Sydney – 15.10 (100)
North Melbourne- 13.7 (85)
Sydney has finally overcome their losing streak in their past four matches, to overcome North Melbourne by 15 points at home at the SCG on Sunday.
Big Moment
The lead changed constantly throughout the match and it took until late in the last for the game to be sealed for the Swans. It was sealed when Michael O’Loughlin kicked a goal deep into time on in the last quarter.
Key Players for Sydney
Ryan O’Keefe – Was absolutely outstanding in the midfield for the Swans. He was tagged by Firrito, but dominated him and finished with 37 possessions (including 21 handballs) and kicked 1 goal.
Brett Kirk – Had a fantastic midfield game especially in the last quarter, when the game was there to be won. He collected 37 possessions and took 5 marks.
Rhyce Shaw – Collected 30 touches in another consistent game (including 21 kicks), and kicked a goal.
Darren Jolly – A solid and strong performance by the ruckman. He worked against four ruck man, with limited assistance. He had 36 hit outs, 4 tackles and 13 disposals.
Key Players for North Melbourne
Josh Gibson – The Kangaroos best player and dominated and held Adam Goodes, to minimal impact. He collected 26 disposals, 10 marks and 3 tackles.
Adam Simpson – Had a solid performance, collected 26 possessions (including 15 handballs), and took 8 marks.
Andrew Swallow – Kicked 2 goals and was influential and important around the clearances. He had 18 disposals and kicked 2 goals.
Musing from the Match
• Kieren Jack held Brent Harvey and Lewis Roberts-Thomson were too good for Drew Petrie .
• The Kangaroos dominated the early exchanges, but their inability to kick goals from set shots may have lost them the game.
• The Roos did however have a higher goal accuracy percentage than the Swans by about 11%.
• The Roos had 4 more kicks and 13 more marks.
• The Swans had 82 more handballs and overall 78 more disposals.
• The Swans had 67 more un contested possessions, and 18 more contested possessions.
• The Swans only had 1 more mark inside 50 than the Roos.
• The Swans won in the inside 50s, by 18, but lost in the rebound 50s by 15.
• The Swans seemed to run more with the ball in possession for longer distances, taking 23 bounces to the Roos 9.
SuperCoach News
Jarred McVeigh collected 31 disposals and was important for the Swans, but pulled his hamstring late in the fourth quarter, so if you have him, expect him to be out for at least 2 weeks.
Liam Anthony played his second AFL match this week and improved on his performance from last week, scoring 86 points. Could be a good young midfield pick up, if you wanted to gain more money in your bank and is likely to play more games.
If you have O’Keefe in your team, you would be grinning from ear to ear 
!! He had another solid 143 points performance.
7 Sydney players scored 100+ points (O’Keefe, Kirk, Shaw, Jolly, McVeigh, Grundy, Bird ).
5 North Melbourne players scored 100+ points (Gibson, Swallow, Firrito, Rawlings, McMahon ).
Tags: Adam Simpson, Andrew Swallow, Brett Kirk, Darren Jolly, Jarred McVeigh, Josh Gibson, Rhyce Shaw, Ryan O'Keefe
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