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Blog log from R24 of 2026: Sydney vs North Melbourne

Blog log for Sydney vs North Melbourne, R24 of 2026

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Cleary almost stuffs up a Joe the Goose by Papley with a fumble in the square but he gets a toe on it for the first goal. (Q1 0:46)
Spargo misses from the pocket. (Q1 3:10)
McDonald wins a hard footy after contesting deep in the pocket and reefs out a handball to Spargo who goals from 15m. (Q1 4:58)
Dattoli marks a centring ball by Curnow near the hotspot but his J-curve flies left. (Q1 6:33)
Papley zips through a ball up at half forward but misses right from 50m on a slight angle. (Q1 13:24)
Dattoli goals on the run from half forward. (Q1 15:37)
Hanily bumps off Goater to mark a long Cootee pass from outer side to the top of the square for his first goal. (Q1 19:51)
Cootee marks a long Sheldrick ball over the back of Hardeman and plays on into the open goal. (Q1 21:36)
Curtis is on the end of a coast to coast rebound for a downhill goal. (Q1 26:06)
Curtis volleys a snap into the post. (Q1 27:22)
Simpkin roves a ball up deep in the pocket 15m out at speed and gets caught high by Grundy, plus 50m on Roberts to ensure the goal. (Q1 29:59)
Dattoli misses badly from 40m on the flank and gestures at teammates yapping at him on the inside. (Q2 1:01)
Campbell burns off old man Parker from the pocket to burst into the open goal. (Q2 1:14)
Papley roves in the pocket and gives to Hanily who hits the right post off a step from 25m. (Q2 2:33)
Lloyd snaps a goal from the pocket 25m out. (Q2 3:49)
Rowbottom kicks inside 50 on a slingshot play through the centre, kick was a bit untidy but lands in the arms of Papley 40m out in the corridor who converts. (Q2 5:42)
Cootee takes a link mark from Gulden’s centre clearance and passes to the flank for Curnow 40m out, whose J-curve is good. (Q2 7:12)
Corr gives away a front-on contact free to Logan McDonald going for a Gulden pass 35m out in front. Logan kicks straight as a die. (Q2 9:47)
Corr is whistled again for contact on Curnow leading to 40m out on the flank to a Gulden pass from outer side. Charlie hooks left. (Q2 14:27)
Banch passes short to the boundary 35m out for Luke McDonald, kick falls on the behind line where Trembath juggles the mark, which is overturned on review for a point. (Q2 19:26)
Papley snaps on the spin off a step from the boundary 30m, just narrow to the right. (Q2 22:20)
Spargo centres from the HFF to Banch 40m out on a slight angle who converts. (Q2 25:13)
Darling keeps his feet after beating Mills to mark 20m out and plays on into the open goal. (Q2 26:55)
Campbell runs free on the HFF on a slingshot play but decides to pass to Cootee 15m out on a slight angle for the goal. (Q3 3:09)
Gulden sharks Daniel in the centre to set up Papley for a snap from the HFF which flies right and OOTF. (Q3 4:36)
Rowbottom snaps narrow right from a pack after a stoppage 20m out on a slight angle. (Q3 6:51)
Lloyd misses to the left from 30m after a handball chain from outer wing. (Q3 8:17)
Larkey marks Spargo’s pass 40m out on the flank after a coast-to-coast rebound from the kick in through the centre, he fades the drop punt left to right and in. (Q3 9:16)
Curnow marks 30m out in front from the next centre clearance kick by Papley, but he hoofs the set shot left. (Q3 11:00)
Roberts feeds outside a ball up near the hotspot for Campbell who hits the left post off his left boot. (Q3 13:28)
Serong shanks left from a set shot from 35m on a slight angle. (Q3 14:57)
Larkey passes from outer side to Zurhaar to mark wide on the flank 40m out in front of Rampe. The Bull delivers a peach of a drop punt. North still in it. (Q3 17:09)
Sheldrick bobs around like a cork in the ocean at a stoppage at the hotspot but snaps right off his left. (Q3 22:51)
Rampe roves in the back pocket but Trembath monsters him from behind to win a HTB free 20m out and curls in a lovely finish off his right. (Q3 24:32)
Curtis is not paid an intercept mark at the top of the Swans goalsquare, Cootee catches him HTB with a chicken wing tackle for the first goal of Q4. (Q4 1:33)
Papley checksides to the right from a ball up 35m out on the flank. (Q4 3:11)
Gulden baulks and shoots from 40m in front but that one flies to the left. (Q4 3:11)
Corr and Curnow wrestle in the square under a Campbell kick from half forward, ball bounces past them for the official sealer. (Q4 3:11)
Curnow roves and snaps to the right from 25m on a slight angle. (Q4 7:40)
Curnow feeds outside to Kyle to sail through his first senior goal off the right from 30m. (Q4 8:40)
Davies-Uniacke passes from the centre to the lead of Zurhaar 35m out on a slight angle, nothing Mills could do there. THe Bull’s set shot falls inside the right post. (Q4 10:38)
Curnow dives for a mark from a Cleary pass to the boundary 20m out but misses narrow right. (Q4 13:08)
Curnow is paid a mark from a very short pass from the pocket towards the goalsquare for some garbage. (Q4 13:48)
Gulden passes to Curnow in the pocket 30m out for more junk. (Q4 17:29)
Logan McDonald gets a holding free on Logue 20m out for some garbage. (Q4 23:39)
Luke McDonald hits the lead of Zurhaar 35m out on the flank who misses right. (Q4 26:46)
Banch marks a high kick across goal by Zurhaar but misses from 15m. (Q4 27:26)
Larkey marks in the pocket 30m out but misses near side left. (Q4 29:25)
Logan McDonald does a one-two with Gulden in the pocket to checkside another cherry from 20m. (Q4 31:42)
Xerri gets the smelliest garbage time special of them all from the square with seconds to go. (Q4 33:54)
Logan McDonald misses from 40m after the final siren as the home crowd makes some of the Sydney players cry with a standing ovation. (Final Siren)

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