2019 AFL Round 16: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 2019 between Essendon and Sydney during round 16 of the 2019 AFL season. Essendon hosted Sydney at MCG. In the absence of Dyson Heppell, vice-captain Zach Merrett captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Worsfold and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Essendon
Back: D. Clarke, C. Hooker, D. Zaharakis
Half-back: C. McKenna, M. Hurley, A. Saad
Centre: M. Redman, Z. Merrett (capt.), D. Parish
Half-forward: J. Laverde, M. Brown, A. Francis
Forward: O. Fantasia, S. McKernan, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: Z. Clarke, D. Shiel, A. McGrath
Int.: M. Gleeson, M. Guelfi, K. Langford, J. Stringer

Sydney
Back: C. Mills, D. Rampe, L. Melican
Half-back: J. Lloyd, A. Aliir, Z. Jones
Centre: H. Cunningham, G. Hewett, J. Dawson
Half-forward: W. Hayward, N. Blakey, O. Florent
Forward: L. Parker, T. McCartin, T. Papley
Follower: S. Reid, J. Kennedy, I. Heeney
Int.: C. O'Riordan, B. Ronke, J. Rose, J. Rowbottom

Essendon (11.10.76) defeated Sydney (9.12.66).

Goalkickers
Essendon: D. Zaharakis (3), S. McKernan (2), J. Stringer (2), O. Fantasia, K. Langford, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, D. Parish
Sydney: L. Parker (2), S. Reid (2), N. Blakey, Z. Jones, T. McCartin, T. Papley, J. Rose

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Sydney were then 14th on the ladder (down from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2019 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Saturday 6 July 2019
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 60,199

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 11.10.76 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 5 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Sydney 1 . 2 3 . 6 7 . 8 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin ESSE by 7 ESSE by 5 SYDN by 3 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10
Duration 28:04 28:51 30:28 30:32 1:57:55

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Worsfold (Essendon), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), A. Mitchell (#31), R. O'Gorman (#10)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dylan Shiel ESSE 9 3
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 2
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
David Zaharakis ESSE 11 10 2 0 0 0 0
Aliir Aliir SYDN 36 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Michael Hurley ESSE 18 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Andrew McGrath ESSE 1 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
28 Brown, Mitch CHF 100% 0 2 14 8 6 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4
37 Clarke, Dylan BPL 79% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 2
20 Clarke, Zac RU 75% 0 0 5 3 2 1 24 0 1 2 2 2 0 0
13 Fantasia, Orazio FPL 88% 1 1 11 3 8 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
10 Francis, Aaron HFFR 73% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 0
8 Gleeson, Martin INT 83% 0 0 15 8 7 3 0 1 1 3 1 2 3 3
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 78% 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 1
26 Hooker, Cale FB 85% 0 0 13 5 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1
18 Hurley, Michael CHB 93% 0 0 23 18 5 12 0 0 0 3 1 1 8 1
4 Langford, Kyle INT 71% 1 0 17 11 6 2 0 4 1 1 3 0 1 3
15 Laverde, Jayden HFFL 88% 0 2 10 3 7 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 80% 1 1 14 11 3 8 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew RO 80% 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 1 3 5 2 2 0 5
45 McKenna, Conor HBFL 87% 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 3
44 McKernan, Shaun FF 84% 2 1 17 12 5 7 11 2 1 4 3 0 1 2
7 Merrett, Zach (ac) C 66% 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 3
3 Parish, Darcy WR 78% 1 0 22 11 11 3 0 3 6 3 1 1 1 3
27 Redman, Mason WL 88% 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 4 0 4 2 2 5 1
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 89% 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 2 1 3 0 0 6 1
9 Shiel, Dylan RR 74% 0 3 29 16 13 3 0 9 5 2 3 0 1 6
25 Stringer, Jake INT 74% 2 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 2
11 Zaharakis, David BPR 86% 3 0 22 16 6 7 0 2 1 4 0 0 2 5
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 11 10 357 218 139 86 35 44 26 56 26 16 43 50

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Aliir, Aliir CHB 85% 0 0 17 13 4 3 23 1 8 5 1 4 1 8
22 Blakey, Nick CHF 79% 1 2 10 6 4 5 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2
7 Cunningham, Harry WL 75% 0 0 18 7 11 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 2
34 Dawson, Jordan WR 80% 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 1 1 2 1 0 4 3
13 Florent, Oliver HFFR 92% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 1
9 Hayward, Will HFFL 85% 0 2 15 10 5 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
5 Heeney, Isaac RO 85% 0 2 33 20 13 10 0 3 2 6 0 4 1 6
29 Hewett, George C 85% 0 0 26 13 13 5 0 1 7 3 0 2 2 1
10 Jones, Zak HBFR 82% 1 0 22 15 7 7 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3
12 Kennedy, Josh RR 85% 0 0 35 11 24 3 0 2 9 3 2 0 2 4
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 89% 0 1 32 23 9 8 0 1 0 2 0 1 8 3
30 McCartin, Tom FF 92% 1 1 14 10 4 6 0 1 0 6 2 1 1 3
43 Melican, Lewis BPR 87% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 4 0 3 0 2 1 0
14 Mills, Callum BPL 87% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
38 O'Riordan, Colin INT 79% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 3 0 3 1 1 2 1
11 Papley, Tom FPR 89% 1 2 14 12 2 4 0 1 3 6 3 2 0 4
26 Parker, Luke FPL 89% 2 0 19 11 8 7 0 4 2 4 0 2 1 2
24 Rampe, Dane FB 97% 0 0 23 15 8 8 0 2 0 3 0 1 6 2
20 Reid, Sam RU 84% 2 0 14 8 6 6 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 1
25 Ronke, Ben INT 60% 0 0 11 4 7 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1
1 Rose, James INT 62% 1 0 11 5 6 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Rowbottom, James INT 52% 0 0 24 14 10 4 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 4
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 9 12 404 242 162 118 23 39 33 64 16 26 38 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

Essendon Coach: John Worsfold
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 C. Mills 24 D. Rampe 43 L. Melican 20 Z. Clarke 8 M. Gleeson
43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti 44 S. McKernan 13 O. Fantasia 9 D. Shiel 35 M. Guelfi
FORWARD 1 A. McGrath 4 K. Langford
HALF-BACK

25 J. Stringer
44 J. Lloyd 36 A. Aliir 10 Z. Jones



10 A. Francis 28 M. Brown 15 J. Laverde



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 H. Cunningham 29 G. Hewett 34 J. Dawson



3 D. Parish 7 Z. Merrett (ac) 27 M. Redman FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 20 S. Reid 38 C. O'Riordan
HALF-FORWARD 12 J. Kennedy 25 B. Ronke
9 W. Hayward 22 N. Blakey 13 O. Florent 5 I. Heeney 1 J. Rose
42 A. Saad 18 M. Hurley 45 C. McKenna

8 J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



26 L. Parker 30 T. McCartin 11 T. Papley



11 D. Zaharakis 26 C. Hooker 37 D. Clarke



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Mitch Brown behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 04:38
ESSE Mitch Brown behind 0.2.2 - 0.0.0 09:09
SYDN Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 0.1.1 11:29
SYDN Nick Blakey goal 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 15:10
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 16:19
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 17:49
SYDN Tom Papley behind 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 24:40
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 2.3.15 - 1.2.8 25:23
Q2 SYDN Luke Parker goal 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 01:09
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 3.3.21 - 2.2.14 02:53
SYDN Zak Jones goal 3.3.21 - 3.2.20 05:46
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 4.3.27 - 3.2.20 10:15
ESSE Orazio Fantasia behind 4.4.28 - 3.2.20 13:18
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 4.5.29 - 3.2.20 13:42
SYDN Will Hayward behind 4.5.29 - 3.3.21 17:45
SYDN Nick Blakey behind 4.5.29 - 3.4.22 19:13
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 4.5.29 - 3.5.23 23:05
SYDN Jake Lloyd behind 4.5.29 - 3.6.24 27:48
Q3 SYDN Sam Reid goal 4.5.29 - 4.6.30 00:47
SYDN Tom McCartin behind 4.5.29 - 4.7.31 02:39
ESSE Orazio Fantasia goal 5.5.35 - 4.7.31 05:58
SYDN Tom Papley goal 5.5.35 - 5.7.37 08:02
SYDN Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 5.8.38 12:22
ESSE David Zaharakis goal 6.5.41 - 5.8.38 14:34
SYDN James Rose goal 6.5.41 - 6.8.44 16:35
SYDN Sam Reid goal 6.5.41 - 7.8.50 19:16
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 7.5.47 - 7.8.50 27:14
Q4 SYDN Tom McCartin goal 7.5.47 - 8.8.56 00:59
ESSE Shaun McKernan goal 8.5.53 - 8.8.56 04:44
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 9.5.59 - 8.8.56 07:04
SYDN Tom Papley behind 9.5.59 - 8.9.57 10:28
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 9.6.60 - 8.9.57 11:09
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 10.6.66 - 8.9.57 12:06
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 10.7.67 - 8.9.57 13:16
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 11.7.73 - 8.9.57 16:36
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 11.8.74 - 8.9.57 17:49
SYDN Will Hayward behind 11.8.74 - 8.10.58 19:21
SYDN Luke Parker goal 11.8.74 - 9.10.64 21:19
SYDN Nick Blakey behind 11.8.74 - 9.11.65 22:30
ESSE Shaun McKernan behind 11.9.75 - 9.11.65 26:59
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 11.9.75 - 9.12.66 28:00
ESSE Jayden Laverde behind 11.10.76 - 9.12.66 29:53