2024 AFL Season Round 24: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2024 between Essendon and Sydney during round twenty-four of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League. Essendon hosted Sydney at Marvel Stadium. Zach Merrett captained the hosts with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain. Callum Mills captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brad Scott and the visitors were coached by John Longmire.

Essendon (8.11.59) were defeated by Sydney (15.8.98).

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Round 24
Teams: Essendon v Sydney
Date: Friday 16 August 2024
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 33,830

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Sydney
Score: 8.11.59 - 15.8.98

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Essendon	3	.	1	4	.	5	5	.	10	8	.	11	8	.	11	(59)
Sydney	2	.	2	3	.	4	9	.	7	15	.	8	15	.	8	(98)
Margin	ESSE by 5			ESSE by 7			SYDN by 21			SYDN by 39			SYDN by 39
Duration	28:44			28:06			31:13			30:54			1:58:57

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Zach Merrett
Vice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott

Sydney

Captain: Callum Mills
Coach: John Longmire

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Isaac Heeney	SYDN	5	3
Nic Martin	ESSE	37	2
Callum Mills	SYDN	14	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Isaac Heeney	SYDN	5	10	2	0	0	0	0
Nic Martin	ESSE	37	8	0	2	0	0	0
Oliver Florent	SYDN	13	4	0	0	1	0	1
Lewis Melican	SYDN	43	3	0	0	1	0	0
Callum Mills	SYDN	14	2	0	0	0	1	0
Luke Parker	SYDN	26	2	0	0	0	1	0
Dylan Shiel	ESSE	9	1	0	0	0	0	1

Player Statistics

Essendon

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
24	Bryan, Nick	FF↓	61%	0	0	10	5	5	2	18	3	3	1	1	0	0	3
30	Caddy, Nate	CHF	78%	0	1	11	6	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
6	Caldwell, Jye	RR	82%	1	1	31	16	15	7	0	5	5	8	2	3	2	6
2	Draper, Sam	RU	80%	1	1	11	9	2	3	12	2	5	1	0	0	0	1
22	Durham, Sam	HFFR	81%	0	0	16	9	7	4	0	4	2	3	0	0	1	4
11	Gresham, Jade	FPR	85%	0	1	11	4	7	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
8	Hobbs, Ben	INT	75%	0	1	12	5	7	3	0	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
23	Jones, Harry	INT	79%	1	0	8	4	4	3	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1
29	Kelly, Jake	BPL	91%	0	0	10	6	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	1
4	Langford, Kyle	FPL	87%	1	2	14	9	5	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	5
15	Laverde, Jayden	BPR	91%	0	0	22	12	10	7	0	1	0	3	3	0	4	0
37	Martin, Nic	HBFL	100%	3	0	32	15	17	5	0	3	1	5	0	1	1	3
1	McGrath, Andrew (vc)	HBFR	84%	0	0	29	18	11	10	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	2
32	McKay, Ben	FB	94%	0	0	19	12	7	9	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1
47	Menzie, Jye	SUB↑	17%	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
7	Merrett, Zach (c)	RO	81%	0	1	17	8	9	4	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	2
3	Parish, Darcy	C	67%	0	0	26	15	11	6	0	4	4	2	0	1	0	9
16	Perkins, Archie	WL	73%	0	0	13	11	2	3	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	2
27	Redman, Mason	CHB	86%	0	0	19	12	7	5	0	4	0	1	0	1	3	2
38	Roberts, Archie	WR	76%	0	0	25	13	12	6	0	3	0	4	2	0	2	1
9	Shiel, Dylan	INT	68%	0	0	30	14	16	5	0	2	6	1	0	0	2	4
25	Stringer, Jake	INT	75%	1	2	12	8	4	2	0	3	1	3	0	1	0	1
10	Weideman, Sam	HFFL	90%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				8	11	389	217	172	100	30	47	31	47	17	10	31	54

J. Menzie replaced N. Bryan.

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
3	Adams, Taylor	INT↓	53%	0	0	14	4	10	2	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	1
36	Amartey, Joel	FF	74%	2	0	8	6	2	4	1	0	1	4	0	3	0	2
22	Blakey, Nick	BPR	83%	0	0	19	15	4	2	0	1	0	4	0	1	4	1
16	Campbell, Braeden	INT	79%	2	1	13	11	2	6	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	3
33	Cleary, Caiden	CHF	85%	1	1	11	9	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	1	3
7	Cunningham, Harry	CHB	89%	0	0	11	10	1	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	1
13	Florent, Oliver	HBFR	84%	1	1	23	16	7	10	0	0	2	4	0	3	7	5
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	64%	0	0	9	2	7	0	19	2	2	3	0	1	0	2
21	Gulden, Errol	WR	80%	0	0	25	20	5	6	0	2	6	6	1	1	2	8
9	Hayward, Will	FPR	82%	3	0	16	10	6	7	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	2
5	Heeney, Isaac	RR	85%	3	1	22	13	9	6	0	2	3	5	1	3	2	2
17	Jordon, James	HFFR	86%	0	0	15	5	10	4	0	2	3	1	0	1	1	0
44	Lloyd, Jake	WL	82%	0	0	21	13	8	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	3
30	McCartin, Tom	FB	91%	0	0	14	12	2	10	0	0	0	4	0	1	4	1
6	McDonald, Logan	FPL	96%	0	1	14	10	4	6	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	4
2	McLean, Hayden	INT	79%	0	0	17	10	7	6	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
43	Melican, Lewis	HBFL	86%	0	0	13	7	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
14	Mills, Callum (c)	C	87%	0	0	26	15	11	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0
26	Parker, Luke	HFFL	79%	3	1	15	10	5	6	0	0	3	5	1	1	0	4
24	Rampe, Dane	BPL	82%	0	0	9	8	1	8	0	5	0	2	0	0	3	0
34	Roberts, Matt	INT	81%	0	0	21	14	7	7	0	4	3	2	0	0	4	1
8	Rowbottom, James	RO	77%	0	0	17	8	9	2	0	5	4	3	0	0	2	1
37	Warner, Corey	SUB↑	16%	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				15	8	354	228	126	115	26	41	32	58	10	17	45	48

C. Warner replaced T. Adams.

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

Essendon							Coach: Brad Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	24	D. Rampe	30	T. McCartin	22	N. Blakey	2	S. Draper	8	B. Hobbs
	11	J. Gresham	24	N. Bryan	4	K. Langford	6	J. Caldwell	23	H. Jones
FORWARD							7	Z. Merrett (c)	9	D. Shiel
HALF-BACK									25	J. Stringer
	43	L. Melican	7	H. Cunningham	13	O. Florent			47	J. Menzie
	22	S. Durham	30	N. Caddy	10	S. Weideman
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	44	J. Lloyd	14	C. Mills (c)	21	E. Gulden
	38	A. Roberts	3	D. Parish	16	A. Perkins	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							4	B. Grundy	3	T. Adams
HALF-FORWARD							5	I. Heeney	16	B. Campbell
	26	L. Parker	33	C. Cleary	17	J. Jordon	8	J. Rowbottom	2	H. McLean
	1	A. McGrath (vc)	27	M. Redman	37	N. Martin			34	M. Roberts
HALF-BACK									37	C. Warner
FORWARD
	6	L. McDonald	36	J. Amartey	9	W. Hayward
	15	J. Laverde	32	B. McKay	29	J. Kelly
BACK
Sydney							Coach: John Longmire

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Caiden Cleary behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	07:36
	ESSE	Nic Martin goal	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	10:32
	ESSE	Jye Caldwell behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	12:41
	ESSE	Nic Martin goal	2.1.13	-	0.1.1	14:20
	SYDN	Caiden Cleary goal	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	15:27
	ESSE	Sam Draper goal	3.1.19	-	1.1.7	20:03
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell goal	3.1.19	-	2.1.13	25:03
	SYDN	Logan McDonald behind	3.1.19	-	2.2.14	27:33
Q2	ESSE	Jake Stringer goal	4.1.25	-	2.2.14	02:44
	SYDN	Luke Parker behind	4.1.25	-	2.3.15	06:04
	ESSE	Jade Gresham behind	4.2.26	-	2.3.15	07:16
	ESSE	Nate Caddy behind	4.3.27	-	2.3.15	09:23
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	4.3.27	-	3.3.21	12:52
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	4.4.28	-	3.3.21	13:59
	ESSE	Sam Draper behind	4.5.29	-	3.3.21	16:43
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell behind	4.5.29	-	3.4.22	20:47
Q3	ESSE	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	3.4.22	01:39
	SYDN	Rushed behind	4.6.30	-	3.5.23	02:15
	SYDN	Luke Parker goal	4.6.30	-	4.5.29	03:37
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell goal	4.6.30	-	5.5.35	07:04
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	4.6.30	-	6.5.41	09:34
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	4.6.30	-	6.6.42	14:13
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	4.7.31	-	6.6.42	15:27
	ESSE	Harry Jones goal	5.7.37	-	6.6.42	16:47
	ESSE	Zach Merrett behind	5.8.38	-	6.6.42	19:26
	SYDN	Luke Parker goal	5.8.38	-	7.6.48	21:51
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	5.8.38	-	8.6.54	23:04
	SYDN	Oliver Florent goal	5.8.38	-	9.6.60	24:20
	SYDN	Oliver Florent behind	5.8.38	-	9.7.61	27:44
	ESSE	Kyle Langford behind	5.9.39	-	9.7.61	29:29
	ESSE	Jake Stringer behind	5.10.40	-	9.7.61	31:10
Q4	ESSE	Jye Caldwell goal	6.10.46	-	9.7.61	01:20
	SYDN	Luke Parker goal	6.10.46	-	10.7.67	04:26
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	6.10.46	-	11.7.73	10:40
	ESSE	Kyle Langford goal	7.10.52	-	11.7.73	11:54
	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	7.10.52	-	12.7.79	13:36
	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	7.10.52	-	13.7.85	17:24
	SYDN	Rushed behind	7.10.52	-	13.8.86	18:43
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	7.10.52	-	14.8.92	20:18
	SYDN	Will Hayward goal	7.10.52	-	15.8.98	23:25
	ESSE	Ben Hobbs behind	7.11.53	-	15.8.98	25:01
	ESSE	Nic Martin goal	8.11.59	-	15.8.98	27:44

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