Essendon v Sydney Swans – Round 9 2025 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers | FanCrew

2025 AFLRound 9Sat, 10 May, 4:15 pm AEST

EssendonEssendon

Home

7163

11.58.15

Essendon by 8

Sydney SwansSydney

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
ESS	3.1 19	9.1 55	11.4 70	11.5 71
SYD	1.1 7	2.4 16	5.10 40	8.15 63

Marvel Stadium, MelbourneLead changes 1

Recap

Essendon beat Sydney by 8

Essendon 11.5 (71) beat Sydney 8.15 (63) at Marvel Stadium in Round 9, a 8-point win.

Essendon led at every change.

Nate Caddy kicked three goals for Essendon and Zach Merrett two; Will Hayward kicked two for Sydney.

Nic Martin led the way with 38 disposals.

A run of four straight goals in the second quarter stretched the lead from 12 to 35.

Sydney won the inside-50 count 61–45 but kicked 8.15.

In context

Essendon’s first win over Sydney since 2022.
AFL debuts for Lewis Hayes and Archer Day-Wicks.
Milestone: James Jordon’s 100th game.
A career-high 35 disposals for Andrew McGrath (previous best 34).
A career-high 14 marks for Zach Reid (previous best 10).
A career-high 14 marks for Jaxon Prior (previous best 10).

More from Round 9

Thursday 8 May

FTFremantle12.1183–15.797Collingwood

Friday 9 May

FT

Disposals

Goals

Marks

Tackles

Essendon11.571

Essendon player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
37N. Martin	8.9	38	0	0	8	5	1	141	22	16	6	0
1A. McGrath	8.7	35	0	0	11	1	2	125	18	17	4	0
31Z. Reid	8.1	27	0	0	14	1	1	118	18	9	0	0
12W. Setterfield	8.0	28	0	1	9	8	3	125	11	17	1	0
27M. Redman	7.7	32	1	0	6	0	0	108	19	13	3	0
22S. Durham	7.6	21	1	1	2	8	4	85	8	13	0	0
17T. Goldstein	7.4	19	0	0	6	0	5	92	6	13	0	29
25J. Prior	7.3	23	0	0	14	2	0	115	17	6	2	0
30N. Caddy	7.1	16	3	1	7	3	0	94	12	4	6	0
21A. Roberts	7.0	27	0	0	7	0	0	87	11	16	1	0
7Z. Merrett	7.0	19	2	0	3	2	4	80	16	3	6	0
28X. DuursmaInt	6.8	19	0	0	5	4	0	78	11	8	2	0
16A. Perkins	6.7	15	1	0	3	2	1	61	8	7	1	0
41S. El-HawliInt	6.5	21	1	0	6	0	2	82	15	6	4	0
6J. CaldwellInt	6.4	22	0	0	3	4	4	72	8	14	3	0
32B. McKay	6.0	12	0	0	7	1	0	48	6	6	0	0
20P. Wright	6.0	11	0	0	5	3	0	58	6	5	3	6
18L. Hayes	5.8	16	0	0	3	2	1	52	6	10	1	0
8B. HobbsInt	5.8	15	0	0	2	2	3	50	5	10	0	0
4K. Langford	5.6	11	0	1	2	4	0	50	5	6	2	0
10I. Kako	5.5	6	1	0	1	3	0	37	3	3	0	0
44A. Day-Wicks	5.1	6	1	0	0	2	1	27	1	5	0	0
9D. ShielSub	4.8	5	0	0	2	3	0	30	2	3	0	0
Team		444	11	4	126	60	32	1815	234	210	45	35

Sydney Swans8.1563

Sydney Swans player stats. Column headers sort the table.
Player
4B. Grundy	8.3	23	1	1	2	5	7	115	10	13	3	32
22N. Blakey	8.3	22	0	0	13	3	0	117	21	1	1	0
1C. Warner	7.7	25	0	2	3	4	7	86	13	12	7	0
27J. McInerney	7.4	22	1	1	5	0	2	83	15	7	5	0
5I. Heeney	7.3	19	0	2	3	6	5	82	11	8	3	0
8J. RowbottomInt	7.1	21	0	0	4	4	6	84	14	7	6	0
30T. McCartin	7.0	15	0	0	8	0	0	64	10	5	2	0
34M. Roberts	6.8	26	0	1	8	0	1	94	17	9	4	0
26R. BiceInt	6.6	17	0	0	4	3	0	66	8	9	5	0
13O. Florent	6.5	17	0	0	5	1	0	67	13	4	4	0
44J. Lloyd	6.4	22	0	1	5	1	0	68	10	12	0	0
9W. Hayward	6.4	14	2	1	2	2	0	62	9	5	1	0
16B. Campbell	6.3	15	1	1	7	2	0	74	11	4	6	0
12A. SheldrickSub	6.3	13	1	0	4	0	1	51	7	6	2	0
17J. Jordon	6.0	9	0	0	2	8	0	59	6	3	1	0
37C. WarnerInt	5.8	11	1	0	4	0	0	41	7	4	2	0
15S. Wicks	5.6	13	0	0	1	0	1	34	5	8	1	0
24D. Rampe	5.5	10	0	0	3	0	0	32	6	4	3	0
2H. McLeanInt	5.2	7	1	1	2	2	1	37	4	3	0	0
33C. Cleary	5.1	10	0	0	2	3	1	37	2	8	1	0
25B. Paton	3.8	3	0	0	2	1	0	18	2	1	1	0
10A. Francis	3.7	8	0	2	3	0	0	25	4	4	1	0
29J. Hamling	3.4	6	0	1	0	1	0	16	3	3	2	0
Team		348	8	14	92	46	32	1412	208	140	61	32

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