2022 AFL Grand Final: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 2022 between Geelong and Sydney in the grand final of the 2022 AFL season. Geelong hosted Sydney at MCG. Joel Selwood captained the hosts. Callum Mills captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Geelong
Back: S. De Koning, J. Henry, J. Kolodjashnij
Half-back: T. Stewart, Z. Tuohy, J. Bews
Centre: M. Blicavs, M. O'Connor, M. Duncan
Half-forward: B. Close, J. Cameron, I. Smith
Forward: T. Stengle, T. Hawkins, G. Rohan
Follower: R. Stanley, P. Dangerfield, C. Guthrie
Int.: T. Atkins, Z. Guthrie, G. Miers, J. Selwood (capt.)
Sub.: B. Parfitt

Sydney
Back: J. Lloyd, D. Rampe, T. McCartin
Half-back: N. Blakey, R. Fox, O. Florent
Centre: J. McInerney, L. Parker, D. Stephens
Half-forward: I. Heeney, S. Reid, T. Papley
Forward: R. Clarke, L. Franklin, W. Hayward
Follower: T. Hickey, J. Rowbottom, C. Mills (capt.)
Int.: E. Gulden, P. McCartin, H. McLean, C. Warner
Sub.: B. Campbell

Geelong (20.13.133) defeated Sydney (8.4.52).

Goalkickers
Geelong: T. Stengle (4), T. Hawkins (3), I. Smith (3), J. Cameron (2), B. Close (2), M. Blicavs, S. De Koning, M. Duncan, C. Guthrie, B. Parfitt, J. Selwood
Sydney: C. Warner (2), W. Hayward, I. Heeney, P. McCartin, H. McLean, C. Mills, T. Papley

As a result of this match, Geelong were the premiers and Sydney were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Saturday 24 September 2022
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 100,024

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Sydney
Score: 20.13.133 - 8.4.52

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 5 9 . 8 15 . 11 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Sydney 1 . 0 4 . 2 4 . 3 8 . 4 8 . 4 (52)
Margin GEEL by 35 GEEL by 36 GEEL by 74 GEEL by 81 GEEL by 81
Duration 32:31 30:02 28:43 30:46 2:02:02

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Hosking, S. Meredith, M. Stevic, E: H. Gavine
Goal Umpire: M. Dervan, S. Walsh, E: D. Benwell
Boundary Umpire: C. Gordon, M. Konetschka, B. MacDonald, M. Marantelli, E: M. Tomkins

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Isaac Smith GEEL 7 14 4 1 0
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 10 1 3 1
Tyson Stengle GEEL 18 4 0 1 2
Mark Blicavs GEEL 46 1 0 0 1
Sam De Koning GEEL 16 1 0 0 1

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Isaac Smith GEEL 7 10 2 0 0 0 0
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 8 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 6 0 0 2 0 0
Tyson Stengle GEEL 18 4 0 0 0 2 0
Mark Blicavs GEEL 46 1 0 0 0 0 1
Sam De Koning GEEL 16 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
30 Atkins, Tom INT 64% 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 7 4 1 2 0 0 2
24 Bews, Jed HBFR 79% 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 3 1
46 Blicavs, Mark WL 87% 1 0 23 9 14 1 15 8 4 2 0 0 1 5
5 Cameron, Jeremy CHF 93% 2 1 18 12 6 8 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 3
45 Close, Brad HFFL 84% 2 0 18 6 12 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 78% 0 0 27 14 13 3 0 4 9 1 1 0 0 7
16 De Koning, Sam BPL 89% 1 0 16 10 6 7 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0
22 Duncan, Mitch WR 84% 1 0 27 16 11 13 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 3
29 Guthrie, Cameron RO↓ 58% 1 1 16 15 1 1 0 5 3 3 2 1 0 3
39 Guthrie, Zach INT 80% 0 1 15 8 7 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 2 1
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 91% 3 4 14 12 2 6 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 2
38 Henry, Jack FB 100% 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 1
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPR 83% 0 0 17 13 4 11 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1
32 Miers, Gryan INT 65% 0 1 18 9 9 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2
42 O'Connor, Mark C 82% 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2
3 Parfitt, Brandan SUB↑ 14% 1 0 8 5 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
23 Rohan, Gary FPR 78% 0 1 7 3 4 2 0 1 0 4 0 3 0 2
14 Selwood, Joel (c) INT 66% 1 0 26 14 12 8 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 2
7 Smith, Isaac HFFR 86% 3 1 32 23 9 12 0 2 5 4 0 1 1 11
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 77% 0 0 16 7 9 5 27 3 2 4 0 1 0 4
18 Stengle, Tyson FPL 82% 4 1 15 12 3 6 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 4
44 Stewart, Tom HBFL 87% 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 3
2 Tuohy, Zach CHB 92% 0 0 21 17 4 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 20 13 395 253 142 124 44 56 33 54 17 18 23 63

B. Parfitt replaced C. Guthrie 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 HBFL 71% 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 2 0
16 Campbell, Braeden SUB↑ 35% 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Clarke, Ryan FPL 83% 0 0 14 5 9 2 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 3
13 Florent, Oliver HBFR 86% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 0 4 1 2 1 2
42 Fox, Robbie CHB 91% 0 0 26 12 14 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 5 0
23 Franklin, Lance FF 92% 0 1 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
21 Gulden, Errol INT 83% 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 3 1 4 1 2 4 2
9 Hayward, Will FPR 81% 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFL 85% 1 0 11 4 7 2 0 6 2 1 2 0 1 1
31 Hickey, Tom RU 82% 0 0 13 5 8 3 21 2 2 1 0 0 3 2
44 Lloyd, Jake BPL 85% 0 0 18 11 7 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 6 0
39 McCartin, Paddy INT 76% 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
30 McCartin, Tom BPR 95% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 2 2 4 0 2 2 0
27 McInerney, Justin WL 62% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 McLean, Hayden INT 78% 1 0 4 2 2 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
14 Mills, Callum (c) RO 91% 1 0 13 8 5 5 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 2
11 Papley, Tom HFFR 82% 1 2 20 13 7 2 0 2 4 4 0 1 1 4
26 Parker, Luke C 86% 0 0 23 8 15 2 0 14 4 4 0 1 2 3
24 Rampe, Dane FB 90% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 1
20 Reid, Sam CHF↓ 38% 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Rowbottom, James RR 72% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 6 8 4 2 3 3 1
3 Stephens, Dylan WR 78% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 2 3 1 2 2 2
1 Warner, Chad INT 78% 2 0 29 15 14 2 0 6 10 5 1 1 3 5
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 8 4 304 166 138 62 24 65 37 54 18 17 45 32

B. Campbell replaced S. Reid 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

Geelong Coach: Chris Scott
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
44 J. Lloyd 24 D. Rampe 30 T. McCartin 1 R. Stanley 30 T. Atkins
23 G. Rohan 26 T. Hawkins 18 T. Stengle 35 P. Dangerfield 39 Z. Guthrie
FORWARD 29 C. Guthrie 32 G. Miers
HALF-BACK

14 J. Selwood (c)
22 N. Blakey 42 R. Fox 13 O. Florent

3 B. Parfitt
7 I. Smith 5 J. Cameron 45 B. Close



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



27 J. McInerney 26 L. Parker 3 D. Stephens



22 M. Duncan 42 M. O'Connor 46 M. Blicavs FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 21 E. Gulden
HALF-FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 39 P. McCartin
5 I. Heeney 20 S. Reid 11 T. Papley 14 C. Mills (c) 2 H. McLean
24 J. Bews 2 Z. Tuohy 44 T. Stewart

1 C. Warner
HALF-BACK

16 B. Campbell
FORWARD



4 R. Clarke 23 L. Franklin 9 W. Hayward



8 J. Kolodjashnij 38 J. Henry 16 S. De Koning



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:05
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 09:10
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 14:43
SYDN Will Hayward goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 16:25
GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 3.1.19 - 1.0.6 18:09
GEEL Isaac Smith goal 4.1.25 - 1.0.6 19:22
GEEL Isaac Smith goal 5.1.31 - 1.0.6 21:38
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 5.2.32 - 1.0.6 25:46
GEEL Brad Close goal 6.2.38 - 1.0.6 26:49
GEEL Jeremy Cameron behind 6.3.39 - 1.0.6 28:22
GEEL Zach Guthrie behind 6.4.40 - 1.0.6 29:38
GEEL Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 1.0.6 32:04
Q2 SYDN Lance Franklin behind 6.5.41 - 1.1.7 00:27
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 7.5.47 - 1.1.7 04:29
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 7.6.48 - 1.1.7 06:04
GEEL Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 1.1.7 06:58
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 7.7.49 - 2.1.13 09:03
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 8.7.55 - 2.1.13 16:11
SYDN Callum Mills goal 8.7.55 - 3.1.19 19:07
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 9.7.61 - 3.1.19 20:53
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 9.8.62 - 3.1.19 23:02
SYDN Tom Papley behind 9.8.62 - 3.2.20 24:55
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 9.8.62 - 4.2.26 26:04
Q3 GEEL Mitch Duncan goal 10.8.68 - 4.2.26 01:40
GEEL Brad Close goal 11.8.74 - 4.2.26 03:42
GEEL Isaac Smith goal 12.8.80 - 4.2.26 05:25
SYDN Rushed behind 12.8.80 - 4.3.27 09:08
GEEL Cameron Guthrie goal 13.8.86 - 4.3.27 11:53
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 13.9.87 - 4.3.27 17:22
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 14.9.93 - 4.3.27 17:43
GEEL Tyson Stengle goal 15.9.99 - 4.3.27 20:54
GEEL Cameron Guthrie behind 15.10.100 - 4.3.27 24:13
GEEL Isaac Smith behind 15.11.101 - 4.3.27 25:02
Q4 SYDN Chad Warner goal 15.11.101 - 5.3.33 06:00
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 16.11.107 - 5.3.33 07:19
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 16.12.108 - 5.3.33 11:24
GEEL Tyson Stengle behind 16.13.109 - 5.3.33 12:20
SYDN Tom Papley behind 16.13.109 - 5.4.34 12:56
GEEL Brandan Parfitt goal 17.13.115 - 5.4.34 15:01
SYDN Paddy McCartin goal 17.13.115 - 6.4.40 16:22
GEEL Sam De Koning goal 18.13.121 - 6.4.40 19:59
SYDN Chad Warner goal 18.13.121 - 7.4.46 21:12
GEEL Joel Selwood goal 19.13.127 - 7.4.46 24:21
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 20.13.133 - 7.4.46 26:04
SYDN Tom Papley goal 20.13.133 - 8.4.52 29:15