2020 AFL Season Round 15: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 September 2020 between Sydney and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 2020 season of the Australian Football League. 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 (10.7.67) defeated Melbourne (6.10.46).

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

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 (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Longmire

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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