2023 AFL Round 6: Geelong v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 2023 between Geelong and Sydney during round 6 of the 2023 AFL season. Geelong hosted Sydney at GMHBA Stadium. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Geelong
Back: E. Ratugolea, S. De Koning, T. Stewart
Half-back: J. Kolodjashnij, M. Blicavs, Z. Guthrie
Centre: I. Smith, M. O'Connor, Z. Tuohy
Half-forward: M. Duncan, T. Hawkins, G. Rohan
Forward: G. Miers, J. Cameron, B. Close
Follower: S. Simpson, C. Guthrie, P. Dangerfield
Int.: T. Atkins, J. Bowes, O. Henry, M. Holmes
Sub.: M. Knevitt

Sydney
Back: B. Campbell, R. Fox, H. Cunningham
Half-back: O. Florent, J. Lloyd, N. Blakey
Centre: M. Roberts, C. Mills, R. Clarke
Half-forward: E. Gulden, W. Hayward, A. Francis
Forward: I. Heeney, L. McDonald, T. Papley
Follower: P. Ladhams, J. Rowbottom, C. Warner
Int.: J. McInerney, H. McLean, L. Parker, D. Stephens
Sub.: W. Gould

Geelong (20.10.130) defeated Sydney (5.7.37).

Goalkickers
Geelong: J. Cameron (5), T. Hawkins (5), B. Close (2), O. Henry (2), S. Simpson (2), M. Blicavs, P. Dangerfield, G. Rohan, Z. Tuohy
Sydney: W. Hayward (2), I. Heeney, T. Papley, D. Stephens

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) and Sydney were then 10th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Sydney
Date: Saturday 22 April 2023
Time: 7:25 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 23,134

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Sydney
Score: 20.10.130 - 5.7.37

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 3 11 . 3 18 . 5 20 . 10 20 . 10 (130)
Sydney 2 . 0 5 . 4 5 . 5 5 . 7 5 . 7 (37)
Margin GEEL by 27 GEEL by 35 GEEL by 78 GEEL by 93 GEEL by 93
Duration 30:18 31:42 30:43 26:24 1:59:07

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Scott (Geelong), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Geelong), unknown (Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jeremy Cameron GEEL 5 3
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 2
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Patrick Dangerfield GEEL 35 10 2 0 0 0 0
Jeremy Cameron GEEL 5 7 0 1 1 0 0
Mark Blicavs GEEL 46 6 0 1 0 1 0
Tom Hawkins GEEL 26 5 0 0 1 1 0
Cameron Guthrie GEEL 29 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Stewart GEEL 44 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 67% 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 6 5 3 4 2 1 3
46 Blicavs, Mark CHB 80% 1 0 15 7 8 0 15 3 6 2 3 0 1 3
12 Bowes, Jack INT 74% 0 1 19 14 5 6 0 2 2 1 1 0 3 3
5 Cameron, Jeremy FF 97% 5 0 17 12 5 6 0 1 0 7 1 4 1 3
45 Close, Brad FPR 84% 2 1 15 8 7 2 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 1
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RO 75% 1 1 31 15 16 6 0 2 7 3 0 0 0 7
16 De Koning, Sam FB 83% 0 0 10 6 4 6 11 0 0 2 0 1 1 3
22 Duncan, Mitch HFFL 75% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 1 1 3 1 3 3 1
29 Guthrie, Cameron RR↓ 61% 0 0 24 8 16 4 0 4 5 4 0 1 0 1
39 Guthrie, Zach HBFR 90% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 1
26 Hawkins, Tom CHF 85% 5 0 8 7 1 5 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0
36 Henry, Ollie INT 86% 2 1 11 5 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
9 Holmes, Max INT 62% 0 0 23 15 8 4 0 7 2 4 0 1 3 5
10 Knevitt, Mitch SUB↑ 15% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake HBFL 90% 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 3
32 Miers, Gryan FPL 86% 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 5
42 O'Connor, Mark C 84% 0 0 16 11 5 6 0 5 2 3 0 2 3 3
17 Ratugolea, Esava BPL 92% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
23 Rohan, Gary HFFR 80% 1 4 11 8 3 3 0 5 0 3 2 0 0 2
37 Simpson, Sam RU 78% 2 1 14 7 7 6 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
7 Smith, Isaac WL 77% 0 0 19 8 11 4 0 1 1 5 1 1 1 3
44 Stewart, Tom BPR 93% 0 0 23 19 4 7 0 3 1 1 2 0 7 1
2 Tuohy, Zach WR 85% 1 0 11 7 4 0 0 4 1 4 1 3 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 20 10 360 210 150 91 27 59 36 57 25 20 34 53

M. Knevitt replaced C. Guthrie.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Blakey, Nick HBFR 82% 0 0 19 12 7 3 0 2 0 7 1 1 4 2
16 Campbell, Braeden BPL 89% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 2 0 5 0 3 7 1
4 Clarke, Ryan WR 77% 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
7 Cunningham, Harry BPR 85% 0 0 12 7 5 5 0 5 0 1 1 1 3 4
13 Florent, Oliver HBFL 81% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 3 1 7 0 3 3 2
42 Fox, Robbie FB 97% 0 0 17 6 11 3 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 0
10 Francis, Aaron HFFR 90% 0 1 7 6 1 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 2 0
17 Gould, Will SUB↑ 42% 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0
21 Gulden, Errol HFFL 90% 0 3 16 16 0 5 0 3 2 7 4 4 1 7
9 Hayward, Will CHF 84% 2 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 2
5 Heeney, Isaac FPL 86% 1 0 14 9 5 7 0 8 2 4 0 0 1 1
19 Ladhams, Peter RU 74% 0 0 14 11 3 5 28 3 3 4 1 2 0 4
44 Lloyd, Jake CHB 86% 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 1
6 McDonald, Logan FF 76% 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
27 McInerney, Justin INT 65% 0 0 8 3 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 McLean, Hayden INT 75% 0 0 13 6 7 2 8 2 4 2 1 0 0 1
14 Mills, Callum C 95% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 8 1 3 0 1 2 2
11 Papley, Tom FPR 83% 1 1 9 5 4 3 0 4 4 1 1 1 0 1
26 Parker, Luke INT 79% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 4 6 3 2 1 1 3
34 Roberts, Matt WL↓ 27% 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
8 Rowbottom, James RR 70% 0 1 13 10 3 0 0 10 5 2 1 0 1 5
3 Stephens, Dylan INT 86% 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0 5 3 2 0 1
1 Warner, Chad RO 80% 0 0 19 10 9 1 0 2 6 5 0 2 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 5 7 284 185 99 76 36 72 35 72 20 25 34 40

W. Gould replaced M. Roberts.

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
16 B. Campbell 42 R. Fox 7 H. Cunningham 37 S. Simpson 30 T. Atkins
45 B. Close 5 J. Cameron 32 G. Miers 29 C. Guthrie 12 J. Bowes
FORWARD 35 P. Dangerfield 36 O. Henry
HALF-BACK

9 M. Holmes
13 O. Florent 44 J. Lloyd 22 N. Blakey

10 M. Knevitt
23 G. Rohan 26 T. Hawkins 22 M. Duncan



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



34 M. Roberts 14 C. Mills 4 R. Clarke



2 Z. Tuohy 42 M. O'Connor 7 I. Smith FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 19 P. Ladhams 27 J. McInerney
HALF-FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 2 H. McLean
21 E. Gulden 9 W. Hayward 10 A. Francis 1 C. Warner 26 L. Parker
39 Z. Guthrie 46 M. Blicavs 8 J. Kolodjashnij

3 D. Stephens
HALF-BACK

17 W. Gould
FORWARD



5 I. Heeney 6 L. McDonald 11 T. Papley



44 T. Stewart 16 S. De Koning 17 E. Ratugolea



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Sam Simpson goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:49
SYDN Will Hayward goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 03:58
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:34
GEEL Mark Blicavs goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 09:04
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 10:35
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 3.2.20 - 1.0.6 12:33
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 4.2.26 - 1.0.6 15:31
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 5.2.32 - 1.0.6 18:19
SYDN Tom Papley goal 5.2.32 - 2.0.12 20:15
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 6.2.38 - 2.0.12 23:27
GEEL Jack Bowes behind 6.3.39 - 2.0.12 27:34
Q2 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 7.3.45 - 2.0.12 03:25
GEEL Brad Close goal 8.3.51 - 2.0.12 05:08
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 9.3.57 - 2.0.12 10:00
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 9.3.57 - 2.1.13 11:14
SYDN Will Hayward goal 9.3.57 - 3.1.19 15:40
GEEL Sam Simpson goal 10.3.63 - 3.1.19 17:22
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield goal 11.3.69 - 3.1.19 20:37
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 11.3.69 - 3.2.20 22:45
SYDN James Rowbottom behind 11.3.69 - 3.3.21 23:09
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 11.3.69 - 4.3.27 24:35
SYDN Dylan Stephens goal 11.3.69 - 5.3.33 26:37
SYDN Rushed behind 11.3.69 - 5.4.34 29:22
Q3 GEEL Brad Close behind 11.4.70 - 5.4.34 00:32
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 12.4.76 - 5.4.34 02:33
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 12.5.77 - 5.4.34 07:56
GEEL Ollie Henry goal 13.5.83 - 5.4.34 09:10
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 14.5.89 - 5.4.34 10:52
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 15.5.95 - 5.4.34 14:52
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 16.5.101 - 5.4.34 16:32
GEEL Zach Tuohy goal 17.5.107 - 5.4.34 26:12
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 18.5.113 - 5.4.34 27:57
SYDN Aaron Francis behind 18.5.113 - 5.5.35 29:35
Q4 SYDN Errol Gulden behind 18.5.113 - 5.6.36 01:34
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 18.6.114 - 5.6.36 07:07
GEEL Patrick Dangerfield behind 18.7.115 - 5.6.36 07:56
GEEL Sam Simpson behind 18.8.116 - 5.6.36 08:46
GEEL Ollie Henry behind 18.9.117 - 5.6.36 13:02
GEEL Rushed behind 18.10.118 - 5.6.36 14:18
GEEL Brad Close goal 19.10.124 - 5.6.36 19:24
GEEL Jeremy Cameron goal 20.10.130 - 5.6.36 23:17
SYDN Tom Papley behind 20.10.130 - 5.7.37 25:26