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Melbourne vs Sydney Match Centre

Sunday 12-Aug-2018 Final Round 21
Melbourne logo
MEL
78 10.18
Coach: Simon Goodwin
87 13.9
SYD
Sydney logo
Coach: John Longmire
M.C.G. Sydney by 9 SYD by 9
Summary Lineups Player Statistics
The team sheet

Who takes the field

↑ Attacking this way

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Scoring timeline

2Q3Q4Q
Christian PetraccaQ1 - 6:31 - Behind - 1-0 Charlie SpargoQ1 - 9:02 - Behind - 2-0 Clayton OliverQ1 - 9:57 - Behind - 3-0 Lance FranklinQ1 - 13:19 - Behind - 3-1 Tom PapleyQ1 - 17:20 - Goal - 3-7 Tom McDonaldQ1 - 19:33 - Behind - 4-7 Jesse HoganQ1 - 21:02 - Behind - 5-7 Dom TysonQ1 - 25:08 - Behind - 6-7 Christian PetraccaQ1 - 26:03 - Goal - 12-7 Aaron VandenbergQ1 - 28:06 - Goal - 18-7 Jesse HoganQ2 - 1:31 - Behind - 19-7 Jesse HoganQ2 - 2:58 - Goal - 25-7 Tom PapleyQ2 - 4:32 - Behind - 25-8 Dom TysonQ2 - 5:24 - Behind - 26-8 Harry CunninghamQ2 - 6:34 - Goal - 26-14 Will HaywardQ2 - 9:37 - Goal - 26-20 Isaac HeeneyQ2 - 11:46 - Goal - 26-26 Dan HanneberyQ2 - 12:55 - Goal - 26-32
RushedQ2 - 14:28 - Behind - 27-32
Jordan DawsonQ2 - 18:02 - Goal - 27-38 Josh KennedyQ2 - 21:45 - Goal - 27-44 Charlie SpargoQ2 - 23:20 - Behind - 28-44 Clayton OliverQ2 - 25:14 - Behind - 29-44 Tom McDonaldQ2 - 28:20 - Behind - 30-44 Lance FranklinQ3 - 0:41 - Behind - 30-45 Lance FranklinQ3 - 2:09 - Goal - 30-51 Aaron VandenbergQ3 - 4:06 - Goal - 36-51
RushedQ3 - 5:54 - Behind - 37-51
RushedQ3 - 6:31 - Behind - 38-51
Isaac HeeneyQ3 - 10:47 - Goal - 38-57 Tom McCartinQ3 - 12:27 - Goal - 38-63 Aaron VandenbergQ3 - 14:06 - Goal - 44-63 Lance FranklinQ3 - 15:28 - Behind - 44-64 Tom McDonaldQ3 - 17:06 - Goal - 50-64 Lance FranklinQ3 - 18:37 - Behind - 50-65 Lance FranklinQ3 - 21:58 - Behind - 50-66 Tom PapleyQ3 - 23:06 - Goal - 50-72 Lance FranklinQ3 - 25:20 - Goal - 50-78 Cameron PedersenQ3 - 26:23 - Goal - 56-78 Tom PapleyQ3 - 29:53 - Goal - 56-84
RushedQ4 - 2:51 - Behind - 57-84
Will HaywardQ4 - 5:36 - Behind - 57-85 Jeff GarlettQ4 - 6:13 - Goal - 63-85 Jeff GarlettQ4 - 7:14 - Behind - 64-85 Angus BrayshawQ4 - 12:40 - Behind - 65-85 Tom McDonaldQ4 - 18:09 - Goal - 71-85 Jesse HoganQ4 - 19:12 - Behind - 72-85 Nathan JonesQ4 - 19:53 - Goal - 78-85 Jordan DawsonQ4 - 22:10 - Behind - 78-86 Tom PapleyQ4 - 25:55 - Behind - 78-87

Scoring Events

Most recent first
  • Tom PapleyBehind
    4Q 25:5578-87
  • Jordan DawsonBehind
    4Q 22:1078-86
  • Nathan JonesGoal
    4Q 19:5378-85
  • Jesse HoganBehind
    4Q 19:1272-85
  • Tom McDonaldGoal
    4Q 18:0971-85
  • Angus BrayshawBehind
    4Q 12:4065-85
  • Jeff GarlettBehind
    4Q 7:1464-85
  • Jeff GarlettGoal
    4Q 6:1363-85
  • Will HaywardBehind
    4Q 5:3657-85
  • RushedBehind
    4Q 2:5157-84
  • Tom PapleyGoal
    3Q 29:5356-84
  • Cameron PedersenGoal
    3Q 26:2356-78
  • Lance FranklinGoal
    3Q 25:2050-78
  • Tom PapleyGoal
    3Q 23:0650-72
  • Lance FranklinBehind
    3Q 21:5850-66
  • Lance FranklinBehind
    3Q 18:3750-65
  • Tom McDonaldGoal
    3Q 17:0650-64
  • Lance FranklinBehind
    3Q 15:2844-64
  • Aaron VandenbergGoal
    3Q 14:0644-63
  • Tom McCartinGoal
    3Q 12:2738-63
  • Isaac HeeneyGoal
    3Q 10:4738-57
  • RushedBehind
    3Q 6:3138-51
  • RushedBehind
    3Q 5:5437-51
  • Aaron VandenbergGoal
    3Q 4:0636-51
  • Lance FranklinGoal
    3Q 2:0930-51
  • Lance FranklinBehind
    3Q 0:4130-45
  • Tom McDonaldBehind
    2Q 28:2030-44
  • Clayton OliverBehind
    2Q 25:1429-44
  • Charlie SpargoBehind
    2Q 23:2028-44
  • Josh KennedyGoal
    2Q 21:4527-44
  • Jordan DawsonGoal
    2Q 18:0227-38
  • RushedBehind
    2Q 14:2827-32
  • Dan HanneberyGoal
    2Q 12:5526-32
  • Isaac HeeneyGoal
    2Q 11:4626-26
  • Will HaywardGoal
    2Q 9:3726-20
  • Harry CunninghamGoal
    2Q 6:3426-14
  • Dom TysonBehind
    2Q 5:2426-8
  • Tom PapleyBehind
    2Q 4:3225-8
  • Jesse HoganGoal
    2Q 2:5825-7
  • Jesse HoganBehind
    2Q 1:3119-7
  • Aaron VandenbergGoal
    1Q 28:0618-7
  • Christian PetraccaGoal
    1Q 26:0312-7
  • Dom TysonBehind
    1Q 25:086-7
  • Jesse HoganBehind
    1Q 21:025-7
  • Tom McDonaldBehind
    1Q 19:334-7
  • Tom PapleyGoal
    1Q 17:203-7
  • Lance FranklinBehind
    1Q 13:193-1
  • Clayton OliverBehind
    1Q 9:573-0
  • Charlie SpargoBehind
    1Q 9:022-0
  • Christian PetraccaBehind
    1Q 6:311-0

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.61.64.23.478
SYD1.16.16.40.387

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
Aaron VandenbergMEL
Behinds
5
Lance FranklinSYD
SuperCoach
121
Clayton OliverMEL
Tackles
12
Clayton OliverMEL

Team Stats

MELSYD

Scoring / Attack

10Goals13
14Behinds9
30Shots At Goal25
60Inside 50s43
5Goal Assists10
105Score Involvements103
16Marks Inside 5011
4Behinds Rushed4

Possession

358Disposals371
193Kicks224
165Handballs147
158Contested Possessions150
205Uncontested Possessions225
5,792Metres Gained5,707
107Ground Ball Gets99

Clearance / Contest

33Clearances33
9Centre Clearances8
24Stoppage Clearances25
69Tackles77
57Hitouts19
13Hitouts To Advantage7
273Pressure Acts291
21Contested Marks21

Other

82Marks120
18Frees For20
19Frees Against18
28Rebound 50s45
53Clangers41
51One Percenters46
9Bounces4
1,553Supercoach Points1,746
1,523Dream Team Points1,706
70Turnovers72
9Hitout To Advantage Rate26
36Spoils33
73Intercepts70
14Intercept Marks18

Match Summary

Biggest Lead
SYD 28 pts
Longest Unanswered Run
SYD 24 pts
Lead Changes
3
Score Ties
1

Player Statistics

Every player, every statistic

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#12
Dom Tyson MEL Interchange
91 31 13 18 4 0 2 2 0 4 2 3 10 21 0 0 1 7 354 6 0 9 9 0 3 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 98 78% 93
#13
Clayton Oliver MEL Centre
121 27 15 12 5 0 2 12 0 2 3 6 13 15 1 2 0 7 413 3 1 25 9 2 4 6 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 3 4 2 0 0 3 66.7% 0.0% — — — — — 127 88% 105
#4
James Harmes MEL Half Back Flank Right
107 26 12 14 4 0 0 5 0 6 2 2 12 14 1 0 2 10 518 6 0 21 10 1 1 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 97 79% 95
#10
Angus Brayshaw MEL Wing Right
116 25 14 11 4 0 1 7 0 3 2 6 15 10 1 1 0 6 424 4 1 20 7 1 5 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 0 2 0 3 1 1 100.0% 0.0% — — — — — 108 80% 96
#2
Nathan Jones MEL Ruck Rover
71 23 14 9 2 1 0 3 0 6 0 2 6 18 0 0 1 3 407 3 0 17 6 1 1 9 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 2 7 0 2 0 2 50.0% 50.0% — — — — — 78 89% 107
#3
Christian Salem MEL Half Back Flank Left
105 22 12 10 5 0 0 4 0 2 6 2 8 13 0 0 0 6 373 7 2 13 7 1 1 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 85 88% 105
#6
Jordan Lewis MEL Back Pocket Right
79 21 10 11 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 7 13 0 0 0 3 364 5 0 5 6 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 52 90% 108
#5
Christian Petracca MEL Rover
76 20 13 7 8 1 1 3 0 6 0 0 7 14 2 1 0 6 448 0 0 16 4 0 0 6 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 0 2 5 0 0 0 2 100.0% 50.0% — — — — — 90 82% 98
#1
Jesse Hogan MEL Centre Half Forward
57 19 11 8 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 8 10 0 3 0 7 226 1 0 5 7 0 0 4 0 20.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 3 33.3% 1 1 4 0 2 0 5 80.0% 20.0% — — — — — 73 79% 95
#25
Tom McDonald MEL Full Forward
103 17 11 6 10 2 2 1 9 4 1 0 8 10 3 4 0 8 391 2 0 8 4 0 0 4 1 60.0% 11.1% 3 0 0.0% 4 50.0% 0 0 1 0 5 0 4 100.0% 50.0% — — — — — 102 95% 114
#30
Alex Neal-Bullen MEL Wing Left
33 14 10 4 2 0 0 6 0 6 0 2 4 10 0 0 0 4 343 1 0 22 3 1 1 7 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 62 77% 92
#31
Bayley Fritsch MEL Forward Pocket Right
56 14 8 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 8 1 0 0 3 169 4 1 6 4 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 48 77% 92
#24
Jay Kennedy Harris MEL Interchange
62 14 5 9 3 0 0 5 0 1 0 2 6 9 1 0 0 7 128 3 1 13 3 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 1 0.0% 1 0.0% 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 61 73% 87
#28
Oscar McDonald MEL Full Back
58 11 6 5 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 7 3 3 0 0 1 173 8 3 16 4 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 5 5 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 49 96% 115
#22
Aaron Vandenberg MEL Half Forward Flank Right
72 10 7 3 4 3 0 2 0 4 0 1 7 4 2 2 0 3 126 1 0 9 5 0 1 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 1 100.0% 4 25.0% 0 1 2 0 3 0 3 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 62 84% 101
#21
Cameron Pedersen MEL Half Forward Flank Left
57 10 6 4 4 1 0 2 1 2 4 1 5 6 2 0 0 3 146 3 2 10 2 0 1 2 0 25.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 53 83% 99
#29
Jayden Hunt MEL Interchange
36 10 6 4 3 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 1 223 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 40 66% 79
#9
Charlie Spargo MEL Interchange
32 10 4 6 2 0 2 4 0 1 0 1 4 6 0 2 0 4 95 2 0 9 3 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 50.0% 0.0% — — — — — 46 69% 83
#36
Jeff Garlett MEL Forward Pocket Left
46 10 3 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 1 1 1 6 33 2 0 16 6 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 100.0% 50.0% — — — — — 30 76% 91
#17
Sam Frost MEL Centre Half Back
46 9 6 3 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 1 0 0 4 140 4 1 11 2 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 5 5 40.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 39 97% 116
#39
Neville Jetta MEL Back Pocket Left
47 8 3 5 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 134 5 2 11 3 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 45 76% 91
#11
Max Gawn MEL Ruck
82 7 4 3 2 0 0 1 46 3 0 3 8 1 2 0 0 6 164 2 0 8 2 2 1 2 12 76.7% 26.1% 9 4 25.0% 1 0.0% 4 0 1 0 9 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 78 80% 96
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Team totals MEL
1553 358 193 165 82 10 14 69 57 60 28 33 158 205 21 16 5 105 5792 73 14 273 107 9 24 70 13 45.4% 9.3% 36 20 265.0% 20 258.3% 18 19 53 4 51 9 30 80.0% 33.3% — — — 0% — 1523 82% 2159

#44
Jake Lloyd SYD Back Pocket Right
117 31 21 10 10 0 0 1 0 3 7 2 9 17 1 0 0 7 516 7 3 3 7 0 2 7 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 117 95% 114
#12
Josh Kennedy SYD Centre
107 28 12 16 4 1 0 7 0 2 2 7 14 14 0 1 1 11 292 2 0 22 7 3 4 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 113 84% 101
#4
Dan Hannebery SYD Ruck Rover
82 26 12 14 4 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 9 17 0 0 0 6 293 2 0 12 7 1 2 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 92 83% 99
#29
George Hewett SYD Half Forward Flank Left
111 24 14 10 3 0 0 8 0 4 4 6 10 14 0 0 1 4 333 3 0 22 8 1 5 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 100 92% 110
#28
Nic Newman SYD Interchange
110 22 18 4 12 0 0 5 0 2 6 0 6 19 1 0 1 4 491 7 2 20 3 0 0 6 0 0.0% 0.0% 3 1 0.0% 1 0.0% 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 119 81% 97
#7
Harry Cunningham SYD Wing Right
97 20 13 7 9 1 0 2 0 2 3 1 7 14 0 2 1 4 347 5 0 10 7 0 1 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 91 89% 107
#23
Lance Franklin SYD Centre Half Forward
96 19 16 3 9 2 5 3 0 7 0 0 7 14 4 2 0 10 531 0 0 9 2 0 0 8 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 5 40.0% 1 2 4 0 1 1 8 87.5% 25.0% — — — — — 105 98% 117
#5
Isaac Heeney SYD Wing Left
120 19 11 8 6 2 0 5 0 1 1 0 10 10 2 3 1 5 291 8 3 13 6 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 0 1 3 2 0 3 66.7% 66.7% — — — — — 101 87% 104
#26
Luke Parker SYD Rover
84 19 8 11 7 0 0 6 1 2 0 2 9 9 0 1 2 5 125 2 0 29 9 0 2 1 0 50.0% 0.0% 2 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 89 88% 105
#13
Oliver Florent SYD Interchange
66 18 10 8 5 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 8 10 3 0 0 3 188 7 3 12 4 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 3 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 74 92% 110
#11
Tom Papley SYD Half Forward Flank Right
95 16 10 6 3 3 2 4 0 2 3 3 8 11 0 0 0 8 358 2 0 13 6 0 3 2 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 1 0 1 2 5 100.0% 60.0% — — — — — 88 87% 104
#15
Kieren Jack SYD Interchange
57 16 9 7 3 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 6 9 0 0 0 7 127 1 0 13 4 1 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 100.0% 1 100.0% 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 56 76% 91
#34
Jordan Dawson SYD Interchange
85 15 13 2 9 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 7 8 3 2 0 5 232 1 0 11 2 0 1 1 0 18.2% 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 3 33.3% 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100.0% 50.0% — — — — — 93 81% 97
#36
Aliir Aliir SYD Full Back
79 15 12 3 10 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 4 12 2 0 0 2 310 7 5 12 2 0 0 3 2 60.0% 66.7% 5 6 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 76 94% 113
#3
Jarrad McVeigh SYD Half Back Flank Right
78 15 8 7 6 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 4 12 0 0 0 4 212 1 0 11 3 0 2 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 69 89% 107
#9
Will Hayward SYD Forward Pocket Left
74 14 10 4 7 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 2 12 0 0 0 4 318 0 0 17 2 0 1 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100.0% 50.0% — — — — — 78 83% 99
#18
Callum Sinclair SYD Ruck
75 13 9 4 2 0 0 6 13 3 2 4 9 2 2 0 0 2 273 4 1 14 4 2 2 8 5 20.0% 38.5% 2 1 0.0% 2 0.0% 2 4 6 0 5 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 68 89% 107
#25
Ben Ronke SYD Forward Pocket Right
54 13 7 6 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 8 6 1 0 1 4 156 2 0 21 5 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 2 3 4 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 45 84% 101
#24
Dane Rampe SYD Half Back Flank Left
55 12 4 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 88 6 0 10 6 0 0 3 0 0.0% 0.0% 6 3 66.7% 0 0.0% 0 1 2 0 6 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 46 100% 12
#30
Tom McCartin SYD Full Forward
82 10 6 4 6 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 5 5 2 0 2 6 195 2 1 7 3 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 5 0.0% 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 100.0% 100.0% — — — — — 62 80% 96
#2
Alex Johnson SYD Centre Half Back
14 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 45 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0.0% 2 1 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 16 20% 24
#40
Nick Smith SYD Back Pocket Left
8 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -14 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0% 0.0% — — — — — 8 25% 30
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Team totals SYD
1746 371 224 147 120 13 9 77 19 43 45 33 150 225 21 11 10 103 5707 70 18 291 99 8 25 72 7 37.0% 26.3% 33 20 466.7% 20 223.3% 20 18 41 4 46 4 25 88.0% 52.0% — — — 0% — 1706 82% 2046
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