Sydney Swans vs Melbourne Demons: AFL live scores, blog

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Sydney Swans

Match Complete

Melbourne

Fourth Quarter
		33:32	B. Fritsch
		30:06	C. Petracca
		28:27	Rushed
L. McDonald		25:57
I. Heeney		21:31
		15:49	J. V. Rooyen
R. Fox		13:54
C. Warner		12:35
S. Wicks		11:11
W. Hayward		7:57
8.12 (60)	Third Quarter [+]		7.8 (50)
H. McLean		36:14
C. Warner		6:08
Rushed		4:33
E. Gulden		3:09
		32:02	C. Petracca
W. Hayward		30:50
J. Rowbottom		29:17
		28:03	J. Viney
J. Rowbottom		24:29
H. McLean		22:53
		19:16	B. Fritsch
J. Amartey		18:21
		17:01	B. Fritsch
H. McLean		13:18
H. McLean		10:09
T. Papley		5:08
R. Fox		4:26
		1:17	B. Fritsch
4.3 (27)	Second Quarter [+]		2.8 (20)
		30:07	E. Langdon
		20:45	C. Petracca
		14:52	A. Neal-Bullen
J. McInerney		6:47
3.3 (21)	First Quarter [+]		1.6 (12)
		28:15	J. Schache
T. Papley		25:30
		23:28	Rushed
		21:39	B. Fritsch
Rushed		20:33
		18:25	J. Schache
I. Heeney		17:17
Rushed		14:12
Rushed		11:18
		9:26	C. Spargo
		7:09	J. Viney
O. Florent		5:16
		2:53	M. Gawn

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The 2024 AFL home and away season begins with the first ever ‘Opening Round’, as the Sydney Swans host fierce rivals Melbourne. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 7:30pm (AEDT).

Match information

Venue: SCG
First Bounce: 7:30pm (AEDT)
TV: Channel 7, Fox Footy
Streaming: Kayo Sports
Betting: Swans $1.90, Demons $1.90 – odds via PlayUp

Teams

Sydney

B: 43 Lewis Melican, 30 Tom McCartin, 24 Dane Rampe (c)

HB: 22 Nick Blakey, 13 Oliver Florent, 44 Jake Lloyd

C: 27 Justin McInerney, 1 Chad Warner, 21 Errol Gulden

HF: 5 Isaac Heeney, 6 Logan McDonald, 36 Joel Amartey

F: 11 Tom Papley, 2 Hayden McLean, 9 Will Hayward

R: 4 Brodie Grundy, 17 James Jordon, 8 James Rowbottom

I/C: 7 Harry Cunningham, 15 Sam Wicks, 16 Braeden Campbell, 34 Matt Roberts, 42 Robbie Fox (one to sub)

EMG: 12 Angus Sheldrick, 19 Peter Ladhams, 37 Corey Warner

Melbourne

B: 22 Blake Howes, 1 Steven May, 8 Jake Lever

HB: 4 Judd McVee, 20 Adam Tomlinson, 3 Christian Salem

C: 15 Ed Langdon, 5 Christian Petracca, 24 Trent Rivers

HF: 7 Jack Viney, 19 Josh Schache, 2 Jacob van Rooyen

F: 30 Alex Neal-Bullen, 31 Bayley Fritsch, 9 Charlie Spargo

R: 11 Max Gawn (c), 32 Tom Sparrow, 13 Clayton Oliver

I/C: 6 Caleb Windsor, 14 Jack Billings, 16 Bailey Laurie, 17 Jake Bowey, 37 Kade Chandler (one to sub)

EMG: 25 Tom McDonald, 33 Tom Fullarton, 40 Taj Woewodin

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