2021 AFL Round 20: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 2021 between Essendon and Sydney during round 20 of the 2021 AFL season. Essendon hosted Sydney at MCG. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Essendon
Back: J. Laverde, J. Stewart, M. Redman
Half-back: D. Heppell (capt.), J. Ridley, N. Hind
Centre: S. Durham, Z. Merrett, N. Cox
Half-forward: D. Smith, A. Francis, A. Perkins
Forward: W. Snelling, P. Wright, J. Stringer
Follower: S. Draper, K. Langford, D. Parish
Int.: D. Clarke, T. Cutler, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, D. Shiel
Sub.: B. Ham

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

Essendon (16.6.102) were defeated by Sydney (17.7.109).

Goalkickers
Essendon: K. Langford (3), Z. Merrett (2), D. Smith (2), J. Stringer (2), P. Wright (2), D. Clarke, T. Cutler, N. Hind, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti, D. Shiel
Sydney: T. Papley (4), L. Franklin (2), W. Hayward (2), L. Parker (2), N. Blakey, E. Gulden, T. Hickey, J. Kennedy, C. Mills, S. Reid, S. Wicks

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 10th on the ladder (down from 9th) and Sydney were then 5th on the ladder (up from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Sunday 1 August 2021
Time: 3:10 PM
Venue: MCG

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Sydney
Score: 16.6.102 - 17.7.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 3 6 . 5 11 . 5 16 . 6 16 . 6 (102)
Sydney 2 . 1 4 . 5 11 . 7 17 . 7 17 . 7 (109)
Margin ESSE by 8 ESSE by 12 SYDN by 2 SYDN by 7 SYDN by 7
Duration 27:57 28:02 34:48 34:06 2:04:53

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), H. Gavine (#14), A. Whetton (#19), E: J. Power (#4)
Goal Umpire: J. Baird, M. Bridges, E: S. Plumridge
Boundary Umpire: C. Esler, M. Jenkinson, L. Rayner, J. Scully

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Callum Mills SYDN 14 3
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 2
Tom Papley SYDN 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 9 1 1 0 0 0
Tom Papley SYDN 11 9 1 1 0 0 0
Callum Mills SYDN 14 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jake Stringer ESSE 25 5 0 0 1 1 0
Luke Parker SYDN 26 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Clarke, Dylan INT 80% 1 0 13 5 8 4 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 3
13 Cox, Nik WR 87% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 2 1 5 1 3 2 2
12 Cutler, Tom INT 91% 1 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 1
2 Draper, Sam RU 79% 0 1 11 7 4 4 23 1 5 2 1 1 2 3
42 Durham, Sam WL 82% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3
10 Francis, Aaron CHF 85% 0 1 10 7 3 4 0 1 0 6 2 2 0 2
33 Ham, Brayden SUB↑ 2% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFL 87% 0 0 25 17 8 5 0 3 0 4 1 0 5 2
19 Hind, Nick HBFR 84% 1 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0
4 Langford, Kyle RR 79% 3 0 17 13 4 7 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 3
15 Laverde, Jayden BPL↓ 82% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 3 0
43 McDonald-Tipungwuti, Anthony INT 67% 1 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
7 Merrett, Zach C 85% 2 0 35 20 15 7 0 5 3 2 2 1 3 6
3 Parish, Darcy RO 86% 0 0 34 12 22 1 0 4 8 4 1 1 1 7
16 Perkins, Archie HFFR 61% 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
27 Redman, Mason BPR 82% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
14 Ridley, Jordan CHB 90% 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Shiel, Dylan INT 65% 1 1 22 12 10 2 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 2
5 Smith, Devon HFFL 84% 2 1 16 6 10 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
40 Snelling, Will FPL 89% 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 3 2 3 1 2 1 6
17 Stewart, James FB 85% 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 0 0 6 1 5 2 0
25 Stringer, Jake FPR 86% 2 0 19 13 6 3 0 5 9 4 5 2 0 4
20 Wright, Peter FF 83% 2 1 15 7 8 4 5 0 1 3 1 1 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 16 6 324 186 138 70 28 39 36 62 23 28 28 50

B. Ham replaced J. Laverde during the fourth quarter.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
32 Bell, James INT 63% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
22 Blakey, Nick INT 81% 1 0 15 9 6 6 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 2
7 Cunningham, Harry BPL 86% 0 0 14 11 3 7 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 1
34 Dawson, Jordan HBFR 88% 0 1 24 17 7 11 0 4 0 1 2 1 1 2
13 Florent, Oliver INT 70% 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4
42 Fox, Robbie CHB 82% 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 0
23 Franklin, Lance FF 95% 2 2 13 10 3 7 0 1 0 4 2 3 0 4
21 Gulden, Errol RO 77% 1 0 14 6 8 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 2
9 Hayward, Will CHF 81% 2 0 11 7 4 4 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac FPR 92% 0 0 17 14 3 9 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 4
29 Hewett, George WR 77% 0 0 22 10 12 4 0 1 3 5 0 1 0 2
31 Hickey, Tom RU 86% 1 0 14 7 7 4 24 0 3 3 0 2 1 3
12 Kennedy, Josh INT 63% 1 0 22 11 11 3 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 4
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 85% 0 0 27 17 10 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 1
30 McCartin, Tom FB 97% 0 0 14 9 5 5 0 1 0 1 2 1 4 0
27 McInerney, Justin WL 84% 0 0 28 14 14 8 0 2 6 2 2 1 3 6
14 Mills, Callum C 81% 1 0 33 21 12 12 0 6 2 3 2 1 5 2
11 Papley, Tom HFFL 88% 4 1 17 12 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
26 Parker, Luke RR 73% 2 0 26 9 17 5 0 4 9 6 2 4 1 2
24 Rampe, Dane BPR 94% 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 1 0 2 2 2 4 1
20 Reid, Sam HFFR 81% 1 1 14 10 4 6 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 1
3 Stephens, Dylan SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Wicks, Sam FPL 75% 1 0 10 3 7 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 17 7 385 231 154 120 25 42 28 51 28 23 34 47

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

Essendon Coach: Ben Rutten
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
7 H. Cunningham 30 T. McCartin 24 D. Rampe 2 S. Draper 37 D. Clarke
25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 40 W. Snelling 4 K. Langford 12 T. Cutler
FORWARD 3 D. Parish 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
HALF-BACK

9 D. Shiel
44 J. Lloyd 42 R. Fox 34 J. Dawson

33 B. Ham
16 A. Perkins 10 A. Francis 5 D. Smith



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 J. McInerney 14 C. Mills 29 G. Hewett



13 N. Cox 7 Z. Merrett 42 S. Durham FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 32 J. Bell
HALF-FORWARD 26 L. Parker 22 N. Blakey
11 T. Papley 9 W. Hayward 20 S. Reid 21 E. Gulden 13 O. Florent
19 N. Hind 14 J. Ridley 21 D. Heppell (c)

12 J. Kennedy
HALF-BACK

3 D. Stephens
FORWARD



45 S. Wicks 23 L. Franklin 5 I. Heeney



27 M. Redman 17 J. Stewart 15 J. Laverde



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jake Stringer goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:37
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 06:34
SYDN Tom Papley goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 08:12
ESSE Sam Draper behind 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 10:06
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 12:37
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 19:02
ESSE Devon Smith goal 3.1.19 - 2.1.13 21:37
ESSE Dylan Shiel behind 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 23:27
ESSE Devon Smith behind 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 24:33
Q2 SYDN Sam Reid goal 3.3.21 - 3.1.19 00:35
ESSE Aaron Francis behind 3.4.22 - 3.1.19 04:07
SYDN Tom Hickey goal 3.4.22 - 4.1.25 05:12
ESSE Rushed behind 3.5.23 - 4.1.25 07:13
SYDN Tom Papley behind 3.5.23 - 4.2.26 08:24
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 4.5.29 - 4.2.26 09:11
ESSE Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti goal 5.5.35 - 4.2.26 11:25
SYDN Jordan Dawson behind 5.5.35 - 4.3.27 13:21
SYDN Sam Reid behind 5.5.35 - 4.4.28 18:30
ESSE Dylan Clarke goal 6.5.41 - 4.4.28 21:19
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 6.5.41 - 4.5.29 27:59
Q3 SYDN Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 4.6.30 00:35
SYDN Will Hayward goal 6.5.41 - 5.6.36 01:12
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 7.5.47 - 5.6.36 06:43
SYDN Luke Parker goal 7.5.47 - 6.6.42 11:26
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 7.5.47 - 7.6.48 13:11
SYDN Luke Parker goal 7.5.47 - 8.6.54 15:41
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 8.5.53 - 8.6.54 18:23
SYDN Tom Papley goal 8.5.53 - 9.6.60 20:48
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 9.5.59 - 9.6.60 22:05
SYDN Tom Papley goal 9.5.59 - 10.6.66 24:55
SYDN Tom Papley goal 9.5.59 - 11.6.72 27:02
ESSE Peter Wright goal 10.5.65 - 11.6.72 28:36
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 11.5.71 - 11.6.72 30:29
SYDN Rushed behind 11.5.71 - 11.7.73 33:24
Q4 SYDN Will Hayward goal 11.5.71 - 12.7.79 01:47
ESSE Tom Cutler goal 12.5.77 - 12.7.79 03:14
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 12.5.77 - 13.7.85 05:52
ESSE Dylan Shiel goal 13.5.83 - 13.7.85 10:06
SYDN Josh Kennedy goal 13.5.83 - 14.7.91 11:19
ESSE Peter Wright behind 13.6.84 - 14.7.91 12:55
SYDN Nick Blakey goal 13.6.84 - 15.7.97 14:24
ESSE Nick Hind goal 14.6.90 - 15.7.97 16:53
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 14.6.90 - 16.7.103 19:33
SYDN Callum Mills goal 14.6.90 - 17.7.109 25:15
ESSE Peter Wright goal 15.6.96 - 17.7.109 27:46
ESSE Devon Smith goal 16.6.102 - 17.7.109 31:38