2024 AFL Round 1: Sydney v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 7 March 2024 between Sydney and Melbourne during round 1 of the 2024 AFL season. Sydney hosted Melbourne at SCG. Max Gawn captained the visitors with Jack Viney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

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

Melbourne
Back: T. Rivers, S. May, J. Lever
Half-back: J. McVee, A. Tomlinson, J. Bowey
Centre: E. Langdon, C. Petracca, C. Windsor
Half-forward: J. Viney (vice-capt.), J. Schache, J. van Rooyen
Forward: A. Neal-Bullen, B. Fritsch, B. Laurie
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Salem, C. Oliver
Int.: K. Chandler, B. Howes, C. Spargo, T. Sparrow
Sub.: J. Billings

Sydney (12.14.86) defeated Melbourne (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Sydney: W. Hayward (2), H. McLean (2), O. Florent, R. Fox, I. Heeney, L. McDonald, J. McInerney, T. Papley, C. Warner, S. Wicks
Melbourne: B. Fritsch (4), J. Viney (2), E. Langdon, C. Petracca, J. van Rooyen

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 3rd on the ladder and Melbourne were then 16th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Sydney v Melbourne
Date: Thursday 7 March 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 40,012

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Melbourne
Score: 12.14.86 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 3 4 . 3 7 . 10 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Melbourne 1 . 6 2 . 8 7 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin SYDN by 9 SYDN by 7 SYDN by 2 SYDN by 22 SYDN by 22
Duration 29:30 30:09 36:18 35:31 2:11:28

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Max Gawn (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Sydney), Jack Viney (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chad Warner SYDN 1 3
Jack Viney MELB 7 2
Nick Blakey SYDN 22 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Brodie Grundy SYDN 4 9 1 1 0 0 0
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 9 1 1 0 0 0
Nick Blakey SYDN 22 5 0 0 1 1 0
Jack Viney MELB 7 5 0 0 1 1 0
Chad Warner SYDN 1 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 HFFR↓ 43% 0 1 3 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
22 Blakey, Nick HBFL 78% 0 0 26 18 8 9 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 6
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 68% 0 0 16 12 4 7 0 2 1 2 1 0 2 5
7 Cunningham, Harry INT 83% 0 0 18 14 4 10 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
13 Florent, Oliver CHB 91% 1 0 18 10 8 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 7 2
42 Fox, Robbie FF 91% 1 1 9 6 3 2 0 6 1 4 2 2 0 0
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 78% 0 0 23 12 11 4 33 6 9 9 3 4 1 5
21 Gulden, Errol WR 89% 0 1 20 16 4 2 0 2 2 4 1 1 2 5
9 Hayward, Will FPR 83% 2 0 10 8 2 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0
5 Heeney, Isaac HFFL 79% 1 1 26 17 9 5 0 7 13 2 2 0 2 8
17 Jordon, James RR 71% 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 7 2 3 1 2 2 4
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 83% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 1
30 McCartin, Tom FB 97% 0 0 9 7 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0
6 McDonald, Logan CHF 83% 1 0 8 5 3 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2
27 McInerney, Justin INT 86% 1 0 20 7 13 6 1 4 1 4 0 3 2 1
2 McLean, Hayden INT 76% 2 2 5 4 1 2 10 2 0 5 0 4 0 1
43 Melican, Lewis BPL 80% 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Papley, Tom FPL 81% 1 1 20 15 5 4 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 4
24 Rampe, Dane BPR 87% 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 1
34 Roberts, Matt WL 84% 0 0 19 16 3 8 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 1
8 Rowbottom, James RO 79% 0 2 21 12 9 0 0 7 6 4 2 3 2 5
1 Warner, Chad C 81% 1 1 26 17 9 4 0 1 2 7 2 2 1 12
15 Wicks, Sam SUB↑ 30% 1 0 5 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 12 14 357 234 123 99 46 63 45 63 21 24 42 65

S. Wicks replaced J. Amartey.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Billings, Jack SUB↑ 38% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
17 Bowey, Jake HBFR 48% 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 0
37 Chandler, Kade INT 82% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley FF 92% 4 1 6 6 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 82% 0 1 14 8 6 1 37 4 2 6 6 4 2 0
22 Howes, Blake INT 74% 0 0 17 9 8 7 0 3 0 3 1 1 5 1
15 Langdon, Ed WL 90% 1 0 19 10 9 4 0 3 0 4 1 0 3 5
16 Laurie, Bailey FPR↓ 42% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3
8 Lever, Jake BPR 100% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 2
1 May, Steven FB 90% 0 0 21 14 7 5 0 2 0 1 2 0 7 2
4 McVee, Judd HBFL 78% 0 0 20 14 6 6 0 0 3 2 1 0 9 1
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex FPL 83% 0 1 15 6 9 2 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 2
13 Oliver, Clayton RO 82% 0 0 30 18 12 2 0 2 6 3 0 1 0 6
5 Petracca, Christian C 84% 1 2 26 11 15 1 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 3
24 Rivers, Trent BPL 80% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 3
3 Salem, Christian RR 80% 0 0 27 20 7 5 0 3 5 6 0 2 4 5
19 Schache, Josh CHF 76% 0 2 4 3 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
9 Spargo, Charlie INT 77% 0 1 12 5 7 1 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 3
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 80% 0 0 13 3 10 2 0 9 3 6 1 3 1 2
20 Tomlinson, Adam CHB 100% 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 0
2 van Rooyen, Jacob HFFR 83% 1 0 10 3 7 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 1
7 Viney, Jack (vc) HFFL 79% 2 0 30 19 11 2 0 7 7 7 4 2 1 9
6 Windsor, Caleb WR 81% 0 0 13 6 7 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 9 10 353 205 148 63 38 65 34 67 24 21 52 51

J. Billings replaced B. Laurie.

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
24 T. Rivers 1 S. May 8 J. Lever 4 B. Grundy 16 B. Campbell
9 W. Hayward 42 R. Fox 11 T. Papley 17 J. Jordon 7 H. Cunningham
FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 27 J. McInerney
HALF-BACK

2 H. McLean
4 J. McVee 20 A. Tomlinson 17 J. Bowey

15 S. Wicks
36 J. Amartey 6 L. McDonald 5 I. Heeney



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



15 E. Langdon 5 C. Petracca 6 C. Windsor



21 E. Gulden 1 C. Warner 34 M. Roberts FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 11 M. Gawn (c) 37 K. Chandler
HALF-FORWARD 3 C. Salem 22 B. Howes
7 J. Viney (vc) 19 J. Schache 2 J. van Rooyen 13 C. Oliver 9 C. Spargo
44 J. Lloyd 13 O. Florent 22 N. Blakey

32 T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK

14 J. Billings
FORWARD



30 A. Neal-Bullen 31 B. Fritsch 16 B. Laurie



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



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Max Gawn behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:53
SYDN Oliver Florent goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 05:16
MELB Jack Viney goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 07:09
MELB Charlie Spargo behind 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 09:26
SYDN Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 11:18
SYDN Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 1.2.8 14:12
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 2.2.14 - 1.2.8 17:17
MELB Josh Schache behind 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 18:25
SYDN Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 1.3.9 20:33
MELB Bayley Fritsch behind 2.3.15 - 1.4.10 21:39
MELB Rushed behind 2.3.15 - 1.5.11 23:28
SYDN Tom Papley goal 3.3.21 - 1.5.11 25:30
MELB Josh Schache behind 3.3.21 - 1.6.12 28:15
Q2 SYDN Justin McInerney goal 4.3.27 - 1.6.12 06:47
MELB Alex Neal-Bullen behind 4.3.27 - 1.7.13 14:52
MELB Christian Petracca behind 4.3.27 - 1.8.14 20:45
MELB Ed Langdon goal 4.3.27 - 2.8.20 30:07
Q3 MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 4.3.27 - 3.8.26 01:17
SYDN Robbie Fox behind 4.4.28 - 3.8.26 04:26
SYDN Tom Papley behind 4.5.29 - 3.8.26 05:08
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 4.6.30 - 3.8.26 10:09
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 5.6.36 - 3.8.26 13:18
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 5.6.36 - 4.8.32 17:01
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 5.7.37 - 4.8.32 18:21
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 5.7.37 - 5.8.38 19:16
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 6.7.43 - 5.8.38 22:53
SYDN James Rowbottom behind 6.8.44 - 5.8.38 24:29
MELB Jack Viney goal 6.8.44 - 6.8.44 28:03
SYDN James Rowbottom behind 6.9.45 - 6.8.44 29:17
SYDN Will Hayward goal 7.9.51 - 6.8.44 30:50
MELB Christian Petracca goal 7.9.51 - 7.8.50 32:02
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 7.10.52 - 7.8.50 36:14
Q4 SYDN Errol Gulden behind 7.11.53 - 7.8.50 03:09
SYDN Rushed behind 7.12.54 - 7.8.50 04:33
SYDN Chad Warner goal 8.12.60 - 7.8.50 06:08
SYDN Will Hayward goal 9.12.66 - 7.8.50 07:57
SYDN Sam Wicks goal 10.12.72 - 7.8.50 11:11
SYDN Chad Warner behind 10.13.73 - 7.8.50 12:35
SYDN Robbie Fox goal 11.13.79 - 7.8.50 13:54
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 11.13.79 - 8.8.56 15:49
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 11.14.80 - 8.8.56 21:31
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 12.14.86 - 8.8.56 25:57
MELB Rushed behind 12.14.86 - 8.9.57 28:27
MELB Christian Petracca behind 12.14.86 - 8.10.58 30:06
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 12.14.86 - 9.10.64 33:32