2024 AFL Round 3: Sydney v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 March 2024 between Sydney and Essendon during round 3 of the 2024 AFL season. Sydney hosted Essendon at SCG. Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.

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

Essendon
Back: A. McGrath (vice-capt.), B. McKay, J. Laverde
Half-back: N. Hind, D. Heppell, N. Martin
Centre: E. Tsatas, J. Caldwell, N. Cox
Half-forward: S. Durham, K. Langford, A. Perkins
Forward: J. Stringer, P. Wright, J. Gresham
Follower: S. Draper, W. Setterfield, Z. Merrett (capt.)
Int.: X. Duursma, T. Goldstein, B. Hobbs, J. Menzie
Sub.: A. Davey

Sydney (19.17.131) defeated Essendon (15.11.101).

Goalkickers
Sydney: T. Papley (4), W. Hayward (3), J. Amartey (2), E. Gulden (2), H. McLean (2), C. Warner (2), N. Blakey, I. Heeney, J. Jordon, L. McDonald
Essendon: J. Gresham (3), J. Stringer (3), K. Langford (2), Z. Merrett (2), P. Wright (2), N. Cox, S. Draper, T. Goldstein

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 2nd on the ladder and Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Sydney v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 March 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 34,954

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Essendon
Score: 19.17.131 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 4 8 . 9 13 . 13 19 . 17 19 . 17 (131)
Essendon 4 . 1 8 . 5 10 . 8 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin SYDN by 3 SYDN by 4 SYDN by 23 SYDN by 30 SYDN by 30
Duration 37:45 32:07 31:36 35:43 2:17:11

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Sydney), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 3
Tom Papley SYDN 11 2
Chad Warner SYDN 1 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 9 1 1 0 0 0
Tom Papley SYDN 11 7 1 0 0 1 0
Errol Gulden SYDN 21 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Zach Merrett ESSE 7 6 0 ? ? ? 0
Sam Draper ESSE 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
Chad Warner SYDN 1 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 FF 67% 2 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
22 Blakey, Nick HBFL 84% 1 1 18 13 5 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 2
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 73% 0 1 14 9 5 1 0 4 0 2 1 0 2 2
7 Cunningham, Harry HBFR↓ 5% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Florent, Oliver CHB 91% 0 1 20 13 7 4 0 4 2 4 0 0 3 1
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 75% 0 0 19 11 8 2 30 3 6 6 2 3 0 3
21 Gulden, Errol HFFL 89% 2 0 24 19 5 9 0 5 6 6 0 3 6 6
9 Hayward, Will FPL 80% 3 1 9 7 2 4 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 1
5 Heeney, Isaac RR 84% 1 1 32 14 18 6 0 4 8 4 1 1 2 4
17 Jordon, James INT 80% 1 0 18 9 9 3 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 2
44 Lloyd, Jake WR 86% 0 1 22 13 9 3 0 1 1 3 0 2 3 2
30 McCartin, Tom FB 91% 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 0 0 3 2 1 5 1
6 McDonald, Logan CHF 83% 1 1 7 7 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
27 McInerney, Justin WL 93% 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 0 2 3 3 1 0 4
2 McLean, Hayden INT 71% 2 2 15 9 6 7 5 2 2 5 0 2 1 2
43 Melican, Lewis BPL 77% 0 0 9 5 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
11 Papley, Tom HFFR 88% 4 1 24 15 9 10 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 5
24 Rampe, Dane BPR 89% 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 6 0
34 Roberts, Matt INT 82% 0 0 19 13 6 8 0 3 0 1 1 1 3 4
8 Rowbottom, James RO 85% 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 9 0 4 2 2 2 3
1 Warner, Chad C 82% 2 1 28 15 13 6 0 2 3 4 1 1 2 4
37 Warner, Corey SUB↑ 64% 0 3 11 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
15 Wicks, Sam FPR 81% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 19 17 357 221 136 94 35 56 33 60 18 19 41 59

C. Warner replaced H. Cunningham.

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
6 Caldwell, Jye C 69% 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 3
13 Cox, Nik WR 76% 1 1 12 6 6 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 1
33 Davey, Alwyn SUB↑ 18% 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
2 Draper, Sam RU↓ 59% 1 1 12 9 3 2 10 1 6 3 2 2 1 5
22 Durham, Sam HFFL 85% 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 6 1 3 1 2 1 3
28 Duursma, Xavier INT 73% 0 0 15 7 8 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 4
17 Goldstein, Todd INT 67% 1 0 7 3 4 2 19 0 3 2 2 1 0 0
11 Gresham, Jade FPR 89% 3 1 23 12 11 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 6
21 Heppell, Dyson CHB 87% 0 0 21 13 8 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 1
19 Hind, Nick HBFL 88% 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 1
8 Hobbs, Ben INT 70% 0 1 16 7 9 3 0 0 3 3 1 1 1 4
4 Langford, Kyle CHF 92% 2 1 14 11 3 7 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
15 Laverde, Jayden BPR 95% 0 0 12 4 8 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 0
37 Martin, Nic HBFR 96% 0 0 31 20 11 4 0 2 2 5 1 0 6 3
1 McGrath, Andrew (vc) BPL 85% 0 0 25 19 6 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 9 2
32 McKay, Ben FB 100% 0 0 9 1 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0
47 Menzie, Jye INT 54% 0 1 6 3 3 1 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0
7 Merrett, Zach (c) RO 86% 2 0 32 16 16 2 0 6 5 5 3 1 2 5
16 Perkins, Archie HFFR 79% 0 0 21 9 12 1 0 3 7 3 2 1 2 3
12 Setterfield, Will RR 86% 0 0 29 12 17 5 0 7 8 2 2 0 3 7
25 Stringer, Jake FPL 80% 3 1 14 11 3 7 0 0 1 6 0 1 1 3
5 Tsatas, Elijah WL 85% 0 1 14 9 5 3 0 1 1 4 0 0 3 1
20 Wright, Peter FF 82% 2 0 9 4 5 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 2
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 15 11 367 200 167 71 31 48 43 64 19 18 40 56

A. Davey replaced S. Draper.

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
1 A. McGrath (vc) 32 B. McKay 15 J. Laverde 4 B. Grundy 16 B. Campbell
15 S. Wicks 36 J. Amartey 9 W. Hayward 5 I. Heeney 17 J. Jordon
FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 2 H. McLean
HALF-BACK

34 M. Roberts
19 N. Hind 21 D. Heppell 37 N. Martin

37 C. Warner
11 T. Papley 6 L. McDonald 21 E. Gulden



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



5 E. Tsatas 6 J. Caldwell 13 N. Cox



44 J. Lloyd 1 C. Warner 27 J. McInerney FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 28 X. Duursma
HALF-FORWARD 12 W. Setterfield 17 T. Goldstein
22 S. Durham 4 K. Langford 16 A. Perkins 7 Z. Merrett (c) 8 B. Hobbs
7 H. Cunningham 13 O. Florent 22 N. Blakey

47 J. Menzie
HALF-BACK

33 A. Davey
FORWARD



25 J. Stringer 20 P. Wright 11 J. Gresham



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



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 ESSE Jade Gresham goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 00:48
ESSE Nik Cox goal 0.0.0 - 2.0.12 02:55
SYDN Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 2.0.12 10:05
SYDN Will Hayward goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 13:41
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 1.1.7 - 3.0.18 16:33
ESSE Kyle Langford goal 1.1.7 - 4.0.24 21:38
SYDN Will Hayward goal 2.1.13 - 4.0.24 25:03
ESSE Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 4.1.25 26:32
SYDN Logan McDonald behind 2.2.14 - 4.1.25 28:27
SYDN Corey Warner behind 2.3.15 - 4.1.25 28:59
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 3.3.21 - 4.1.25 31:37
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 4.3.27 - 4.1.25 34:13
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 4.4.28 - 4.1.25 37:05
Q2 ESSE Sam Draper goal 4.4.28 - 5.1.31 01:29
ESSE Nik Cox behind 4.4.28 - 5.2.32 02:44
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 5.4.34 - 5.2.32 05:45
SYDN Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 5.2.32 07:29
SYDN Tom Papley goal 6.5.41 - 5.2.32 09:55
ESSE Jye Menzie behind 6.5.41 - 5.3.33 12:09
ESSE Ben Hobbs behind 6.5.41 - 5.4.34 13:40
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 6.5.41 - 6.4.40 14:38
SYDN Corey Warner behind 6.6.42 - 6.4.40 17:23
ESSE Peter Wright goal 6.6.42 - 7.4.46 18:36
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 7.6.48 - 7.4.46 20:05
ESSE Todd Goldstein goal 7.6.48 - 8.4.52 22:15
ESSE Rushed behind 7.6.48 - 8.5.53 25:43
SYDN Tom Papley behind 7.7.49 - 8.5.53 26:42
SYDN Nick Blakey behind 7.8.50 - 8.5.53 27:18
SYDN Tom Papley goal 8.8.56 - 8.5.53 28:58
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 8.9.57 - 8.5.53 31:10
Q3 SYDN Logan McDonald goal 9.9.63 - 8.5.53 01:15
ESSE Jake Stringer behind 9.9.63 - 8.6.54 02:58
ESSE Peter Wright goal 9.9.63 - 9.6.60 04:43
ESSE Sam Draper behind 9.9.63 - 9.7.61 09:06
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 10.9.69 - 9.7.61 12:17
ESSE Elijah Tsatas behind 10.9.69 - 9.8.62 15:15
SYDN Corey Warner behind 10.10.70 - 9.8.62 16:29
SYDN Rushed behind 10.11.71 - 9.8.62 16:58
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 10.12.72 - 9.8.62 18:26
SYDN Tom Papley goal 11.12.78 - 9.8.62 20:19
SYDN Will Hayward behind 11.13.79 - 9.8.62 24:08
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 11.13.79 - 10.8.68 25:31
SYDN Nick Blakey goal 12.13.85 - 10.8.68 28:06
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 13.13.91 - 10.8.68 31:34
Q4 SYDN Will Hayward goal 14.13.97 - 10.8.68 00:38
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 14.14.98 - 10.8.68 02:19
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 14.14.98 - 11.8.74 05:00
ESSE Rushed behind 14.14.98 - 11.9.75 06:17
SYDN Chad Warner behind 14.15.99 - 11.9.75 09:15
ESSE Zach Merrett goal 14.15.99 - 12.9.81 10:51
ESSE Jade Gresham behind 14.15.99 - 12.10.82 15:32
ESSE Jade Gresham goal 14.15.99 - 13.10.88 16:34
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 15.15.105 - 13.10.88 18:46
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 15.16.106 - 13.10.88 20:38
SYDN Tom Papley goal 16.16.112 - 13.10.88 22:28
ESSE Kyle Langford behind 16.16.112 - 13.11.89 24:15
SYDN Jake Lloyd behind 16.17.113 - 13.11.89 26:17
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 16.17.113 - 14.11.95 27:15
SYDN Chad Warner goal 17.17.119 - 14.11.95 28:52
SYDN James Jordon goal 18.17.125 - 14.11.95 31:25
SYDN Chad Warner goal 19.17.131 - 14.11.95 32:52
ESSE Jake Stringer goal 19.17.131 - 15.11.101 35:40