Sydney vs Melbourne - Round 8, 2026 - Live Scores & Stats

Sydney vs Melbourne – Round 8, 2026

The Sydney Swans face the Melbourne Demons in Round 8 of the 2026 AFL season. Follow the live scores, team lists, match statistics and key moments from the game at SCG.

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Sydney

DATE	OPP	RESULT
23/4/26	Bulldogs	W 60 - 126
17/4/26	GWS	W 107 - 66
11/4/26	Gold Coast	W 100 - 68
4/4/26	West Coast	W 35 - 163
19/3/26	Hawthorn	L 99 - 82

Melbourne

DATE	OPP	RESULT
24/4/26	Richmond	W 72 - 126
19/4/26	Brisbane	W 104 - 102
11/4/26	Essendon	L 113 - 68
5/4/26	Gold Coast	W 109 - 89
29/3/26	Carlton	W 77 - 100

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	5.2 32	10.8 68	13.15 93	19.17 131
	5.4 34	7.4 46	10.8 68	17.12 114

Best On Ground

Isaac Heeney I Heeney33 disposals

Justin McInerney J McInerney29 disposals
1 goal

Malcolm Rosas M Rosas7 goals

Ed Langdon E Langdon22 disposals

Koltyn Tholstrup K Tholstrup22 disposals

Harry Sharp H Sharp2 goals

Sydney

Melbourne

Sydney

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Angus Sheldrick	7	14	21	4	0	1	0	0	0	2
Billy Cootee	5	6	11	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
Brodie Grundy	12	14	26	2	45	2	4	4	1	1
Callum Mills	14	12	26	11	0	0	0	3	0	0
Chad Warner	15	6	21	4	0	0	1	4	0	1
Charlie Curnow	7	1	8	2	0	0	1	0	1	4
Dane Rampe	11	11	22	5	0	0	1	0	0	0
Isaac Heeney	11	22	33	4	0	1	0	5	0	0
Jai Serong	8	8	16	6	0	1	2	3	0	0
Jake Lloyd	12	5	17	7	0	0	1	2	1	0
James Jordon	6	12	18	0	0	2	0	6	0	0
James Rowbottom	8	11	19	3	0	2	1	6	0	0
Joel Amartey	7	7	14	6	0	1	1	2	4	1
Justin McInerney	12	17	29	5	0	2	1	2	1	1
Lewis Melican	7	6	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Logan McDonald	5	2	7	4	1	1	1	2	3	0
Malcolm Rosas	11	3	14	4	0	0	1	3	7	0
Matthew Roberts	10	8	18	8	0	2	0	4	0	1
Nick Blakey	14	15	29	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
Riley Bice	10	7	17	6	0	0	0	2	0	0
Sam Wicks	15	7	22	2	0	1	0	3	0	0
Tom Papley	9	5	14	2	0	1	1	4	1	1
Will Edwards	4	6	10	3	0	1	2	2	0	0

Melbourne

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Bailey Laurie	5	12	17	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Bayley Fritsch	5	7	12	2	0	0	1	2	0	1
Blake Howes	6	10	16	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Brody Mihocek	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Caleb Windsor	11	4	15	1	0	2	0	5	1	1
Changkuoth Jiath	7	5	12	3	0	1	0	3	0	0
Daniel Turner	9	7	16	6	0	0	2	2	1	0
Ed Langdon	12	10	22	4	0	0	2	2	0	0
Harrison Petty	7	6	13	6	0	1	1	2	0	0
Harry Sharp	11	7	18	4	0	2	1	2	2	2
Harvey Langford	8	6	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jack Steele	4	15	19	2	0	1	0	4	0	0
Jacob van Rooyen	3	4	7	1	0	2	0	4	2	0
Jake Lever	13	2	15	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kade Chandler	6	8	14	0	0	1	1	7	1	0
Koltyn Tholstrup	15	7	22	0	0	1	0	2	0	0
Kysaiah Pickett	17	5	22	1	0	1	2	6	2	1
Latrelle Pickett	5	8	13	4	0	0	2	0	1	2
Matthew Jefferson	4	8	12	2	0	1	1	2	1	0
Max Gawn	12	6	18	4	22	3	0	1	2	0
Max Heath	4	4	8	2	16	3	3	2	1	0
Paddy Cross	7	2	9	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Tom Sparrow	13	8	21	2	0	1	3	10	1	2

Sydney

Melbourne

IN	Lewis Melican, Isaac Heeney
OUT	Tom McCartin (Injured), Harry Cunningham (Omitted)

IN	Harrison Petty, Paddy Cross
OUT	Jai Culley (Injured), Xavier Taylor (Omitted)

FB	28	Will Edwards	43	Lewis Melican	24	Dane Rampe
FF	33	Latrelle Pickett	2	Jacob van Rooyen	36	Kysaiah Pickett
HB	22	Nick Blakey	14	Callum Mills	15	Sam Wicks
HF	31	Bayley Fritsch	28	Brody Mihocek	21	Matthew Jefferson
C	13	Jai Serong	1	Chad Warner	34	Matthew Roberts
C	30	Harry Sharp	32	Tom Sparrow	15	Ed Langdon
HF	17	James Jordon	11	Tom Papley	44	Jake Lloyd
HB	37	Kade Chandler	12	Koltyn Tholstrup	35	Harrison Petty
FF	36	Joel Amartey	35	Charlie Curnow	10	Malcolm Rosas
FB	10	Daniel Turner	8	Jake Lever	22	Blake Howes

FOLLOWERS
4	Brodie Grundy
5	Isaac Heeney
27	Justin McInerney

INTERCHANGE
26	Riley Bice
12	Angus Sheldrick
25	Billy Cootee
6	Logan McDonald
8	James Rowbottom

EMERGENCIES
2	Hayden McLean
7	Harry Cunningham
19	Peter Ladhams

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
4	Harvey Langford
6	Caleb Windsor

INTERCHANGE
14	Changkuoth Jiath
0	Paddy Cross
27	Max Heath
9	Jack Steele
16	Bailey Laurie

EMERGENCIES
19	Xavier Taylor
43	Jack Henderson
45	A. Moniz-Wakefield

Sydney

IN

L. Melican, I. Heeney

OUT

T. McCartin, H. Cunningham

B	W. Edwards, L. Melican, D. Rampe
HB	N. Blakey, C. Mills, S. Wicks
C	J. Serong, C. Warner, M. Roberts
HF	J. Jordon, T. Papley, J. Lloyd
F	J. Amartey, C. Curnow, M. Rosas
FOL	B. Grundy, I. Heeney, J. McInerney
I/C	R. Bice, A. Sheldrick, B. Cootee, L. McDonald, J. Rowbottom
EMG	H. McLean, H. Cunningham, P. Ladhams

Melbourne

IN

H. Petty, P. Cross

OUT

J. Culley, X. Taylor

B	D. Turner, J. Lever, B. Howes
HB	K. Chandler, K. Tholstrup, H. Petty
C	H. Sharp, T. Sparrow, E. Langdon
HF	B. Fritsch, B. Mihocek, M. Jefferson
F	L. Pickett, J. van Rooyen, K. Pickett
FOL	M. Gawn, H. Langford, C. Windsor
I/C	C. Jiath, P. Cross, M. Heath, J. Steele, B. Laurie
EMG	X. Taylor, J. Henderson, A. Moniz-Wakefield

SYDNEY

V

MELBOURNE

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Sydney vs Melbourne – Round 8, 2026

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Sydney

Melbourne

Match Summary

Score Breakdown

Best On Ground

Team Stats

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Player Stats

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