2024 AFL Round 21: Sydney v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 2024 between Sydney and Western Bulldogs during round 21 of the 2024 AFL season. Sydney hosted Western Bulldogs at SCG. Callum Mills captained the hosts. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

Sydney
Back: H. Cunningham, T. McCartin, N. Blakey
Half-back: O. Florent, L. Melican, J. Lloyd
Centre: M. Roberts, Chad Warner, J. Jordon
Half-forward: E. Gulden, L. McDonald, Corey Warner
Forward: S. Wicks, J. Amartey, W. Hayward
Follower: B. Grundy, I. Heeney, T. Adams
Int.: B. Campbell, R. Fox, H. McLean, C. Mills (capt.)
Sub.: L. Parker

Western Bulldogs
Back: T. Duryea, L. Jones, N. Coffield
Half-back: L. Bramble, R. Lobb, B. Dale
Centre: L. Vandermeer, E. Richards, B. Williams
Half-forward: A. Treloar, A. Naughton, J. Ugle-Hagan
Forward: C. Weightman, L. McNeil, R. West
Follower: T. English, M. Bontempelli (capt.), T. Liberatore (vice-capt.)
Int.: S. Darcy, R. Garcia, B. Khamis, C. Poulter
Sub.: C. Daniel

Sydney (7.6.48) were defeated by Western Bulldogs (12.15.87).

Goalkickers
Sydney: H. McLean (2), E. Gulden, W. Hayward, L. McDonald, C. Mills, M. Roberts
Western Bulldogs: J. Ugle-Hagan (4), L. McNeil (2), R. West (2), M. Bontempelli, S. Darcy, C. Poulter, E. Richards

As a result of this match, Sydney remained 1st on the ladder and Western Bulldogs were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Sydney v Western Bulldogs
Date: Sunday 28 July 2024
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 36,028

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Western Bulldogs
Score: 7.6.48 - 12.15.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 0 . 1 2 . 1 4 . 4 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Western Bulldogs 5 . 5 7 . 7 10 . 12 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Margin WBUL by 34 WBUL by 36 WBUL by 44 WBUL by 39 WBUL by 39
Duration 30:35 30:16 30:00 28:34 1:59:25

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Luke Beveridge (Western Bulldogs)
Captains: Callum Mills (Sydney), Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Sydney), Tom Liberatore (Western Bulldogs)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Adam Treloar WBUL 1 3
Liam Jones WBUL 19 2
Ed Richards WBUL 20 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Adam Treloar WBUL 1 10 2 0 0 0 0
Liam Jones WBUL 19 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan WBUL 2 7 0 1 1 0 0
Tom Liberatore WBUL 21 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Ed Richards WBUL 20 2 0 0 0 ? ?
Matt Roberts SYDN 34 2 0 0 0 ? ?

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Adams, Taylor RO 70% 0 0 24 9 15 6 0 4 1 4 1 1 2 6
36 Amartey, Joel FF 81% 0 1 10 7 3 2 0 6 0 2 5 1 0 3
22 Blakey, Nick BPR 94% 0 0 25 19 6 7 0 1 0 4 0 1 9 1
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 70% 0 2 12 4 8 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 1
7 Cunningham, Harry BPL 84% 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 1
13 Florent, Oliver HBFL 84% 0 0 21 11 10 3 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 2
42 Fox, Robbie INT 81% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 80% 0 0 15 4 11 4 43 6 5 3 2 2 4 0
21 Gulden, Errol HFFL 93% 1 2 27 19 8 5 0 4 5 3 2 0 4 7
9 Hayward, Will FPR 77% 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2
5 Heeney, Isaac RR 88% 0 1 32 15 17 6 0 3 4 7 1 1 2 2
17 Jordon, James WR 89% 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFR 84% 0 0 25 14 11 8 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 2
30 McCartin, Tom FB 92% 0 0 17 10 7 6 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
6 McDonald, Logan CHF 87% 1 0 10 7 3 4 0 2 0 0 3 0 4 0
2 McLean, Hayden INT 82% 2 0 11 6 5 4 4 4 0 3 0 0 1 2
43 Melican, Lewis CHB↓ 29% 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 Mills, Callum (c) INT 63% 1 0 12 8 4 5 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 2
26 Parker, Luke SUB↑ 58% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
34 Roberts, Matt WL 83% 1 0 36 26 10 8 0 3 1 4 1 1 8 6
1 Warner, Chad C 80% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 2 3 1 2 1 2
37 Warner, Corey HFFR 74% 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
15 Wicks, Sam FPL 79% 0 0 8 3 5 0 0 4 1 3 0 2 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 7 6 383 216 167 96 47 69 29 47 20 16 48 47

L. Parker replaced L. Melican.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RR 81% 1 0 22 12 10 2 0 4 6 3 0 1 3 5
29 Bramble, Lachie HBFL 81% 0 0 23 16 7 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 4
17 Coffield, Nick BPR↓ 63% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 0 0 4 2 2 2 2
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 88% 0 0 25 15 10 8 0 1 0 3 1 1 4 3
35 Daniel, Caleb SUB↑ 15% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
10 Darcy, Sam INT 64% 1 1 10 8 2 5 4 1 3 3 0 3 0 1
15 Duryea, Taylor BPL 79% 0 0 15 8 7 5 0 4 0 3 1 0 2 2
44 English, Tim RU 83% 0 1 14 10 4 7 21 3 3 2 1 1 2 3
38 Garcia, Riley INT 76% 0 1 16 7 9 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 2 1
19 Jones, Liam FB 86% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 2
24 Khamis, Buku INT 91% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
21 Liberatore, Tom (vc) RO 80% 0 0 22 10 12 2 0 5 7 5 0 2 3 6
7 Lobb, Rory CHB 96% 0 0 19 13 6 10 0 1 0 3 0 1 5 0
30 McNeil, Lachlan FF 86% 2 0 15 7 8 3 0 4 2 1 1 0 1 1
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 78% 0 2 18 13 5 10 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 8
25 Poulter, Caleb INT 88% 1 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3
20 Richards, Ed C 84% 1 1 25 20 5 5 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 7
1 Treloar, Adam HFFL 79% 0 0 40 20 20 4 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 3
2 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra HFFR 80% 4 1 13 10 3 4 0 4 0 5 0 2 0 0
23 Vandermeer, Laitham WL 78% 0 1 9 2 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
3 Weightman, Cody FPL 83% 0 3 9 5 4 0 0 4 2 2 2 1 0 2
14 West, Rhylee FPR 75% 2 1 14 7 7 2 0 5 3 2 0 1 1 1
34 Williams, Bailey WR 86% 0 0 19 9 10 4 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 4
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 12 15 382 229 153 95 25 50 41 54 16 20 39 60

C. Daniel replaced N. Coffield.

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
15 T. Duryea 19 L. Jones 17 N. Coffield 4 B. Grundy 16 B. Campbell
9 W. Hayward 36 J. Amartey 15 S. Wicks 5 I. Heeney 42 R. Fox
FORWARD 3 T. Adams 2 H. McLean
HALF-BACK

14 C. Mills (c)
29 L. Bramble 7 R. Lobb 31 B. Dale

26 L. Parker
37 C. Warner 6 L. McDonald 21 E. Gulden



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



23 L. Vandermeer 20 E. Richards 34 B. Williams



17 J. Jordon 1 C. Warner 34 M. Roberts FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 10 S. Darcy
HALF-FORWARD 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 38 R. Garcia
1 A. Treloar 33 A. Naughton 2 J. Ugle-Hagan 21 T. Liberatore (vc) 24 B. Khamis
44 J. Lloyd 43 L. Melican 13 O. Florent

25 C. Poulter
HALF-BACK

35 C. Daniel
FORWARD



3 C. Weightman 30 L. McNeil 14 R. West



22 N. Blakey 30 T. McCartin 7 H. Cunningham



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 WBUL Rhylee West behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:37
WBUL Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 02:25
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 0.0.0 - 1.2.8 03:45
WBUL Riley Garcia behind 0.0.0 - 1.3.9 05:45
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 0.0.0 - 1.4.10 07:13
WBUL Ed Richards goal 0.0.0 - 2.4.16 09:12
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 0.1.1 - 2.4.16 14:14
WBUL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 2.5.17 14:34
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 0.1.1 - 3.5.23 18:02
WBUL Caleb Poulter goal 0.1.1 - 4.5.29 22:27
WBUL Rhylee West goal 0.1.1 - 5.5.35 29:01
Q2 SYDN Will Hayward goal 1.1.7 - 5.5.35 01:35
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 2.1.13 - 5.5.35 10:36
WBUL Laitham Vandermeer behind 2.1.13 - 5.6.36 18:09
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan behind 2.1.13 - 5.7.37 19:56
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 2.1.13 - 6.7.43 21:06
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 2.1.13 - 7.7.49 24:47
Q3 WBUL Cody Weightman behind 2.1.13 - 7.8.50 04:26
WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 2.1.13 - 8.8.56 05:49
SYDN Errol Gulden behind 2.2.14 - 8.8.56 07:44
SYDN Callum Mills goal 3.2.20 - 8.8.56 09:55
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 4.2.26 - 8.8.56 13:28
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 4.2.26 - 9.8.62 14:45
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 4.3.27 - 9.8.62 18:24
WBUL Cody Weightman behind 4.3.27 - 9.9.63 20:26
WBUL Ed Richards behind 4.3.27 - 9.10.64 21:17
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 4.3.27 - 9.11.65 22:30
WBUL Jamarra Ugle-Hagan goal 4.3.27 - 10.11.71 23:58
WBUL Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 10.12.72 25:43
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 4.4.28 - 10.12.72 29:56
Q4 WBUL Sam Darcy behind 4.4.28 - 10.13.73 01:20
WBUL Rhylee West goal 4.4.28 - 11.13.79 02:18
WBUL Lachlan McNeil goal 4.4.28 - 12.13.85 04:27
WBUL Tim English behind 4.4.28 - 12.14.86 17:10
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 5.4.34 - 12.14.86 17:41
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 5.5.35 - 12.14.86 19:38
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 5.5.35 - 12.15.87 20:48
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 5.6.36 - 12.15.87 23:34
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 6.6.42 - 12.15.87 25:00
SYDN Matt Roberts goal 7.6.48 - 12.15.87 26:45