Key posts
Tom Papley with a classic!
He missed a regulation set shot, and then follows it up moments later with a bursting run and a clinical finish.
Then there’s the celebration. He is such an entertaining player, who Carlton almost had.
Unfortunately they do not. And they’re staring down the barrell of a loss in a game they had to win.
Q4 SYD 92 CAR 69
Here’s that Wicks goal
Dangerous times for the Blues now …
Sam Wicks kicks the second Sydney goal for the term inside the first three minutes.
Swans lead is the biggest of the afternoon now. Nice finish and great composure from him and his teammates.
Q4 SYD 86 CAR 69
Q4 begins with a Swans goal
Some hard running from Kennedy is rewarded as he marks in the goal-square and kicks the goal.
Tom Papley superb in the build up. Weighed up his options and picked the right pass to Kennedy.
Q4 SYD 78 CAR 69
Three-quarter-time at the SCG
A thriller. A classic finish set up.
SYD 11.6.72 CAR 10.9.69
Momentum swings throughout this afternoon. Sydney have it at the moment, but no one has been able to hold it long enough to brush the other aside.
Harry McKay of the Blues celebrates kicking a goal.Credit:Getty Images
Heeney kicks a third, Swans up by four
Ball gets out the back and Heeney was already on his way to grab it, brilliant anticipation.
Kicks from point-blank-range.
Eddie Betts almost kicked one of the great goals quickly after, but hit the post.
SYD 72 CAR 68
Marc Murphy is on the ground
And the Blues hit the lead
It didn’t take long. One to Cripps then another to De Koning. Wins a contentious free kick for a hold in a ruck contest and he converts the set shot.
SYD 65 CAR 66 with nine to play in Q3.
Goal to Will Hayward for Sydney, Cripps hits back
He has two. Carlton struggling to hit the scoreboard in this third term, some nine minutes in. They’re playing in bursts the Blues today, and it isn’t working at the moment.
Minutes later, Cripps gets his second with a snap set shot from the boundary. A much needed goal.
Q3 SYD 65 CAR 60