Blog log from 0 of 2026: Sydney vs Carlton

Cripps gets the first centre clearance, give to Williams thence Walsh who goes long to Kemp who marks 30m out on a slight angle and misses across the face to the right. (Q1 0:42)
After a McGovern kick clanger, Curnow’s first touch is a gather on the HFF and poke pass to the pocket for Amartey who shanks from 30m for no score. (Q1 3:12)
Curnow beats Weitering and Saad to mark a long speculator by McInerney on the boundary 20m out but hits the near right post. (Q1 5:35)
McCartin drops a defensive mark at half back then fluffs the handball, Kemp bounces through the first goal from 30m on the boundary! (Q1 6:37)
Curnow gets a HTB free on Williams 50m out near the boundary, wheels and shoots in Buddy style but it’s across the face for a behind. (Q1 7:42)
Two Swans fly to intercept in the back pocket but conspire to drop it between them, Melican spoiled Grundy and it was his opponent Hayward who roved for the opportunist goal! (Q1 8:38)
Williams has a flying snap from long range but skids it across the face from 55m. (Q1 9:43)
Oliver Hollands draws a contact free going for a very short pass by Lord to 45m on a slight angle after both sides exchange turnovers in traffic. Ollie shanks OOTF. (Q1 22:18)
McInerney passes to the lead of Amartey who marks despite contact by Young 45m out on a slight angle, the set shot flies to the right. (Q1 26:28)
Chad Warner is on the end of a slingshot play from members wing but his running snap to a vacant square skids across the face to the right. (Q2 2:07)
Hayward marks a Kemp pass on a hard lead 40m out on the flank in front of Melican. His J-curve set shot doesn’t curl, across the face to the right. (Q2 6:27)
Turnovers exchanged again in midfield but Amartey is one out with Williams at the top of the square to draw a free for Sydney’s opening goal, belatedly. (Q2 8:57)
Mills gets the benefit of a 50m penalty to bring him from outer wing to just inside 50m on a slight angle, but he hangs the set shot narrow to the right. (Q2 12:16)
Oliver Hollands is a touch late and is lucky not to be penalised for contact after a mark to Papley just inside 50m on a slight angle. Papley kicks long into the left post. (Q2 14:13)
Oliver Hollands prevents a Gulden mark near the behind post but Gulden butters up and gives back to Rosas who baulks clear and snaps truly off the left from 20m. (Q2 17:38)
Ainsworth skids through the first Carlton major of Q2 from outside CHF. (Q2 22:25)
Pittonet gets rid of Grundy with a push to the chest to mark a long speculator up the flank by Walsh to 25m, ump pays it, Mr Worldwide converts the set shot. (Q2 26:52)
Hayward snaps across the face from a pack 25m out in the pocket. (Q2 29:10)
Oliver Hollands delivers a lovely long pass over McInerney to Moir 25m out on a slight angle, he kicks straight. (Q3 1:28)
That goal was a result of a desultory chase by Papley to allow Hollands to gets space and time for the pass. (Q3 2:31)
Pittonet chases the crumb after halving a stoppage near the hotspot, he throws his left boot at the loose ball and toes it through from 20m! (Q3 3:46)
Smith handballs OOB on outer wing, free under the new rules, GUlden speculates with a kick to congestion at the hotspot, Grundy provides the crumb, Papley to McInerney, goal! (Q3 5:31)
Rosas gathers, spins and handballs at half back to start a slingshot, Gulden handballs forward to space at CHF for McInerney to speed onto and ram through the goal from 45m! (Q3 7:46)
McGovern spoils a sizzler from Heeney to Sheldrick but Gulden roves and feeds the latter to kick high to the square, McDonald beats Young to mark and goal! (Q3 10:02)
Serong comes from the opposite wing to slide and rush a Cripps snap from the pocket that would have bounced through. (Q3 11:28)
Gulden involved again in the coast to coast rebound around outer wing, Blakey bounces and passes to Heeney 30m out in front who puts Sydney back in front with his first goal. (Q3 12:38)
Papley receives from Lloyd for a snap off a few step from 40m on the flank after another centre clearance engineered by Grundy, but that snap is OOTF. (Q3 13:59)
After a Moir kick clanger, Warner passes to the lead of Curnow 45m out in front. The Swans mob him after he kicks the first goal in Bloods colours! (Q3 15:32)
Amartey gets a set shot outside true CHF, he booms a big set shot for his second goal, the Swan faithful are rocking now and there a second melee after that goal! (Q3 17:47)
Elijah Hollands roves a Mills spoil in the pocket behind Roberts and snaps high off his right from 25m… lands just over the line for a fine goal! (Q3 22:47)
Roberts is favoured by a ricochet from a smothered McInerney pass, he snaps off a step from 40m in the corridor to restart the party among the home fans. (Q3 25:21)
Roberts’ goal cancels out the one he just conceded to Elijah Hollands up the other end. (Q3 25:58)
Bice gets around Elijah Hollands on outer wing on a slow play and kicks to the hotspot where Lord can’t stop McInerney juggling the mark, another goal Sydney. (Q3 28:18)
Pittonet tries the same trick he pulled earlier in the quarter with a snap from ruck, this one is a checkside that rolls through from 35m for his third! (Q3 30:43)
Gulden misses to the left with a mid-range snap after Sydney wins the next centre clearance. (Q3 31:34)
Curnow roves on the HFF and gives wide to Roberts who slams through Sydney’s ninth goal of the quarter from 50m! (Q3 32:43)
Grundy slaps the next centre throw up towards CHF, Heeney jets onto it and slams through yet another one on the burst! (Q3 34:01)
Another melee after that goal with Cripps dropping Papley, free goes to McInerney 40m out in front with no centre contest again, but the kick sails left. (Q3 35:05)
Jordon receives from Papley and shoots on the run from 40m but that checkside is way right and OOTF. (Q3 35:36)
Ball living in Sydney’s front half, CUrnow provides a crumb for Papley who fights to the front on Florent and volleys goal number eleven for Q3 for the Swom! (Q3 37:18)
Amartey contest the next inside 50 at the hotspot, crumb falls perfectly for Curnow who snaps high and straight from 20m, Swans are in heaven! (Q3 38:31)
Warner roves and misses from 20m, Carlton can’t get a clearance at all. (Q3 40:02)
McKay gives to Lord who shoots on the run from 50m on a slight angle just before the 3QT siren, but that one flies narrow to the left. (3 Qtr Time)
Grundy has been embarrassed at some stoppages tonight but he gets one back on Pittonet with his own goal from 25m after a throw in. (Q4 1:49)
Warner baulks away from the chasing McGovern in the pocket and kicks to the opposite flank for Lloyd 40m out, who shanks for no score. (Q4 2:59)
Errant handball by Walsh in the centre leads to a Lloyd pass to Warner 35m out in the pocket, who curls in another one for the Swans. (Q4 5:50)
Heeney roves deep in defence but handballs straight to McKay who accepts the charity goal from 15m. (Q4 7:46)
Amartey leaps over Dean to mark at the hotspot for his third goal. (Q4 11:00)
McDonald runs through the centre and gives to Gulden who speeds to 50m on a slight angle but shanks somewhat to the left. (Q4 15:34)
Sheldrick deserves a goal and gets one with a running snap from 45m on a slight angle, goal assist handball by Rosas. (Q4 17:33)
Curnow curls in his third goal from the pocket. (Q4 20:50)
Ainsworth receives from Elijah Holland near the hotspot and gets some junk after a rare centre clearance win by the Blues. (Q4 22:31)
Reidy misses a set shot from just inside 50m on a slight angle. (Q4 24:01)
Rowbottom tumbles in another one to get the DJ working again. (Q4 25:32)
Roberts misses a long snap just before the final siren. (Q4 31:26)