2020 AFL Round 18: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 2020 between Sydney and Geelong during round 18 of the 2020 AFL season. 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
Back: R. Fox, L. Melican, J. Dawson
Half-back: C. Mills, A. Aliir, J. Lloyd
Centre: R. Clarke, J. Kennedy, H. Cunningham
Half-forward: D. Stephens, S. Reid, W. Hayward
Forward: J. McInerney, T. McCartin, N. Blakey
Follower: C. Sinclair, L. Parker, T. Papley
Int.: J. Bell, O. Florent, J. Rowbottom, J. Thurlow

Geelong
Back: J. Bews, H. Taylor, J. Kolodjashnij
Half-back: L. Henderson, M. Blicavs, T. Stewart
Centre: Z. Tuohy, J. Selwood (capt.), S. Menegola
Half-forward: L. Dahlhaus, G. Rohan, M. Duncan
Forward: M. O'Connor, T. Hawkins, G. Ablett
Follower: E. Ratugolea, P. Dangerfield, C. Guthrie
Int.: J. Henry, G. Miers, B. Parfitt, J. Steven

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

Goalkickers
Sydney: J. McInerney (2), T. Papley (2), A. Aliir, N. Blakey, J. Dawson, J. Kennedy, S. Reid
Geelong: P. Dangerfield (3), T. Hawkins (2), B. Parfitt (2), G. Ablett, C. Guthrie, Z. Tuohy

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 16th on the ladder (down from 15th) and Geelong remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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