2021 AFL Season Round 2: Sydney v Adelaide
This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 2021 between Sydney and Adelaide during round two of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League.
Sydney hosted Adelaide at the SCG.
Rory Sloane captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.
Sydney (18.13.121) defeated Adelaide (11.22.88).
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
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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 (Adelaide) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Sydney
Captain: unknownCoach: John Longmire
Adelaide
Captain: Rory SloaneCoach: Matthew Nicks
Match Umpires
Field Umpires
L. Haussen (#5)J. Howorth (#17)
M. Nicholls (#15)
E: M. Baigent (#37)
Goal Umpires
A. ChisholmA. McKenzie-Wills
E: B. Kenny-Bell
Boundary Umpires
M. BakerM. 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Sydney | Coach: John Longmire | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 39 | T. Doedee | 33 | B. Smith | 17 | W. Hamill |
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| 5 | I. Heeney | 23 | L. Franklin | 27 | J. McInerney |
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| 38 | L. Sholl | 9 | R. Sloane (c) | 11 | P. Seedsman |
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| 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 |
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| 23 | S. McAdam | 13 | T. Walker | 4 | L. Murphy |
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| 24 | D. Rampe | 30 | T. McCartin | 29 | G. Hewett |
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| Adelaide | Coach: Matthew Nicks | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |