The Roar
The Roar

AFL
Advertisement

Sydney Swans vs Gold Coast Suns: AFL live scores

8th July, 2017
Where: SCG
When: 4:35pm AEST
TV: Fox Footy, Seven (in NSW and QLD)
Betting: Sydney $1.13, Gold Coast $6.40
Zak Jones of the Swans (second from left) wrestles with Western Bulldogs players after he collided with Travis Cloke of the Western Bulldogs during the Round 2 AFL match between the Western Bulldogs and the Sydney Swans at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Friday, March 31, 2017. (AAP Image/Julian Smith)
8th July, 2017
50
3245 Reads

Match result:

Sydney coach John Longmire won’t engage in September dreaming, even after his AFL side stormed into the top eight with a barnstorming 67-point dismissal of Gold Coast at the SCG.

» Click here to read the full match report

Final score
Sydney Swans 17.16.118
Gold Coast Suns 7.9.51

Match preview:

The Sydney Swans will look to continue their path towards what was once an extremely unlikely AFL finals campaign when they go up against the Gold Coast Suns. Join The Roar for live scores from the game at the SCG on Saturday afternoon, starting from 4:35pm AEST.

The story of Sydney’s 2017 season has been run through more than enough times this year but here’s the short version – none from the first six, seven from the next eight, and now a finals threat, maybe even a premiership dark horse?

The total record winds up at 7-7 and one spot outside the top eight with a very handy percentage of 108 – better than the next two teams above them.

Advertisement

Basically if the Swans win at least one more game from their last eight than West Coast or St Kilda – and the other teams below them – they’ll play finals this year, and as we learnt last September, anything can happen from that position.

In a year where no one has played consistent footy really, you’d have to say that Sydney’s seven of eight in the last two months is probably the most stable and reliably good football that any team has played all year.

As for Gold Coast? Well, they’re midtable – 6-8, 12th, and 14th for percentage. They’re not going to play finals this year, they’re pretty hot and cold. They haven’t had a winning or losing streak of more than two games all season.

They’ve lost both Gary Ablett and Pearce Hanley to injury this week so conventional wisdom suggests they’re going to get creamed – and while that hasn’t always proved valid this year, it does seem likely.

Prediction
Swans by plenty.

Sydney Swans by 48.

Join The Roar for live scores from the game between the Sydney Swans and the Gold Coast Suns at the SCG on Saturday afternoon, starting from 4:35pm AEST.

Advertisement

Sydney are collecting for Redkite, supporting children and young people with cancer, at today’s game. Donate here.

close