2021 AFL Round 4: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 2021 between Sydney and Essendon during round 4 of the 2021 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. Dyson Heppell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Ben Rutten.

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

Essendon
Back: J. Laverde, B. Zerk-Thatcher, A. Francis
Half-back: A. Waterman, J. Ridley, N. Hind
Centre: K. Langford, D. Heppell (capt.), B. Ham
Half-forward: D. Smith, C. Hooker, Z. Merrett
Forward: J. Stringer, P. Wright, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
Follower: N. Cox, D. Parish, W. Snelling
Int.: M. Guelfi, H. Jones, A. McGrath, A. Perkins
Sub.: D. Zaharakis

Sydney (11.17.83) defeated Essendon (12.8.80).

Goalkickers
Sydney: L. Franklin (3), J. McInerney (2), S. Reid (2), O. Florent, C. Mills, T. Papley, L. Parker
Essendon: C. Hooker (3), J. Stringer (3), A. Waterman (2), N. Cox, H. Jones, D. Parish, D. Smith

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) and Essendon were then 12th on the ladder (down from 10th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Thursday 8 April 2021
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 28,039

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 11.17.83 - 12.8.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 5 7 . 9 9 . 11 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Essendon 4 . 1 7 . 4 10 . 6 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Margin ESSE by 8 SYDN by 5 ESSE by 1 SYDN by 3 SYDN by 3
Duration 30:49 33:17 29:30 31:24 2:05:00

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Ben Rutten (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Dyson Heppell (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Fleer (#26), N. Foot (#2), J. Mollison (#32), E: D. Garroway (#52)
Goal Umpire: B. Kenny-Bell, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: A. Chisholm
Boundary Umpire: M. Barlow, D. Field-Read, M. Saunders, D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Luke Parker SYDN 26 3
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2
Chad Warner SYDN 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Luke Parker SYDN 26 10 2 0 0 0 0
Sam Reid SYDN 20 8 0 2 0 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 4 0 0 1 0 1
Tom Hickey SYDN 31 3 0 0 1 0 0
Josh Kennedy SYDN 12 2 0 0 0 1 0
Callum Mills SYDN 14 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jordan Ridley ESSE 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
32 Bell, James SUB↑ 47% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
22 Blakey, Nick INT 74% 0 2 13 11 2 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 3
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 66% 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 0 0 6 0 1 7 3
7 Cunningham, Harry BPL 83% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 3 0 1 2 0 1 3
34 Dawson, Jordan HBFL 84% 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 1 0 3 2 1 6 2
13 Florent, Oliver WL 82% 1 0 20 12 8 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 6
23 Franklin, Lance FF 92% 3 1 9 7 2 4 0 4 0 2 2 1 0 1
21 Gulden, Errol HFFL 85% 0 3 17 12 5 5 0 2 3 4 1 2 1 5
5 Heeney, Isaac CHF↓ 30% 0 2 9 7 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Hewett, George BPR 86% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1
31 Hickey, Tom RU 76% 0 1 14 9 5 0 27 2 8 4 3 3 1 1
12 Kennedy, Josh RR 74% 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 2 5 0 1 0 1 3
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 91% 0 0 25 20 5 7 0 3 2 4 3 1 3 2
30 McCartin, Tom CHB 89% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 3 1 2 2 1 4 1
6 McDonald, Logan INT 74% 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 0
27 McInerney, Justin HFFR 73% 2 0 14 6 8 1 0 3 0 2 2 1 1 2
14 Mills, Callum C 82% 1 1 25 12 13 5 0 2 7 3 2 2 0 5
11 Papley, Tom RO 90% 1 2 12 10 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 3
26 Parker, Luke INT 79% 1 1 32 21 11 7 0 3 6 2 1 0 1 8
24 Rampe, Dane FB 100% 0 0 15 11 4 10 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 0
20 Reid, Sam FPL 79% 2 1 15 7 8 7 9 2 0 3 0 1 1 2
1 Warner, Chad WR 83% 0 1 23 14 9 3 0 6 6 3 1 0 3 4
45 Wicks, Sam FPR 81% 0 1 13 5 8 1 0 8 1 1 3 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 17 366 230 136 83 36 54 45 52 29 17 38 56

J. Bell replaced I. Heeney.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Cox, Nik RU 84% 1 2 18 11 7 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 1
10 Francis, Aaron BPR 87% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 2 0 5 2 3 6 0
35 Guelfi, Matt INT 75% 0 0 12 3 9 1 0 3 0 5 0 4 0 1
33 Ham, Brayden WR 84% 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) C 90% 0 0 23 13 10 8 0 2 0 4 1 2 4 1
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 83% 0 0 19 13 6 2 0 5 0 5 0 1 3 5
26 Hooker, Cale CHF 84% 3 1 14 7 7 3 0 1 0 6 1 3 0 2
23 Jones, Harry INT 67% 1 0 6 5 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Langford, Kyle WL 81% 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 3 1 6 0 4 1 5
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL 90% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 0 3 0 3 2 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony FPR 85% 0 1 12 6 6 3 0 5 0 5 2 2 0 2
1 McGrath, Andrew INT 80% 0 0 20 8 12 3 0 5 4 4 0 2 1 1
7 Merrett, Zach HFFR 81% 0 0 27 16 11 2 0 9 3 6 3 0 2 11
3 Parish, Darcy RR 78% 1 0 25 7 18 3 0 5 6 3 0 0 1 5
16 Perkins, Archie INT 61% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 2
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 96% 0 0 28 22 6 8 0 2 0 4 0 0 12 0
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 86% 1 1 16 8 8 4 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 4
40 Snelling, Will RO 87% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 11 3 1 0 0 1 3
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 84% 3 1 10 9 1 3 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2
45 Waterman, Alec HBFL 85% 2 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 2
20 Wright, Peter FF 72% 0 0 8 6 2 0 23 2 2 3 3 2 3 1
11 Zaharakis, David SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon FB 79% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 8 336 189 147 78 27 78 26 69 17 29 42 53

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
15 J. Laverde 30 B. Zerk-Thatcher 10 A. Francis 31 T. Hickey 22 N. Blakey
45 S. Wicks 23 L. Franklin 20 S. Reid 12 J. Kennedy 16 B. Campbell
FORWARD 11 T. Papley 6 L. McDonald
HALF-BACK

26 L. Parker
45 A. Waterman 14 J. Ridley 19 N. Hind

32 J. Bell
27 J. McInerney 5 I. Heeney 21 E. Gulden



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



4 K. Langford 21 D. Heppell (c) 33 B. Ham



1 C. Warner 14 C. Mills 13 O. Florent FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 13 N. Cox 35 M. Guelfi
HALF-FORWARD 3 D. Parish 23 H. Jones
5 D. Smith 26 C. Hooker 7 Z. Merrett 40 W. Snelling 1 A. McGrath
44 J. Lloyd 30 T. McCartin 34 J. Dawson

16 A. Perkins
HALF-BACK

11 D. Zaharakis
FORWARD



25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti



29 G. Hewett 24 D. Rampe 7 H. Cunningham



BACK



Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:56
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 04:45
SYDN Rushed behind 0.2.2 - 1.0.6 06:20
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 1.2.8 - 1.0.6 07:14
ESSE Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 08:37
SYDN Luke Parker goal 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 13:35
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 2.3.15 - 1.1.7 15:56
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 2.4.16 - 1.1.7 16:33
ESSE Alec Waterman goal 2.4.16 - 2.1.13 18:13
SYDN Sam Reid behind 2.5.17 - 2.1.13 20:12
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 2.5.17 - 3.1.19 24:34
ESSE Nik Cox goal 2.5.17 - 4.1.25 25:48
Q2 ESSE Cale Hooker goal 2.5.17 - 5.1.31 01:34
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 2.6.18 - 5.1.31 05:58
ESSE Devon Smith goal 2.6.18 - 6.1.37 07:06
ESSE Darcy Parish goal 2.6.18 - 7.1.43 08:52
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 3.6.24 - 7.1.43 10:35
SYDN Justin McInerney goal 4.6.30 - 7.1.43 14:04
SYDN Nick Blakey behind 4.7.31 - 7.1.43 15:41
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 4.7.31 - 7.2.44 16:22
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 4.8.32 - 7.2.44 18:10
SYDN Sam Reid goal 5.8.38 - 7.2.44 20:58
ESSE Cale Hooker behind 5.8.38 - 7.3.45 22:56
SYDN Callum Mills goal 6.8.44 - 7.3.45 25:26
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 7.8.50 - 7.3.45 27:20
ESSE Rushed behind 7.8.50 - 7.4.46 30:10
SYDN Nick Blakey behind 7.9.51 - 7.4.46 33:14
Q3 SYDN Sam Reid goal 8.9.57 - 7.4.46 03:16
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 8.9.57 - 8.4.52 11:12
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 8.9.57 - 9.4.58 13:50
SYDN Chad Warner behind 8.10.58 - 9.4.58 15:35
ESSE Nik Cox behind 8.10.58 - 9.5.59 17:00
SYDN Tom Papley goal 9.10.64 - 9.5.59 18:58
SYDN Callum Mills behind 9.11.65 - 9.5.59 20:59
ESSE Harry Jones goal 9.11.65 - 10.5.65 25:33
ESSE Devon Smith behind 9.11.65 - 10.6.66 26:43
Q4 SYDN Sam Wicks behind 9.12.66 - 10.6.66 00:44
ESSE Alec Waterman goal 9.12.66 - 11.6.72 02:03
SYDN Justin McInerney goal 10.12.72 - 11.6.72 07:55
SYDN Luke Parker behind 10.13.73 - 11.6.72 14:06
SYDN Tom Hickey behind 10.14.74 - 11.6.72 16:25
SYDN Tom Papley behind 10.15.75 - 11.6.72 18:06
SYDN Tom Papley behind 10.16.76 - 11.6.72 19:48
ESSE Nik Cox behind 10.16.76 - 11.7.73 23:34
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 11.16.82 - 11.7.73 24:50
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti behind 11.16.82 - 11.8.74 27:08
ESSE Cale Hooker goal 11.16.82 - 12.8.80 28:01
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 11.17.83 - 12.8.80 29:03