North Melbourne vs Sydney AFLW 2026 Round 8

Sun 04 Oct 2026 · 13:05 AEDT

Final AFLW 2026 · Round 8

North Melbourne Coach: Darren Crocker

71 10.11

16 2.4

Sydney Swans Coach: Colin O'Riordan

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Away team

Sydney Swans

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Forwards

5 Chloe Molloy FF 3 Taylor Smith FPR

Half forwards

15 Paris McCarthy HFFL 10 Cynthia Hamilton CHF 31 Laura Gardiner HFFR

Followers

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

Centre

28 Emma Juneja WL 29 Tanya Kennedy C 12 Lulu Pullar WR

Half backs

23 Zippy Fish HBFL 30 Alexia Hamilton CHB 26 Lara Hausegger HBFR

Backs

17 Ash Van Loon BPL 21 Amelia Martin FB

Interchange 5

1 Imogen Brown INT 2 Holly Cooper INT 16 Sarah Grunden INT 19 Maddie Quinn INT 24 Julie O'Sullivan INT

Emergencies 3

4 Darcy Moloney EMG 11 Jas Grierson EMG 32 Indiana Williams EMG

2Q3Q4Q

Eilish Sheerin1Q - 2:26 - Goal - 6–0 Jenna Bruton1Q - 5:56 - Behind - 7–0 Jasmine Garner1Q - 6:33 - Behind - 8–0 Jenna Bruton1Q - 11:08 - Behind - 9–0 Vikki Wall1Q - 14:28 - Behind - 10–0

Rushed behind1Q - 18:30 - Rushed behind - 11–0

Rushed behind2Q - 0:53 - Rushed behind - 11–1

Tahlia Randall2Q - 11:23 - Goal - 17–1 Cynthia Hamilton2Q - 12:46 - Behind - 17–2 Tess Craven2Q - 16:36 - Behind - 18–2 Ruby Tripodi2Q - 18:03 - Goal - 24–2 Cynthia Hamilton3Q - 1:39 - Behind - 24–3 Tess Craven3Q - 6:47 - Goal - 30–3 Paris McCarthy3Q - 11:53 - Goal - 30–9 Tess Craven3Q - 13:25 - Goal - 36–9 Kate Shierlaw3Q - 15:28 - Behind - 37–9 Alice O'Loughlin3Q - 16:53 - Goal - 43–9 Montana Ham4Q - 1:55 - Goal - 43–15 Tahlia Randall4Q - 4:44 - Goal - 49–15 Taylah Gatt4Q - 6:35 - Behind - 50–15 Bella Eddey4Q - 7:24 - Goal - 56–15 Tahlia Randall4Q - 10:19 - Goal - 62–15 Kate Shierlaw4Q - 12:59 - Behind - 63–15 Blaithin Bogue4Q - 13:31 - Behind - 64–15 Vikki Wall4Q - 16:32 - Goal - 70–15 Jasmine Garner4Q - 18:32 - Behind - 71–15

Rushed behind4Q - 22:18 - Rushed behind - 71–16

Scoring Events

Most recent first

Rushed behindRushed behind
4Q 22:1871–16
Jasmine GarnerBehind
4Q 18:3271–15
Vikki WallGoal
4Q 16:3270–15
Blaithin BogueBehind
4Q 13:3164–15
Kate ShierlawBehind
4Q 12:5963–15
Tahlia RandallGoal
4Q 10:1962–15
Bella EddeyGoal
4Q 7:2456–15
Taylah GattBehind
4Q 6:3550–15
Tahlia RandallGoal
4Q 4:4449–15
Montana HamGoal
4Q 1:5543–15
Alice O'LoughlinGoal
3Q 16:5343–9
Kate ShierlawBehind
3Q 15:2837–9
Tess CravenGoal
3Q 13:2536–9
Paris McCarthyGoal
3Q 11:5330–9
Tess CravenGoal
3Q 6:4730–3
Cynthia HamiltonBehind
3Q 1:3924–3
Ruby TripodiGoal
2Q 18:0324–2
Tess CravenBehind
2Q 16:3618–2
Cynthia HamiltonBehind
2Q 12:4617–2
Tahlia RandallGoal
2Q 11:2317–1
Rushed behindRushed behind
2Q 0:5311–1
Rushed behindRushed behind
1Q 18:3011–0
Vikki WallBehind
1Q 14:2810–0
Jenna BrutonBehind
1Q 11:089–0
Jasmine GarnerBehind
1Q 6:338–0
Jenna BrutonBehind
1Q 5:567–0
Eilish SheerinGoal
1Q 2:266–0

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
NTH	11	24	43	71	71
SYD	0	2	9	16	16

Match Leaders

Goals

Tahlia RandallNTH

Behinds

4 tied leaders

Cynthia HamiltonSYD

Disposals

Jasmine GarnerNTH

Tackles

Ruby TripodiNTH

Team Stats

NTHSYD

Scoring / Attack

10Goals2

11Behinds4

21Shots at goal5

47.6Goal accuracy %40

39Inside 50s32

5Goal assists0

8Marks inside 502

Possession

316Disposals237

181Kicks145

135Handballs92

124Contested possessions113

198Uncontested possessions107

Clearance / Contest

23Total clearances20

11Centre clearances5

12Stoppage clearances15

49Tackles55

19Hitouts18

6Contested marks6

Other

71Marks45

72.2Disposal efficiency %61.2

0Bounces2

61Turnovers73

47Clangers52

322Total possessions220

73Intercepts61

29Rebound 50s28

13Tackles inside 506

29One-percenters32

17Frees for17

17Frees against17

1,277AFL Fantasy972

Match Summary

Biggest Lead: NTH 56 pts
Longest Unanswered Run: NTH 28 pts
Lead Changes: 0
Score Ties: 0

How the match finished

North Melbourne beat Sydney by 55 points, 71–16.

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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