2021 AFL Round 21: St Kilda v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 7 August 2021 between St Kilda and Sydney during round 21 of the 2021 AFL season. St Kilda hosted Sydney at Marvel Stadium. Jack Steele captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Brett Ratten and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

St Kilda
Back: D. Joyce, C. Wilkie, T. Highmore
Half-back: J. Sinclair, J. Webster, B. Hill
Centre: D. McKenzie, L. Dunstan, S. Ross
Half-forward: D. Butler, R. Byrnes, J. Higgins
Forward: M. King, T. Membrey, C. Sharman
Follower: R. Marshall, J. Steele (capt.), Z. Jones
Int.: N. Coffield, L. Connolly, B. Crouch, D. Kent
Sub.: J. Bytel

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

St Kilda (14.9.93) defeated Sydney (10.4.64).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: J. Higgins (4), D. Kent (3), M. King (2), T. Membrey (2), C. Sharman (2), J. Steele
Sydney: J. Dawson (2), E. Gulden (2), W. Hayward (2), T. Papley (2), O. Florent, L. Franklin

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 11th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Sydney were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: St Kilda v Sydney
Date: Saturday 7 August 2021
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Sydney
Score: 14.9.93 - 10.4.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 0 8 . 2 12 . 4 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Sydney 4 . 1 5 . 2 8 . 4 10 . 4 10 . 4 (64)
Margin STKL by 5 STKL by 18 STKL by 24 STKL by 29 STKL by 29
Duration 32:13 30:59 30:32 28:25 2:02:09

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brett Ratten (St Kilda), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Jack Steele (St Kilda), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Chamberlain (#18), L. Fisher (#3), N. Foot (#2), E: N. McGinness (#42)
Goal Umpire: M. Bridges, S. Williams, E: C. Roffey
Boundary Umpire: P. Dineen, C. Esler, J. Furman, B. MacDonald

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Steele STKL 9 3
Rowan Marshall STKL 19 2
Jack Higgins STKL 22 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Jack Higgins STKL 22 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Jack Steele STKL 9 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Jack Sinclair STKL 35 5 ? ? ? ? ?
Luke Parker SYDN 26 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Callum Wilkie STKL 44 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Rowan Marshall STKL 19 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
16 Butler, Dan HFFL 89% 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 9 0 3 0 1 0 5
31 Byrnes, Ryan CHF 90% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 2 1 6 0 0 1 2
23 Bytel, Jack SUB↑ 12% 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Coffield, Nick INT 76% 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 0
37 Connolly, Leo INT 64% 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 1 5 0 1 3 1
5 Crouch, Brad INT 67% 0 0 24 8 16 3 0 3 3 4 1 2 1 4
7 Dunstan, Luke C 85% 0 0 26 13 13 4 0 5 3 5 3 2 0 4
22 Higgins, Jack HFFR 87% 4 1 16 10 6 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
34 Highmore, Tom BPR 85% 0 0 21 13 8 9 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
8 Hill, Bradley HBFR 86% 0 0 26 18 8 4 0 0 0 4 1 2 2 4
3 Jones, Zak RO 71% 0 0 22 12 10 3 0 8 3 3 2 1 2 2
39 Joyce, Darragh BPL 72% 0 0 8 3 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
25 Kent, Dean INT 84% 3 0 15 12 3 7 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 6
12 King, Max FPL↓ 59% 2 2 6 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
19 Marshall, Rowan RU 84% 0 0 25 13 12 6 29 3 8 6 2 2 0 3
36 McKenzie, Daniel WL 75% 0 0 20 13 7 7 0 1 1 4 0 2 1 5
28 Membrey, Tim FF 94% 2 0 15 10 5 6 0 4 0 4 1 1 0 2
6 Ross, Sebastian WR 87% 0 0 19 10 9 6 0 4 3 2 1 0 2 6
43 Sharman, Cooper FPR 83% 2 1 11 6 5 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
35 Sinclair, Jack HBFL 83% 0 0 25 18 7 6 0 4 0 4 0 0 9 3
9 Steele, Jack (c) RR 88% 1 1 34 15 19 6 0 7 7 1 3 0 0 5
29 Webster, Jimmy CHB 80% 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 1
44 Wilkie, Callum FB 100% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 0
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 14 9 402 238 164 102 33 67 31 61 17 18 38 58

J. Bytel replaced M. King during the fourth quarter.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Blakey, Nick INT 74% 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 3 0 4 0 0 4 5
4 Clarke, Ryan SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cunningham, Harry BPL 87% 0 0 21 12 9 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 0
34 Dawson, Jordan HBFR 86% 2 1 21 12 9 5 0 1 0 6 0 4 1 4
13 Florent, Oliver INT 86% 1 0 18 15 3 4 0 0 3 4 1 1 4 4
42 Fox, Robbie BPR 82% 0 0 17 7 10 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 0
23 Franklin, Lance FF 96% 1 1 5 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
21 Gulden, Errol WR 76% 2 1 12 8 4 2 0 2 1 5 1 1 0 2
9 Hayward, Will HFFR 79% 2 1 9 5 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac CHF 83% 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 4
29 Hewett, George C 81% 0 0 18 4 14 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 3
31 Hickey, Tom RU 80% 0 0 14 9 5 3 26 1 4 4 1 1 5 3
12 Kennedy, Josh INT 74% 0 0 24 14 10 5 0 1 5 3 1 0 1 5
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 87% 0 0 30 19 11 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 0
30 McCartin, Tom CHB 97% 0 0 16 6 10 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0
27 McInerney, Justin WL 82% 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 1 1 4 2 1 1 1
11 Papley, Tom HFFL 88% 2 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 5
26 Parker, Luke RO 86% 0 0 30 13 17 4 0 4 12 3 2 2 3 4
24 Rampe, Dane FB 93% 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 1
20 Reid, Sam FPR 88% 0 0 11 6 5 5 9 4 2 1 1 0 0 1
8 Rowbottom, James RR 70% 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 5 4 3 0 0 1 3
3 Stephens, Dylan INT 57% 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 1 5 0 3 0 1
45 Wicks, Sam FPL 70% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 10 4 357 207 150 77 35 45 40 58 18 17 43 48

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

St Kilda Coach: Brett Ratten
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
7 H. Cunningham 24 D. Rampe 42 R. Fox 19 R. Marshall 1 N. Coffield
43 C. Sharman 28 T. Membrey 12 M. King 9 J. Steele (c) 37 L. Connolly
FORWARD 3 Z. Jones 5 B. Crouch
HALF-BACK

25 D. Kent
44 J. Lloyd 30 T. McCartin 34 J. Dawson

23 J. Bytel
22 J. Higgins 31 R. Byrnes 16 D. Butler



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 J. McInerney 29 G. Hewett 21 E. Gulden



6 S. Ross 7 L. Dunstan 36 D. McKenzie FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 22 N. Blakey
HALF-FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 13 O. Florent
11 T. Papley 5 I. Heeney 9 W. Hayward 26 L. Parker 12 J. Kennedy
8 B. Hill 29 J. Webster 35 J. Sinclair

3 D. Stephens
HALF-BACK

4 R. Clarke
FORWARD



45 S. Wicks 23 L. Franklin 20 S. Reid



34 T. Highmore 44 C. Wilkie 39 D. Joyce



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Errol Gulden goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 04:52
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 06:50
STKL Jack Higgins goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 09:37
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 11:54
STKL Max King goal 3.0.18 - 2.0.12 15:24
STKL Tim Membrey goal 4.0.24 - 2.0.12 19:31
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 4.0.24 - 3.0.18 21:03
SYDN Will Hayward behind 4.0.24 - 3.1.19 23:59
STKL Jack Higgins goal 5.0.30 - 3.1.19 26:02
SYDN Tom Papley goal 5.0.30 - 4.1.25 29:55
Q2 STKL Dean Kent goal 6.0.36 - 4.1.25 00:30
SYDN Jordan Dawson behind 6.0.36 - 4.2.26 02:42
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 6.0.36 - 5.2.32 05:34
STKL Jack Steele goal 7.0.42 - 5.2.32 09:44
STKL Max King behind 7.1.43 - 5.2.32 14:48
STKL Jack Higgins goal 8.1.49 - 5.2.32 20:29
STKL Rushed behind 8.2.50 - 5.2.32 30:50
Q3 SYDN Errol Gulden behind 8.2.50 - 5.3.33 02:58
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 8.2.50 - 6.3.39 04:43
STKL Jack Higgins behind 8.3.51 - 6.3.39 08:16
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 8.3.51 - 7.3.45 10:43
STKL Dean Kent goal 9.3.57 - 7.3.45 12:24
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 9.3.57 - 7.4.46 14:12
STKL Max King goal 10.3.63 - 7.4.46 15:03
STKL Tim Membrey goal 11.3.69 - 7.4.46 21:06
STKL Cooper Sharman behind 11.4.70 - 7.4.46 24:35
STKL Jack Higgins goal 12.4.76 - 7.4.46 26:30
SYDN Will Hayward goal 12.4.76 - 8.4.52 29:19
Q4 STKL Rushed behind 12.5.77 - 8.4.52 03:34
STKL Max King behind 12.6.78 - 8.4.52 05:17
SYDN Tom Papley goal 12.6.78 - 9.4.58 07:27
STKL Rushed behind 12.7.79 - 9.4.58 09:24
STKL Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 9.4.58 12:17
STKL Jack Steele behind 12.9.81 - 9.4.58 14:08
SYDN Will Hayward goal 12.9.81 - 10.4.64 15:05
STKL Cooper Sharman goal 13.9.87 - 10.4.64 18:20
STKL Dean Kent goal 14.9.93 - 10.4.64 22:21