3
Aliir Aliir SYDN 36 2
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 9 1 1 0 0 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Adam Saad ESSE 42 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Devon Smith ESSE 5 4 0 ? ? ? ?
David Myers ESSE 23 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESSE 43 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Baguley, Mark HFFR 85% 2 1 11 7 4 5 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 3
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 89% 0 1 11 8 3 4 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
28 Brown, Mitch FF 100% 2 2 14 11 3 8 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1
49 Dea, Matt BPL 14% 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Fantasia, Orazio FPR 85% 1 3 19 11 8 8 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 4
10 Francis, Aaron INT 68% 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 4
9 Goddard, Brendon RR 86% 0 0 22 11 11 6 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 78% 0 0 12 4 8 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 2
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) WL 88% 0 0 31 16 15 8 0 3 4 2 2 0 1 6
26 Hooker, Cale FB 93% 0 0 15 12 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 88% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1
4 Langford, Kyle INT 73% 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 6 1 2 2 1 0 7
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 86% 2 0 13 7 6 3 0 8 3 2 1 0 1 2
1 McGrath, Andrew BPR 91% 0 0 18 12 6 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 1
45 McKenna, Conor HBFR 86% 1 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 5
7 Merrett, Zach C 76% 1 0 24 10 14 2 0 7 7 3 4 1 1 4
23 Myers, David RO 85% 1 3 25 15 10 2 0 6 8 2 2 0 0 6
3 Parish, Darcy INT 80% 1 0 26 9 17 5 0 2 2 5 1 2 2 2
42 Saad, Adam HBFL 90% 0 1 24 13 11 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 5
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 84% 2 3 17 10 7 2 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 4
25 Stringer, Jake CHF 86% 1 0 12 10 2 1 4 3 3 1 4 0 0 8
11 Zaharakis, David WR 88% 1 0 22 14 8 2 0 6 0 4 2 0 3 5
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 15 19 378 222 156 90 38 65 34 41 28 14 28 72

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Aliir, Aliir CHB 87% 0 0 12 10 2 9 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
7 Cunningham, Harry WL 85% 0 0 20 13 7 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3
34 Dawson, Jordan INT 69% 1 1 12 7 5 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 1
13 Florent, Oliver HFFL 85% 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 3 1 4 1 3 6 1
42 Fox, Robbie INT 83% 0 1 12 6 6 6 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 0
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 87% 2 1 7 5 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
39 Grundy, Heath FB 74% 1 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
9 Hayward, Will FPR 77% 0 1 8 4 4 1 0 4 0 4 0 3 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac WR 82% 1 0 21 15 6 3 0 5 7 3 1 1 1 3
29 Hewett, George RR 76% 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 2 4 2 0 2 0 0
10 Jones, Zak HBFR 86% 0 0 17 10 7 7 0 2 0 2 1 2 4 1
12 Kennedy, Josh (c) C 76% 0 1 23 10 13 1 0 6 1 6 0 3 0 4
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 89% 0 0 29 19 10 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 12 1
30 McCartin, Tom FF 80% 0 1 8 5 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3
28 Newman, Nic INT 68% 1 0 14 9 5 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 6 0
38 O'Riordan, Colin INT 67% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 2 2
11 Papley, Tom HFFR 88% 1 0 17 9 8 8 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 3
26 Parker, Luke RO 86% 1 0 21 13 8 7 0 3 6 1 3 0 2 4
24 Rampe, Dane BPL 98% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 0 0 6 0 4 5 1
25 Ronke, Ben FPL 84% 1 0 12 8 4 2 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 2
18 Sinclair, Callum RU 88% 1 0 14 9 5 4 35 2 5 1 0 1 1 4
40 Smith, Nick BPR 88% 0 0 12 6 6 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 10 6 326 197 129 95 37 47 34 47 14 28 54 39

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

Essendon Coach: John Worsfold
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
24 D. Rampe 39 H. Grundy 40 N. Smith 2 T. Bellchambers 10 A. Francis
13 O. Fantasia 28 M. Brown 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 9 B. Goddard 35 M. Guelfi
FORWARD 23 D. Myers 4 K. Langford
HALF-BACK

3 D. Parish
44 J. Lloyd 36 A. Aliir 10 Z. Jones



12 M. Baguley 25 J. Stringer 5 D. Smith



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 H. Cunningham 12 J. Kennedy (c) 5 I. Heeney



11 D. Zaharakis 7 Z. Merrett 21 D. Heppell (c) FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 18 C. Sinclair 34 J. Dawson
HALF-FORWARD 29 G. Hewett 42 R. Fox
13 O. Florent 23 L. Franklin 11 T. Papley 26 L. Parker 28 N. Newman
45 C. McKenna 18 M. Hurley 42 A. Saad

38 C. O'Riordan
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



25 B. Ronke 30 T. McCartin 9 W. Hayward



1 A. McGrath 26 C. Hooker 49 M. Dea



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE David Myers behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:13
SYDN Luke Parker goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 01:33
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 03:13
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 06:37
SYDN Will Hayward behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 08:45
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 12:52
SYDN Robbie Fox behind 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 15:01
ESSE Devon Smith behind 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 17:15
SYDN Tom Papley goal 2.2.14 - 2.3.15 18:15
SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 28:32
ESSE Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 3.3.21 29:37
Q2 ESSE Darcy Parish goal 3.3.21 - 3.3.21 04:30
SYDN Jordan Dawson behind 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 06:05
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 09:01
ESSE Tom Bellchambers behind 4.4.28 - 3.4.22 11:28
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 4.4.28 - 4.4.28 14:26
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 4.5.29 - 4.4.28 15:59
ESSE Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 4.4.28 17:49
SYDN Nic Newman goal 4.6.30 - 5.4.34 19:24
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 4.6.30 - 6.4.40 25:06
ESSE Devon Smith behind 4.7.31 - 6.4.40 27:48
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 5.7.37 - 6.4.40 29:26
ESSE Mitch Brown goal 6.7.43 - 6.4.40 30:55
Q3 ESSE Mitch Brown goal 7.7.49 - 6.4.40 02:03
ESSE Mark Baguley behind 7.8.50 - 6.4.40 04:20
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 8.8.56 - 6.4.40 04:54
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 8.8.56 - 7.4.46 07:56
ESSE Rushed behind 8.9.57 - 7.4.46 11:15
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 8.9.57 - 7.5.47 14:07
SYDN Heath Grundy goal 8.9.57 - 8.5.53 17:57
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 8.10.58 - 8.5.53 19:27
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 9.10.64 - 8.5.53 20:15
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 10.10.70 - 8.5.53 22:39
SYDN Ben Ronke goal 10.10.70 - 9.5.59 25:12
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 10.10.70 - 10.5.65 26:11
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 11.10.76 - 10.5.65 28:20
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 11.11.77 - 10.5.65 30:19
Q4 ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 11.12.78 - 10.5.65 01:30
ESSE Mark Baguley goal 12.12.84 - 10.5.65 03:16
ESSE David Myers behind 12.13.85 - 10.5.65 06:47
SYDN Tom McCartin behind 12.13.85 - 10.6.66 07:28
ESSE Devon Smith goal 13.13.91 - 10.6.66 11:10
ESSE Rushed behind 13.14.92 - 10.6.66 12:22
ESSE David Myers goal 14.14.98 - 10.6.66 14:14
ESSE David Myers behind 14.15.99 - 10.6.66 17:01
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 14.16.100 - 10.6.66 18:29
ESSE Devon Smith behind 14.17.101 - 10.6.66 20:12
ESSE Adam Saad behind 14.18.102 - 10.6.66 23:10
ESSE Rushed behind 14.19.103 - 10.6.66 25:25
ESSE Devon Smith goal 15.19.109 - 10.6.66 26:28