2023 AFL Round 18: Sydney v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 2023 between Sydney and Western Bulldogs during round 18 of the 2023 AFL season. Sydney hosted Western Bulldogs at SCG. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

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

Western Bulldogs
Back: L. Vandermeer, R. Gardner, J. O'Donnell
Half-back: B. Dale, A. Keath, E. Richards
Centre: C. Poulter, M. Bontempelli, B. Williams
Half-forward: J. Macrae, A. Naughton, A. Treloar
Forward: C. Weightman, J. Ugle-Hagan, L. McNeil
Follower: T. English, R. West, T. Liberatore
Int.: C. Daniel, S. Darcy, T. Duryea, A. Scott
Sub.: R. Garcia

Sydney (11.12.78) defeated Western Bulldogs (11.10.76).

Goalkickers
Sydney: T. Papley (4), O. Florent (2), L. Franklin (2), J. Amartey, I. Heeney, J. Rowbottom
Western Bulldogs: A. Naughton (3), M. Bontempelli (2), T. Liberatore, C. Poulter, A. Scott, J. Ugle-Hagan, L. Vandermeer, C. Weightman

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 14th on the ladder (up from 15th) and Western Bulldogs remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Sydney v Western Bulldogs
Date: Thursday 13 July 2023
Time: 7:20 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 26,221

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 11.12.78 - 11.10.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 3 6 . 7 8 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Western Bulldogs 5 . 4 6 . 4 9 . 6 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Margin WBUL by 19 SYDN by 3 WBUL by 3 SYDN by 2 SYDN by 2
Duration 34:27 31:20 30:05 30:14 2:06:06

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), unknown (Western Bulldogs)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 3
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 2
Tom Papley SYDN 11 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 10 2 0 0 0 0
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 8 0 2 0 0 0
Tim English WBUL 44 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Tom Papley SYDN 11 4 0 0 ? ? ?
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Aaron Naughton WBUL 33 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel FPL 72% 1 1 8 6 2 5 6 8 0 1 1 1 0 3
22 Blakey, Nick INT 74% 0 0 23 11 12 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 3
16 Campbell, Braeden WL 74% 0 1 12 7 5 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 2
4 Clarke, Ryan SUB↑ 23% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
7 Cunningham, Harry HBFR 88% 0 0 18 14 4 8 0 6 1 3 0 1 3 0
13 Florent, Oliver HBFL 87% 2 0 23 20 3 4 0 3 3 3 1 0 3 3
42 Fox, Robbie CHB 86% 0 0 11 6 5 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0
23 Franklin, Lance FF 87% 2 2 12 9 3 3 0 5 1 2 3 0 0 1
21 Gulden, Errol RR 90% 0 0 30 21 9 5 0 7 5 4 2 0 2 11
9 Hayward, Will INT 82% 0 2 9 5 4 2 0 6 0 1 4 1 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFR 81% 1 1 14 8 6 1 0 8 4 1 1 0 1 2
30 McCartin, Tom BPR 89% 0 0 15 8 7 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 7 0
6 McDonald, Logan CHF 72% 0 0 4 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
27 McInerney, Justin WR 82% 0 1 23 15 8 5 0 6 1 4 2 2 3 1
2 McLean, Hayden RU 87% 0 0 14 10 4 4 25 2 2 5 1 3 3 4
43 Melican, Lewis FB↓ 61% 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 Mills, Callum RO 80% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2
11 Papley, Tom FPR 83% 4 2 14 12 2 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 4
26 Parker, Luke C 79% 0 0 23 15 8 3 0 3 4 3 1 0 1 4
24 Rampe, Dane BPL 90% 0 0 16 11 5 4 0 3 0 2 1 1 4 1
8 Rowbottom, James INT 74% 1 0 17 10 7 1 0 10 2 2 0 0 1 2
37 Warner, Corey INT 71% 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1
15 Wicks, Sam HFFL 88% 0 0 10 4 6 1 0 8 1 2 1 2 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 11 12 321 210 111 74 34 90 34 44 22 13 45 51

R. Clarke replaced L. Melican.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus C 89% 2 1 31 22 9 6 0 8 6 7 1 2 1 9
31 Dale, Bailey HBFL 85% 0 0 22 16 6 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 3 1
35 Daniel, Caleb INT 81% 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 3 2 4 0 1 3 4
10 Darcy, Sam INT 30% 0 1 2 1 1 0 7 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
15 Duryea, Taylor INT 73% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 2 0
44 English, Tim RU 93% 0 0 22 17 5 4 60 1 10 2 3 0 3 6
38 Garcia, Riley SUB↑ 37% 0 0 9 3 6 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1
43 Gardner, Ryan FB 100% 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 1 4 0 3 1 0
42 Keath, Alex CHB 100% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1
21 Liberatore, Tom RO 78% 1 0 31 13 18 4 0 7 11 3 0 1 4 5
11 Macrae, Jack HFFL 86% 0 1 24 10 14 2 0 2 4 3 1 1 0 4
30 McNeil, Lachlan FPR 71% 0 0 10 3 7 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 91% 3 1 15 12 3 7 1 4 0 2 3 1 1 1
18 O'Donnell, James BPR↓ 33% 0 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Poulter, Caleb WL 83% 1 0 15 9 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2
20 Richards, Ed HBFR 89% 0 1 28 18 10 11 0 2 0 5 1 3 10 2
28 Scott, Anthony INT 76% 1 0 8 6 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 2
1 Treloar, Adam HFFR 81% 0 0 33 17 16 1 0 4 7 7 0 1 3 7
2 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra FF 95% 1 2 11 6 5 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
23 Vandermeer, Laitham BPL 71% 1 1 13 11 2 2 0 3 0 4 0 2 2 4
3 Weightman, Cody FPL 85% 1 1 9 3 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
14 West, Rhylee RR 83% 0 1 11 7 4 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1
34 Williams, Bailey WR 89% 0 0 21 12 9 8 0 3 2 6 0 1 5 4
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 11 10 372 217 155 72 68 62 52 63 13 22 40 57

R. Garcia replaced J. O'Donnell.

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

Sydney Coach: John Longmire
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
23 L. Vandermeer 43 R. Gardner 18 J. O'Donnell 2 H. McLean 22 N. Blakey
11 T. Papley 23 L. Franklin 36 J. Amartey 21 E. Gulden 9 W. Hayward
FORWARD 14 C. Mills 8 J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK

37 C. Warner
31 B. Dale 42 A. Keath 20 E. Richards

4 R. Clarke
5 I. Heeney 6 L. McDonald 15 S. Wicks



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



25 C. Poulter 4 M. Bontempelli 34 B. Williams



27 J. McInerney 26 L. Parker 16 B. Campbell FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 35 C. Daniel
HALF-FORWARD 14 R. West 10 S. Darcy
11 J. Macrae 33 A. Naughton 1 A. Treloar 21 T. Liberatore 15 T. Duryea
7 H. Cunningham 42 R. Fox 13 O. Florent

28 A. Scott
HALF-BACK

38 R. Garcia
FORWARD



3 C. Weightman 2 J. Ugle-Hagan 30 L. McNeil



30 T. McCartin 43 L. Melican 24 D. Rampe



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Tom Liberatore goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:45
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 04:53
SYDN James Rowbottom goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 09:16
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 1.0.6 - 3.0.18 10:57
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 13:14
SYDN Tom Papley goal 2.1.13 - 3.0.18 14:47
SYDN Will Hayward behind 2.2.14 - 3.0.18 16:49
SYDN Tom Papley behind 2.3.15 - 3.0.18 19:13
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 2.3.15 - 3.1.19 23:09
WBUL Caleb Poulter goal 2.3.15 - 4.1.25 25:13
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 2.3.15 - 4.2.26 27:28
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 2.3.15 - 5.2.32 28:43
WBUL Sam Darcy behind 2.3.15 - 5.3.33 30:32
WBUL Jack Macrae behind 2.3.15 - 5.4.34 33:16
Q2 SYDN Tom Papley goal 3.3.21 - 5.4.34 00:53
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 3.4.22 - 5.4.34 02:46
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 4.4.28 - 5.4.34 08:13
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 4.4.28 - 6.4.40 10:28
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 5.4.34 - 6.4.40 12:39
SYDN Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 6.4.40 16:30
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 5.6.36 - 6.4.40 21:44
SYDN Will Hayward behind 5.7.37 - 6.4.40 28:47
SYDN Lance Franklin goal 6.7.43 - 6.4.40 31:14
Q3 SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 7.7.49 - 6.4.40 02:19
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 7.7.49 - 6.5.41 04:06
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 8.7.55 - 6.5.41 06:22
SYDN Tom Papley behind 8.8.56 - 6.5.41 07:51
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 8.8.56 - 7.5.47 11:16
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli behind 8.8.56 - 7.6.48 14:13
WBUL Cody Weightman goal 8.8.56 - 8.6.54 14:37
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 8.9.57 - 8.6.54 18:27
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 8.9.57 - 9.6.60 24:31
Q4 SYDN Oliver Florent goal 9.9.63 - 9.6.60 02:16
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer behind 9.9.63 - 9.7.61 05:06
WBUL Anthony Scott goal 9.9.63 - 10.7.67 05:45
WBUL Rhylee West behind 9.9.63 - 10.8.68 07:05
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 9.9.63 - 10.9.69 09:56
SYDN Tom Papley goal 10.9.69 - 10.9.69 14:36
SYDN Lance Franklin behind 10.10.70 - 10.9.69 17:20
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 10.10.70 - 11.9.75 20:16
SYDN Tom Papley goal 11.10.76 - 11.9.75 21:48
SYDN Rushed behind 11.11.77 - 11.9.75 23:04
WBUL Ed Richards behind 11.11.77 - 11.10.76 26:20
SYDN Justin McInerney behind 11.12.78 - 11.10.76 28:05