FINAL TEAMS: Essendon vs Sydney – Round 23, 2026

Essendon and Sydney have finalised their lineups for the match at MCG.

 2026-08-16T06:40:00Z 

 

 

MCG

ESS   

 2026-08-16T06:40:00Z 

   SYD

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MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   

IN Angus Clarke, Harrison Jones, Nick Bryan OUT Sam Durham (Injured), Zak Johnson (Omitted), Hussien El Achkar (Managed)

IN Dane Rampe, Brodie Grundy OUT Lewis Melican (Omitted), Hayden McLean (Omitted)

FB 1 Andrew McGrath 31 Zach Reid 27 Mason Redman FF 11 Tom Papley 35 Charlie Curnow 17 James Jordon HB 25 Jaxon Prior 21 Archie Roberts 34 Jaxon Artemis HF 44 Jake Lloyd 6 Logan McDonald 16 Braeden Campbell C 16 Archie Perkins 12 Will Setterfield 36 Angus Clarke C 34 Matthew Roberts 21 Errol Gulden 13 Jai Serong HF 2 Jacob Farrow 30 Nate Caddy 44 Archer Day-Wicks HB 22 Nick Blakey 32 Harry Kyle 29 Joel Hamling FF 38 Rhys Unwin 20 Peter Wright 4 Kyle Langford FB 14 Callum Mills 30 Tom McCartin 24 Dane Rampe

FOLLOWERS
17	Vigo Visentini
7	Zach Merrett
15	Dyson Sharp

INTERCHANGE
6	Jye Caldwell
29	Max Kondogiannis
23	Harrison Jones
24	Nick Bryan
10	Isaac Kako

EMERGENCIES
5	Elijah Tsatas
33	Hussien El Achkar
46	Lachie Blakiston

FOLLOWERS
4	Brodie Grundy
5	Isaac Heeney
1	Chad Warner

INTERCHANGE
26	Riley Bice
15	Sam Wicks
45	Will Green
25	Billy Cootee
9	Jesse Dattoli

EMERGENCIES
2	Hayden McLean
33	Caiden Cleary
12	Angus Sheldrick

Essendon
IN	A. Clarke, H. Jones, N. Bryan
OUT	S. Durham, Z. Johnson, H. El Achkar
B A. McGrath, Z. Reid, M. Redman HB J. Prior, A. Roberts, J. Artemis C A. Perkins, W. Setterfield, A. Clarke HF J. Farrow, N. Caddy, A. Day-Wicks F R. Unwin, P. Wright, K. Langford FOL V. Visentini, Z. Merrett, D. Sharp I/C J. Caldwell, M. Kondogiannis, H. Jones, N. Bryan, I. Kako EMG E. Tsatas, H. El Achkar, L. Blakiston
Sydney
IN	D. Rampe, B. Grundy
OUT	L. Melican, H. McLean
B C. Mills, T. McCartin, D. Rampe HB N. Blakey, H. Kyle, J. Hamling C M. Roberts, E. Gulden, J. Serong HF J. Lloyd, L. McDonald, B. Campbell F T. Papley, C. Curnow, J. Jordon FOL B. Grundy, I. Heeney, C. Warner I/C R. Bice, S. Wicks, W. Green, B. Cootee, J. Dattoli EMG H. McLean, C. Cleary, A. Sheldrick