2020 AFL Round 2: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 14 June 2020 between Sydney and Essendon during round 2 of the 2020 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by John Worsfold.

Sydney
Back: J. Lloyd, D. Rampe, A. Aliir
Half-back: C. Mills, K. Brand, H. Cunningham
Centre: L. Taylor, L. Parker, J. Dawson
Half-forward: O. Florent, T. McCartin, I. Heeney
Forward: S. Gray, J. Rowbottom, W. Hayward
Follower: C. Sinclair, J. Kennedy, T. Papley
Int.: N. Blakey, G. Hewett, J. McInerney, C. O'Riordan

Essendon
Back: A. Francis, C. Hooker, M. Hurley
Half-back: A. Saad, M. Redman, J. Ridley
Centre: T. Cutler, A. McGrath, Z. Merrett
Half-forward: D. Smith, W. Snelling, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Forward: J. Stringer, S. McKernan, J. Townsend
Follower: T. Bellchambers, D. Heppell (capt.), D. Shiel
Int.: M. Guelfi, K. Langford, D. Parish, D. Zaharakis

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

Goalkickers
Sydney: T. Papley (3), L. Taylor (3), N. Blakey, I. Heeney, J. Lloyd, T. McCartin, C. Sinclair
Essendon: S. McKernan (3), J. Stringer (3), A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (2), K. Langford, Z. Merrett, D. Parish, D. Smith

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) and Essendon were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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