2021 AFL Round 1: Brisbane Lions v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 20 March 2021 between Brisbane Lions and Sydney during round 1 of the 2021 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Sydney at Gabba. Dayne Zorko captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Brisbane Lions
Back: D. Rich, H. Andrews, J. Payne
Half-back: B. Starcevich, R. Lester, G. Birchall
Centre: H. McCluggage, D. Zorko (capt.), J. Berry
Half-forward: Z. Bailey, J. Daniher, L. McCarthy
Forward: T. Fullarton, E. Hipwood, C. Cameron
Follower: O. McInerney, M. Robinson, L. Neale
Int.: C. Ah Chee, K. Coleman, J. Lyons, H. Sharp
Sub.: R. Mathieson

Sydney
Back: J. Dawson, T. McCartin, G. Hewett
Half-back: H. Cunningham, D. Rampe, J. Lloyd
Centre: N. Blakey, L. Parker, O. Florent
Half-forward: S. Wicks, S. Reid, J. Rowbottom
Forward: E. Gulden, H. McLean, I. Heeney
Follower: T. Hickey, C. Mills, T. Papley
Int.: B. Campbell, J. Kennedy, L. McDonald, C. Warner
Sub.: W. Hayward

Brisbane Lions (14.10.94) were defeated by Sydney (19.11.125).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: Z. Bailey (3), J. Daniher (2), L. McCarthy (2), J. Berry, K. Coleman, E. Hipwood, J. Lyons, H. McCluggage, O. McInerney, D. Zorko
Sydney: E. Gulden (3), I. Heeney (3), L. McDonald (3), C. Mills (2), L. Parker (2), S. Reid (2), S. Wicks (2), N. Blakey, T. Papley

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were then 15th on the ladder and Sydney were then 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Sydney
Date: Saturday 20 March 2021
Time: 6:45 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 22,762

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Sydney
Score: 14.10.94 - 19.11.125

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 3 . 3 8 . 4 10 . 7 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Sydney 2 . 4 8 . 4 17 . 6 19 . 11 19 . 11 (125)
Margin BRIL by 5 level SYDN by 41 SYDN by 31 SYDN by 31
Duration 28:21 35:32 34:29 32:05 2:10:27

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: N. Brown (#13), L. Fisher (#3), H. Gavine (#14), E: J. Strybos (#41)
Goal Umpire: J. Baird, A. Meldrum, E: M. Bridges
Boundary Umpire: P. Bock, C. Delany, D. Kowalski, N. Swanson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Callum Mills SYDN 14 3
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 2
Tom Hickey SYDN 31 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Callum Mills SYDN 14 10 2 0 0 0 0
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 7 0 1 1 0 0
Tom Hickey SYDN 31 7 0 1 1 0 0
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 3 0 0 0 1 1
Dayne Zorko BRIL 15 2 0 0 0 1 0
Harry Cunningham SYDN 7 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum INT 87% 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 3 0 4 0 2 1 2
31 Andrews, Harris FB 96% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 0
33 Bailey, Zac HFFL 76% 3 0 16 13 3 0 0 2 2 8 2 5 0 10
7 Berry, Jarrod WR 78% 1 0 16 10 6 3 0 2 1 4 1 2 2 3
14 Birchall, Grant HBFR 80% 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
23 Cameron, Charlie FPR 77% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 3
18 Coleman, Keidean INT 64% 1 1 8 4 4 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 1 1
3 Daniher, Joe CHF 91% 2 2 10 8 2 2 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 3
21 Fullarton, Tom FPL 74% 0 0 8 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
30 Hipwood, Eric FF 92% 1 0 9 4 5 3 0 1 0 7 0 4 0 3
35 Lester, Ryan CHB 76% 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0
17 Lyons, Jarryd INT 80% 1 0 28 14 14 4 0 2 6 2 2 0 3 5
36 Mathieson, Rhys SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 McCarthy, Lincoln HFFR 82% 2 0 16 11 5 2 0 3 1 4 2 1 1 1
6 McCluggage, Hugh WL 86% 1 0 18 14 4 5 0 3 2 3 1 2 1 3
46 McInerney, Oscar RU 80% 1 1 12 7 5 3 24 2 2 3 3 2 1 2
9 Neale, Lachie RO 84% 0 0 24 8 16 4 0 0 7 3 0 0 2 4
40 Payne, Jack BPR 93% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
10 Rich, Daniel BPL 84% 0 0 23 21 2 8 0 1 0 4 0 0 11 2
5 Robinson, Mitch RR 73% 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 5 2 1 1 0 3 2
22 Sharp, Harry INT 81% 0 0 11 8 3 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 2
37 Starcevich, Brandon HBFL 84% 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0
15 Zorko, Dayne (c) C 82% 1 2 22 15 7 6 0 6 4 7 1 6 2 6
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 14 10 305 195 110 64 26 41 32 65 22 30 38 57

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Blakey, Nick WL 87% 1 0 15 13 2 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 3
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 75% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 1
7 Cunningham, Harry HBFL 89% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 4 0 2 1 2 3 0
34 Dawson, Jordan BPL 87% 0 0 21 13 8 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 8 1
13 Florent, Oliver WR 79% 0 0 16 8 8 3 0 5 2 5 1 3 4 3
21 Gulden, Errol FPL 81% 3 1 19 17 2 10 0 1 1 3 3 1 1 7
9 Hayward, Will SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Heeney, Isaac FPR 85% 3 2 13 12 1 8 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5
29 Hewett, George BPR 84% 0 0 20 15 5 6 0 2 0 4 2 0 2 3
31 Hickey, Tom RU 82% 0 0 23 12 11 3 24 1 9 3 3 2 2 5
12 Kennedy, Josh INT 72% 0 2 17 8 9 2 0 3 2 7 0 1 0 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 82% 0 0 24 13 11 3 0 3 1 4 0 2 8 1
30 McCartin, Tom FB 87% 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 1
6 McDonald, Logan INT 72% 3 1 11 9 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
41 McLean, Hayden FF 92% 0 0 9 5 4 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 2
14 Mills, Callum RR 84% 2 0 29 14 15 8 0 2 3 4 1 0 4 2
11 Papley, Tom RO 83% 1 1 15 12 3 6 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2
26 Parker, Luke C 74% 2 0 23 11 12 5 0 3 3 6 1 0 0 2
24 Rampe, Dane CHB 95% 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 3 1 6 3 4 7 4
20 Reid, Sam CHF 84% 2 1 6 5 1 5 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
8 Rowbottom, James HFFR 62% 0 0 22 9 13 0 0 8 3 1 4 0 0 3
1 Warner, Chad INT 76% 0 0 19 10 9 1 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 8
45 Wicks, Sam HFFL 85% 2 0 12 6 6 2 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 19 11 368 229 139 89 30 51 30 63 30 22 42 59

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

Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
34 J. Dawson 30 T. McCartin 29 G. Hewett 46 O. McInerney 4 C. Ah Chee
23 C. Cameron 30 E. Hipwood 21 T. Fullarton 5 M. Robinson 18 K. Coleman
FORWARD 9 L. Neale 17 J. Lyons
HALF-BACK

22 H. Sharp
7 H. Cunningham 24 D. Rampe 44 J. Lloyd

36 R. Mathieson
11 L. McCarthy 3 J. Daniher 33 Z. Bailey



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 N. Blakey 26 L. Parker 13 O. Florent



7 J. Berry 15 D. Zorko (c) 6 H. McCluggage FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 16 B. Campbell
HALF-FORWARD 14 C. Mills 12 J. Kennedy
45 S. Wicks 20 S. Reid 8 J. Rowbottom 11 T. Papley 6 L. McDonald
14 G. Birchall 35 R. Lester 37 B. Starcevich

1 C. Warner
HALF-BACK

9 W. Hayward
FORWARD



21 E. Gulden 41 H. McLean 5 I. Heeney



40 J. Payne 31 H. Andrews 10 D. Rich



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Zac Bailey goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:40
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 02:49
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 3.0.18 - 0.0.0 05:11
BRIL Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 0.0.0 08:21
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 3.1.19 - 0.1.1 09:43
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 3.1.19 - 1.1.7 11:10
SYDN Sam Reid behind 3.1.19 - 1.2.8 15:12
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 3.1.19 - 1.3.9 18:02
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 3.2.20 - 1.3.9 22:01
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 3.2.20 - 2.3.15 23:10
BRIL Oscar McInerney behind 3.3.21 - 2.3.15 25:03
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 3.3.21 - 2.4.16 27:20
Q2 SYDN Callum Mills goal 3.3.21 - 3.4.22 00:46
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 3.3.21 - 4.4.28 03:55
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 3.3.21 - 5.4.34 08:28
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 3.3.21 - 6.4.40 10:41
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 3.3.21 - 7.4.46 12:03
BRIL Jarryd Lyons goal 4.3.27 - 7.4.46 14:24
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 5.3.33 - 7.4.46 16:26
BRIL Keidean Coleman goal 6.3.39 - 7.4.46 21:50
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 7.3.45 - 7.4.46 23:04
BRIL Oscar McInerney goal 8.3.51 - 7.4.46 26:19
SYDN Sam Reid goal 8.3.51 - 8.4.52 31:02
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 8.4.52 - 8.4.52 33:53
Q3 SYDN Nick Blakey goal 8.4.52 - 9.4.58 01:15
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 9.4.58 - 9.4.58 02:25
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 9.4.58 - 10.4.64 07:52
SYDN Tom Papley behind 9.4.58 - 10.5.65 11:28
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 9.4.58 - 11.5.71 14:06
BRIL Keidean Coleman behind 9.5.59 - 11.5.71 15:14
SYDN Callum Mills goal 9.5.59 - 12.5.77 17:23
BRIL Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 12.5.77 19:21
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 9.6.60 - 13.5.83 20:40
SYDN Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 13.6.84 22:56
SYDN Sam Reid goal 9.6.60 - 14.6.90 24:35
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 9.7.61 - 14.6.90 25:49
BRIL Jarrod Berry goal 10.7.67 - 14.6.90 26:19
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 10.7.67 - 15.6.96 27:34
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 10.7.67 - 16.6.102 29:54
SYDN Tom Papley goal 10.7.67 - 17.6.108 34:27
Q4 SYDN Rushed behind 10.7.67 - 17.7.109 06:22
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 11.7.73 - 17.7.109 07:22
SYDN Luke Parker goal 11.7.73 - 18.7.115 10:57
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 11.7.73 - 18.8.116 14:28
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 11.7.73 - 18.9.117 14:56
SYDN Luke Parker goal 11.7.73 - 19.9.123 16:10
BRIL Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 19.9.123 19:35
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 12.8.80 - 19.9.123 20:39
SYDN Josh Kennedy behind 12.8.80 - 19.10.124 23:05
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 12.9.81 - 19.10.124 24:45
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 13.9.87 - 19.10.124 25:31
SYDN Rushed behind 13.9.87 - 19.11.125 27:55
BRIL Rushed behind 13.10.88 - 19.11.125 29:16
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 14.10.94 - 19.11.125 30:58