2026 AFL Season Round 5: West Coast v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 2026 between West Coast and Sydney during round five of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. West Coast hosted Sydney at Optus Stadium. With the presence of multiple West Coast co-captains, namely Liam Baker and Liam Duggan, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. Callum Mills captained the visitors with Isaac Heeney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Andrew McQualter and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

West Coast (4.11.35) were defeated by Sydney (24.19.163).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: West Coast v Sydney
Date: Saturday 4 April 2026
Time: 4:35 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 50,723

Match Results

Outcome: West Coast def. by Sydney
Score: 4.11.35 - 24.19.163

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
West Coast	0	.	5	2	.	8	3	.	11	4	.	11	4	.	11	(35)
Sydney	6	.	2	13	.	5	20	.	10	24	.	19	24	.	19	(163)
Margin	SYDN by 33			SYDN by 63			SYDN by 101			SYDN by 128			SYDN by 128
Duration	30:54			32:37			32:49			29:15			2:05:35

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

West Coast

Captain: unknown
Coach: Andrew McQualter

Sydney

Captain: Callum Mills
Vice-Captain: Isaac Heeney
Coach: Dean Cox

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Brodie Grundy	SYDN	4	3
Isaac Heeney	SYDN	5	2
Chad Warner	SYDN	1	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

West Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
26	Allan, Bo	WL	83%	0	0	14	6	8	0	0	1	2	5	1	2	1	3
3	Baker, Liam	HBFR	81%	1	0	14	7	7	5	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	1
41	Brock, Sandy	INT	70%	0	0	8	5	3	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2
37	Champion, Malakai	INT	67%	0	0	5	3	2	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	3
15	Cripps, Jamie	FPR	83%	0	0	9	3	6	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
38	Davis, Hamish	INT	80%	0	0	13	7	6	6	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	3
21	Duff-Tytler, Cooper	FPL	74%	0	0	9	2	7	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	0	1
14	Duggan, Liam	BPL	71%	0	0	19	13	6	7	0	0	0	3	2	0	5	2
1	Duursma, Willem	WR	78%	2	1	16	9	7	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	3
25	Flynn, Matt	RU	72%	0	0	9	4	5	0	11	1	6	4	2	3	1	2
7	Ginbey, Reuben	CHB	92%	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	0
17	Graham, Jack	C	68%	0	0	19	12	7	3	0	3	2	8	2	5	2	5
19	Hough, Brady	BPR	80%	0	1	21	11	10	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	1
11	Kelly, Tim	RO	72%	0	0	24	12	12	5	0	3	4	2	0	0	1	4
5	Lindsay, Josh	HBFL	73%	0	0	17	13	4	4	0	2	0	6	0	4	7	1
18	McCarthy, Tom	INT	79%	0	1	19	15	4	5	0	2	4	1	0	0	4	4
16	Owies, Matthew	HFFL	72%	0	0	5	5	0	2	0	4	0	2	2	1	0	4
22	Reid, Archer	INT	70%	0	2	8	3	5	3	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	1
9	Reid, Harley	RR	82%	0	0	17	8	9	1	0	0	1	4	2	2	1	1
48	Schoenberg, Harry	HFFR	83%	0	0	8	2	6	0	0	3	1	2	0	2	0	1
35	Shanahan, Jobe	CHF	94%	0	0	9	6	3	6	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0
2	Waterman, Jake	FF	86%	1	2	7	6	1	3	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	1
20	Young, Tylar	FB	90%	0	0	8	7	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				4	11	289	166	123	76	18	34	28	59	17	27	37	45

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
36	Amartey, Joel	FPL	70%	2	2	10	5	5	7	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
26	Bice, Riley	HBFL	83%	0	0	27	17	10	9	0	2	0	3	2	0	6	1
22	Blakey, Nick	CHB	79%	1	0	20	13	7	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	4	4
7	Cunningham, Harry	INT	70%	1	1	12	10	2	5	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	2
35	Curnow, Charlie	FF	88%	4	2	10	9	1	6	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	2
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	85%	1	1	28	13	15	4	33	5	9	7	2	2	1	2
5	Heeney, Isaac (vc)	C	75%	4	1	26	16	10	8	0	2	4	4	1	0	2	4
17	Jordon, James	RO	83%	1	0	17	10	7	4	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	4
44	Lloyd, Jake	FPR	95%	3	0	19	11	8	6	0	3	2	3	1	0	1	2
30	McCartin, Tom	FB	98%	0	0	16	6	10	7	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	0
6	McDonald, Logan	INT	71%	0	2	10	7	3	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
27	McInerney, Justin	HFFR	79%	1	2	24	13	11	7	0	3	3	4	3	3	2	3
43	Melican, Lewis	BPL	56%	0	0	8	4	4	3	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	1
14	Mills, Callum (c)	BPR	74%	0	0	18	10	8	8	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	1
11	Papley, Tom	CHF	80%	2	4	24	17	7	10	0	2	3	5	2	1	0	7
24	Rampe, Dane	INT	77%	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	5	0
34	Roberts, Matt	WR	85%	0	0	17	10	7	5	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	2
8	Rowbottom, James	INT	76%	0	0	20	10	10	4	0	4	0	1	4	0	1	3
13	Serong, Jai	WL	90%	1	0	27	16	11	10	0	1	0	4	1	2	2	4
12	Sheldrick, Angus	INT	62%	0	0	25	11	14	5	0	4	3	4	1	0	1	4
1	Warner, Chad	RR	76%	2	2	24	12	12	3	0	1	8	4	1	1	0	9
37	Warner, Corey	HFFL	70%	0	0	12	5	7	0	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	2
15	Wicks, Sam	HBFR	80%	1	0	21	12	9	3	0	2	2	2	1	1	6	3
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				24	19	427	245	182	123	35	46	41	61	27	17	41	61

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

West Coast							Coach: Andrew McQualter
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	43	L. Melican	30	T. McCartin	14	C. Mills (c)	25	M. Flynn	41	S. Brock
	15	J. Cripps	2	J. Waterman	21	C. Duff-Tytler	9	H. Reid	37	M. Champion
FORWARD							11	T. Kelly	38	H. Davis
HALF-BACK									18	T. McCarthy
	26	R. Bice	22	N. Blakey	15	S. Wicks			22	A. Reid
	48	H. Schoenberg	35	J. Shanahan	16	M. Owies
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	13	J. Serong	5	I. Heeney (vc)	34	M. Roberts
	1	W. Duursma	17	J. Graham	26	B. Allan	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							4	B. Grundy	7	H. Cunningham
HALF-FORWARD							1	C. Warner	6	L. McDonald
	37	C. Warner	11	T. Papley	27	J. McInerney	17	J. Jordon	24	D. Rampe
	3	L. Baker	7	R. Ginbey	5	J. Lindsay			8	J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK									12	A. Sheldrick
FORWARD
	36	J. Amartey	35	C. Curnow	44	J. Lloyd
	19	B. Hough	20	T. Young	14	L. Duggan
BACK
Sydney							Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:36
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	02:07
	SYDN	Joel Amartey behind	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	03:35
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow goal	0.0.0	-	2.2.14	04:37
	WCST	Jake Waterman behind	0.1.1	-	2.2.14	06:25
	WCST	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	2.2.14	09:43
	SYDN	Jake Lloyd goal	0.2.2	-	3.2.20	12:48
	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	0.2.2	-	4.2.26	17:05
	SYDN	Jai Serong goal	0.2.2	-	5.2.32	18:22
	WCST	Rushed behind	0.3.3	-	5.2.32	19:30
	WCST	Willem Duursma behind	0.4.4	-	5.2.32	20:01
	WCST	Brady Hough behind	0.5.5	-	5.2.32	23:27
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	0.5.5	-	6.2.38	28:58
Q2	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	0.5.5	-	7.2.44	02:23
	WCST	Rushed behind	0.6.6	-	7.2.44	04:03
	SYDN	Logan McDonald behind	0.6.6	-	7.3.45	05:51
	SYDN	Justin McInerney goal	0.6.6	-	8.3.51	08:19
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow goal	0.6.6	-	9.3.57	13:12
	WCST	Rushed behind	0.7.7	-	9.3.57	15:01
	SYDN	Joel Amartey behind	0.7.7	-	9.4.58	18:10
	WCST	Archer Reid behind	0.8.8	-	9.4.58	19:30
	SYDN	Brodie Grundy behind	0.8.8	-	9.5.59	20:45
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow goal	0.8.8	-	10.5.65	21:38
	SYDN	Harry Cunningham goal	0.8.8	-	11.5.71	23:58
	WCST	Jake Waterman goal	1.8.14	-	11.5.71	25:08
	SYDN	Brodie Grundy goal	1.8.14	-	12.5.77	26:57
	WCST	Liam Baker goal	2.8.20	-	12.5.77	29:21
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	2.8.20	-	13.5.83	32:34
Q3	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	2.8.20	-	14.5.89	01:23
	WCST	Tom McCarthy behind	2.9.21	-	14.5.89	02:48
	SYDN	Nick Blakey goal	2.9.21	-	15.5.95	03:23
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow goal	2.9.21	-	16.5.101	04:42
	SYDN	Jake Lloyd goal	2.9.21	-	17.5.107	06:39
	WCST	Archer Reid behind	2.10.22	-	17.5.107	08:11
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	2.10.22	-	17.6.108	09:58
	SYDN	Chad Warner behind	2.10.22	-	17.7.109	11:24
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	2.10.22	-	17.8.110	12:28
	WCST	Jake Waterman behind	2.11.23	-	17.8.110	15:22
	SYDN	Sam Wicks goal	2.11.23	-	18.8.116	16:06
	SYDN	Logan McDonald behind	2.11.23	-	18.9.117	19:04
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	2.11.23	-	19.9.123	20:28
	SYDN	Chad Warner behind	2.11.23	-	19.10.124	23:57
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	2.11.23	-	20.10.130	26:08
	WCST	Willem Duursma goal	3.11.29	-	20.10.130	31:06
Q4	WCST	Willem Duursma goal	4.11.35	-	20.10.130	02:33
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	4.11.35	-	21.10.136	04:19
	SYDN	Rushed behind	4.11.35	-	21.11.137	07:18
	SYDN	James Jordon goal	4.11.35	-	22.11.143	08:17
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow behind	4.11.35	-	22.12.144	10:32
	SYDN	Rushed behind	4.11.35	-	22.13.145	11:16
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	4.11.35	-	22.14.146	11:46
	SYDN	Harry Cunningham behind	4.11.35	-	22.15.147	14:20
	SYDN	Justin McInerney behind	4.11.35	-	22.16.148	15:56
	SYDN	Jake Lloyd goal	4.11.35	-	23.16.154	18:28
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	4.11.35	-	23.17.155	20:01
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	4.11.35	-	24.17.161	22:59
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow behind	4.11.35	-	24.18.162	25:40
	SYDN	Justin McInerney behind	4.11.35	-	24.19.163	27:40

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