2023 AFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Sydney

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

Geelong (20.10.130) defeated Sydney (5.7.37).

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Geelong) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Sydney) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Scott

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Longmire

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

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