2025 AFL Round 18: Sydney v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 2025 between Sydney and Fremantle during round 18 of the 2025 AFL season. Sydney hosted Fremantle at SCG. Callum Mills captained the hosts. Alex Pearce captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

Sydney
Back: L. Melican, T. McCartin, N. Blakey
Half-back: C. Mills (capt.), J. Hamling, S. Wicks
Centre: J. Lloyd, C. Warner, E. Gulden
Half-forward: J. McInerney, W. Hayward, T. Papley
Forward: B. Campbell, J. Amartey, H. McLean
Follower: B. Grundy, I. Heeney, J. Jordon
Int.: J. Buller, H. Cunningham, J. Rowbottom, A. Sheldrick
Sub.: M. Roberts

Fremantle
Back: L. Ryan, B. Cox, A. Pearce (capt.)
Half-back: H. Chapman, K. Worner, J. Clark
Centre: M. Johnson, C. Wagner, N. O'Driscoll
Half-forward: M. Reid, M. Frederick, S. Bolton
Forward: P. Voss, J. Treacy, J. Amiss
Follower: L. Jackson, C. Serong, A. Brayshaw
Int.: B. Banfield, S. Darcy, I. Dudley, N. Erasmus
Sub.: J. O'Meara

Sydney (14.10.94) defeated Fremantle (12.11.83).

Goalkickers
Sydney: H. McLean (3), J. Amartey (2), J. Jordon (2), J. Lloyd (2), N. Blakey, B. Grundy, E. Gulden, W. Hayward, C. Warner
Fremantle: L. Jackson (2), J. Treacy (2), J. Amiss, I. Dudley, M. Frederick, J. O'Meara, M. Reid, C. Serong, P. Voss, C. Wagner

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 10th on the ladder (up from 12th) and Fremantle remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Sydney v Fremantle
Date: Sunday 6 July 2025
Time: 1:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 32,007

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Fremantle
Score: 14.10.94 - 12.11.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 3 8 . 5 11 . 8 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Fremantle 2 . 3 5 . 6 10 . 6 12 . 11 12 . 11 (83)
Margin SYDN by 6 SYDN by 17 SYDN by 8 SYDN by 11 SYDN by 11
Duration 30:05 33:08 31:19 32:17 2:06:49

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Cox (Sydney), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captains: Callum Mills (Sydney), Alex Pearce (Fremantle)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chad Warner SYDN 1 3
Andrew Brayshaw FREM 8 2
Hayden McLean SYDN 2 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel FF 76% 2 1 8 5 3 4 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 2
22 Blakey, Nick BPR 83% 1 0 19 17 2 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 3
39 Buller, Jack INT 63% 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2
16 Campbell, Braeden FPL 82% 0 1 12 9 3 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 4
7 Cunningham, Harry INT 76% 0 0 16 10 6 6 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 2
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 83% 1 0 20 9 11 3 33 5 12 5 5 3 2 2
21 Gulden, Errol WR 88% 1 0 25 19 6 7 0 8 5 5 2 1 2 3
29 Hamling, Joel CHB 91% 0 0 11 7 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
9 Hayward, Will CHF 80% 1 1 12 5 7 1 0 8 0 2 1 0 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac RR 84% 0 1 21 14 7 3 0 7 5 1 1 0 0 1
17 Jordon, James RO 84% 2 0 9 5 4 0 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 3
44 Lloyd, Jake WL 85% 2 0 20 14 6 9 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 1
30 McCartin, Tom FB 96% 0 0 15 11 4 8 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 0
27 McInerney, Justin HFFL 84% 0 3 20 11 9 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 5
2 McLean, Hayden FPR 80% 3 0 11 9 2 6 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 2
43 Melican, Lewis BPL 83% 0 0 12 8 4 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
14 Mills, Callum (c) HBFL 85% 0 0 26 18 8 5 0 2 1 1 2 0 10 0
11 Papley, Tom HFFR↓ 37% 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3
34 Roberts, Matt SUB↑ 45% 0 0 8 5 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
8 Rowbottom, James INT 77% 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 6 2 0 1 0 2 1
12 Sheldrick, Angus INT 68% 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 6 2 3 1 3 0 2
1 Warner, Chad C 83% 1 0 24 18 6 2 0 6 5 4 1 2 2 5
15 Wicks, Sam HBFR 86% 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 14 10 339 229 110 105 37 81 41 38 22 18 39 48

M. Roberts replaced T. Papley.

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Amiss, Jye FPR 79% 1 1 7 6 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
41 Banfield, Bailey INT 74% 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 5 0 1 2 1 4 1
15 Bolton, Shai HFFR 82% 0 0 17 10 7 2 0 3 5 3 0 2 0 7
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RO 88% 0 0 24 11 13 4 0 3 4 1 2 0 2 4
5 Chapman, Heath HBFL 81% 0 0 13 8 5 6 0 3 0 3 1 1 2 3
6 Clark, Jordan HBFR 89% 0 0 13 8 5 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 4 1
36 Cox, Brennan FB 89% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0
4 Darcy, Sean INT 67% 0 0 10 5 5 1 22 1 6 6 1 3 0 2
43 Dudley, Isaiah INT 65% 1 1 10 4 6 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2
28 Erasmus, Neil INT 59% 0 0 11 4 7 0 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 3
32 Frederick, Michael CHF 82% 1 2 14 13 1 5 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 3
9 Jackson, Luke RU 87% 2 0 13 7 6 6 13 5 1 5 2 3 1 0
44 Johnson, Matthew WL 76% 0 1 20 10 10 3 0 1 5 3 0 2 1 4
30 O'Driscoll, Nathan WR 88% 0 1 26 8 18 4 0 3 3 4 0 0 4 2
2 O'Meara, Jaeger SUB↑ 28% 1 0 8 3 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Pearce, Alex (c) BPR 88% 0 0 8 3 5 3 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 0
16 Reid, Murphy HFFL 85% 1 1 15 10 5 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 6
13 Ryan, Luke BPL 96% 0 0 21 14 7 7 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 0
3 Serong, Caleb RR 84% 1 0 11 6 5 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 2
35 Treacy, Josh FF 94% 2 0 11 4 7 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3
20 Voss, Patrick FPL↓ 54% 1 1 6 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
34 Wagner, Corey C 83% 1 0 22 17 5 5 0 6 2 1 1 0 4 2
23 Worner, Karl CHB 83% 0 0 16 8 8 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 12 11 317 176 141 81 35 53 32 51 18 22 34 51

J. O'Meara replaced P. Voss.

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Sydney Coach: Dean Cox
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
13 L. Ryan 36 B. Cox 25 A. Pearce (c) 4 B. Grundy 39 J. Buller
2 H. McLean 36 J. Amartey 16 B. Campbell 5 I. Heeney 7 H. Cunningham
FORWARD 17 J. Jordon 8 J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK

12 A. Sheldrick
5 H. Chapman 23 K. Worner 6 J. Clark

34 M. Roberts
11 T. Papley 9 W. Hayward 27 J. McInerney



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



44 M. Johnson 34 C. Wagner 30 N. O'Driscoll



21 E. Gulden 1 C. Warner 44 J. Lloyd FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 9 L. Jackson 41 B. Banfield
HALF-FORWARD 3 C. Serong 4 S. Darcy
16 M. Reid 32 M. Frederick 15 S. Bolton 8 A. Brayshaw 43 I. Dudley
15 S. Wicks 29 J. Hamling 14 C. Mills (c)

28 N. Erasmus
HALF-BACK

2 J. O'Meara
FORWARD



20 P. Voss 35 J. Treacy 24 J. Amiss



22 N. Blakey 30 T. McCartin 43 L. Melican



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Justin McInerney behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:18
SYDN Brodie Grundy goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 06:02
FREM Josh Treacy goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 10:19
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 12:16
FREM Michael Frederick behind 2.1.13 - 1.1.7 16:46
FREM Rushed behind 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 18:16
FREM Michael Frederick behind 2.1.13 - 1.3.9 20:37
SYDN Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 1.3.9 22:14
SYDN Justin McInerney behind 2.3.15 - 1.3.9 26:56
FREM Patrick Voss goal 2.3.15 - 2.3.15 28:02
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 3.3.21 - 2.3.15 30:02
Q2 SYDN James Jordon goal 4.3.27 - 2.3.15 00:27
FREM Josh Treacy goal 4.3.27 - 3.3.21 02:20
FREM Patrick Voss behind 4.3.27 - 3.4.22 04:36
SYDN Chad Warner goal 5.3.33 - 3.4.22 05:56
SYDN Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 3.4.22 12:52
FREM Jye Amiss goal 5.4.34 - 4.4.28 13:44
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 6.4.40 - 4.4.28 15:36
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 6.5.41 - 4.4.28 20:41
FREM Murphy Reid behind 6.5.41 - 4.5.29 22:49
FREM Corey Wagner goal 6.5.41 - 5.5.35 24:16
FREM Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 5.6.36 27:49
SYDN James Jordon goal 7.5.47 - 5.6.36 29:16
SYDN Nick Blakey goal 8.5.53 - 5.6.36 30:52
Q3 FREM Caleb Serong goal 8.5.53 - 6.6.42 02:30
SYDN Justin McInerney behind 8.6.54 - 6.6.42 04:27
SYDN Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 6.6.42 05:32
SYDN Braeden Campbell behind 8.8.56 - 6.6.42 06:47
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 9.8.62 - 6.6.42 12:53
FREM Luke Jackson goal 9.8.62 - 7.6.48 15:10
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 10.8.68 - 7.6.48 18:50
FREM Isaiah Dudley goal 10.8.68 - 8.6.54 21:29
FREM Murphy Reid goal 10.8.68 - 9.6.60 24:59
SYDN Errol Gulden goal 11.8.74 - 9.6.60 27:27
FREM Luke Jackson goal 11.8.74 - 10.6.66 31:12
Q4 FREM Jye Amiss behind 11.8.74 - 10.7.67 02:18
SYDN Will Hayward behind 11.9.75 - 10.7.67 03:46
FREM Rushed behind 11.9.75 - 10.8.68 04:53
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 12.9.81 - 10.8.68 06:02
FREM Jaeger O'Meara goal 12.9.81 - 11.8.74 08:00
FREM Michael Frederick goal 12.9.81 - 12.8.80 09:43
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 12.10.82 - 12.8.80 11:46
FREM Nathan O'Driscoll behind 12.10.82 - 12.9.81 12:15
SYDN Will Hayward goal 13.10.88 - 12.9.81 14:41
FREM Isaiah Dudley behind 13.10.88 - 12.10.82 19:20
FREM Matthew Johnson behind 13.10.88 - 12.11.83 24:11
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 14.10.94 - 12.11.83 27:28