2022 AFL Round 16: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 2022 between Essendon and Sydney during round 16 of the 2022 AFL season. Essendon hosted Sydney at MCG. Dyson Heppell captained the hosts with Zach Merrett as vice-captain. 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 Ben Rutten and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Essendon
Back: N. Hind, J. Laverde, J. Ridley
Half-back: D. Heppell (capt.), J. Kelly, M. Redman
Centre: M. D'Ambrosio, Z. Merrett (vice-capt.), K. Langford
Half-forward: N. Martin, W. Snelling, M. Guelfi
Forward: P. Wright, J. Stringer, H. Jones
Follower: S. Draper, D. Shiel, D. Parish
Int.: J. Caldwell, S. Durham, B. Hobbs, B. Zerk-Thatcher
Sub.: A. Phillips

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

Essendon (15.5.95) defeated Sydney (12.14.86).

Goalkickers
Essendon: Z. Merrett (3), J. Stringer (2), P. Wright (2), S. Durham, D. Heppell, N. Hind, B. Hobbs, H. Jones, J. Kelly, K. Langford, M. Redman
Sydney: C. Warner (3), L. Franklin (2), I. Heeney (2), S. Reid (2), W. Hayward, C. Mills, T. Papley

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 16th on the ladder and Sydney were then 8th on the ladder (down from 6th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2022 AFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Saturday 2 July 2022
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 43,163

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Sydney
Score: 15.5.95 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 7 . 2 9 . 3 15 . 5 15 . 5 (95)
Sydney 5 . 2 7 . 6 9 . 14 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin SYDN by 18 SYDN by 4 SYDN by 11 ESSE by 9 ESSE by 9
Duration 29:48 30:02 27:08 33:26 2:00:24

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ben Rutten (Essendon), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Dyson Heppell (Essendon), unknown (Sydney)
Vice-Captains: Zach Merrett (Essendon), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Gianfagna (#27), D. Harris (#24), B. Rosebury (#8)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 3
Chad Warner SYDN 1 2
Nick Hind ESSE 19 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nick Hind ESSE 19 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Chad Warner SYDN 1 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 7 1 0 0 1 0
Dyson Heppell ESSE 21 3 0 0 1 0 0
Mason Redman ESSE 27 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jake Kelly ESSE 29 1 0 0 0 0 1
Brandon Zerk-Thatcher ESSE 30 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye INT 69% 0 0 18 6 12 5 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2
42 D'Ambrosio, Massimo WL 89% 0 0 23 13 10 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0
2 Draper, Sam RU 83% 0 0 8 7 1 1 30 3 4 4 0 2 2 2
22 Durham, Sam INT 72% 1 0 16 8 8 7 0 2 0 5 2 2 0 1
35 Guelfi, Matt HFFR 75% 0 1 13 3 10 2 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 3
21 Heppell, Dyson (c) HBFL 79% 1 0 25 9 16 8 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 1
19 Hind, Nick BPL 75% 1 1 25 20 5 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 3 7
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 71% 1 0 19 9 10 5 0 2 3 5 1 2 0 2
23 Jones, Harry FPR 77% 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
29 Kelly, Jake CHB 84% 1 0 20 16 4 13 0 1 0 3 0 2 5 3
4 Langford, Kyle WR 77% 1 0 13 6 7 4 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden FB 96% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 3 0 3 1 3 2 0
37 Martin, Nic HFFL 94% 0 0 18 11 7 5 0 3 2 2 1 1 3 3
7 Merrett, Zach (vc) C 81% 3 0 24 17 7 6 0 6 3 2 3 0 2 5
3 Parish, Darcy RO 80% 0 0 21 12 9 2 0 7 5 4 2 2 1 1
34 Phillips, Andrew SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Redman, Mason HBFR 91% 1 0 22 18 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 2 4 3
14 Ridley, Jordan BPR 88% 0 0 17 15 2 8 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0
9 Shiel, Dylan RR 80% 0 0 20 8 12 1 0 4 6 3 1 0 1 4
11 Snelling, Will CHF 78% 0 0 11 3 8 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 1
25 Stringer, Jake FF 84% 2 0 17 11 6 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 5
20 Wright, Peter FPL 100% 2 1 16 11 5 7 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 3
30 Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon INT 78% 0 0 18 13 5 9 0 3 1 3 1 0 7 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 15 5 380 224 156 114 36 48 38 58 21 26 43 49

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Blakey, Nick INT 78% 0 0 15 11 4 2 0 5 0 3 3 1 3 3
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 61% 0 2 6 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
4 Clarke, Ryan SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Florent, Oliver HBFL 86% 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2
42 Fox, Robbie BPL 82% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4
23 Franklin, Lance FF 95% 2 1 16 10 6 9 0 3 0 4 3 1 0 1
21 Gulden, Errol WL 80% 0 0 23 17 6 7 0 2 0 8 1 1 1 6
9 Hayward, Will HFFL 89% 1 1 8 8 0 6 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac FPL 86% 2 1 9 5 4 6 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 3
31 Hickey, Tom RU 81% 0 0 12 3 9 3 18 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 89% 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2
39 McCartin, Paddy CHB 72% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2
30 McCartin, Tom FB 97% 0 0 9 5 4 5 0 3 1 3 1 3 1 0
6 McDonald, Logan INT 61% 0 1 6 5 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1
27 McInerney, Justin INT 83% 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 5
14 Mills, Callum C 88% 1 0 13 6 7 3 0 3 3 2 1 2 1 0
11 Papley, Tom FPR 85% 1 3 18 16 2 5 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 1
26 Parker, Luke RR 83% 0 0 26 16 10 3 0 6 9 4 2 1 3 3
24 Rampe, Dane BPR 96% 0 0 11 10 1 6 0 5 0 4 1 2 3 1
20 Reid, Sam CHF 79% 2 2 7 7 0 4 4 1 0 2 2 1 0 2
8 Rowbottom, James RO 74% 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 5 3 5 0 3 1 2
3 Stephens, Dylan HFFR 75% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 4 2 1 0 1 1 1
1 Warner, Chad WR 80% 3 1 25 18 7 5 0 1 7 4 0 1 4 13
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 14 298 208 90 95 22 60 30 51 26 21 33 57

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
42 R. Fox 30 T. McCartin 24 D. Rampe 2 S. Draper 6 J. Caldwell
23 H. Jones 25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 9 D. Shiel 22 S. Durham
FORWARD 3 D. Parish 8 B. Hobbs
HALF-BACK

30 B. Zerk-Thatcher
13 O. Florent 39 P. McCartin 44 J. Lloyd

34 A. Phillips
35 M. Guelfi 11 W. Snelling 37 N. Martin



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



21 E. Gulden 14 C. Mills 1 C. Warner



4 K. Langford 7 Z. Merrett (vc) 42 M. D'Ambrosio FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 22 N. Blakey
HALF-FORWARD 26 L. Parker 16 B. Campbell
9 W. Hayward 20 S. Reid 3 D. Stephens 8 J. Rowbottom 6 L. McDonald
27 M. Redman 29 J. Kelly 21 D. Heppell (c)

27 J. McInerney
HALF-BACK

4 R. Clarke
FORWARD



5 I. Heeney 23 L. Franklin 11 T. Papley



14 J. Ridley 15 J. Laverde 19 N. Hind



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Tom Papley goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:28
SYDN Chad Warner goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 06:25
ESSE Dyson Heppell goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 07:36
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 1.0.6 - 3.0.18 09:18
ESSE Peter Wright behind 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 14:00
ESSE Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 3.0.18 17:14
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 1.2.8 - 4.0.24 19:13
SYDN Sam Reid goal 1.2.8 - 5.0.30 21:40
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 1.2.8 - 5.1.31 23:04
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 2.2.14 - 5.1.31 27:23
SYDN Tom Papley behind 2.2.14 - 5.2.32 29:45
Q2 SYDN Lance Franklin goal 2.2.14 - 6.2.38 01:39
SYDN Tom Papley behind 2.2.14 - 6.3.39 05:30
SYDN Sam Reid behind 2.2.14 - 6.4.40 06:23
ESSE Sam Durham goal 3.2.20 - 6.4.40 08:32
ESSE Harry Jones goal 4.2.26 - 6.4.40 12:11
ESSE Peter Wright goal 5.2.32 - 6.4.40 14:19
ESSE Ben Hobbs goal 6.2.38 - 6.4.40 15:52
ESSE Peter Wright goal 7.2.44 - 6.4.40 20:30
SYDN Rushed behind 7.2.44 - 6.5.41 23:20
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 7.2.44 - 6.6.42 24:59
SYDN Sam Reid goal 7.2.44 - 7.6.48 27:13
Q3 SYDN Sam Reid behind 7.2.44 - 7.7.49 01:09
SYDN Will Hayward behind 7.2.44 - 7.8.50 03:28
ESSE Matt Guelfi behind 7.3.45 - 7.8.50 04:56
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 8.3.51 - 7.8.50 06:37
SYDN Tom Papley behind 8.3.51 - 7.9.51 08:00
ESSE Jake Kelly goal 9.3.57 - 7.9.51 08:50
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 9.3.57 - 7.10.52 09:52
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 9.3.57 - 7.11.53 12:26
SYDN Chad Warner behind 9.3.57 - 7.12.54 16:04
SYDN Rushed behind 9.3.57 - 7.13.55 16:59
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 9.3.57 - 7.14.56 20:40
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 9.3.57 - 8.14.62 25:23
SYDN Will Hayward goal 9.3.57 - 9.14.68 27:05
Q4 ESSE Rushed behind 9.4.58 - 9.14.68 02:02
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 10.4.64 - 9.14.68 03:25
SYDN Chad Warner goal 10.4.64 - 10.14.74 05:02
SYDN Callum Mills goal 10.4.64 - 11.14.80 08:17
ESSE Nick Hind behind 10.5.65 - 11.14.80 11:44
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 11.5.71 - 11.14.80 12:29
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 12.5.77 - 11.14.80 15:54
ESSE Mason Redman goal 13.5.83 - 11.14.80 20:54
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 14.5.89 - 11.14.80 26:11
SYDN Chad Warner goal 14.5.89 - 12.14.86 28:55
ESSE Nick Hind goal 15.5.95 - 12.14.86 31:47