2021 AFL Season Round 23: Sydney v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 21 August 2021 between Sydney and Gold Coast during round twenty-three of the 2021 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Gold Coast at Marvel Stadium. David Swallow captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Stuart Dew.

Sydney (21.10.136) defeated Gold Coast (6.13.49).

Match Details

Season: 2021 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Sydney v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 21 August 2021
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Gold Coast
Score: 21.10.136 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 6 . 4 9 . 7 13 . 7 21 . 10 21 . 10 (136)
Gold Coast 0 . 4 3 . 8 5 . 9 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin SYDN by 36 SYDN by 35 SYDN by 46 SYDN by 87 SYDN by 87
Duration 29:12 30:34 31:23 30:35 2:01:44

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Gold Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Longmire

Gold Coast

Captain: David Swallow
Coach: Stuart Dew

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Donlon (#1)
L. Haussen (#5)
A. Heffernan (#29)
E: C. Dore (#28)

Goal Umpires

M. Bridges
M. Maclure
E: S. Plumridge

Boundary Umpires

C. Delany
M. Le Fevre
J. Scully
D. Wood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jordan Dawson SYDN 34 3
Jake Lloyd SYDN 44 2
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Lance Franklin SYDN 23 9 1 1 0 0 0
Jake Lloyd SYDN 44 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Jordan Dawson SYDN 34 5 ? 0 ? ? 0
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 4 0 ? 0 ? 0
Luke Parker SYDN 26 3 0 0 1 0 0
Touk Miller GCST 11 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Papley SYDN 11 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
16 Campbell, Braeden WR 80% 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Cunningham, Harry HBFR 82% 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 0 2 2 1 3 0
34 Dawson, Jordan BPL 81% 1 1 33 24 9 16 0 3 1 4 1 0 3 8
13 Florent, Oliver INT 80% 0 0 21 14 7 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 3
42 Fox, Robbie SUB↑ 25% 0 0 7 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
23 Franklin, Lance FF 75% 6 2 13 9 4 7 0 5 1 5 1 2 1 3
21 Gulden, Errol HFFR 78% 1 0 19 16 3 9 0 4 1 1 1 0 4 5
9 Hayward, Will HFFL 91% 0 2 12 10 2 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 4
5 Heeney, Isaac CHF 83% 3 1 20 12 8 6 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5
29 Hewett, George C 86% 0 0 23 10 13 6 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 6
31 Hickey, Tom RU 72% 1 0 18 9 9 2 25 7 4 4 4 0 1 6
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 86% 0 0 36 22 14 8 0 0 0 2 1 1 8 2
30 McCartin, Tom CHB 93% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
27 McInerney, Justin WL 83% 0 0 29 22 7 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2
41 McLean, Hayden FPL 86% 2 1 10 8 2 6 6 4 1 2 0 0 0 1
43 Melican, Lewis BPR 82% 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0
14 Mills, Callum RO↓ 51% 1 0 18 5 13 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2
38 O'Riordan, Colin INT 79% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
11 Papley, Tom FPR 81% 3 1 15 13 2 7 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 3
26 Parker, Luke RR 85% 0 0 23 11 12 3 0 5 9 3 4 1 1 3
24 Rampe, Dane FB 90% 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 8 0
8 Rowbottom, James INT 82% 1 0 18 9 9 5 0 1 2 5 0 3 0 1
45 Wicks, Sam INT 69% 2 0 9 5 4 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 21 10 397 255 142 129 32 51 27 54 22 15 40 55

R. Fox replaced C. Mills.

Gold Coast

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
9 Ainsworth, Ben FPR 86% 0 2 21 15 6 5 0 0 1 6 1 1 0 6
15 Anderson, Noah RR 83% 0 0 28 16 12 5 0 4 5 5 1 3 2 5
2 Atkins, Rory WR 81% 0 1 18 6 12 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 3
10 Ballard, Charlie CHB 88% 0 0 9 4 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 Burgess, Chris HFFL 85% 0 0 6 4 2 2 9 5 1 1 0 0 0 1
25 Collins, Sam FB 83% 0 0 11 8 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2
19 Corbett, Josh FPL 80% 1 1 9 4 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
30 Davies, Alex INT 65% 0 2 16 5 11 2 0 6 2 4 0 2 0 3
50 Farrar, Jy RO 87% 0 0 15 8 7 6 0 2 0 4 1 2 1 2
8 Fiorini, Brayden HBFL 86% 0 1 20 12 8 3 0 3 6 2 0 1 1 4
5 Harbrow, Jarrod INT↓ 77% 0 1 21 16 5 8 0 2 0 5 1 1 5 1
40 Jeffrey, Joel INT 69% 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1
34 King, Ben FF 95% 4 1 8 7 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 2
23 Lemmens, Sean BPR 90% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
13 Lukosius, Jack CHF 76% 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 1 0 2 2 0 6 1
44 MacPherson, Darcy INT 76% 0 1 15 11 4 5 0 4 1 5 0 3 1 3
11 Miller, Touk C 86% 0 1 37 14 23 3 0 9 4 2 2 1 4 4
27 Powell, Wil BPL 81% 0 0 13 8 5 4 0 4 1 4 0 1 4 0
18 Rowell, Matt WL 73% 0 0 17 10 7 3 0 4 5 3 2 1 0 4
6 Sexton, Alex HFFR 77% 1 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2
37 Sharp, Jeremy SUB↑ 8% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
32 Smith, Zac RU 76% 0 0 8 3 5 2 25 5 2 3 1 2 0 0
24 Swallow, David (c) HBFR 89% 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 6 13 335 195 140 86 34 55 36 60 15 22 34 47

J. Sharp replaced J. Harbrow during the fourth 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
27 W. Powell 25 S. Collins 23 S. Lemmens 31 T. Hickey 13 O. Florent
11 T. Papley 23 L. Franklin 41 H. McLean 26 L. Parker 38 C. O'Riordan
FORWARD 14 C. Mills 8 J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK

45 S. Wicks
8 B. Fiorini 10 C. Ballard 24 D. Swallow (c)

42 R. Fox
21 E. Gulden 5 I. Heeney 9 W. Hayward



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



18 M. Rowell 11 T. Miller 2 R. Atkins



16 B. Campbell 29 G. Hewett 27 J. McInerney FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 Z. Smith 30 A. Davies
HALF-FORWARD 15 N. Anderson 5 J. Harbrow
29 C. Burgess 13 J. Lukosius 6 A. Sexton 50 J. Farrar 40 J. Jeffrey
7 H. Cunningham 30 T. McCartin 44 J. Lloyd

44 D. MacPherson
HALF-BACK

37 J. Sharp
FORWARD



19 J. Corbett 34 B. King 9 B. Ainsworth



43 L. Melican 24 D. Rampe 34 J. Dawson



BACK



Gold Coast Coach: Stuart Dew

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Lance Franklin goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 00:23
GCST Brayden Fiorini behind 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 01:47
SYDN Will Hayward behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 03:10
SYDN Tom Papley behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 03:59
SYDN Callum Mills goal 2.2.14 - 0.1.1 05:16
SYDN Jordan Dawson behind 2.3.15 - 0.1.1 10:46
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 2.4.16 - 0.1.1 12:03
GCST Ben King behind 2.4.16 - 0.2.2 13:16
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 3.4.22 - 0.2.2 14:08
SYDN Jordan Dawson goal 4.4.28 - 0.2.2 18:00
GCST Jarrod Harbrow behind 4.4.28 - 0.3.3 20:28
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 5.4.34 - 0.3.3 21:39
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 6.4.40 - 0.3.3 23:38
GCST Alex Davies behind 6.4.40 - 0.4.4 28:42
Q2 GCST Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 0.5.5 01:08
GCST Touk Miller behind 6.4.40 - 0.6.6 02:57
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 6.5.41 - 0.6.6 04:23
SYDN Tom Papley goal 7.5.47 - 0.6.6 06:01
GCST Rory Atkins behind 7.5.47 - 0.7.7 07:50
GCST Josh Corbett goal 7.5.47 - 1.7.13 09:50
GCST Ben King goal 7.5.47 - 2.7.19 11:04
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 8.5.53 - 2.7.19 14:12
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 9.5.59 - 2.7.19 16:05
GCST Ben King goal 9.5.59 - 3.7.25 18:19
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 9.6.60 - 3.7.25 20:18
GCST Josh Corbett behind 9.6.60 - 3.8.26 27:52
SYDN Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 3.8.26 29:43
Q3 SYDN Lance Franklin goal 10.7.67 - 3.8.26 00:51
GCST Ben King goal 10.7.67 - 4.8.32 08:21
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 10.7.67 - 4.9.33 11:01
SYDN Tom Hickey goal 11.7.73 - 4.9.33 12:11
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 12.7.79 - 4.9.33 15:40
SYDN James Rowbottom goal 13.7.85 - 4.9.33 20:08
GCST Alex Sexton goal 13.7.85 - 5.9.39 24:19
Q4 SYDN Lance Franklin behind 13.8.86 - 5.9.39 00:24
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 14.8.92 - 5.9.39 01:47
SYDN Tom Papley goal 15.8.98 - 5.9.39 02:58
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 16.8.104 - 5.9.39 04:23
SYDN Will Hayward behind 16.9.105 - 5.9.39 06:23
SYDN Tom Papley goal 17.9.111 - 5.9.39 08:21
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 18.9.117 - 5.9.39 10:32
GCST Rushed behind 18.9.117 - 5.10.40 13:54
GCST Ben King goal 18.9.117 - 6.10.46 15:20
GCST Alex Davies behind 18.9.117 - 6.11.47 17:12
GCST Ben Ainsworth behind 18.9.117 - 6.12.48 18:46
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 19.9.123 - 6.12.48 20:41
GCST Darcy MacPherson behind 19.9.123 - 6.13.49 23:56
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 19.10.124 - 6.13.49 25:38
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 20.10.130 - 6.13.49 27:57
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 21.10.136 - 6.13.49 30:32