2020 AFL Round 15: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 2020 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 15 of the 2020 AFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at Cazalys Stadium. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

Sydney
Back: H. Cunningham, L. Melican, R. Fox
Half-back: J. Lloyd, A. Aliir, W. Hayward
Centre: J. McInerney, J. Rowbottom, O. Florent
Half-forward: L. Parker, S. Reid, J. Dawson
Forward: S. Wicks, T. McCartin, H. McLean
Follower: C. Sinclair, J. Kennedy, T. Papley
Int.: N. Blakey, R. Clarke, L. Taylor, J. Thurlow

Melbourne
Back: J. Lever, S. May, A. Tomlinson
Half-back: C. Salem, O. McDonald, T. Rivers
Centre: E. Langdon, J. Viney, C. Spargo
Half-forward: A. Neal-Bullen, S. Weideman, C. Petracca
Forward: B. Fritsch, M. Brown, J. Melksham
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), J. Smith, C. Oliver
Int.: A. Brayshaw, J. Harmes, N. Jones, J. Wagner

Sydney (10.7.67) defeated Melbourne (6.10.46).

Goalkickers
Sydney: J. McInerney (2), L. Parker (2), R. Clarke, W. Hayward, H. McLean, J. Rowbottom, L. Taylor, S. Wicks
Melbourne: A. Brayshaw, M. Brown, J. Harmes, S. May, A. Neal-Bullen, C. Spargo

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 15th on the ladder (up from 16th) and Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (down from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Thursday 3 September 2020
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Cazalys Stadium
Attendance: 3,199

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 10.7.67 - 6.10.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 0 7 . 2 7 . 4 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Melbourne 2 . 3 2 . 4 3 . 7 6 . 10 6 . 10 (46)
Margin MELB by 3 SYDN by 28 SYDN by 21 SYDN by 21 SYDN by 21
Duration 26:17 25:40 23:28 26:58 1:42:23

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Max Gawn (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Gianfagna (#27), D. Harris (#24), S. Ryan (#25)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Parker SYDN 26 3
Max Gawn MELB 11 2
Ryan Clarke SYDN 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Luke Parker SYDN 26 9 1 1 0 0 0
Jake Lloyd SYDN 44 8 1 0 1 0 0
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 4 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Langdon MELB 15 3 0 0 1 0 0
Nick Blakey SYDN 22 2 0 0 0 1 0
Justin McInerney SYDN 27 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jordan Dawson SYDN 34 1 0 0 0 0 1
Max Gawn MELB 11 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 8 6 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 0
22 Blakey, Nick INT 71% 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 1 5
4 Clarke, Ryan INT 84% 1 0 21 13 8 4 0 5 1 2 2 0 3 1
7 Cunningham, Harry BPL 83% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1
34 Dawson, Jordan HFFR 83% 0 2 16 14 2 4 0 1 3 3 0 0 4 4
13 Florent, Oliver WR 86% 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 3
42 Fox, Robbie BPR 94% 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Hayward, Will HBFR 84% 1 1 9 6 3 5 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 1
12 Kennedy, Josh RR 72% 0 1 24 14 10 0 0 5 5 3 2 0 1 1
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 100% 0 0 28 17 11 2 0 2 3 2 0 1 5 0
30 McCartin, Tom FF 77% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
27 McInerney, Justin WL 80% 2 0 14 7 7 5 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
41 McLean, Hayden FPR 82% 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
43 Melican, Lewis FB 81% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 0
11 Papley, Tom RO 79% 0 2 14 9 5 2 0 3 1 3 1 1 0 5
26 Parker, Luke HFFL 89% 2 1 24 12 12 3 0 5 6 4 1 1 0 3
20 Reid, Sam CHF 78% 0 0 9 3 6 4 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 1
8 Rowbottom, James C 72% 1 0 13 5 8 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 0
18 Sinclair, Callum RU 80% 0 0 11 0 11 1 15 1 4 4 2 3 2 0
28 Taylor, Lewis INT 74% 1 0 11 8 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3
6 Thurlow, Jackson INT 79% 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 6 0
45 Wicks, Sam FPL 80% 1 0 11 5 6 4 0 5 0 6 0 3 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 10 7 288 165 123 52 19 58 29 50 13 18 38 34

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus INT 68% 1 1 17 8 9 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 2
38 Brown, Mitch FF 84% 1 1 8 4 4 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 87% 0 1 13 7 6 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 93% 0 1 15 13 2 6 36 1 2 4 3 2 0 4
4 Harmes, James INT 69% 1 0 12 9 3 3 0 7 1 0 1 0 2 3
2 Jones, Nathan INT 39% 0 1 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
15 Langdon, Ed WL 96% 0 2 26 16 10 9 0 2 2 3 1 0 2 5
8 Lever, Jake BPL 98% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1
1 May, Steven FB 97% 1 0 17 10 7 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
28 McDonald, Oscar CHB 98% 0 0 7 3 4 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 2
18 Melksham, Jake FPR 82% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFL 75% 1 0 13 6 7 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 3
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 79% 0 0 26 11 15 2 0 8 8 3 1 1 4 2
5 Petracca, Christian HFFR 90% 0 1 21 12 9 2 0 2 2 6 1 1 1 4
24 Rivers, Trent HBFR 89% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 84% 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 3
44 Smith, Joel RR 71% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1
9 Spargo, Charlie WR 72% 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 Tomlinson, Adam BPR 92% 0 0 18 14 4 8 0 2 1 4 0 2 3 4
7 Viney, Jack C 81% 0 1 12 7 5 2 0 6 4 2 2 2 0 1
42 Wagner, Josh INT 65% 0 0 10 4 6 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0
26 Weideman, Sam CHF 89% 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (22 players) 6 10 292 170 122 62 37 52 25 44 18 13 22 45

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
8 J. Lever 1 S. May 20 A. Tomlinson 18 C. Sinclair 22 N. Blakey
41 H. McLean 30 T. McCartin 45 S. Wicks 12 J. Kennedy 4 R. Clarke
FORWARD 11 T. Papley 28 L. Taylor
HALF-BACK

6 J. Thurlow
3 C. Salem 28 O. McDonald 24 T. Rivers



34 J. Dawson 20 S. Reid 26 L. Parker



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 E. Langdon 7 J. Viney 9 C. Spargo



13 O. Florent 8 J. Rowbottom 27 J. McInerney FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 10 A. Brayshaw
HALF-FORWARD 44 J. Smith 4 J. Harmes
30 A. Neal-Bullen 26 S. Weideman 5 C. Petracca 13 C. Oliver 2 N. Jones
9 W. Hayward 36 A. Aliir 44 J. Lloyd

42 J. Wagner
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



31 B. Fritsch 38 M. Brown 18 J. Melksham



42 R. Fox 43 L. Melican 7 H. Cunningham



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN James Rowbottom goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:04
MELB Mitch Brown behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 05:46
MELB Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 09:45
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 13:48
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 17:51
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 22:27
MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 2.0.12 - 2.3.15 26:09
Q2 SYDN Luke Parker goal 3.0.18 - 2.3.15 02:02
SYDN Jordan Dawson behind 3.1.19 - 2.3.15 03:48
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 4.1.25 - 2.3.15 07:41
SYDN Will Hayward goal 5.1.31 - 2.3.15 11:59
SYDN Luke Parker behind 5.2.32 - 2.3.15 15:27
MELB Nathan Jones behind 5.2.32 - 2.4.16 17:20
SYDN Justin McInerney goal 6.2.38 - 2.4.16 18:41
SYDN Justin McInerney goal 7.2.44 - 2.4.16 22:42
Q3 MELB Alex Neal-Bullen goal 7.2.44 - 3.4.22 03:05
SYDN Jordan Dawson behind 7.3.45 - 3.4.22 05:11
MELB Christian Petracca behind 7.3.45 - 3.5.23 08:02
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 7.4.46 - 3.5.23 14:13
MELB Ed Langdon behind 7.4.46 - 3.6.24 19:07
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 7.4.46 - 3.7.25 21:52
Q4 SYDN Tom Papley behind 7.5.47 - 3.7.25 01:40
SYDN Luke Parker goal 8.5.53 - 3.7.25 03:03
MELB James Harmes goal 8.5.53 - 4.7.31 05:39
MELB Jack Viney behind 8.5.53 - 4.8.32 07:44
MELB Steven May goal 8.5.53 - 5.8.38 12:32
MELB Ed Langdon behind 8.5.53 - 5.9.39 16:37
SYDN Lewis Taylor goal 9.5.59 - 5.9.39 18:05
MELB Max Gawn behind 9.5.59 - 5.10.40 20:06
SYDN Tom Papley behind 9.6.60 - 5.10.40 21:12
SYDN Ryan Clarke goal 10.6.66 - 5.10.40 21:58
SYDN Will Hayward behind 10.7.67 - 5.10.40 24:14
MELB Mitch Brown goal 10.7.67 - 6.10.46 25:30