11.10

76

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
ESS	15	14	18	29	76
SYD	8	16	26	16	66

9.12

66

Sydney SwansSYD

Scoring Plays

fourth Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
29:53		J. Laverde Behind	76 - 66
28:00		I. Heeney Behind	75 - 66
26:59		S. McKernan Behind	75 - 65
22:30		N. Blakey Behind	74 - 65
21:19		L. Parker Goal	74 - 64
19:21		W. Hayward Behind	74 - 58
17:49		D. Shiel Behind	74 - 57
16:36		J. Stringer Goal	73 - 57
13:16		J. Laverde Behind	67 - 57
12:06		D. Parish Goal	66 - 57
11:09		A. McDonald-Tipungwuti Behind	60 - 57
10:28		T. Papley Behind	59 - 57
7:04		K. Langford Goal	59 - 56
4:44		S. McKernan Goal	53 - 56
0:59		T. McCartin Goal	47 - 56
third Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:14		S. McKernan Goal	47 - 50
19:16		S. Reid Goal	41 - 50
16:35		J. Rose Goal	41 - 44
14:34		D. Zaharakis Goal	41 - 38
12:22		Rushed	35 - 38
8:02		T. Papley Goal	35 - 37
5:58		O. Fantasia Goal	35 - 31
2:39		T. McCartin Behind	29 - 31
0:47		S. Reid Goal	29 - 30
second Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
27:48		J. Lloyd Behind	29 - 24
23:05		I. Heeney Behind	29 - 23
19:13		N. Blakey Behind	29 - 22
17:45		W. Hayward Behind	29 - 21
13:42		D. Shiel Behind	29 - 20
13:18		O. Fantasia Behind	28 - 20
10:15		D. Zaharakis Goal	27 - 20
5:46		Z. Jones Goal	21 - 20
2:53		D. Zaharakis Goal	21 - 14
1:09		L. Parker Goal	15 - 14
first Quarter
Time	Team	Play	Score
25:23		D. Shiel Behind	15 - 8
24:40		T. Papley Behind	14 - 8
17:49		A. McDonald-Tipungwuti Goal	14 - 7
16:19		J. Stringer Goal	8 - 7
15:10		N. Blakey Goal	2 - 7
11:29		Rushed	2 - 1
9:09		M. Brown Behind	2 - 0
4:38		M. Brown Behind	1 - 0

Game Information

MCG

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	SYD	28	165.5	WWWWW
2	FRE	28	133.0	WWWWW
3	HAW	26	121.2	WWWWD
4	BL	20	126.0	WWLWW
5	SUNS	20	116.0	LLWLW
6	GEEL	20	114.6	LWWLW
7	MELB	20	100.2	WLWWL
8	COLL	18	108.6	LLWWD
9	STK	16	114.9	LWLWW
10	NMFC	16	106.1	WLWLL
11	ADEL	16	96.6	LWWLW
12	WB	16	91.5	WLLLL
13	PORT	12	110.9	WLLWL
14	GWS	12	88.2	LWLWL
15	WCE	8	59.3	LLLLL
16	CARL	4	78.1	LLLLL
17	ESS	4	70.2	LWLLL
18	RICH	4	60.0	LLLLW