2020 AFL Season Round 18: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 2020 between Sydney and Geelong during round eighteen of the 2020 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Geelong at Metricon Stadium. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Sydney (9.9.63) were defeated by Geelong (10.9.69).

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Sunday 20 September 2020
Time: 3:35 PM
Venue: Metricon Stadium
Attendance: 2,798

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Geelong
Score: 9.9.63 - 10.9.69

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	5	.	4	5	.	8	7	.	9	9	.	9	9	.	9	(63)
Geelong	4	.	1	4	.	3	7	.	7	10	.	9	10	.	9	(69)
Margin	SYDN by 9			SYDN by 11			SYDN by 2			GEEL by 6			GEEL by 6
Duration	30:28			20:16			26:07			24:44			1:41:35

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 (Geelong) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Longmire

Geelong

Captain: Joel Selwood
Coach: Chris Scott

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Brown (#13)
C. Donlon (#1)
B. Rosebury (#8)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Patrick Dangerfield	GEEL	35	3
Josh Kennedy	SYDN	12	2
Sam Menegola	GEEL	27	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Patrick Dangerfield	GEEL	35	5	?	?	?	?	?
Sam Menegola	GEEL	27	5	?	?	?	?	?
Tom Stewart	GEEL	44	5	?	?	?	?	?
Jed Bews	GEEL	24	4	0	?	?	?	?
Josh Kennedy	SYDN	12	4	0	?	?	?	?
Jordan Dawson	SYDN	34	3	0	0	?	?	?
Tom Papley	SYDN	11	3	0	0	?	?	?
Callum Mills	SYDN	14	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	81%	1	0	13	7	6	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	3
32	Bell, James	INT	13%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
22	Blakey, Nick	FPR	83%	1	2	8	6	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2
4	Clarke, Ryan	WL	85%	0	0	16	10	6	4	0	2	1	2	2	0	1	2
7	Cunningham, Harry	WR	85%	0	0	20	11	9	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0
34	Dawson, Jordan	BPR	81%	1	0	22	12	10	3	0	3	1	5	0	1	2	2
13	Florent, Oliver	INT	77%	0	0	15	8	7	8	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	5
42	Fox, Robbie	BPL	91%	0	0	10	6	4	1	0	3	0	3	1	2	5	1
9	Hayward, Will	HFFR	86%	0	0	12	5	7	3	0	1	1	4	1	1	0	2
12	Kennedy, Josh	C	79%	1	0	25	13	12	4	0	3	2	3	0	0	1	3
44	Lloyd, Jake	HBFR	86%	0	0	27	16	11	6	0	2	0	1	2	0	4	2
30	McCartin, Tom	FF	95%	0	0	11	6	5	5	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0
27	McInerney, Justin	FPL	91%	2	0	16	11	5	7	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	6
43	Melican, Lewis	FB	93%	0	0	11	4	7	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1
14	Mills, Callum	HBFL	85%	0	0	20	12	8	4	0	5	1	2	1	1	4	1
11	Papley, Tom	RO	96%	2	5	17	13	4	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3
26	Parker, Luke	RR	88%	0	0	23	12	11	5	0	2	4	3	3	0	3	4
20	Reid, Sam	CHF	87%	1	0	10	4	6	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0
8	Rowbottom, James	INT	72%	0	0	14	6	8	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	2
18	Sinclair, Callum	RU	86%	0	0	13	7	6	3	22	0	4	3	2	3	2	2
3	Stephens, Dylan	HFFL	92%	0	0	19	12	7	5	0	3	2	5	2	2	2	2
6	Thurlow, Jackson	INT	69%	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	3
Rushed					2
Total (22 players)				9	9	334	189	145	81	25	33	25	52	19	17	33	47

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Ablett, Gary	FPR	75%	1	1	16	11	5	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	5
24	Bews, Jed	BPL	91%	0	0	16	9	7	5	0	2	0	2	1	0	5	1
46	Blicavs, Mark	CHB	82%	0	0	8	4	4	1	12	1	2	2	1	1	2	1
40	Dahlhaus, Luke	HFFL	73%	0	0	11	3	8	2	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	0
35	Dangerfield, Patrick	RR	84%	3	2	14	11	3	5	0	3	1	1	3	1	0	6
22	Duncan, Mitch	HFFR	87%	0	0	16	8	8	7	0	2	1	5	0	1	3	0
29	Guthrie, Cameron	RO	77%	1	0	19	11	8	5	0	5	3	2	0	2	5	2
26	Hawkins, Tom	FF	97%	2	2	6	6	0	3	3	0	1	3	1	2	0	1
25	Henderson, Lachie	HBFL	97%	0	0	10	7	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
38	Henry, Jack	INT	64%	0	0	8	7	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	1
8	Kolodjashnij, Jake	BPR	86%	0	1	14	12	2	9	0	4	0	2	0	0	2	4
27	Menegola, Sam	WR	90%	0	0	25	20	5	10	0	1	5	6	0	1	4	3
32	Miers, Gryan	INT	85%	0	1	14	8	6	6	0	2	1	4	2	1	0	3
42	O'Connor, Mark	FPL	91%	0	0	7	5	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Parfitt, Brandan	INT	68%	2	0	14	10	4	1	0	3	2	3	1	2	0	3
17	Ratugolea, Esava	RU	84%	0	0	4	4	0	2	10	1	1	2	1	2	0	1
23	Rohan, Gary	CHF	79%	0	2	8	6	2	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	2
14	Selwood, Joel (c)	C	74%	0	0	16	8	8	3	0	5	5	5	2	1	0	3
9	Steven, Jack	INT	65%	0	0	13	9	4	5	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	2
44	Stewart, Tom	HBFR	86%	0	0	22	17	5	7	0	0	0	1	1	1	11	2
7	Taylor, Harry	FB	86%	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1
2	Tuohy, Zach	WL	79%	1	0	17	11	6	5	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	2
Rushed					0
Total (22 players)				10	9	284	189	95	88	25	41	28	52	17	19	37	44

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
	24	J. Bews	7	H. Taylor	8	J. Kolodjashnij	18	C. Sinclair	32	J. Bell
	22	N. Blakey	30	T. McCartin	27	J. McInerney	26	L. Parker	13	O. Florent
FORWARD							11	T. Papley	8	J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK									6	J. Thurlow
	25	L. Henderson	46	M. Blicavs	44	T. Stewart
	9	W. Hayward	20	S. Reid	3	D. Stephens
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	2	Z. Tuohy	14	J. Selwood (c)	27	S. Menegola
	7	H. Cunningham	12	J. Kennedy	4	R. Clarke	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							17	E. Ratugolea	38	J. Henry
HALF-FORWARD							35	P. Dangerfield	32	G. Miers
	40	L. Dahlhaus	23	G. Rohan	22	M. Duncan	29	C. Guthrie	3	B. Parfitt
	44	J. Lloyd	36	A. Aliir	14	C. Mills			9	J. Steven
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	42	M. O'Connor	26	T. Hawkins	4	G. Ablett
	34	J. Dawson	43	L. Melican	42	R. Fox
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Aliir Aliir goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:05
	SYDN	Nick Blakey goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	03:57
	SYDN	Jordan Dawson goal	3.0.18	-	0.0.0	06:04
	SYDN	Rushed behind	3.1.19	-	0.0.0	09:52
	GEEL	Brandan Parfitt goal	3.1.19	-	1.0.6	10:25
	SYDN	Josh Kennedy goal	4.1.25	-	1.0.6	12:28
	GEEL	Gryan Miers behind	4.1.25	-	1.1.7	14:35
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	4.1.25	-	2.1.13	18:04
	GEEL	Cameron Guthrie goal	4.1.25	-	3.1.19	19:28
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	5.1.31	-	3.1.19	23:27
	GEEL	Gary Ablett goal	5.1.31	-	4.1.25	25:30
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	5.2.32	-	4.1.25	27:22
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	5.3.33	-	4.1.25	29:45
	SYDN	Nick Blakey behind	5.4.34	-	4.1.25	30:24
Q2	GEEL	Tom Hawkins behind	5.4.34	-	4.2.26	01:28
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	5.5.35	-	4.2.26	07:56
	SYDN	Rushed behind	5.6.36	-	4.2.26	08:37
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	5.7.37	-	4.2.26	13:01
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins behind	5.7.37	-	4.3.27	14:33
	SYDN	Nick Blakey behind	5.8.38	-	4.3.27	19:54
Q3	GEEL	Gary Ablett behind	5.8.38	-	4.4.28	00:43
	SYDN	Justin McInerney goal	6.8.44	-	4.4.28	06:27
	GEEL	Zach Tuohy goal	6.8.44	-	5.4.34	09:13
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	6.9.45	-	5.4.34	11:06
	SYDN	Sam Reid goal	7.9.51	-	5.4.34	13:07
	GEEL	Tom Hawkins goal	7.9.51	-	6.4.40	16:06
	GEEL	Gary Rohan behind	7.9.51	-	6.5.41	17:32
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	7.9.51	-	7.5.47	19:18
	GEEL	Jake Kolodjashnij behind	7.9.51	-	7.6.48	22:59
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield behind	7.9.51	-	7.7.49	26:04
Q4	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield behind	7.9.51	-	7.8.50	01:17
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	7.9.51	-	8.8.56	03:39
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	7.9.51	-	9.8.62	05:42
	GEEL	Brandan Parfitt goal	7.9.51	-	10.8.68	11:21
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	8.9.57	-	10.8.68	14:08
	GEEL	Gary Rohan behind	8.9.57	-	10.9.69	17:00
	SYDN	Justin McInerney goal	9.9.63	-	10.9.69	23:10

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