2019 AFL Round 8: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 10 May 2019 between Sydney and Essendon during round 8 of the 2019 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Sydney
Back: D. Rampe, L. Melican, C. Mills
Half-back: J. Lloyd, A. Aliir, C. O'Riordan
Centre: J. Dawson, Z. Jones, O. Florent
Half-forward: G. Hewett, S. Reid, W. Hayward
Forward: N. Blakey, T. McCartin, T. Papley
Follower: C. Sinclair, J. Kennedy, L. Parker
Int.: R. Fox, I. Heeney, K. Jack, J. Thurlow

Essendon
Back: P. Ambrose, C. Hooker, A. McGrath
Half-back: A. Francis, M. Hurley, M. Redman
Centre: Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), D. Heppell (capt.), B. Ham
Half-forward: O. Fantasia, J. Stringer, D. Smith
Forward: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, Z. Clarke, A. Saad
Follower: T. Bellchambers, D. Shiel, D. Zaharakis
Int.: M. Guelfi, C. McKenna, D. Myers, D. Parish

Sydney (11.11.77) defeated Essendon (10.12.72).

Goalkickers
Sydney: J. Dawson (2), N. Blakey, O. Florent, R. Fox, W. Hayward, I. Heeney, T. McCartin, C. O'Riordan, T. Papley, S. Reid
Essendon: O. Fantasia (4), D. Parish (2), T. Bellchambers, C. McKenna, Z. Merrett, J. Stringer

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 16th on the ladder (up from 18th) and Essendon were then 13th on the ladder (down from 11th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Friday 10 May 2019
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 26,502

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 11.11.77 - 10.12.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 6 6 . 8 9 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Essendon 2 . 3 7 . 3 8 . 6 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
Margin SYDN by 3 ESSE by 1 SYDN by 9 SYDN by 5 SYDN by 5
Duration 29:54 30:58 30:57 31:03 2:02:52

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), John Worsfold (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Sydney), Zach Merrett (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Gianfagna (#27), S. Meredith (#21), J. Mollison (#32)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Parker SYDN 26 3
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Luke Parker SYDN 26 10 2 0 0 0 0
Orazio Fantasia ESSE 13 8 0 2 0 0 0
George Hewett SYDN 29 5 0 0 1 1 0
Callum Sinclair SYDN 18 3 0 0 1 0 0
Dane Rampe SYDN 24 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 1 0 0 0 0 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Aliir, Aliir CHB 90% 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 0 4 1 1 4 0
22 Blakey, Nick FPL 82% 1 1 17 12 5 2 0 5 1 3 3 0 1 3
34 Dawson, Jordan WL 88% 2 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 1 6 1 2 1 2
13 Florent, Oliver WR 80% 1 0 17 11 6 3 0 3 2 4 1 1 0 4
42 Fox, Robbie INT 83% 1 1 16 8 8 2 0 7 2 3 1 0 0 4
9 Hayward, Will HFFR 80% 1 3 16 9 7 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 3
5 Heeney, Isaac INT 77% 1 0 14 5 9 3 0 5 2 3 0 1 0 1
29 Hewett, George HFFL 81% 0 0 19 5 14 1 0 4 5 2 0 2 1 1
15 Jack, Kieren INT 59% 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 0 1
10 Jones, Zak C 81% 0 1 18 11 7 0 0 5 1 1 1 1 4 2
12 Kennedy, Josh RR 78% 0 2 24 11 13 1 0 10 2 3 0 0 2 3
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 85% 0 0 23 16 7 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 9 1
30 McCartin, Tom FF 82% 1 1 7 7 0 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 2
43 Melican, Lewis FB 79% 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
14 Mills, Callum BPR 84% 0 0 18 9 9 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 3 2
38 O'Riordan, Colin HBFR 89% 1 1 17 9 8 4 0 4 1 4 2 3 4 1
11 Papley, Tom FPR 79% 1 0 8 7 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0
26 Parker, Luke RO 83% 0 0 33 14 19 2 0 5 6 5 2 3 0 4
24 Rampe, Dane BPL 99% 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 3
20 Reid, Sam CHF 79% 1 0 9 4 5 3 5 3 0 0 2 0 1 1
18 Sinclair, Callum RU 87% 0 0 16 12 4 1 34 3 8 1 3 1 2 1
6 Thurlow, Jackson INT 74% 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 11 11 347 201 146 57 39 74 33 55 21 21 43 41

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ambrose, Patrick BPL 92% 0 0 13 5 8 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1
2 Bellchambers, Tom RU 80% 1 0 13 8 5 1 30 4 4 3 3 1 0 1
20 Clarke, Zac FF 82% 0 2 5 3 2 2 13 4 0 3 0 2 0 0
13 Fantasia, Orazio HFFL 74% 4 0 11 7 4 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
10 Francis, Aaron HBFL 86% 0 0 12 9 3 5 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 3
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 69% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 3
33 Ham, Brayden WR 88% 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 1
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) C 81% 0 0 30 19 11 4 0 2 6 4 1 1 0 5
26 Hooker, Cale FB 92% 0 1 19 12 7 8 0 2 0 3 1 2 2 2
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 85% 0 0 21 16 5 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPL 83% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 8 2 1 1 1 0 3
1 McGrath, Andrew BPR 87% 0 0 25 14 11 4 0 4 3 6 1 2 3 0
45 McKenna, Conor INT 86% 1 0 14 14 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 3
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) WL 72% 1 1 28 18 10 5 0 9 7 4 4 0 0 7
23 Myers, David INT 70% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 3 4 0 2 1 3
3 Parish, Darcy INT 69% 2 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0
27 Redman, Mason HBFR 77% 0 0 15 9 6 9 0 3 0 4 0 3 2 4
42 Saad, Adam FPR 85% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 4 0 3 0 1 5 1
9 Shiel, Dylan RR 83% 0 0 17 12 5 3 0 8 7 5 3 1 1 4
5 Smith, Devon HFFR 86% 0 0 13 4 9 0 0 10 3 1 0 0 0 2
25 Stringer, Jake CHF 90% 1 2 8 6 2 2 0 6 2 5 1 3 0 4
11 Zaharakis, David RO 83% 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 7
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 10 12 329 209 120 83 43 86 46 58 21 21 28 54

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

Sydney Coach: John Longmire
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
29 P. Ambrose 26 C. Hooker 1 A. McGrath 18 C. Sinclair 42 R. Fox
11 T. Papley 30 T. McCartin 22 N. Blakey 12 J. Kennedy 5 I. Heeney
FORWARD 26 L. Parker 15 K. Jack
HALF-BACK

6 J. Thurlow
10 A. Francis 18 M. Hurley 27 M. Redman



9 W. Hayward 20 S. Reid 29 G. Hewett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 Z. Merrett (vc) 21 D. Heppell (c) 33 B. Ham



13 O. Florent 10 Z. Jones 34 J. Dawson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 T. Bellchambers 35 M. Guelfi
HALF-FORWARD 9 D. Shiel 45 C. McKenna
13 O. Fantasia 25 J. Stringer 5 D. Smith 11 D. Zaharakis 23 D. Myers
38 C. O'Riordan 36 A. Aliir 44 J. Lloyd

3 D. Parish
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 20 Z. Clarke 42 A. Saad



14 C. Mills 43 L. Melican 24 D. Rampe



BACK



Essendon Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:31
ESSE Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 01:55
SYDN Will Hayward behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 06:19
SYDN Tom McCartin behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 08:38
ESSE Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 1.2.8 11:21
ESSE Tom Bellchambers goal 0.2.2 - 2.2.14 12:33
SYDN Colin O'Riordan behind 0.3.3 - 2.2.14 15:19
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 0.4.4 - 2.2.14 17:31
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 0.4.4 - 2.3.15 22:25
SYDN Robbie Fox goal 1.4.10 - 2.3.15 23:13
SYDN Nick Blakey behind 1.5.11 - 2.3.15 25:07
SYDN Kieren Jack behind 1.6.12 - 2.3.15 27:34
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 2.6.18 - 2.3.15 28:40
Q2 SYDN Nick Blakey goal 3.6.24 - 2.3.15 01:50
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 3.6.24 - 3.3.21 05:27
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 3.6.24 - 4.3.27 07:37
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 3.6.24 - 5.3.33 15:06
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 4.6.30 - 5.3.33 18:26
SYDN Robbie Fox behind 4.7.31 - 5.3.33 20:48
SYDN Tom Papley goal 5.7.37 - 5.3.33 22:23
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 6.7.43 - 5.3.33 24:06
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 6.7.43 - 6.3.39 25:57
SYDN Zak Jones behind 6.8.44 - 6.3.39 27:20
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 6.8.44 - 7.3.45 29:57
Q3 ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 6.8.44 - 8.3.51 05:10
SYDN Sam Reid goal 7.8.50 - 8.3.51 08:29
SYDN Colin O'Riordan goal 8.8.56 - 8.3.51 11:56
ESSE Zac Clarke behind 8.8.56 - 8.4.52 15:56
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 9.8.62 - 8.4.52 19:27
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 9.9.63 - 8.4.52 22:38
ESSE Brayden Ham behind 9.9.63 - 8.5.53 26:00
ESSE Zach Merrett behind 9.9.63 - 8.6.54 28:00
Q4 ESSE Jake Stringer behind 9.9.63 - 8.7.55 00:12
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 9.9.63 - 8.8.56 01:48
SYDN Will Hayward behind 9.10.64 - 8.8.56 03:28
SYDN Will Hayward behind 9.11.65 - 8.8.56 04:18
ESSE Conor McKenna goal 9.11.65 - 9.8.62 05:08
ESSE Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 9.9.63 07:31
ESSE Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 9.10.64 09:08
SYDN Tom McCartin goal 10.11.71 - 9.10.64 12:04
ESSE Rushed behind 10.11.71 - 9.11.65 14:44
ESSE Zac Clarke behind 10.11.71 - 9.12.66 15:58
SYDN Will Hayward goal 11.11.77 - 9.12.66 18:41
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 11.11.77 - 10.12.72 25:00