2024 AFL Round 24: Essendon v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 16 August 2024 between Essendon and Sydney during round 24 of the 2024 AFL season. 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
Back: J. Kelly, B. McKay, J. Laverde
Half-back: N. Martin, M. Redman, A. McGrath (vice-capt.)
Centre: A. Perkins, D. Parish, A. Roberts
Half-forward: S. Weideman, N. Caddy, S. Durham
Forward: K. Langford, N. Bryan, J. Gresham
Follower: S. Draper, J. Caldwell, Z. Merrett (capt.)
Int.: B. Hobbs, H. Jones, D. Shiel, J. Stringer
Sub.: J. Menzie

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

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

Goalkickers
Essendon: N. Martin (3), J. Caldwell, S. Draper, H. Jones, K. Langford, J. Stringer
Sydney: W. Hayward (3), I. Heeney (3), L. Parker (3), J. Amartey (2), B. Campbell (2), C. Cleary, O. Florent

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) and Sydney remained 1st on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Honour Roll

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

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