2026 AFL Season Round 19: Fremantle v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 9 July 2026 between Fremantle and Sydney during round nineteen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Fremantle hosted Sydney at Optus Stadium. Alex Pearce captained the hosts. Callum Mills captained the visitors with Isaac Heeney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Justin Longmuir and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

Fremantle (15.21.111) defeated Sydney (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Fremantle v Sydney
Date: Thursday 9 July 2026
Time: 6:10 PM
Venue: Optus Stadium
Attendance: 55,966

Match Results

Outcome: Fremantle def. Sydney
Score: 15.21.111 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fremantle 0 . 5 0 . 11 6 . 16 15 . 21 15 . 21 (111)
Sydney 3 . 6 4 . 9 7 . 12 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin SYDN by 19 SYDN by 22 SYDN by 2 FREM by 38 FREM by 38
Duration 29:46 27:18 33:40 34:50 2:05:34

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Fremantle

Captain: Alex Pearce
Coach: Justin Longmuir

Sydney

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

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Josh Treacy FREM 35 3
Charlie Curnow SYDN 35 2
Shai Bolton FREM 10 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
24 Amiss, Jye FF 91% 2 2 8 7 1 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 4
10 Bolton, Shai RO 76% 2 2 23 12 11 1 0 4 3 2 1 2 0 6
8 Brayshaw, Andrew C 80% 0 0 25 10 15 1 0 5 3 1 0 0 2 9
5 Chapman, Heath BPR 88% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 Clark, Jordan HBFL 85% 1 0 23 16 7 4 0 2 1 2 0 2 4 2
36 Cox, Brennan BPL 85% 0 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
18 Cox, Mason INT 46% 1 0 10 6 4 6 10 1 2 0 3 0 1 3
43 Dudley, Isaiah INT 61% 0 2 9 6 3 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 2
28 Erasmus, Neil INT 66% 0 0 19 11 8 7 0 2 1 3 1 1 5 4
32 Frederick, Michael CHF 75% 2 1 17 12 5 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6
9 Jackson, Luke RU 83% 0 0 17 3 14 0 26 4 7 5 2 1 0 2
44 Johnson, Matthew WL 76% 0 1 24 8 16 4 0 4 5 2 0 2 0 4
17 McVee, Judd INT 84% 1 0 17 10 7 6 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 1
30 O'Driscoll, Nathan WR 75% 0 0 19 7 12 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 3 1
2 O'Meara, Jaeger INT 74% 0 0 12 4 8 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1
25 Pearce, Alex (c) FB 80% 0 0 9 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
16 Reid, Murphy HFFL 83% 0 1 28 13 15 6 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 5
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 71% 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 6 0
3 Serong, Caleb RR 83% 0 0 28 16 12 2 0 6 7 2 2 1 2 7
39 Switkowski, Sam HFFR 79% 0 2 13 6 7 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2
35 Treacy, Josh FPR 89% 4 4 18 13 5 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4
20 Voss, Patrick FPL 87% 2 2 11 7 4 2 0 2 1 4 2 2 0 2
23 Worner, Karl HBFR 83% 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 1 0 2 1 1 6 0
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 15 21 381 195 186 77 36 50 39 46 21 22 36 65

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
22 Blakey, Nick CHB 79% 0 0 25 21 4 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 2
33 Cleary, Caiden INT 51% 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 2
7 Cunningham, Harry HBFR 76% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 2
35 Curnow, Charlie FF 91% 5 1 14 11 3 6 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 3
28 Edwards, Will FB 92% 0 0 12 5 7 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 1
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 82% 0 1 16 5 11 0 29 6 5 4 1 3 1 1
21 Gulden, Errol C 89% 0 0 30 18 12 3 0 5 2 6 2 3 3 7
29 Hamling, Joel INT 62% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
40 Hanily, Tom INT 61% 1 0 7 6 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 3
5 Heeney, Isaac (vc) RR 84% 0 1 25 12 13 4 0 3 3 3 1 0 3 2
17 Jordon, James HFFL 86% 0 0 11 5 6 3 0 8 3 0 2 0 1 1
32 Kyle, Harry INT 84% 0 0 15 6 9 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 3 0
44 Lloyd, Jake CHF 92% 2 0 20 10 10 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1
30 McCartin, Tom BPR 100% 0 0 23 15 8 9 0 2 1 4 1 3 1 1
2 McLean, Hayden FPR 64% 0 1 6 1 5 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
14 Mills, Callum (c) BPL 87% 0 0 26 17 9 6 0 1 0 5 0 1 9 1
11 Papley, Tom FPL 67% 2 1 10 8 2 4 0 1 1 5 0 3 0 5
24 Rampe, Dane HBFL 79% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 3 0 4 1 3 4 1
34 Roberts, Matt WL 86% 0 1 15 10 5 3 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 3
8 Rowbottom, James HFFR 76% 0 0 18 7 11 1 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 4
13 Serong, Jai WR 80% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 2 0
12 Sheldrick, Angus INT 45% 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 2
1 Warner, Chad RO 84% 0 2 23 17 6 4 0 6 5 7 2 2 1 5
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 10 13 339 196 143 71 31 70 31 49 22 21 49 47

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

Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
14 C. Mills (c) 28 W. Edwards 30 T. McCartin 9 L. Jackson 18 M. Cox
35 J. Treacy 24 J. Amiss 20 P. Voss 3 C. Serong 43 I. Dudley
FORWARD 10 S. Bolton 28 N. Erasmus
HALF-BACK

17 J. McVee
24 D. Rampe 22 N. Blakey 7 H. Cunningham

2 J. O'Meara
39 S. Switkowski 32 M. Frederick 16 M. Reid



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



34 M. Roberts 21 E. Gulden 13 J. Serong



30 N. O'Driscoll 8 A. Brayshaw 44 M. Johnson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 B. Grundy 33 C. Cleary
HALF-FORWARD 5 I. Heeney (vc) 29 J. Hamling
17 J. Jordon 44 J. Lloyd 8 J. Rowbottom 1 C. Warner 40 T. Hanily
23 K. Worner 13 L. Ryan 6 J. Clark

32 H. Kyle
HALF-BACK

12 A. Sheldrick
FORWARD



11 T. Papley 35 C. Curnow 2 H. McLean



5 H. Chapman 25 A. Pearce (c) 36 B. Cox



BACK



Sydney Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Rushed behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 00:32
SYDN Tom Papley goal 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 02:06
FREM Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 03:30
SYDN Chad Warner behind 0.1.1 - 1.2.8 05:51
SYDN Brodie Grundy behind 0.1.1 - 1.3.9 07:15
SYDN Charlie Curnow behind 0.1.1 - 1.4.10 08:10
FREM Shai Bolton behind 0.2.2 - 1.4.10 08:42
FREM Josh Treacy behind 0.3.3 - 1.4.10 14:51
FREM Rushed behind 0.4.4 - 1.4.10 17:02
FREM Rushed behind 0.5.5 - 1.4.10 19:37
SYDN Rushed behind 0.5.5 - 1.5.11 22:18
SYDN Charlie Curnow goal 0.5.5 - 2.5.17 22:57
SYDN Tom Papley behind 0.5.5 - 2.6.18 24:20
SYDN Tom Hanily goal 0.5.5 - 3.6.24 27:56
Q2 FREM Shai Bolton behind 0.6.6 - 3.6.24 08:06
FREM Rushed behind 0.7.7 - 3.6.24 10:01
SYDN Rushed behind 0.7.7 - 3.7.25 11:44
SYDN Chad Warner behind 0.7.7 - 3.8.26 13:06
SYDN Isaac Heeney behind 0.7.7 - 3.9.27 14:50
FREM Michael Frederick behind 0.8.8 - 3.9.27 16:35
SYDN Tom Papley goal 0.8.8 - 4.9.33 19:16
FREM Patrick Voss behind 0.9.9 - 4.9.33 20:51
FREM Jye Amiss behind 0.10.10 - 4.9.33 21:51
FREM Sam Switkowski behind 0.11.11 - 4.9.33 23:23
Q3 FREM Jordan Clark goal 1.11.17 - 4.9.33 00:53
SYDN Charlie Curnow goal 1.11.17 - 5.9.39 02:50
SYDN Rushed behind 1.11.17 - 5.10.40 04:39
FREM Josh Treacy goal 2.11.23 - 5.10.40 05:41
SYDN Charlie Curnow goal 2.11.23 - 6.10.46 07:03
FREM Josh Treacy goal 3.11.29 - 6.10.46 08:36
FREM Isaiah Dudley behind 3.12.30 - 6.10.46 09:50
SYDN Charlie Curnow goal 3.12.30 - 7.10.52 11:06
FREM Patrick Voss goal 4.12.36 - 7.10.52 12:49
FREM Shai Bolton goal 5.12.42 - 7.10.52 16:16
FREM Jye Amiss behind 5.13.43 - 7.10.52 18:11
FREM Matthew Johnson behind 5.14.44 - 7.10.52 19:26
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 5.14.44 - 7.11.53 20:54
FREM Murphy Reid behind 5.15.45 - 7.11.53 24:16
SYDN Matt Roberts behind 5.15.45 - 7.12.54 28:43
FREM Jye Amiss goal 6.15.51 - 7.12.54 31:36
FREM Sam Switkowski behind 6.16.52 - 7.12.54 32:44
Q4 FREM Jye Amiss goal 7.16.58 - 7.12.54 03:11
SYDN Charlie Curnow goal 7.16.58 - 8.12.60 04:58
SYDN Rushed behind 7.16.58 - 8.13.61 06:47
FREM Josh Treacy behind 7.17.59 - 8.13.61 08:01
FREM Josh Treacy goal 8.17.65 - 8.13.61 12:51
FREM Mason Cox goal 9.17.71 - 8.13.61 14:59
FREM Michael Frederick goal 10.17.77 - 8.13.61 17:11
FREM Josh Treacy behind 10.18.78 - 8.13.61 19:00
FREM Judd McVee goal 11.18.84 - 8.13.61 20:00
FREM Josh Treacy goal 12.18.90 - 8.13.61 22:18
FREM Josh Treacy behind 12.19.91 - 8.13.61 23:57
FREM Isaiah Dudley behind 12.20.92 - 8.13.61 24:24
FREM Patrick Voss goal 13.20.98 - 8.13.61 25:46
FREM Shai Bolton goal 14.20.104 - 8.13.61 28:15
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 14.20.104 - 9.13.67 29:53
FREM Michael Frederick goal 15.20.110 - 9.13.67 31:52
FREM Patrick Voss behind 15.21.111 - 9.13.67 33:22
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 15.21.111 - 10.13.73 34:49