It may have taken until Round 7, but the Sydney Swans have claimed their first win of the 2017 AFL season in dominant style on Saturday afternoon, running away the winners over the Brisbane Lions by 54 points.
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Final score
Sydney Swans 20.15.135
Brisbane Lions 12.9.81
The Sydney Swans must surely be due to get their first win of the 2017 AFL Season when they host the Brisbane Lions at the SCG on Sunday of Round 7. Right? Right? Join The Roar for live scores and a blog fo the match, starting from 1:10pm AEST.
“There’s no way we could lose to Port Adelaide at home in Round 1,” said the city of Sydney collectively about six weeks ago. “No way. Absolutely no way. This a slam dunk. One hand on the premiership cup.”
But they did.
“Okay, the first two weeks didn’t go as planned, but Collingwood at home? That’s one in the bag. I mean, who could possibly kick a match-winning goal late in the piece from the boundary to put them up by a point – Will Hoskin-Elliott? I’d like to see that!”
But he did.
“Okay. Okay. We’re 0-5. But West Coast and GWS are both good teams. We’re past the early season jitters now. And Carlton? I mean, sure, it’s at the MCG, but it’s Carlton. That’s like playing early-season GWS – they have half the same players! Absolutely guaranteed. Bet the farm on it.”
And yet here we are. 0-6.
It’s all on the line for the Swans this week – granted, finals is pretty much already gone, but if this team is going to have any self-respect when it wakes up on Monday morning, a home win against Brisbane has to be gotten.
It’s even been made a little easier for them – Dayne Beams is absent this week and next due to a quad injury, robbing the Lions of one of their key drivers through the middle of the ground.
Prediction
The Lions pushed Sydney pretty close in this match last year, ultimately only losing by three points, and that was a much worse Brisbane side against a much better Swans side than we’ll see today – of course, it did happen to be at the Gabba. But surely Sydney can’t go 0-7.
Surely. Right?
Sydney Swans by 36 points.
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Maggie
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Yes, and I do!
Josh
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That's a wrap from me folks. Click here to read the full match report.
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FULL TIME SYDNEY 20.15.135 BRISBANE 12.9.81
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GOAL SYDNEY Buddy Franklin taking the piss, bangs through his eighth with seconds as the final siren goes. You'd buy a ticket every week just to watch this bloke. SYDNEY 20.15.135 BRISBANE 12.9.81
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GOAL SYDNEY Callum Sinclair puts though a second. SYDNEY 19.15.129 BRISBANE 12.9.81
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GOAL BRISBANE Ryan Lester puts through a second goal. Derm says he could be a "really, really elite" player. Whatever you say Derm. SYDNEY 18.15.123 BRISBANE 12.9.81
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BEHIND SYDNEY Buddy with a set shot, but it's too far to the left and doesn't come back in enough. SYDNEY 18.15.123 BRISBANE 11.9.75
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GOAL BRISBANE Tom Rockliff gets a free kick and pops through his second goal of the day. SYDNEY 18.14.122 BRISBANE 11.8.74
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BEHIND BRISBANE Rushed one for the Lions. SYDNEY 18.14.122 BRISBANE 10.8.68
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GOAL BRISBANE Sydney's favourite opposition play Nick Robertson pops through a goal to a chorus of boos. SYDNEY 18.14.122 BRISBANE 10.7.67
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GOAL SYDNEY Will Hayward kicks his second goal of the day, Swans by more than ten goals now. SYDNEY 18.14.122 BRISBANE 9.7.61
XI
Roar Guru
It's a spiteful match today. Not sure what's got under everyone's skin
Josh
Expert
BEHIND SYDNEY Nice mark from Buddy and he lines up for a chance at his eighth, unfortunately, it's a miss. SYDNEY 17.14.116 BRISBANE 9.7.61/strong>
Liam Salter
Roar Guru
Just as an aside, I just read your match preview, great stuff!
Josh
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BEHIND BRISBANE Josh Schache with a set shot, but can't convert. SYDNEY 17.13.115 BRISBANE 9.6.60
Josh
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Final term underway.
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Game is quite dead at this point, the only question left is how many goals Buddy Franklin can get to by the end of the night.