2023 AFL Elimination Final 1: Carlton v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 2023 between Carlton and Sydney in the first elimination final of the 2023 AFL season. Carlton hosted Sydney at MCG. Patrick Cripps captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Michael Voss and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Carlton
Back: J. Weitering, B. Kemp, C. Marchbank
Half-back: M. McGovern, N. Newman, A. Saad
Centre: B. Acres, P. Cripps (capt.), S. Docherty
Half-forward: L. Fogarty, D. Cuningham, M. Cottrell
Forward: J. Martin, C. Curnow, H. McKay
Follower: T. De Koning, A. Cerra, S. Walsh
Int.: A. Cincotta, G. Hewett, M. Owies, M. Pittonet
Sub.: J. Motlop

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

Carlton (11.8.74) defeated Sydney (9.14.68).

Goalkickers
Carlton: M. Cottrell (2), J. Martin (2), B. Acres, A. Cerra, P. Cripps, D. Cuningham, C. Curnow, S. Docherty, M. Owies
Sydney: E. Gulden (2), L. McDonald (2), L. Parker (2), J. Amartey, W. Hayward, H. McLean

As a result of this match, Carlton faced Melbourne in the first semi final and Sydney were eliminated (finishing 8th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Elimination Final 1
Teams: Carlton v Sydney
Date: Friday 8 September 2023
Time: 7:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 92,026

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Sydney
Score: 11.8.74 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 2 7 . 5 10 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Sydney 1 . 5 2 . 6 7 . 9 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin CARL by 9 CARL by 29 CARL by 15 CARL by 6 CARL by 6
Duration 29:57 30:57 31:56 31:17 2:04:07

Honour Roll

Coaches: Michael Voss (Carlton), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: Patrick Cripps (Carlton), unknown (Sydney)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Blake Acres CARL 13 9 1 1 0 0 0
Sam Walsh CARL 18 8 1 0 1 0 0
Tom McCartin SYDN 30 5 0 0 1 1 0
Matt Cottrell CARL 46 4 0 1 0 0 0
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 2 0 0 0 1 0
Adam Cerra CARL 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
Adam Saad CARL 42 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
13 Acres, Blake WL 92% 1 1 26 17 9 4 0 1 5 8 0 0 0 7
5 Cerra, Adam RR 73% 1 0 24 14 10 3 0 7 3 2 2 1 1 5
39 Cincotta, Alex INT 78% 0 0 9 5 4 2 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 1
46 Cottrell, Matt HFFR 95% 2 1 17 12 5 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 3
9 Cripps, Patrick (c) C 78% 1 1 21 9 12 1 0 5 3 7 1 2 1 2
28 Cuningham, David CHF 74% 1 1 9 4 5 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
30 Curnow, Charlie FF 94% 1 0 15 10 5 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5
12 De Koning, Tom RU 71% 0 0 15 10 5 4 11 1 5 1 3 1 0 5
15 Docherty, Sam WR 91% 1 1 21 16 5 6 0 3 2 2 1 1 1 2
8 Fogarty, Lachie HFFL 85% 0 0 12 6 6 2 0 8 1 1 0 0 1 2
29 Hewett, George INT 68% 0 0 25 12 13 4 0 5 5 5 1 3 1 4
17 Kemp, Brodie FB 94% 0 0 13 7 6 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 1
22 Marchbank, Caleb BPR 74% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 4 0 2 1 1 2 0
21 Martin, Jack FPL 78% 2 0 12 6 6 5 0 2 0 7 1 5 2 0
11 McGovern, Mitch HBFL 82% 0 0 16 14 2 6 0 1 0 3 3 2 7 2
10 McKay, Harry FPR↓ 68% 0 2 11 6 5 5 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 1
3 Motlop, Jesse SUB↑ 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
24 Newman, Nic CHB 92% 0 0 23 16 7 5 0 2 2 4 1 0 2 2
44 Owies, Matthew INT 66% 1 0 5 2 3 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
27 Pittonet, Marc INT 61% 0 0 14 9 5 0 24 2 4 1 1 1 0 0
42 Saad, Adam HBFR 81% 0 0 23 21 2 7 0 3 1 1 0 0 8 2
18 Walsh, Sam RO 81% 0 0 28 13 15 2 0 6 6 4 0 0 2 9
23 Weitering, Jacob BPL 100% 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 8 370 231 139 85 36 66 38 62 19 19 36 56

J. Motlop replaced H. McKay.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel FF↓ 55% 1 2 7 4 3 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
22 Blakey, Nick INT 63% 0 0 23 14 9 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 3
16 Campbell, Braeden WL 86% 0 1 22 12 10 6 0 3 3 4 0 0 4 2
7 Cunningham, Harry CHB 84% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 4 1 1 0 0 4 0
13 Florent, Oliver HBFL 85% 0 0 13 8 5 3 0 1 2 5 0 1 6 0
42 Fox, Robbie SUB↑ 25% 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
21 Gulden, Errol HFFL 98% 2 1 23 20 3 8 0 3 2 5 0 3 4 4
9 Hayward, Will INT 74% 1 1 12 5 7 6 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFR 82% 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 4 3 8 1 3 2 2
31 Hickey, Tom RU 75% 0 0 10 1 9 2 24 1 2 2 1 2 0 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 86% 0 0 27 19 8 10 0 1 0 3 0 1 7 4
30 McCartin, Tom FB 94% 0 0 18 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
6 McDonald, Logan FPR 79% 2 0 10 7 3 3 0 4 0 4 1 2 0 0
27 McInerney, Justin WR 80% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 1 0 4 2 1 2 2
2 McLean, Hayden INT 78% 1 1 17 12 5 12 11 4 1 3 0 2 0 5
43 Melican, Lewis BPL 87% 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0
14 Mills, Callum RR 82% 0 1 21 13 8 3 0 5 2 1 3 0 3 1
11 Papley, Tom CHF 79% 0 1 18 12 6 4 0 3 7 3 2 0 1 8
26 Parker, Luke RO 81% 2 0 19 14 5 8 0 4 1 4 1 1 0 2
24 Rampe, Dane BPR 93% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 1
8 Rowbottom, James INT 70% 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 1
1 Warner, Chad C 84% 0 1 22 17 5 4 0 5 4 6 1 2 3 3
15 Wicks, Sam FPL 81% 0 2 14 9 5 2 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 9 14 362 224 138 106 35 67 35 64 19 19 45 46

R. Fox replaced J. Amartey.

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

Carlton Coach: Michael Voss
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
43 L. Melican 30 T. McCartin 24 D. Rampe 12 T. De Koning 39 A. Cincotta
10 H. McKay 30 C. Curnow 21 J. Martin 5 A. Cerra 29 G. Hewett
FORWARD 18 S. Walsh 44 M. Owies
HALF-BACK

27 M. Pittonet
13 O. Florent 7 H. Cunningham 44 J. Lloyd

3 J. Motlop
46 M. Cottrell 28 D. Cuningham 8 L. Fogarty



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 B. Campbell 1 C. Warner 27 J. McInerney



15 S. Docherty 9 P. Cripps (c) 13 B. Acres FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 22 N. Blakey
HALF-FORWARD 14 C. Mills 9 W. Hayward
21 E. Gulden 11 T. Papley 5 I. Heeney 26 L. Parker 2 H. McLean
42 A. Saad 24 N. Newman 11 M. McGovern

8 J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK

42 R. Fox
FORWARD



15 S. Wicks 36 J. Amartey 6 L. McDonald



22 C. Marchbank 17 B. Kemp 23 J. Weitering



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 CARL Sam Docherty goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 01:50
CARL Charlie Curnow goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 03:04
CARL Blake Acres behind 2.1.13 - 0.0.0 04:38
SYDN Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 0.1.1 10:39
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 11:26
SYDN Callum Mills behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 17:18
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 19:03
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 2.1.13 - 1.4.10 20:44
CARL Harry McKay behind 2.2.14 - 1.4.10 21:26
CARL Matt Cottrell goal 3.2.20 - 1.4.10 26:29
SYDN Chad Warner behind 3.2.20 - 1.5.11 29:52
Q2 CARL Sam Docherty behind 3.3.21 - 1.5.11 01:02
CARL David Cuningham behind 3.4.22 - 1.5.11 02:57
CARL Matthew Owies goal 4.4.28 - 1.5.11 06:17
CARL Matt Cottrell behind 4.5.29 - 1.5.11 07:32
CARL Matt Cottrell goal 5.5.35 - 1.5.11 10:17
CARL Jack Martin goal 6.5.41 - 1.5.11 21:16
SYDN Will Hayward behind 6.5.41 - 1.6.12 25:14
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 6.5.41 - 2.6.18 26:57
CARL David Cuningham goal 7.5.47 - 2.6.18 29:54
Q3 CARL Harry McKay behind 7.6.48 - 2.6.18 02:06
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 7.6.48 - 2.7.19 05:10
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 7.6.48 - 3.7.25 05:38
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 7.6.48 - 4.7.31 07:58
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 7.6.48 - 5.7.37 09:13
CARL Jack Martin goal 8.6.54 - 5.7.37 12:33
CARL Adam Cerra goal 9.6.60 - 5.7.37 14:41
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 9.6.60 - 5.8.38 19:28
CARL Patrick Cripps goal 10.6.66 - 5.8.38 21:28
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 10.6.66 - 5.9.39 24:31
SYDN Will Hayward goal 10.6.66 - 6.9.45 25:00
SYDN Luke Parker goal 10.6.66 - 7.9.51 28:49
Q4 SYDN Tom Papley behind 10.6.66 - 7.10.52 01:15
CARL Patrick Cripps behind 10.7.67 - 7.10.52 04:01
SYDN Luke Parker goal 10.7.67 - 8.10.58 05:45
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 10.7.67 - 8.11.59 13:48
CARL Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 8.11.59 17:31
SYDN Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 8.12.60 18:19
CARL Blake Acres goal 11.8.74 - 8.12.60 22:07
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 11.8.74 - 8.13.61 23:26
SYDN Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 8.14.62 24:38
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 11.8.74 - 9.14.68 29:32