2023 AFL Season Round 23: Adelaide v Sydney

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

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

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

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Longmire

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

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