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

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2026 AFL Standings

POS	Team	Pts.	%	Form
1	SYD	4	191.3	W
2	CARL	0	52.3	L
3	FRE	0	0.0
4	MELB	0	0.0
5	WCE	0	0.0
6	NMFC	0	0.0
7	WB	0	0.0
8	PORT	0	0.0
9	GWS	0	0.0
10	SUNS	0	0.0
11	BL	0	0.0
12	RICH	0	0.0
13	HAW	0	0.0
14	GEEL	0	0.0
15	ADEL	0	0.0
16	ESS	0	0.0
17	COLL	0	0.0
18	STK	0	0.0