2021 AFL Round 7: Sydney v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 1 May 2021 between Sydney and Geelong during round 7 of the 2021 AFL season. Sydney hosted Geelong at SCG. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Sydney
Back: H. Cunningham, L. Melican, J. Dawson
Half-back: J. Lloyd, T. McCartin, J. Rowbottom
Centre: J. McInerney, C. Warner, O. Florent
Half-forward: W. Hayward, H. McLean, I. Heeney
Forward: S. Wicks, T. Hickey, T. Papley
Follower: C. Sinclair, L. Parker, C. Mills
Int.: E. Gulden, J. Kennedy, C. O'Riordan, D. Stephens
Sub.: R. Clarke

Geelong
Back: J. Henry, M. Blicavs, L. Henderson
Half-back: J. Bews, T. Stewart, T. Atkins
Centre: I. Smith, C. Guthrie, G. Miers
Half-forward: L. Dahlhaus, J. Cameron, B. Parfitt
Forward: G. Rohan, T. Hawkins, J. Clark
Follower: R. Stanley, M. Duncan, J. Selwood (capt.)
Int.: B. Close, S. Menegola, Q. Narkle, Z. Tuohy
Sub.: Z. Guthrie

Sydney (14.6.90) defeated Geelong (12.16.88).

Goalkickers
Sydney: H. McLean (4), O. Florent (2), T. Papley (2), E. Gulden, T. Hickey, J. McInerney, J. Rowbottom, D. Stephens, C. Warner
Geelong: J. Cameron (3), B. Close (2), G. Rohan (2), L. Dahlhaus, M. Duncan, T. Hawkins, S. Menegola, G. Miers

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 4th on the ladder (up from 5th) and Geelong were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Sydney v Geelong
Date: Saturday 1 May 2021
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 29,123

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Geelong
Score: 14.6.90 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 1 7 . 2 10 . 6 14 . 6 14 . 6 (90)
Geelong 6 . 5 7 . 8 10 . 10 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin GEEL by 28 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 4 SYDN by 2 SYDN by 2
Duration 31:27 33:43 31:30 34:31 2:11:11

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Heffernan (#29), M. Nicholls (#15), B. Rosebury (#8), E: M. Baigent (#37)
Goal Umpire: A. Chisholm, A. McKenzie-Wills, E: B. Kenny-Bell
Boundary Umpire: M. Baker, D. Field-Read, M. Saunders, D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Oliver Florent SYDN 13 3
Jack Henry GEEL 38 2
Hayden McLean SYDN 41 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom Hickey SYDN 31 10 2 0 0 0 0
Mitch Duncan GEEL 22 6 0 1 0 1 0
Jack Henry GEEL 38 4 0 1 0 0 0
Oliver Florent SYDN 13 3 0 0 1 0 0
Tom McCartin SYDN 30 3 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Rohan GEEL 23 2 0 0 0 1 0
Hayden McLean SYDN 41 1 0 0 0 0 1
Joel Selwood GEEL 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
4 Clarke, Ryan SUB↑ 9% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
7 Cunningham, Harry BPL 91% 0 0 17 10 7 7 0 4 0 5 0 2 2 3
34 Dawson, Jordan BPR 85% 0 1 20 15 5 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 10 2
13 Florent, Oliver WR 82% 2 0 26 19 7 5 0 1 4 3 1 1 3 7
21 Gulden, Errol INT 73% 1 2 7 6 1 4 0 5 0 3 1 1 0 2
9 Hayward, Will HFFL 85% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 4 0 5 0 2 0 0
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFR 80% 0 1 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1
31 Hickey, Tom FF 78% 1 0 20 9 11 1 23 2 11 2 3 0 1 2
12 Kennedy, Josh INT 74% 0 0 22 11 11 5 0 2 6 3 1 0 2 3
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 87% 0 0 25 17 8 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 7 0
30 McCartin, Tom CHB 96% 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 6 0
27 McInerney, Justin WL 75% 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
41 McLean, Hayden CHF 93% 4 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
43 Melican, Lewis FB↓ 77% 0 0 11 5 6 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 1
14 Mills, Callum RO 86% 0 0 19 16 3 11 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 0
38 O'Riordan, Colin INT 68% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
11 Papley, Tom FPR 79% 2 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 0
26 Parker, Luke RR 84% 0 0 22 5 17 3 0 3 5 2 1 1 1 1
8 Rowbottom, James HBFR 82% 1 0 20 15 5 6 0 4 2 7 0 2 3 5
18 Sinclair, Callum RU 85% 0 0 7 2 5 1 9 3 2 3 2 1 0 2
3 Stephens, Dylan INT 72% 1 0 15 11 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 2
1 Warner, Chad C 82% 1 0 14 9 5 2 0 6 2 3 1 0 0 3
45 Wicks, Sam FPL 76% 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 2 0 4 0 3 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 14 6 324 203 121 83 32 50 36 62 16 23 48 39

R. Clarke replaced L. Melican during the fourth quarter.

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom HBFR 84% 0 0 15 7 8 4 0 3 2 2 1 0 4 1
24 Bews, Jed HBFL 82% 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 3 0 4 0 1 1 2
46 Blicavs, Mark FB 96% 0 0 14 8 6 2 7 1 2 2 0 1 0 7
5 Cameron, Jeremy CHF 86% 3 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 2
6 Clark, Jordan FPR 78% 0 1 18 8 10 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
45 Close, Brad INT 85% 2 0 18 9 9 4 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 3
40 Dahlhaus, Luke HFFL 73% 1 2 21 10 11 3 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 3
22 Duncan, Mitch RR 91% 1 1 29 21 8 7 0 2 5 3 4 1 1 4
29 Guthrie, Cameron C 76% 0 1 30 17 13 4 0 7 9 0 0 0 1 10
39 Guthrie, Zach SUB↑ 38% 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 96% 1 1 10 6 4 5 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 1
25 Henderson, Lachie BPR 100% 0 1 18 9 9 6 0 1 0 3 0 2 3 2
38 Henry, Jack BPL 86% 0 0 23 12 11 8 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 3
27 Menegola, Sam INT 76% 1 2 21 14 7 4 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 5
32 Miers, Gryan WR↓ 38% 1 0 11 6 5 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1
19 Narkle, Quinton INT 58% 0 0 15 3 12 2 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 3
3 Parfitt, Brandan HFFR 71% 0 0 20 9 11 1 0 7 3 2 0 1 0 4
23 Rohan, Gary FPL 89% 2 2 10 8 2 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 1
14 Selwood, Joel (c) RO 79% 0 0 29 14 15 3 0 7 6 3 4 1 0 3
7 Smith, Isaac WL 89% 0 1 22 16 6 10 0 2 0 5 0 1 3 4
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 65% 0 0 10 6 4 2 16 0 2 1 0 1 1 1
44 Stewart, Tom CHB 84% 0 1 25 19 6 9 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 2
2 Tuohy, Zach INT 80% 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 3 1 2 1 1 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 12 16 404 232 172 97 32 57 39 53 23 16 25 65

Z. Guthrie replaced G. Miers during the third quarter.

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
38 J. Henry 46 M. Blicavs 25 L. Henderson 18 C. Sinclair 21 E. Gulden
11 T. Papley 31 T. Hickey 45 S. Wicks 26 L. Parker 12 J. Kennedy
FORWARD 14 C. Mills 38 C. O'Riordan
HALF-BACK

3 D. Stephens
24 J. Bews 44 T. Stewart 30 T. Atkins

4 R. Clarke
5 I. Heeney 41 H. McLean 9 W. Hayward



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



7 I. Smith 29 C. Guthrie 32 G. Miers



13 O. Florent 1 C. Warner 27 J. McInerney FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 R. Stanley 45 B. Close
HALF-FORWARD 22 M. Duncan 27 S. Menegola
40 L. Dahlhaus 5 J. Cameron 3 B. Parfitt 14 J. Selwood (c) 19 Q. Narkle
8 J. Rowbottom 30 T. McCartin 44 J. Lloyd

2 Z. Tuohy
HALF-BACK

39 Z. Guthrie
FORWARD



23 G. Rohan 26 T. Hawkins 6 J. Clark



34 J. Dawson 43 L. Melican 7 H. Cunningham



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Tom Papley goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:06
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 05:37
GEEL Gryan Miers goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 07:53
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 10:33
GEEL Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 12:29
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 1.1.7 - 1.3.9 12:50
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 14:24
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 16:04
GEEL Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 2.4.16 17:10
GEEL Sam Menegola goal 2.1.13 - 3.4.22 21:01
GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 2.1.13 - 4.4.28 23:53
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 2.1.13 - 5.4.34 25:38
GEEL Lachie Henderson behind 2.1.13 - 5.5.35 28:32
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 2.1.13 - 6.5.41 29:44
Q2 GEEL Mitch Duncan behind 2.1.13 - 6.6.42 00:38
SYDN Jordan Dawson behind 2.2.14 - 6.6.42 01:57
SYDN Chad Warner goal 3.2.20 - 6.6.42 02:59
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 4.2.26 - 6.6.42 06:52
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 4.2.26 - 7.6.48 11:07
GEEL Luke Dahlhaus behind 4.2.26 - 7.7.49 20:22
SYDN Dylan Stephens goal 5.2.32 - 7.7.49 21:40
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 6.2.38 - 7.7.49 28:04
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 6.2.38 - 7.8.50 29:34
SYDN Justin McInerney goal 7.2.44 - 7.8.50 31:41
Q3 GEEL Brad Close goal 7.2.44 - 8.8.56 02:22
GEEL Cameron Guthrie behind 7.2.44 - 8.9.57 03:44
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 8.2.50 - 8.9.57 08:56
SYDN Rushed behind 8.3.51 - 8.9.57 10:04
GEEL Isaac Smith behind 8.3.51 - 8.10.58 11:16
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 8.4.52 - 8.10.58 11:55
SYDN Tom Hickey goal 9.4.58 - 8.10.58 14:19
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 9.5.59 - 8.10.58 16:06
GEEL Brad Close goal 9.5.59 - 9.10.64 19:21
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 10.5.65 - 9.10.64 22:34
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 10.5.65 - 10.10.70 28:22
SYDN Rushed behind 10.6.66 - 10.10.70 30:03
Q4 GEEL Jordan Clark behind 10.6.66 - 10.11.71 01:11
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 11.6.72 - 10.11.71 02:57
GEEL Rushed behind 11.6.72 - 10.12.72 04:24
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 11.6.72 - 11.12.78 05:03
GEEL Tom Stewart behind 11.6.72 - 11.13.79 07:47
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 11.6.72 - 11.14.80 11:20
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 12.6.78 - 11.14.80 17:13
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 12.6.78 - 11.15.81 19:23
GEEL Luke Dahlhaus goal 12.6.78 - 12.15.87 23:10
GEEL Luke Dahlhaus behind 12.6.78 - 12.16.88 25:06
SYDN James Rowbottom goal 13.6.84 - 12.16.88 27:10
SYDN Tom Papley goal 14.6.90 - 12.16.88 30:50