Sydney Swans v Gold Coast Suns, Round 5 2026
2026 AFLRound 5
| Club | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYD | 5.6 36 | 7.9 51 | 10.13 73 | 14.16 100 |
| GCS | 2.1 13 | 5.5 35 | 8.8 56 | 9.14 68 |
Norwood Oval, AdelaideRain, 18°Lead changes 0
Recap
Sydney too strong for Gold Coast
Sydney 14.16 (100) beat Gold Coast 9.14 (68) at Norwood Oval in Round 5, a 32-point win.
Sydney led at every change.
Tom Papley kicked three goals for Sydney and Isaac Heeney two; Ben Long kicked three for Gold Coast.
Isaac Heeney led the way with 33 disposals, two goals, 10 clearances and 11 tackles.
Sydney won the contested ball 151–135 and laid 97 tackles to 52.
In context
- A career-high 12 tackles for Brodie Grundy (previous best 11).
Best on ground
Sydney · #5 · 80% game time
- 33
- D
- 2
- G
- 2
- M
- 11
- T
10 clearances · 7 inside 50s · AFL Fantasy 145
Brownlow votes2026 count
Score worm
Sydney aheadGold Coast aheadGoal
- Sydney lead by 33Q4 23:59
SydneyGoals
- T. Papley 3.3
- I. Heeney 2
- M. Rosas 2
- C. Warner 2
- L. McDonald 1.2
- H. Cunningham 1.1
- J. McInerney 1.1
- R. Bice 1
- C. Warner 1
- Field umpires
- Daniel Johanson, Matt Stevic, Curtis Deboy, Cameron Dore
Sydney SwansFinal team
Interchange
EmergenciesP. Ladhams, T. Hanily, H. McLean
In
- +Joel Hamling
- +Malcolm Rosas
Out
- −Lewis Melican · Omitted
- −Angus Sheldrick · Suspension
Gold Coast SunsFinal team
How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: Champion Data rating points and AFL Fantasy points together, on a 0–10 scale against every AFL game since 2001 (Fantasy points alone before 2012). 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need 15% game time to be rated.
Sydney won the contested ball 151–135 and laid 97 tackles to 52.
SYDAttackGCS
- Inside 50s 56
- Scoring shots 9.1423
- Accuracy 39%
62
3014.16
47%
The ball
- Disposals 333
- Contested possessions 135
- Clearances 39
- Marks 50
- Tackles 52
- Free kicks 24
- Biggest lead 0
391
151
43
66
97
35
33
Disposals
Goals
Marks
Tackles
Sydney Swans14.16100
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5I. Heeney | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 145 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 0 | |
| 11T. Papley | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 102 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 4B. Grundy | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 130 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 36 | |
| 27J. McInerney | 27 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 94 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 0 | |
| 14C. Mills | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 98 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | |
| 30T. McCartin | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1C. Warner | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 91 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | |
| 34M. Roberts | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| 10M. Rosas | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 13J. Serong | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 73 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 22N. Blakey | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | |
| 8J. RowbottomInt | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 75 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| 24D. Rampe | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7H. CunninghamInt | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 29J. Hamling | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26R. BiceInt | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| 15S. Wicks | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 17J. Jordon | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
| 44J. Lloyd | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 37C. WarnerInt | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6L. McDonaldInt | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 36J. Amartey | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 35C. Curnow | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team | 391 | 14 | 15 | 66 | 97 | 43 | 1679 | 210 | 181 | 62 | 39 |
Gold Coast Suns9.1468
| Player | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18M. Rowell | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 104 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | |
| 6B. Uwland | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 87 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 22B. Long | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2J. Noble | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| 26W. Graham | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 76 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1M. Andrew | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
| 11T. Miller | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 77 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | |
| 27W. Powell | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 69 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
| 28J. Witts | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 66 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | |
| 15N. Anderson | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| 14L. Weller | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | |
| 5A. DaviesInt | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25S. Collins | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 16J. JeffreyInt | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| 32Z. UwlandInt | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| 17D. Rioli | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 33S. Clohesy | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10C. BallardInt | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39L. Gulbin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8L. Lombard | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4J. WalterInt | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34B. King | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20E. Read | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 333 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 52 | 39 | 1230 | 180 | 153 | 56 | 43 |
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 5.6 (36) · GCS 2.1 (13)
- 4:36GoalC. WarnerSYD1.0 (6) – 0.0 (0)
- 6:43BehindC. CurnowSYD1.1 (7) – 0.0 (0)
- 8:43BehindC. CurnowSYD1.2 (8) – 0.0 (0)
- 11:10BehindJ. McInerneySYD1.3 (9) – 0.0 (0)
- 13:02GoalR. BiceSYD2.3 (15) – 0.0 (0)
- 16:09BehindB. LongGCS2.3 (15) – 0.1 (1)
- 17:13GoalJ. WalterGCS2.3 (15) – 1.1 (7)
- 19:04GoalI. HeeneySYD3.3 (21) – 1.1 (7)
- 21:55BehindL. McDonaldSYD3.4 (22) – 1.1 (7)
- 23:40GoalT. PapleySYD4.4 (28) – 1.1 (7)
- 24:54BehindT. PapleySYD4.5 (29) – 1.1 (7)
- 26:49GoalM. RosasSYD5.5 (35) – 1.1 (7)
- 27:49GoalB. LongGCS5.5 (35) – 2.1 (13)
- 29:56BehindC. CurnowSYD5.6 (36) – 2.1 (13)
Second quarterSYD 2.3 (15) · GCS 3.4 (22)
- 5:13GoalJ. McInerneySYD6.6 (42) – 2.1 (13)
- 6:50BehindZ. UwlandGCS6.6 (42) – 2.2 (14)
- 9:37BehindJ. AmarteySYD6.7 (43) – 2.2 (14)
- 12:27GoalJ. WalterGCS6.7 (43) – 3.2 (20)
- 14:20GoalB. KingGCS6.7 (43) – 4.2 (26)
- 15:50GoalB. LongGCS6.7 (43) – 5.2 (32)
- 17:12BehindT. PapleySYD6.8 (44) – 5.2 (32)
- 18:30RushedSydneySYD6.9 (45) – 5.2 (32)
- 19:22GoalC. WarnerSYD7.9 (51) – 5.2 (32)
- 26:10BehindA. DaviesGCS7.9 (51) – 5.3 (33)
- 27:15BehindW. PowellGCS7.9 (51) – 5.4 (34)
- 28:17BehindJ. WalterGCS7.9 (51) – 5.5 (35)
Third quarterSYD 3.4 (22) · GCS 3.3 (21)
- 0:25RushedGold CoastGCS7.9 (51) – 5.6 (36)
- 3:22GoalI. HeeneySYD8.9 (57) – 5.6 (36)
- 6:58BehindJ. AmarteySYD8.10 (58) – 5.6 (36)
- 8:46BehindJ. AmarteySYD8.11 (59) – 5.6 (36)
- 10:25BehindZ. UwlandGCS8.11 (59) – 5.7 (37)
- 11:03GoalB. LongGCS8.11 (59) – 6.7 (43)
- 17:13GoalB. KingGCS8.11 (59) – 7.7 (49)
- 19:15BehindC. CurnowSYD8.12 (60) – 7.7 (49)
- 21:39GoalM. RosasSYD9.12 (66) – 7.7 (49)
- 23:12GoalC. WarnerSYD10.12 (72) – 7.7 (49)
- 25:07GoalA. DaviesGCS10.12 (72) – 8.7 (55)
- 29:52BehindB. GrundySYD10.13 (73) – 8.7 (55)
- 30:56RushedGold CoastGCS10.13 (73) – 8.8 (56)
Last quarterSYD 4.3 (27) · GCS 1.6 (12)
- 1:16GoalH. CunninghamSYD11.13 (79) – 8.8 (56)
- 3:12GoalW. GrahamGCS11.13 (79) – 9.8 (62)
- 4:41BehindB. LongGCS11.13 (79) – 9.9 (63)
- 6:52BehindL. LombardGCS11.13 (79) – 9.10 (64)
- 10:21GoalT. PapleySYD12.13 (85) – 9.10 (64)
- 12:06BehindB. KingGCS12.13 (85) – 9.11 (65)
- 13:33GoalL. McDonaldSYD13.13 (91) – 9.11 (65)
- 15:19BehindL. McDonaldSYD13.14 (92) – 9.11 (65)
- 15:43BehindW. GrahamGCS13.14 (92) – 9.12 (66)
- 19:30BehindH. CunninghamSYD13.15 (93) – 9.12 (66)
- 22:34BehindT. PapleySYD13.16 (94) – 9.12 (66)
- 23:10RushedGold CoastGCS13.16 (94) – 9.13 (67)
- 23:59GoalT. PapleySYD14.16 (100) – 9.13 (67)
- 30:35RushedGold CoastGCS14.16 (100) – 9.14 (68)