Sydney Swans v Melbourne – Opening Round 2024 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers | FanCrew

2024 AFLOpening RoundThu, 7 Mar, 7:30 pm AEDT

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12.149.10

Sydney by 22

MelbourneMelbourne

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Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
SYD	3.3 21	4.3 27	7.10 52	12.14 86
MEL	1.6 12	2.8 20	7.8 50	9.10 64

SCG, SydneyRain, 28°Lead changes 5

Recap

Sydney beat Melbourne by 22

Sydney 12.14 (86) beat Melbourne 9.10 (64) at SCG in Opening Round, a 22-point win.

Sydney led at every change.

Hayden McLean kicked two goals for Sydney and Will Hayward two; Bayley Fritsch kicked four for Melbourne.

Isaac Heeney led the way with 26 disposals, a goal and 13 clearances.

A run of four straight goals in the last quarter stretched the lead from 4 to 29.

Sydney won the inside-50 count 65–51 and won the clearances 45–34.

In context

Milestone: Braeden Campbell’s 50th game.
A career-high 13 clearances for Isaac Heeney (previous best 8).
A career-high 9 tackles for Tom Sparrow (previous best 7).

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Disposals

Goals

Marks

Tackles

Sydney Swans12.1486

Sydney Swans player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
5I. Heeney	9.4	26	1	1	5	7	13	121	17	9	8	0
4B. Grundy	8.2	23	0	0	4	6	9	118	12	11	5	33
1C. Warner	7.9	26	1	1	4	1	2	88	17	9	12	0
22N. Blakey	7.8	26	0	0	9	0	0	99	18	8	6	0
11T. Papley	7.8	20	1	1	4	3	3	87	15	5	4	0
7H. CunninghamInt	7.2	18	0	0	10	3	1	92	14	4	2	0
8J. Rowbottom	7.0	21	0	2	0	7	6	77	12	9	5	0
24D. Rampe	6.8	19	0	0	6	0	0	70	13	6	1	0
13O. Florent	6.8	18	1	0	3	2	3	69	10	8	2	0
27J. McInerneyInt	6.6	20	1	0	6	4	1	79	7	13	1	1
34M. Roberts	6.6	19	0	0	8	3	0	91	16	3	1	0
17J. Jordon	6.6	18	0	0	3	7	2	76	8	10	4	0
16B. CampbellInt	6.6	16	0	0	7	2	1	74	12	4	5	0
21E. Gulden	6.5	20	0	1	2	2	2	69	16	4	5	0
9W. Hayward	6.4	10	2	0	4	2	0	60	8	2	0	0
44J. Lloyd	6.1	13	0	0	5	2	0	56	8	5	1	0
42R. Fox	5.9	9	1	1	2	6	1	57	6	3	0	0
30T. McCartin	5.8	9	0	0	7	0	0	46	7	2	0	0
6L. McDonald	5.4	8	1	0	3	1	0	37	5	3	2	0
15S. WicksSub	5.4	5	1	0	2	1	1	25	2	3	0	0
2H. McLeanInt	5.3	5	2	2	2	2	0	40	4	1	1	10
43L. Melican	5.0	5	0	0	2	0	0	20	4	1	0	0
36J. Amartey	4.0	3	0	1	1	2	0	23	3	0	0	2
Team		357	12	10	99	63	45	1574	234	123	65	46

Melbourne9.1064

Melbourne player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
7J. Viney	9.2	30	2	0	2	7	7	123	19	11	9	0
5C. Petracca	7.8	26	1	2	1	3	3	87	11	15	3	0
13C. Oliver	7.6	30	0	0	2	2	6	89	18	12	6	0
3C. Salem	7.6	27	0	0	5	3	5	95	20	7	5	0
1S. May	7.0	21	0	0	5	2	0	81	14	7	2	0
22B. HowesInt	7.0	17	0	0	7	3	0	74	9	8	1	0
4J. McVee	6.9	20	0	0	6	0	3	73	14	6	1	0
15E. Langdon	6.8	19	1	0	4	3	0	79	10	9	5	0
11M. Gawn	6.7	14	0	1	1	4	2	87	8	6	0	37
31B. Fritsch	6.6	6	4	1	2	3	0	59	6	0	0	0
30A. Neal-Bullen	6.5	15	0	1	2	6	3	68	6	9	2	0
32T. SparrowInt	6.4	13	0	0	2	9	3	63	3	10	2	0
20A. Tomlinson	6.3	12	0	0	3	2	0	53	10	2	0	0
24T. Rivers	6.1	17	0	0	4	0	1	53	10	7	3	0
6C. Windsor	5.9	13	0	0	0	4	1	45	6	7	0	0
17J. Bowey	5.8	14	0	0	3	1	0	54	13	1	0	0
8J. Lever	5.8	12	0	0	6	0	0	48	9	3	2	0
37K. ChandlerInt	5.6	11	0	0	2	3	0	44	4	7	3	0
2J. van Rooyen	5.4	10	1	0	2	3	0	45	3	7	1	0
9C. SpargoInt	5.1	12	0	1	1	2	0	36	5	7	3	0
19J. Schache	4.8	4	0	2	2	2	0	29	3	1	0	1
16B. Laurie	4.3	8	0	0	1	1	0	26	3	5	3	0
14J. BillingsSub	3.9	2	0	0	0	2	0	10	1	1	0	0
Team		353	9	8	63	65	34	1421	205	148	51	38

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

First quarterSYD 3.3 (21) · MEL 1.6 (12)

2:53BehindM. GawnMEL0.0 (0) – 0.1 (1)
5:16GoalO. FlorentSYDLead change1.0 (6) – 0.1 (1)
7:09GoalJ. VineyMELLead change1.0 (6) – 1.1 (7)
9:26BehindC. SpargoMEL1.0 (6) – 1.2 (8)
11:18RushedSydneySYD1.1 (7) – 1.2 (8)
14:12RushedSydneySYDLevel1.2 (8) – 1.2 (8)
17:17GoalI. HeeneySYDLead change2.2 (14) – 1.2 (8)
18:25BehindJ. SchacheMEL2.2 (14) – 1.3 (9)
20:33RushedSydneySYD2.3 (15) – 1.3 (9)
21:39BehindB. FritschMEL2.3 (15) – 1.4 (10)
23:28RushedMelbourneMEL2.3 (15) – 1.5 (11)
25:30GoalT. PapleySYD3.3 (21) – 1.5 (11)
28:15BehindJ. SchacheMEL3.3 (21) – 1.6 (12)

Second quarterSYD 1.0 (6) · MEL 1.2 (8)

6:47GoalJ. McInerneySYD4.3 (27) – 1.6 (12)
14:52BehindA. Neal-BullenMEL4.3 (27) – 1.7 (13)
20:45BehindC. PetraccaMEL4.3 (27) – 1.8 (14)
30:07GoalE. LangdonMEL4.3 (27) – 2.8 (20)

Third quarterSYD 3.7 (25) · MEL 5.0 (30)

1:17GoalB. FritschMEL4.3 (27) – 3.8 (26)
4:26BehindR. FoxSYD4.4 (28) – 3.8 (26)
5:08BehindT. PapleySYD4.5 (29) – 3.8 (26)
10:09BehindH. McLeanSYD4.6 (30) – 3.8 (26)
13:18GoalH. McLeanSYD5.6 (36) – 3.8 (26)
17:01GoalB. FritschMEL5.6 (36) – 4.8 (32)
18:21BehindJ. AmarteySYD5.7 (37) – 4.8 (32)
19:16GoalB. FritschMELLead change5.7 (37) – 5.8 (38)
22:53GoalH. McLeanSYDLead change6.7 (43) – 5.8 (38)
24:29BehindJ. RowbottomSYD6.8 (44) – 5.8 (38)
28:03GoalJ. VineyMELLevel6.8 (44) – 6.8 (44)
29:17BehindJ. RowbottomSYD6.9 (45) – 6.8 (44)
30:50GoalW. HaywardSYD7.9 (51) – 6.8 (44)
32:02GoalC. PetraccaMEL7.9 (51) – 7.8 (50)
36:14BehindH. McLeanSYD7.10 (52) – 7.8 (50)

Last quarterSYD 5.4 (34) · MEL 2.2 (14)

3:09BehindE. GuldenSYD7.11 (53) – 7.8 (50)
4:33RushedSydneySYD7.12 (54) – 7.8 (50)
6:08GoalC. WarnerSYD8.12 (60) – 7.8 (50)
7:57GoalW. HaywardSYD9.12 (66) – 7.8 (50)
11:11GoalS. WicksSYD10.12 (72) – 7.8 (50)
12:35BehindC. WarnerSYD10.13 (73) – 7.8 (50)
13:54GoalR. FoxSYD11.13 (79) – 7.8 (50)
15:49GoalJ. van RooyenMEL11.13 (79) – 8.8 (56)
21:31BehindI. HeeneySYD11.14 (80) – 8.8 (56)
25:57GoalL. McDonaldSYD12.14 (86) – 8.8 (56)
28:27RushedMelbourneMEL12.14 (86) – 8.9 (57)
30:06BehindC. PetraccaMEL12.14 (86) – 8.10 (58)
33:32GoalB. FritschMEL12.14 (86) – 9.10 (64)