2020 AFL Season Round 2: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 2020 between Sydney and Essendon during round two of the 2020 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Essendon at the SCG. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Sydney (11.7.73) were defeated by Essendon (12.7.79).

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Sunday 14 June 2020
Time: 3:35 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 337

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Essendon
Score: 11.7.73 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	2	.	0	5	.	3	9	.	4	11	.	7	11	.	7	(73)
Essendon	5	.	2	6	.	3	10	.	6	12	.	7	12	.	7	(79)
Margin	ESSE by 20			ESSE by 6			ESSE by 8			ESSE by 6			ESSE by 6
Duration	28:56			24:13			29:24			25:46			1:48:19

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Longmire

Essendon

Captain: Dyson Heppell
Coach: John Worsfold

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Hosking (#16)
J. Mollison (#32)
J. Power (#4)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	3
Luke Parker	SYDN	26	2
Tom Papley	SYDN	11	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Zach Merrett	ESSE	7	10	2	0	0	0	0
Adam Saad	ESSE	42	7	0	1	1	0	0
Dane Rampe	SYDN	24	4	0	1	0	0	0
Aaron Francis	ESSE	10	3	0	0	1	0	0
Oliver Florent	SYDN	13	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jake Lloyd	SYDN	44	2	0	0	0	1	0
Kyle Langford	ESSE	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
Andrew McGrath	ESSE	1	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	BPR	78%	0	0	15	7	8	2	7	3	2	1	0	0	3	1
22	Blakey, Nick	INT	78%	1	0	11	10	1	3	0	2	0	4	2	1	0	6
2	Brand, Kaiden	CHB	88%	0	0	7	2	5	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0
7	Cunningham, Harry	HBFR	87%	0	0	15	11	4	3	0	5	1	5	2	1	4	4
34	Dawson, Jordan	WR	86%	0	0	16	10	6	6	0	0	0	5	1	2	1	2
13	Florent, Oliver	HFFL	83%	0	0	27	22	5	4	0	2	7	4	0	2	1	9
15	Gray, Sam	FPL	78%	0	1	7	4	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	Hayward, Will	FPR	81%	0	1	9	5	4	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	1
5	Heeney, Isaac	HFFR	96%	1	1	10	4	6	0	0	4	2	3	1	0	0	2
29	Hewett, George	INT	59%	0	0	13	6	7	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	3
12	Kennedy, Josh	RR	81%	0	0	19	10	9	3	0	4	7	1	3	0	1	2
44	Lloyd, Jake	BPL	93%	1	0	29	15	14	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	3	1
30	McCartin, Tom	CHF	85%	1	0	6	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	McInerney, Justin	INT	76%	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	1
14	Mills, Callum	HBFL	92%	0	0	17	9	8	8	0	2	0	3	2	1	2	1
38	O'Riordan, Colin	INT	69%	0	0	9	5	4	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
11	Papley, Tom	RO	84%	3	1	11	6	5	4	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	0
26	Parker, Luke	C	83%	0	0	25	13	12	5	0	4	5	3	3	1	1	2
24	Rampe, Dane	FB	86%	0	0	20	16	4	8	0	1	0	0	2	0	10	1
8	Rowbottom, James	FF	82%	0	1	10	6	4	1	0	3	2	4	1	2	0	3
18	Sinclair, Callum	RU	77%	1	0	13	7	6	3	26	4	5	0	2	0	4	0
28	Taylor, Lewis	WL	77%	3	1	12	10	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	3
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				11	7	311	188	123	76	33	52	35	44	25	13	33	44

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
2	Bellchambers, Tom	RU	86%	0	0	5	4	1	1	28	2	1	3	0	1	1	1
12	Cutler, Tom	WL	91%	0	0	14	8	6	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	1
10	Francis, Aaron	BPL	88%	0	0	11	5	6	3	0	1	0	6	0	2	3	1
35	Guelfi, Matt	INT	79%	0	0	5	1	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
21	Heppell, Dyson (c)	RR	72%	0	0	17	9	8	0	0	2	5	1	4	1	1	5
26	Hooker, Cale	FB	85%	0	0	13	6	7	7	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	0
18	Hurley, Michael	BPR	98%	0	0	15	10	5	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	5	0
4	Langford, Kyle	INT	82%	1	1	22	14	8	6	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	4
43	McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony	HFFR	81%	2	0	7	5	2	1	0	2	1	5	1	3	0	3
1	McGrath, Andrew	C	84%	0	0	23	8	15	2	0	7	6	4	2	1	2	2
44	McKernan, Shaun	FF	84%	3	0	7	4	3	2	3	3	0	3	0	3	0	1
7	Merrett, Zach	WR	82%	1	1	29	14	15	4	0	4	3	1	1	0	2	2
3	Parish, Darcy	INT	67%	1	1	17	8	9	3	0	1	2	4	0	2	0	4
27	Redman, Mason	CHB	79%	0	0	12	7	5	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0
14	Ridley, Jordan	HBFR	87%	0	0	17	10	7	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	1
42	Saad, Adam	HBFL	85%	0	0	20	11	9	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	6
9	Shiel, Dylan	RO	74%	0	1	22	12	10	0	0	2	8	3	2	2	1	4
5	Smith, Devon	HFFL	88%	1	2	17	9	8	1	0	3	3	2	0	2	0	4
40	Snelling, Will	CHF	82%	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	1	2
25	Stringer, Jake	FPL	84%	3	0	7	6	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	2
20	Townsend, Jacob	FPR	70%	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	1	1
11	Zaharakis, David	INT	73%	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Rushed					1
Total (22 players)				12	7	297	163	134	50	31	49	34	51	13	25	33	46

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
	10	A. Francis	26	C. Hooker	18	M. Hurley	18	C. Sinclair	22	N. Blakey
	9	W. Hayward	8	J. Rowbottom	15	S. Gray	12	J. Kennedy	29	G. Hewett
FORWARD							11	T. Papley	27	J. McInerney
HALF-BACK									38	C. O'Riordan
	42	A. Saad	27	M. Redman	14	J. Ridley
	5	I. Heeney	30	T. McCartin	13	O. Florent
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	12	T. Cutler	1	A. McGrath	7	Z. Merrett
	34	J. Dawson	26	L. Parker	28	L. Taylor	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	T. Bellchambers	35	M. Guelfi
HALF-FORWARD							21	D. Heppell (c)	4	K. Langford
	5	D. Smith	40	W. Snelling	43	A. McDonald-Tipungwuti	9	D. Shiel	3	D. Parish
	7	H. Cunningham	2	K. Brand	14	C. Mills			11	D. Zaharakis
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	25	J. Stringer	44	S. McKernan	20	J. Townsend
	36	A. Aliir	24	D. Rampe	44	J. Lloyd
BACK
Essendon							Coach: John Worsfold

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:08
	ESSE	Dylan Shiel behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	03:12
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	07:30
	ESSE	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal	0.0.0	-	3.1.19	10:54
	ESSE	Zach Merrett behind	0.0.0	-	3.2.20	16:42
	SYDN	Nick Blakey goal	1.0.6	-	3.2.20	17:31
	SYDN	Tom McCartin goal	2.0.12	-	3.2.20	19:54
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	2.0.12	-	4.2.26	23:30
	ESSE	Devon Smith goal	2.0.12	-	5.2.32	26:31
Q2	SYDN	Callum Sinclair goal	3.0.18	-	5.2.32	01:26
	ESSE	Zach Merrett goal	3.0.18	-	6.2.38	04:21
	SYDN	Lewis Taylor behind	3.1.19	-	6.2.38	09:28
	SYDN	Will Hayward behind	3.2.20	-	6.2.38	11:39
	SYDN	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	6.2.38	15:23
	ESSE	Darcy Parish behind	3.3.21	-	6.3.39	18:02
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	4.3.27	-	6.3.39	21:16
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	5.3.33	-	6.3.39	22:40
Q3	ESSE	Shaun McKernan goal	5.3.33	-	7.3.45	02:24
	ESSE	Shaun McKernan goal	5.3.33	-	8.3.51	04:17
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	6.3.39	-	8.3.51	06:08
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	6.3.39	-	9.3.57	08:29
	SYDN	Lewis Taylor goal	7.3.45	-	9.3.57	11:10
	ESSE	Rushed behind	7.3.45	-	9.4.58	14:12
	ESSE	Devon Smith behind	7.3.45	-	9.5.59	16:36
	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	7.3.45	-	10.5.65	17:52
	SYDN	Jake Lloyd goal	8.3.51	-	10.5.65	20:29
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	8.4.52	-	10.5.65	22:29
	SYDN	Lewis Taylor goal	9.4.58	-	10.5.65	24:13
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	9.4.58	-	10.6.66	25:53
Q4	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	9.5.59	-	10.6.66	01:50
	ESSE	Devon Smith behind	9.5.59	-	10.7.67	05:17
	ESSE	Shaun McKernan goal	9.5.59	-	11.7.73	11:50
	SYDN	Sam Gray behind	9.6.60	-	11.7.73	15:29
	SYDN	Lewis Taylor goal	10.6.66	-	11.7.73	17:30
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	11.6.72	-	11.7.73	20:29
	ESSE	Darcy Parish goal	11.6.72	-	12.7.79	23:35
	SYDN	James Rowbottom behind	11.7.73	-	12.7.79	24:50

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