2025 AFL Season Round 18: Sydney v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 2025 between Sydney and Fremantle during round eighteen of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted Fremantle at the 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 (14.10.94) defeated Fremantle (12.11.83).

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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Fremantle) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Callum Mills
Coach: Dean Cox

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Brownlow Votes

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

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	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

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