2023 AFL Round 24: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 August 2023 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 24 of the 2023 AFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

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

Melbourne
Back: D. Turner, S. May, T. Rivers
Half-back: J. McVee, J. Lever, C. Salem
Centre: L. Hunter, J. Viney, A. Brayshaw
Half-forward: J. Smith, J. Melksham, A. Neal-Bullen
Forward: E. Langdon, J. van Rooyen, K. Pickett
Follower: M. Gawn, C. Oliver, C. Petracca
Int.: J. Bowey, K. Chandler, B. Fritsch, T. Sparrow
Sub.: B. Laurie

Sydney (7.14.56) were defeated by Melbourne (11.11.77).

Goalkickers
Sydney: E. Gulden (2), L. McDonald, H. McLean, C. Mills, C. Warner, S. Wicks
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (5), J. Melksham (2), A. Brayshaw, C. Petracca, K. Pickett, J. van Rooyen

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Melbourne remained 4th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 27 August 2023
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 41,753

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.14.56 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 5 3 . 8 7 . 12 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 4 7 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 8 SYDN by 4 MELB by 21 MELB by 21
Duration 30:27 27:51 32:31 28:59 1:59:48

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), unknown (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Viney MELB 7 3
Bayley Fritsch MELB 31 2
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 10 2 0 0 0 0
Christian Petracca MELB 5 8 0 2 0 0 0
Bayley Fritsch MELB 31 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jack Viney MELB 7 5 0 0 1 1 0
Callum Mills SYDN 14 2 0 0 0 0 2

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel FF 73% 0 1 6 5 1 5 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 1
22 Blakey, Nick CHB 79% 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 7 4
16 Campbell, Braeden WL 68% 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 3 0 6 1 3 0 2
4 Clarke, Ryan INT 68% 0 0 9 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Cunningham, Harry BPR 83% 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 3 1
13 Florent, Oliver INT 78% 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 1
42 Fox, Robbie HBFL 93% 0 0 16 9 7 5 0 2 0 5 0 3 4 1
10 Francis, Aaron SUB 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Gulden, Errol C 91% 2 0 42 27 15 5 0 1 4 9 0 0 3 4
9 Hayward, Will INT 73% 0 1 14 7 7 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFR 80% 0 2 13 10 3 7 0 4 3 3 0 1 1 3
31 Hickey, Tom RU 77% 0 0 10 6 4 2 17 1 3 3 1 2 1 1
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 87% 0 0 21 14 7 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 6 1
30 McCartin, Tom BPL 91% 0 0 16 6 10 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0
6 McDonald, Logan FPL 92% 1 3 13 8 5 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1
2 McLean, Hayden CHF 81% 1 1 10 6 4 4 4 1 0 2 1 1 1 1
14 Mills, Callum RO 84% 1 0 30 16 14 8 0 12 3 5 1 0 2 6
26 Parker, Luke RR 86% 0 2 23 11 12 3 0 7 8 3 1 0 2 4
24 Rampe, Dane FB 89% 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 1 5 1 4 3 2
8 Rowbottom, James INT 71% 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 3 4 4 0 0 4 3
3 Stephens, Dylan WR 94% 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 5 0 2 1 0 2 4
1 Warner, Chad FPR 82% 1 0 22 13 9 4 0 5 4 2 0 1 2 7
15 Wicks, Sam HFFL 80% 1 1 9 3 6 1 0 9 1 3 0 2 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 7 14 361 215 146 84 22 76 34 67 10 18 46 51

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
17 Bowey, Jake INT 75% 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 1
10 Brayshaw, Angus WR 75% 1 1 22 11 11 1 0 5 5 4 1 0 1 2
37 Chandler, Kade INT 69% 0 0 14 4 10 2 0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0
31 Fritsch, Bayley INT 71% 5 0 16 13 3 4 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 4
11 Gawn, Max RU 75% 0 0 15 8 7 2 24 1 5 0 2 0 0 3
12 Hunter, Lachie WL 92% 0 1 21 16 5 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 5
15 Langdon, Ed FPL 94% 0 0 19 11 8 2 0 4 3 4 0 0 0 4
16 Laurie, Bailey SUB↑ 23% 0 1 9 3 6 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
8 Lever, Jake CHB 100% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1 May, Steven FB 100% 0 1 21 16 5 6 0 0 1 2 0 1 8 2
41 McVee, Judd HBFL 84% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0
18 Melksham, Jake CHF↓ 59% 2 1 8 5 3 3 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 2
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex HFFR 78% 0 1 16 9 7 1 0 12 0 1 4 0 0 4
13 Oliver, Clayton RR 80% 0 0 25 13 12 4 0 7 4 2 1 1 5 8
5 Petracca, Christian RO 81% 1 1 29 11 18 4 0 3 4 4 0 0 1 2
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 84% 1 2 10 9 1 3 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 2
24 Rivers, Trent BPR 77% 0 1 16 10 6 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 2
3 Salem, Christian HBFR 86% 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1
29 Smith, Joel HFFL 85% 0 0 7 6 1 3 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 2
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 69% 0 0 14 5 9 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 2
42 Turner, Daniel BPL 88% 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 4 0 5 0 2 3 0
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 79% 1 0 7 5 2 1 15 4 1 1 2 1 0 2
7 Viney, Jack C 75% 0 0 29 13 16 5 0 12 3 4 1 2 0 7
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 11 357 214 143 64 40 79 37 46 18 10 43 58

B. Laurie replaced J. Melksham.

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
42 D. Turner 1 S. May 24 T. Rivers 31 T. Hickey 4 R. Clarke
1 C. Warner 36 J. Amartey 6 L. McDonald 26 L. Parker 13 O. Florent
FORWARD 14 C. Mills 9 W. Hayward
HALF-BACK

8 J. Rowbottom
41 J. McVee 8 J. Lever 3 C. Salem

10 A. Francis
5 I. Heeney 2 H. McLean 15 S. Wicks



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



12 L. Hunter 7 J. Viney 10 A. Brayshaw



3 D. Stephens 21 E. Gulden 16 B. Campbell FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn 17 J. Bowey
HALF-FORWARD 13 C. Oliver 37 K. Chandler
29 J. Smith 18 J. Melksham 30 A. Neal-Bullen 5 C. Petracca 31 B. Fritsch
44 J. Lloyd 22 N. Blakey 42 R. Fox

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

16 B. Laurie
FORWARD



15 E. Langdon 2 J. van Rooyen 36 K. Pickett



7 H. Cunningham 24 D. Rampe 30 T. McCartin



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Logan McDonald behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 04:56
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 07:57
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 10:17
SYDN Sam Wicks behind 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 10:53
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 1.3.9 - 1.0.6 13:15
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 2.3.15 - 1.0.6 14:22
MELB Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 1.1.7 16:39
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 2.3.15 - 2.1.13 19:14
MELB Jake Melksham behind 2.3.15 - 2.2.14 23:14
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 2.4.16 - 2.2.14 24:00
MELB Jake Melksham goal 2.4.16 - 3.2.20 25:35
SYDN Luke Parker behind 2.5.17 - 3.2.20 29:16
Q2 SYDN Joel Amartey behind 2.6.18 - 3.2.20 01:02
MELB Trent Rivers behind 2.6.18 - 3.3.21 02:32
SYDN Callum Mills goal 3.6.24 - 3.3.21 07:02
SYDN Rushed behind 3.7.25 - 3.3.21 11:51
MELB Jake Melksham goal 3.7.25 - 4.3.27 13:45
MELB Steven May behind 3.7.25 - 4.4.28 16:59
MELB Angus Brayshaw goal 3.7.25 - 5.4.34 21:42
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 3.8.26 - 5.4.34 27:43
Q3 MELB Angus Brayshaw behind 3.8.26 - 5.5.35 00:41
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 4.8.32 - 5.5.35 02:01
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 5.8.38 - 5.5.35 03:56
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 6.8.44 - 5.5.35 05:09
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 6.8.44 - 5.6.36 07:16
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 6.9.45 - 5.6.36 08:07
SYDN Rushed behind 6.10.46 - 5.6.36 10:47
SYDN Luke Parker behind 6.11.47 - 5.6.36 13:22
SYDN Chad Warner goal 7.11.53 - 5.6.36 16:02
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 7.11.53 - 5.7.37 18:07
SYDN Rushed behind 7.12.54 - 5.7.37 24:10
MELB Christian Petracca goal 7.12.54 - 6.7.43 26:57
MELB Bailey Laurie behind 7.12.54 - 6.8.44 28:32
MELB Kysaiah Pickett goal 7.12.54 - 7.8.50 31:33
Q4 MELB Christian Petracca behind 7.12.54 - 7.9.51 01:25
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.12.54 - 8.9.57 04:20
MELB Kysaiah Pickett behind 7.12.54 - 8.10.58 07:42
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 7.12.54 - 9.10.64 08:37
SYDN Will Hayward behind 7.13.55 - 9.10.64 13:24
MELB Lachie Hunter behind 7.13.55 - 9.11.65 16:49
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.13.55 - 10.11.71 20:25
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 7.13.55 - 11.11.77 22:56
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 7.14.56 - 11.11.77 24:34