2022 AFL Qualifying Final 2: Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 2022 between Melbourne and Sydney in the second qualifying final of the 2022 AFL season. Melbourne hosted Sydney at MCG. Max Gawn captained the hosts. With the presence of multiple Sydney co-captains, namely Callum Mills, Luke Parker and Dane Rampe, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Simon Goodwin and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

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

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

Melbourne (10.9.69) were defeated by Sydney (14.7.91).

Goalkickers
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (3), C. Oliver (2), B. Brown, M. Gawn, K. Pickett, C. Spargo, T. Sparrow
Sydney: W. Hayward (2), J. Lloyd (2), T. Papley (2), S. Reid (2), I. Heeney, T. Hickey, C. Mills, L. Parker, J. Rowbottom, D. Stephens

As a result of this match, Sydney faced Collingwood in the second preliminary final and Melbourne faced Brisbane Lions in the second semi final.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final 2
Teams: Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Friday 2 September 2022
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 78,377

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 10.9.69 - 14.7.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 1 5 . 4 10 . 5 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Sydney 2 . 3 6 . 4 12 . 5 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Margin MELB by 10 SYDN by 6 SYDN by 12 SYDN by 22 SYDN by 22
Duration 30:33 29:35 35:38 29:57 2:05:43

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: C. Fleer, A. Stephens, M. Stevic, E: J. Broadbent
Goal Umpire: S. Walsh, S. Williams, E: M. Bridges
Boundary Umpire: C. Gordon, M. Jenkinson, B. MacDonald, J. Mather

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Steven May MELB 1 10 2 0 0 0 0
Luke Parker SYDN 26 8 0 2 0 0 0
Jake Lloyd SYDN 44 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Callum Mills SYDN 14 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Clayton Oliver MELB 13 3 0 0 ? ? ?
James Rowbottom SYDN 8 3 0 0 ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Brayshaw, Angus RO 84% 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 4 3 4 0 2 2 2
50 Brown, Ben INT 73% 1 0 7 4 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 86% 3 1 13 9 4 6 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2
11 Gawn, Max (c) FPR 91% 1 0 19 14 5 5 30 2 3 3 3 2 0 3
4 Harmes, James WL 74% 0 0 23 15 8 6 0 3 2 4 2 1 3 6
14 Hibberd, Michael BPL 87% 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0
29 Hunt, Jayden HBFL 79% 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3
6 Jackson, Luke RU 65% 0 0 7 2 5 1 13 7 1 3 0 0 1 1
15 Langdon, Ed WR 100% 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 2 1 4 1 0 3 4
8 Lever, Jake BPR 90% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 2
1 May, Steven FB 96% 0 0 23 21 2 7 0 2 0 4 3 1 11 2
18 Melksham, Jake FF 85% 0 2 5 3 2 2 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 77% 0 2 14 8 6 1 0 4 1 1 2 1 1 5
13 Oliver, Clayton C 86% 2 0 29 14 15 4 0 8 8 6 4 2 2 4
5 Petracca, Christian CHF 89% 0 1 24 15 9 1 0 2 4 2 2 0 3 7
35 Petty, Harry CHB 95% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah HFFL 74% 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0
24 Rivers, Trent INT 69% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 1
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 84% 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 3
44 Smith, Joel SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 70% 1 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 2
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 71% 1 1 14 9 5 5 0 5 2 3 0 2 1 4
7 Viney, Jack RR 76% 0 0 23 7 16 1 0 6 7 3 1 0 0 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 9 331 201 130 77 44 70 34 58 23 18 36 56

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Blakey, Nick INT 73% 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 5 2
16 Campbell, Braeden SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Clarke, Ryan FPR 85% 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1
13 Florent, Oliver WL 77% 0 0 20 11 9 4 0 2 3 3 0 2 8 3
42 Fox, Robbie BPR 95% 0 0 18 10 8 5 0 1 0 3 0 1 5 0
23 Franklin, Lance FF 90% 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 1 0 5 2 3 1 2
21 Gulden, Errol INT 80% 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 7 2 3 2 3 1 3
9 Hayward, Will HFFR 82% 2 1 9 5 4 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 2
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFL 81% 1 2 8 6 2 2 0 9 1 2 1 0 0 3
31 Hickey, Tom RU 81% 1 0 17 10 7 4 24 1 5 3 0 2 5 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 81% 2 0 25 21 4 10 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 5
39 McCartin, Paddy CHB 84% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1
30 McCartin, Tom FB 96% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 5 0 3 1 0
6 McDonald, Logan INT 59% 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
27 McInerney, Justin HBFR 78% 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 2
14 Mills, Callum WR 85% 1 0 23 16 7 6 0 11 4 4 1 3 2 9
11 Papley, Tom FPL 82% 2 0 15 11 4 3 0 1 3 4 0 1 0 0
26 Parker, Luke RR 84% 1 0 25 13 12 3 0 11 9 5 1 1 2 1
24 Rampe, Dane BPL 94% 0 0 15 10 5 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0
20 Reid, Sam CHF 78% 2 1 11 7 4 6 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 2
8 Rowbottom, James RO 76% 1 0 24 19 5 1 0 8 6 9 5 1 2 5
3 Stephens, Dylan INT 76% 1 1 18 12 6 2 0 4 0 5 0 1 0 1
1 Warner, Chad C 82% 0 1 13 9 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 14 7 321 214 107 79 28 84 39 65 18 23 46 49

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 42 R. Fox 6 L. Jackson 50 B. Brown
11 M. Gawn (c) 18 J. Melksham 31 B. Fritsch 7 J. Viney 24 T. Rivers
FORWARD 10 A. Brayshaw 9 C. Spargo
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
44 J. Lloyd 39 P. McCartin 27 J. McInerney

44 J. Smith
30 A. Neal-Bullen 5 C. Petracca 36 K. Pickett



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 O. Florent 1 C. Warner 14 C. Mills



15 E. Langdon 13 C. Oliver 4 J. Harmes FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 22 N. Blakey
HALF-FORWARD 26 L. Parker 21 E. Gulden
5 I. Heeney 20 S. Reid 9 W. Hayward 8 J. Rowbottom 6 L. McDonald
3 C. Salem 35 H. Petty 29 J. Hunt

3 D. Stephens
HALF-BACK

16 B. Campbell
FORWARD



11 T. Papley 23 L. Franklin 4 R. Clarke



8 J. Lever 1 S. May 14 M. Hibberd



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:48
SYDN Chad Warner behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 04:41
SYDN Will Hayward goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 09:11
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 11:26
MELB Charlie Spargo goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 15:23
SYDN James Rowbottom goal 2.1.13 - 2.1.13 17:24
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 23:03
MELB Ben Brown goal 3.1.19 - 2.2.14 25:18
SYDN Sam Reid behind 3.1.19 - 2.3.15 27:12
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 4.1.25 - 2.3.15 30:29
Q2 MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 5.1.31 - 2.3.15 01:46
SYDN Will Hayward goal 5.1.31 - 3.3.21 05:39
SYDN Tom Papley goal 5.1.31 - 4.3.27 08:05
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 5.1.31 - 4.4.28 11:16
SYDN Callum Mills goal 5.1.31 - 5.4.34 13:37
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 5.2.32 - 5.4.34 17:48
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 5.3.33 - 5.4.34 18:31
SYDN Dylan Stephens goal 5.3.33 - 6.4.40 26:15
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 5.4.34 - 6.4.40 28:18
Q3 MELB Clayton Oliver goal 6.4.40 - 6.4.40 02:40
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.4.46 - 6.4.40 05:30
MELB Tom Sparrow goal 8.4.52 - 6.4.40 06:44
SYDN Tom Papley goal 8.4.52 - 7.4.46 12:27
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 8.4.52 - 8.4.52 14:50
MELB Clayton Oliver goal 9.4.58 - 8.4.52 17:52
SYDN Dylan Stephens behind 9.4.58 - 8.5.53 20:07
SYDN Luke Parker goal 9.4.58 - 9.5.59 22:03
SYDN Sam Reid goal 9.4.58 - 10.5.65 24:13
SYDN Sam Reid goal 9.4.58 - 11.5.71 27:08
MELB Max Gawn goal 10.4.64 - 11.5.71 29:21
SYDN Tom Hickey goal 10.4.64 - 12.5.77 32:07
MELB Jake Melksham behind 10.5.65 - 12.5.77 34:05
Q4 SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 10.5.65 - 13.5.83 02:52
SYDN Rushed behind 10.5.65 - 13.6.84 04:32
SYDN Will Hayward behind 10.5.65 - 13.7.85 07:39
MELB Jake Melksham behind 10.6.66 - 13.7.85 09:39
MELB Christian Petracca behind 10.7.67 - 13.7.85 14:33
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 10.7.67 - 14.7.91 15:31
MELB Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 14.7.91 21:03
MELB Tom Sparrow behind 10.9.69 - 14.7.91 27:44