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Player news from R17 of 2026: Sydney vs Western Bulldogs

News snippets for Sydney vs Western Bulldogs, R17 of 2026

Brodie Grundy (131/104): Had a huge Q2 as part of a monster first half but dropped away after HT with different opponents… 61 hit outs… also 17 possessions and 2 marks plus 5 tackles… 0.1 as well… aided by 3FF. Lead ruck.

Isaac Heeney (107/108): Corked left knee in Q1 in a clash with Croft… 1.0 from 27 possessions and 2 marks plus 6 tackles… umps paid him 3FF. Playing pure midfield.

Charlie Curnow (107/143): Three goals in Q1… 6.1 from 14 possessions and 9 marks plus 2 tackles. Starting at CHF on Khamis.

Callum Mills (102/118): Floating at half back
Mills contributed with 26 touches, 9 grabs and 2 tackles.
Chad Warner (98/86): Mostly in midfield
Warner contributed with 24 disposals, 3 marks, 5 tackles and managed 1.1.
Nick Blakey (91/84): In defence running off smalls
Blakey added 26 possessions and 4 grabs.
Errol Gulden (89/79): Head knock in Q4 falling into the leg of Matthew Kennedy… 26 possessions and 3 marks plus 4 tackles. Starting on ball with some forward time.

Tom McCartin (88/99): Standing Naughton
McCartin contributed with 18 disposals, 11 grabs and 2 tackles.
Hayden McLean (86/100): First goal… 3.0 from 14 possessions and 5 marks plus 3 tackles. Playing a forward/ruck role.
McLean also had 9 hit outs.
Angus Sheldrick (86/87): Doing jobs in midfield
Sheldrick contributed with 26 disposals, 3 marks and 3 tackles.
Matt Roberts (83/100): Starting on a wing
Roberts contributed with 25 possessions, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Jai Serong (80/78): Starting on a wing on Luke Kennedy
Serong contributed with 19 possessions, 7 marks and 3 tackles.
Jake Lloyd (70/96): Starting on a wing on Hynes
Lloyd added 21 touches and 5 marks.
James Rowbottom (63/58): Started at half forward
Rowbottom contributed with 12 touches, 2 grabs, 6 tackles and 0.1.
James Jordon (63/56): Starting in midfield tagging Bontempelli
Jordon contributed with 13 disposals, 2 marks and 7 tackles.
Caiden Cleary (62/66): Bumped high by Matthew Kennedy in Q2 but played on… 17 possessions and 2 marks plus 2 tackles… 1.1 as well. Playing a deep forward role.

Harry Cunningham (61/59): Playing a half back role
Cunningham contributed with 14 touches, 5 marks and 4 tackles.
Tom Hanily (48/50): Rotating forward
Hanily contributed with 11 touches, 3 marks and 4 tackles.
Corey Warner (46/54): Starting forward
Warner contributed with 16 touches, 2 marks and kicked 0.1.
Dane Rampe (39/53): Playing key defender on Lewis
Rampe added 11 touches and 4 grabs.
Harry Kyle (34/44): Rotating in defence
Kyle added 9 possessions and 2 marks.
William Edwards (31/79): Loose in defence
Edwards added 8 touches and 4 marks.
Joel Hamling (28/22): In attack on O’Donnell
Hamling contributed with 5 possessions, 4 marks and 1.1 on the scoreboard.
Bailey Dale (138/150): In defence
Dale contributed with 32 possessions, 8 grabs, 4 tackles and booted 1.1.
Ed Richards (98/104): Starting on ball
Richards contributed with 29 disposals, 3 grabs, 6 tackles and 4 frees against.
Rory Lobb (85/74): Playing a forward/ruck role… switched to lead ruck in Q3
Lobb contributed with 13 disposals, 5 grabs, 4 tackles and 21 hit outs.
Ryley Sanders (82/95): Starting forward and joining mids
Sanders contributed with 20 touches, 6 marks, 2 tackles and 1.0.
Joel Freijah (71/59): Starting at half forward with mid rotations
Freijah contributed with 16 touches, 7 grabs and 2 tackles.
Tom Liberatore (66/87): Pure midfield
Liberatore contributed with 20 touches, 2 grabs and 3 tackles.
Michael Sellwood (65/55): Rotating in defence
Sellwood contributed with 13 touches, 3 grabs and 6 tackles.
Matthew Kennedy (63/65): High bump on Cleary in Q2 will be assessed… 22 possessions and 2 tackles plus 0.1. Playing in midfield.

Marcus Bontempelli (63/79): Leading the inside midfield under a Jordon tag
Bontempelli contributed with 19 possessions, 3 tackles and 0.2.
Arthur Jones (62/65): Playing a forward role
Jones contributed with 10 touches, 4 grabs, 2 tackles and managed 2.2.
Cooper Hynes (61/57): Started on a wing on Lloyd
Hynes contributed with 14 touches, 2 marks and 6 tackles.
Lachlan Bramble (55/50): Starting on a HBF
Bramble added 14 touches and 5 marks.
Tim English (53/70): Carrying a back problem… 8 hit outs… also 10 possessions and 3 tackles. First ruck… switched back to be loose in defence in Q3.
English also had 4 grabs.
Cody Weightman (53/60): Starting deep forward
Weightman contributed with 14 touches, 3 marks and kicked 0.1.
Aaron Naughton (49/49): Starting forward on McCartin
Naughton contributed with 10 possessions, 5 marks and booted 1.1.
Jordan Croft (46/43): Playing a forward role… played a key forward role in Q3
Croft contributed with 10 touches, 2 marks and booted 2.0.
Lachlan McNeil (45/30): Rotating at half forward
McNeil contributed with 10 disposals, 4 marks and 2 tackles.
Luke Kennedy (42/47): Started on a wing on Serong
Kennedy contributed with 10 touches, 4 tackles and managed 0.2.
Buku Khamis (37/63): Playing key defender on Curnow… switched forward in Q4
Khamis contributed with 8 disposals, 3 grabs and 0.1.
Nick Coffield (31/49): Copped a stray Chad Warner knee to the head in Q4 and he was in Koosbane… forced off for a HIA… 6 possessions and 4 tackles. Rotating in defence.

James O’Donnell (30/39): Playing tall defender on Hamling
O’Donnell added 8 touches and 2 marks.
Will Lewis (29/39): Playing key forward on Rampe
Lewis contributed with 8 possessions, 2 marks and kicked 0.1.
Connor Budarick (15/19): Limped off late in Q2 with a right ankle injury and did not return… 4 possessions. In his old defence role at the new club.

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