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Sydney vs Geelong

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Round: 7   Venue: Stadium Australia   Date: Sat, 16-05-2015 7:20 pm   Crowd: 28,063  
Sydney 4.3.278.4.5211.9.7518.12.120 C:  John Longmire
Geelong 4.4.289.7.6110.10.7011.11.77 C:  Chris Scott
  GEEL by 1GEEL by 9SYD by 5SYD by 43  
Weather
min temp  13.0°C      max temp  20.8°C
rainfall  0.8mm    humidity  66%    air pressure  1034.2mb
wind speed 7km/h      wind direction  S
Brownlow Medal 3 Luke Parker (SYD)2 Tom Mitchell (SYD)1 Josh Kennedy (SYD)

Match Report

A big last quarter from the Sydney Swans have given them their fifth win of the season as they prevailed by 43 points over Geelong at Stadium Australia on Saturday night. The Cats put up a good fight in the first half to lead by nine points at the long break, and they were still within five points at the last change but the more experienced Sydney outfit broke away with seven goals to one I'm the last quarter to record a comfortable win.

An entertaining first term saw Geelong draw first blood with a goal to the versatile Mark Blicavs at the three-minute mark before the Swans hit the scoreboard with majors to Luke Parker and Josh Kennedy over the next seven minutes. Cameron Guthrie responded with a goal for the Cats and then Lance Franklin registered his third to give Sydney a five-point lead. Geelong's two Steves, Motlop and Johnson each kicked majors after that before a goal to Tom Mitchell closed out the term for the Swans, the Cast leading 28-27 at the first change.

The first two goals of the second quarter went Geelong's way via captain Joel Selwood and Jackson Thurlow, opening up a 13-point buffer but Luke Parker responded with his second at the seven-minute mark. Darcy Lang made it 14 points in favour of the Cats with his first at the 11-minute mark but Franklin and Adam Goodes kicked the next two for Swans and it was Geelong by just three points at the 22-minute mark. While parker notched up his third, the Cats kicked two further goals before half time to take a nine-point lead into the long break.

Sydney began to get on top in the third term, restricting Geelong to just one behind in the first 20 minutes of the quarter. However, for all their dominance, the Swans could only translate that to three goals, via Kieran Jack, Kurt Tippett and Parker with his fourth. The Cats regained some initiative in time on, and a late goal to Johnson saw them trailing by just fine points at the last break and seemingly in with a big chance.

Geelong had a chance to grab the lead at the beginning of the final term but Josh Walker's shot at goal brought up only one flag, and from that moment forward, the Sydney Swans took complete control of the match. They kicked the next six goals in a row, two of those to Franklin, with one each going to Jarrad McVeigh (in his 250th AFL match), Gary Rohan, Tom Mitchell and Luke Parker, who kicked his fifth, giving him a personal best. Cory Gregson kicked a consolation goal for Geelong at the 28-minute mark but Tom Mitchell put a full stop on a very good performance by Sydney with the final goal of the game, the Swans winning by a comprehensive 43 points in the end.

Parker (five goals, 11 marks) was outstanding for the Swans, while Mitchell (33 disposals, three goals) and Ben McGlynn (21 possessions and 10 tackles) were also very good, while for Geelong, Mathew Stokes (27 touches and four tackles), Blicavs (16 possessions, 14 hitouts) and Johnson (21 disposals, two goals) were all very good.

The win consolidated a place in the top four for the Swans, who will take on Hawthorn at the MCG on Saturday night, keen to reverse last year's Grand Final result. The Cats find themselves in 13th place on the ladder, a game plus percentage behind eighth place. They will play Carlton at Docklands on Friday night.

GOALS
Sydney: Parker 5; Franklin 4; Mitchell 3; Tippett, Kennedy, Goodes, Jack, Rohan, McVeigh
Geelong: Motlop, Johnson, Gregson 2; Lang, Thurlow, Blicavs, Guthrie, Selwood

BEST - AFL.COM.AU
Sydney: Parker, McGlynn, Franklin, McVeigh, Kennedy, Hannebery
Geelong: Biclavs, Guthrie, Enright, Gregson, Thurlow, Stokes

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Sydney: Parker, Mitchell, Kennedy, Franklin, Hannebery, McGlynn
Geelong: Stokes, Johnson, Thurlow, Duncan, Murdoch

INJURIES
Sydney: Nil
Geelong: Duncan (foot), Tom Hawkins (glute) replaced in the selected side by Josh Walker

SUBSTITUTES
Sydney: Dean Towers replaced Jake Lloyd in the quarter
Geelong: Sam Blease replaced Mitch Duncan in the third quarter

UMPIRES: Nicholls, Hay, Jeffery

TELEVISION BROADCAST: Seven Network

COMMENTATORS: Brian Taylor, Luke Darcy, Matthew Richardson, Cameron Ling

Source

Match Report by Andrew Gigacz

Footnotes

Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.

Match stats

Sydney Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
23 Franklin, Lance 'Buddy' 14 4 8 22 4 5 0 2 1 0 28y 106d 211 679
37 Goodes, Adam 9 8 6 15 1 1 0 2 1 2 35y 128d 356 443
39 Grundy, Heath 9 6 16 25 0 0 0 2 0 1 28y 348d 171 23
4 Hannebery, Dan 13 5 22 35 0 0 0 1 0 1 24y 81d 127 58
15 Jack, Kieren 9 4 15 24 1 0 0 4 0 1 27y 322d 170 125
32 Jetta, Lewis 15 4 6 21 0 1 0 2 0 0 26y 12d 110 90
12 Kennedy, Josh 12 9 21 33 1 1 0 3 0 1 26y 330d 141 83
11 Laidler, Jeremy 7 2 7 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 25y 284d 52 6
44 Lloyd, Jake 10 2 8 18 0 0 0 1 2 0 21y 238d 28 10
21 McGlynn, Ben 12 5 9 21 0 1 0 10 3 1 29y 283d 148 167
3 McVeigh, Jarrad 9 3 17 26 1 0 0 4 0 0 30y 39d 250 174
6 Mitchell, Tom 12 4 21 33 3 0 0 4 0 1 21y 350d 23 16
26 Parker, Luke 20 11 11 31 5 1 0 5 3 1 22y 203d 89 69
38 Pyke, Mike 5 1 8 13 0 0 36 4 1 2 31y 53d 97 45
24 Rampe, Dane 6 2 5 11 0 0 0 2 1 2 24y 348d 55 4
20 Reid, Sam 5 4 6 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 23y 140d 82 78
25 Richards, Ted 9 6 5 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 32y 125d 238 32
16 Rohan, Gary 5 3 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 2 23y 343d 50 33
2 Shaw, Rhyce 15 5 5 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 33y 212d 220 43
40 Smith, Nick 8 4 9 17 0 0 0 3 2 0 26y 338d 127 9
8 Tippett, Kurt 2 2 5 7 1 0 5 1 1 2 28y 8d 137 269
22 Towers, Dean 2 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 25y 12d 11 5
  Rushed   1  
  Totals 208 96 218 426 18 12 41 54 17 20 27y 79d 2893 2461
Geelong Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
24 Bews, Jed 4 4 5 9 0 0 0 3 1 2 21y 153d 14 1
12 Blease, Sam 4 2 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 24y 86d 34 25
46 Blicavs, Mark 6 3 10 16 1 0 14 4 1 1 24y 49d 52 15
23 Caddy, Josh 5 1 7 12 0 0 2 7 1 2 22y 230d 65 43
19 Clark, Mitch 6 2 4 10 0 1 1 2 1 1 27y 209d 103 108
22 Duncan, Mitch 7 5 11 18 0 0 0 2 0 1 23y 340d 107 91
44 Enright, Corey 14 8 7 21 0 0 0 0 1 1 33y 244d 295 62
28 Gregson, Cory 9 7 2 11 2 0 0 5 2 1 18y 254d 7 7
29 Guthrie, Cameron 12 6 4 16 1 0 0 3 0 3 22y 270d 71 13
20 Johnson, Steve 13 5 8 21 2 0 0 4 0 2 31y 316d 240 429
39 Kersten, Shane 5 5 4 9 0 2 0 2 0 0 22y 62d 12 11
11 Lang, Darcy 7 4 4 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 19y 176d 8 5
13 Lonergan, Tom 7 7 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 30y 364d 151 52
32 Motlop, Steven 11 4 6 17 2 1 0 2 1 0 24y 65d 74 98
21 Murdoch, Jordan 15 7 1 16 0 0 0 5 2 0 23y 54d 47 38
25 Rivers, Jared 6 5 6 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 30y 210d 187 18
14 Selwood, Joel 12 1 7 19 1 1 1 4 3 0 26y 355d 191 118
1 Stanley, Rhys 7 4 5 12 0 0 15 1 1 1 24y 166d 63 43
27 Stokes, Mathew 14 3 13 27 0 0 0 4 1 1 30y 175d 179 199
7 Taylor, Harry 8 3 6 14 0 0 0 2 2 0 28y 338d 166 40
40 Thurlow, Jackson 16 7 9 25 1 0 0 1 3 0 21y 49d 15 6
34 Walker, Josh 6 1 3 9 0 2 2 1 0 0 22y 185d 21 22
  Rushed   3  
  Totals 194 94 127 321 11 11 35 56 20 17 25y 98d 2102 1444

Match highlights

Lance 'Buddy' Franklin kicked 5 behinds for Sydney against Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
Dan Hannebery had 22 handballs for Sydney vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
Josh Kennedy had 21 handballs for Sydney vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
Tom Mitchell had 21 handballs for Sydney vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
Ben McGlynn had 10 tackles for Sydney vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
Jarrad McVeigh played his 250th V/AFL game: Sydney vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R7)

Footnotes

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