Adelaide vs Sydney AFLW 2026 Round 1

Sun 16 Aug 2026 · 12:35 AEST

Final AFLW 2026 · Round 1

Adelaide Crows Coach: Ryan Davis

53 7.11

61 9.7

Sydney Swans Coach: Colin O'Riordan

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

Adelaide Crows

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Sydney Swans

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

3 Taylor Smith FF 19 Maddie Quinn FPR

Half forwards

2 Holly Cooper HFFL 5 Chloe Molloy CHF 10 Cynthia Hamilton HFFR

Followers

7 Ally Morphett RK 9 Lucy McEvoy RR 18 Montana Ham ROV

Centre

24 Julie O'Sullivan WL 25 Sofia Hurley C 12 Lulu Pullar WR

Half backs

23 Zippy Fish HBFL 30 Alexia Hamilton CHB 4 Darcy Moloney HBFR

Backs

17 Ash Van Loon BPL 20 Brenna Tarrant FB

Interchange 5

1 Imogen Brown INT 15 Paris McCarthy INT 16 Sarah Grunden INT 26 Lara Hausegger INT 31 Laura Gardiner INT

Emergencies 3

6 Molly Thomas EMG 13 Caitlin Reid EMG 22 Sarah Steele-Park EMG

2Q3Q4Q

Grace Egan1Q - 2:19 - Goal - 6–0 Taylor Smith1Q - 4:52 - Goal - 6–6 Caitlin Gould1Q - 6:55 - Behind - 7–6 Cynthia Hamilton1Q - 7:36 - Goal - 7–12 Taylor Smith1Q - 9:46 - Goal - 7–18 Christina Leuzzi1Q - 13:12 - Goal - 13–18

Rushed behind1Q - 16:48 - Rushed behind - 14–18

Caitlin Gould1Q - 18:45 - Goal - 20–18 Chloe Molloy1Q - 20:46 - Behind - 20–19 Christina Leuzzi1Q - 21:33 - Goal - 26–19 Holly Cooper2Q - 1:34 - Behind - 26–20 Madison Newman2Q - 2:20 - Goal - 32–20 Chloe Molloy2Q - 4:46 - Behind - 32–21 Taylor Smith2Q - 5:26 - Goal - 32–27 Chloe Bown2Q - 8:06 - Behind - 33–27 Grace Egan2Q - 8:49 - Behind - 34–27 Christina Leuzzi2Q - 9:40 - Behind - 35–27 Amy Boyle-Carr2Q - 10:33 - Behind - 36–27 Amy Boyle-Carr2Q - 11:30 - Goal - 42–27 Laura Gardiner2Q - 12:41 - Behind - 42–28 Amy Boyle-Carr2Q - 16:48 - Behind - 43–28 Holly Cooper3Q - 2:21 - Goal - 43–34 Chloe Molloy3Q - 4:09 - Behind - 43–35 Teah Charlton3Q - 4:55 - Goal - 49–35

Rushed behind3Q - 6:40 - Rushed behind - 50–35

Chloe Molloy3Q - 7:44 - Goal - 50–41 Grace Egan3Q - 9:43 - Behind - 51–41 Teah Charlton3Q - 13:45 - Behind - 52–41 Sarah Goodwin3Q - 18:24 - Behind - 53–41 Imogen Brown4Q - 0:58 - Behind - 53–42 Cynthia Hamilton4Q - 2:38 - Goal - 53–48 Holly Cooper4Q - 7:01 - Goal - 53–54 Holly Cooper4Q - 11:10 - Behind - 53–55 Imogen Brown4Q - 18:38 - Goal - 53–61

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Imogen BrownGoal
4Q 18:3853–61
Holly CooperBehind
4Q 11:1053–55
Holly CooperGoal
4Q 7:0153–54
Cynthia HamiltonGoal
4Q 2:3853–48
Imogen BrownBehind
4Q 0:5853–42
Sarah GoodwinBehind
3Q 18:2453–41
Teah CharltonBehind
3Q 13:4552–41
Grace EganBehind
3Q 9:4351–41
Chloe MolloyGoal
3Q 7:4450–41
Rushed behindRushed behind
3Q 6:4050–35
Teah CharltonGoal
3Q 4:5549–35
Chloe MolloyBehind
3Q 4:0943–35
Holly CooperGoal
3Q 2:2143–34
Amy Boyle-CarrBehind
2Q 16:4843–28
Laura GardinerBehind
2Q 12:4142–28
Amy Boyle-CarrGoal
2Q 11:3042–27
Amy Boyle-CarrBehind
2Q 10:3336–27
Christina LeuzziBehind
2Q 9:4035–27
Grace EganBehind
2Q 8:4934–27
Chloe BownBehind
2Q 8:0633–27
Taylor SmithGoal
2Q 5:2632–27
Chloe MolloyBehind
2Q 4:4632–21
Madison NewmanGoal
2Q 2:2032–20
Holly CooperBehind
2Q 1:3426–20
Christina LeuzziGoal
1Q 21:3326–19
Chloe MolloyBehind
1Q 20:4620–19
Caitlin GouldGoal
1Q 18:4520–18
Rushed behindRushed behind
1Q 16:4814–18
Christina LeuzziGoal
1Q 13:1213–18
Taylor SmithGoal
1Q 9:467–18
Cynthia HamiltonGoal
1Q 7:367–12
Caitlin GouldBehind
1Q 6:557–6
Taylor SmithGoal
1Q 4:526–6
Grace EganGoal
1Q 2:196–0

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
ADE	26	43	53	53	53
SYD	19	28	41	61	61

Match Leaders

Goals

Behinds

Disposals

Tackles

Team Stats

ADESYD

Scoring / Attack

7Goals9

11Behinds7

22Shots at goal19

31.8Goal accuracy %47.4

36Inside 50s42

5Goal assists7

14Marks inside 5013

Possession

274Disposals270

158Kicks166

116Handballs104

111Contested possessions111

157Uncontested possessions142

Clearance / Contest

16Total clearances29

4Centre clearances11

12Stoppage clearances18

61Tackles74

25Hitouts22

3Contested marks6

Other

56Marks61

65.7Disposal efficiency %60.7

2Bounces7

61Turnovers67

41Clangers47

268Total possessions253

67Intercepts61

33Rebound 50s29

13Tackles inside 506

25One-percenters30

11Frees for14

14Frees against11

1,163AFL Fantasy1,249

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: ADE 15 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: SYD 20 pts
Lead Changes: 3
Score Ties: 1

How the match finished

Sydney beat Adelaide by 8 points, 61–53.

This match record does not include quarter scores.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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