Sydney Swans v Essendon – Round 4 2021 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2021 AFLRound 4Thu, 8 Apr, 7:20 pm AEST

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8380

11.1712.8

Sydney by 3

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Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
SYD	2.5 17	7.9 51	9.11 65	11.17 83
ESS	4.1 25	7.4 46	10.6 66	12.8 80

SCG, SydneyRain, 26°Lead changes 8

Recap

Sydney 11.17 (83) beat Essendon 12.8 (80) at SCG in Round 4, a 3-point win after trailing by 25. The lead changed 8 times.

Sydney trailed by 1 at three-quarter time, then kicked 2.6 to 2.2 in the last quarter.

Lance Franklin kicked three goals for Sydney and Sam Reid two; Cale Hooker kicked three for Essendon.

Luke Parker led the way with 32 disposals, a goal and 6 clearances.

A run of six straight goals across the second and third quarters turned a 25-point deficit into a 11-point lead.

Sydney won the clearances 45–26 and won the contested ball 154–128.

Best on ground

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Sydney Swans11.1783

Essendon12.880

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

2:56BehindI. HeeneySYD0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
4:45GoalJ. StringerESSLead change0.1 (1) – 1.0 (6)
6:20RushedSydneySYD0.2 (2) – 1.0 (6)
7:14GoalL. FranklinSYDLead change1.2 (8) – 1.0 (6)
8:37RushedEssendonESS1.2 (8) – 1.1 (7)
13:35GoalL. ParkerSYD2.2 (14) – 1.1 (7)
15:56BehindL. FranklinSYD2.3 (15) – 1.1 (7)
16:33BehindE. GuldenSYD2.4 (16) – 1.1 (7)
18:13GoalA. WatermanESS2.4 (16) – 2.1 (13)
20:12BehindS. ReidSYD2.5 (17) – 2.1 (13)
24:34GoalJ. StringerESSLead change2.5 (17) – 3.1 (19)
25:48GoalN. CoxESS2.5 (17) – 4.1 (25)

1:34GoalC. HookerESS2.5 (17) – 5.1 (31)
5:58BehindI. HeeneySYD2.6 (18) – 5.1 (31)
7:06GoalD. SmithESS2.6 (18) – 6.1 (37)
8:52GoalD. ParishESS2.6 (18) – 7.1 (43)
10:35GoalO. FlorentSYD3.6 (24) – 7.1 (43)
14:04GoalJ. McInerneySYD4.6 (30) – 7.1 (43)
15:41BehindN. BlakeySYD4.7 (31) – 7.1 (43)
16:22BehindJ. StringerESS4.7 (31) – 7.2 (44)
18:10BehindE. GuldenSYD4.8 (32) – 7.2 (44)
20:58GoalS. ReidSYD5.8 (38) – 7.2 (44)
22:56BehindC. HookerESS5.8 (38) – 7.3 (45)
25:26GoalC. MillsSYD6.8 (44) – 7.3 (45)
27:20GoalL. FranklinSYDLead change7.8 (50) – 7.3 (45)
30:10RushedEssendonESS7.8 (50) – 7.4 (46)
33:14BehindN. BlakeySYD7.9 (51) – 7.4 (46)

3:16GoalS. ReidSYD8.9 (57) – 7.4 (46)
11:12GoalJ. StringerESS8.9 (57) – 8.4 (52)
13:50GoalC. HookerESSLead change8.9 (57) – 9.4 (58)
15:35BehindC. WarnerSYDLevel8.10 (58) – 9.4 (58)
17:00BehindN. CoxESS8.10 (58) – 9.5 (59)
18:58GoalT. PapleySYDLead change9.10 (64) – 9.5 (59)
20:59BehindC. MillsSYD9.11 (65) – 9.5 (59)
25:33GoalH. JonesESSLevel9.11 (65) – 10.5 (65)
26:43BehindD. SmithESSLead change9.11 (65) – 10.6 (66)

0:44BehindS. WicksSYDLevel9.12 (66) – 10.6 (66)
2:03GoalA. WatermanESS9.12 (66) – 11.6 (72)
7:55GoalJ. McInerneySYDLevel10.12 (72) – 11.6 (72)
14:06BehindL. ParkerSYDLead change10.13 (73) – 11.6 (72)
16:25BehindT. HickeySYD10.14 (74) – 11.6 (72)
18:06BehindT. PapleySYD10.15 (75) – 11.6 (72)
19:48BehindT. PapleySYD10.16 (76) – 11.6 (72)
23:34BehindN. CoxESS10.16 (76) – 11.7 (73)
24:50GoalL. FranklinSYD11.16 (82) – 11.7 (73)
27:08BehindA. McDonald-TipungwutiESS11.16 (82) – 11.8 (74)
28:01GoalC. HookerESS11.16 (82) – 12.8 (80)
29:03BehindE. GuldenSYD11.17 (83) – 12.8 (80)