2021 AFL Round 2: Sydney v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 2021 between Sydney and Adelaide during round 2 of the 2021 AFL season. Sydney hosted Adelaide at SCG. Rory Sloane captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

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

Adelaide
Back: A. McPherson, J. Butts, N. Murray
Half-back: T. Doedee, B. Smith, W. Hamill
Centre: L. Sholl, R. Sloane (capt.), P. Seedsman
Half-forward: J. Rowe, B. Frampton, N. McHenry
Forward: S. McAdam, T. Walker, L. Murphy
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, B. Keays
Int.: S. Berry, T. Lynch, D. MacKay, H. Schoenberg
Sub.: C. Jones

Sydney (18.13.121) defeated Adelaide (11.22.88).

Goalkickers
Sydney: L. Franklin (3), I. Heeney (3), T. Hickey (2), L. McDonald (2), C. Warner (2), E. Gulden, J. McInerney, T. Papley, L. Parker, S. Reid, S. Wicks
Adelaide: T. Walker (6), S. McAdam (4), B. Keays

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) and Adelaide were then 12th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Sydney v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 27 March 2021
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 23,946

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Adelaide
Score: 18.13.121 - 11.22.88

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	4	.	1	9	.	6	15	.	11	18	.	13	18	.	13	(121)
Adelaide	3	.	2	4	.	6	6	.	14	11	.	22	11	.	22	(88)
Margin	SYDN by 5			SYDN by 30			SYDN by 51			SYDN by 33			SYDN by 33
Duration	33:00			30:58			33:12			32:56			2:10:06

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Matthew Nicks (Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Rory Sloane (Adelaide)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: L. Haussen (#5), J. Howorth (#17), M. Nicholls (#15), E: M. Baigent (#37)
Goal Umpire: A. Chisholm, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: B. Kenny-Bell
Boundary Umpire: M. Baker, M. Barlow, D. Field-Read, M. Saunders

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Josh Kennedy	SYDN	12	3
Tom Hickey	SYDN	31	2
Taylor Walker	ADEL	13	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Taylor Walker	ADEL	13	8	?	?	?	0	0
Braeden Campbell	SYDN	16	5	?	?	0	0	?
Tom McCartin	SYDN	30	5	?	?	0	0	?
Jordan Dawson	SYDN	34	4	0	?	?	0	?
Ben Keays	ADEL	2	3	0	0	1	0	0
Errol Gulden	SYDN	21	2	0	0	0	1	0
Chad Warner	SYDN	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Isaac Heeney	SYDN	5	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
22	Blakey, Nick	WR	78%	0	0	10	4	6	3	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1
16	Campbell, Braeden	INT	79%	0	1	25	21	4	6	0	2	0	1	1	1	8	3
7	Cunningham, Harry	HBFR	83%	0	0	15	10	5	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	3	1
34	Dawson, Jordan	CHB	84%	0	1	23	17	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	8	5
13	Florent, Oliver	INT	77%	0	1	23	10	13	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	2	5
23	Franklin, Lance	CHF	74%	3	2	9	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
21	Gulden, Errol	WL	86%	1	1	22	12	10	7	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	3
5	Heeney, Isaac	HFFR	86%	3	0	14	10	4	8	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	2
29	Hewett, George	BPL	89%	0	0	18	11	7	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	0
31	Hickey, Tom	RU	87%	2	0	9	6	3	3	26	0	2	5	1	5	0	2
12	Kennedy, Josh	RO	81%	0	0	27	18	9	7	0	5	7	8	3	4	1	5
19	Ling, Matt	SUB	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	Lloyd, Jake	HBFL	82%	0	0	26	17	9	4	0	2	1	2	0	1	8	0
30	McCartin, Tom	FB	91%	0	0	18	14	4	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	0
6	McDonald, Logan	INT	72%	2	1	11	9	2	8	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3
27	McInerney, Justin	HFFL	66%	1	0	20	13	7	5	0	0	3	1	3	1	1	5
14	Mills, Callum	RR	84%	0	0	19	7	12	5	0	7	3	2	0	1	0	4
11	Papley, Tom	FPL	85%	1	2	11	8	3	3	0	5	0	5	0	2	0	3
26	Parker, Luke	C	78%	1	1	23	16	7	4	0	7	4	5	1	4	0	6
24	Rampe, Dane	BPR	92%	0	0	13	7	6	4	0	2	1	3	0	2	2	1
20	Reid, Sam	FF	87%	1	0	7	2	5	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1	Warner, Chad	INT	81%	2	1	20	12	8	2	0	4	2	2	0	2	1	6
45	Wicks, Sam	FPR	79%	1	0	13	8	5	4	0	7	1	1	1	1	1	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				18	13	376	239	137	104	34	55	28	48	14	29	44	61

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Berry, Sam	INT	64%	0	4	7	5	2	1	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	0
41	Butts, Jordon	FB	88%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	0
39	Doedee, Tom	HBFL	93%	0	0	21	12	9	3	0	4	0	3	1	2	9	1
22	Frampton, Billy	CHF	80%	0	0	7	2	5	2	5	3	0	2	0	1	1	1
17	Hamill, Will	HBFR	88%	0	0	11	5	6	0	0	2	1	3	2	0	1	0
1	Jones, Chayce	SUB	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Keays, Ben	RO	83%	1	0	28	19	9	2	0	2	8	4	2	1	1	11
29	Laird, Rory	RR	77%	0	2	30	15	15	2	0	4	10	3	4	2	1	6
27	Lynch, Tom	INT	83%	0	4	15	11	4	4	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	5
14	MacKay, David	INT	83%	0	0	14	10	4	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	3
23	McAdam, Shane	FPL	75%	4	2	11	7	4	4	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	1
25	McHenry, Ned	HFFR	84%	0	1	13	7	6	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	1
36	McPherson, Andrew	BPL	81%	0	0	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
4	Murphy, Lachlan	FPR	81%	0	2	12	7	5	2	0	3	5	0	1	0	0	2
28	Murray, Nick	BPR	85%	0	0	10	5	5	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0
43	O'Brien, Reilly	RU	89%	0	0	10	5	5	1	24	0	5	4	2	2	0	0
31	Rowe, James	HFFL	79%	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
26	Schoenberg, Harry	INT	77%	0	1	14	8	6	4	0	4	1	2	0	0	1	3
11	Seedsman, Paul	WR	81%	0	0	21	10	11	6	0	1	0	2	2	1	4	5
38	Sholl, Lachlan	WL	89%	0	0	16	9	7	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5
9	Sloane, Rory (c)	C	78%	0	0	21	12	9	3	0	5	6	2	4	0	2	6
33	Smith, Brodie	CHB	80%	0	0	16	11	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	0
13	Walker, Taylor	FF	84%	6	3	15	13	2	6	3	4	0	1	4	1	0	2
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				11	22	315	184	131	59	32	50	41	42	29	14	43	55

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
	36	A. McPherson	41	J. Butts	28	N. Murray	31	T. Hickey	16	B. Campbell
	45	S. Wicks	20	S. Reid	11	T. Papley	14	C. Mills	13	O. Florent
FORWARD							12	J. Kennedy	6	L. McDonald
HALF-BACK									1	C. Warner
	39	T. Doedee	33	B. Smith	17	W. Hamill			19	M. Ling
	5	I. Heeney	23	L. Franklin	27	J. McInerney
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	38	L. Sholl	9	R. Sloane (c)	11	P. Seedsman
	22	N. Blakey	26	L. Parker	21	E. Gulden	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							43	R. O'Brien	21	S. Berry
HALF-FORWARD							29	R. Laird	27	T. Lynch
	31	J. Rowe	22	B. Frampton	25	N. McHenry	2	B. Keays	14	D. MacKay
	7	H. Cunningham	34	J. Dawson	44	J. Lloyd			26	H. Schoenberg
HALF-BACK									1	C. Jones
FORWARD
	23	S. McAdam	13	T. Walker	4	L. Murphy
	24	D. Rampe	30	T. McCartin	29	G. Hewett
BACK
Adelaide							Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	ADEL	Shane McAdam goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:59
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	03:20
	SYDN	Tom Hickey goal	1.0.6	-	2.0.12	05:59
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	1.0.6	-	3.0.18	15:17
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	1.0.6	-	3.1.19	18:29
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	2.0.12	-	3.1.19	19:48
	SYDN	Logan McDonald goal	3.0.18	-	3.1.19	27:10
	SYDN	Logan McDonald behind	3.1.19	-	3.1.19	28:50
	ADEL	Tom Lynch behind	3.1.19	-	3.2.20	29:20
	SYDN	Tom Hickey goal	4.1.25	-	3.2.20	32:58
Q2	ADEL	Lachlan Murphy behind	4.1.25	-	3.3.21	00:27
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	5.1.31	-	3.3.21	00:58
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	5.1.31	-	4.3.27	04:14
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	6.1.37	-	4.3.27	06:18
	ADEL	Sam Berry behind	6.1.37	-	4.4.28	09:42
	ADEL	Sam Berry behind	6.1.37	-	4.5.29	12:55
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	7.1.43	-	4.5.29	13:39
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell behind	7.2.44	-	4.5.29	15:36
	SYDN	Errol Gulden behind	7.3.45	-	4.5.29	16:13
	SYDN	Errol Gulden goal	8.3.51	-	4.5.29	18:18
	SYDN	Luke Parker behind	8.4.52	-	4.5.29	21:57
	SYDN	Rushed behind	8.5.53	-	4.5.29	25:52
	SYDN	Logan McDonald goal	9.5.59	-	4.5.29	26:46
	SYDN	Chad Warner behind	9.6.60	-	4.5.29	28:21
	ADEL	Sam Berry behind	9.6.60	-	4.6.30	29:10
Q3	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	10.6.66	-	4.6.30	01:34
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	10.6.66	-	4.7.31	03:19
	ADEL	Rory Laird behind	10.6.66	-	4.8.32	04:07
	SYDN	Sam Reid goal	11.6.72	-	4.8.32	05:46
	ADEL	Tom Lynch behind	11.6.72	-	4.9.33	08:41
	ADEL	Rushed behind	11.6.72	-	4.10.34	09:18
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	11.6.72	-	5.10.40	10:35
	ADEL	Shane McAdam behind	11.6.72	-	5.11.41	12:53
	SYDN	Lance Franklin behind	11.7.73	-	5.11.41	13:21
	ADEL	Shane McAdam behind	11.7.73	-	5.12.42	14:32
	ADEL	Harry Schoenberg behind	11.7.73	-	5.13.43	17:19
	ADEL	Rory Laird behind	11.7.73	-	5.14.44	18:47
	SYDN	Sam Wicks goal	12.7.79	-	5.14.44	20:12
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	12.7.79	-	6.14.50	22:49
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	13.7.85	-	6.14.50	24:26
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	13.8.86	-	6.14.50	27:18
	SYDN	Rushed behind	13.9.87	-	6.14.50	28:36
	SYDN	Luke Parker goal	14.9.93	-	6.14.50	29:20
	SYDN	Oliver Florent behind	14.10.94	-	6.14.50	30:50
	SYDN	Jordan Dawson behind	14.11.95	-	6.14.50	31:19
	SYDN	Lance Franklin goal	15.11.101	-	6.14.50	32:03
Q4	ADEL	Ned McHenry behind	15.11.101	-	6.15.51	02:19
	ADEL	Rushed behind	15.11.101	-	6.16.52	03:23
	SYDN	Lance Franklin behind	15.12.102	-	6.16.52	05:12
	ADEL	Tom Lynch behind	15.12.102	-	6.17.53	07:03
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	15.12.102	-	6.18.54	08:40
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	16.12.108	-	6.18.54	10:18
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	16.12.108	-	7.18.60	12:39
	ADEL	Rushed behind	16.12.108	-	7.19.61	13:51
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	16.12.108	-	8.19.67	14:59
	SYDN	Justin McInerney goal	17.12.114	-	8.19.67	17:11
	ADEL	Shane McAdam goal	17.12.114	-	9.19.73	18:50
	ADEL	Shane McAdam goal	17.12.114	-	10.19.79	20:27
	ADEL	Shane McAdam goal	17.12.114	-	11.19.85	22:45
	ADEL	Tom Lynch behind	17.12.114	-	11.20.86	26:16
	ADEL	Sam Berry behind	17.12.114	-	11.21.87	26:52
	ADEL	Lachlan Murphy behind	17.12.114	-	11.22.88	28:06
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	18.12.120	-	11.22.88	29:36
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	18.13.121	-	11.22.88	31:33

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