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Sydney vs Melbourne

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Round: 1   Venue: S.C.G.   Date: Thu, 07-03-2024 7:30 pm   Crowd: 40,012  
Sydney 3.3.214.3.277.10.5212.14.86 C:  John Longmire
Melbourne 1.6.122.8.207.8.509.10.64 C:  Simon Goodwin
  SYD by 9SYD by 7SYD by 2SYD by 22  
Weather
min temp  2.0°C      max temp  28.1°C
rainfall  0mm    humidity  86%    air pressure  1023.4mb
wind speed 13km/h      wind direction  SSW
Brownlow Medal 3 Chad Warner (SYD)2 Jack Viney (MELB)1 Nick Blakey (SYD)

Match Report

GOALS
Sydney: Hayward, McLean 2; Florent, Fox, Heeney, McDonald, McInerney, Papley, Warner, Wicks
Melbourne: Fritsch 4; Viney 2; Langdon, Petracca, Van Rooyen

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Sydney: Heeney, Grundy, Blakey, Warner, Papley, Florent, Rampe
Melbourne: Viney, May, Salem, Petracca, Oliver, Gawn

INJURIES
Sydney: Nil
Melbourne: Bowey (shoulder)

SUBSTITUTES
Sydney: Sam Wicks (replaced Joel Amartey in the third quarter)
Melbourne: Jack Billings (replaced Bailey Laurie in the third quarter)

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, James Brayshaw, Matthew Richardson, Luke Hodge, Jude Bolton, Abbey Holmes

Match stats

Sydney
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
36 Amartey, Joel 3 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 24y 187d 29 30
22 Blakey, Nick 18 9 8 26 0 0 0 0 2 0 24y 9d 103 34
16 Campbell, Braeden 12 7 4 16 0 0 0 2 1 0 22y 32d 49 11
7 Cunningham, Harry 14 10 4 18 0 0 0 3 0 0 30y 92d 186 51
13 Florent, Oliver 10 3 8 18 1 0 0 2 0 0 25y 229d 143 43
42 Fox, Robbie 6 2 3 9 1 1 0 6 2 2 30y 326d 88 11
4 Grundy, Brodie 12 4 11 23 0 0 33 6 3 4 29y 327d 195 70
21 Gulden, Errol 16 2 4 20 0 1 0 2 1 1 21y 233d 68 54
9 Hayward, Will 8 4 2 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 25y 133d 138 161
5 Heeney, Isaac 17 5 9 26 1 1 0 7 2 0 27y 307d 178 228
17 Jordon, James 8 3 10 18 0 0 0 7 1 2 23y 78d 66 17
44 Lloyd, Jake 8 5 5 13 0 0 0 2 2 1 30y 169d 224 36
30 McCartin, Tom 7 7 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 24y 68d 111 28
6 McDonald, Logan 5 3 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 21y 338d 45 57
27 McInerney, Justin 7 6 13 20 1 0 1 4 0 3 23y 202d 73 32
2 McLean, Hayden 4 2 1 5 2 2 10 2 0 4 25y 47d 54 50
43 Melican, Lewis 4 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 27y 124d 61 1
11 Papley, Tom 15 4 5 20 1 1 0 3 1 0 27y 238d 165 259
24 Rampe, Dane 13 6 6 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 33y 279d 231 7
34 Roberts, Matt 16 8 3 19 0 0 0 3 1 0 20y 220d 8 1
8 Rowbottom, James 12 0 9 21 0 2 0 7 2 3 23y 170d 94 28
1 Warner, Chad 17 4 9 26 1 1 0 1 2 2 22y 293d 61 44
15 Wicks, Sam 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 24y 175d 51 35
  Rushed   4  
  Totals 234 99 123 357 12 14 46 63 21 24 25y 249d 2421 1288
Melbourne
Match Stats
Career
#
Player
K
M
H
D
G
B
HO
T
FF
FA
Age
Games
G
14 Billings, Jack 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 28y 202d 156 108
17 Bowey, Jake 13 3 1 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 21y 177d 48 6
37 Chandler, Kade 4 2 7 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 24y 54d 34 24
31 Fritsch, Bayley 6 2 0 6 4 1 0 3 1 1 27y 92d 127 215
11 Gawn, Max 8 1 6 14 0 1 37 4 6 4 32y 68d 204 98
22 Howes, Blake 9 7 8 17 0 0 0 3 1 1 20y 335d 1 0
15 Langdon, Ed 10 4 9 19 1 0 0 3 1 0 28y 35d 158 68
16 Laurie, Bailey 3 1 5 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 21y 349d 6 0
8 Lever, Jake 9 6 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 28y 2d 161 4
1 May, Steven 14 5 7 21 0 0 0 2 2 0 32y 57d 217 23
4 McVee, Judd 14 6 6 20 0 0 0 0 1 0 20y 213d 26 0
30 Neal-Bullen, Alex 6 2 9 15 0 1 0 6 1 0 28y 58d 154 107
13 Oliver, Clayton 18 2 12 30 0 0 0 2 0 1 26y 229d 163 51
5 Petracca, Christian 11 1 15 26 1 2 0 3 1 0 28y 63d 177 171
24 Rivers, Trent 10 4 7 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 22y 221d 78 7
3 Salem, Christian 20 5 7 27 0 0 0 3 0 2 28y 236d 160 25
19 Schache, Josh 3 2 1 4 0 2 1 2 1 0 26y 199d 76 79
9 Spargo, Charlie 5 1 7 12 0 1 0 2 1 2 24y 103d 98 63
32 Sparrow, Tom 3 2 10 13 0 0 0 9 1 3 23y 281d 75 28
20 Tomlinson, Adam 10 3 2 12 0 0 0 2 2 0 30y 210d 178 35
2 van Rooyen, Jacob 3 2 7 10 1 0 0 3 1 1 20y 326d 21 29
7 Viney, Jack 19 2 11 30 2 0 0 7 4 2 29y 329d 197 58
6 Windsor, Caleb 6 0 7 13 0 0 0 4 0 1 18y 272d 1 0
  Rushed   2  
  Totals 205 63 148 353 9 10 38 65 24 21 25y 305d 2516 1199

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.