Player news from R6 of 2025: Sydney vs Port Adelaide
Hayden McLean (106/101): Playing a forward/ruck role on Aliir
McLean contributed with 16 disposals, 9 grabs, 3 tackles, 8 taps and 2.4.
Brodie Grundy (103/137): Lead ruck
Grundy contributed with 26 possessions, 3 tackles and 32 taps.
Matt Roberts (99/121): Starting at half back
Roberts contributed with 30 touches, 6 grabs, 2 tackles and 0.1.
James Rowbottom (96/106): Matched up on Butters… 23 possessions and 8 tackles plus 1.1. Doing jobs in midfield.
Nick Blakey (91/103): In defence with Powell-Pepper on him
Blakey contributed with 27 disposals, 3 marks and booted 0.3.
Isaac Heeney (87/95): Tagged by Drew… 2.0 from 22 possessions and 2 marks plus 4 tackles. Playing pure midfield.
Sam Wicks (75/94): Shoulder knock in Q3 but played on… 20 possessions including 15 kicks… also 3 marks and 2 tackles… helped out by 3FF. Playing half back on Byrne-Jones.
Jake Lloyd (73/80): Starting on a wing against Burgoyne
Lloyd added 22 possessions and 6 marks.
Riley Bice (72/78): Playing half back
Bice added 22 disposals and 5 marks.
Chad Warner (71/69): Starting in midfield then resting forward
Warner contributed with 21 touches, 2 marks and booted 0.1.
Dane Rampe (69/108): Starting at half back
Rampe contributed with 19 disposals, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Aaron Francis (67/61): On in Q3 for Hanily to play forward… kicked three goals in Q4… 14 possessions and 4 marks plus 3.1. Started as the sub.
Justin McInerney (62/59): Playing a half forward role
McInerney contributed with 17 possessions, 5 grabs and 2 tackles.
Oliver Florent (54/71): Coming off a wing against Moraes
Florent contributed with 18 touches, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Braeden Campbell (48/61): Playing a HFF role with some CBAs
Campbell contributed with 16 possessions, 3 tackles and 0.2 on the scoreboard.
Will Hayward (46/80): Starting at half forward
Hayward contributed with 9 possessions, 3 tackles and booted 2.0.
James Jordon (40/72): Poor result from his defensive work… 17 possessions including 12 handballs… and scored 0.1. Forward tag role on Rozee then had it released in Q2.
Lewis Melican (34/44): Off for a HIA in Q4 after a knock which he passed to return… 5 possessions including 4 kicks… also 4 marks and 2 tackles. Standing Georgiades.
Caiden Cleary (33/30): Coming off a HFF to follow the ball in mids
Cleary also had 13 disposals.
Joel Hamling (30/48): On Lord… switched forward onto Ratugolea in Q3
Hamling also had 7 possessions.
Corey Warner (27/21): Starting forward
Warner added 9 disposals and 0.1.
Tom McCartin (14/34): Had no effect… 7 possessions… not helped by 3 FA. Starting in attack on Ratugolea… switched back onto Lord in Q3.
Tom Hanily (9/16): Subbed off in Q3 for Francis… 3 possessions. Rotating forward.
Zak Butters (114/166): In midfield
Butters contributed with 27 touches, 5 marks and 8 tackles.
Kane Farrell (106/118): Playing a HBF role
Farrell added 26 disposals and 11 grabs.
Jason Horne-Francis (105/94): Rotating midfield and attack
Horne-Francis contributed with 20 disposals, 9 marks, 5 tackles and managed 0.1.
Connor Rozee (101/102): Tagged by Jordon then released in Q2… 27 possessions including 21 kicks… also 4 marks and 3 tackles… and booted 1.0. A new role off half back.
Willie Rioli (83/92): Starting forward
Rioli contributed with 14 touches, 7 marks, 2 tackles and 3.1.
Sam Powell-Pepper (74/107): First goal… 2.1 from 15 possessions and 3 marks plus 3 tackles… helped out by 3FF. Playing a forward role on Blakey.
Jase Burgoyne (68/63): Starting on a wing against Lloyd
Burgoyne contributed with 15 touches, 5 marks and 3 tackles.
Jordon Sweet (64/58): Playing ruck
Sweet contributed with 9 possessions, 3 tackles, 39 hit outs and 5 free kicks given away.
Willem Drew (63/65): Mostly on ball
Drew contributed with 9 possessions, 10 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Aliir Aliir (60/78): In defence on McLean
Aliir added 16 touches and 5 marks.
Lachie Jones (54/89): Starting deep in defence
Jones contributed with 11 possessions, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Mitch Georgiades (53/72): Playing key forward on Melican
Georgiades contributed with 9 touches, 5 marks and booted 3.0.
Travis Boak (49/46): Left hand problem after a Wicks tackle in Q4 but taped up to return… 12 possessions and 4 marks plus 3 tackles… 0.1 as well. Playing a HFF role.
Darcy Byrne-Jones (49/65): Playing small forward on Wicks
Byrne-Jones contributed with 13 touches, 2 grabs and kicked 1.0.
Jackson Mead (46/55): Starting deep forward with centre rotations
Mead added 15 disposals and 2 grabs.
Josh Sinn (46/39): Rotating at half back
Sinn contributed with 9 possessions, 4 grabs and 2 tackles.
Esava Ratugolea (45/64): In defence on McCartin then got Hamling in Q3
Ratugolea contributed with 7 touches, 7 grabs and 2 tackles.
Ollie Wines (40/52): Subbed off at HT with a recurrence of his heart problem… 8 possessions including 6 kicks… also 4 marks and 2 tackles. Playing inside midfield.
Tom Cochrane (37/37): Rotating forward
Cochrane contributed with 7 touches, 2 marks, 2 tackles and booted 1.0.
Miles Bergman (33/31): No tall to play on today
Bergman also had 12 touches.
Rory Atkins (33/34): On after HT for Wines to play half back… 10 possessions. Late replacement for Joe Richards… started as the sub.
Christian Moraes (30/30): Starting on a wing on Florent
Moraes also had 10 possessions.
Ollie Lord (15/30): Playing key forward on Hamling with ruck support… then got McCartin in Q3
Lord contributed with 6 touches, 4 taps, kicked 1.0 and 4 frees against.