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

Tom Papley is a late out for Sydney, replaced by Ryan Clarke in the Swans' side.

Aaron Francis (Sydney) and Bailey Laurie (Melbourne) are the tactical substitutes.

 2023-08-27T05:20:00Z 
Melbourne WON BY 21 POINTS
SCG
SYD   
56
FT
77
   MELB
    #AFLSwansDees
MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   
IN Joel Amartey
OUTTom Papley (Injured)
IN Bayley Fritsch, Daniel Turner
OUTAdam Tomlinson (Omitted), Josh Schache (Sub)
FB 30 Tom McCartin 24 Dane Rampe 7 Harry Cunningham
FF 15 Ed Langdon 2 Jacob van Rooyen 36 Kysaiah Pickett
HB 42 Robbie Fox 22 Nick Blakey 44 Jake Lloyd
HF 29 Joel Smith 18 Jake Melksham 28 Alex Neal-Bullen
C 16 Braeden Campbell 21 Errol Gulden 15 Dylan Stephens
C 12 Lachie Hunter 7 Jack Viney 10 Angus Brayshaw
HF 15 Sam Wicks 2 Hayden McLean 5 Isaac Heeney
HB 17 Judd McVee 8 Jake Lever 3 Christian Salem
FF 6 Logan McDonald 36 Joel Amartey 1 Chad Warner
FB 10 Daniel Turner 1 Steven May 24 Trent Rivers
FOLLOWERS
31 Tom Hickey
26 Luke Parker
14 Callum Mills
INTERCHANGE
4 Ryan Clarke
8 James Rowbottom
19 Will Hayward
14 Oliver Florent
10 Aaron Francis
FOLLOWERS
11 Max Gawn
10 Clayton Oliver
3 Christian Petracca
INTERCHANGE
17 Jake Bowey
31 Bayley Fritsch
32 Tom Sparrow
37 Kade Chandler
16 Bailey Laurie

Sydney
INJ. Amartey
OUTT. Papley
B T. McCartin, D. Rampe, H. Cunningham
HB R. Fox, N. Blakey, J. Lloyd
C B. Campbell, E. Gulden, D. Stephens
HF S. Wicks, H. McLean, I. Heeney
F L. McDonald, J. Amartey, C. Warner
FOL T. Hickey, L. Parker, C. Mills
I/C R. Clarke, J. Rowbottom, W. Hayward, O. Florent, A. Francis

Melbourne
INB. Fritsch, D. Turner
OUTA. Tomlinson, J. Schache
B D. Turner, S. May, T. Rivers
HB J. McVee, J. Lever, C. Salem
C L. Hunter, J. Viney, A. Brayshaw
HF J. Smith, J. Melksham, A. Neal-Bullen
F E. Langdon, J. van Rooyen, K. Pickett
FOL M. Gawn, C. Oliver, C. Petracca
I/C J. Bowey, B. Fritsch, T. Sparrow, K. Chandler, B. Laurie

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