Player news from P1 of 2026: Sydney vs Western Sydney

Angus Sheldrick (111/74): Doing jobs in midfield
Sheldrick contributed with 30 disposals, 3 grabs, 5 tackles and managed 1.1.
James Rowbottom (96/107): Doing jobs in midfield
Rowbottom contributed with 23 possessions, 2 marks and 7 tackles.
Isaac Heeney (91/103): Playing pure midfield
Heeney contributed with 19 disposals, 8 tackles and kicked 1.1.
Brodie Grundy (89/124): Lead ruck
Grundy contributed with 15 possessions, 3 marks, 2 tackles, 33 taps and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Nick Blakey (82/94): In defence
Blakey contributed with 26 disposals, 2 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
James Jordon (79/86): Playing defensive half forward without a specific opponent
Jordon contributed with 17 touches, 3 grabs, 5 tackles and booted 1.1.
Sam Wicks (71/53): Playing back pocket
Wicks added 20 possessions and 3 tackles.
Riley Bice (69/67): Playing half back
Bice contributed with 18 touches, 3 marks and 3 tackles.
Corey Warner (65/48): Starting forward
Warner contributed with 13 possessions, 3 marks and 5 tackles.
Peter Ladhams (64/37): Did not appear in Q1… 15 hit outs… also 12 possessions and 2 tackles. Playing a forward/ruck role.
Ladhams also had booted 1.0.
Justin McInerney (62/61): Playing a half forward role with centre rotations
McInerney contributed with 23 touches, 3 marks, 1.0 on the scoreboard and 4 free kicks given away.
Chad Warner (62/54): Mostly in midfield
Warner contributed with 19 touches, 3 grabs, 4 tackles, 0.2 and 5 free kicks given away.
Matt Roberts (61/52): Starting at half back
Roberts added 20 disposals and 5 grabs.
Jai Serong (60/79): Starting on a wing
Serong contributed with 18 possessions, 4 grabs and kicked 0.1.
Callum Mills (57/67): Floating at half back
Mills added 19 touches and 2 tackles.
Caiden Cleary (55/52): Rotating forward
Cleary contributed with 11 touches, 5 tackles and booted 1.0.
Dane Rampe (53/73): Starting at half back
Rampe added 17 possessions and 4 grabs.
Tom Papley (53/52): Did not appear in Q1… 12 possessions. Starting deep forward.
Papley added 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Logan McDonald (50/52): Starting forward on Laverde
McDonald contributed with 8 disposals, 3 tackles and 2.1.
Joel Amartey (46/66): Playing forward
Amartey contributed with 9 disposals, 3 grabs and 2.0 on the scoreboard.
Lewis Melican (45/57): In defence on Stringer
Melican added 14 disposals and 3 grabs.
Charlie Curnow (36/34): Starting at CHF on Buckley
Curnow contributed with 6 disposals, 2 marks and kicked 2.0.
Tom McCartin (32/64): Starting in defence on Hogan
McCartin added 10 possessions and 2 marks.
Malcolm Rosas (26/40): Rotating forward
Rosas added 7 touches and 3 tackles.
Errol Gulden (23/34): Slight ankle knock saw him mothballed in Q2… 6 possessions and 1.0. Starting on ball.

Joel Hamling (15/22): Late replacement for Hayden McLean… 6 possessions. In defence on the resting ruck.

Toby Greene (97/102): Mostly on ball with GWS heavily undermanned
Greene contributed with 26 touches, 8 tackles, kicked 0.1 and 3 free kicks given away.
Lachie Ash (86/86): Roaming from half back
Ash added 26 disposals and 6 grabs.
Jake Stringer (82/78): Starting forward on Melican
Stringer contributed with 13 disposals, 5 marks, 2 tackles and managed 3.3.
Harry Rowston (77/81): Started on ball
Rowston added 19 touches and 5 tackles.
Jayden Laverde (76/83): Starting in defence on McDonald
Laverde added 20 disposals and 7 marks.
Stephen Coniglio (74/70): Playing on ball
Coniglio added 20 touches and 5 tackles.
Connor Idun (71/83): In defence
Idun contributed with 19 disposals, 3 grabs and 4 tackles.
Jack Buckley (66/89): Standing Curnow
Buckley contributed with 17 possessions, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
James Leake (64/70): Playing third tall forward
Leake contributed with 14 possessions, 7 marks and 2 tackles.
Ryan Angwin (63/65): Starting on a HFF
Angwin contributed with 16 disposals, 2 grabs, 4 tackles and managed 0.1.
Max Gruzewski (58/46): In attack
Gruzewski contributed with 9 possessions, 2 marks, 3 tackles and kicked 2.1.
Clayton Oliver (58/83): Sore left hand after McInerney kicked it in Q2… 19 possessions and 2 tackles. Playing inside midfield.
Oliver also had managed 1.0.
Josaia Delana (57/60): Rotating at half forward
Delana added 14 touches and 7 tackles.
Phoenix Gothard (55/56): Rotating as small forward
Gothard contributed with 15 touches, 5 tackles and kicked 0.2.
Nicholas Madden (53/58): Started forward on Hamling but mostly rucking
Madden contributed with 13 possessions, 4 tackles, 19 hit outs and 5 free kicks given away.
Harvey Thomas (49/70): Rotating forward
Thomas contributed with 13 disposals, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Lachie Whitfield (43/55): Starting at half back
Whitfield added 15 disposals and managed 0.1.
Jesse Hogan (43/38): Knock in Q1 to the right foot that plagued him last season but soon returned… Booted 2.0 from 4 grabs and 6 possessions. Starting at FF on McCartin.

Harry Himmelberg (41/48): Starting at half back
Himmelberg added 10 touches and 3 marks.
Xavier O’Halloran (39/38): Playing defensive half forward
O’Halloran contributed with 8 possessions, 2 grabs and 4 tackles.
Jake Riccardi (39/38): Started in ruck but mostly forward
Riccardi contributed with 11 touches, 2 marks, 2 tackles and 4 ruck taps.
Conor Stone (36/36): Playing a half back role
Stone added 11 disposals and 3 grabs.
Harrison Oliver (34/35): Did not appear until Q3. Rotating as a small defender.
Oliver also had 11 possessions.
Jack Ough (28/32): Did not appear in Q1. Rotating in midfield.
Ough also had 11 possessions.
Oliver Hannaford (20/26): Plenty of claret spilt from a cut to the right temple in Q2… 7 possessions and 3 tackles… gave away 4 FA. Rotating forward.

Oskar Taylor (19/20): Did not appear until Q3. In defence.
Taylor also had 8 touches.