Sydney SwansSYD

11.7

73

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
SYD	12	21	25	15	73
ESS	32	7	27	13	79

12.7

79

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
24:50		J. Rowbottom Behind	73 - 79
23:35		D. Parish Goal	72 - 79
20:29		T. Papley Goal	72 - 73
17:30		L. Taylor Goal	66 - 73
15:29		S. Gray Behind	60 - 73
11:50		S. McKernan Goal	59 - 73
5:17		D. Smith Behind	59 - 67
1:50		I. Heeney Behind	59 - 66
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:53		K. Langford Behind	58 - 66
24:13		L. Taylor Goal	58 - 65
22:29		T. Papley Behind	52 - 65
20:29		J. Lloyd Goal	51 - 65
17:52		J. Stringer Goal	45 - 65
16:36		D. Smith Behind	45 - 59
14:12		Rushed	45 - 58
11:10		L. Taylor Goal	45 - 57
8:29		K. Langford Goal	39 - 57
6:08		T. Papley Goal	39 - 51
4:17		S. McKernan Goal	33 - 51
2:24		S. McKernan Goal	33 - 45
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
22:40		T. Papley Goal	33 - 39
21:16		I. Heeney Goal	27 - 39
18:02		D. Parish Behind	21 - 39
15:23		Rushed	21 - 38
11:39		W. Hayward Behind	20 - 38
9:28		L. Taylor Behind	19 - 38
4:21		Z. Merrett Goal	18 - 38
1:26		C. Sinclair Goal	18 - 32
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
26:31		D. Smith Goal	12 - 32
23:30		J. Stringer Goal	12 - 26
19:54		T. McCartin Goal	12 - 20
17:31		N. Blakey Goal	6 - 20
16:42		Z. Merrett Behind	0 - 20
10:54		A. McDonald-Tipungwuti Goal	0 - 19
7:30		J. Stringer Goal	0 - 13
3:12		D. Shiel Behind	0 - 7
1:08		A. McDonald-Tipungwuti Goal	0 - 6

Game Information

SCG

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	SUNS	12	191.0	WWW
2	WB	12	137.2	WWW
3	SYD	8	139.5	WWL
4	HAW	8	118.1	LWW
5	FRE	4	121.1	LW
6	NMFC	4	116.3	WL
7	PORT	4	109.3	LW
8	ADEL	4	104.6	WL
9	COLL	4	98.7	WL
10	STK	4	92.3	LLW
11	MELB	4	84.4	WL
12	WCE	4	81.3	LW
13	GWS	4	81.1	WLL
14	GEEL	4	79.6	LW
15	CARL	4	70.9	LW
16	BL	0	77.2	LL
17	RICH	0	64.5	LL
18	ESS	0	55.0	LL