2021 AFL Round 8: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 8 May 2021 between Melbourne and Sydney during round 8 of the 2021 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Melbourne
Back: J. Hunt, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: C. Salem, H. Petty, M. Hibberd
Centre: A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: J. Jordon, T. McDonald, C. Spargo
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Brown, B. Fritsch
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, K. Pickett
Int.: J. Harmes, L. Jackson, J. Melksham, T. Rivers
Sub.: K. Chandler

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

Melbourne (10.7.67) defeated Sydney (8.10.58).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: T. McDonald (4), B. Brown (3), J. Melksham, C. Petracca, C. Spargo
Sydney: W. Hayward (2), T. Hickey, J. Lloyd, J. McInerney, C. Mills, T. Papley, C. Sinclair

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 1st on the ladder and Sydney were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 8 May 2021
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 35,567

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Sydney
Score: 10.7.67 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 6 8 . 6 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Sydney 3 . 3 3 . 7 6 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin SYDN by 2 MELB by 11 MELB by 10 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration 30:30 28:54 32:55 32:38 2:04:57

Honour Roll

Coaches: Simon Goodwin (Melbourne), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Max Gawn (Melbourne), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Dalgleish (#7), C. Deboy (#11), B. Hosking (#16), E: J. Broadbent (#20)
Goal Umpire: L. Edwards, M. Ensbey, E: S. Williams
Boundary Umpire: P. Dineen, C. Esler, C. Gordon, J. Mather

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3
Tom McDonald MELB 25 2
Callum Mills SYDN 14 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Tom McDonald MELB 25 10 2 0 0 0 0
Callum Mills SYDN 14 7 0 1 1 0 0
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 6 0 1 0 1 0
Steven May MELB 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
James Harmes MELB 4 2 0 0 0 1 0
Tom Hickey SYDN 31 1 0 0 0 0 1
Christian Salem MELB 3 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus WL 83% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0
50 Brown, Ben FF 81% 3 0 9 7 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
37 Chandler, Kade SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPR 82% 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 84% 0 1 16 8 8 3 44 3 3 1 3 0 1 0
4 Harmes, James INT 75% 0 0 31 7 24 3 0 7 5 6 0 2 6 3
14 Hibberd, Michael HBFR 76% 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2
29 Hunt, Jayden BPL 76% 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 4 1
6 Jackson, Luke INT 70% 0 0 11 4 7 1 7 4 1 1 1 0 0 2
23 Jordon, James HFFL 71% 0 0 23 10 13 2 0 8 2 6 1 0 1 3
15 Langdon, Ed WR 98% 0 0 24 15 9 5 0 5 0 3 1 1 3 3
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 3 1
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 6 1
25 McDonald, Tom CHF 83% 4 0 18 13 5 5 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1
18 Melksham, Jake INT 71% 1 0 12 4 8 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 3
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 74% 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 8 2 1 1 0 2 4
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 87% 0 0 35 15 20 1 0 5 10 6 0 2 5 4
5 Petracca, Christian C 89% 1 1 28 16 12 0 0 8 5 10 0 5 1 6
35 Petty, Harry CHB 83% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah RO 83% 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 6 1 1 1 0 1 3
24 Rivers, Trent INT 69% 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 3 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFL 96% 0 0 27 19 8 4 0 3 1 4 0 2 9 5
9 Spargo, Charlie HFFR 69% 1 0 13 6 7 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 10 7 372 193 179 56 53 76 37 63 15 17 49 46

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Blakey, Nick SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cunningham, Harry HBFL 84% 0 0 22 15 7 7 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 2
34 Dawson, Jordan BPR 88% 0 0 21 19 2 9 0 3 0 2 0 2 5 3
13 Florent, Oliver WR 74% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 6 3 1 2 0 0 2
42 Fox, Robbie CHB 92% 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 2 2 2 0 1 6 2
23 Franklin, Lance FF 80% 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 3
21 Gulden, Errol HFFL 76% 0 0 9 6 3 0 0 6 1 4 2 2 0 5
9 Hayward, Will FPL 94% 2 1 15 8 7 4 0 4 0 4 1 1 0 2
31 Hickey, Tom RU 80% 1 0 16 9 7 0 16 4 6 3 0 2 0 5
12 Kennedy, Josh C 70% 0 0 22 13 9 4 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 4
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 84% 1 0 28 20 8 7 0 3 1 2 0 0 7 4
30 McCartin, Tom FB 95% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 0
27 McInerney, Justin WL 72% 1 0 15 10 5 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
41 McLean, Hayden CHF 93% 0 0 6 5 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
14 Mills, Callum RR 83% 1 0 33 14 19 2 0 10 6 5 1 0 2 1
38 O'Riordan, Colin INT 71% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
11 Papley, Tom HFFR 95% 1 3 17 14 3 5 0 3 2 5 1 2 0 7
26 Parker, Luke INT 81% 0 0 32 16 16 4 0 5 7 4 1 0 1 7
24 Rampe, Dane BPL 87% 0 0 21 12 9 7 0 1 0 2 2 0 6 1
8 Rowbottom, James INT 63% 0 0 22 12 10 4 0 12 0 6 2 1 2 2
18 Sinclair, Callum INT 76% 1 0 8 4 4 2 12 3 1 5 0 1 0 0
1 Warner, Chad RO 83% 0 0 15 9 6 3 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 4
45 Wicks, Sam FPR 80% 0 1 13 7 6 0 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 2
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 8 10 380 234 146 87 28 92 39 60 17 15 36 58

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

Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
24 D. Rampe 30 T. McCartin 34 J. Dawson 11 M. Gawn (c) 4 J. Harmes
31 B. Fritsch 50 B. Brown 30 A. Neal-Bullen 13 C. Oliver 6 L. Jackson
FORWARD 36 K. Pickett 18 J. Melksham
HALF-BACK

24 T. Rivers
7 H. Cunningham 42 R. Fox 44 J. Lloyd

37 K. Chandler
9 C. Spargo 25 T. McDonald 23 J. Jordon



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 J. McInerney 12 J. Kennedy 13 O. Florent



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 10 A. Brayshaw FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 38 C. O'Riordan
HALF-FORWARD 14 C. Mills 26 L. Parker
21 E. Gulden 41 H. McLean 11 T. Papley 1 C. Warner 8 J. Rowbottom
14 M. Hibberd 35 H. Petty 3 C. Salem

18 C. Sinclair
HALF-BACK

22 N. Blakey
FORWARD



9 W. Hayward 23 L. Franklin 45 S. Wicks



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 29 J. Hunt



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Justin McInerney goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:46
SYDN Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:21
SYDN Will Hayward goal 0.0.0 - 2.1.13 05:05
MELB Tom McDonald goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 07:15
SYDN Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 09:02
SYDN Tom Papley behind 1.0.6 - 2.3.15 11:14
MELB Jake Melksham goal 2.0.12 - 2.3.15 15:09
MELB Ben Brown goal 3.0.18 - 2.3.15 18:59
MELB Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 2.3.15 21:18
SYDN Tom Hickey goal 3.1.19 - 3.3.21 27:39
Q2 MELB Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 3.3.21 02:47
MELB Ben Brown goal 4.2.26 - 3.3.21 04:42
SYDN Will Hayward behind 4.2.26 - 3.4.22 06:38
MELB Christian Petracca goal 5.2.32 - 3.4.22 07:42
SYDN Rushed behind 5.2.32 - 3.5.23 09:24
MELB Max Gawn behind 5.3.33 - 3.5.23 10:38
MELB Christian Petracca behind 5.4.34 - 3.5.23 11:11
SYDN Tom Papley behind 5.4.34 - 3.6.24 16:44
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 5.5.35 - 3.6.24 20:21
SYDN Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 3.7.25 22:41
MELB Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 3.7.25 23:28
Q3 SYDN Tom Papley behind 5.6.36 - 3.8.26 02:58
SYDN Will Hayward goal 5.6.36 - 4.8.32 04:42
MELB Ben Brown goal 6.6.42 - 4.8.32 06:51
MELB Tom McDonald goal 7.6.48 - 4.8.32 08:46
MELB Tom McDonald goal 8.6.54 - 4.8.32 21:14
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 8.6.54 - 5.8.38 23:38
SYDN Tom Papley goal 8.6.54 - 6.8.44 28:10
Q4 SYDN Callum Sinclair goal 8.6.54 - 7.8.50 00:19
SYDN Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 7.9.51 03:32
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 9.6.60 - 7.9.51 09:57
SYDN Callum Mills goal 9.6.60 - 8.9.57 14:51
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 9.7.61 - 8.9.57 18:13
MELB Tom McDonald goal 10.7.67 - 8.9.57 21:39
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 10.7.67 - 8.10.58 31:41