After a week off, the Sydney Swans VFL side in back in action for the final game of the home and away season.
The team will face ninth placed Essendon at Windy Hill on Saturday afternoon, the Bombers coming off a one-point win over Collingwood last week.Â
The Sydney side, who sit fourth on the ladder, has made seven changes for the trip to Melbourne with plenty of experience coming back into the side.
231-AFL gamer Harry Cunningham returns to the VFL alongside Hayden McLean, Malcolm Rosas Jnr and Patrick Snell with Sam Wicks and Jesse Dattoli keeping their spots in Dean Cox's AFL side to also face Essendon.
It's a tight VFL competition in 2026 with only two points separating the 4th placed Swans and the rest of the top 10.Â
All Smithy’s VFL and VFLW matches will be streamed live and free on AFL platforms via AFL.com.au and the AFL Live Official App.
Essendon vs Sydney SwansÂ
Saturday August 15, 1.05pm
Windy Hill
| Backs | R. Andrew (20) | Patrick Snell (41) | A.Norris (46) |
| Half Backs | N.Bowman (23) | C.Warner | H.Cunningham (7) |
| Centreline | J.Tidemann (57) | A.Sheldrick (12) | C.Peters (53) |
| Half Forwards | M.Rosas Jnr (10) | T.Hanily (40) | J.Harrison (65) |
| Forwards | H.McLean (2) | J.Phillipou (18) | O.Clifton (72) |
| Followers | T.Ryan (64) | C.Cleary (33) | J.Sutton (54) |
| Interchange | K.Gibbs (70) | M.Mellis (50) | L.Giacometti (51) |
| Â | J.Longmire (56) | K.Harbour (66) | O.Clifton (72) |
| Emergency | B.Pignatelli (62) | O.Davis (63) | H.Cameron (69) |
| Â | C.Blackwell-Smith (60) | Â | Â |
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