2025 AFL Round 1: Sydney v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 7 March 2025 between Sydney and Hawthorn during round 1 of the 2025 AFL season. Sydney hosted Hawthorn at SCG. James Sicily captained the visitors with Dylan Moore as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Sam Mitchell.

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

Hawthorn
Back: T. Barrass, B. Hardwick, J. Sicily (capt.)
Half-back: J. Weddle, J. Impey, J. Battle
Centre: D. Moore (vice-capt.), J. Newcombe, C. MacDonald
Half-forward: M. D'Ambrosio, H. Morrison, N. Watson
Forward: J. Ginnivan, M. Chol, W. Day
Follower: L. Meek, J. Worpel, K. Amon
Int.: C. Mackenzie, F. Maginness, C. Nash, J. Scrimshaw
Sub.: S. Frost

Sydney (11.10.76) were defeated by Hawthorn (14.12.96).

Goalkickers
Sydney: J. Amartey (3), C. Warner (2), T. Adams, N. Blakey, W. Hayward, T. McCartin, T. Papley, J. Rowbottom
Hawthorn: W. Day (3), L. Meek (2), D. Moore (2), K. Amon, M. Chol, C. MacDonald, F. Maginness, C. Nash, J. Newcombe, J. Sicily

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 2nd on the ladder and Hawthorn were then 1st on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Sydney v Hawthorn
Date: Friday 7 March 2025
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 40,310

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Hawthorn
Score: 11.10.76 - 14.12.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 3 6 . 4 11 . 5 11 . 10 11 . 10 (76)
Hawthorn 5 . 3 9 . 6 11 . 10 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Margin HWTH by 6 HWTH by 20 HWTH by 5 HWTH by 20 HWTH by 20
Duration 36:45 31:41 32:50 28:23 2:09:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Cox (Sydney), Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), James Sicily (Hawthorn)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Sydney), Dylan Moore (Hawthorn)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Will Day HWTH 12 3
James Sicily HWTH 6 2
Chad Warner SYDN 1 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Adams, Taylor INT 54% 1 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 2
36 Amartey, Joel FF 82% 3 1 11 7 4 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
22 Blakey, Nick BPL 87% 1 0 26 21 5 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 13 1
16 Campbell, Braeden HFFL 80% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 4
13 Florent, Oliver INT 77% 0 2 16 9 7 3 0 2 0 5 2 2 1 1
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 80% 0 0 11 3 8 2 40 1 1 4 0 2 0 0
40 Hanily, Tom SUB↑ 31% 0 0 6 2 4 1 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 0
9 Hayward, Will FPL 79% 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
5 Heeney, Isaac C 82% 0 0 21 9 12 1 0 7 10 1 1 1 3 2
17 Jordon, James FPR 82% 0 0 20 10 10 0 0 4 7 5 1 3 1 2
44 Lloyd, Jake WL 87% 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 4 1 4 2 0 6 1
30 McCartin, Tom CHF 89% 1 1 7 7 0 7 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 3
27 McInerney, Justin WR 87% 0 1 16 11 5 6 0 2 1 4 1 4 0 2
43 Melican, Lewis FB 89% 0 0 11 8 3 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0
11 Papley, Tom HFFR 81% 1 1 13 6 7 3 0 0 1 6 2 3 0 1
25 Paton, Ben HBFR 73% 0 0 12 4 8 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
24 Rampe, Dane CHB 90% 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 2 1 4 1 1 4 1
34 Roberts, Matt HBFL 95% 0 0 26 20 6 9 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 4
8 Rowbottom, James RO 80% 1 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 4
12 Sheldrick, Angus INT↓ 48% 0 0 9 6 3 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 4
1 Warner, Chad RR 87% 2 1 21 16 5 5 0 2 2 3 1 1 3 6
37 Warner, Corey INT 71% 0 0 10 3 7 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 1
15 Wicks, Sam BPR 90% 0 0 18 13 5 3 0 4 0 2 3 1 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 11 10 321 203 118 71 41 54 33 60 21 23 44 40

T. Hanily replaced A. Sheldrick.

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Amon, Karl RO 82% 1 2 27 21 6 6 0 1 2 4 2 0 3 6
37 Barrass, Tom BPL 94% 0 0 9 6 3 6 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 1
24 Battle, Josh HBFR 88% 0 1 13 11 2 6 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 3
18 Chol, Mabior FF 90% 1 0 9 4 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
16 D'Ambrosio, Massimo HFFL 79% 0 0 19 16 3 6 0 1 2 3 0 1 4 4
12 Day, Will FPR 73% 3 0 26 17 9 4 0 6 9 1 6 0 4 6
8 Frost, Sam SUB↑ 44% 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
33 Ginnivan, Jack FPL 75% 0 1 16 9 7 1 0 3 2 4 1 1 0 3
15 Hardwick, Blake FB 91% 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 4 0 1 2 1 1 1
4 Impey, Jarman CHB 83% 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 0
31 MacDonald, Connor WR 70% 1 0 8 5 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 3
28 Mackenzie, Cam INT 73% 0 0 16 6 10 4 0 7 3 2 0 1 0 4
20 Maginness, Finn INT 72% 1 2 13 7 6 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
17 Meek, Lloyd RU 83% 2 0 14 7 7 4 30 5 6 1 1 0 0 3
13 Moore, Dylan (vc) WL 84% 2 1 18 10 8 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 3
1 Morrison, Harry CHF 79% 0 0 15 11 4 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 3
11 Nash, Conor INT 80% 1 0 20 8 12 2 0 5 6 2 1 2 0 3
3 Newcombe, Jai C 89% 1 0 19 9 10 1 0 7 9 6 1 3 1 1
14 Scrimshaw, Jack INT 77% 0 0 18 12 6 8 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1
6 Sicily, James (c) BPR 91% 1 0 20 15 5 8 0 0 0 4 2 2 2 3
34 Watson, Nick HFFR 74% 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 0 4 0 3 0 1
23 Weddle, Josh HBFL 86% 0 0 12 8 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2
5 Worpel, James RR↓ 44% 0 1 11 7 4 2 0 3 5 2 1 0 1 4
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 14 12 331 208 123 89 33 59 47 51 23 21 28 58

S. Frost replaced J. Worpel.

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: Dean Cox
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
37 T. Barrass 15 B. Hardwick 6 J. Sicily (c) 4 B. Grundy 3 T. Adams
17 J. Jordon 36 J. Amartey 9 W. Hayward 1 C. Warner 13 O. Florent
FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 12 A. Sheldrick
HALF-BACK

37 C. Warner
23 J. Weddle 4 J. Impey 24 J. Battle

40 T. Hanily
11 T. Papley 30 T. McCartin 16 B. Campbell



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 D. Moore (vc) 3 J. Newcombe 31 C. MacDonald



27 J. McInerney 5 I. Heeney 44 J. Lloyd FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 17 L. Meek 28 C. Mackenzie
HALF-FORWARD 5 J. Worpel 20 F. Maginness
16 M. D'Ambrosio 1 H. Morrison 34 N. Watson 10 K. Amon 11 C. Nash
25 B. Paton 24 D. Rampe 34 M. Roberts

14 J. Scrimshaw
HALF-BACK

8 S. Frost
FORWARD



33 J. Ginnivan 18 M. Chol 12 W. Day



15 S. Wicks 43 L. Melican 22 N. Blakey



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Sam Mitchell

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 HWTH Karl Amon behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:41
HWTH Dylan Moore behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 03:08
SYDN Chad Warner goal 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 04:03
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 2.0.12 - 0.2.2 06:10
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 2.0.12 - 1.2.8 07:38
HWTH Lloyd Meek goal 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 11:26
SYDN Taylor Adams goal 3.0.18 - 2.2.14 14:29
HWTH Jai Newcombe goal 3.0.18 - 3.2.20 16:14
SYDN Tom Papley goal 4.0.24 - 3.2.20 19:31
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 4.1.25 - 3.2.20 22:32
HWTH Dylan Moore goal 4.1.25 - 4.2.26 25:24
SYDN Tom McCartin behind 4.2.26 - 4.2.26 27:10
HWTH James Worpel behind 4.2.26 - 4.3.27 29:06
HWTH Will Day goal 4.2.26 - 5.3.33 30:12
SYDN Tom Papley behind 4.3.27 - 5.3.33 31:49
Q2 HWTH Finn Maginness behind 4.3.27 - 5.4.34 03:25
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 5.3.33 - 5.4.34 06:40
HWTH Karl Amon goal 5.3.33 - 6.4.40 11:15
HWTH Jack Ginnivan behind 5.3.33 - 6.5.41 13:04
HWTH Will Day goal 5.3.33 - 7.5.47 16:41
SYDN Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 7.5.47 21:56
HWTH Lloyd Meek goal 5.4.34 - 8.5.53 24:41
HWTH Will Day goal 5.4.34 - 9.5.59 26:42
SYDN James Rowbottom goal 6.4.40 - 9.5.59 28:29
HWTH Josh Battle behind 6.4.40 - 9.6.60 31:10
Q3 HWTH Rushed behind 6.4.40 - 9.7.61 00:33
HWTH Mabior Chol goal 6.4.40 - 10.7.67 02:29
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 7.4.46 - 10.7.67 04:15
SYDN Justin McInerney behind 7.5.47 - 10.7.67 06:03
SYDN Chad Warner goal 8.5.53 - 10.7.67 07:55
SYDN Tom McCartin goal 9.5.59 - 10.7.67 11:58
SYDN Will Hayward goal 10.5.65 - 10.7.67 14:44
HWTH Karl Amon behind 10.5.65 - 10.8.68 16:16
HWTH Conor Nash goal 10.5.65 - 11.8.74 21:47
SYDN Nick Blakey goal 11.5.71 - 11.8.74 25:31
HWTH Finn Maginness behind 11.5.71 - 11.9.75 27:22
HWTH Rushed behind 11.5.71 - 11.10.76 29:21
Q4 SYDN Rushed behind 11.6.72 - 11.10.76 01:19
HWTH Finn Maginness goal 11.6.72 - 12.10.82 02:14
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 11.7.73 - 12.10.82 03:24
SYDN Chad Warner behind 11.8.74 - 12.10.82 04:40
SYDN Rushed behind 11.9.75 - 12.10.82 05:31
HWTH Connor MacDonald goal 11.9.75 - 13.10.88 12:20
HWTH Rushed behind 11.9.75 - 13.11.89 20:00
HWTH James Sicily goal 11.9.75 - 14.11.95 21:13
HWTH Rushed behind 11.9.75 - 14.12.96 27:24
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 11.10.76 - 14.12.96 28:18