2023 AFL Round 23: Adelaide v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 2023 between Adelaide and Sydney during round 23 of the 2023 AFL season. Adelaide hosted Sydney at Adelaide Oval. The hosts were coached by Matthew Nicks and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Adelaide
Back: B. Smith, J. Borlase, M. Keane
Half-back: M. Michalanney, J. Worrell, W. Milera
Centre: J. Soligo, J. Dawson, H. Schoenberg
Half-forward: B. Keays, D. Fogarty, S. McAdam
Forward: J. Rachele, T. Walker, I. Rankine
Follower: R. O'Brien, R. Laird, M. Crouch
Int.: M. Hinge, L. Murphy, R. Sloane, R. Thilthorpe
Sub.: L. Pedlar

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

Adelaide (10.13.73) were defeated by Sydney (11.8.74).

Goalkickers
Adelaide: J. Rachele (2), T. Walker (2), M. Crouch, S. McAdam, W. Milera, L. Murphy, I. Rankine, H. Schoenberg
Sydney: I. Heeney (3), H. McLean (2), B. Campbell, A. Francis, W. Hayward, L. McDonald, T. Papley, S. Wicks

As a result of this match, Adelaide were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) and Sydney remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Adelaide v Sydney
Date: Saturday 19 August 2023
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 44,817

Match Results

Outcome: Adelaide def. by Sydney
Score: 10.13.73 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Adelaide 1 . 3 4 . 3 6 . 5 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Sydney 4 . 3 9 . 5 11 . 7 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin SYDN by 18 SYDN by 32 SYDN by 32 SYDN by 1 SYDN by 1
Duration 29:35 35:10 30:25 31:46 2:06:56

Honour Roll

Coaches: Matthew Nicks (Adelaide), John Longmire (Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Adelaide), unknown (Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 3
Rory Laird ADEL 29 2
Nick Blakey SYDN 22 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Nick Blakey SYDN 22 9 1 1 0 0 0
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 9 1 1 0 0 0
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 4 0 0 1 0 1
Rory Laird ADEL 29 3 0 0 1 0 0
Shane McAdam ADEL 23 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jake Soligo ADEL 14 2 0 0 0 1 0
Jordan Dawson ADEL 12 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
35 Borlase, James FB 83% 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 0 2 4 1 1 1
5 Crouch, Matt RO 65% 1 0 26 8 18 6 0 5 6 4 0 1 0 5
12 Dawson, Jordan C 85% 0 2 19 12 7 4 0 8 4 1 3 1 1 4
32 Fogarty, Darcy CHF 89% 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 2 2 5 0 3 0 3
20 Hinge, Mitch INT 77% 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 6 1
48 Keane, Mark BPR 88% 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 1
2 Keays, Ben HFFL 88% 0 1 15 5 10 0 0 1 2 6 0 1 1 3
29 Laird, Rory RR 83% 0 1 31 19 12 3 0 8 9 3 1 2 1 4
23 McAdam, Shane HFFR 83% 1 0 12 8 4 4 0 7 0 3 2 1 1 3
16 Michalanney, Max HBFL 93% 0 0 15 8 7 2 0 2 1 3 0 1 4 1
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 86% 1 0 21 12 9 3 0 3 0 7 1 3 5 2
4 Murphy, Lachlan INT 72% 1 0 16 12 4 2 0 3 5 2 2 0 1 4
43 O'Brien, Reilly RU 81% 0 0 10 6 4 0 49 5 3 2 1 1 1 1
10 Pedlar, Luke SUB↑ 43% 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 4
8 Rachele, Josh FPL 67% 2 2 14 9 5 0 0 4 0 6 1 1 0 0
22 Rankine, Izak FPR 91% 1 0 18 6 12 3 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 5
26 Schoenberg, Harry WR 79% 1 0 15 7 8 1 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 1
9 Sloane, Rory INT↓ 34% 0 0 9 3 6 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 1 0
33 Smith, Brodie BPL 93% 0 0 25 21 4 7 0 1 0 5 0 0 6 7
14 Soligo, Jake WL 87% 0 0 28 17 11 4 0 4 3 7 1 0 3 5
7 Thilthorpe, Riley INT 63% 0 1 3 2 1 1 5 1 0 4 0 1 0 0
13 Walker, Taylor FF 89% 2 1 11 9 2 4 7 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
24 Worrell, Josh CHB 81% 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 1
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 10 13 355 208 147 59 61 81 43 73 24 23 42 58

L. Pedlar replaced R. Sloane.

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Blakey, Nick BPR 84% 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 1
16 Campbell, Braeden WL 83% 1 0 18 10 8 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 3 1
4 Clarke, Ryan SUB↑ 17% 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
7 Cunningham, Harry CHB 95% 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 1 2 3 0 2 3 0
13 Florent, Oliver HBFL 88% 0 0 21 13 8 2 0 3 3 1 2 1 8 1
42 Fox, Robbie INT 73% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 3 0
10 Francis, Aaron INT 59% 1 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
21 Gulden, Errol HFFL 89% 0 2 30 24 6 2 0 5 4 6 1 2 4 8
9 Hayward, Will FPL 92% 1 0 11 10 1 2 0 4 0 3 2 1 0 3
5 Heeney, Isaac FPR 89% 3 1 18 11 7 2 0 5 2 4 3 1 1 2
31 Hickey, Tom RU 72% 0 1 16 6 10 4 21 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 85% 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 6 2 2 0 0 4 3
30 McCartin, Tom BPL 90% 0 0 12 3 9 3 0 4 1 2 2 2 2 0
6 McDonald, Logan FF 80% 1 1 11 8 3 2 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 2
2 McLean, Hayden CHF 82% 2 0 15 10 5 3 8 2 5 5 1 2 0 4
14 Mills, Callum RR 86% 0 0 11 7 4 3 0 4 1 6 0 1 2 4
11 Papley, Tom HFFR↓ 66% 1 1 11 8 3 0 0 2 5 5 1 0 0 2
26 Parker, Luke RO 77% 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 6 2 2 0 1 0 1
24 Rampe, Dane FB 86% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 3
8 Rowbottom, James C 78% 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 2 3
3 Stephens, Dylan INT 75% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 4 1 2 2 1 2 2
1 Warner, Chad WR 77% 0 1 25 16 9 3 0 3 6 2 2 1 3 7
15 Wicks, Sam INT 80% 1 0 10 5 5 2 0 6 0 4 0 2 1 4
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 8 329 211 118 53 29 85 42 64 23 24 47 54

R. Clarke replaced T. Papley.

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

Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
30 T. McCartin 24 D. Rampe 22 N. Blakey 43 R. O'Brien 20 M. Hinge
22 I. Rankine 13 T. Walker 8 J. Rachele 29 R. Laird 4 L. Murphy
FORWARD 5 M. Crouch 9 R. Sloane
HALF-BACK

7 R. Thilthorpe
13 O. Florent 7 H. Cunningham 44 J. Lloyd

10 L. Pedlar
23 S. McAdam 32 D. Fogarty 2 B. Keays



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



16 B. Campbell 8 J. Rowbottom 1 C. Warner



26 H. Schoenberg 12 J. Dawson 14 J. Soligo FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 31 T. Hickey 42 R. Fox
HALF-FORWARD 14 C. Mills 10 A. Francis
21 E. Gulden 2 H. McLean 11 T. Papley 26 L. Parker 3 D. Stephens
30 W. Milera 24 J. Worrell 16 M. Michalanney

15 S. Wicks
HALF-BACK

4 R. Clarke
FORWARD



9 W. Hayward 6 L. McDonald 5 I. Heeney



48 M. Keane 35 J. Borlase 33 B. Smith



BACK



Sydney Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Tom Hickey behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:56
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 04:39
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 05:52
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 0.2.2 - 1.1.7 11:35
ADEL Matt Crouch goal 1.2.8 - 1.1.7 13:13
SYDN Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 14:39
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 1.2.8 - 2.2.14 16:52
SYDN Will Hayward goal 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 20:45
ADEL Rory Laird behind 1.3.9 - 3.2.20 22:47
SYDN Braeden Campbell goal 1.3.9 - 4.2.26 24:10
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 1.3.9 - 4.3.27 26:01
Q2 SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 1.3.9 - 5.3.33 02:02
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 1.3.9 - 6.3.39 03:46
ADEL Harry Schoenberg goal 2.3.15 - 6.3.39 07:00
SYDN Tom Papley goal 2.3.15 - 7.3.45 11:32
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 2.3.15 - 7.4.46 14:59
SYDN Aaron Francis goal 2.3.15 - 8.4.52 23:10
SYDN Tom Papley behind 2.3.15 - 8.5.53 26:02
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 2.3.15 - 9.5.59 27:35
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 3.3.21 - 9.5.59 29:19
ADEL Shane McAdam goal 4.3.27 - 9.5.59 33:31
Q3 ADEL Izak Rankine goal 5.3.33 - 9.5.59 08:48
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 5.3.33 - 10.5.65 12:08
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 5.4.34 - 10.5.65 13:40
SYDN Chad Warner behind 5.4.34 - 10.6.66 15:24
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 5.4.34 - 10.7.67 17:53
ADEL Taylor Walker behind 5.5.35 - 10.7.67 19:10
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 6.5.41 - 10.7.67 20:05
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 6.5.41 - 11.7.73 23:00
Q4 ADEL Lachlan Murphy goal 7.5.47 - 11.7.73 00:28
ADEL Wayne Milera goal 8.5.53 - 11.7.73 01:53
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 9.5.59 - 11.7.73 03:45
ADEL Rushed behind 9.6.60 - 11.7.73 06:48
ADEL Rushed behind 9.7.61 - 11.7.73 10:10
ADEL Darcy Fogarty behind 9.8.62 - 11.7.73 12:06
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 9.8.62 - 11.8.74 14:47
ADEL Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 11.8.74 15:29
ADEL Jordan Dawson behind 9.10.64 - 11.8.74 18:06
ADEL Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 11.8.74 19:30
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 9.12.66 - 11.8.74 26:02
ADEL Josh Rachele goal 10.12.72 - 11.8.74 27:59
ADEL Ben Keays behind 10.13.73 - 11.8.74 29:47