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Sydney vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 9-Sep-2017 Final Elimination Final
Sydney logo
SYD
121 19.7
Coach: John Longmire
56 8.8
ESS
Essendon logo
Coach: John Worsfold
S.C.G. Sydney by 65 SYD by 65
Summary Lineups Player Statistics
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Scoring timeline

2Q3Q4Q
Joe DaniherQ1 - 3:13 - Goal - 0-6 Lance FranklinQ1 - 5:25 - Behind - 1-6 Dean TowersQ1 - 7:59 - Goal - 7-6
RushedQ1 - 9:32 - Behind - 8-6
James StewartQ1 - 11:17 - Behind - 8-7 David ZaharakisQ1 - 15:00 - Behind - 8-8 Callum SinclairQ1 - 16:36 - Goal - 14-8 Kieren JackQ1 - 23:22 - Goal - 20-8 Joe DaniherQ1 - 27:52 - Behind - 20-9 Lance FranklinQ2 - 0:53 - Goal - 26-9 Lance FranklinQ2 - 2:24 - Goal - 32-9 Lance FranklinQ2 - 5:38 - Goal - 38-9 Isaac HeeneyQ2 - 9:02 - Behind - 39-9 Callum SinclairQ2 - 10:38 - Goal - 45-9 Callum SinclairQ2 - 11:56 - Behind - 46-9 Isaac HeeneyQ2 - 13:07 - Goal - 52-9 Jake LloydQ2 - 14:54 - Goal - 58-9 Josh KennedyQ2 - 16:22 - Goal - 64-9 Josh BegleyQ2 - 18:29 - Goal - 64-15 Luke ParkerQ2 - 19:30 - Behind - 65-15 Lance FranklinQ2 - 23:07 - Goal - 71-15 David MyersQ2 - 24:31 - Goal - 71-21 Travis ColyerQ2 - 26:32 - Behind - 71-22 Dean TowersQ2 - 27:44 - Goal - 77-22 Josh KennedyQ2 - 29:48 - Goal - 83-22 Joe DaniherQ3 - 0:58 - Goal - 83-28 Orazio FantasiaQ3 - 3:29 - Behind - 83-29 Joe DaniherQ3 - 7:39 - Behind - 83-30 Travis ColyerQ3 - 8:12 - Behind - 83-31 Gary RohanQ3 - 11:01 - Goal - 89-31 David ZaharakisQ3 - 12:43 - Behind - 89-32 Callum SinclairQ3 - 16:23 - Goal - 95-32 Isaac HeeneyQ3 - 17:44 - Goal - 101-32 Gary RohanQ3 - 25:37 - Goal - 107-32 Joe DaniherQ3 - 30:02 - Goal - 107-38 Dean TowersQ4 - 2:17 - Behind - 108-38 Orazio FantasiaQ4 - 5:56 - Goal - 108-44 Tom PapleyQ4 - 12:28 - Goal - 114-44 Dean TowersQ4 - 13:32 - Goal - 120-44 Dyson HeppellQ4 - 15:21 - Goal - 120-50 Isaac HeeneyQ4 - 18:13 - Behind - 121-50 Josh BegleyQ4 - 26:33 - Goal - 121-56

Scoring Events

Most recent first
  • Josh BegleyGoal
    4Q 26:33121-56
  • Isaac HeeneyBehind
    4Q 18:13121-50
  • Dyson HeppellGoal
    4Q 15:21120-50
  • Dean TowersGoal
    4Q 13:32120-44
  • Tom PapleyGoal
    4Q 12:28114-44
  • Orazio FantasiaGoal
    4Q 5:56108-44
  • Dean TowersBehind
    4Q 2:17108-38
  • Joe DaniherGoal
    3Q 30:02107-38
  • Gary RohanGoal
    3Q 25:37107-32
  • Isaac HeeneyGoal
    3Q 17:44101-32
  • Callum SinclairGoal
    3Q 16:2395-32
  • David ZaharakisBehind
    3Q 12:4389-32
  • Gary RohanGoal
    3Q 11:0189-31
  • Travis ColyerBehind
    3Q 8:1283-31
  • Joe DaniherBehind
    3Q 7:3983-30
  • Orazio FantasiaBehind
    3Q 3:2983-29
  • Joe DaniherGoal
    3Q 0:5883-28
  • Josh KennedyGoal
    2Q 29:4883-22
  • Dean TowersGoal
    2Q 27:4477-22
  • Travis ColyerBehind
    2Q 26:3271-22
  • David MyersGoal
    2Q 24:3171-21
  • Lance FranklinGoal
    2Q 23:0771-15
  • Luke ParkerBehind
    2Q 19:3065-15
  • Josh BegleyGoal
    2Q 18:2964-15
  • Josh KennedyGoal
    2Q 16:2264-9
  • Jake LloydGoal
    2Q 14:5458-9
  • Isaac HeeneyGoal
    2Q 13:0752-9
  • Callum SinclairBehind
    2Q 11:5646-9
  • Callum SinclairGoal
    2Q 10:3845-9
  • Isaac HeeneyBehind
    2Q 9:0239-9
  • Lance FranklinGoal
    2Q 5:3838-9
  • Lance FranklinGoal
    2Q 2:2432-9
  • Lance FranklinGoal
    2Q 0:5326-9
  • Joe DaniherBehind
    1Q 27:5220-9
  • Kieren JackGoal
    1Q 23:2220-8
  • Callum SinclairGoal
    1Q 16:3614-8
  • David ZaharakisBehind
    1Q 15:008-8
  • James StewartBehind
    1Q 11:178-7
  • RushedBehind
    1Q 9:328-6
  • Dean TowersGoal
    1Q 7:597-6
  • Lance FranklinBehind
    1Q 5:251-6
  • Joe DaniherGoal
    1Q 3:130-6

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SYD3.210.34.02.2121
ESS1.32.12.43.056

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Lance FranklinSYD
Behinds
2
4 tied leaders
Isaac HeeneySYD
SuperCoach
132
Josh KennedySYD
Tackles
11
David ZaharakisESS

Team Stats

SYDESS

Scoring / Attack

19Goals8
6Behinds8
31Shots At Goal18
54Inside 50s32
13Goal Assists5
97Score Involvements69
19Marks Inside 505
1Behinds Rushed0

Possession

372Disposals374
226Kicks197
146Handballs177
136Contested Possessions132
237Uncontested Possessions242
5,354Metres Gained4,360
79Ground Ball Gets87

Clearance / Contest

39Clearances35
16Centre Clearances9
23Stoppage Clearances26
73Tackles82
38Hitouts46
8Hitouts To Advantage10
277Pressure Acts256
26Contested Marks8

Other

127Marks94
20Frees For26
26Frees Against20
23Rebound 50s34
52Clangers55
22One Percenters34
1Bounces7
1,763Supercoach Points1,539
1,743Dream Team Points1,623
57Turnovers64
24Hitout To Advantage Rate40
13Spoils26
64Intercepts58
24Intercept Marks11

Match Summary

Biggest Lead
SYD 76 pts
Longest Unanswered Run
SYD 44 pts
Lead Changes
1
Score Ties
1

Player Statistics

Every player, every statistic

Browse statistics

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#12
Josh Kennedy SYD Centre
132 29 11 18 3 2 0 5 0 4 0 8 18 10 0 1 2 8 227 1 0 22 15 3 5 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 2 1 5 0 1 0 3 66.7% 66.7% — — — — — 109 87% 107
#26
Luke Parker SYD Ruck Rover
125 27 15 12 3 0 1 7 0 6 0 7 16 12 3 0 0 7 382 3 2 16 7 3 4 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 4 4 0 3 0 2 50.0% 0.0% — — — — — 98 91% 112
#44
Jake Lloyd SYD Wing Left
80 25 16 9 14 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 24 0 1 0 5 259 5 3 6 2 1 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 2 50.0% 0 0.0% 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 108 90% 111
#39
Heath Grundy SYD Full Back
81 22 10 12 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 16 3 0 0 1 226 9 4 2 3 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 6 16.7% 0 0.0% 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 81 91% 112
#10
Zak Jones SYD Centre Half Back
92 21 19 2 9 0 0 4 0 3 3 1 5 17 2 0 0 4 446 4 3 11 2 1 0 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 2 0.0% 1 100.0% 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 96 81% 100
#3
Jarrad McVeigh SYD Half Back Flank Right
86 21 17 4 5 0 0 1 0 4 6 1 5 13 0 0 1 7 451 5 0 12 3 1 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 77 84% 103
#4
Dan Hannebery SYD Rover
95 21 8 13 8 0 0 6 0 3 0 3 6 14 0 0 0 5 253 3 1 17 4 1 2 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 99 82% 101
#15
Kieren Jack SYD Forward Pocket Left
81 19 14 5 3 1 0 3 0 3 1 1 6 13 0 0 0 3 233 2 0 16 4 0 1 6 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 80 81% 100
#7
Harry Cunningham SYD Interchange
32 19 9 10 6 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 4 16 1 0 1 2 143 3 2 12 2 0 2 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 66 73% 90
#29
George Hewett SYD Interchange
66 19 7 12 4 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 6 14 0 1 0 5 157 1 0 18 5 2 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 78 69% 85
#14
Callum Mills SYD Half Back Flank Left
83 16 11 5 9 0 0 5 0 1 3 0 4 11 4 0 0 1 177 5 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 90 86% 106
#41
Tom Papley SYD Half Forward Flank Left
66 16 8 8 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 4 12 0 1 3 6 269 1 0 18 4 0 1 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 58 71% 87
#24
Dane Rampe SYD Back Pocket Right
51 15 11 4 6 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 12 0 0 1 1 360 5 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 4 75.0% 0 0.0% 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 52 84% 103
#28
Nic Newman SYD Interchange
52 15 11 4 5 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 4 11 1 1 0 2 297 2 1 9 3 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 62 79% 97
#22
Dean Towers SYD Interchange
105 14 9 5 2 3 1 5 2 1 0 3 10 5 1 1 0 5 172 3 0 18 6 0 3 5 1 11.8% 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 1 3 0 1 0 4 100.0% 75.0% — — — — — 84 76% 94
#5
Isaac Heeney SYD Wing Right
78 13 9 4 6 2 2 5 0 3 1 1 6 8 1 2 0 5 245 4 0 22 5 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 100.0% 50.0% — — — — — 87 83% 102
#40
Nick Smith SYD Back Pocket Left
60 13 9 4 7 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 12 0 0 0 4 224 3 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 65 87% 107
#20
Sam Reid SYD Forward Pocket Right
78 12 7 5 6 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 8 5 2 1 2 6 174 1 0 8 3 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 56 85% 105
#18
Callum Sinclair SYD Full Forward
102 10 9 1 9 3 1 3 3 4 0 0 6 5 4 4 1 6 240 1 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 60.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 5 60.0% 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 80.0% 60.0% — — — — — 90 94% 116
#35
Sam Naismith SYD Ruck
67 10 4 6 2 0 0 5 33 1 1 6 8 1 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 11 4 4 2 2 7 48.5% 21.2% 2 2 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 82 73% 90
#23
Lance Franklin SYD Centre Half Forward
90 8 7 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 1 3 1 6 225 1 0 12 4 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 6 33.3% 0 1 2 0 1 0 6 83.3% 66.7% — — — — — 58 75% 92
#16
Gary Rohan SYD Half Forward Flank Right
61 7 5 2 5 2 0 5 0 3 0 0 4 3 2 2 1 4 192 1 0 16 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 67 77% 95
Sydney logo
Team totals SYD
1763 372 226 146 127 19 6 73 38 54 23 39 136 237 26 19 13 97 5354 64 24 277 79 16 23 57 8 40.1% 23.7% 13 21 241.7% 21 393.3% 20 26 52 1 22 1 31 80.6% 61.3% — — — 0% — 1743 82% 2215

#18
Michael Hurley ESS Half Back Flank Right
122 30 16 14 10 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 7 22 1 0 0 4 410 8 2 3 5 0 1 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 5 6 50.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 111 93% 115
#8
Martin Gleeson ESS Half Forward Flank Right
103 25 16 9 7 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 8 16 1 0 0 6 346 10 3 4 6 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 4 3 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 93 86% 106
#9
Brendon Goddard ESS Wing Right
94 25 11 14 6 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 22 0 0 0 4 189 4 2 6 2 0 1 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 4 0 2 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 89 94% 116
#21
Dyson Heppell ESS Rover
91 24 15 9 2 1 0 6 0 4 4 4 11 14 0 0 1 4 415 1 0 19 6 2 2 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 1 4 0 1 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 99 81% 100
#1
Andrew McGrath ESS Half Back Flank Left
64 22 9 13 4 0 0 6 0 2 1 1 5 16 0 0 0 3 179 2 0 13 2 0 1 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 92 80% 99
#7
Zach Merrett ESS Ruck Rover
91 21 12 9 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 3 7 14 0 0 1 5 261 3 0 23 7 2 1 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 86 73% 90
#11
David Zaharakis ESS Interchange
95 21 10 11 4 0 2 11 0 1 2 3 6 17 0 0 0 5 210 3 0 20 3 0 3 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 106 86% 106
#3
Darcy Parish ESS Centre
77 21 7 14 3 0 0 5 0 2 0 8 14 7 0 0 0 3 93 3 0 14 12 1 7 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 72 74% 91
#32
Travis Colyer ESS Interchange
83 20 14 6 6 0 2 6 0 1 2 2 7 13 0 0 0 5 310 0 0 19 5 0 2 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 66.7% 0.0% — — — — — 99 78% 96
#4
Jobe Watson ESS Wing Left
65 20 7 13 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 5 10 10 0 0 0 4 171 2 0 18 6 2 3 6 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 69 75% 92
#6
Joe Daniher ESS Full Forward
100 17 14 3 6 3 2 1 1 5 0 0 10 7 3 2 1 6 395 0 0 5 2 0 0 5 0 9.1% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 7 42.9% 5 1 3 0 2 0 5 100.0% 60.0% — — — — — 93 94% 116
#45
Conor McKenna ESS Interchange
58 17 12 5 6 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 4 13 0 0 0 2 297 3 0 4 3 1 0 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 2 50.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 4 0 2 3 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 69 74% 91
#47
James Kelly ESS Back Pocket Left
73 17 7 10 4 0 0 5 0 1 3 2 6 10 0 0 0 1 76 2 0 13 4 0 2 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 74 74% 91
#13
Orazio Fantasia ESS Half Forward Flank Left
66 17 7 10 5 1 1 5 0 4 1 1 6 11 0 0 0 3 229 1 0 11 6 0 1 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 0.0% 0 1 4 0 1 0 2 100.0% 50.0% — — — — — 80 67% 82
#12
Mark Baguley ESS Back Pocket Right
52 14 8 6 7 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 4 10 0 0 0 2 118 6 2 10 4 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 62 80% 99
#23
David Myers ESS Interchange
54 12 6 6 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 5 7 0 0 0 1 170 1 0 7 3 1 2 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 47 67% 82
#36
Michael Hartley ESS Full Back
42 11 6 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 8 0 0 0 1 91 2 0 13 2 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 7 2 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 2 2 0 7 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 35 92% 113
#43
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti ESS Forward Pocket Left
41 11 5 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 89 2 0 14 6 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 49 73% 90
#29
Patrick Ambrose ESS Centre Half Back
40 10 5 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 8 1 0 0 2 87 2 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 5 40.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 41 97% 119
#17
James Stewart ESS Centre Half Forward
38 8 5 3 5 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 5 1 1 1 2 100 2 1 12 1 0 0 1 1 14.3% 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 6 33.3% 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 44 95% 117
#16
Josh Begley ESS Forward Pocket Right
45 8 4 4 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 2 0 3 110 1 0 11 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 51 84% 103
#2
Tom Bellchambers ESS Ruck
45 3 1 2 1 0 0 5 44 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 3 14 0 0 9 1 0 0 3 9 60.3% 20.5% 1 0 0.0% 3 33.3% 0 4 6 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 62 85% 105
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Team totals ESS
1539 374 197 177 94 8 8 82 46 32 34 35 132 242 8 5 5 69 4360 58 11 256 87 9 26 64 10 27.9% 40.2% 26 21 340.0% 21 109.5% 26 20 55 0 34 7 18 88.9% 44.4% — — — 0% — 1623 82% 2219
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