2018 AFL Round 21: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 2018 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 21 of the 2018 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Nathan Jones captained the hosts. Josh Kennedy captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Melbourne
Back: N. Jetta, O. McDonald, J. Lewis
Half-back: C. Salem, S. Frost, J. Harmes
Centre: A. Neal-Bullen, C. Oliver, A. Brayshaw
Half-forward: C. Pedersen, J. Hogan, A. vandenBerg
Forward: J. Garlett, T. McDonald, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn, N. Jones (capt.), C. Petracca
Int.: J. Hunt, J. Kennedy Harris, C. Spargo, D. Tyson

Sydney
Back: N. Smith, A. Aliir, J. Lloyd
Half-back: D. Rampe, A. Johnson, J. McVeigh
Centre: I. Heeney, J. Kennedy (capt.), H. Cunningham
Half-forward: G. Hewett, L. Franklin, T. Papley
Forward: W. Hayward, T. McCartin, B. Ronke
Follower: C. Sinclair, D. Hannebery, L. Parker
Int.: J. Dawson, O. Florent, K. Jack, N. Newman

Melbourne (10.18.78) were defeated by Sydney (13.9.87).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: A. vandenBerg (3), T. McDonald (2), J. Garlett, J. Hogan, N. Jones, C. Pedersen, C. Petracca
Sydney: T. Papley (3), L. Franklin (2), I. Heeney (2), H. Cunningham, J. Dawson, D. Hannebery, W. Hayward, J. Kennedy, T. McCartin

As a result of this match, Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Sydney were then 6th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2018 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Sunday 12 August 2018
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 51,424

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 10.18.78 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 3 . 12 7 . 14 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Sydney 1 . 1 7 . 2 13 . 6 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin MELB by 11 SYDN by 14 SYDN by 28 SYDN by 9 SYDN by 9
Duration 30:10 30:17 31:52 27:31 1:59:50

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Nathan Jones (Melbourne), Josh Kennedy (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), C. Fleer (#26), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 3
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 2
Aliir Aliir SYDN 36 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jake Lloyd SYDN 44 7 0 1 1 0 0
Aliir Aliir SYDN 36 4 0 1 0 0 0
Angus Brayshaw MELB 10 3 0 0 ? ? ?
George Hewett SYDN 29 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Tom Papley SYDN 11 2 0 0 0 1 0
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus WR 80% 0 1 25 14 11 4 0 7 6 2 3 0 2 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 77% 0 0 14 8 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
17 Frost, Sam CHB 97% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1
36 Garlett, Jeff FPL 76% 1 1 10 3 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
11 Gawn, Max RU 80% 0 0 7 4 3 2 46 1 3 1 4 0 0 3
4 Harmes, James HBFR 79% 0 0 26 12 14 4 0 5 2 1 1 0 2 6
1 Hogan, Jesse CHF 79% 1 3 19 11 8 4 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0
29 Hunt, Jayden INT 66% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 3
39 Jetta, Neville BPL 76% 0 0 8 3 5 4 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 0
2 Jones, Nathan (c) RR 89% 1 0 23 14 9 2 0 3 2 7 0 2 0 6
24 Kennedy Harris, Jay INT 73% 0 0 14 5 9 3 0 5 2 2 2 1 0 1
6 Lewis, Jordan BPR 90% 0 0 21 10 11 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 2
28 McDonald, Oscar FB 96% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 3
25 McDonald, Tom FF 95% 2 2 17 11 6 10 9 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex WL 77% 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 6 2 8 0 2 0 6
13 Oliver, Clayton C 88% 0 2 27 15 12 5 0 12 6 4 2 3 3 2
21 Pedersen, Cameron HFFL 83% 1 0 10 6 4 4 1 2 1 2 0 0 4 2
5 Petracca, Christian RO 82% 1 1 20 13 7 8 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 6
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 88% 0 0 22 12 10 5 0 4 2 1 1 1 6 2
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 69% 0 2 10 4 6 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 1
12 Tyson, Dom INT 78% 0 2 31 13 18 4 0 2 3 3 1 0 2 4
22 vandenBerg, Aaron HFFR 84% 3 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 4
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 10 18 358 193 165 82 57 69 33 53 18 19 28 60

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Aliir, Aliir FB 94% 0 0 15 12 3 10 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 2
7 Cunningham, Harry WR 89% 1 0 20 13 7 9 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 2
34 Dawson, Jordan INT 81% 1 1 15 13 2 9 2 3 1 2 2 0 2 1
13 Florent, Oliver INT 92% 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 1
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 98% 2 5 19 16 3 9 0 3 0 4 1 2 0 7
4 Hannebery, Dan RR 83% 1 0 26 12 14 4 0 3 3 4 1 1 1 1
9 Hayward, Will FPL 83% 1 1 14 10 4 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
5 Heeney, Isaac WL 87% 2 0 19 11 8 6 0 5 0 1 2 0 1 1
29 Hewett, George HFFL 92% 0 0 24 14 10 3 0 8 6 3 3 2 4 4
15 Jack, Kieren INT 76% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 1
2 Johnson, Alex CHB 20% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 Kennedy, Josh (c) C 84% 1 0 28 12 16 4 0 7 7 1 2 1 2 2
44 Lloyd, Jake BPR 95% 0 0 31 21 10 10 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 3
30 McCartin, Tom FF 80% 1 0 10 6 4 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
3 McVeigh, Jarrad HBFR 89% 0 0 15 8 7 6 0 3 2 0 1 0 4 0
28 Newman, Nic INT 81% 0 0 22 18 4 12 0 5 0 3 1 0 6 2
11 Papley, Tom HFFR 87% 3 2 16 10 6 3 0 4 3 1 1 0 3 2
26 Parker, Luke RO 88% 0 0 19 8 11 7 1 6 2 3 0 1 0 2
24 Rampe, Dane HBFL 100% 0 0 12 4 8 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 0
25 Ronke, Ben FPR 84% 0 0 13 7 6 1 0 4 0 4 2 3 0 3
18 Sinclair, Callum RU 89% 0 0 13 9 4 2 13 6 4 6 2 4 2 3
40 Smith, Nick BPL 25% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 13 9 371 224 147 120 19 77 33 41 20 18 45 43

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

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
40 N. Smith 36 A. Aliir 44 J. Lloyd 11 M. Gawn 29 J. Hunt
31 B. Fritsch 25 T. McDonald 36 J. Garlett 2 N. Jones (c) 24 J. Kennedy Harris
FORWARD 5 C. Petracca 9 C. Spargo
HALF-BACK

12 D. Tyson
24 D. Rampe 2 A. Johnson 3 J. McVeigh



22 A. vandenBerg 1 J. Hogan 21 C. Pedersen



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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



10 A. Brayshaw 13 C. Oliver 30 A. Neal-Bullen FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 18 C. Sinclair 34 J. Dawson
HALF-FORWARD 4 D. Hannebery 13 O. Florent
29 G. Hewett 23 L. Franklin 11 T. Papley 26 L. Parker 15 K. Jack
4 J. Harmes 17 S. Frost 3 C. Salem

28 N. Newman
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



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



6 J. Lewis 28 O. McDonald 39 N. Jetta



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Christian Petracca behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 06:31
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 09:02
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 0.3.3 - 0.0.0 09:57
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 0.3.3 - 0.1.1 13:19
SYDN Tom Papley goal 0.3.3 - 1.1.7 17:20
MELB Tom McDonald behind 0.4.4 - 1.1.7 19:33
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 0.5.5 - 1.1.7 21:02
MELB Dom Tyson behind 0.6.6 - 1.1.7 25:08
MELB Christian Petracca goal 1.6.12 - 1.1.7 26:03
MELB Aaron vandenBerg goal 2.6.18 - 1.1.7 28:06
Q2 MELB Jesse Hogan behind 2.7.19 - 1.1.7 01:31
MELB Jesse Hogan goal 3.7.25 - 1.1.7 02:58
SYDN Tom Papley behind 3.7.25 - 1.2.8 04:32
MELB Dom Tyson behind 3.8.26 - 1.2.8 05:24
SYDN Harry Cunningham goal 3.8.26 - 2.2.14 06:34
SYDN Will Hayward goal 3.8.26 - 3.2.20 09:37
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 3.8.26 - 4.2.26 11:46
SYDN Dan Hannebery goal 3.8.26 - 5.2.32 12:55
MELB Rushed behind 3.9.27 - 5.2.32 14:28
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 3.9.27 - 6.2.38 18:02
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 3.9.27 - 7.2.44 21:45
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 3.10.28 - 7.2.44 23:20
MELB Clayton Oliver behind 3.11.29 - 7.2.44 25:14
MELB Tom McDonald behind 3.12.30 - 7.2.44 28:20
Q3 SYDN Lance Franklin behind 3.12.30 - 7.3.45 00:41
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 3.12.30 - 8.3.51 02:09
MELB Aaron vandenBerg goal 4.12.36 - 8.3.51 04:06
MELB Rushed behind 4.13.37 - 8.3.51 05:54
MELB Rushed behind 4.14.38 - 8.3.51 06:31
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 4.14.38 - 9.3.57 10:47
SYDN Tom McCartin goal 4.14.38 - 10.3.63 12:27
MELB Aaron vandenBerg goal 5.14.44 - 10.3.63 14:06
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 5.14.44 - 10.4.64 15:28
MELB Tom McDonald goal 6.14.50 - 10.4.64 17:06
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 6.14.50 - 10.5.65 18:37
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 6.14.50 - 10.6.66 21:58
SYDN Tom Papley goal 6.14.50 - 11.6.72 23:06
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 6.14.50 - 12.6.78 25:20
MELB Cameron Pedersen goal 7.14.56 - 12.6.78 26:23
SYDN Tom Papley goal 7.14.56 - 13.6.84 29:53
Q4 MELB Rushed behind 7.15.57 - 13.6.84 02:51
SYDN Will Hayward behind 7.15.57 - 13.7.85 05:36
MELB Jeff Garlett goal 8.15.63 - 13.7.85 06:13
MELB Jeff Garlett behind 8.16.64 - 13.7.85 07:14
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 8.17.65 - 13.7.85 12:40
MELB Tom McDonald goal 9.17.71 - 13.7.85 18:09
MELB Jesse Hogan behind 9.18.72 - 13.7.85 19:12
MELB Nathan Jones goal 10.18.78 - 13.7.85 19:53
SYDN Jordan Dawson behind 10.18.78 - 13.8.86 22:10
SYDN Tom Papley behind 10.18.78 - 13.9.87 25:55