2025 AFL Season Round 17: Sydney v Western Bulldogs
This is the match report for the match played on 27 June 2025 between Sydney and the Western Bulldogs during round seventeen of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League.
Sydney hosted the Western Bulldogs at the SCG.
Callum Mills captained the hosts.
Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.
Sydney (14.12.96) were defeated by the Western Bulldogs (16.9.105).
Match Details
Season:
2025 AFL Season
Round:
Round 17
Teams:
Sydney
v
Western Bulldogs
Date:
Friday 27 June 2025
Time:
7:40 PM
Venue:
SCG
Attendance:
29,246
Match Results
Outcome:
Sydney
def. by
Western Bulldogs
Score:
14.12.96 - 16.9.105
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Sydney | 3 | . | 5 | 6 | . | 8 | 12 | . | 9 | 14 | . | 12 | 14 | . | 12 | (96) |
| Western Bulldogs | 4 | . | 2 | 8 | . | 5 | 14 | . | 6 | 16 | . | 9 | 16 | . | 9 | (105) |
| Margin | WBUL by 3 | WBUL by 9 | WBUL by 9 | WBUL by 9 | WBUL by 9 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 30:59 | 30:57 | 36:26 | 28:29 | 2:06:51 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Sydney
Captain: Callum MillsCoach: Dean Cox
Western Bulldogs
Captain: Marcus BontempelliVice-Captain: Tom Liberatore
Coach: Luke Beveridge
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Freijah | WBUL | 27 | 3 |
| Isaac Heeney | SYDN | 5 | 2 |
| Bailey Dale | WBUL | 31 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Player Statistics
Sydney
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 22 | Blakey, Nick | CHB | 97% | 0 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 39 | Buller, Jack | HFFR | 73% | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Campbell, Braeden | INT | 70% | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Cunningham, Harry | BPL | 81% | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Florent, Oliver | SUB↑ | 32% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Francis, Aaron | FF | 78% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Grundy, Brodie | RU | 81% | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | Gulden, Errol | WL | 89% | 0 | 0 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Hayward, Will | CHF | 79% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Heeney, Isaac | RR | 92% | 5 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Jordon, James | FPR | 83% | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | Lloyd, Jake | WR | 81% | 1 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 27 | McInerney, Justin | RO | 84% | 1 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | McLean, Hayden | HFFL | 88% | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 | Melican, Lewis | BPR | 90% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Mills, Callum (c) | FB | 80% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Papley, Tom | FPL↓ | 82% | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 | Rampe, Dane | INT | 49% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Roberts, Matt | HBFL | 84% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Rowbottom, James | INT | 74% | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Sheldrick, Angus | INT | 61% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | Warner, Chad | C | 82% | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Wicks, Sam | HBFR | 91% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rushed | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 14 | 12 | 355 | 211 | 144 | 91 | 52 | 78 | 38 | 55 | 22 | 16 | 30 | 50 | |||
O. Florent replaced T. Papley.
Western Bulldogs
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 4 | Bontempelli, Marcus (c) | RR | 88% | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 29 | Bramble, Lachie | INT | 87% | 1 | 0 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 17 | Coffield, Nick | BPL | 77% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Dale, Bailey | HBFR | 80% | 0 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | Darcy, Sam | FF | 85% | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 42 | Davidson, Sam | HFFL | 84% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 | English, Tim | RU | 81% | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 27 | Freijah, Joel | WR | 89% | 4 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Harmes, James | INT | 62% | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Hynes, Cooper | INT | 68% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Johannisen, Jason | HBFL | 74% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Kennedy, Matthew | HFFR | 80% | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | Khamis, Buku | SUB↑ | 9% | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Liberatore, Tom (vc) | RO | 73% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Lobb, Rory | CHB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | McNeil, Lachlan | INT↓ | 68% | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Naughton, Aaron | CHF | 85% | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | O'Donnell, James | FB | 100% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | Richards, Ed | C | 86% | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Sanders, Ryley | WL | 80% | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Vandermeer, Laitham | FPL | 77% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | West, Rhylee | FPR | 80% | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Williams, Bailey | BPR | 86% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Rushed | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 16 | 9 | 336 | 185 | 151 | 84 | 24 | 51 | 35 | 53 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 46 | |||
B. Khamis replaced L. McNeil.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Sydney | Coach: Dean Cox | ||||||||||||||
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| 17 | N. Coffield | 18 | J. O'Donnell | 34 | B. Williams | 4 | B. Grundy | 16 | B. Campbell | ||||||
| 17 | J. Jordon | 10 | A. Francis | 11 | T. Papley | 5 | I. Heeney | 24 | D. Rampe | ||||||
| FORWARD | 27 | J. McInerney | 8 | J. Rowbottom | |||||||||||
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| 39 | J. Johannisen | 7 | R. Lobb | 31 | B. Dale |
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| 39 | J. Buller | 9 | W. Hayward | 2 | H. McLean |
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| 9 | R. Sanders | 20 | E. Richards | 27 | J. Freijah |
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| 44 | J. Lloyd | 1 | C. Warner | 21 | E. Gulden | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 44 | T. English | 29 | L. Bramble | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 4 | M. Bontempelli (c) | 22 | J. Harmes | |||||||||||
| 42 | S. Davidson | 33 | A. Naughton | 8 | M. Kennedy | 21 | T. Liberatore (vc) | 6 | C. Hynes | ||||||
| 15 | S. Wicks | 22 | N. Blakey | 34 | M. Roberts |
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| 23 | L. Vandermeer | 10 | S. Darcy | 14 | R. West |
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| 43 | L. Melican | 14 | C. Mills (c) | 7 | H. Cunningham |
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| Western Bulldogs | Coach: Luke Beveridge | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | WBUL | Sam Darcy goal | 0.0.0 | - | 1.0.6 | 01:06 |
| SYDN | Nick Blakey behind | 0.1.1 | - | 1.0.6 | 03:59 | |
| SYDN | Jake Lloyd behind | 0.2.2 | - | 1.0.6 | 04:18 | |
| WBUL | Sam Darcy goal | 0.2.2 | - | 2.0.12 | 04:58 | |
| SYDN | Jake Lloyd goal | 1.2.8 | - | 2.0.12 | 07:57 | |
| WBUL | Lachlan McNeil behind | 1.2.8 | - | 2.1.13 | 12:29 | |
| WBUL | Aaron Naughton behind | 1.2.8 | - | 2.2.14 | 15:41 | |
| SYDN | Jake Lloyd behind | 1.3.9 | - | 2.2.14 | 17:28 | |
| SYDN | Chad Warner goal | 2.3.15 | - | 2.2.14 | 17:56 | |
| WBUL | Matthew Kennedy goal | 2.3.15 | - | 3.2.20 | 19:49 | |
| SYDN | Tom Papley goal | 3.3.21 | - | 3.2.20 | 23:31 | |
| WBUL | Rhylee West goal | 3.3.21 | - | 4.2.26 | 26:32 | |
| SYDN | Brodie Grundy behind | 3.4.22 | - | 4.2.26 | 29:03 | |
| SYDN | James Rowbottom behind | 3.5.23 | - | 4.2.26 | 30:54 | |
| Q2 | WBUL | Sam Darcy goal | 3.5.23 | - | 5.2.32 | 00:32 |
| WBUL | Aaron Naughton goal | 3.5.23 | - | 6.2.38 | 06:57 | |
| SYDN | Jack Buller behind | 3.6.24 | - | 6.2.38 | 08:43 | |
| SYDN | Tom Papley behind | 3.7.25 | - | 6.2.38 | 09:39 | |
| WBUL | Ed Richards behind | 3.7.25 | - | 6.3.39 | 13:00 | |
| WBUL | Aaron Naughton goal | 3.7.25 | - | 7.3.45 | 14:31 | |
| WBUL | Aaron Naughton goal | 3.7.25 | - | 8.3.51 | 15:59 | |
| WBUL | Lachlan McNeil behind | 3.7.25 | - | 8.4.52 | 17:47 | |
| WBUL | Rushed behind | 3.7.25 | - | 8.5.53 | 18:31 | |
| SYDN | Isaac Heeney goal | 4.7.31 | - | 8.5.53 | 19:46 | |
| SYDN | Tom Papley goal | 5.7.37 | - | 8.5.53 | 23:55 | |
| SYDN | James Jordon goal | 6.7.43 | - | 8.5.53 | 26:10 | |
| SYDN | James Rowbottom behind | 6.8.44 | - | 8.5.53 | 30:19 | |
| Q3 | WBUL | Aaron Naughton behind | 6.8.44 | - | 8.6.54 | 00:59 |
| SYDN | Isaac Heeney goal | 7.8.50 | - | 8.6.54 | 02:20 | |
| SYDN | Justin McInerney goal | 8.8.56 | - | 8.6.54 | 03:32 | |
| WBUL | Joel Freijah goal | 8.8.56 | - | 9.6.60 | 05:31 | |
| SYDN | Isaac Heeney goal | 9.8.62 | - | 9.6.60 | 08:23 | |
| WBUL | Lachie Bramble goal | 9.8.62 | - | 10.6.66 | 10:35 | |
| SYDN | Isaac Heeney goal | 10.8.68 | - | 10.6.66 | 14:10 | |
| SYDN | James Rowbottom goal | 11.8.74 | - | 10.6.66 | 15:57 | |
| WBUL | Marcus Bontempelli goal | 11.8.74 | - | 11.6.72 | 17:22 | |
| WBUL | Joel Freijah goal | 11.8.74 | - | 12.6.78 | 21:06 | |
| WBUL | Joel Freijah goal | 11.8.74 | - | 13.6.84 | 24:01 | |
| WBUL | James Harmes goal | 11.8.74 | - | 14.6.90 | 26:22 | |
| SYDN | Chad Warner behind | 11.9.75 | - | 14.6.90 | 30:05 | |
| SYDN | Isaac Heeney goal | 12.9.81 | - | 14.6.90 | 35:21 | |
| Q4 | SYDN | Brodie Grundy goal | 13.9.87 | - | 14.6.90 | 01:06 |
| WBUL | Matthew Kennedy goal | 13.9.87 | - | 15.6.96 | 02:40 | |
| SYDN | Jake Lloyd behind | 13.10.88 | - | 15.6.96 | 04:15 | |
| WBUL | Rushed behind | 13.10.88 | - | 15.7.97 | 06:50 | |
| SYDN | Jack Buller goal | 14.10.94 | - | 15.7.97 | 08:12 | |
| WBUL | Joel Freijah goal | 14.10.94 | - | 16.7.103 | 10:08 | |
| WBUL | Tim English behind | 14.10.94 | - | 16.8.104 | 19:37 | |
| SYDN | Harry Cunningham behind | 14.11.95 | - | 16.8.104 | 23:12 | |
| WBUL | Rushed behind | 14.11.95 | - | 16.9.105 | 26:24 | |
| SYDN | Hayden McLean behind | 14.12.96 | - | 16.9.105 | 27:21 | |