2026 AFL Season Round 10: North Melbourne v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 2026 between North Melbourne and Sydney during round ten of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Sydney at Marvel Stadium. Nick Larkey captained the hosts with Harry Sheezel as vice-captain. Callum Mills captained the visitors with Isaac Heeney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alastair Clarkson and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

North Melbourne (14.13.97) were defeated by Sydney (16.9.105).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: North Melbourne v Sydney
Date: Saturday 9 May 2026
Time: 1:15 PM
Venue: Marvel Stadium
Attendance: 28,156

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Sydney
Score: 14.13.97 - 16.9.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 6 . 2 8 . 8 12 . 9 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Sydney 5 . 1 9 . 1 15 . 4 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Margin NMLB by 7 NMLB by 1 SYDN by 13 SYDN by 8 SYDN by 8
Duration 32:50 30:28 32:02 27:33 2:02:53

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Nick Larkey
Vice-Captain: Harry Sheezel
Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Sydney

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

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Isaac Heeney SYDN 5 3
Luke Davies-Uniacke NMLB 9 2
Nick Blakey SYDN 22 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
39 Blamires, Tom INT 80% 1 0 16 8 8 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4
30 Comben, Charlie BPR 92% 0 0 11 6 5 5 0 1 0 3 1 3 0 0
25 Curtis, Paul HFFL 91% 1 1 12 5 7 2 0 3 0 6 1 2 1 0
5 Daniel, Caleb CHB 87% 0 0 25 19 6 9 0 2 1 1 0 0 6 3
27 Darling, Jack FPR 76% 2 3 8 7 1 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3
9 Davies-Uniacke, Luke RR 80% 0 0 34 16 18 5 0 5 6 5 3 2 2 6
18 Dawson, Wil INT 37% 0 0 11 5 6 1 13 4 0 4 3 1 0 4
7 Duursma, Zane INT 61% 2 1 9 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
41 Konstanty, Jacob HFFR 84% 1 1 11 3 8 3 0 2 1 4 1 2 0 2
20 Larkey, Nick (c) FF 91% 0 2 8 4 4 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
19 Logue, Griffin FB 91% 0 0 11 5 6 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 1
11 McDonald, Luke BPL 88% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1
10 McKercher, Colby HBFL 84% 0 1 25 15 10 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6
2 O'Sullivan, Finn C 86% 2 0 22 10 12 2 0 2 4 4 0 2 1 1
26 Parker, Luke HBFR 80% 0 0 29 24 5 10 0 3 0 5 0 2 6 2
3 Sheezel, Harry (vc) RO 79% 1 0 31 17 14 4 0 7 3 1 2 0 2 5
12 Simpkin, Jy WL 87% 1 1 23 12 11 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 5
13 Spargo, Charlie INT 61% 1 0 12 7 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
15 Stephens, Dylan WR 84% 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 3 3 1 1 0 2 5
47 Trembath, Cooper CHF 69% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
6 Wardlaw, George INT 64% 0 0 22 9 13 3 0 4 5 4 3 1 2 6
38 Xerri, Tristan RU 67% 1 0 19 9 10 4 13 2 9 2 4 2 1 1
44 Zurhaar, Cameron FPL 82% 1 1 22 17 5 10 0 3 0 2 0 0 7 5
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 14 13 403 230 173 107 26 52 33 54 23 20 34 67

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel FPL 76% 1 1 6 5 1 2 0 3 0 4 1 1 0 1
26 Bice, Riley INT 87% 0 0 22 13 9 3 0 1 1 2 1 1 7 2
22 Blakey, Nick HBFL 79% 0 0 26 13 13 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 11 3
25 Cootee, Billy WL 77% 1 0 10 5 5 2 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 3
7 Cunningham, Harry INT 79% 0 1 17 7 10 4 0 4 0 3 1 0 3 0
28 Edwards, Will BPL 87% 0 0 10 4 6 4 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 77% 0 0 14 3 11 0 27 1 3 5 1 3 2 3
5 Heeney, Isaac (vc) RR 82% 3 0 24 8 16 0 0 6 7 5 3 3 2 2
17 Jordon, James HFFL 80% 0 0 15 7 8 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 1 1
44 Lloyd, Jake HFFR 82% 1 0 22 12 10 8 0 0 1 5 0 2 2 4
6 McDonald, Logan FF 78% 3 0 4 4 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
27 McInerney, Justin RO 85% 0 1 22 7 15 4 0 5 1 5 0 2 2 4
2 McLean, Hayden INT 70% 3 0 13 6 7 4 6 1 1 2 2 0 0 2
43 Melican, Lewis FB 85% 0 0 10 4 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 Mills, Callum (c) CHB 81% 0 0 22 12 10 5 0 5 0 2 0 0 8 0
11 Papley, Tom CHF 78% 2 3 18 12 6 3 0 3 4 5 2 1 0 6
24 Rampe, Dane BPR 78% 0 0 18 8 10 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3
34 Roberts, Matt WR 57% 0 0 6 1 5 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 Rosas, Malcolm FPR 78% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2
8 Rowbottom, James INT 77% 0 0 9 2 7 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1
12 Sheldrick, Angus INT 67% 1 0 18 7 11 1 0 4 1 5 2 2 3 4
1 Warner, Chad C 82% 1 1 18 11 7 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 1 6
15 Wicks, Sam HBFR 79% 0 0 16 6 10 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 16 9 347 162 185 59 33 60 30 62 20 22 52 51

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

North Melbourne Coach: Alastair Clarkson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
28 W. Edwards 43 L. Melican 24 D. Rampe 38 T. Xerri 39 T. Blamires
27 J. Darling 20 N. Larkey (c) 44 C. Zurhaar 9 L. Davies-Uniacke 18 W. Dawson
FORWARD 3 H. Sheezel (vc) 7 Z. Duursma
HALF-BACK

13 C. Spargo
22 N. Blakey 14 C. Mills (c) 15 S. Wicks

6 G. Wardlaw
41 J. Konstanty 47 C. Trembath 25 P. Curtis



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



25 B. Cootee 1 C. Warner 34 M. Roberts



15 D. Stephens 2 F. O'Sullivan 12 J. Simpkin FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 B. Grundy 26 R. Bice
HALF-FORWARD 5 I. Heeney (vc) 7 H. Cunningham
17 J. Jordon 11 T. Papley 44 J. Lloyd 27 J. McInerney 2 H. McLean
26 L. Parker 5 C. Daniel 10 C. McKercher

8 J. Rowbottom
HALF-BACK

12 A. Sheldrick
FORWARD



36 J. Amartey 6 L. McDonald 10 M. Rosas



30 C. Comben 19 G. Logue 11 L. McDonald



BACK



Sydney Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 NMLB Jack Darling goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 03:49
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 05:44
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 08:02
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar goal 2.0.12 - 2.0.12 09:27
NMLB Tristan Xerri goal 3.0.18 - 2.0.12 12:19
NMLB Colby McKercher behind 3.1.19 - 2.0.12 16:24
SYDN Rushed behind 3.1.19 - 2.1.13 17:18
NMLB Jack Darling goal 4.1.25 - 2.1.13 19:06
NMLB Jy Simpkin behind 4.2.26 - 2.1.13 20:45
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 4.2.26 - 3.1.19 21:43
NMLB Zane Duursma goal 5.2.32 - 3.1.19 24:15
NMLB Finn O'Sullivan goal 6.2.38 - 3.1.19 28:18
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 6.2.38 - 4.1.25 30:32
SYDN Joel Amartey goal 6.2.38 - 5.1.31 31:49
Q2 SYDN Hayden McLean goal 6.2.38 - 6.1.37 04:48
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 6.2.38 - 7.1.43 08:04
SYDN Tom Papley goal 6.2.38 - 8.1.49 10:13
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 6.3.39 - 8.1.49 13:08
NMLB Jack Darling behind 6.4.40 - 8.1.49 14:44
NMLB Rushed behind 6.5.41 - 8.1.49 15:17
NMLB Charlie Spargo goal 7.5.47 - 8.1.49 17:22
NMLB Jack Darling behind 7.6.48 - 8.1.49 19:07
NMLB Jacob Konstanty behind 7.7.49 - 8.1.49 21:31
NMLB Nick Larkey behind 7.8.50 - 8.1.49 26:13
NMLB Jy Simpkin goal 8.8.56 - 8.1.49 27:19
SYDN Logan McDonald goal 8.8.56 - 9.1.55 29:22
Q3 NMLB Paul Curtis goal 9.8.62 - 9.1.55 00:53
SYDN Tom Papley behind 9.8.62 - 9.2.56 02:47
SYDN Tom Papley goal 9.8.62 - 10.2.62 06:54
SYDN Chad Warner goal 9.8.62 - 11.2.68 08:55
SYDN Billy Cootee goal 9.8.62 - 12.2.74 10:56
NMLB Tom Blamires goal 10.8.68 - 12.2.74 13:55
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 10.8.68 - 13.2.80 17:22
NMLB Zane Duursma goal 11.8.74 - 13.2.80 18:50
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 11.8.74 - 14.2.86 21:56
SYDN Chad Warner behind 11.8.74 - 14.3.87 23:00
SYDN Angus Sheldrick goal 11.8.74 - 15.3.93 23:48
NMLB Jack Darling behind 11.9.75 - 15.3.93 25:18
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 11.9.75 - 15.4.94 26:34
NMLB Jacob Konstanty goal 12.9.81 - 15.4.94 29:58
Q4 SYDN Rushed behind 12.9.81 - 15.5.95 00:55
NMLB Rushed behind 12.10.82 - 15.5.95 03:01
NMLB Paul Curtis behind 12.11.83 - 15.5.95 05:57
SYDN Harry Cunningham behind 12.11.83 - 15.6.96 07:33
NMLB Harry Sheezel goal 13.11.89 - 15.6.96 12:04
SYDN Justin McInerney behind 13.11.89 - 15.7.97 13:58
SYDN Hayden McLean goal 13.11.89 - 16.7.103 15:41
SYDN Tom Papley behind 13.11.89 - 16.8.104 16:48
NMLB Zane Duursma behind 13.12.90 - 16.8.104 18:02
SYDN Tom Papley behind 13.12.90 - 16.9.105 20:53
NMLB Finn O'Sullivan goal 14.12.96 - 16.9.105 24:22
NMLB Cameron Zurhaar behind 14.13.97 - 16.9.105 25:36