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

James Bell (Sydney) and David Zaharakis (Essendon) have been named as medical subs.

 2021-04-08T09:20:00Z 
Sydney WON BY 3 POINTS
SCG
SYD   
83
FT
80
   ESS
    #AFLSwansDons
MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   
IN Lance Franklin
OUTHayden McLean (Omitted)
IN David Zaharakis, Dyson Heppell
OUTMason Redman (Injured), Tom Cutler (Omitted)
FB 7 Harry Cunningham 24 Dane Rampe 29 George Hewett
FF 20 Jake Stringer 20 Peter Wright 43 A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
HB 12 Jordan Dawson 30 Tom McCartin 44 Jake Lloyd
HF 5 Devon Smith 26 Cale Hooker 7 Zach Merrett
C 14 Oliver Florent 14 Callum Mills 1 Chad Warner
C 4 Kyle Langford 21 Dyson Heppell 33 Brayden Ham
HF 21 Errol Gulden 5 Isaac Heeney 27 Justin McInerney
HB 45 Alec Waterman 14 Jordan Ridley 19 Nick Hind
FF 20 Sam Reid 23 Lance Franklin 15 Sam Wicks
FB 25 Jayden Laverde 25 B. Zerk-Thatcher 10 Aaron Francis
FOLLOWERS
31 Tom Hickey
12 Josh P. Kennedy
11 Tom Papley
INTERCHANGE
6 Logan McDonald
16 Braeden Campbell
22 Nick Blakey
26 Luke Parker
32 James Bell
FOLLOWERS
13 Nikolas Cox
3 Darcy Parish
11 Will Snelling
INTERCHANGE
1 Andrew McGrath
16 Archie Perkins
23 Harrison Jones
35 Matt Guelfi
11 David Zaharakis

Sydney
INL. Franklin
OUTH. McLean
B H. Cunningham, D. Rampe, G. Hewett
HB J. Dawson, T. McCartin, J. Lloyd
C O. Florent, C. Mills, C. Warner
HF E. Gulden, I. Heeney, J. McInerney
F S. Reid, L. Franklin, S. Wicks
FOL T. Hickey, J. Kennedy, T. Papley
I/C L. McDonald, B. Campbell, N. Blakey, L. Parker, J. Bell

Essendon
IND. Zaharakis, D. Heppell
OUTM. Redman, T. Cutler
B J. Laverde, B. Zerk-Thatcher, A. Francis
HB A. Waterman, J. Ridley, N. Hind
C K. Langford, D. Heppell, B. Ham
HF D. Smith, C. Hooker, Z. Merrett
F J. Stringer, P. Wright, A. McDonald-Tipungwuti
FOL N. Cox, D. Parish, W. Snelling
I/C A. McGrath, A. Perkins, H. Jones, M. Guelfi, D. Zaharakis

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